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Now is there anything further from counsel?

Mr. SMITH. I have no questions.

Senator YOUNG. Then, Dr. York, on behalf of the chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Symington, and for the committee I thank you for your candid, very clear, very fluent I might say and comprehensive answers to the questions that you have been asked.

It would seem to me that you have answered every question unhesitatingly, and now the record will be made up, so please feel free to expand upon any answers. You have answered fully, but perhaps in going over the record you would like to expand and add somewhat to any answers you have already given when you examine the record for correction.

Will you please work on that without delay when you get the transcript and add in the various things that the record shows you have said you would supply?

Of course, you do understand that you will not change the sense and the meaning of answers you have given. You would not expect to do that anyway. But if on any occasion you feel that it would be helpful to the committee to expand your answers somewhat, or you feel you would like on your own to add to your answers, please feel free to do that.

Dr. YORK. Thank you, Senator.

Senator YOUNG. Now is there anything else you have to say to us, sir?

Dr. YORK. No, sir.

Senator YOUNG. We do thank you.

This subcommittee is now adjourned subject to the call of Senator Symington, the chairman.

(Whereupon, at 3:45 p.m. the hearing was adjourned, subject to the call of the Chair.)

APPENDIX A

BIOGRAPHIES OF PRINCIPAL WITNESSES

MAJ. GEN. DWIGHT EDWARD BEACH, DIRECTOR OF GUIDED MISSILES AND SPECIAL WEAPONS, OFFICE, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Dwight Edward Beach was born in Chelsea, Mich., July 20, 1908. He graduated from high school there. He attended the University of Michigan for 2 years before entering the U.S. Military Academy from which he graduated June 20, 1932, and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Field Artillery.

He was detached to the Air Corps for flying training in July 1932, but did not complete the course. In June 1933, he joined the 15th Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. In August 1934, he was named aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. H. J. Brees, with whom he served at Fort Sam Houston and Fort Leavenworth. He entered the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill in August 1936, completed the regular course in June 1937, and the advanced horsemanship course in June 1938. He then joined the Sixth Field Artillery at Fort Hoyle, Md.

In August 1940, he was transferred to the 2d Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, and in February 1942, was named assistant G-4 of the Caribbean Defense Command at Quarry Heights, Panama Canal Zone.

He was assigned to the Southwest Pacific theater in February 1943, as commander of the 167th Field Artillery Battalion which he led in combat until June 1945. He then became executive officer of the 24th Division Artillery with which he served in the Philippine Islands and Japan. In October 1945, he was appointed commander of the 24th Division Artillery.

In March 1946, he became an instructor at the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill. He entered the Command and General Staff College in August 1946, graduated a year later, and became a tactics instructor at the U.S. Military Academy. In February 1948, he assumed command of the 2d Regiment of the Corps of Cadets at the Academy.

In August 1949, he entered the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Va., graduated in February 1950, and became an instructor at the Command and General Staff College. In September 1950, he entered the Army War College, graduated in July 1951, and remained as an instructor. In January 1953, he took the basic airborne course at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, and the following month was named artillery commander of the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky. In January 1954, he was named artillery commander of the 45th Infantry Division in Korea.

On July 11, 1954, he was made Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, 8th Army, and remaining artillery commander of the 45th Infantry Division in Korea.

In 1955, he was assigned to the Office of Special Weapons Development Director. Continental Office of Special Weapons Development Director, Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Va., with station at Fort Bliss, Tex. In May, 1955, he was assigned as Director, Office, Director of Special Weapons Development, Fort Bliss, Tex.

In September 1956, he became Director of Guided Missiles, Office Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.

He has been awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Air Medal with oak-leaf cluster. He is rated a parachutist.

He and his wife, Florence Clem Beach, have four children.

PROMOTIONS

He was promoted to first lieutenant, August 1, 1935; to captain. September 9, 1940 to major, February 1, 1942; to lieutenant colonel. September 24, 1942; to colonel, September 8, 1945. He reverted to lieutenant colonel, April 30, 1946, and was promoted to colonel. September 7, 1950; to brigadier general, March 16, 1953; to major general, January 1, 1957.

BRIG. GEN. A. W. BETTS, MILITARY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR GUIDED MISSILES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Austin Wortham Betts was born at Westwood, N.J., on November 22, 1912. He entered the U.S. Military Academy and was graduated and commissioned a second lieutenant June 12, 1934.

