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which runs the U.S.A.:

3y BOB LEESON (From the British Daily Worker)

The Pentagon, America’s
pliers — 100 of the biggest firms in the United States. And at their head stand the,
Sree, 2 Metion,, DuPont at =

giant trusts — Rockefeller,

Journalists Drew Pearson
and Jack Anderson, in
book “USA_ Second
Power?” wrote:

“The boards of directors and
executive staff of almost every
airplane company, every elec
tronics company and every oil
company feature one or two re-
tired admirals and generals.”

These men “are on a firsi-
name basis with the top brass
of the Pentagon. Usually the
new top brass serves under the
retired brass and owe their
promotion to them.”
one Edwin V. Hug
Pentagon

in the
secretary to t
ment. He
officers

habit ef coming back to see
their old comrades “‘too often.”
And their new visiting cards
bore the names of big firms in
American war industry.

Later on, Huggins, demobi-
int and got a
job with Westinghouse Elec-
tric. But he had not wai
When, in- 1959,
partm

the defense de

ent started to investigat

the “grave =
at the Pentagon, Aduggins gave
evidence

~ akhe invest h

US. a issue
statement on peace fight

statement re

A
A recent

by the Communist Party of
the U.S. calls for the utmost
effor to commit the nex

hig sidient firmly to a policy of
“The collapse of the summit |
TeveneG m “at

in Paris has

Photo shows a corner of the huge Hohsi Prefabrication
Plant in Shansi province, China. It manufactures ready-

made building parts.

| deficiency of policy on the part

military headquarters, has

that 88 out of the 100 Penta-
gon warrant firms employed
721 ex-officers of the rank of
colonel and above to badger
their former comrades-in-arms
for contracts and changes of

policy.
General Dynamics, makers
of the B-58 bomber and the

Atlas long range rocket, have
found jobs for an ex-secretary
of the army and six former
deputy secretaries of defense
for the army. And _ behind
General Dynamics are _ the
Rockefellers and Morgans.

Putting private pressure on
the Pentagon is one way of
working.

But sometimes it is not}
enough.
Last October, while the

American people enjoyed the
mild Camp David weather, ad-
vertisements appeared in the
American press advising Presi-

dent Eisenhower against any
agreement with the Soviet
Union.

They were financed by Allen
Badley Co., suppliers of one-
third of the electronic equip-
used by the Pentagon.

In February this year a most |
unholy row developed among
—e Pentagon men because of
rges that the Soviet Union|

ment

| allocations in the budget and

| generals brought out the old

100 firms as its chief sup-

would soon have an immense
superiority in production of |
rockets over America. Some
said three to one.

The source of this informa-
tion suddenly released into the
pre-summit air was said to be
Allen Dulles’ Central Intelli-
gence Agency.

In fact, the story was cold
mutton reheated. It was first
put about in early 1959 by Mc-
Elroy, the then defense chief
and ex-Chrysler man.

Dissatisfied with the rocket

fearing that a successful sum-
mit might lead to cuts, the

story.

Within days of the summit}
breakdown, General T. D.|
White, air force chief, was call-|
ing for two extra squadrons of
Atlas rockets.

As he did so, shares in elec-|
tronics, missiles and rocket}
fuels were dancing on Wall|

| outline

|
"IF WE'RE GOING TO BECOME MORE
CIVILISED WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS 2” @

NATO.

E colo Me WAR asTOVON, |

PEACEFUL
Gi) \co-EXIST |

Burnaby meeting to urge
neutrality for Canada

Neutrality can make Canada a powerful voice for
world peace, will be the theme of a public meeting to be
held at the Nordic Centre, 6th Street and 12th Avenue,
Tuesday, June 14 at 8p.m. |

The meeting, organized by| distributed to advertise the
the Burnaby constituency com-| meeting the Burnaby commit-
mittee of the Communist Par-|tee of the Communist Party
ty, will hear Burnaby provin-| demands ‘“‘a full review by the
cial candidate Harold Pritchett | Diefenbaker government on
the Communist posi-|how deeply Canada is involv-
tion. |ed in ‘preventive’ or ‘pre-emp-

In a leaflet. being widely | tive’ war schemes of the U.S.”

Street, some leaping nearly}
three dollars. |

In this “multi-million dollar |
business” they sell war and}
rumors of war as a fishmonger |
sells fish. The title ““warmong-|
ers,” awarded them by Social-|
ists, is more true today than|
ever it was.

single flash the bankruptcy of
the cold-w = policy,” the state
ment said. The failure was not
“due to incompetence, fumb-
ling or any single blunder or|

of the administration. It was|
ii. to a acne Bey: the |

~.-| and distort it.

|in the world of today. |

| supremacy over the military,
1 central

|}ed shamelssly

active line of cold war, erron-

eous as a whole.

“Cold war in whatever shape |

| or form, can provide no safe or |

dependable policy for the US. |

“The principle of civilian
to our tradition and
form of Government, is violat-
— at a time
when one mishap in the mili-
tary sphere can unleash a
dreadful war.

“The struggle for a new ad-
ministration for peace in No-
vember can be won if the
people repudiate every effort
to keep the peace issue .out of
the elections, or to befuddle

“All the people's’ - strength
must be mustered to defeat
cold-war candidates and to
elect honest advocates of peace,
democracy and the peoples
needs,” says the statement.

Old generals never die...

THEY GENERALLY END UP
WITH BIG BUSINESS JOBS

Here are the conclusions of the Report of the Sub:
committee for Special Investigations of the House Com-
mittee on Armed Services in USA headed by Rep. F. E.
Hebert (Democrat, La.):

“We think it is unethical and unconscionable for a
person in have anything to do in private life with a sub-
ject with which he was directly concerned while in public
employment.”

“There has appeared in the ‘Congressional Record’
and there appears in our record, a list of the retired
military in or above the grade of colonel in the Army and
Air Force; and captain in the Navy, 726 in number, who
are employed by the 100 largest. defense contractors.”

Military Brass in Company Jobs: The number of re-
tired military officers with some of the leading military
contracting companies in the order of their ‘defense
position” (total value of contracts) was as follows:

Boeing, 61: General Dynamics Corp. 186; General
Electric, 26; Lockheed Aircraft, 171; United Aircraft, 24:
A.T. & T., 6; North American, 92; Douglas, 40; the Martin
Co., 63; Hughes Aircraft 22. These are the first ten com-
panies in order of value of military contracts.

There were others with a lesser value of contracts but
with large numbers of retired military officérs. For eX;
ample, Sperry Rand. (30); Radio Corp. of America (35);
Northrop Aircraft (26); Republic Aviation (14); Grumman
(14);. Raytheon (19); Bendix Aviation (29); General Tire
& Rubber (66); I.T. & T. (44); Burroughs Corp. (14); Philco ’
Corp. (29); Newport News Shipbuilding (14); Sylvania
Electric Products (19); The Rand Corp. (14); Ryan Aero: .
nautical (54); and Westinghouse (31).

Altogether there were 1,426 retired military officers
of all grades employed by the first 72 defense contractors.

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June 10, 1960—PACIFIC TRIBUNE