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Part of the answer was that the U.S. armed forces were designed for another kind of war: an all-out war in which a direct attack by Moscow was to be directly answered by atom-bomb-packed B-36s. The effectiveness of that kind of force had not been disproved by first week setbacks in Korea. But already Louis Johnson's touted economy program was looking downright absurd. Last week, to meet the 1951 budget limitations dictated by Johnson, the Navy decommissioned the last of 14 large carrier air groups, reducing its total groups to nine...
...rejection would leave the five-man commission shy two men-and, Smyth argued, make it doubly difficult to find replacements. "There is no doubt in my mind of Mr. Pike's intelligence, integrity, and complete devotion to the national welfare," said Smyth. In the strange world of the atom, Pike-a retired Manhattan mining and utilities financier-had shown "a remarkable capacity to grasp the scientific and technical features," added Smyth.* His two fellow commissioners backed...
...ATOM BOMB OUTLAWED; NATIONS OF WORLD BAN WAR IN ANY FORM
...Atom Bishop? Revai's sharpest blast was directed at Hungary's 11,532 members of religious orders. Cried Revai: "These reactionaries constantly spread imperialist propaganda, going from house to house spreading rumors, forming rosary fraternities, Bible-reading circles and hymn-singing groups...
...week's end, at least 100 priests were reported under arrest in Hungary's new anti-church drive. Ominously, the Red press referred to "Atom Bishop" Joseph Peteri as a "second Mindszenty...