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Part 2. The Eisenhower Administration(1953-1961).

Public Statements by theSecretaries of Defense

Part 2. The Eisenhower Administration(1953-1961):

C.E. Wilson, January 28,1953-October 8,1957N.H. McElroy, October 9,1957-December 1,1959

T.S. Gates, Jr., December 2,1959-January 20,1961

Edited byPaul Kesaris

Guide Compiled byCynthia Hancock

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TABLE OF CONTENTSReel Index

Reel I C.E. Wilson 1Reel II C.E. Wilson (Cont.) 2Reel III C.E. Wilson (Cont.) 4Reel IV C.E. Wilson (Cont.) 7Reel V C.E. Wilson (Cont.) 9Reel VI C.E. Wilson (Cont.) 11

Neil H. McElroy 11Reel VII Neil H. McElroy (Cont.) 12Reel VIII Neil H. McElroy (Cont.) 13

Thomas S. Gates, Jr 15Reel IX Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (Cont.) 15

REEL INDEX

Reel I

C.E. WilsonAddresses and Statements

1953Frame

0001 Table of Contents for Volume I: 1953. 6pp.

0007 Senate Armed Services Committee on Nominee Designates: Nomination of C.E.Wilson to Be Secretary of Defense. January 15. 37pp.

0044 Industrialists Luncheon, GM Motorama, Waldorf Astoria, New York. January 19,10pp.

0054 Senate Armed Services Committee on Nominee Designates: Nomination of C.E.Wilson to Be Secretary of Defense. January 23. 45pp.

0099 House Committee on Appropriations: Truman Budget. February 24. 42pp.

0141 Senate Armed Services Committee: Ammunition Supplies in the Far East. March 10.4pp.

0145 Press Conference, Washington, D.C. March 20. 26pp.

0171 Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Status of the NATO, Armed Forces and MilitaryHeadquarters. April 7,15pp.

0186 Joint Congressional Committee on Foreign Relations: Mutual Security Program. May5. 34pp.

0220 House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Mutual Security Program. May 8. 29pp.0249 House Committee on Appropriations: Fiscal Year 1954 Budget. May 11,12. 18pp.

0367 Table of Contents for Volume II: 1953. 2pp.

0369 Press Conference, Washington, D.C. May 12. 31pp.

0400 Armed Forces Day Dinner, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. May 15.15pp.

0415 Senate Appropriations Committee: Fiscal Year 1954 Budget. May 19, 20. 73pp.

0488 Iowa State Bar Association, Sioux City, Iowa. June 5. 11pp.

0499 Senate Appropriations Committee: Fiscal Year 1954 Budget. June 8, 9. 83pp.

0682 Answers to the Thirty-two Questions Asked by Senator Margaret Chase Smith,Washington, D.C. 23pp.

0706 Press Conference, Washington, D.C. June 16. 22pp.0728 Table of Contents for Volume III: 1953.4pp.0732 Press Conference, Washington, D.C. July 21.15pp.0747 Secretaries' Conference, Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia. July 23.17pp.0764 Opening Business Session, Secretaries' Conference, Quantico, Virginia. July 24.2pp.0766 Closing Remarks, Secretaries' Conference, Quantico, Virginia. July 26. 6pp.0772 Statement by the Secretary of Defense upon Signing of Korean Armistice, Washing-

ton, D.C. July 26.2pp.

0774 American Legion, St. Louis, Missouri. "Six Months of Defense Progress." September3.11pp.

0785 Press Conference, Washington, D.C. September 29. 20pp.0805 Press Conference, Attended by Assistant Secretary of Defense Quarles, Washington,

D.C. October 6. 23pp.0828 Press Conference, Attended by Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas, Washington,

D.C. October 13. 27pp.0855 Press Conference, Attended by Assistant Secretary of Defense Floete, Washington,

D.C. October 19.19pp.0874 American Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. "Crusade for Freedom." October

21.7pp.0882 Centennial of Engineering Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

'The Continuing Frontiers." October 23.12pp.0895 Press Conference, Attended by Assistant Secretary of Defense Hannah, Washington,

D.C. October 27. 25pp.0920 Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. October 30. 5pp.0925 Press Conference, Attended by Assistant Secretary of Defense McNeil, Washington,

D.C. November 3, 23pp.0948 Senate Armed Services Committee: Implementation of Title IV, National Security Act

of 1947. November 3.19pp.0967 Academy of Political Science, Hotel Astor, New York. "The Enigma of the Twentieth

Century." November 5.17pp.0984 National Press Club, Washington, D.C. "You Don't Get into any New Trouble Quoting

Yourself." November 10.14pp.0998 Military Surgeons, Hotel Statler, Washington, D.C. "Medicine and Surgery in the

Atomic Age." November 11.11pp.

Reel IIC.E. Wilson (Cont.)

Addresses and Statements (Cont.)1953 (Cont.)

