European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Thi stars and stun defense Boss dictator greatest secretary9 by Louis ca88bls Washington up i be Lieve in making said Robert s. Mcnamara. I Don t be Lieve in kicking problems under the statement was t made boastfully. It was a candid answer to a reporter who wondered How Mcnamara had managed during13 month in the Cabinet to acquire such widely disparate labels an dictator ism machine with and the greatest Secretary 0f dictator is what Mcnamara is called by some Pentagon officials in pm i i i to " " " to Hodges Jaeger of Trade Globe Giru ung Luther Hodges 1ft the Dynamo behind the Commerce department program. At Washington the department of Commerce in the first 14 months of the Ken Nedy administration Haa moved into the front rank in the nation s foreign Trade Matt primarily responsible is Secretary Luther Hodges for Mer governor of North Carolina and who Bas shown More get up and go than any of his predecessors since Herbert Hoover. Hodges at 83, on of the old est Nev. Frontiersmen has gained a much More decisive role in overseas commercial maritime tourism and techno logical relations. He la the first Secretary since Hoover who Haa insisted that his department take part in policy making As Well As having a House keeping status in International affairs. He also has taken on big responsibilities in propping up National economic growth and toward fostering Good will to won the Kennedy administration in the business Community. In the. Past year he Haa journeyed to Mexico Canada Japan and twice to Europe As Well As nearly every Large . City. He has multiplied contacts be tween the business world and the Commerce department held frequent news conferences launched new maritime area development and tourism pro Grams and taken a leading part in educating the general Public to the importance of or. Ken Nedy s foreign Trade proposals which await congressional a Hodges was appointed the nation faced an alarming deficit in us International bal Ance of payments. To help counteract this he has mad Strong efforts to expand Export Trade and increase earnings from tourist travel. Getting the facts def new 8emw a top men file of Ere Fadi a. We have Learned from experience the korean War for example that strategic nuclear Power it not Universal deterrent to we re trying to broaden our 6 torrent to aggression. We re try ing to broaden our deterrent capabilities to cover a wider rant of possibilities to give our policy makers More military options i dealing with any Given situation. Q. We now wive 16 a Najr disk torn and Olwe Marine this really respect anti aim atty for United War Jaa tit totally overshadowed by the Ifill do vision army tvs we to reported to have ? a. Our present strength in highly new bile army and Marine Divi Sions and their tactical air support is very formidable indeed. It represents a tremendous Force. Russia strength in conventional forces on the other hand Haa been substantially overstated. Many of those soviet divisions Are simply cadre units far below strength. The soviet army has about 2 million troops and it could t possibly have 150 real divisions. At the pres ent tune nato and soviet strength in ground forces on the Central. European front is roughly equivalent your performance an de Fenne Secretary has won High Lam a dictator we mail How in pm do you any about Mcnamara smiled As if he wondered Good it could do to a question. 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