COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia, Chairman JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi

MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington

JACK MILLER, Iowa SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina

JOHN G. TOWER, Texas HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada

JAMES B. PEARSON, Kansas ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii
THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire
DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland
HARRY F. BYRD, JR., Virginia

WILLIAM H. DARDEN, Chief of Staff
CHARLES B. KIRBOW, Chief Clerk

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CONTENTS

Statements of -

Hon. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of North

Carolina..

Hon. Alfred B. Fitt, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower).

Rear Adm. Wilfred A. Hearn, Judge Advocate General of the Navy--

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