0001 Interview, U.S. News and World Report, Washington, D.C. "Defense Cuts Will NotUpset Business," November 13. 26pp.

0027 Press Conference, Attended by Assistant Secretary of Defense Casberg, Washing-ton, D.C. November 17. 23pp.

0051 Press Conference, Hotel Sheraton-Cadillac, Detroit, Michigan. November 20.19pp.

0070 Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, Hotel Sheraton-Cadillac, Detroit,Michigan. "The New Defense Model." November 20.14pp.

0084 Advertising Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "The Three-Pronged CommunistThreat." November 23.15pp.

0099 Press Conference, Washington, D.C. December 1.17pp.0116 Indiana Republican Finance Committee, Indianapolis, Indiana. "The Challenge of the

Pentagon." December?. 19pp.

19540135 Table of Contents for Volume I: 1954. 10pp.0145 Article in Nation's Business, January. "We Are Changing Our Strategy." N.D. 4pp.0149 Press Conference, Pentagon. January 8.19pp.0168 Address at Michigan Agricultural Conference, Lansing, Michigan. January 13.17pp.0185 Press Conference, Pentagon. January 15.15pp.0200 Address before the Fourteenth Graduating Class of the Armed Forces Staff College,

Norfolk, Virginia. January 21. 10pp.0210 Press Conference, Pentagon. January 22. 14pp.0224 Press Conference with Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force, Roger Lewis,

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, M. Lee White, Assistant Secretary of the AirForce, and Gen. Nathan B. Twining, Chief of Staff, USAF. Pentagon. January 26.37pp.

0262 Address before the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pentagon.January 27. 5pp.

0267 Address before the Women's Forum on National Security, Hotel Statler, Washington,D.C. January 28. 16pp.

0284 Address before the National Security Committee of the American Legion, Pentagon.January 29. 5pp.

0289 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of DefenseAppropriations of the House Committee on Appropriations. February 1, 2. 93pp.

0382 Press Conference with Wilfred J. McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comp-troller), Pentagon. February 2. 23pp.

0405 Press Conference, Pentagon. February 9. 11pp.0416 Address before the Sixty-eighth Annual Lincoln Dinner of the National Republican

Club, New York. February 12. 13pp.0429 Table of Contents for Volume II: 1954. 3pp.0432 Press Conference, Pentagon. March 4.15pp.0447 Press Conference with Roger W. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Robert B.

Anderson, Secretary of the Navy, Pentagon. March 9. 23pp.0471 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense

Appropriations of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. March 15. 50pp.0521 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services regard-

ing Doctor Draft Act Amendments. March 18. 67pp.0589 Press Conference, Pentagon. March 23. 22pp.0610 Press Conference, Pentagon. March 30.17pp.0627 Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appropriations of

the House Committee on Appropriations. March 31. 21pp.0648 Address before the Bull Elephants Club, Congressional Hotel, Washington, D.C.

April 1. 10pp.

0658 Address before the Air Force Officers Wives Club, Army-Navy Country Club, Arling-ton, Va. April 8.9pp.

0667 Statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding Doctor Draft ActAmendments. April 8. 36pp.

0703 Press Conference, Pentagon. April 14.16pp.0719 Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Pentagon. April 15.7pp.0726 Press Conference, Pentagon. April 21.13pp.0739 Address before the Forty-second Annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of

the United States, Washington, D.C. April 26.15pp.0754 Address before the Conference of Governors, Washington, D.C. April 28.14pp.0768 Table of Contents for Volume III: 1954. 3pp.0771 Press Conference, Pentagon. May 4. 20pp.0791 Address at Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, Pentagon. May 6.1p.0792 Press Interview, National Airport, Washington, D.C. May 11. 3pp.0795 Address at Officers' Club, Ryukyu Command, Okinawa. May 27. 2pp.0797 Press Conference. National Airport, Washington, D.C. June 2. 9pp.0806 Address at the Commencement and 150th Anniversary of the University of South

Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. June 7.17pp.

0823 Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Mutual SecurityProgram. June 14.9pp.

0832 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee SupportingLegislation Providing Two Additional Assistant Secretaries for Each of the MilitaryDepartments. June 15.40pp.

0872 Address before the Graduating Class of the Naval War College, Newport, RhodeIsland. June 16.7pp.

0879 Opening Remarks to the Secretaries' Conference, Quantico, Virginia. June 17. 6pp.0885 Address before the Secretaries' Conference, Quantico, Virginia. "Objective Organi-

zation." June 18.16pp.0901 Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee regarding Two Additional

Assistant Secretaries for Each of the Military Departments. June 30. 24pp.0925 Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee regarding Armed Services

Security Cases. July 15.109pp.

Reel IIIC.E. Wilson (Cont.)

Addresses and Statements (Cont.)1954 (Cont.)

0001 Press Conference, Pentagon. July 20.15pp.0016 Press Conference, Pentagon. August 3. 22pp.0038 Table of Contents for Volume IV: 1954. 4pp.0042 Press Conference, Pentagon. August 10.12pp.0054 Text for Movie, the Republican National Committee, Washington, D.C. August 16.1 p.0055 Statement for the White House Series. September 15. 8pp.

