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Alaska’s Congressional Delegation
Gets ‘Warm Hearing’ from McNamara
WASHINGTON — A “warm, j
sympathetic hearing” was given
the Alaskan congressional delega
tion last Friday by Secretary of
Defense Robert McNamara when
Sens. E. L. Bartlett and Ernest
Gruening and Rep. Ralph Rivers ;
called on him at the Pentagon to
recommend strengthening of de
fenses in the 49th State in the
wake of a confirmed Russian
overflight of Alaska.
The delegation recommended to j
the defense chief that (1) there be
an increase in the number of Air
Force fighter-interceptors in Alas- :
ka, <2) newer types similar to the
long-range F-110 replace the ob
solescent F-102 aircraft of which
there are now about 42 stationed
in the state, (3) cold weather test
ing and training by the Army be
intensified, (4) there be “at least
some small show of strength” of
American military power in North
western Alaska, and (5> medium
and long range missiles be placed
in Alaska.
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Sen. Gruening said the confer
ence brought out a preference for
mobile as against fixed missiles
as far as use from Alaska is con
cerned. He said the delegation
urged the naval forces in Alaska
be improved by stationing of a
larger vessel or vessels at Kodiak.
He said Secretary McNamara was
“really interested” and gave it
as his (Sen. Gruening’s) opinion
that “something will be done” as j
a result of the meeting.
Rep. Rivers said the Russian
planes which flew over Alaska
“were never intercepted except on
radar.” He said the U.S. fighter
interceptors which rose from their
bases to pursue them weren’t able
to catch up with the Soviet aircraft
so as to get them within sight.
Sen. Bartlett, in response to a
question, said our planes were not
able to reach the altitude at which
the Russian planes flew.
The three members openly
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criticized Gen. Curtis LeMay, the
Air Force Chief of Staff, and
blamed him for recent “down
grading of Alaska’s importance in
Amercan defense and the “firing”
of Gen. Frank Armstrong because
Armstrong was calling for strength
ened Alaska defenses. They indi
cated that it was LeMay’s influ
ence which had relegated Alaska
to a position of “relative incon
sequence in the defense of the
United States.” They voiced tri
bute not only to Gen. Armstrong,
but to his predecessors, including
Gen. Nathan Twining and Gen.
W. E. Kepner. They also saluted
the understanding of Alaska’s im
portance voiced recently by Gen.
D. F. Michaelis of the Army.
Sen. Bartlett noted that Alaska
“is living much closer to Soviet
military might than the distance
between Florida and Cuba.” He
said he felt “the United States
is big enough, rich enough and
ought to be strong enough” to have
some kind of military detachment
in Northwestern Alaska “in the
area beginning at Nome.”
Rep. Bob Blodgett
Recommended to
Head Aviation Div.
JUNEAU ifr — Eleven members
of the 14-member Joint Senate
House Finance Committee recom
meded to Gov. Wm. Egan Monday
that Rep. Robert Blodgett be
| named Director of the Division
j of Aviation.
| Blodgett is also a member of the
j Finance Committee and was a
severe critic of Eugene Roguszka,
who resigned Sunday as chief of
Engineering and Construction for
the Aviation Division.
The letter to Egan was signed
by Sens. Pearse Walsh, Howard
Bradshaw, Harold Z. Hansen, David
Harrison and Vance Phillips, and
Reps. Harold Strandberg, Morgan
Reed, Jack White, Maurice Smith,
Walter Kubley and Gilbert Jarvela.
The letter said:
“The following members of the
Joint Finance Committee of the
3rd State Legislature have voted
unanimously to endorse the Hon
orable Robert R. Blodgett of Tel
ler as Director of the Division of
Aviation.
“Please consider this letter to be
the official recommendation of the
Joint Finance Committee. Your at
tention to this recommendation
will be appreciated.”
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