Dr. Soblen Unconscious
After
Suicide
Attempt
Senate Passes Modified Version
Of Presidents Tax Reform Bill
Measure Relumed
To Lower House
Amid Criticism
Roll Call Vote of
59-24 Passes Bill
Washington -IUPD- Th Sen
ate, disregarding a flood of
last - minute criticism, today
passed a sharply modified
version of President Ken
nedy's tax reform bill.
The roll call vote was 59-24
in favor of the bill with an
unusual combination of lib
erals and conservatives cast
ing most of the opposition
votes.
Voting for the bill were 40
Democrats and 19 Republi
cans. Oppose dwere 14 Demo
crats and 10 Republicans.
The measure, near the top
of Kennedy's list of priority
legislation, was sent back to
the house amid a drumfire of
criticism that it was a "special
interest bill" and a "tax dodg
er's dream."
Backers countered that it
represented an important step
forward toward eliminating
inequities in the tax code.
They said the main feature of
the bill-a $1 billion tax credit
to spur business investment
would revitalize the economy.
The final version of the
measure, which would cost the
Treasury an estimated $400
million a year in revenues,
now must be hammered out
by a joint House-Senate con
ference committee.
The Senate action was a
partial victory for Kennedy,
who recommended the invest
ment credit for business in his
tax message last year. Many
of his other requests were
drastically scaled down, how
ever. The tax credit for business
is designed to stimulate in
vestments in new machinery
and equipment. Under it, busi
nessmen could write off up
to $7 out of every $100 spent
on certain new facilities after
last July 1.
The bill would also put
higher taxes on insurance and
savings companies and crack
down on U.S.-controlled firms
operating in so-called foreign
"tax havens."
Gravity Pull on
Mariner-2 Builds
Pasadena, Calif. - IUPII -Gravitational
pull from the
siin today increased on the
Venus-bound Mariner-2 space
craft pulling the instrument-
laden vehicle on a true course
for a fly-by of the mystery
planet.
Scientists at Caltcch's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory said
the gravitational tug of the
Earth would be equalized by
that of the sun when the
Mariner-2 reached a distance
of 1.6 million miles from
earth.
At 5 a.m. (PDT) today, the
spacecraft was 1,733,838 miles
from Earth and traveling at a
speed of 8,648 miles an hour
according to calculations of
JPL scientists.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued clear
throuRh Friday. Smoky In the
morning. Low tonight 50-55.
llith Friday 94-99.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 98
Lowest Thli Morning 52
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:J p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:42 a.m.
Moonset tonight . ...10:51 p.m.
First Quarter tonight 10:45 p.m.
The planet, Saturn, due south
at 9:40 p.m.,
Is now nearly at bright ai the
tar, Arcturus, setting
at 10:18 p.m.
HEWSfBRIEFS
ITEMS OM fc nV AHOUND THI 01OH
BEN BELLA SUMMONS MILITARY LEADERS
Algiert-CPI'-Vice Premier Ahmed Ban Bella summoned
Algeria's military leaders into conference today in an effort
to enforce a cease-fir between rival troops in th country-lid.
KHRUSHCHEV. UDALL HOLD TALK
Moscow - ITti - Sovit Premier Nikita Khruihchv and
Secretary of th Interior Stewart L. Udall held i "pro
longed" conversation today that may hv considered
Soviet intentions about the Berlin crisis and th latast
U2 incident.
BORDER GUARDS FIGHT GAS DUEL
Brlln-H-Wsf Berlin and Communist police fought a
brief tear gas dual on th border of th American sector
of th city and th Communists withdraw.
DE GAULLE, ADENAUER RUSH TOWARD UNION
Bonn-an-Priden! Charles d Gaull and Chancellor
Konred Adnaur tppeered todty to b rushing Franc
and Germany toward political union dpit advie of their
Hits to go s'ow.
STAND ON PLAYGROUND Three Negro
boys and their parents stand on the play
ground today outside Andrew Jackson Ele
mentary school in New Orleans, La., while
police and firemen search the school after
receiving a report of a bomb in the building.
Swimsuit
Tonight for State's
Miss America Entry
Atlantic City, N.J. (Special)
- Tonight Marty Wyatt will
don her swimsuit, but she
won't go near the water.
Competing in the Miss
America contest here as Miss
Oregon, she will enter the
swimsuit judging during the
second night of preliminary
competition in Conv e n t i o n
hall.
She'll be competing against
the same 17 beauties who
vied in Wednesday's talent
contest - a rompetition won
by Miss Mississippi, Charlotte
Carroll of Walthall, who per
formed a comedy song-and-dance
routine.
But if audience reaction is
any indication, Marty won
valuable points for her inter
pretive jazz dance. Attired in
a long black leotard and white
shirt, her brown hair flowing
as she cavorted to the music
of "Love Walked In," she won
a fine ovation. .
Prepares for Second Test
Since points also are scored
for second - through fifty -placers
in the preliminary
judging, Miss Oregon is a
good bet to be among the
point leaders as she prepares
for her second test tonight.
Last night's swimsuit tro
phy was won by Miss Illinois,
Pam Gamble of Carbondale,
whose measurements were 38-24-36.
Miss Or2gon hopes to
move the swimsuit champion
ship west tonight.
Since her arrival, Marty
has been receiving telegrams
and letters daily from the
folks back home. And roses,
too.
"Gee," she sighed, "it's nice
to know the people back home
are rooting for me."
Has Miss Oregon been hav
ing a good time?
'Everything We Want'
"Best time of my life," she
sighed. "What girl couldn't
have a good time on a week
No bomb was found and the children were
returned to the school. Police received sev
eral bomb reports as public schools opened
for the third year on an integrated basis
and parochial schools for their third day on
an integrated basis. (UPI)
Judging
such as this. We have every
thing we want. We get the red
carpet treatment wherever we
go. We have absolutely no
problems at . . ."
Miss Oregon paused a mo
ment, then her eyes twinkled.
"Oh, yes," she said, "there
was one important problem.
In fact, it was almost a catas
trophe."
Marty went on:
"On opening day, a pho
tographer took a photo of Miss
Oklahoma and myself.. And
you know what? Our hats
were exactly alike. We were
each wearing the same style
a big, black velvet hat with
a rim around it." Then Marty
laughed heartily.
I guess that would have
bothered some girls, but it
didn't faze either Miss Okla
homa or myself a bit."
Any other complaints?
"One," Marty said. "I love
salad with roquefort cheese
dressing. But wherever 1 go
around here they make the
dressing with oil, vinegar and
cheese. Back home, they make
it with sour cream and
cheese."
Atlantic City chefs, please
take note.
Medford Council To
Consider Contracts
A variety of items will be
considered by the Medford
city council at its meeting
at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the
council chambers in the city
hall.
Several contracts will be
awarded for sewer, paving,
and airport projects, and two
public hearings will be held.
One hearing is for the paving
of alley Block 46 and the
other for annexation of prop
erty east of Murphy rd. and
south of the Country club.
Also to be considered will
be a contract for re-roofing
the city hall and for the re
moval of the old Girl Scout
building at Hawthorne park.
Grants Pass Farm
Wins Fair Ribbons
Salem (UPD The Hoots An
gus Farm of Grants Pass
walked away Wednesday
with most of the blue ribbons
in the State Fair's Aberdeen
Angus show.
The ranch showed the
grand champion bull, senior
champion bull and picked off
a flock of other awards.
The ranch is owned by Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Hoots.
Gil Savage of Salem cap
tured the fair's cow-calling
contest Wednesday.
He won out against seven
other contestants. He was
presented a $10 first prize by
19-year-old Carole Windiut
of Troutdale, the Multnomah
County Dairy Princess.
Segregationists
Try To Enlorce
School Boycott
By United Press International
Louisiana segregation 1 s t s
renewed their efforts today to
enforce a boycott of newly
integrated schools.
Negroes in Englewood, N.J.,
used the boycott to emphasize
their claims that schools there
are segregated.
For the second consecutive
day whites gathered outside
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
School in Westwego across
the Mississippi from New Or
leans. They raised a chorus of
boos as a group of white chil
dren alighted from a bus and
entered the school where Ne
groes recently were admitted.
In the New Orleans area,
five schools just opened on an
integrated basis received tele
phoned bomb threats. The
scares sent police and firemen
to the Wilson, Jackson and
Jefferson David public schools
and to St. Mary of the Angeles
and St. Joseph parochial
schools. No bombs were found.