0063 Address before the Industrial Symposium. "Military and Economic Strength AreInseparable." September 17. 9pp.

0072 Press Conference, Pentagon. September 23. 21pp.

0093 Address at Banquet for the Thirty-third Degree Class, Ancient Accepted ScottishRite, Motel Statler, Boston, Massachusetts. September 29. 6pp.

0099 Press Interview, MATS Terminal, National Airport, Washington, D.C. Octobers. 2pp.

0101 Address before Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, Pentagon. October 6. 21pp.

0122 Address before a Civic Group of Cleveland Businessmen, Hotel Carter, Cleveland,Ohio. October 9. 24pp.

0146 Address before the Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, Cleveland, Ohio. October 9.14pp.

0160 Press Conference, Detroit, Michigan. October 11. 21pp.

0181 Address before Wayne County Republican Finance Committee Dinner, Detroit, Mich-igan. October 11. 16pp.

0197 Statement regarding Press Conference of October 11, 1954. Detroit, Michigan.October 12. 1 p.

0198 Press Interview, Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois. October 13. 3pp.

0201 Address beforethe Republican Citizens' Finance Committee of Illinois, Hotel ConradHilton, Chicago, Illinois. October 13. 23pp.

0224 Press Interview, National Airport, Washington, D.C. October 14. 3pp.

0227 Address before the World Affairs Council, Los Angeles, California. "Peace ThroughStrength." October 22. 16pp.

0243 Address before the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, Pen-tagon. October 29. 1p.

0244 Address before Citizens for Eisenhower Dinner, Motel Miami, Dayton, Ohio. "WhatDo the American People Want?" October 29. 9pp.

0253 Address before Citizens for Eisenhower Rally, University of Dayton Field House,Dayton, Ohio. October 29. 12pp.

0265 Address at Corner-Laying Ceremonies for the William Beaumont Hospital, Bir-mingham, Michigan. October 30. 6pp.

0271 Address before the Cleveland Chapter of the American Ordnance Association, Cleve-land, Ohio. "Defense is Everybody's Job." November 11.12pp.

0283 Press Conference, Pentagon. November 16. 20pp.

0304 Press Conference, Pentagon. November 30. 27pp.

0331 Press Conference, Pentagon. December 7. 13pp.

0344 Address before the Illinois Manufacturers Association, Hotel Conrad Hilton, Chi-cago, Illinois. December 9. 6pp.

0350 Address at Launching of the U.S.S. Forrestal, Newport News, Virginia. December 11.2pp.

0352 Address before the Chamber of Commerce, NewOrleans, Louisiana. "Countering theCommunist Threat." December 13.18pp.

0370 Press Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. December 15. 15pp.

0385 Press Conference with Carter L. Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpowerand Personnel), Pentagon. December 17. 39pp.

0424 Press Conference with Carter L. Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpowerand Personnel), and Robert C. Lanphier, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense(Supply and Logistics), Pentagon. December 20. 33pp.

19550457 Table of Contents for Volume 1:1955. 7pp.0464 Statement for January 1955 Issue of Nation's Business. N.D. 5pp.0469 Letter to President Requesting Presidential Views on Personnel Strengths of the

Armed Services and President's Reply of January 5. January 3. 5pp.0474 Letter to Mr. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., regarding General Motors Policy or Philosophy.

January 17.24pp.0498 Statement and Testimony regarding Trade Agreements Extension before the Com-

mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. January 18.17pp.0515 Statement and Testimony on National Defense before the Committee on Armed

Services of the House of Representatives. January 26. 44pp.0560 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria-

tions of the House of Representatives. January 31, February 1, 2.149pp.0710 Statement in Support of the Extension of the Selective Service Act before the Com-

mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. February 1. 4pp.0714 Statement regarding the Career Incentive Act of 1955 before Subcommittee No. 2 of

the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. February 7.14pp.0728 Statement and Testimony regarding the National Reserve Plan before Subcommittee

No. 1 of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. February8. 36pp.

0764 Statement before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. February 9.10pp.0774 Press Conference at the Pentagon. February 15.18pp.0792 Statement and Testimony regarding Trade Agreements Extension before the Com-

mittee on Finance of the Senate. March 2.18pp.0810 Press Conference at the Pentagon. March 8.17pp.0827 Statement and Testimony regarding the Career Incentive Act of 1955 before the

Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. March 17.19pp.0846 Press Conference at the Pentagon. March 22.12pp.0858 Statement on the Occasion of Acceptance of Honorary Membership in the Council of

Delegates, Inter-American Defense Board, Washington, D.C. March 23.1p.0859 Statement before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the

Senate (Read by Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert B. Anderson). April 4.17pp.0876 Press Conference at the Pentagon. April 12. 28pp.0904 Table of Contents for Volume 11:1955. 5pp.0909 Statement on the Fiscal Year 1956 Budget before the Subcommittee on Department

of Defense Appropriations of the Committee on Appropriations of the House ofRepresentatives. April 19.3pp.

0912 Press Conference at the Pentagon—with Robert Tripp Ross, Assistant Secretary ofDefense (Legislative and Public Affairs); Karl Honoman, Deputy Assistant Secretaryof Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs); and Thomas P. Pike, Assistant Secretaryof Defense (Supply and Logistics). April 26. 32pp.

