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History from the files of The
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end 50 year oo. .;'..: A
10 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1831 (Saturday) ".
f Two men were arrested in
the Medford area today for a
. burglary a month' ago of a
post office in Naturlta, Colo.
Sen.-Wayne Morse today
'wired the Mail Tribune that
the question of whether Camp
White should be reactivated
U still up in the air in Wash
ington, D.C.
10 YEARS AGO ''..''''
April 21, 1841 (Monday) J
The county court is seeking
way to keep Llthla hotel in
Ashland operating after it was
jf ntly acquired oy me counr
j or non-payment; of taxes.
. . rom Arthur Perry's "Ye
' age oV column! "The
lloi-ann that doBWOod
, r CsSi tv...ottHy to
put tn parlor vase was wrong.
Th.ir gn frasile bloom, and
-'cannot survive 'the cigarette
smoke of an arternoon prioge
-party." -
10 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1831 (Tuesday)
O. O. Alenderfer has been
elected president of the Med
ford Chamber of Commerce.
Tha final movement of Med
. ford "pears toward eastern
markets Is now underway. ;
40 YIAM AGO V
Ap.J II. 1811 (Thursday)
City crews today 1 started
Cutting back the curb at West
Main st. and Oakdale ave., to
reduce a traffic hazard.
Edwin Markham, noted
poet, will deliver a talk In
Medford next month.
10 YEARS AGO
April 21, 1311 (Friday)
The "Pumice hill" section
of the new. Crater Lake high
way near Prospect is nearlng
nmn1tlnn '
The Central Point IOOF
lodge has purchased a lot in
the downtown area for con
struction of a new temple.
Whaft Your I.Q.7
Mine or ten correct h luperlen
seven or elfhl ii eacellenli five er
ti b goad. - -
1 1. What people fought three
wars with the Samnltes? .
i 2, Is the earth the second,
third, or fourth planet in US'
tance from the sun?
- 8. Is copra a mineral, metal,
er vegetable product?
.,'4; A button is a kind of
sideboard: true or false? '
!..B. Are leopards stripped or
spotted? ' ;
.. With whnt wirlpanread
industry do you associate the
name Beesemer7
.;. 7. Periods of play In polo
ire designated as c s?
i 8,J New York City does, or
does' not, have a system of
City manager government?
a. What is a cyclotron?
10. Are U.S. Senators ordl-
, narily elected to serve terms
Of two, four, or six years?
' Answers! 1. The Romans. 2.
Third. 3. Vegetable. (Dried
coconut) 4. False. S. Spotted
8. Steel. (Less common-cop
per.)' 7. Chuckkers. 8. Does
aoi. 8. An atom-smashing ma.
chin 10. Six years.
nrriT PROTESTED
t Washington -r?IPD- The State
Department announced the
linlidj GtafAa ha. atroniflv
protested to Russia, Bulgaria
. 1 . n I ...hnt U 4.1.
ana xiuiiiBiuei whb. .
' arlhatl as . 'mtaaMi mnh fli
' tacks" against the U.S. lega
tions in those countries Tuesday.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1961
Adolf Eichmann s Penalty
V The statement made by Adolf Eichmann to
Israeli police, and played back via a tape re
cording during his trial
astounding one. ,
As reported by the United Press Internation
al, he said, in part:
"I cannnot claim my hands are clean ... I will
ask for mercy. I am not deserving of mercy. Per
haps I ought to hang myself in public so that all the
world's anti-semites can have the terrible nature of
; their acts made clear to them."
These words from the man who is reportedly
responsible for the death of six million fellow
human beings. Astounding!
pHE whole Eichmann business, from beginning
4 to end, is a terrible commentary on the world
in which we live.
First the gruesome
of his crimes against humanity.
Next the long flight, the long pursuit.
Next the illegal kidnapping of Eichmann from
another nation. ,
Next, his beine brought to trial in a nation
that didn't even exist
climes, under a law not then even written.
And now this incredible statement.
1I7E were . discussing
with a sensitive and intelligent teen ager,
and were rather startled when she said, "I feel
terrible sorry for him."
