Stuart Symington Speaking at Hearing

(Original Caption) Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force is shown here as he testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, today. He told the committee that B-29's could now "take off from points in Alaska or Ecuador, bomb any part of Russia and return to American bases. Behind Symington (left to right) are Secretary of the Army, Kenneth Royal, Vice Admiral Arthur W. Ra., Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan, and Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations.