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...mechanical parts of an atomic bomb need only be strong enough to withstand the bumps of turbulent air; the mechanical parts of an atomic shell must be 4,000 times as strong to stand up under the explosion when the gun is fired.) One day Del Campo telephoned his Pentagon bosses: "I've just returned from Los Alamos and the light is green...
...Appropriations Committee calmly cut Air Force procurement funds because Congress, following the Pentagon, does not have its eye on the Russians. Instead of trying to create a defense force specifically designed to meet the Russian threat and carry out a national policy, Congress and the Pentagon concentrate on internal issues...
...French agreement for the bases was made in December 1950, at a time when the U.S. was threatened with defeat in Korea, and when Eisenhower had not yet arrived in Europe to help shore up its defenses. Base construction in Morocco got under way as what the Pentagon calls a "crash" program, in which speed is all-important and waste must be borne. The first estimate of total cost, $300 million, has now soared to $455 million...
When the story rocked Washington, the Pentagon ruefully admitted its accuracy. Actually, the Pentagon knew that some excerpts were published in the German Communist Berliner Zeitung on Jan. 3; Grow's recall from Moscow was announced the next day. The Pentagon thought that the diary had been stolen by Soviet agents, photostated and replaced while Grow was staying at the U.S. occupation's Victory Guest House near Frankfurt...
...case for universal military training is as old as the Republic and twice as strong today as it was when George Washington presented the idea to Congress in 1789. Again & again since World War II, Harry Truman has asked Congress for U.M.T. But in the asking, the Pentagon has watered down the strong case to a weak brew of political expediency and half-measures. Last week the enemies of U.M.T. in the House of Representatives pounced on the latest U.M.T. compromise, seized it by its inconsistencies, and shook U.M.T. to sudden death while the Administration watched with fascinated horror...