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MISSILE LOADED - Last of the 60 Douglas-made
Thor missiles required to complete
the intermediate range ballistic missile
armament at the four Thor bases in Eng
land is loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-124
at Santa Monica, Calif. (UPI Telephoto)
India Not Expected to Balance
Power of Red China in Far East
Editor's note: This is the last of
three dispatches in -which a West
Virginia newspaper executive re
ports on his recent tour of the
Far East.
By AUSTIN V. WOOD .
Vic President and
General Manager
Of the Ogden Newspapers
(Distributed by UPI)
Veteran newspaper corre
spondents, who, over a period
of many years, have devoted
themselves to a study of Asia
tic politics are unanimously of
the opinion that we never can
look to India to balance the
power of China in the Far
East. These two nations are
not too far apart in popula
tion, or even in undeveloped
raw materials, but the Chi
nese are ambitious and indus
trious while the Indians, by
and large, are satisfied to sit
all day in meditation. A taxi
driver in Honolulu said to me
that the Hawaiians think only
of today, the Japanese think
of next week, but the Chinese
think of next year. This tells
the tale.
I talked with a number of
people who have visited Com
munist China and are thor
oughly familiar with condi
tions there. There is no doubt
that the cities' sanitary condi
tions and the entire scale of
living have been improved by
the Communist regime. At
the same time they are hav
ing their difficulties.
Communes Resisted
Their farm communes are
being bitterly resisted and
agricultural production has
Jhllen off. There simply is not
etiough food to go around.
9rm backyard steel produc
Qfcm has been a dismal fail
y. At the same time they
og producing some automo
lvles and trucks, and their
jfroriuction of heavy goods,
Gf nil not significant in vol
m, is just under the old
Msimt.
I found no one who was
of the opinion that Chiang
Kai-Shek ever could regain
the mainland. It is within the
realm of possibility that mil
Sons of mainland Chinese
are willing to rise in revolt,
but you simply cannot fight
machineguns with pitchforks.
Serious Rivalries
Just as In Russia, a govern
mental hierarchy has grown
up in China, and this has
given place to some serious
rivalries. Whatever the re
mote future may hold, news
men see little present indica
tion of these rivalries spark
ing a revolution which might
be the means of overthrow
ing tlte Communist system.
The rivals are all too pros
perous to upset the applecart
no matter how vaulting their
ambitions may be.
0 China lost much face
throughout Asia when she
failed to attack Quemoy and
Matsu after announcing to the
world her intention to do so.
Many students of the Far
East feel that the border in
vasion of India is an attempt
to recapture the face that is
so important in the Orient.
Unanimity Opinion
India has nothing that
China could use so there seems
little occasion for an all-out
Chinese-Indian war. As a mat
ter of fact, such an even
tuality is utterly out of the
question for India, as the Chi
nese have approximately five
million men under arms
while the armed forces of In
dia number approximately
150,000. Eventually, then, In
dia will have to accede to
such demands as China may
make. I cannot conceive of
any more foolhardy gesture
than for our country to take
a decided stand in the dis
pute. Among all the people I
j talked with there was unan
imity of opinion that Russia
now fears China and that
fear is behind Khrushchev's
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veterans who hold permanent
GI me insurance are better
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Even if the policyholder
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Annual interest on GI doI-
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Brannock emphasized. Should
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policy proceeds before the
beneficiaries are paid.
desire for disarmament and
an end to the cold war. They
point out that China's neces
sity is for agricultural land
and natural resources. To ex
pand south means only more
mouths to feed.
Upon the other hand, to
the north lies everything that
China needs, and her army
need only to walk, while the
Russian army would have to
be transported and supplied
over thousands of miles of a
single transcontinental rail
road. China, at the present
time, does not have the indus
trial production so indispen
sable to warfare. Most, if not
all, of her armaments have
come from Russia. Many peo
ple believe that if Khru
shchev could have his fondest
wish gratified, it would be
the return of those arma
ments safely into Russian
hands. It is a development
which will be interesting to
watch.
Trade in Offing
Foreigners with whom I
talked, as well as many
American newsmen, found it
difficult to understand why
we have not recognized Red
China. Trained in the obser
vation of such movements,
they felt that a great diplo
matic trade may be in the
offing. China so far has re
fused to commit herself to
Russia's disarmament pro
gram. What is more logical,
these observers say, than if
Geneva is successful, the
United States offer recogni
tion if China will come along.
