(President Urges Creation off Agency
For Civilian Exploration off Space
Washington Presi
dent Eisenhower today urged
Congress to create a new na
tional agency to conduct civil
ian exploration of space.
He said the agency should
be responsible for aeronauti
cal and "space science activ
ities" except those primarily
associated with military re
quirements of the United
States.
"I have reached this con
clusion," the President said,
"because space exploration
holds promise of adding im
portantly to our knowledge
of the earth, solar system, and
the universe, and because it is
of great importance to have
the fullest cooperation of the
scientific community at home
and abroad in moving forward
in the fields of space science
and technology."
The President told Congress
the Budget Bureau will send
a proposed bill to establish
"," ' Sf i
the agency and to authorize
research into the problems of
flight within and outside the
earth's atmosphere.
He urged Congress to pass
the legislation "at the earliest
possible date."
"The early enactment of ap
propriation legislation will
help assure that the United
States takes full advantage of
the knowledge of its scientists,
the skill of its engineers and
technicians, and the resource
fulness of its industry in
meeting the challenges of the
space age," the President said.
He said the new space
agency would absorb the Na
tional Advisory committee for
Aeronautics and would thus
continue to perform that com
mittee's "important aeronau
tical research functions."
The President said the. new
agency would be headed by a
director appointed by him and
confirmed by the Senate.
Recommends Board
He also recommended ap
pointment of a national aero
nautics and space board to
assist the President and the
director of the new space
agency. He said several mem
bers of the board should come
from g overnment agencies
most directly interested in
aeronautics, space science, and
space technology.
In addition, the President
said, at least one member of
the board should come from
the Defense Department "to
assure that military factors
are considered."
The President said other
members from outside govern
ment "should be eminent in
science, engineering, technol
ogy, education or public af
fairs" and should be selected
solely on the basis of "dis
tinguished achievement."
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, April 2, 1958 S
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GERMAN PROTEST MARCH Demonstrators at a rally
in East Berlin, Germany, carry a skull decorated with a
NATO steel helmet and a placard saying, "Get Rid of
This." The rally was called to protest against the arming
of West Germany with atomic weapons.
Russia Leaning To
Musical Films for
Purchase From U.S.
Down Payments
F HA-Insured Loans
For Homes Lowered
Washington API Start
ine today, homes financed by
FHA-insured loans can be pur
chased with lower down pay
ments.
This reduction is one of the
principal provisions of a $1
850,000,000 anti - recession
housing bills signed into law
Washington OR Soviet
officials dickering for Ameri
can movies to show in Russia
are leaning toward musicals,
informed sources said today.
So far the Russians have'
bought no films.
In a move apart from the
negotiations, Russian Ambas
sador and Mrs. Mikhail A.
Menshikov took in a musical
film Tuesday night. In doing
so. they donated $5 to the
American Cancer fund.
The new ambassador, who
' unlike his predecessors smiles
and appears bent on launch
ing a one-man public rela
tions campaign for Russia,
Puppets Useful in -Correcting
Defects
Boston OP) Puppets and
marionettes have proved
useful in correcting human
speech defects.
Louise Kingman of the
Boston University School of
Education says individuals
often forget their speech
fright and speak adequately
when speaking for a puppet
or marionette.
The puppets are most
helpful to put students with
speech difficulties at ease.
Once relaxed in a dramatic
role, the student becomes so
engrossed in the characteriza
tion that he forgets his speech
fright.
But the puppet is only a
temporary crutch and is
gradually discarded during
the course of instruction.
Once the student realizes he
unconsciously has corrected
his speech problem he quickly
can find a permanent solution
to the disorder.
Miss Kingman said the fear
of speaking to a large group
is one of the most common
speech disorders, particularly
among college students.
The fear of speaking stems
from a deep desire to be ac
cepted by others, she said. But
the fear that the individual
will say something wrong or
silly and be laughed at by
the audience from whom he
seeks acceptance, often
causes him to refrain from
speaking, she added.
was invited to the premier
of the movie version of
"South Pacific" along with
other Washington dignitaries.
Proceeds of the opening night
went to the cancer fund.
Cultural Exchange
Russia and the United
States agreed to buy movies
from one another as part of
a broad cultural exchange
agreement signed earlier this
year. The film talks began
March 21 when Aleksandr N.
Davydov, head of Sovexport
film, and two other Russian
officials arrived here to buy
American pictures for Rus
sian audiences.
The Soviet team has been
negotiating with Eric John
ston, head of the Motion Pic
ture association of America,
Turner Shelton of the U. S.
Information agency and sev
eral American producers. The
Russians have spent most of
their time thus far viewing
about 20 of the 50 American
films offered for sale.
No Titles Named
To date, officials said, the
Russian taste seems to be
running to musicals. They re
fused, however, to name titles
of pictures which have inter
ested the Red negotiators.
Among other things, the
Russians are interested in
checking on the emphasis on
sex appeal in American films.
Davydov told reporters be
fore the negotiations began
he wanted to see for himself
whether American films are
too sexy for Russian
audiences to appreciate.
