The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 8, 1954, Page 10

Page 10 Monday, November 8, 1954 Military Seeks NewSites For | Command Posts By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON # — The mili- tary, with an eye on the hydrogen bomb, is taking another look at plans for alternate emergency com- mand posts if the capital feces air attack. | Questions have been raised, it} was learned today, over the wis- dom of concentrating the military high command at a single location, such as the man-made cavern in| western Maryland. | While that underground installa- tion would be used for its original | purpose of a central emergency | communications center, it might not become the temporary head- quarters for the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff and military commands of the three major services — an al-| ternate Pentagon. Instead, consideration has veered lately toward a dispersal of the headquarters of the several armed forces to separate points outside the capital area. Initial thinking was toward use of established mil- itary centers, such as Ft. Belvoir, Va., about 15 miles south of the District of Columbia; Ft. Meade, Md., about 20 miles east; and Nor- folk, Va., 150 air miles to the south. But a re-evaluation of the poten- tialities of the hyvirogen bomb, made after the giant test explosion at the Marshall Islands proving ground last spring, apparently has brought new ideas about the blast destruction. Estimates of the zone of major damage from H-bomb blast effect alone run as much as} 150 miles from the point of detona- | tion. While the underground installa- tion at Ft. Ritchie, about 70 miles | northwest of Washington in Freder- ick County, Md.,. presumably would escape the blast of a bomb exploded over the capital, it could be vulnerable to one dropped with the purpose of “cratering out” the subterranean installation. A civilian defense test made last summer reportedly indicated the need for greater dispersal than pre- viously planned not only of mili- tary command posts but of civilian government agencies, The Atomic Energy Commission | began planning months ago to} move its headquarters out of Wash- ington. Officials say no definite site has been selected yet. The Fed-| eral Civil Defense Administration already is moving far away from Washington — to Battle Creek, Mich. N. C. Governor Dies Sunday DURHAM, N. C. ® — Gov. Wil- liam B. Umstead, 59, who had been ill since he took office less than two years ago, died in Watts Hos- pital here yesterday. He suffered heart trouble and pneumonia. Umstead, a life-long Democrat, had served as U. S. representative | and senator and was elected gov-/| ernor in 1952. | He will be succeeded by Luther H. Hodges, 56, elected lieutenant governor in 1952 in his first politi- cal venture. Lj es, a former vice president | of Marshall Field Co., will be sworn in tomorrow | Umstead had been in poor health | since suffering a heart attack Jan 8, 1953, two days after his inaugu-} ration as governor. He as readmit ted to Watts Hospital in Durham Thursday with a severe cold His wife and 12-year-old daughter Merle Bradley were at the bedside when death came at 9:10 a.m Death was due to congestive heart failure and bronchial pneumonia. | Funeral services will be held to-| morrow in Durham | Umstead was a U. S. represen. tative from. 1932-1988 when Con-| gress enacted much of President! Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal] into law. He retired in 1938 to} enter private law practice at Dur-! ham. | In 1946, he was appointed by Gov, R. Gregg Cherry to the U.S Senate to succved the late Josiah W. Bailey. Two years later he suf. fered the only defeat of his politi cal career when the late J. Mel ville Broughton won the senatorial nomination. 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