We pointed out that he was guilty, almost
without a doubt, of crimes so ghastly that they
repel the mind,
. "That's why I feel
"I just feel sony for anyone who could do things
like that." i
. She may well have the right of it.
And it occurs to us that the worst Dunish-
ment the Israelis could impose on Eichmann,
after the foregone conclusion of a findincr of his
guilt, would be to grant
set him free:
Free ... free to wander the world and wait
for eventual death in the knbwledge of his own
guilt; free to- suffer the contempt and even
worse, the pity of the rest of humankind. E.A.
Bill Walkers Conscience
' The Rev. William O. Walker and his wife
did a courageous, and perhaps foolish, thing.
We do not agree with them, but we must
admire the strong conscience and sturdy sense
of Tightness which impelled them to do it.
We have known Bill Walker slightly ever
since he was a student at
and later as he went through the University of
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uregun ana narvaru jLfivinny buiiuui. : vve nave
always liked and. admired him.
4 ,H is 1 now. minister ,
Church of orth Bend,
THE, action was his refusal to pay his federal
in'nnrina fov in tiiII TTa anrl hia urifn marin r,nf
their return, mailed it in
payment called for, and
other 55 per cent to UJNKJEF.
it was his way of protesting the arms race.
But let him tell it in his own words. Here is the
text of his letter of April 15 to the District Di
rector of Internal Revenue:
';. Dtu Sir: Today we reluctantly, but firmly, choose
knowingly to violate a law. We are enmeshed with
you and other members of our society in both the evil
and folly, and the good and glorious, in our way of
V living. Therefore, what we do today is not done with
a sense of triumph or disdain, but with a sense of con
trition and confession. We cannot extricate ourselves
" from either the good or the evil.
i However, there are certain things that we can still
do to maintain our sanity and humanity, and express
" our basic beliefs of love and Justice in the community
of man under the fatherhood of God. One pf these
things is to say a resounding YES to decency and love,
and an emphatic NO to Inhumanity and fear.
One way we can still say "yes" or "no", in our
highly organized society Is to pay, or refuse to pay
taxes. ' We believe In the general philosophy of taxa
. lon, for it Is a form of society together meeting some
, of its needs. But, we do not believe in cooperating
willingly In an enterprise that does not contribute to
the best interests of mankind.
Because of this belief, we have filled out and filed
our 1960 tax form, and we enclose a check to cover
45 per cent ot the required tax. The other 55 per
cent we are sending to the United Nations Children's
: Federation (UNICEF), in hopes that life, not death,
, may be brought to some.
: We have arrived at this figure by noting that about
, 55 per cent of the national budget is now spent for
.defense or for the paying for past wars. This figure
may vary up or down, but we have arrived at this fig
ure knowing that whatever percentage we choose
there will be no clear-cut definition of spending.
We can no longer with good conscience contribute
to the continuation of the arms race and to the possible
annihilation of the human race In nuclear holocaust.
Nor can we contribute further to the apathy that has -seemed
to grip so many of us, or the hysteria as ex
, . empllfied In some pseudo-patriotic organizations. -We
trust that our voice and decision will contrib
ute to the recovery of the "American dream," indeed,
the dream for the whole world that we may live in
creative peace together with man and in harmony
with the ways of God.
Sincerely,
William O. Walker.
Carol Williams Walker.
THE Rev. Mr. Walker's action is little more
than a gesture of protest. It will do no good,
except as it helps to make others think about the
terrible waste implicit in the arms race.,
We believe this is a
the way to go about seeking a peaceful world.
We believe this must be sought through the long,
difficult, cumbersome, unsatisfying procedures of
government and international accommodation.
Meanwhile, we believe it absolutely necessary
for the United States to retain its military might
in the hope of deterring a war until, hopefully,
a way can be found for the world to live in peace.
. But our feelings do not cause a lessening of
our liking for Bill Walker, and respect for his
courage in following big conscience. E.A.'
the other day, was an
and unbelievable nature
when he committed his
the case the other day
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sorry for him," she said,
him a full pardon and
Medford High school,
of The First Methodist
Ore.
with 45 per cent of the
mailed a check for the
futile gesture, and not
Dennis the
There's a lore mzsmx ; for She thins,
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printed In his column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper: In fact the contrary Is often the case, 1
Peace Corps
To the Editor: For the past
14 vears. I have worked in
various countries of Asia and
Africa tor American Engi
neering Firms engaged in pri
vate practice.
I am a subscriber to tne
Mail Tribune, and even
though I receive the paper six
to eight weeks late, it is about
the only medium we have
here to keep up with the
news. Incidentally, my U.S.
address is Butte Falls, Ore.
The new "Peace Corps
came as quite a shock to peo
Dle such as myself, who have
lived and worked with Asia
tic peoples for so long.
I wrote tne enclosed letter
to Senator Neuberger, wltn
the hope that it they insist on
nuttins this wholly unrea
listic program into effect, it is
done by experienced people,
who know and can recognize
the pitfalls and dangers, rath
er than some of our bureau
crats who have done all of
their, work over here "under
the fans" as the . Pakistanis
nut it.
It would be appreciated it
vou could publish this letter,
and see if others agree or dis
agree with me. (
Robert B. Pechner,
co I. iE. Co.,
PO Box 160
Ramna, Dacca,
East Pakistan
PS: I sent President Ken
nedy a copy also.
Editor's note: Portions of
the letter follow:
As a Civil Engineer who
has been employed for the
past 14 years in various
countries of Asia, I look with
extreme apprehension on the
recent plan of the President
to put into practice a "Peace
Corps."
Ostensibly the idea itself
may have some value, but
from my experience in Asia
it is more idealistic than
realistic.
This is no time to experi
ment. Government sponsored
programs have sent Ameri
cans here by the thousand, all
Imbued with "how we do
things in America", and com
pletely ignorant of the basic
philosophy of the Asiatic peo
ples. This philosophy is dif
ferent from that of Western
Countries, and until we recog
nize there Is a difference, and
understand this difference,
we are going to fail.
I have not been able to
understand as yet just what
the "Peace Corps" is supposed
to accomplish, but without a
complete understanding of
the people and their customs,
and the ability to appreciate
strange, to us at least, ways
of life, this will turn into just
another Idealistic "joy ride at
government expense" all over
the world. I understand this
program will start with no
pay, housing with the poorer
classes, etc. This may be the
start, but it will not be that
way for long.
Living with the poorer class
native peoples in many coun
tries means extreme heat and
cold, diseased food, dirt, filth,
bugs, snakes, and vermin. In
this, era, young Americans
without experience cannot
stand this, no matter how
hardy they are, and now they
and others who have only
read about these things from
arm chairs think they can
If you then allow pay, air
conditioned nouses, commis
sary food, etc., you have de
feated the whole idea and
purpose.
In all my years in this part
of the world, with few excep
tions, I have yet to see an
American or European for
that matter, live as and with
the poorer class natives. The
exception to this are a few
dedicated Missionaries.
Secondly, why are these
programs not started with
people of experience? ! do
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Menace
iHW n-Y WKnT. . .
not mean people who have
worked for government agen
cies in 'these countries, as
most ot these people have no
idea at all of the indigenous
peoples around them. After
they leave their air-conai-
tioned offices, they are in
their clubs, air-conditioned
homes, commissaries, PX's,
etc. I mean people who nave
worked in general for private
companies, lived off the land,
and have a basic understand
ing of the peoples where they
live ...
It Is my belief that ii we
continue our present spending
policies at home and abroad,
the time is not too far distant
when along with economic
chaos, we will have either a
Military Dictatorship, or a
form of government based on
the very thing we are trying
so hard to avoid, Communism.
Humans and Nature
To the Editor: At last the
day had arrived when our
boys, along with three friends,
were to receive their treat.