0944 Statement before the Society of the Alumni, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland,Virginia. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." April 30.11pp.

0955 Address at the Conference of Governors, Washington, D.C. May 2.17pp.0972 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 10.18pp.0991 Statement for Use in Congressional Hometown Broadcasts. May 11.1 p.0992 Address before the Republican Women's National Conference, Mayflower Hotel,

Washington, D.C. May 11.15pp.1007 Statement to NATO Permanent Representatives, Washington National Airport. May

17.1p.

1008 Address at the Sixth National Armed Forces Day Dinner, Sheraton-Park Hotel,Washington, D.C. May 20. 4pp.

1012 Statement at the First Day of Issue Ceremony of the Commemorative Stamp Honor-ing the Armed Forces Reserve, Washington, D.C. May 21. 2pp.

1014 Press Conference at the Pentagon—with Carter Burgess, Assistant Secretary ofDefense (Manpower and Personnel); Roger Lewis, Assistant Secretary of the AirForce; and Robert Lanphier, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply andLogistics). May 24. 30pp.

1044 Press Conference at the Pentagon. June 6.15pp.1059 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria-

tions of the Senate. June 6. 20pp.1079 Statement on the Extension of Selective Service, House Resolution 3005, and on the

Extension of the Doctor Draft, House Resolution 6057, before the Committee onArmed Services of the Senate. June 10. 6pp.

1085 Address at Gunston Hall, Lotion, Virginia. June 12.14pp.1099 Address before the Graduating Class of the National War College, Washington, D.C.

June 14. 8pp.1107 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria-

tions of the House of Representatives. June 15. 54pp.1161 Address at the Launching and Dedication of the Texas Friendship for Korea, Hous-

ton, Texas. June 20. 11pp.1172 Press Briefing with Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army, and Wilber M. Brucker,

General Counsel (Tape Recorded). June 22. 5pp.1177 Address before the American Society of Engineering Education. State College,

Pennsylvania. June 23.16pp.

Reel IV

C.E. Wilson (Cont.)Addresses and Statements (Cont.)

1955 (Cont.)0001 Statement on a National Reserve Plan before the Committee on Armed Services of

the Senate. July 7.4pp.

0005 Press Conference at the Marine Corps Schools (Tape Recorded), Quantico, Virginia.Jjjly 14.18pp.

0023 Press Conference at the Marine Corps Schools (Tape Recorded), Quantico, Virginia.July 17. 13pp.

0036 Press Conference at the Pentagon with Gordon Gray, Assistant Secretary of Defense(International Security Affairs). August 9,11pp.

0047 Press Conference at the Pentagon with Donald A. Quarles, Secretary-Designate ofthe Department of the Air Force. August 11. 6pp.

0053 Statement and Testimony on Transport Policy and Organization before the Sub-committee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House ofRepresentatives. September 19.19pp.

0072 Press Conference at the Pentagon with Reuben Robertson, Deputy Secretary ofDefense, and W.J. McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). September29.21pp.

0093 Address before the United Givers Fund Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. October 3.9PP-

0102 Press and Radio Conference with Adm. Arthur W.Redford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs ofStaff, and James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President, Administration Build-ing, Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado. October 17.14pp.

0116 Press Conference at the Pentagon. October 18. 25pp.0141 Statement at the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers, Geneva, Switzerland. Novembers.

1p.0142 Press Conference at the Pentagon with Charles A. Coolidge, Special Assistant, Office

of the Secretary of Defense. November 16. 21pp.0163 Address before the American Municipal Association, Miami, Florida. "Security, Peace

and Prosperity." November 28.12pp.0175 Press Conference at the Pentagon with M.D. Sprague, General Counsel, Office of the

Secretary of Defense. December 20. 26pp.0201 Table of Contents for Volume 1:1956. 6pp.0207 Statement for January 1956 Issue of Nation's Business. N.D. 7pp.0214 Statement before the Senate Committee on Armed Services (Executive Session).

January 12.14pp.0228 Address at Printing Week Dinner, New York City. January 16.12pp.0240 Press Conference at the Pentagon. January 17.18pp.0258 Address at "Salute to Eisenhower" Dinner, Los Angeles, California. January 20.10pp.0270 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense

Appropriations, House Committee on Appropriations, regarding Department ofDefense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1957. January 24. 273pp.

0543 Table of Contents for Volume II: 1956. 3pp.0546 Press Conference at the Pentagon. February 1. 38pp.0584 Remarks at Brotherhood Dinner, Washington, D.C. February 20. 3pp.0587 Press Conference at the Pentagon. March 6. 26pp.0613 Address before the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. "Ivory Soap's Not Good

Enough." March 13. 22pp.0635 Statement before the Subcommittee on Disarmament. March 15. 7pp.0642 Press Conference at the Pentagon. March 27.10pp.

0652 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of DefenseAppropriations, House Committee on Appropriations, regarding Department ofDefense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1957. April 18. 67pp.