That just might be the course
of events.
Alarm System to Outrun Shock Waves Of Atomic Attack"
Washington - (UPD-A simple,
telephone pole device that
responds to only one stimulus
-the blinding flash of a nu
clear explosion can solve a
critical defense problem, con
gressional testimony has dis
closed. The problem is this: if ma-
Eclipse
Moon Will Be
In Full
Early March 12
Washington - (Science Serv
ice) - Only the early "early
bird" or the all-night star
gazer will get to see the moon
move into the earth's shadow
on March 12 as the total lunar
eclipse occurs at 11:41 p.m.
(p.s.t.).
Lunar eclipses occur only
at full moon as the moon has
to be on the side of the earth
away from the sun to pass
through the earth's shadow,
the umbra. In that position
the full half of the moon
which faces the earth is lit up
by sunlight.
Although lunar eclipses oc
cur fairly frequently, it has
now been over three years
since a total eclipse has been
visible, as this one will be,
from parts all over the United
States.
Around the umbra, or inner
shadow of the earth, lies the
penumbra, or outer shadow,
but little effect in the light
or color of the moon is seen
from earth as the moon passes
through it. In the late hours
of March 12, or exactly at
10:38 p.m. (p.s.t.), the edge of
the moon moves into the um
bra from the penumbra, and
at 11:41 p.m. (p.s.t.) all of the
moon is completely obscured,
or eclipsed, by the earth's in
ner shadow.
While eclipsed, by the um
bra, the moon takes on the
reddish color that caused an
cient primitive societies to see
"blood on the moon" and term
it a sign of religious signifi
cance: This red color is not
always the same, from one
eclipse to another. Sometimes
it is a dull red, other times it
is more coppery. Astronomer
Simone Gossner of the U.S.
Naval Observatory here said
that the color can not be pre
dicted. By 1:15 a.m. (p.s.t.) the edge
of the moon begins to peek
out from behind the earth's
shadow, and by 2:18 a.m.
(p.s.t.), the full moon will be
bright again.
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jor U.S. cities or military tar
gets were hit by a sneak nu
clear attack, would our mili
tary and missile commands
get word soon enough to
launch a quick retalitory at
tack? Communications lines
would be wiped out, even if
there were survivors to use
them.
And if the attack were aim
ed at the retalitory forces
themselves, how could the
military determine rapidly
what they had left to work
with in launching their coun
terattack? The Air Force has told Con
gress it has the answer. It is
building a simple fool-proof
bomb alarm system that will
flash a report of local destruc
tion to key military centers
fast enough to outrun the
atomic shock waves.
The heart of the system, ac
cording to testimony publish
ed by the House Appropria
tions committee, is a small
light-sensitive unit which re
acts only to the flash of a
nuclear blast.
At least three - and in the
case of Washington, seven -of
these units are to be mount
ed on telephone poles on the
outskirts of more than 100
critical target areas and cities.
After the nuclear flash, of
course, comes a blast that
will destroy the unit and the
teletype circuit over which its
signal is routed. But the re
port is moved so fast it will
be on its way before the blast
hits.
The signals will be channel
ed to command points, includ
ing the White House, Strategic
Air Command headquarters,
the Pentagon, and an alter
nate emergency Pentagon
buried in rock near Ft. Ritch
ie, Md.
Military commanders thus
can know instantly how many
and which targets have been
hit.
Operating the system will
cost only about $2,000,000
(M) a year, the Air Force said.
Despite this relatively small
outlay, Appropriation commit
tee members gave the plan a
dubious reception.
Among other things, the
transcript showed, they sought
assurance the warning system
was not the brainchild of the
Civil Defense agency. The Air
Force said it wasn't although
Civil Defense supports it.
Members also expressed
concern that lightning or an
accidental blast of some kind
might set off the sensors trig
gering a military response.
The Air Force said nothing
short of a nuclear bomb would
activate the device.
"I find it hard te believe
that this is the only warning
device which will tell us a
bomb has exploded," said Rep.
Robert L. F. Sikes (D-Fla.).
"I do not believe we have
any other system to do this
particular job," the Air Force
witness replied.
"What happens after you
get the alarm?" Sikes asked.
"The bomb is already drop
ped. The enemy in through
and on top of us."
, "I would have to assume
what the commander in ques
tion would do," the Air Force
spokesman replied. "He would
launch."
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