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...acquainted, standing before audiences for hours answering questions. The greatest threat to him is that the Republicans may get a candidate named Vandenberg. One possibility is Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr., son of the man whose death last year sent Moody to the Senate. A less likely possibility: General Hoyt Vandenberg, 53, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and nephew of the late Senator. The general's term is expiring, and some Michigan politicians have been talking to him about the Senate...
...Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Fechteler spelled out publicly just how his ships & men could act: "If the truce negotiations break down, the Navy is prepared to broaden the scope of its operations . . . We have the capability of blockading the China coast." The Air Force's General Hoyt Vandenberg was equally ready for strategic attacks on the China mainland...
...Generals Omar Bradley, Joe Collins and Hoyt Vandenberg and their British opposites listened sympathetically, but they were not empowered to give France the specific military promise it wanted. Two days later however, in a speech in New York, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden beamed a crucial warning to the Communists. "It should be understood," he said, "that the intervention by force by Chinese Communists in Southeast Asia-even if they were called vol- unteers-would create a situation no less menacing than that which the United Nations met and faced in Korea. In any such event the United Nations should...
Last week all these comfortable assumptions were severely jarred. Just back from Korea, the Air Force's Chief of Staff Hoyt S. Vandenberg reported that the U.S. Air Force is in serious trouble. Goaded by the U.N.'s punishment of their supply lines, the Communists are striking back with massive air power of their own. Since September, they have built up their air force to 1,400 Russian-made planes. About 700 of them are MIG-15 jet fighters. "Almost overnight, China has become one of the major air powers of the world," said Vandenberg. "Our control...
Pumps & Gremlins. Other delaying factors include a machine-tool shortage and strikes. Since Korea, the workers in 21 major defense plants have walked off the job. At the Colorado Springs Commanders' Conference, Air Force Chief Hoyt Vandenberg said the strikes have set the long-range program back a full year...