What's wrong with the U.S. missile-base construction program? Last week, as the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, headed by Arkansas Democrat John McClellan, began hearings in Washington, it was evident that plenty is. Besides union troubles (TIME, Aug. 15), workmanship on the pads has often been shockingly sloppy; pieces of wooden plank, loose bolts, and cigarette butts have been found in the propellant-fuel storage tanks.
Labor disputes over what union does which jobs have produced continual strife, frequent strikes—and some blatant featherbedding. At Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., according to testimony by former...
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