Word: radford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political leaders are openly discussing drastic readjustments in the armed forces based on the new weaponry, e.g., possible abolition of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command as the day of missiles draws closer (see FOREIGN NEWS). In the U.S. a whiff of a plan formulated by Chairman Arthur Radford of the Joint Chiefs to cut the U.S. armed forces by 800,000 men over the next four years caused a press uproar last fortnight (TIME, July 23). In the absence of open Pentagon discussion, U.S. moves in Britain's direction were best visible last week as straws...
...long-range military planners-including Dwight Eisenhower, Defense Secretary Wilson and Chairman Arthur Radford of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-firmly believe that the next big war, if it comes, will be an atomic-airpower onslaught. Consequently in planning future U.S. military policy, they put heavy stress on ready deterrent forces -the Strategic Air Command, atom-armed Navy carriers and submarines, guided missiles...
...budget planning, the Army fired another resounding round in the running Pentagon war (TIME, June 4) as the generals and the colonels dug in for a convulsive last stand. Leaked to the Army's dependable friend, able New York Times Correspondent Anthony Leviero, was inside information that Admiral Radford proposes to cut the U.S. armed forces from 2,800,000 to 2,000,000 in the next four years. The Army and Navy, said the report (correctly), would absorb most of the manpower slash. All three service chiefs, the story went on, are in revolt against Radford (incorrect...
...after Leviero's story appeared, Admiral Radford moved swiftly to set the record straight. It is true, he said, that new weapons may ultimately reduce U.S. military manpower requirements. But so far as the rumored cut of 800,000 or any other specific proposals go, someone was "anticipating conclusions the chairman [of the Joint Chiefs] himself has not yet reached ... As is usual in leaks of this kind, there is a mixture of fact and pure speculation...
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. . .LL.D...