He was initially assigned to the antiaircraft Artillery. In 1935, he was transferred to the Corps of Engineers, and then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his master of science degree of 1938. His work in the Engineers culminated in 1944 with his assignment as engineer of the 14th Air Force in Kunming, China.

In 1945 he was ordered to Los Alamos, N. Mex., as Associate Director (under Dr. Norris E. Bradbury) of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. More assignments in research and development followed: Assistant Chief (later Chief), Atomic Energy Branch, Research and Development Group, Logistics Division, General Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., between January 1949 and December 1950; in January 1951, Chief, Atomic Energy Section, Special Weapons Branch, Research and Development Division, Office, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington; finally, in January 1952, Research and Development Coordinator, Research and Development Division, Office, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

From August 1954 to June 1955, he was a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington.

Following this schooling, General Betts served as special assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, U.S. Army, Europe, from June 1955 to March 1956. From March to April of that year, he served as Chief, Engineer Office, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.

In 1956 the Office of the special assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Guided Missiles was organized, and in May 1956, General Betts was called to Washington as Army adviser to the special assistant. In August 1957, he was selected as military executive assistant to the special assistant. This is his current position.

DECORATIONS

Among his decorations is the U.S. Legion of Merit.

PROMOTIONS

He was promoted to first lieutenant, June 12, 1937; to captain, October 1, 1940; to major, April 4, 1942; to lieutenant colonel, November 16, 1942; to colonel, June 1, 1944; to brigadier general, September 1, 1957.

HUGH LATIMER DRYDEN, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, NASA

Hugh Latimer Dryden is the first Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration created by the Congress in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. At the time of his appointment, Dr. Dryden was Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the research agency which became the nucleus of the NASA. He headed the NACA staff from 1947 to 1958.

Dr. Dryden's duties in large part are concerned with the direction of the NASA staff of scientists, engineers, and technicians engaged in aeronautical and space research and development. He serves as the Administrator's alternate on the National Aeronautics and Space Council.

Born in Pocomoke City, Md., in 1898, Dr. Dryden earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1916 and a Ph. D. in 1919, both from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Dryden joined the staff of the National Bureau of Standards in 1918 and 2 years later was promoted to head the Bureau's aerodynamics section. In 1934 he was appointed Chief of the Mechanics and Sound Division. He was named Assistant Director of the Bureau in January 1946 and Associate Director 6 months later.

Although Dr. Dryden performed important research at the Bureau on building materials and structures, his main field of interest was in aerodynamics, particularly turbulence and control of the boundary layer. He made some of the earliest studies in this country of airfoil characteristics near the speed of sound.

He resigned from the Bureau of Standards after 29 years of service to head the NACA on September 1, 1947.

Dr. Dryden's many honors include the Presidential Certificate of Merit for his leadership in the development of the World War II BAT, the first American guided missile successfully used in combat. He was given the Medal of Freedom for his work in 1945 as Deputy Scientific Director of a group appointed to advise the Army Air Force on future research and development. His more recent awards include the 1950 Guggenheim Medal, the 1955 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, the Baltimore City College Hall of Fame (1958), and the 1958 Career Service Award of the National Civil Service League.

The recipient of several honorary degrees, Dr. Dryden has many professional affiliations including the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, the American Physical Society, the American Rocket Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is currently a member of several scientific committees advising Government agencies.

Dr. Dryden is married and has three children. The family home is at 5606 Overlea Road, Washington, D.C.

T. KEITH GLENNAN, ADMINISTRATOR, NASA

T. (Thomas) Keith Glennan is the first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, established October 1, 1958, under the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

As Administrator, Dr. Glennan heads a staff of scientists, engineers, technicians, and other employees engaged in research and development in aeronautics and space matters. In this position he is a member of the President's National Aeronautics and Space Council.

Glennan is president on leave of the Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio, which he has headed since 1947.

Born in Enderlin, N. Dak., in 1905, Dr. Glennan earned a degree in electrical engineering from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1927. Following graduation, Glennan became associated with the newly developed sound motion picture industry, and later became assistant general service superintendent for Electrical Research Products Co., a subsidiary of Western Electric Co. During his career he was studio manager of Paramount Pictures, Inc., and Samuel Goldwyn Studios, and was briefly on the staff of Vega Airplane Corp.

Glennan joined the Columbia University Division of War Research in 1942, serving through the war, first as Administrator and then as Director of the U.S. Navy's Underwater Sound Laboratories at New London, Conn. For his work he was awarded the Medal of Merit.