Instead of the usual type of
treat most boys expect, for
their stomachs, we chose to
take them to the high coun
try. : - , . ... ,
April is a beautiful month
with the green of spring min
gled with the blooming flow
ers. However 8,000 feet up
on the slopes of Mt. Shasta
winter still holds sway. The
new 14 mile drive from the
town of Mt. Shasta up to the
ski bowl is one well worth
taking. The breathtaking
view is grand. One can look
to the southwest and see noth
ing but rugged snow-covered
mountains. To the south Mt.
Lassen rears its smoke curling
summit over the northern
Sacramento valley. The fresh
pine-scented mountain air fills
one s lungs as he stands view
ing the magnificent scenery
all around. Ever changing
cloud formations add to the
grandeur of the scene.
We were not alone, up there
to enjoy the day. Hundreds
of brightly attired ski enthusi
asts were at hand. The chair-
lift was really doing a busi
ness. 1 '
We stepped inside a ultra
modern glass-walled shelter,
The warmth inside did feel
good. However we soon chose
the outdoor air again. The
stench of alcoholic beverages
and tobacco smoke filled the
entire place. .,
This was my second visit
to this spot, and what a
change. Around a year ago
no liquor license had as yet
been granted and the place
was clean.
Now, upset bottles, classes.
coffee mugs and trash was
scattered everywhere. The bar
was crowded. Children were
running around right ' by it.
One lady(??) kicked over a
cup of coffee and Instead of
wiping up the mess walked
right on. I was grateful for the
door so that we could get back
out Into the open air.
Even outside, beer and pop
botUes were scattered every
where.
What a pity that human
beings, created in the image
of God, have to lower them
selves so low. I realize that
many who read these lines
feel that drinking and smok
ing are all a part of real
living.
But might I add this: Con
sider what the end results
are. What is your example
causing your children to do?
Why can't we awake to our
real responsibility?
Henry Johnson Jr.,
2315 Highway 66,
Ashland, Ore.
ARMY' PRAISED
Portland TUPD Dr. Arthur
S. Flemming praised work of
the Salvation Army Wednes
day night and said man's obli
gation is to help his fellow
man achieve his highest po
tential.
Intelligence Report
Strong MilitarilyWeak Economically
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington-OTO-A U.S. In
telligence report of recent
months took a chlU and dim
view of the
chances of Cu-'
ban rebels
beating Fidel
Castro's Com
munist regime.
IS This report
ft was dated in
mid - Autumn
LSSUr
I960 and
may by now
WUsnn De'UDSuieie. il
it is not obsolete, - the news
from Cuba is more likely to
continue bad. " '
Here In paraphrase is the
key paragraph in this size-up
of the Cuban military situa
tion:
Anti-Castro rebels operating
on their own in Cuba are not
likely to obtain sufficient
strength to oust Castro. This Is
because Castro has plenty of
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This is written at the Hilton
Inn at . the southern edge of
San Francisco, first stop on
the way to Washington. It's
an overnight stop, made neces
sary by the fact that on the
way across the country by air
one has to transfer from the
up and down the coast smaller
planes to the big jets that
leap non-stop across the na
tion. One could, of course,
catch a night plane and be on
the East Coast the next morn
ing, but If day travel is pre
ferred an overnight stop on
the Bay is a must.
These airport inns are the
modern counterpart of the an
cient caravansaries, which
were located where the camel
routes crossed. The purpose
is the same - provide conve
nient overnight lodging while
waiting to resume your jour
ney the next day.
IT'S really quite a conve
nience. Otherwise a long
bus or taxi ride would be re-
auired in order to get to the
adjacent city whose airport is
of necessity a long way out
from the center. A lot of room
is needed for big planes to
land and take off.
It can't be done on a down
town city block.
YOU arrive at the Interna
tional almort. You debark
from your feeder plane.
Your first job Is to confirm
your plane reservation for the
next morning, "without which
you may not have a seat wnen
departure times comes. With
that out of the way, you pick
up your baggage, which in the
meantime has come In from
your plane, and commandeer
a porter who trundles It out to
the taxi ramp. You pause at
a sign that instructs you to
pick up the FREE phone and
call for an Inn bus.
