Is the U.S. gaining or losing in its struggle against world Communism?
Before the Senate Preparedness subcommittee last week, Bernard Baruch, mobilization authority in two world wars, gave his considered answers: "We are losing. No decisive victory in the cold war is possible as long as the Soviets hold as terrifying an edge in military readiness over the West as they do today . . ."
Baruch thus put his finger on the vague, wishful and widely held notion that the U.S. is steadily overtaking Russia's military head start. In effect, said Elder Statesman Baruch, the U.S. is complacently counting birds...
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