' .' THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, S E ER 18, THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 19e~ R ..r iI./ .Y.RAkiY1 +YVU a en tagon FRED S. HOFFMAN Whiz-Kids Upset Military Ejection of Students Sparks Riot at HUAC (Continued from Page 1) Associated Press Military Affairs Writer' WASHINGTON lP)-Many mili- tary professionals smart under what they consider an excessive influence of civilian "whiz-kid"o officials at the Pentagon. But these civilians, too, have met1 frustrations. "The fact is, this is a one-man show," said one informed author- ity who rates himself neutral in the rilitary-vs.-civilian feuding. "It's run by Secretary of De- 1ense Robert S. McNamara - he makes up his own mind and makes the decisions." New Idea Like some military leaders,the civilian operations analysts, theo- reticians and experts are known to have chafed because McNamara would not go along with certain of their ideas. But while rebuffs suffered by the services often come into the open, the thwarting of some of the pet proposals of the "whiz kids"a generally is known only to the in-, ner circle of defense leaders. It is reliably reported, for exam- ple, that some of the civilian thinkers some time ago advanced the idea of withdrawing all nu- clear battlefield weapons from Western Europe to reduce the haz- ard of accidental atomic exchange. No NATO According to the knowledgeable' sources, the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that such a move could mean the end of the North Atlan- tic Treaty Organization. The pro- posal got no further. The long festering military re- sentments became a matter of public record last week. Adm. George W. Anderson, re- tired chief of naval operations and new ambassador to Portugal, told a National Press Club audience he was alarmed at what he said is a trend to overcentralization of civ- ilian authority at the Pentagon. Blast Specialists While obliquely critical of Mc- Namara, Anderson also made it plain he objects to the role played by civilian specialists brought into the Defense Department by Mc- Namara from various research and analysis organizations. Many of these men, mostly un- known to the general public, carry doctorates and other academic laurels. A number of them are rel- atively young-hence the term "whiz kids" is applied to them by critics and admirers alike. Speaking of this group, Ander- son said: "I am disturbed because now in the Department of Defense the operations analysts, properly concerned with 'cost effectiveness,' seems to be working at the wrong echelon-above the professional military level rather than in an advisory capacity." To Heart This goes to the heart of the ob- jections of the uniformed officer corps. Many officers feel strongly there is a place for the civilian "brain" who analyzes the defense problems scientifically and mathematically --but they believe such analysts should be servants, rather than masters, of the seasoned military professionals. Their gripe is that the analysts who have achieved stature under McNamara dabble in military strategy and weapons questions which, the military professionals contend, they lack the experience and competence to handle. Some Improvements Military men give the civilian specialists credit for some needed improvements in management methods-such as adoption of a "program package" plan for pro- jecting defense money, weapons, manpower and other needs over a five-year period rather than de- termining these needs on a some- what disjointed year-to-year basis as in the past. The services are not against the idea of analysis-the Air Force, Navy and Army all have such ex- pert groups staffed largely with civilians within their structures. There is no doubt that McNa- mara-a "facts and figures man" gave the analysts greater prom- inence than they ever had enjoyed before in the defense setup. No Slight But associates of the secretary insist he does not buy what the analysts sell without weighing their arguments against those of the military, and that the military positions do not get short shrift. The art of operations analysts has become more sophisticated with the advent of improved com- puters and other advanced tools. One major criticism voiced by mil- itary men is that all problems can- not be reduced to mathematical equations and computer treatment. These uniformed sources - and there are some key civilians who share their views--contend the operations analysts are so bemused by what they think is rational and logical that they do not give due consideration to the possibility of illogical action by the Russians. These critics point to the Rus- sian gambit last year aimed at placing missiles in Cuba right un- der the nose of the United States as an action that was militarily il- logical but which was attempted nonetheless. No Rules What bothers him, this high of- ficer said, is that such thinking gives little allowance to the possi- bility that the Russians might not play the game according to the way the analysts figure it. Another criticism leveled at the civilian analysts is that they take slight account of human factors. As one admiral put it: "These people don't quite understand that a problem faced by a skipper on the bridge of a warship at sea off an enemy coast is not susceptible: to a solution by computer." A recurrent theme in conversa- tion with seasoned milit'ary pro- fessionals is that some of the civil- ians who get involved in strategy are too young to have seen any wartime service, and thus have no realistic conception of waging war. No Experience The civilian specialists counter this by saying the military profes- sionals are no more experienced than they in the nuclear war. They note there has not yet been a war in which atomic weapons were used in any scale beyond the drop- ping of two early model bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Who are the "whiz kids?" Here are thumbnail sketches of a few of the most influential: --Alain C. Enthoven, Rhodes scholar; holder of an MIT eco- nomics doctorate; product of Rand Corp., a "think factory" where he worked on strategic warfare stu- ies; prime mover in fostering "spare the cities" policy which en- visions nuclear exchanges aimed at military complexes and bases rather than populations. -Henry S. Rowen, MIT gradu- ate, did graduate work at Oxford and another product of Rand. Has had great impact in formulating limited and conventional war poli- cies. -Harold Brown, director of the famed Lawrence Radiation Lab- oratory before becoming powerful director of defense research and engineering. Views weigh heavily in approval or disapproval of weapons projects. "Even when some members said they would leave peacefully they were dealt with in the same bru- tal manner. Everyone's clothes were ripped and some people were injured." The police then hustled the youths into a nearby press room and held them there for about twenty minutes but no one was arrested. When order was restored after nearly 10 minutes, the subcommit- tee went on with its questioning of Laub. The 25-year-old New Yorker repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions abouti arrange- ments for the trip to Cuba. He told the congressmen the Cuban Communist revolution has been marked by "brilliant success- es. . When committee counsel Alfred Nittle asked Laub about his ar- rest in New York two years ago for refusing to take cover during a civil defense test, Laub replied that was in the American tradition of civil disobedience. Staring at the committee bench, he added many other Americans are using that tactic to fight "the same kind of racists that are sit- ting up here in front of me right now." Again Laub's young supporters let loose a storm of applause. ;;',y If 1I I "fM - I BIKE SAL ARMSTRONG A genuine MADE-I N-ENGLAND9 Bicycle 3-SPEED GEARS At low in-carton prices! Open Monday Evenings campus BIKE & TOY 514 E. William NO 2-0035 RENT A TV THIS SEMESTER Reserve Yours Now ! NEW 19" G.E. PORTABLES only $1000 per month THE LOWEST PRICE IN TOWN Satisfaction guaranteed Free installation WANTED: Writers, Photographers, sales people. JOIN: The MICHIGANENSIAN yearbook staff. 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