0719 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 1.16pp.0735 Address before the Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago, Illinois. May 7.13pp.0748 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the State Committee on

Appropriations, regarding Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year1957. May 8. 57pp.

0805 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on theMutual Security Program for Fiscal Year 1957. May 14. 39pp.

0844 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 15. 21pp.0865 Address at the Seventh Annual National Armed Forces Day Dinner. May 18. 7pp.0872 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 21. 27pp.0899 Statements and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the

Mutual Security Act of 1956. May 22. 20pp.0919 Address at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. June 15. 7pp.0926 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Mutual

Security Appropriations for 1957. June 19. 35pp.0961 Table of Contents for Volume 111:1956. 3pp.

0964 Press Conference at the Secretaries Conference, Quantico, Virginia. June 21.21 pp.0985 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Air Force of the Senate

Committee on Armed Services. June 29, July 2, 3.196pp.

ReelV

C.E. Wilson (Cont.)Addresses and Statements (Cont.)

1956 (Cont.)0001 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Air Force of the Senate

Committee on Armed Services. June 29, July 2, 3. Continued from Reel IV.0176 Letter to Chairman, Subcommittee on Airpower, Senate Committee on Armed Servi-

ces (Senator Symington). July 18. 2pp.0179 Press Conference at the Pentagon. August 7.17pp.0198 Address at Chautauqua, New York. "A Sound Defense is Our Continuing Policy."

August 10.15pp.0213 Address at the Fifty-seventh National Encampment, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dal-

las, Texas. August 15. 14pp.0227 Address at the Republican National Convention, San Francisco, California. August

21.2pp.0229 Press Conference at the Pentagon. September 20.18pp.0247 Address before the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania State Chamber of

Commerce, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 10.17pp.0264 Press Conference at the Pentagon. October 12.12pp.0276 Remarks on "Meet the Press," Washington, D.C. October 14. 13pp.0290 Remarks on "Face the Nation," Washington, D.C. October 28. 23pp.0313 Memorandum for Members of the Armed Forces Policy Council on Clarification of

Roles and Mission to Improve the Effectiveness of Operation of the Department ofDefense. November 26. 9pp.

0322 Summary of Remarks at the NATO Ministerial Meeting in Paris in December 1956.December 14. 4pp.

19570326 Table of Contents for Volume 1:1957. 5pp.0331 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations regarding

Military Posture Briefing. January 28. 28pp.0359 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense

Appropriations, House Committee on Appropriations, regarding Department ofDefense Appropriations for 1958. January 30.139pp.

0501 Statement on the National Guard. February 1. 3pp.0504 Address before the Committee of One Hundred, Miami, Florida. "Defense Business is

Serious Business." February 5. 23pp.0527 Statement regarding Deployment of Nuclear Weapons for Air Defense. February 20.

2pp.0529 Statement before the Senate Committee on Armed Services (Executive Session).

February 21.12pp.

0541 Address before the First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania. February 22. 7pp.

0548 Press Conference at the Pentagon. February 26. 22pp.0570 Press Conference at the Pentagon. March 19.17pp.0587 Press Conference at the Pentagon. April 18. 20pp.0607 Remarks on Jamestown Festival Day, Fort Monroe, Virginia. April 30. 5pp.0612 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 2. 20pp.0632 Address before Junior Chamber of Commerce of Houston, Houston, Texas. "What

Price Security." May 11.14pp.0646 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 16. 21pp.0667 Table of Contents for Volume II: 1957. 3pp.0670 Statement and Testimony regarding Department of Defense Appropriations, 1958,

before Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee onArmed Services. May 23. 72pp.

0742 Address before the Republican Party of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "A LookAhead." May 24.12pp.

0754 Statement and Testimony regarding the Mutual Security Act of 1957 before theSenate Committee on Foreign Relations. May 28. 31pp.

0785 Address before the Republican Party of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts."What is Good for the Country is Good for the Republican Party—and Vice Versa."JuneS. 12pp.

0797 Address at the Commencement Exercises of Kingswood School Cranbrook, Bloom-field Hills, Michigan. "In Pursuit of Happiness." June 8. 7pp.

0804 Address at the Graduation Exercises of the National War College, Washington, D.C.June 11.8pp.

0812 Press Conference, Quantico, Virginia. June 13.11pp.0823 Press Conference, Quantico, Virginia. June 15.10pp.0833 Press Conference at the Pentagon. June 27.19pp.0852 Statement and Testimony on Military Construction Appropriations for 1958 before

the Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appropriations of the House Commit-tee on Appropriations. July 1. 21pp.

0873 Letter to the Chairman .of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (the HonorableThomas S. Gordon). July 2. 9pp.

0883 Statement concerning the Supreme Court Decision in the Girard Case. July 11.1 p.0884 Memoranda for the President and the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air

Force concerning the Reduction of Military Manpower. July 16. 3pp.

0887 Press Conference at the Pentagon. August 1. 26pp.0913 Press Conference at the Pentagon. August 15. 23pp.0936 Press Conference at the Pentagon with Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

McNeil and Memorandum for the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Forceand Press Release on Force Levels Distributed at Press Conference. September 19.30pp.