You do so. in the course
of a few minutes a bus pulls
up, takes you aboard along
with your bags and hustles
you to the Inn's registration
desk. When you get registered
in, the bus driver picks you
up again and hauls you to
the unit in which your quar
ters are located, carries your
bags to your room and gets
you settled.
nPHEN
-S. T hv chnnce. when vou
get settled, you want a bite
to eat, or a modest libation,
or what have you, you step
out In front of your door and
flag a go-cart. The go-cart
takes you where you want to
go - to the dining room, to
the bar, or to some other unit
of the establishment where,
possibly, you have In mind
to visit with friends.
If, perchance, you forgot
something at the airport and
want to go back to retrieve it,
you flag a bus which whisks
you to where you want to go
and back again. -All
tor free.
TF YOU happen to be allergic
to walking, your allergy
will bother you not at all. You
aren't supposed to walk In
these places. You do so only
of your own volition.
These modern airport inns
are something. . v
INCIDENTALLY, the Hilton
Inn, located almost within
hollering distance of the
West s most glamorous air
port, is by no means exclu
sively an airport inn.
It is a MOTEL as well,
where you can drive up in
your own car, park in front
of your own door and carry
in your own baggage, exactly
as you would in any ' other
roadside establishment.
TT HAS lawns and swim-
ming pools. It has dining
rooms and cocktail bars. It
has orchestras and dance
floors. And, a few minutes
away, is one of the world's
most intriguing airports from
which huee jet planes take
off every few minutes for the
romantic Far Away Places of
the world.
It's little wonder that mo
torists by the hundreds stop
here jist to be stopping. It
DIFFERENT - ai!d in these
days everybody is looking for
something new and different
modern ground weapons, a
militia is in training, and is in
control of the army. Rebel
success would depend on a
rather massive invasion by
fighters properly equipped.
This estimate of Castro s
situation said the Cuban dic
tator had neither a Navy nor
an Air Force. Cuba a naval
Washington Report
By William S. White
(ci United Feature Syndicate
f
UP TO GEORGE
Washington-The anti-Castro
invasion of Cuba must not
fail and the people of the
United States
-repeat, the
people of the
United States
and not the
government -must
see to it
that It does
not fail.
This is one
of those rare
White times when a
people must do what its gov
ernment cannot do.
For this is no banana repub
lic war of the kind we knew
before the whole world had
been tainted by the perversion
of truth which is perhaps the
most evil of all the evil lega
cies of international Commu
nism. It is nothing less than
Soviet bridgehead over
which men now struggle.
For the first time in all its
history the government of the
United States is forbidden to
take on its own behalf those
actions which . are plainly
necessary for its own defense
in its own backyard.' The old
est right of man or nation,
self-defense, has been denied
to the strongest government
on earth.
'. , .
OFFICIALLY, we are power
less to move against an
open accomplice of imperialist
Communism, Fidel Castro,
having an open design to
bring Soviet military power
within 90 miles of our Florida
coastline.
Most of our Latin-American
friends had Ion? since let us
down - and themselves - by
refusing to act against a Cas
tro menace as real to them as
to us. Now, in effect, they
forbid us to act alone as a
nation against an arrogant
threat to our lives - and to
theirs.
Our European allies are
more concerned wltn the
niceties of International be
havior than with this sword
of peril pointed for all to see
at the heart of their best and
irreplaceable friend.
"World opinion" will not
let us move as a government,
even though "world opinion"
is compounded of mere timid
ity and of falsehoods so
grotesque as to recall Hitler's
technique of the big lie.
It is actually suggested that
American i n tervention in
Cuba would be "another Hun
gary." It is actually implied
that the use of American
force to overthrow a dictator
who threatens the peace of a
hemisphere would be like the
use of tanks by the Russians
to murder the citizens of
country - Hungary - which
they had beforehand literally
stolen and physically occu
pied. m w w
TO more monstrous distor-
' tion has been uttered, even
In an era' where monstrous
distortion is the ordinary prac
tice of Communist policy. And
it is sad to see some good
Americans, in well-meaning
pursuit of what they believe
to be objectivity," seem to
accept any part of so dread
fully false an analogy. There
is not a chemical trace, not
the thousandth part of
ounce, of truth in it.
