Defense Secretary Wilson Refutes
‘Fearmongers’ Who Say Russia Is
Outstripping U.S. In Air Power
WASHINGTON, UP—Secretary’
of Defense Wilson Tuesday dis
closed the production schedule for
B-52 bombers has been raised to
20 a month, and said “it is not so”
that the Soviets are “far outstrip
ping the United States in terms of
air power.”
Wilson said the present output
of the eight-jet, intercontinental
B-52 is six a month although pro
duction had been planned at the
rate of 17 a month.
He said he would have pre
ferred to keep these figures secret,
but “because of the confusion and
doubt that have arisen on this
matter I believe it desirable to set
the record straight.”
The secretary of defense was
before a Senate APPr°Priations
subcommittee to discuss the mili
tary budget for the government
fiscal year which begins July 1.
He said actual expenditures in the
fiscal year woijjd be about $36 bil
lion.
Cost Nearly $100 Million A Day
This amount of money, Wilson
commented, is “nearly $100 mil
lion per day” and is a cost “we
must pay through taxes.”
At the outset, Wilson stresssed
two points:
1. “The United States is not and
should not be competing in an
all-out armaments race with the
U.S.S.R. or any other country.”
He said this would be the same as
turning over to Russia “the re
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sponsibility for designing and de
termining the size and scope of
our defense establishement.” He
also said some critics fail to take
into account the total air strength
of the United States.
2. There has been “no change
in the ' international situation
which would require us to in
crease our forces over-all or make
it possible for us at this time to
reduce our forces.”
, As Wilson testified, he was
flanked by the secretaries of the
Army, Navy and Air Force and
by the full membership of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
At one point Wilson character
ized critics who contend the U.S.
is falling behind Russia in techni
cal know-how as “fear mongers.”
Wilson said the B-52 “is a fine
airplane and is living up to or
exceeding its designed specifica
tions.” He said the Air Force has
had “less difficulty with the B-52
in its early phases than with any
other airplane in recent years.”
41,000 Active Military Aircraft
Referring to this country’s
over-all air strength, Wilson said
that in the year starting July 1,
the Air Force will have more than
25,000 active military aircraft; the
Navy and Marine Corps will have
more than 12,000, and the Army
will have over 4,000.
He said the B-52s are replacing
the slower but still powerful B-36s
in the 11 heavy bomber wings of
the Strategic Air Command. Wil
son also implied that critics of the
U.S. air power tend to neglect
consideration of the B-47 medium
jet bombers, which Wilson de
scribed as “the heart of our stra
tegic striking power.”
He said that these six-jet bomb
ers, operating from overseas bases
or with aerial refueling, have
“true intercontinental capabili
ties,” and that these medium
bomber wings “represent the most
powerful single element of air
power in the world today.”
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100 School Children and
Teachers Hurt In Collision
Of Train and Gravel Truck
WAUKESHA, Wis., (#>—More
than 100 school children and their
teachers were injured Monday
when their baseball excursion
train was wrecked in a collision
with a loaded gravel truck.
The diesel locomotive remained
on the tracks, but 10 of the 16
cars hurtled off the rails. The
train was carrying 907 pupils and
their adult escorts.
A total of 104 persons were ad
mitted to two hospitals, but only
37 remained overnight and none
was listed in critical condition.
The truck driver, Gordon Hink
ley, 35, suffered compound frac
tures of both legs and internal
injuries but was listed in “fair”
condition.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that the Civil
Aeronautics Administration has filed re
quest (Fairbanks 0130691, for the con
veyance to the Territory of Alaska for
the Alaska Aeronautics and Communica
tion Commission, the following de
scribed tract of public lands, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 16 of the
Federal Airport Act of May 13, 1S46 (60
Stat. 179; 49 U.S.C. 1115), for the con
struction operation and maintenance of
a public airport at Point Hope. Alaska;
"From a reference point consisting of a
4"x4"x 10 wooden stake comprising the
northwest corner of property belonging
to the Episcopal Mission, proceed N 43°
43' E for a distance of 316.36' to the
point of beginning comprising the north
west corner to the Point Hope Airport
property. From this point proceed N 78“
29’ E for a distance of 596.34'; thence
proceed S 78“ 09' E for a distance 507.18';
thence proceed S 21 30' W for a distance
of 4,195.00'; thence proceed N 82° OO' W
for a distance of 1,028.40'; thence proceed
N 21 30' E for a distance of 4,025.00' to
the point of beginning; this area con
taining 95.73 acres, more or less,”
The purpose of this notice is to give
persons claiming an interest in the lands
or having bona fide objection to the
conveyance, an opportunity to file with
the Manager, Fairbanks Land Office, Bu
reau of Land Management, P.O. Box 110,
Fairbanks, Alaska, within 30 days after
the first publication a protest together
with evidence that a copy of the protest
has been served on the applicant.
Robert L. Jenks. Acting Manager
Publish May 9, 16, 23, 30, 1956.
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