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6 B THURSDAY. APRIL VI. 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Informed Sources Battle Launched Over Cuban Fiasco i-Washington -- (UPI) - When . President Kennedy announced v that the "facts on the matter involving Cuba will come out . in due time," he dldn t say they would come out fighting. ' High-ranking U.S. officials 1 have launched a battle of in formed sources" over what caused the an tf-Castro in vasion to sink in the swamps of Cuba. ' .' '.'.-' fc-'A'; top official has started Round Two of the fight He . denied there were any intel ligence' miscalculations i n volvecl In the failure. .: He wouldn't say what he thought . did cause it. "His version was" that there was no misjudgment of Cas ; tip's military power,, arid no misjudgment 01 nis comroi over the Cuban people.'. He laid.' the United . States knew how many planes and tanks Castro had and the ability of his forces to use them. : ;J The Other View . "' ''.;.' ' This was exactly the op posite of what other equally ' high officials have said. They taid the invasion failed be cause Castro's forces met the rebels with more planes and other fighting equipment than the United States thought they had. , , Y,-'. .': .V. jntfttey also said both Wash ington and the Cuban rebels underestimated Castro's iron grip on the people, which pre vented a general uprising. . , Kennedy told his news con ference last week that there would be a lot of background briefings "by interested peo ple or interested agencies'. . I think you will be informed. There has been ' a rash of back ground briefings, ; but sorting out the information is something else again. The dis pute boils down to whether the invasion was a fiasco be cause of intelligence or mill' tary failure's Up To President - The answer probably won't be known until Kennedy him self announces :. it, possibly from the study of intelligence methods he: has ordered Gen Maxwell D. Taylor to make , All the officials taking part in the briefings .have remain ed anonymous. .'This is bo. cause they refuse to deal with such subjects as Cuba, France and Laos without some sort of escape hatch in case their information boomerangs.- ,. The background briefing, which has been a popular pas time in-the capital for some time, provide the.publtq with Inside information ana inter pretation. It is not without hazards, however. One official undertook last week to advise reporters that Kennedy arid Secretary of State Dean Rusk were at odds over . the , attempt ' to topple Castro.'! :.;- ' .-;.,(". This was: reported to have displeased the President. The White House view, was that al though Rusk rnayN not have liked the plan; he was not at odds with the President over the baslo policy decision. M Writer Tells S. Experiences as Prisoner in Cuba ( It HENRY HAYMONT ;CorrtihlMl. Ktl, br UPI New York-flIFB-1 have Just returned from Cuba where FrtraWr rtdl Castro's mill I -y intelligence service Jail i me for six days on charge of Ni.rg a VA, agent. . liiat wr they gave ma a I .t-hai 1 nortunity of shar- V t t- n snl anxiety, and eVecomfort of an aiti" mated 20,000 Cubans round- ad up in Havana alone on suspicion of helping the count er-revolutionary invasion. i: Uany have been - released loot Castro' proud victory announcement last Thursday. 1 't countless ' others, in- eluding numerous foreigners, continue to face the uncertain fate of the victims of Castro's I rn, revolutionary Justice. t '. Ceosered ' I tt foreign correspondents i i during the invasion rve also been freed and can t j, although their dispatches a a -tming cenaored.-. When I I ..tv 1 vena. Tuesday , after noon Robert Berellet of As- - ated Press was the . only l,J. correspondent still, be lieved to be under arrest. , Martin Houseman-and A ' io Marino of United Press I rational, Harold Milks -1 George Kaufmann qf AP, X..chard ; Valerian! of , NBC were living t foreign- embat jle. ' I..,.;, ;,';," ;i;;::.:,.:,:;Vv ' Kew Was Cut Off ' - " i By jailing these correspond ent,1' Castro 'cut off direct news from Havana of his swift victory over the invad ing 'forces from being made kriown to the world. ': - For six days I was locked Up' with SO persons in a room 1 by 16 feet at military in telligence headquarters, . the feared green stucco' building Parents Reminded Of SOC Program Ashland - Response to the pre-school and school children Southern Oregon college sum mef school program offering announced last - week has drawn ' numerous: Inquiries, Dr.: William T.vWard, director of laboratory experiences, has announced.' -;i -. ,Dr,- Ward said pre-school children would be those enter ing school for the first time In the fall, and that children through the eighth grade could be enrolled for the ses sion. ' .'. V ": ; . -' .He stressed that the offer- Inas were not confined, ex clusively to slow learners, but ; were , designed to present a broad background of enriched study, and skill-accomplish ments. : , , - - - Parents are asked to call MUrdock 8-6771 as soon as possible, Dr. Ward said, as the enrollment is limited and based wholly upon the order of registration. . Daily sessions for the school which will run from June zo through Aug. 4, will be con ducted from 9 a.m. until noon week days. There are no regu lar fees charged, although parents are required to fur nish transportation. in suburban Marianao, But we lived In relative luxury with the- only bath and shower, in the building, . , With me were Cubans of all 1 walks , of life the dean of engineering of Vlllanova University, a doctor, a 72- year-old farmer, three univer sity students, a retired boxer, five high - school', teachers four bus drivers, six sugar workers,-several peasants and a rural barber who sure had his hands full. Cubans Keep Humor - What undoubtedly kept us front becoming, depressed and demoralized despite some pretty frightening ordeals was the' inevitable Cuban humor that seems to- proliferate in the face of adversity.. "Welcome to the national tourist centre,'! was the greet ing, I got from a sugar mill operator, when' I entereq tne cell the afternoon of April 17. "Here we are all million airea and: Martians." . ' "Why Martians?", I '. asked. r ''Because Fidel says there are no workers or peasants Jailed, only landowners, so we must come from, Mars." . Aimed Police Arrived I was arrested at 1 a.m. Monday. .' April ' 17, minutes after phoning to UPI New York that reports of an In- v. Jion were circulating In Havana. A patrol of 10 mi litiamen armed with auto matic rifles and Czech ma chine guns surrounded the flat which belonged to Adolfo Merino, also of UPI. The commanding . officer asked to search the' flat for a "clandestine transmitter," claiming thore - had - been a complaint that I had been "broadcasting counter-revolutionary messages" to the Unit ed states.- , ' . 1 . A superficial search of the apartment produced a type written paper citing uncon firmed reports of two land ings by "substantial" counter revolutionary - forces. That was enough. Half an hour later Merino and I were taken to military intelligence head quarters. Raiuli of Pressures When i was suddenly re leased Saturday night togeth er with Houseman and Mer ino I was advised that the action ' came as a result of strong pressures from Mexi can Foreign Minister Manuel Tello and from at least eight other governments. Leaving my fellow Inmates Saturday was difficult. There is always a feeling of guilt in departing from a group of men you had never met be fore but who welcomed you as one of their own in dif ficult times.: . . It was now clear that I was going to be all right. I still don't know about them. WHEAT USE ,,;':A , ' Minneapolis - About 46 per cent of the total U.S. wheat crop is milled Into flour. Some is lost In milling, some Is ex ported, and tome used as UesL. MONTGOMERY WARD 117 S. Central Open Mondays 'Til 9 SP 3-7301 Free Parking ail: finale ends Saturday I last days to save on these specials! 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