The citizens of Hungary
were daring to be, if in
small, scared way, something
like Hungarians again. Castro
of Cuba, far from living under
any American heel, had for
months b e e n abusing and
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
A RABBI VISITED his favorite Jewish restaurant, and
was astounded when a Chinese waiter came to take his
order. Furthermore the Chinese waiter spoke 'Yiddish!
When he left in the di
rection of the kitchen,
the rabbi summoned the
proprietor,- and said,
"Where on earth did you
ever find a Chinese wait
er who can speak Yid
dish?" "Ss-s-h!" urged the
proprietor in a conspira
torial whisper. "He
thinks he's learning Eng
lish!" A Dudlln lawyer at a Bar
Association dinner recently
told of an 81-year-old client
who came by to report that ha had Just remarried: a charming
lady of 791 The lawyer murmured wryly, "Don't you think
you're a bit on the old side to take a wife again?"
"Not at all," contradicted the spry old client. "For the wee bit
they eat, I wouldn't be without one!"
O UU. by Bennett Cert Diatributed by King Teatnres SyndlceU
Indicates Castro
operations almost ceased as of
some months ago because of
disloyalty among officer per
sonnel. .
There are no Cuban pilots
trained to fly the Russian
MIG jets, which are believed
to have been provided by the
Soviet Union. Reports that
MIG. jets are in operation in
threatening a country' whose
first crime had been to assist
him into office.
No American tank had oc
cupied a foot of Cuban soil.
Rather, it was Castro camp-
followers who had repeatedly
occupied American property,
stealing it in the name of that
democracy" in which his
firing squads were giving Cas
tro "justice" to his opponents
while his followers roamed
Havana in screaming mobs.
For months their contribu
tion to democracy, to social
justice, had been to howl "to
the wall!" - meaning to de
mand yet more wretched vic
tims for the execution wall -whenever
their blood lust was
"P- . . .
AND this is the "people's
revolution," this is the
pack of homicidal hysterics,
which "world opinion" now
shields from bad old Uncle
Sam. To call this sordid hor
ror a revolution is to dishonor
all those great revolutionaries
whose lives have enriched
the Americas, from Washing
ton to Bolivar and Juarez.
All the same, we confront a
condition and not a theory:
The government of the United
States cannot do this job nf
public sanitation in the Carib
bean.
. But George can do it -George
Jones and Joe Doakes
and all those other Americans
who are willing to assist the
invasion of Castro Cuba in
every way open to them. Our
flag and uniform' cannot go
there. But our hopes and our
material help - these at least
can surely go.
Drummond Reports
(Walter Llppmann is in Europe. Roscoe Drummond reports from
Washington in his absence.)
LIBERTY OR CASTRO?
Washington-The news from
the invasion front in Cuba
will, shortly yield answers to
the two biggest questions rais
ed by the anti-Castro revolu
tion: 1 - How can the limited
landing forces of the Cuban
Revolutionary Council - prob
ably not more than 5,000 -possibly
hold beachheads and
then go on to win against a
Castro army of 200,000 men
and women heavily armed?
How can the invaders succeed
against 40-to-l military supe
riority? 2 - Will Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev redeem
the promise which he person
ally and publicly gave to Cas
tro while they were both at
the United Nations last fall -the
promise to back the Cas
tro regime, against any 'ag
gression" by the use of "So
viet rockets" if necessary?
If the going gets rough for
Castro, will the Soviet Union
make good its pledge - or is
it an empty promise, a mili
tary and diplomatic bluff
which Moscow never intended
to carry out?
rpHE answers will soon , be
visible. The cries of an
guish and accusation against
the United States which are
coming from Havana are en
couraging. Castro seems in
ordinately afraid of the little
band of revolutionary invad
ers from among the Cuban de
fectors and exiles.
If the counter-revolution is
successful, its very success
will disprove the charge made
at the United Nations bv Cu-
ban Foreign Minister Haul
Stop Me
Cuba suggest that Communist
trained pilots were provided
along wltn the planes.
