Blunt Challenge To Soviet Union Puts Alternatives
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UPI Foreign Newt Analyst
President Kennedy scarcely
could have stated his chal
lenge to the Soviet Union in
blunter terms.
Nor could he have been
more forthright in accusiiii!
both the Soviet Union end its
foreign ministers, Andrei Gro
myko, of iying when they said
that Soviet arms to Cuba were
strictly of a defensive nature.
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Russia Cancels
Military Leaves
Photographs Show
Missiles Pointed
t United
Washington - (UPI) - U.S.
photographs taken high over
Cuba show launching pads
in jungle clearings and mis
siles half-hidden by canvas.
A Pentagon spokesman said
the pads were pointed at the
United States, and the trail
ers standing by carried mis
siles that could reach practi
cally any point in this coun
try. He told about 150 newsmen
at a special briefing that the
government did not know pos
itively that there were nu
clear warheads in Cuba.
But he said it was "almost
inconceivable" that Russia's
latest medium and intermedi
ate range missiles, capable of
traveling up to 2,200 miles,
would be used with anything
but nuclear warheads.
Photos Enlarged
The photographs, enlarged
30 times, were pasted on
stage placards beside the
spokesman. He pointed at the
first of them and said in the
drone of a lecturer:
"This is the photograph of
a portion of Cuba, which be
came available to us Monday
midnight or Tuesday morn
ing. "These are launchers, here
and here, aligned to a specific
section of the United States.
These missiles on trailers are
backed up against the launch
er, the missile is grasped by
the launcher, erected, and the
trailer moves away."
"This is a mobile installa
tion," he continued. ' It can
be put in place in a matter of
days. We have sequential pho
tographs separated by a peri
od of a day or two, and you
can see the movement of the
equipment onto the site, the
erection of certain buildings
used in checking out missiles,
and the movement of convoys
carrving the missiles onto the
site."
Thousands of Feet
The spokesman said the
photographs were part of
"literally thousands of feet"
CANAVERAL 'SPACEPORT'
IWSBRIEFS
IT MS MOM m OONB ' t0M
Cape Canaveral-UPI-Thii huge spaceport, which may
have gotten key pictures of missile besei in Cuba, look on
a new and grim job today ai gathering spot for forces to
back up the U.S. blockade of the island nation.
More than 30 warplanet, including 24 F10S jet figlhert,
were on ttendby at Patrick Air Force Base, the administra
tion center 19 milei louih of here which runt Cape Canaveral.
OAS COUNCIL SUPPORTS ACTION
Waihington-tPH-The council of the Orgenitation oi Amer
ican Stales today unanimously supported a U.S. proposal for
immediate collective action to deal with the Communist
mililary build-up in Cuba.
RED CHINA IGNORES INDIAN BORDER
New Delhi-'in-Red China lifted any restraints on its in
vasion of norther India today, formally authorising its troops
to ignore the border and preiumebly to advance ai far is
force will carry Ihem.
ed States "quarantine" of
Cuba, and backing it with air
and naval forces and a rein
forcement of the U. S. Guan
tanamo base, the President
has taken the initiative in an
admittedly dangerous game
and placed, the Russians in a
position of limited alterna
tives. On Sept. 11, the Soviet
news agency Tass stated as
an official Soviet position that
an attack on Cuba or upon
States
taken by U. S. planes and
analyzed by "literally hun
dreds of phota -interpreters."
He said the only thing hard
to make out in the photo
graphs was which of the fig
ures shown were Cubans and
which were Russians.
" There also waj a picture of
a site for assembling Russian
1L28 jet bombers carried in
metal cocoons on the decks of
Soviet freighters.'
One bomber was already
assembled, and a long row of
crates containing parts sat
around waiting to be put to
gether. The pictures were so clear
the reporters could count the
tents and the trucks and see
a barbed wire fence going up
around a mssile site.
The spokesman spoke of
the great altitude from which
the pictures were taken, but
he did not say what kind of
airplane look them. They ap
peared to be taken from di
rectly overhead.
Civil Defense in
Oregon on Standby
Portland - lUPD - Civil De
fense departments of the
cities and the state of Ore
gon are on a 24-hour stand
by basis, officials said today.
But Portland Civil Defense
Director Jack Lowe empha
sized there is no cause for
alarm.
