William Schaub of the Bureau of the Budget was particularly harsh, believing that "in every arena," the Air Force, the Army, the Navy, the stockpiling of atomic bombs, the economy, the US was far superior to the Soviet Union.
联邦预算局的威廉·绍布则更加苛刻，认为“无论在哪个舞台上”，“空军，陆军，海军， 原子弹存量，经济，美国都远远优于苏联。