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36 Judge Advoc. J. 1 (1963)

handle is hein.journals/jajrnl38 and id is 1 raw text is: TARGET AREAS OF INTEREST - THE WIDE RANGE OF JUDGE ADVOCATES' RESPONSIBILITY By Wilber M. Brucker* . Introductory We share a devotion to the two institutions which I hold in highest esteem, the Armed Forces of the United States and the legal profes- sion. Your service as a Judge Ad- vocate permits you, at one and the same time, to serve in the finest Army, Navy and Air Force in the world, while actively practicing law for the finest client in the world, the Government of the United States. The luxury of such combi- nation is one which each of you, as a Judge Advocate, enjoys, whether your service is performed on active duty or as a member of the Reserve. II. Areas of American Foreign Policy Interest of the Judge Advocate Discussions are occurring all over the United States at this mo- ment about the proposed treaty to ban nuclear testing-which has been recently negotiated in Mos- cow and is being considered by the Senate. Most of us recall that during the Eisenhower Adminis- tration, in 1958, there was an oral agreement between the United States and Russia to stop nuclear testing, which lasted until Septem- ber, 1961, when Soviet Russia ''came out swinging with a series of atmospheric tests of their own in plain violation of the agreement. Since these Soviet nuclear tests, Khrushchev has said that Russia has solved the large megaton-size nuclear weapon to Russia's satisfac- tion. He also boasts that the Soviets have perfected the anti-missile- missile. Hence, the Russians claim to have all they need except those nuclear weapons in the very small tactical range-which may be done in underground testing, which the proposed treaty would sanction. Many Americans will be distressed that our country, which hopefully indulged in a voluntary test ban of our own for several years is now expected to forego any efforts toward perfection of our own nu- clear arsenal-especially the anti- missile-missile which requires at- mospheric testing-and which the * This is the address given by Mr. Brucker at the Annual Banquet of the Judge Advocates Association at its meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on 12 August 1963. Mr. Brucker, a practicing member of the bar of the City of Detroit, was formerly the Secretary of the Army, General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Governor of the State of Michigan, and a soldier and officer with active service on the Mexican Border and in World War I.

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