Gov. Mark Hatfield put
state CD agencies on a 24
hour alert following Presi
dent Kennedy's message Mon
day. Mayor Terry Schrunk said
there is a duty officer at CD
headquarters and the rest of
the organization is on alert.
He added, however, "We will
not start manning the civil
defense center until there is
some deterioration in the sit
uation." IN READINESS
Soviet ships bound for Cuba
would mean war.
The Soviet statement said it
was "no business" of the Unit
ed States what Russia shipped
to Cuba.
A second Soviet course
might be to expel the United
States ambassador from Mos
cow and withdraw its own
representative in Washington.
Such a course would render
difficult, if not impossible,
any further direct talks be
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U. S. Accused of
Moving Toward
Nuclear Warfare
Security Council
Meeting Demanded
. Moscow - (UPI) - The Soviet
Union cancelled all military
leaves today, halted discharge
of key men from its armed
forces and accused the United
States of moving toward an
H-bomb war by its blockade
of Cuba.
In swift reaction to Presi
dent Kennedy's blockade an
nouncement the Kremlin also
called a meeting of military
officers of the Communist
Warsaw Pact nations and de
manded a meeting of the Unit
ed Nations Security Council.
Preparedness Increased
The official Soviet Tass
news agency said measures
were being taken to increase
t h e nation's military pre
paredness. One move in this
direction was the decision to
halt the "discharge from the
Soviet army of senior age
groups in strategic rocket
forces, anti-aircraft defense
troops and the submarine
fleet."
The Russians called for an
immediate meeting of the Se
curity Council to deal with
the situation and warned that
"if the aggressors unleash war,
the Soviet Union will deliver
the mightiest blow."
In a government statement
handed to U.S. Ambassador
Foy Kohler, the Soviets ac
cused the United States of di
rect aggression against Cuba
and repeated the claim that
Soviet arms shipments to that
country were solely for Its
defense.
No Hint of Action
The statement, broadcast by
Moscow Radio, gave no hint
as to whether the Russians
would attempt to break the
U. S. cordon around Cuba by
sending through another ship
load of arms.
Although its tone was in.
dignant and harsh, it appeared
to designate the Security
Council as the arena for the
first test of the U. S. decision.
It was understood on good
authority here the Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev had
let it be known In Western
diplomatic circles that he had
given "go through" orders to
Soviet ships In the event tnai
the Americans threw a cordon
around Cuba.
It was not clear, however,
whether this would prevent
Soviet ships from slopping to
be searched if they were so
ordered.
Hours at Jacksonville
Museum Are Changed
Jacksonville Beginning
I Nov. 1. the Jacksonville Mu
seum will go on winter schd
ule and will close on Mondays.
Hours for the remainder oi
the week will be from noon
until 4 p.m.. and Sundays and
holidays the hours will he
from noun until S p.m.. Miss
Mary L. Hanley, curator, announced.
tween the two nations.
On this point, the President
seemed to leave the door
slightly ajar when he said:
"This nation is prepared to
present its case against this
Soviet threat to peace, and
our own proposals for a
peaceful world, at any time
and in any forum - in the
OAS, in the United Nations,
or in any other meeting that
could be useful - without lim
iting our freedom of action."
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shows part of the scene that that confronted automotive equipment through the wind
employees of the Jay Allen Used Car lot, shields and side and rear windows of. 28
1078 Court st., when they came to work . vehicles on the car lot. Employees estimated
Monday morning. Sometime between 2 and the 35 different pieces of glass will cost
7:30 a.m., according to Medford city police, about $3,900 to replace, ,
A Glance at
Cuban Crisis
By
By UNITED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL
While House President
Kennedy describes Russian
missile sites in Cuba, out
lines blockade measures to
be taken on military car
goes bound for the island,
demands withdrawal of of
fensive weapons, and warns
Russia the U.S. will consid
er an attack from Cuba at
a declaration of war.
Pentagon Detente De
partment declares that all
thips bound for Cuba will
be slopped and tearched, in
cluding Soviet vetiels now
in the Atlantic. Those carry
ing offentive weapon! will
be turned away. Ships at
tempting to run the block
ade will be tunk.
Caribbean More than 40
U. S. thips and 20,000 men
mast in the Caribbean area
to tuftsin the blockade. De
pendents evacuated from
Guantanamo Bay Bate. Air
bates in Florida alerted. Jet
fighters mobilise at Cape
Canaveral.
