MISSILE PROGRAMS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

PREPAREDNESS INVESTIGATING SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

1358

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

NOVEMBER 25, 26, 27, DECEMBER 13, 14, 16, AND 17, 1957
JANUARY 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, AND 23, 1958

PART I

Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services

MISSILE PROGRAMS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

PREPAREDNESS INVESTIGATING SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

NOVEMBER 25, 26, 27, DECEMBER 13, 14, 16, AND 17, 1957,
JANUARY 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, AND 23, 1958

PART I

Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1958

CONTENTS

Page

Dr. Vannevar Bush, chairman of the corporation of the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology-

Opening statement, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, chairman

Dr. Edward Teller, physicist, University of California Radiation Labora-

tory..

Dr. John Chipman, chairman, Department of Metallurgy, MIT.

Gen. James H. Doolittle, USAFR, Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board,

United States Air Force__.

Dr. John Hagen, Director, United States Navy Project Vanguard.

Hon. Neil H. McElroy, Secretary of Defense.

Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Deputy Secretary of Defense

Address by Hon. Donald A. Quarles before the United States Confer-

ence of Mayors, New York, N. Y., September 9, 1957---

1

4

57

89

111

142

194

261

296

Remarks by Hon. Donald A. Quarles before the Wings Club, New

York, N. Y., November 18, 1957-

300

Appearance of Hon. Donald A. Quarles on TV Program Youth Wants

to Know, November 10, 1957-

303

Mr. William M. Holaday, Director of Guided Missiles, Office of the Secre-

tary of Defense..

345

Brig. Gen. Austin W. Betts, USA, military executive assistant to Director

of Guided Missiles, Office of the Secretary of Defense

345

345

461

Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, United States

Navy..

Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Shaw, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff (Research and

Development) United States Marine Corps.

Lt. Gen. Verne J. McCaul, USMC, Assistant Commandant, United States

Marine Corps..

Mr. Alvin G. Waggoner, civilian executive assistant to Director of Guided

Missiles, Office of the Secretary of Defense..

Hon. Wilber M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army-

Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army.

Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin, USA, Chief of Office of Research and Develop-

ment, Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army___

Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris, USA, Commander, Army Ballistic Missile

Agency..

475

485

539, 1066

Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Development Operations Division,

Army Ballistic Missile Agency - -

Dr. William H. Martin, Director of Research and Development, Office of

the Secretary of the Army-

Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Secretary of the Navy..

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626

638, 711

644, 753

669

677

Hon. Garrison Norton, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Air).

Rear Adm. Rawson Bennett, USN, Chief of Naval Research..

682

703

Rear Adm. John T. Hayward, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations

Research and Development) -

703

Rear Adm. John E. Clark, USN, Director, Guided Missiles Division, Office

of Chief of Naval Operations..

Rear Adm. Charles E. Weakley, USN, Director, Office of Anti-submarine

Warfare Readiness, Office of Chief of Naval Operations.

736

748

Rear Adm. William F. Raborn, USN, Director, Special Project, Bureau of
Ordnance, United States Navy-

Dr. J. Sterling Livingston, professor of business administration, Harvard

University

Hon. James H. Douglas, Secretary of the Air Force

Thomas D. White, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.

Gen. Curtis E. Le May, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.

771, 834

791

839

839

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