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...frustrations. Although he was a young bomber-flying colonel in World War II, subsequent noncombat assignments took him out of the running to be Air Force Chief of Staff. And like many other senior officers, particularly in the Air Force, Schriever had his differences with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Schriever believes that if the U.S. is to maintain its military superiority, it must sometimes gamble large sums on chancy projects. McNamara's philosophy is that the need for expensive new weapons and other equipment must first be objectively proved to his satisfaction. "I have tried and tried," Schriever said...
Discreet Complaints. Schriever's difficulties with McNamara were hardly unique and will likely be experienced by his successor, General James Ferguson, 53, whose last job was deputy chief of staff for research and development. While many other prominent service leaders clashed loudly with their civilian superiors in the Defense Department, Schriever was discreet about his complaints. Apparently he intends to continue being that way as he begins a new career as a Washington-based industrial consultant. Unlike the bevy of generals who got the last word in their arguments with civilian superiors by writing mem oirs, Technocrat Schriever plans...
...school argues that an IL-28 could easily deliver the latest nuclear test devices, while a second school believes that the Chinese are working to bypass the bomber stage and are pouring their energies into producing rocket-deliverable hydrogen warheads. Though U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara maintains that the Chinese will not have a functioning ICBM until 1975, many Hong Kong China-watchers believe that Peking will have full-fledged ICBM thermonuclear capability by 1970 or 1971. "They're never going to be able to challenge the U.S. or the Soviets in a nuclear shoot-out," says...
...boats chosen for last week's championship on Long Island Sound were Shields class,* stock 30-ft. fiber glass sloops that sell for $8,000 each and are as alike as a school of anchovies. After the first two days, Boston's John J. ("Don") McNamara, 34, and Darien, Conn.'s William Cox, 53, were so far over the horizon that no one could catch them. McNamara, a bronze medal winner in the 5.5-meter class at the 1964 Olympics, was ahead with 371 points (1, 1, 3, 2, 1). Barely 2½ points behind...
Waste of Talent. "I do not believe that the qualification standards for military service should now be lowered," McNamara told the Veterans of Foreign Wars at their 67th convention in New York City. "What I do believe is that through the application of advanced educational and medical techniques we can salvage tens of thousands of these men each year, first for productive military careers and later for productive roles in society." In a speech in Montreal last May, McNamara warned that pauper nations endanger world peace and thus U.S. security. His V.F.W. address brought this thinking home: "Poverty in America...