0966 Press Conference at the Pentagon. October 2. 28pp.0994 Address before the Republican Party of Washington. Seattle, Washington. October

10.12pp.

Reel VIC.E. Wilson (Cont.)

Addresses and Statements (Cont.)1957 (Cont.)

0001 Interview Published in the October 18,1957 Issue of U.S. News and World Report.October 18.13pp.

Neil H. McElroyAddresses and Statements

19570014 Table of Contents for Volume I: August 1957-November 1958. 9pp.

0023 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, regard-ing Nomination as Secretary of Defense. August 15. 27pp.

0050 Press Conference at the Pentagon. October 9.15pp.

0066 Statement Issued at Press Conference, Washington, D.C. October 9. 2pp.

0068 Press Conference at the Pentagon. November 15. 21pp.

0089 Statement and Testimony before a Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appro-priations of the House Committee on Appropriations, regarding the Ballistic MissileProgram. November 20.69pp.

0159 Statement and Testimony before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee ofthe Senate Committee on Armed Services, regarding Satellite and Missile Programs.November 27. 70pp.

19580229 Statement before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appropriations of the

House Committee on Appropriations, regarding Fiscal Year 1958 SupplementalBudget. January 8. 77pp.

0306 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services, regard-ing Satellite and Missile Programs. January 13,14,15.117pp.

0423 Press Conference at the Pentagon. January 21. 12pp.

0437 Statement and Testimony before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee ofthe Senate Committee on Armed Services, regarding Satellite and Missile Programs.January 22. 54pp.

0491 Table of Contents for Volume II: 1958. 3pp.

0494 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of DefenseAppropriations of the House Committee on Appropriations, regarding Fiscal Year1959 Defense Budget. January 27. 27pp.

0521 Statement before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appropriations of theSenate Committee on Appropriations, regarding the Fiscal Year 1958 SupplementalBudget. January 28, 29. 57pp.

0578 Statement upon the Launching of Explorer Satellite. February 1.1p.

0579 Press Conference at the Pentagon. February 7. 27pp.

0606 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means, regard-ing Renewal of Trade Agreements Act. February 18. 25pp.

0631 Testimony before Subcommittee No. 2 of the House Committee on Armed Services,regarding Military Pay Revision. February 20.34pp.

0665 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee onArmed Services, regarding Military Pay Revision. February 25. 26pp.

0691 Statement before the National Conference on the Foreign Aspects of U.S. NationalSecurity. Washington, D.C. February 25. 9pp.

0700 Statement and Testimony before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee ofthe Senate Committee on Armed Services, regarding Satellite and Missile Programs.February 26.44pp.

0744 Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, regarding Mutual Security.February 27.35pp.

0779 Statement regarding the Accidental Dropping of an Unarmed Nuclear Device NearFlorence, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. March 12.1 p.

0780 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, inSupport of the Mutual Security Program. March 19. 33pp.

0813 Statement and Testimony before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee ofthe Senate Committee on Armed Services, regarding Satellite and Missile Programs.Aprils. 71pp.

0884 Press Conference at the Pentagon. April 3. 24pp.0908 Address before the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. April 10. 23pp.0931 Table of Contents for Volume III: 1958. 2pp.0933 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services, regard-

ing Reorganization of the Department of Defense. April 22, 23, 24, 25. 206pp.

Reel VII

Neil H. McElroy (Cont.)Addresses and Statements (Cont.)

1958 (Cont.)0001 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services, regard-

ing Reorganization of the Department of Defense. April 22,23,24,25. Continued fromReel VI.

0139 Interview Published in the April 25, 1958 Issue of U.S. News and World Report,Washington, D.C. April 25.10pp.

0149 Statement before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appropriations of theHouse Committee on Appropriations, regarding Fiscal Year 1959 Budget Amend-ments. April 29.172pp.

0321 Statement to the House Committee on Armed Services. Replying to Questions ofHon. Carl Vinson, Chariman. May 1. 6pp.

0327 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 8. 24pp.

0351 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services, regard-ing the Reorganization of the Department of Defense. May 16.15pp.

0366 Address before the Armed Forces Day Dinner, Washington, D.C. May 16. 9pp.0375 Table of Contents for Volume IV: 1958. 4pp.0379 Address at Governors' Conference, Miami, Florida. May 21. 5pp.0384 Press Conference at the Pentagon. May 29. 22pp.0406 Remarks on "Face the Nation" Broadcast, Washington, D.C. June 1. 21pp.

0427 Address at Commencement Exercises at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NewYork. June 4.7pp.

0437 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of DefenseAppropriations of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, regarding the FiscalYear 1959 Budget. June 6. 43pp.

0477 Address before the Council of Foreign Relations, New York City. June 6. 7pp.0484 Address at the Commencement Exercises of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massa-

chusetts. June 12.18pp.0502 Statement (Letter Dated June 6, 1958) to the Subcommittee on Department of

Defense Appropriations of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, regarding theDepartment of Defense Appropriations for 1959. June 17. 53pp.