In Buras, La., only 18 white
pupils showed up today at
Our Lady of Good Harbor
School, the first to open on
an integrated basis in the
archdiocese. Five negroes who
appeared for class eight days
ago have not attended since
then.
More than 400 Negro chil
dren boycotted Englewood's
predominantly Negro Lincoln
School today, a sharp increase
over the 267 children who
stayed home Wednesday.
Their parents claim the school
is segregated because of a
state policy requiring children
to attend schools nearest their
homes.
USDA Field Office
Men Attend Meeting
Ashland About 80 people
are attending a convention of
the personnel of field offices
of the United States depart
ment of agriculture at the
Mark Antony hotel today and
Friday.
Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson,
president of Southern Oregon
college, will speak at a lunch
eon at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The
convention theme is "Improv
ing Our Operations," and all
conferences and discussions
are centered on this topic.
Bert Caster, manager of the
Jackson county field office of
the department, is in charge
of arrangements.
Also attending are Roy
Clark, information specialist,
and A. O. Kelly, deputy direc
tor of the department of agri
culture, both from Washing
ton, D. C. David McLeod.
Morrow county, is program
chairman for the event.
Salem - UPii - Former Camp
Withycombe commander
James J. Anderson today re
signed his Oregon National
Guard commission. He was a
lieutenant colonel,
f
FOREST FIRE
GANGER TOMORROW
KEEP OREGON GREEN
Five Youths Fined
More Than $1,100
For Seaside Riot
Nine Others Enter
Pleas of Innocent
Seaside IUPD Five youths
arrested during the Labor Day
week end riots at this coastal
resort were fined more than
51,100 Wednesday.
All pleaded guilty to charg
es ranging from disorderly
conduct by rioting to carrying
a concealed weapon.
Salem -Wit- A conference
to investigate th riots at
Seaside Sept. 1 and 2 'was
appointed ihii morning by
Gov. Mark Hatfield. The
governor's office said the
conference hat been called
to figure out what led to vi
olence and general riot in
the Oregon coastal town
over the Labor Day week
end.
Nine others pleaded inno
cent to a variety of charges.
Their trials will be held later.
A total of 66 was scheduled
to appear in court Wednesday,
but 50 elected to forfeit bail
raiging from $14.50 to $100.
Two others pleaded innocent
by mail.
Municipal Judge Don
Kempton, who also is a motel
operator here, levied these
fines:
William Sanford Brown, 20,
Eugene, rioting, $300; William
R. Truesdall, 22, Seaside, riot
ing, $300; Betty L. Karpuk,
Howell, 30, Seaside, rioting,
$300; Craig Danner, 18, Eu
gene, disorderly conduct and
minor in possession of alco
holic beverages, $154.50; Conn
Maloney, 18, Seattle conceal
ed weapon, $54.50.
Nine Innocent Pleas
Innocent please were offer
ed by Perry L. Joubert, 22,
Kirkland, Wash.; Timothy D.
Bonner, 19, Portland; Thomas
Owen, 20, Astoria; Robert J,
Schoenhut, 21, Portland; Rob
ert Bradley, 18, Seattle; John
Allen Enright, 18, Seattle;
Gary Johnson, 23, Portland;
Steven Kozelisky, 19, Seattle,
and Dean Hanson, 18, Albany.
Bonner ad Joubert demand
ed jury trials and Judge
Kempton said he would set
a date later. The others will
be tried by the court Sept. 14.
Impact of Railroad
Strike Hits Midwest
Chicago (UPD The econom
ic impact of the strike against
the Chicago and North West
ern Railway hit the Midwest
with full force today and ap
peals for a quick settlement
mounted.
From Wyoming to Chicago,
the steppage of the nation's
third largest railroad meant
plant shutdowns, workers laid
off, construction hobbled, and
farm products stranded.
In Chicago, Federal Modi
ator Francis A. O'Neill Jr. en
tered another round of talks
with the railroad and leaders
of the Order of hailroad Tel
egraphers in hopes of solving
the job security dispute which
has shut down the North West
ern since last Thursday.
40 Fire Fighters
Mopping Up Blaze
A crew of 40 fire fighters
was mopping up today on the
fire in the Moon Prairie area
which swept over an estimat
ed 110 acres.
