HEARINGS ON MILITARY POSTURE AND H.R. 2440, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS 4.S. Congress. House, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS JANUARY 30 AND 31, FEBRUARY 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, HEARINGS ON MILITARY POSTURE AND H. R. 2440, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS DURING FISCAL YEAR 1964, FOR PROCUREMENT, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION OF AIRCRAFT, MISSILES, AND NAVAL VESSELS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, The committee met at 10 a.m., the Honorable Carl Vinson (chairman of the committee) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. A quorum of the committee is present. Members of the committee, this morning we start our annual posture hearings which will be followed immediately by consideration of the legislation relating to 412, the procurement hearing. We have the distinguished Secretary of Defense, Mr. McNamara, with us this morning. After Mr. McNamara has completed his statement, we will hear the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Taylor. Then we will hear from Dr. Brown, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense. Now, each member has before him the Secretary's statement. It is highly classified, and I will ask you to let it remain on your desk when you leave the committee room. It is 181 pages long, with 40 pages of charts, making a total of 221 pages. Because of its great length I have respectfully requested the Secretary to follow the same course as last year, that is, to present the whole statement to the committee for its consideration, but to read only those portions which are particularly important. However, this procedure is by no means to be interpreted as indicating that there is anything in the statement which is not of importance. It merely represents a more practical approach to the matter of fully informing the committee while not consuming an unreasonable length of time in oral testimony. Mr. McNamara was kind enough to send up to the committee three advance copies. I have examined mine very closely and have a great many marked places in it. Sometime during the hearing I hope to be able to make inquiry of Mr. McNamara with respect to these particular matters. While the most important portions of it will be read by Mr. McNamara, I commend the whole statement to every member of the committee. Moreover, every member of the committee can have the opportunity to read it in full. 85066-63-No. 4 (233) |