0555 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, regard-ing Department of Defense Reorganization. June 17,18.94pp.

0649 Press Conference at Quantico, Virginia. June 19. 21pp.0670 Press Conference at Quantico, Virginia. June 21.15pp.0685 Statement (Letter Dated June 17, 1958) to the Subcommittee on Department of

Defense Appropriations of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, regarding theDepartment of Defense Appropriations, 1959. June 26. 3pp.

0688 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, regard-ing Department of Defense Reorganization Act. July 1, 2. 42pp.

0730 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, regard-ing Mutual Security Appropriations for 1959. July 9. 29pp.

0759 Statement and Testimony before Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of theSenate Committee on Armed Services, regarding Satellite and Missile Programs. July24. 52pp.

0811 Address before the American Legion National Convention, Chicago, Illinois. "Ameri-ca's Strengths and Her Needs." September 2. 12pp.

0823 Press Conference at the Pentagon. September 12. 20pp.0843 Address at the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. September 16. 5pp.0848 Address before the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Dinner Honoring Paul

Kilday, Member of Congress, San Antonio, Texas. November 7. 5pp.0853 Press Conference at the Pentagon. November 13. 20pp.

Reel VIII

Neil H. McElroy (Cont.)Addresses and Statements (Cont.)

19590001 Table of Contents for Volume 1:1959. 7pp.0008 Press Conference at the Pentagon. January 22. 31 pp.0039 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense

Appropriations of the House Committee on Appropriations, regarding Department ofDefense Appropriations for 1960. January 23, 28. 297pp.

0336 Statement and Testimony before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee ofthe Senate Committee on Armed Services and before the Senate Committee onAeronautical and Space Sciences, regarding Missile and Space Activities. January29. 55pp.

0391 Address before the Women's Forum on National Security, Washington, D.C. January29.12pp.

0404 Table of Contents for Volume II: 1959. 3pp.0407 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services, regard-

ing the Military Posture. February 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 142pp.

0551 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics,regarding Missile Development and Space Sciences. March 2. 63pp.

0615 Statement before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, regarding Extension ofthe Draft and Related Authorities. March 5. 2pp.

0617 Press Conference at the Pentagon. March 5. 26pp.0643 Appearance on "Meet the Press," NBC Radio and Television Program, Washington,

D.C. March 8.17pp.0660 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, regarding

the Mutual Security Act of 1959. March 18. 63pp.0723 Address before the Harvard Club of Washington, Washington, D.C. March 19.11pp.0734 Address before the Economic Club of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. "What is the

Strength of Our Chain of Defense." March 30.16pp.0750 Address before the Minnesota "Victory in Sixty" Republican Dinner, Minneapolis,

Minnesota. March 30. 12pp.0762 Press Conference at the Pentagon. April 16. 25pp.0787 Table of Contents for Volume III: 1959. 4pp.0791 Address before the Economic Club of New York. New York City. 14pp.0805 Address before the Bureau of Advertising Dinner, New York City. "The Free World's

Competition with Communism." April 23. 21pp.0826 Statement regarding THOR Missiles on English Bases, Washington, D.C. April 30.1p.0827 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on

Appropriations, regarding Department of Defense Appropriations for 1960. May 4.65pp.

0892 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,regarding the Mutual Security Act of 1959. May 6. 82pp.

0975 Address before the Commencement Exercises of Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mas-sachusetts. "The Role of Educated Women in the Years Ahead." June 8.10pp.

0985 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee onAppropriations, regarding Department of Defense Appropriations for 1960. June 17.35pp.

1021 Press Conference at the Pentagon. June 18. 29pp.1050 Press Conference, Quantico, Virginia. June 27.19pp.1069 Appearance on "Let's Look at Congress" Television Program with Senator Kenneth

B. Keating of New York, Washington, D.C. July 26. 6pp.1075 Press Conference at the Pentagon. August 6. 26pp.1101 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, regard-

ing the Mutual Security Appropriations for 1960 (and Related Agencies). August 19.16pp.

1117 Press Conference. Taipei, Taiwan. September 30. 4pp.1121 Press Conference, Manila, Philippine Islands. October 5. 4pp.1125 Address before the United San Francisco Republican Finance Committee Dinner,

San Francisco, California. "Defense and the Shape of America's Future." October 28.13pp.

1138 Press Conference at the Pentagon. December 1. 24pp.

Thomas S. Gates, Jr.Addresses and Statements

19590062 Table of Contents for Volume I. July 1959-January 1961. 9pp.

(Statements as Deputy Secretary of Defense)1171 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee for Special Investigations of the

House Committee on Armed Services, regarding Employment of Retired Military andCivilian Personnel by Defense Industries. July 7. 27pp.

1198 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Research and Developmentof the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, regarding the Aircraft Nuclear PropulsionProgram. July 23.13pp.

1211 Address at the Launching of the Theodore Roosevelt, Mare Island, California.October 3. 5pp.

(Statements as Secretary of Defense)1216 Informal Meeting between the Secretary of Defense and Members of the Press,

Washington, D.C. December 2. 7pp.1223 Remarks at NATO Ministers Meeting, Paris, France. December 16. 9pp.1232 Holiday Greetings to All Personnel of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. December

17.1p.