The blaze, thought to be
smoker-caused, broke out
Tuesday morning. It was con
tained that evening, but the
situation remained "touch
and go" yesterday because of
the danger that winds might
cause it to spread.
The fire was in an old burn,
where there are snags, fallen
logs and brush along with
scattered timber.
State forestry department
fire fighters hdd the help of
Industry and U.S. fores! erv
ice crews.
ENDORSE HATFIELD
Salem -UlPli- Gov. Mark
Hatfield has been re-endorsed
for reelection by the Oregon
Legislature Education com
mittee of the United Steel
workers of America. The
committee had previously en
dorsed the governor April 14.
Regional Edition
MedfordSsWTribune
32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1962 No. 144
Three Communist
Soldiers Shot in
Korea Truce Zone
Seoul, Korea - IUPD - South i
Korean troops shot and killed
three Communist uoldiers
who illegally entered the
southern portion of the truce
zone Wednesday, it was an
nounced today.
An Allied Headquarters an
nouncement said the three
Communists engaged in a 30
minute fire fight with the
South Korean soldiers before
they were killed. A South
Korean soldier was shot in the
arm.
The clash occurred about 6
p.m. Wednesday about 300
yards south of the line that
divides the 21s-mile truce
zone. It was the South Ko
rean 1st Army's sector of the
Four Men Appear
lit Circuit Court;
Three Arraigned
Four men appeared in Jack
son county circuit court this
morning. Three were arraign
ed, and one had an attorney
appointed.
Robert Lee Ryles, 37, for
merly of Columbus, Ga., was
arraigned on a charge of as
sault and battery by means of
force to produce great bodily
injury. His case was contin
ued until 1:30 p.m. Sept. 12
for him to enter a plea.
Ryles was arrested by Med
ford police Aug. 26 after he
admitted setting fire to a box
car in which Clair Amlon
Camp, 51, Lebanon, Kans.,
was sleeping.
Ryles had earlier been
charged with assault with the
intent to kill. A Jackson coun
ty grand jury indicted him
Sept. 4 on the lesser charge,
Arraigned on Charge
Gerald LaGrave, 20, of Sha
dy Cove, was arraigned on a
charge of driving while under
the influence of intoxicating
liquor. He was indicted by
the grand jury Aug. 27.
LaGrave was being pursued
by Eagle Point police May 26
when the vehicle he was driv
ing struck another car near
Dodge bridge on the Sams
Valley highway. Two persons
were injured in the accident.
His case was continued un
til 1:30 p.m. Sept. 10 for him
to enter a plea.
Malcolm Robert Dunphy,
47, of 5010 Crater Lake high
way, Medford, had Frank Van
Dyke appointed as his lawyer.
Dunphy is charged with ob
taining property by false pre
tenses. The case concerns a
check written to a valley mar
ket. Pleading guilty to obtain
ing property by false pre
tenses was Robert Lee Smith,
44, of 308 Chestnut st. His
case was continued until 1:30
p.m. Sept. 10 for sentencing
Smith is charged with writing
a check to an area service Sta
tion.
Agriculture Budget
Slightly Increased
Salem (UPD The State De
partmcnt of Agriculture Is
proposing a budget for the
1963-65 biennium that in less
than one per cent higher than
the current budget.
The department said It pro
ccts its new budget at $6,862,
806 compared to the current
$6,850,094 two-year budget
The increase amounts to one-
fifth of one per cent.
The proposal has been sent
to Gov. Mark Hatfield for ap
proval.
Morse Urges Action
Washington -IUPD- Two sena
tors called today for concert
ed action by the United States
and Its Latin American neigh
bors in dealing with the Cu
ban situation.
Another senator urged that
the United States recognize a
Cuban government In - exile
and supply It with arms to
invade Cuba before Castro's
Communist -supplied military
build-up gets out of hand.
Sen. Wayne L. Morse ID
Ore.), chairman of the Senate
foreign relations subcommit
tee on Latin America, and
Sen. Jacob K. JavlU IR-N.Y.)
57th Year Price 10 Cents
truce line, about 80 miles
northeast of Seoul.
A spokesman said this was
the second serious violation
of the armistice agreement by
the Communists within less
than two months. The last in
cident occurred in July when
seven Red soldiers fired on a
South Korean army detail
cutting grass in the zone.