United Nation! The
United Nations 11 -member
Security Council wat sum
moned to meet at noon to
day. The United Slatet ask
ed for the meeting, demand
ing ditmanlling and with
drawal of the Soviet mii
lilet. Cuba alto called for
council meeting, branding
U.S. action an "act of war."
Motcow The Soviet
government, in an official
tlalement, warnt the United
Stales that it mutt take the
retpontibliy for any conte
quencet anting out of Ken
nedy'! get-tough policy. "In
Ihit alarming hour," the
tlalement taid, "the Soviet
government contidert it ilt
duty lo ittue a warning to
the United Slatet, that in
Implementing thete meat
uret, the United Slatet
tokei on iltelf the retpontl
bility of the contequencet."
Wathington The council
of the Organisation of
American States, after Sec
retary of State Dean Rutk
warnt it of the Cuban threat
lo the hemisphere, uneni
mouily tupportt U.S. pro
posal for immediate collec
tive action to deal with the
Communiit military buildup.
A third possibility which
the President also took into
account is violent Soviet reac
tion against a United States
ally or against Berlin.
On the matter of world
opinion, a risk that the Unit
ed States had to take involved
the obvious comparison of a
U.S. base in Turkey on Rus
sia's boundaries and a Rus
sian base 90 miles from the
United States in Cuba.
On that score, the Presi
U.S. Armed Forces
On Special Alert
Washington IUPTi - From
the small West Berlin garri
son to worldwide bomber
bases, the U.S. armed forces
were on a special alert today
to be ready for any Soviet
counter-moves to America's
blockade of Cuba.
The first test of the block
ade, with a possible clash be
tween Communist bloc and
American ships, may be only
hours away. Ships of both
Russia and its satellites were
reported churning through
the North Atlantic toward
the area where a cordon of
U.S. warships was deployed
to prevent any more often-
Police Still Seek
Parents of Chi
Authorities were still
searching today for the par
ents of the infant boy aban
doned in the women's rest
room at Parco D'Alba some
time Sunday.
Attendants at Rogue Valley
hospital today said that Baby
Boy Doe, believed to be less
than a week old, is healthy
and eating well.
When found by a Grants
Pass woman about 4:14 p.m.
Sunday, the baby was resting
In a cardboard box crib. The
box, police said, was origin
ally used to distribute federal
surplus food to the needy.
Authorities have determin
ed the box was not issued in
Jackson county, but are
checking a possibility that it
may have been given out In
Josephine county.
City police Monday sent
out an all-points bulletin to
law enforcement agencies in
an effort to gain leads of the
baby's parents.
One possible suspect, a
Montana woman, was checked
out by police Monday with
negative results.
Durno Supports
Action by Kennedy
Washington t!PTi Rep. Ed
win Durno (R-Ore.) had this
to say today regarding Presi
dent Kennedy's order for a
blockade of Cuba:
"I wholeheartedly support
the President in what he is
doing. My only criticism is
that it is about three months
too late."
dent accused the Soviet Un
ion of upsetting the world's
delicate armament balance
by moving secretly In Cuba
in contrast to the U.S. policy
of moving openly to bolster
its allies.
It was noteworthy that no
where in announcement of
the Cuban quarantine did the
President mention the Mon
roe Doctrine, long-time key
slve weapons from entering
Cuba.
The result could be a di
rect confrontation of Soviet
and American forces at sea,
a situation potentially more
lethal than the occasion last
year when Russian and U S
tanks pointed their guns at
each otner across the Berlin
Wall.
The Defense Department
said Monday night it was pre
pared to sink any Soviet
ship carrying missiles or oth
er offensive weapons toward
Cuba if the vessel refused
U.S. orders to turn away.
Detailing plans to enforce
the blockade, a defense
spokesman said the American
armed forces around the
world had been put on a step-ped-up
alert to deal with any
of a series of moves the Rus
sians might take in reaction
to the Cuban quarantine.
He listed a "few" of the
measures soon after Presi
dent Kennedy finished his ad
dress to the nation, making
clear that the alert had been
gathering momentum for two
days.
Air defense units have been
reinforced on the U.S. East
Coast. The Marine garrison at
Guantanamo Bay Naval base
has been doubled. Civilians
have been evacuated from
Guantanamo.