At the end of World War II, Dr. Glennan became an executive of Ansco, Binghamton, N.Y. From this position he was called to the presidency of Case. During his 11-year administration, Case rose from a primarily local institution to rank with the top engineering schools in the Nation. From October 1950 to November 1952, concurrent with his case presidency, he served as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission.

Dr. Glennan has been very active in national and civic affairs. He was Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Defense Analysis, on the Board of the National Science Foundation, and the Council on Financial Aid to Education. In Clevelad he took an important part in many civic activities.

Glennan is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Phi, and Chi Phi. He has been awarded several honorary degrees f doctor of science.

Dr. and Mrs. Glennan (the former Ruth Haslup Adams) have four children. They live at 4740 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C., with their youngest daughter.

WILLIAM H. GODEL, DIRECTOR, POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION, ARPA

Born in Denver, Colo., June 1921. Mr. Godel received his education in Colorado, at New Mexico Military Institute, and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He served with War Department Intelligence prior to World War II at the beginning of which he was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in various command and staff duties in the Pacific. During this

period, he was assigned at various times to intelligence and special operations duties in the Pacific and southeast Asia. He is a graduate of the Naval War College and other service schools.

Mr. Godel was retired on January 1, 1947, for disability resulting from wounds received in action. He was recalled from private life in 1948 to accept a civilian appointment with the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Department of the Army, where he remained until 1950 as a consultant on the U.S.S.R.

In 1950, Mr. Godel was appointed Intelligence Adviser and Assistant Director for Evaluation and Review on the President's Psychological Strategy Board. In 1951, he was appointed to the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he served as alternate to the Deputy Secretary in his capacity as Defense member of the Operations Coordinating Board. His duties also included intelligence and unconventional warfare activities as they related to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Godel was appointed Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations) in 1953, and remained in that assignment until July 1957.

In 1957, Mr. Godel served as a member and Chairman of the Committee of Alternates on a panel established by the Secretary of Defense to conduct an examination of certain intelligence activities and functions within the Department of Defense.

Mr. Godel was assigned to the Advanced Research Projects Agency shortly after its inception as Director of Foreign Programs, and now serves as Director, Policy and Planning Division, for that Agency. In this capacity, he continues his responsibility for overseas activities related to advanced research and is concerned as well with long-range planning, national policy as it relates to ARPA's missions, congressional liaison, and program supervision.

Mr. Godel has, at various times, represented the Department of Defense on intelligence, special operations, and information programs both in the United States and abroad. He has been a visiting lecturer at the National War College, Armed Forces Staff College, the Naval War College, and other military and civilian institutions.

Mr. Godel is married to the former Joan Mann, of Washington, and has five children.

REAR ADM. JOHN T. HAYWARD, U.S. NAVY

Born in New York City on November 15, 1908, Adm. John Tucker Hayward had 15 months' enlisted service before his appointment to the Naval Academy in August 1926. As a midshipman he excelled in water polo, being a member of intercollegiate championship teams for 3 years and all-American in 1930. Graduated and commissioned ensign in 1930, he subsequently advanced to the rank of rear admiral, to date from August 1, 1957.

His early service included sea duty in the U.S.S. Richmond, and for saving the lives of members of a swimming party at Tela, Honduras, in June 1931 while attached to that cruiser, he was awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal by the U.S. Treasury Department. He was designated naval aviator on September 13, 1932, and subsequently served in carrier based Scouting Squadron 1: Patrol Squadron 2, based on Coco Solo, C.Z.: the aviation unit of the cruiser Philadelphia; and as senior aviator of the cruiser Phoenix.

Prior to and following the outbreak of World War II he served as Assistant Chief Engineer (for Instruments) at the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, and while so assigned had duty in 1940-41 at U.S. naval observer with the Royal Air Force. From December 1942 until March 1943 he had command of Headquarters Squadron, Fleet Air Wing 2, on the west coast. He commissioned, then commanded Bombing Squadron 106 in 1943-44. and for outstanding service in action in the Central, South, and Southwest Pacific, was awarded the Silver Star Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (four times, once by the Army), the Air Medal (five times). He was also awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received during the bombing of Canton Island by enemy aircraft in March 1943, and is entitled to the Army Distinguished Unit Ribbon for service with the 5th Air Force.

In June 1944 he became experimental officer at the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif., where he worked on all phases of rocket development and the development of, and study of destruction caused by the atom bomb. He received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy for extraordinary achievement in that field. From July to December 1948 he was Director

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