Soldiers Involved
The Allied announcement
said the South Korean sol
diers Involved in Wednesday's
crash were members of a
road-repair detail. There were
two officers.
It said the Communist sol
diers - one officer and two
enlisted men - opened fire
on the South Korean soldiers
with rifles and automatic
weapons.
The South Korean soldiers
were armed with American-
made Ml rifles.
The Communists sent a
group of 10 armed soldiers
into the area about an hour
later, apparently in an at
tempt to recover the bodies
of the slain Reds.
Four Communist soldiers
were seen returning to the
northern portion of the zone
before dark, but the other six
remained.
503,118 People
Visit Crater Lake
More than 500,000 persons
have visited Crater Lake Na
tional park this year, acced
ing to Super lntendcnt W.
Ward Yeager.
The 8,000 visitors Sunday
Sept. 2, brought the yearly
total to 503,118, almost 90,000
more than entered the park
during 1961.
The 2,230 vehicles that pass
ed through the park's two en
trance stations on Sunday also
established a new record. The
previous high of 2,210 cars
was set Aug. 19, Yeager said.
The national park's camp
grounds and lodge facilities
continued to attract capacity
occupancy through the holi
day week end, he added.
Clear, balmy weather with
temperatures in the mid-70s
has made viewing conditions
ideal at the lake, Yeager con
tinued. He noted that there
has been no rain recorded in
the park for more than 25
days.
Construction crews com
pleted the resurfacing of the
road between Annie Spring
and Rim Village Aug. 31.
Heavy travel is expected to
continue in the park through
next October.
Ground Broken for
New Hospital in GP
Grants Pass-The first shov
elful of earth for the new
Josephine General hospital
was turned by Mrs. Harry O.
Smith, president of the hos
pital board of trustees, in
groundbreaking ceremonies
in Grants Pass this morning.
Assisting were Bruce Dav
idson, chairman of the county
board of commissioners, and
Dr. Richard H. Wilcox, Ore
gon state health officer.
The new hospital will be
located at the corner of A
and Dlmmlck sts., just north
of the present hospital site
and will replace the older
structure.
Special guests at the cere
monies were heads of civic
organizations, profess I o n a 1
people, mayors, city officers,
and chambers of commerce
from Josephine county.
both told the Senate that the
United States must work in
unison with allies through the
Organization of American
States.
Sen. John G. Tower (R-Tex.)
proposed In a statement that
Cuban exiles be given "tools
. . . to overthrow communism
and Castro In Cuba."
Morse said he was confident
that if an OAS conference is
called, the necessary three
fourths vote for a concerted
plan of action could be ob
tained. But even If it is not, Morse
said, "It ii (till th responsi-V
DR. ROBERT SOBLEN
Attempted Suicide
Shah Fearful Over
Lack of Water for
Quake Survivors
Boocn, lran-(UPII-The shah
of Iran, on the second day
of his inspection of the earth
quake-shattered area around
this city, expressed concern
today about a shortage of wa-
tor for the 30,000 survivors
of the disaster.
The shah, his eyes grim
behind dark glasses, camped
out Wednesday night. He is
touring an area the size of
Massachusetts and Connecti
cut by plane, helicopter and
Jeep.
About 3,200 bodies have
been recovered here. Only a
jagged heap of mud bricks
and dust remain of what once
was a city of hundreds of huts.
Villagers pressed forward
to kiss the shah's boots. "Help
us, father," "Bring back my
family," "Give us water,"
were some of the pleas,
The shah said the water
shortage was one of the most
serious problems. The earth
quakes destroyed under
ground pipes which supplied
this area.
"The earthquake area had
a population of 40,000 before
the disaster," he said. "As far
as is known now, 30,000 arc
still alive, but about 25,000
of these have been left home
less." - - , ,
Transient Picked
Up in Eugene Today
Howard Carmel Segle, 49,
transient, who walked
away from a Jackson county
Jail work par.y in the White
City area Wednesday morn
ing, was picked up today in
Eugene by city police there,
the Jackson county sheriff's
office reported this after
noon.
Sheriff Paul Bettiol was
notified about noon yester
day that Segle, who v.as
serving 30 days on a drunk
in public charge, had not ap
peared for the noon check.
