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well, he's matters. C one take 1. 25. 87 was just about seven months ago that we were privileged to have as our guest the inventor, the founder, the father of the first atomic powered submarine by the name of the naughty, you will remember when the whole world was amazed that we had a submarine atomic power to go practically across the ocean all the way underwater.

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And for the first time, using nuclear energy. The man who did invent that and did start that was Admiral Rickel. I've invited him to be back with us today to discuss with us his views as to whether or not he thinks we're moving forward sufficiently fast in this field of developing atomic powered submarines.

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Admiral, what's your view on that Senator Smathers today? As soon as something works, it's obsolete. Therefore, we can never be satisfied. We know we can always do better. And I assure you we are trying to do better. And I love three to state publicly what we are doing.

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You will find that out soon, and I'm sure that you'll be gratified. Well, that's wonderful news. Even though you don't tell us exactly what it is. But we do know we're making progress. How do you feel about the Polaris missile being shot from the atomic powered submarine?

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Do you think that will revolutionise warfare, so to speak? I think the the missile beat Polaris firing submarine gives the United States a retaliatory weapon. This means that even if the Russians dare to attack the United States, if they dare to launch a missile attack on us with these submarines that we have hidden out over millions of square miles in the ocean, they could in turn file fire missiles at the enemy which would wipe him out.

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In my opinion, this may constitute the greatest source of security that this country has because the man who would tax us will inevitably be destroyed himself, and he must know that. Now, do you think that we're I know you can't answer this question is whether or not those missiles or yet operational, But do you think that it will be a short time before we can count on this as a retaliatory, uh, measure?

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I think we can count on a Polaris missile just as soon as we have other missiles because it is a fact of life in the United States that what is developed or invented for one missile is applicable to all others. They all get the same information so that the missile status of the Polaris is just about the same as it is for other missing.

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Well, Admiral, let me just change the subject to you for a second. You have recently written a book called Education in America. I think it is education, freedom. Now you have stated some other definite viewpoints and that I wonder if you would tell us briefly what you think is the matter with our present system of education.

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I think that is basically wrong with our present system of education. We are still using a method which was satisfactory for educating large numbers of immigrants and making Americans of them were still using that same system and it's no longer necessary. I believe that for us to cope with the problems which are facing us today in which will face us increasingly more in the future, we must make our schools tougher.

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We must get parents to find out what's going on, and I can talk from conviction on that because It has taken me at least four or five years of hard work to find out what the real reputational situation is in the United we have in Western Europe, where the boys and girls at age 18 edits of smart ones, graduating to know about as much as our college graduates do.

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And I think this is an intolerable situation, and I will never admit that American boys and girls are not as capable as anyone else in the world of acquiring this knowledge. I think it's up to the parents to insist that all the frills be cut out of our schools in the public funds, the use for training the mind, enough for training the boys and girls, how to use neckties or go fishing and all the rest of the class track.

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And you don't believe in this sort of well rounded education that we talk about an education to develop the well rounded person. I like to see some elliptical persons. We need some of those two. You know, eggs are elliptical shape and we need some exit. You think we should turns and shaped completely on brain down.

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I think the main function of the school is to develop the influence. And I believe it is the essence of democracy that every child in this country gets a maximum opportunity to develop himself to the fullest extent. Thank you very much, Admiral Rickover, for those comments.

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Thank you very much, Ladies and gentlemen, for looking in. I hope you're looking again at the same time. Next week seem to take one. News clips matters. Rickover 25 87. Admiral Rickover as the father of the atomic first atomic powered submarine. Are you now satisfied with the progress which were making in the development of atomic powered submarines?

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No, sir. I'm pleased but not satisfied because as soon as something works in this modern age, it's obsolete. And we have to keep on working, so to speak, to keep up with ourselves. But we are making definite progress. And from time to time you will see the results of this large amount of research and development work that we are doing toward changing the Navy over to nuclear power.

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Do you think that the average citizen like myself will be satisfied with the progress which is being made? If you were a good citizen, you'd never be satisfied with what the military is doing. Well, by that I mean, you think that we will be at least pleased with the fact that there have been forward steps made?

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Yes, sir. You will be pleased, but you should not be sad. You should go at us all the time.