Unique Fund Used
At Williams College
ALREADY EQUIPPED
Boston (W Andrew Ta
gliaferri, 12, of Dorchester,
who hopes to be a veterinar
ian some day, has in his attic
20 homing pigeons, a dove,
three painted turtles, one
snapping turtle, one red
eared turtle, one slider tur
tle, one guinea pig, one cat
and a milk snake. Andy com
plains that his parents "won't
let me have a rattlesnake or
boa constricter or Gila mon
ster until I'm older." .
Williamstown, Mass.-
Williams College has a unique
scholarship fund which has
distributed $380,000 among
103 students in 15 years.
Recipients of the Tyng
Foundation awards have re
ceived four years' study at
Williams, and the majority
has been given additional
grants for one to three years
at graduate schools.
The awards are made by
the Stephen H. Tyng and Ste
phen H. Tyng Jr. Foundation.
This was established in 1942
under a bequest by the late
Juliet Augusta Tyng in mem
ory of her husband (Williams
'86) and her son, Stephen Jr.,
who was killed in World
War I.
The scholarships are open
to gifted students the nation
ever.
Trumpet Shrills
Al Last Goodbye
For W.C. Handy
New York (IP) A jazz
trumpet's sweet shrill and a
Negro minister's eulogy said
a final goodbye to W. C.
Handy today in a Harlem
church.
"His personal blues are now
ended." the Rev. Dr. Adam
Clayton Powell Jr., told the
thousands who filled the
Abyssinian Baptist church for
the funeral of the "father of
the blues."
"No more the problems of
Beale Street. No more the ir
ritation of Memphis. No more
the vexation of the St. Louis
woman."
The Negro minister and
congressman spoke to an
overflowing crowd of 3,000
that jammed the main audit
orium and to 1,000 who filled
another room in the big Har
lem church. They and a vast
crowd in the street outside
listened to the service over
loudspeakers.
Handy's Instrument
A high point was a trumpet
solo, "Holy City" by one of
the top hornmen of modern
jazz, Cootie Williams. That
was Handy's own instrument
and of it he once said:
"Life is something like a
trumpet. If you don't put any
thing in, you don't get any
thing out. And that's the
truth."
"Gabriel now has an under
study and when the last
trumpet shall sound Handy
will blow the last blues,"
Powell said.
"From this pulpit, I have
personally buried King Oliv
er, Fats Waller, Charles Yard
bird Parker, Bojangles Rob
inson. And now Bill Handy
is with them what a jam
session."
School Presents TV
Series on Bach
Boston (IP) Boston Uni
versity sponsors an i 1-week
series of 30-minute live tele
casts devoted exclusively to a
presentation of the 48 fugues
and preludes of Bach's "Well
Tempered Clavier."
Pianist Alexander Borov
sky of the university's school
of Fine and Applied Arts pre
sents the Bach works over
educational station WGBH-TV
at mid-evening on Mondays.
Borovsky, a Russian-born
and trained musician, pre
viously had recorded "The
Well-Tempered Clavier" and
through television sought to
inspire a wider appreciation
of Bach's music.
Tuesday by President Eisen
hower. The legislation is de
signed to speed the building
of 200,000 homes this year
and to create 500,000 new
jobs.
Reluctant Approval
Eisenhower gave his ap
proval to the bill somewhat
reluctantly. He " conceded it
will create new jobs, but said
in an unusual message to Con
gress that it will also saddle
the taxpayers with "a wholly
unnecessary burden of up to
$1 billion by forcing the gov
ernment to assume obligation
which rightfully belong to
business.
John M. Dickerman, execu
tive director of the National
Association of Homebuilders,
said the law could be of "tre
mendous benefit" to moderate
income families unable to buy
homes because of tight credit.
But Harold P. Braman,
managing director of the Na
tional League of Insured Sav
ings Associations, said "the
housing industry suddenly
isn't going to sprout wings
and save the economy just be
cause the so-called emergency
housing bill has been signed."
Small in Comparison
Braman said the volume of
new credit provided by the
measure is small in compari
son with overall home financ
ing operations.
Here are the major pro
visions of the legislation and
when they will take effect:
Federal Housing Commis
sioner Norman H. Mason
ordered the lower down pay
ment rate on FHA-insured
mortgages into effect imme
diately. The reduction will ap
ply not only to new applica
tions, but to those already on
file and not yet processed.
The down payment require
ments in the past have been
3 per cent on -the first $10,-
000 of value, 15 per cent of
the next $6,000 and oO per
cent of additional value. This
new law lifts the' first bracket
to $13,500. Thus, on a house
valued at $15,000 the down
payment is trimmed from
$1,050 to $630.
The law increases from
W2 to 4 per cent the in
terest rate on GI housing
loans. The Veterans Admin
istration is expected to order
the increase into effect later
this week.
Blind Mice Have Only
Nursery Rhyme Trouble
Ithaca, N.Y. (TO Two
Cornell University psycholo
gists say the only trouble
'blind" mice have is in the
nursery rhyme. 3
Psychologists Eleanor Gib
son and Richard Walk said
they raised mice for 90 days
in complete darkness. Then
the mice were placed in a
group of other mice with per
fect vision.
As soon as the "blind" mice
were exposed to light, they
were able to distinguish dis
tances and shapes as well as
the normallv raised mice. The
only difference was that the 1
darkness - raised mice were
more emotional.
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