The Strategic Air Com
mand, which always kemj
half its bombers on lS-minute
alert, is on an increased alert
status as are all other U.S.
armed forces. Units have been
designated to protect U.S.
merchant shipping.
The blockade of Cuba
should be In full operation by
Wednesday.
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stone of U.S. hemispheric
policy.
Rather, he chose to base his
action on the 1347 treaty of
Rio, Articles 6 and S.
The first of these deals
with "aggression which is not
an armed attack" and pro
vides for consultation among
the American republics on
measures which must be
taken.
The second says.
"For the purposes of this
Communist Ships
Heading Toward
Castro's Island
Actual Blockade
Waits Proclamation
Washington -IUPH- The Unit
ed States and Russia neared
a potential hot showdown in
the cold war today as Commu
nist ships plowed through the
Atlantic toward a U. S. tlpct
blockading offensive arms
shipments to Cuba.
The test of purpose and
strength could come by night
fall. A Defense Department
spokesman said Monday night
the U. S. forces were expected
to encounter the first Soviet
bloc ships within 24 to 48
hours by tonight or Wed
nesday night.
Not Yet in Effect V
Technically, the block a d e
announced by President Ken
nedy Monday night was not
yet in effect. But U. S. ves
sels already were patrolling
the Atlantic In the greatest
crisis since Korea, and possi
bly since World War II.
Diplomatic officials said
U. S. ships and planes which
swept Into the Caribbean
would not actually begin stop
ping' and searching foreign
vessels until the President Is
sues a formal order proclaim
ing the blockade later today.
But all was in readiness.
Normally 13 to 20 ships
have been in the Communist
pipeline carrying military and
other supplies to Cuba. During
the past few days, the United
States had moved more than
40 ships and 20,000 men into
the Caribbean area. All U. S
forces were on an alert basis.
Defense officials said the
blockade line would be ex
tremely flexible. The plan.
they said, was to spot ships
by plane as soon as there was
any suspicion they were head
ed for Cuba. If tracking con
firmed the island was their
destination, they would be In
tercepted at sea.
Such ships first would be
requested to stop for search.
If a vessel refused, a shot
would be fire across its bow.
If it still failed to stop, this
country's ships would be free
to try to sink it.
Kennedy's blockade deci
sion was disclosed to the na
tion via television Monday
night. Even as he spoke in
calm, matter-of-fact fashion,
ships, planes and men were
moving into position to en
force the arms quarantine.
The blockading forces were
especially on the lookout for
a huge Soviet ship specially
rigged to carry ballistic mis
siles, a spokesman said. The
ship was reported to have re
cently made a delivery to
Cuba, and if it followed Its
normal schedule, would turn
up again in a week to 10
days.
Hatfield Denies Thornton's Request
For Independent Withycombe Probe
Salem - (ITJ - Republican
Gov. Mark Hatfield Monday
refused to authorize Alty.
Gen. Robert V. Thornton to
make an independent Investi
gation into the disappearance
of surplus property at Camp
Withycombe I n Clackamas
county.
He charged Thornton, his
Democratic opponent for gov
ernor, with trying to "make
political capital out of this sad
occurrence In the history of
our National Guard."
Report Withheld
Hatfield also refused to re
lease the report of the state
police investigation at Camp
Withycombe, ordered by Hat
field. In a letter replying lo
Up To
treaty, the measures on which
the organ of consultation may
agree will comprise one or
more of the following: Recall
of chiefs of diplomatic mis
sions; breaking of diplomatic
relations; breaking of con
sular relations; partial or
complete interruption of eco
nomic relations or of rail,
sea, air, postal, telegraphic,
telephonic and radio-telephonic
or radio telegraphic com
CARIBBEAN SEA
Swift Security
Council Action
Asked in
United Nations, N.Y.-IUPIi-
The United States today
sought swift Security Council
action on the Soviet u.isslle
build-up In Cuba and the Cu
ban government also pressed
for a meeting on what it
termed an American "act of
war."
The 1 1-member council was
summoned to meet at noon
today.
U.S. Ambassador Adlal E.
Stevenson asked Monday
night for an urgent session of
the council, charging that
Russia secretly had installed
long-range missiles and other
offensive weapons In Premier
Fidel Castro's country.