Castro's Peoples Militia
was estimated to number
nhnltt 12fi.nnn nlthnutyh
rent reports irom Cuba make
it .inn nnn Th. rm ,
Bers about ao.uuu troops. Cas
tro in the beginning obtained
modern arms from Belgium
ana in large quantities.
missian snips thereafter be
gan unloading at Cuban ports.
They brought the MIGS in
crates. The Russian ships also
unloaded heavy arms such as
anti-aircraft batteries. The in
telligence - report suggested
but did not make it a positive
statement that the Russians
also had supplied Castro with
missiles.
The overall implication ot
this intelligence was that Cas
tro was relatively in a strong
military defensive position in
comparison with any foresee,
able thrust of force against
him. This report and others
spotlight what appears to be
a strategic fact. It Is this:
Castro's weakness in rela
tion to any opposition he may
reasonably expect Is not In tha
field of- military action, re
bellion, invasion and such.
Castro's weakness is econom
ic, at the bacon and beans
level. Peasants expected to be
come land owners under Cas
tro. He did impose what he
called an agrarian reform pro
gram or land seizure.
The peasants, however, sim
ply became employees of the
state instead of private own.
erB. Farm wages decreased,
farm production decreased,
and there has been hunger.
This U.S. Intelligence report
estimated that not more than
35 per cent of the . Cuban
population supported Castro
as of late 1960.
Castro nationalized Cuban
industry. He levelled salaries,
causing skilled technicians to
flee Cuba. He Is unable .to
obtain spare parts for his U.S.
made industrial machinery.
He is producing at a loss. Cas
tro is In bad economic trouble,
Sen. Barry Goldwaster (R
Ariz.), believes the quickest,
surest way to knock off Castro
would be by tight U.S. eco
nomic blockade.. Hazardous
but effective.
Roa that the United States
will have brought down the
Castro regime.
: The fact is that the invad
ing forcen of the "new Cuban
revolutionaries, outnumbered
40-to-l, can win only If there
are massive defections from
tne Castro army and only if
there is widespread sabotage
by civilians.
The anti-Castro revolution
aries can win Cuba only if
Castro has already- lost Cuba.
The invaders are not suffi
cient to win by their own
strength. If they succeed, Cas
tro will be overthrown pri
marily by the defections of
the Cuban people. The small
invading forces of Cuban ex
iles will only have provided
the spark which brought it
about.
If the Cuban nennlp 'and the
Cuban army are loyal to Cas
tro, the invasion now in prog
ress cannot possibly over
throw the regime.
If Castro has lost the loyal
ty of a majority of the Cuban
people and much of the army,
then nothing Castro can do.
can keep the regime from be
ing overthrown.
And the credit will belong
to the Cuban people who
would rather have liberty
than Castro.
TUT what about Premier
Khrushchev's statement
that the Soviet Union would
be prepared to shower down
rockets to protect the Cuban
regime from "aggression."
Already the Soviet press is
branding the invasion an
"American aggressio n."
Therefore, since the Soviets
themselves say that Castro is
being "aggressed," then Cas
tro has every reason to expect
that Moscow will make good
its pledge to save him.
We shall shortly see wheth
er Mr. K.'s promissory note
is going to be redeemed. Since
the Invasion by anti-Castro
forces began, the Soviet gov
ernment has flatly stated that
it will provide "all' aid neces
sary" to keep Castro in office.
They have already helped
Castro with arms and money.
Is Mr. Khrushchev going to
invite World War III by send
ing either Russian forces or
Russian rockets to the West
ern hemisphere? U. S. officials
do not believe he will, but the
Kremlin has been left in no
doubt that such an act would
mean war with the United
States.
Right now the U. S. govern
ment is at the point of decid
ing what It will do if Soviet
arms, tanks, and planes cause
the anti-Castro revolt to foun
der. One thing is certain -the
U. S. will not permit the
Soviets to assert decisive mili
tary power 90 miles fromi our
shores.
(c) 1961 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
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