CHANGES IN U.S. SERVICES
Ammunition Plants To Be Closed (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 29. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee today urged the Defence Department to reconsider the United States Army’s plans for closing some factories making conventional ammunition In a special report, three committee members assigned to investigate a Defence Department decision to close three Govern-ment-owned ammunition factories said:
‘‘We should not put ourselves in a position where we are compelled to fight all-out nuclear warfare for want of sufficient lesser weapons.” The inquiry was headed by Senator Estes Kefauver (Democrat, Tennessee).
Army spokesmen testified at the hearings that new weapons, including “baby” nuclear devices suitable for use on a battlefield, had reduced the need for conventional ammunition.
The committee had received protests from contractors and employees protesting against the proposed closures, but the report dealt with the broader aspects of reducing the production of conventional ammunition.
The three members urged the Secretary of Defence (Mr Charles Wilson) to determine whether the present policy would enable the armed services to ‘‘carry out designated missions.”
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28265, 1 May 1957, Page 16
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