Show McNamara Policy It Is surprising that so few voices question the enormous and unprecedented power of the Secretary of Defense Robert S S. S McNamara who no doubt has the full confidence of the President PresIdent Pres- Pres Ident and his many admirers see the business ex-business executive as a can do whiz NEVERTHELESS the the Defense Department has no place in political affairs and it itis itis is a dangerous precedent for a defense chief to become emerged in political affairs and the formulation of foreign policy pol- pol icy When McNamara recent recently ly testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee he went into such things as the split in the Communist world which he said opened up new He went into detail in analyzing Red Chinas China potential relations between Russia and China HE DELVED into Red Chinas China's political relations with North Vietnam m and North Korea He explained Moscow's strategy In Inthe inthe the face of Peking's attacks He gave his opinion on the likelihood likelihood hood of Russian aggression in Europe Reporters in Washington for some time have been writing that McNamara's authority is reaching into the State Department Department Depart Depart- ment and White House ONE OF THE safeguards of western democracy has been the careful separation of military mili- mili tary chiefs from political and policy making the business of elected heads heds of state and diplo- diplo mats McNamara already holds more power as Secretary of Defense than any predecessor and the subtle extension of his authority into other fields is not a good precedent |