19601233 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the House Committee on

Appropriations, regarding Department of Defense Appropriations for 1961. January13 and 14.189pp.

Reel IX

Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (Cont.)Addresses and Statements (Cont.)

19600001 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the House Committee on

Appropriations, regarding Department of Defense Appropriations for 1961. January13 and 14. Continued from Reel VIII.

0120 Press Conference, Pentagon. January 21. 24pp.0144 Table of Contents for Volume II: 1960. 3pp.0147 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Aeronautical and Space

Sciences, regarding a Review of the Space Program. January 25. 33pp.0180 Address at "Dinner with Ike" (Read for Him), Portland, Oregon. January 27. 8pp.0188 Interview on Television with Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut, Washington, D.C.

January 28. 10pp.0198 Interview on Television with Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut, Washington, D.C.

January 31. 4pp.0202 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on

Appropriations, regarding Department of Defense Appropriations for 1961. February1.56pp.

0258 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, regardingthe Mutual Security Act of 1960. February 23. 5pp.

t 0263 Address at the Dinner of the Navy League of the United States, Washington Chapter,Washington, D.C. March 3. 3pp.

0266 Press Conference, Pentagon. March 10. 21pp.0287 Answers to a Few Questions on National Defense (Television Newsreels) Washing-

ton, D.C. March 10. 7pp.0294 Statement and Testimony before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of

the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Aeronauti-cal and Space Sciences, regarding Missiles, Space, and Other Major Defense Mat-ters. March 16. 76pp.

0370 Statement before the House Committee on Armed Services regarding Provision ofRetired Pay to Persons Entitled under the Career Compensation Act of 1949. April 5.4pp.

0374 Statement and Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, regardingthe Department of Defense 1961 Appropriations. April 6.19pp.

0393 Remarks at the Philadelphia Bulletin Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10.10pp.

0403 Table of Contents for Volume III: 1960. 5pp.0408 Press Conference, Pentagon. April 21. 31pp.0439 Address before the Annual Meeting of the Associated Press, New York City. April 25.

16pp.0455 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on Public Works Appropriations

and the Special Subcommittee on Nuclear-Propelled Aircraft of the House Commit-tee on Appropriations, regarding the Nuclear-Propelled Aircraft Program. May 11.15pp.

0470 Statement at the Opening of the Twelfth SEATO Military Advisory Conference,Washington, D.C. May 25. 5pp.

0475 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,regarding Events Incident to the Summit Conference. June 2. 42pp.

0517 Statement and Testimony before the Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery ofthe Senate Committee on Policy-Making Machinery, regarding Organization forNational Security. June 13. 40pp.

0557 Statement regarding the Military Assistance Program, Washington, D.C. June 15.2pp.

0559 Press Conference, Quantico, Virginia. June 18. 21pp.0580 Statement Recorded for CBS Radio on the Anniversary of the Beginning of the

Korean Conflict, Washington, D.C. June 24. 1p.0581 Interview for Television and Radio on "Report to Massachusetts" Program with

Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. June 26. 9pp.0590 Statement and Testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, regard-

ing the Mutual Security Appropriations for 1961, Washington, D.C. June 28. 22pp.0612 Remarks at Conference on Management Problems of Military Research, Develop-

ment, Test, and Evaluation, Fort Monroe, Virginia. July 6. 10pp.0623 Interview for "Let's Meet Congress" Television Program with Senator Kenneth B.

Keating of New York, Washington, D.C. July 10. 6pp.0629 Statement upon Signing Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of

Fish and Wildlife Resources on Military Installations, Washington, D.C. July 11.1 p.0630 Remarks When Shown Capsule Retrieved from Satellite Discoverer XIII, Washington,

D.C. August 15. 1p.0631 Statement about Commanders' Conference at Pentagon. August 17.1p.

0632 Address before the Sixty-first Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Detroit,Michigan. August 22. 9pp.

0641 Address before the Council of Civic Clubs, Minneapolis, Minnesota. September 23.13pp.

0654 Remarks at Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. October 5. 6pp.0660 Address before the Annual Convention of the U.S. Postmasters of America, Miami,

Florida. October 25.12pp.0672 Statement in Commemoration of Veterans Day, Washington, D.C. November 7.1p.0673 Informal Press Conference (Memorandum for the Record by Orville Splitt, Director,

Office of News Services, Department of Defense), Pentagon. November 16. 3pp.0676 Address at the Pennsylvania Society Dinner, New York City. December 10.13pp.

19610689 Letter of Resignation, Addressed to the President, Washington, D.C. January 4.14pp.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY THESECRETARIES OF DEFENSE

Parti.The Truman Administration (1947-1953)

Part 2.The Eisenhower Administration (1953-1961)

Parts.The Kennedy and Johnson Administrations (1961-1969)

Part 4.The Nixon and Ford Administrations (1969-1977)

Part5.The Carter Administration (1977-1981)

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