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Ever since his days as the first Secretary of the Air Force, Missouri's Stuart Symington, now a U.S. Senator, has been calling for greater U.S. air power, and warning against cuts and cutbacks in Air Force appropriations. Last week, on NBC's Meet the Press, Symington gave the U.S. people his most somber warning...
Newshen May Craig of the Portland (Me.) Press Herald led off by asking Symington for an estimate of current Soviet strength...
...Symington: They have a very great air force, not only a defensive air force but an offensive air force. And any time from here out, many people think they also have enough atomic bombs to attack...
...Symington: A recent study that I saw showed that under ideal conditions, 20% of their attacking bombers could be shot down by our present defenses. Under conditions not considered ideal, as, for example, night or low-level attack, we would shoot down about .01% of what they sent over...
Lawrence Spivack, one of the M.C.s of Meet the Press,* threw Symington another question: "Senator, you have said over and over again that if the American people knew the truth they would demand more air power . . . What truth do you know that they ought to know...