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...United States must spend more money on defense if it is to keep pace with Soviet Russia, W. Barton Leach '21, Storey Professor of Law, said last night. Leach was the third lecturer in a series on "Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age," sponsored by the International Development Society...
...truth is that as of this time defense planning starts with the dollar sign," Leach asserted. He claimed that this attitude of "economic conservation" has hurt our defense effort...
...Leach, who is a Brigadier General in the U.S. Air Force, outlined six basic objectives of American defense policy. In most of these six areas, he commented, we are short in either manpower or equipment. "The reason for this short-age can be summed up in one word--money...
First, there is, he asserted, a lack of organization in research work. He laid this difficulty to the "archaic distinctions" between the various branches of the services. Leach added that "there is an element of friction between the services which could be reduced...
...Leach expressed alarm at the difficulty which the military faces in recruiting and retaining high-grade personnel. "We are losing both officers and enlisted men in technical fields at a disastrous rate," he said...