ADMIRAL RABORN MEMBER OF SOUTH'S HALL OF FAME FOR THE LIVING

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• Publication Date: April 22, 1965
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Admiral Raborn Member of South's
.IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
i` Thursday, April 22, 1965
Mr. TALMADGE: Mr. President, each
:year the magazine Dixie Business, which
is published by Hubert F.,Lee, in Decatur,
Ga., selects an outstanding American far
the South's "Hall of Fame Por the ~iv-
ing," It is of timely interest that ffi 1963
:the magazine selected for this honor
!Adm. William F; Raborn, U.S..Navy, re-
tired, who recently was named Director
of the Central Intelligence Agency.
I ask unanimous consent that the an-
nouncement of this award, as printed
in Dixie Business, be printed in the Ap-
pendix of the RECORD.
There being no objection, the an-
nouncement was ordered to be printed
in the RECORD, as follows:
SOUTH'6 HALL OF FAME FOR THE LIVING
(By Hubert F. Lee)
Far distinguished service to the Nation and
to tho South, tho editors of Dixie Business
have named. Vice Adin. William F, Raborn,
Jr., USN, retired, to -the South's Hall of
Famo for the Living.
William Raborn is responsible, with his
special Manhattan-type task force within the
Navy; oP 45 ofHCers and 76 civilians that we
have a Polaris missile. --
Another member of the South's "Hall of
Fame" honor group, Dr. Jalnea Killian, Jr., in
1955, headed a committee of scientists whose
report to the National Security Council led
to the Polaris project being undertaken.
Rear Adm. E. M. Eller, U.S, Navy, rehired,
in letter dated August 30, 1961:
"I notice with Interest your Hall of Fame
-for the Living. If the ballot can be ex-
tended, I recommend yoti add Admiral
Raborn, father of 'the Polaris ballistic mis-
sile submarine: one aP the .greatest etepa
ioI?ward in the security in history,"
Adm. David L. McDonald, U.S, Navy, Chief
of Naval Operations, in reply to letter re
Admtral Raborn:
"There is no doubt that Admiral Raborn
is a great American-one whose contribu-
tions to this country" and to the preserva-
tion of its security will long be remembered.
"I am surd Admiral Raborn would be hon-
ored by his addition to tho South's Hall of
Famo for the Living honor group.
"I certainly would be proud to recommend
him for any honor which citizens of our
great country might desire to pay him."
Senator STUART SYMTNGTON, Democrat, of
Missouri (first Secretary of the Air Force and
himself one oP the leaders considered for the
A Great American Award)
"There never was a better American or a
morn able one than Vice Admiral Raborn."
Dan Houghton, president, Lockheed Air-
craft Corp., Burbank; Calif. (born in Ala-
bama and.on the South's Hall of Fame honor
_ ___i" group)
' "'I was glad to see Admiral Raborn added
Hall to the 'Hall of Fame for the Living' and
EXTENSION OF REMARKS"
of
HON. HERMAN E. TALMADGE
OF GEORGIA '
added to the list of nominees for 'Man oP
the South.' He Sa a wonderful person and
his Navy career was certainly one of dedica- .
tion and service to our country.
"Representative CARL YINSON is an out-
standing choice as 'A Great American' for
1964. His lifetime of service to his State
and country makes ua all proud we are Amer-
icans, Mr. Baruch is a great American in any '
year also."
Representative MELVIN R, hAIRD, Republi-
can, a master mason and ruling elder of the "'
First Presbyterian Church of Marshfield, its
well as a Purple Heart hero of World War
II on June 27, 1961, told the House:
"Men like Chief of Naval Operations, Adm.
Arleigh Burke, and Chief of the Polaris pro,~-
ect, Rear Adm. William F, Raborn, Jr., faced
and accomplished the possible pia a little time
and? took a bit longer on the impossible.
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sions, to eliminate bureaucracy, to build a
superior armed services-research-private
enterprise team, and to keep in mind the
big picture, the whole package." ~
Although Washington bureaucrats would i
have hired a big staff for 6 months to write
job descriptions for a still bigger basic staff, j
Admiral Raborn was no such bureaucrat.
Within ~O days after his arrival as head of ',
special projects, he had twisted Parkinson's i
law into reverse, hired his basic staff of SO'
people, and was slicing leadtime in two. +Ilis
men did not dillydally with long unn~cea- '
nary redtape memorandums for the office
down the street, but instead they "hot
handed" their question in person to the s
person who could give them a prompt sat- I
isfactory nswer,
"Red" Raborn built teamwork within' his
steering task group: i
Lockheed solved the problem of shutting j
off thrust at the right moment so that .the
missile would hit the target.
General llectric produced the remarkable
fire control and guidance system. ~
Aerojet-General Gorp. tested large quan- "
titles of solid fuel which did have adequate '~
throat, i
Westinghouse helped in solving the launch- ~.
~1ng problem. i
Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics,
and other companies, busily constructed the
submarine. ,
Sperry Gyroscope Go. took MIT research
and put together a navigational system con- ~.
taming more than 1 million parts.
No wonder Admiral Raborn wrote this for '~
the guidance of many working under him:
"I must be able to reach down to any level i
of special projects activity and find a plan i
and a performance report that logically and ;
Clearly can be related to the total job wa
have to do."
WORKING IN CL05E TEAM HARMONY ~ -
In his reply, when informed of hie selecr
tion, Admiral Raborn gave credit to his team
of workers:
AEROJET-GENERAL CORP. i
EZ Morxte? CaZ~Lf? October i5, I963.
DEAR HVBERT: I was utterly flabbergasted ~.
at the high honor. Actually, I am quite i
humble * * * unexpected award. '
It is not necessary for me to mention to
you, I am sure, that no one does anything
by themselves and I am mindful at this time :;
oP tha tremendous number of men and wom-.,j
en who have .contributed so much to our i
country's well-tieing working in close team ~
harmony. ~ 1
In this connection I am pleased to see the
name of Mr. Daniel J. Houghton, president of {
Lockheed Aircraft Corp, on this honored listr~'
His contribution to our country is unexcelled .
in modern-day times.
Again, all good wishes and sincere. appreci-
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