He had last been seen at' 10
a.m., deputies said. '
It was later learned that
Segle, who had been picking
fruit at a local orchard, had
returned to the firm and
picked up his check then
took a bus north. He was ar
rested in Eugene on a drunk
charge, It was reported.
Talent Family Still
Reported as Missing
The Bud Griffin family, In
cluding four children, still
are reported as missing, Jack
son county sheriff's deputies
reported today.
The office was notified yes
terday that the family was
last seen about 10 a.m. Sept.
t when they locked the house
with the family dog inside
and drove from the area. A
neighbor became concerned
and contacted officers.
on Cuba Build-Up
billty of the United States to
protect the security of tne
American people."
Javlts noted that Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
has said the Monroe Doctrine
is dead while "President Ken
nedy says it still remains.
Both can't be right."
Regardless of whether So
viet bloc personnel In Cuba
are technically troops, Javits
said, "It looks very much like
the Russians have set up a
base on Cuban soil ... for
Communist infection of all
America."
But he said, "The only way
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Convicted Spy
Takes Drugs on
Way To Airport
Ambulance Rushed
Him To Hospital
London -lUTO- Runaway So
viet spy Dr. Robert A. Soblen,
61, blocked his return to the
United States and a life term
in prison for at least another
24 hours today by swallowing
an overdose of barbiturates.
Soblen lapsed into uncon
sciousness in an ambulance
taking him to London Airport
from Brixton Prison to board
waiting New York-bound
jetliner. The ambulance was
quickly diverted at the air
port entrance and rushed him
to nearby Hillingdon hospital.
Remained Unconscious
A Home Office spokesman
said he had taken the barbitu
rates, and he remained uncon
scious throughout the day.
This evening, a Home Of
fice spokesman said Soblen
would have to remain in the
hospital for "at least another
24 hours." Therefore, the
spokesman said, no new ar
rangements were being made
at present for his departure -at
a later date.
Earlier, a hospital announce
ment had said Soblen was
still unconscious five hours
after he took an overdose of
drugs.
Indicates Overdoi
"Dr. Soblen is still uncon
scious. Barbiturates have been
found in his blood in a con
centration which indicates an
overdose."
It was the second time So
blen had thwarted an attempt
to return him to the United
States to serve a life term In
prison for giving American
defense secrets to the Soviet
Union over a 20-year span.
The first time, after he had
jumped $100,000 bail in New
York, he cut his wrist and
stabbed himself in the stom
ach last July, while aboard,
an El Al Airlines plane after
being ousted from Israel.
Telegram Received
From Roberts Family
A telegram from Dr. Alyin
Roberts, who with his family,
is in Hamadan, Iran, was re
ceived at his office in Central
Point today. He is currently
serving as a medical mission
ary at tlie Hamadan Christian
hospital.
The telegram stated: "We
are all right. No damage from
earthquake." ,
It was reported earlier that
the earthquake center was
about 150 miles from Hama
dan.
It was the first word re
ceived directly from the fam
ily since the earthquake last
week end which killed or in
jured 20,000 persons and left
100,000 homeless.
D. D. Kirkland West, min
ister of the First Presbyterian
church, had received word
from the New York office of
the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions that the Rob
erts family was all right.
Worst Days of Fire
Danger Yet Ahead
Salem - IUPD - Despite a low
xccord of losses so far this
summer on state forest lands
the worst days of the forest
fire season may be ahead.
State Forester Dwight Phipps
said Wednesday.
He told the State Forestry
Board his department would
meet with the State Game
commission to put safety
measures into effect if critical
fire hazards extend into the'
regular deer hunting season
late this month.
"We'll try to delay the sea
son if it becomes necessary,"
he said, adding he was hope
ful that rain would fall be
fore the buck deer season
starts Sept. 29.
Phlpps said that of Aug. 31,
5,447 acres of land protected
by the state had been burned,
compar.-d to 65,193 acres for
the same period in 1G61.
we can move is in unison
with the Latin Nations.
Javits said Latin Nations
should welcome the oppor
tunity to stand with the Unit
ed States.
Proposal Was Rejected
Tower said his proposal for
arming exiles had been re
jected by the Slate Depart
ment. But he said the recent
Cuban refugees' action in
shelling the Havana water
front showed "how thin the
sea defenses around Cuba are
and how easy It would be to
mount an attack on Cuba
from the sea.