Cuba Requests Meeting
Ironically, the liming of
the meeting depended on So
viet Deputy Foreign Minister
Turkey, Berlin
Eyed Anxiously
As Trouble Spots
Washington -(UPtl- Turkey
along with embattled Berlin,
was eyed anxiously today by
U. S. strategists as a possible
area for Communist counter
moves in the wake of the U.S.
quarantine of Cuba.
Informed sources said. thai
both Berlin and Turkey fig
ured prominently In Monday's
White House meetings be
tween President Kennedy, his
top aides and congressional
leaders from both parties.
The possibility of some
Communist move against Iran
was also discussed along with
obvious spots In the Far East.
Retaliatory 8teps
In their discussion of pos
sible Sino - Soviet counter
moves, participants In the
White House talks were said
to have been briefed on a
communication from British
Prime Minister Harold Mac
mlllan. It dealt wilh possible
retaliatory steps among other
things.
Turkey, a long-time U. S.
ally situated on the Russian
border, is viewed as a con
stant cold war danger spot
With Russian submarines
known to ply the Black Sea,
moves on land or sea have
been considered possible
there. .
The possibility that the U S.
naval blockade against Cuba
might increase the threat to
Turkey was said to have been
among the matters considered
by U. S, strategists.
Thornton's demand lost week
for an inventory and other
data, Hatfield said discrepan
cies In the handling of $0,300
worth of property at the camp
"came to light soon after the
death of Gen. Hlnlz." mean
ing the late Oregon Adjutant
General Alfred E. Hintz.
Raised Questions, Too
Hatfield said Hlnlz is "the
only person who could answer
most of the questions you
have raised - many of which
arc ones I have raised from
the beginning of this case. But
unless you possess some super
human quality that enables
you to take testimony from
one who no longer Is alive, 1
can see no purpose served In
authorizing the inlcpendenl
Kremlin
munications; and use of arm
ed force."
A number of Latin Ameri
can nations, notably Mexico,
Brazil and Chile, have been
reluctant to agree to any kind
of intervention against Cas
tro's Cuba.
U.S. photographic evidence
of the offensive nature of the
Cuban military build-up will
be the new factor in seeking
their support.
Crisis
Valerian A. Zorin, Russia's
chief delegate, who is council
president for October under
the rotation system.
Stevenson's action was fol
lowed this morning by Cuba's
call for a meeting in a letter
to Zorin from Dr. Garcia In
chaustcgul, Cuban delegate to .
the United Nations.
"The United Stales govern
ment is carrying out this act
of war in disregard of the in
ternational organizations; in
particular in absolute con
tempt of the Security Council
, . . and is creating an immi
nent danger of war," the let
ter said.
, The United States draft pro
posal submitted to the coun
cil asked that it demand "im
mediate dismantling and with
drawal" of missiles under
United Nations' supervision.
The American resolution
was almost certain to be ve
toed by the Soviet Union it
11 did gain the required seven
votes on the council.
May Go to Assembly
If, as expected, the Soviet
Union vetoes any such reso
lution, the United States then
could take the case into the
110-member General Assem
bly as has been done in past
instances where Russia block
ed Security Council action.
Aside froin Russia and the
United States, the other mem
bers of the Security Council
now are Nationalist China,
Britain, France, Chile, Ghana,
Ireland, Romania, the United
Arab Republic and Venezuela.
In London, the Foreign Of
fice said Sir Patrick Dean,
permanent head of the Brit
ish delegation to the United
Nations, had been instructed
to support the American re
quest for Security Council
recommendations to end the
Cuban danger.
103 Rescued as
Airliner Ditches
Sitka, Alaska - lOT - A
passenger wrenched his back,
a baby swallowed too much
salt water and the pilot suf
fered a sprained ankle.
This was the extent of in
juries Monday when a North
west Airlines DC7 with 103
persons aboard ditched in the
Pacific Ocean about 17 miles
from here.
Everyone aboard the mil
itary charter flight from Mc
Chord Air Force Base, Wash.,
to Elmendorf Air Force Base
near Anchorage, Alaska, was
rescued before the plane sank
23 minutes after it hit the wa
ter. Investigation which you re
quest," Hatfield said.
A full probe ensued after
Hintz' death, Hatfield said,
and all Information was
turned over to the Clackamas
county grand jury, which
closed the case, although call
ing Thornton before it last
week because of statements by
Thornton that as much as
(60,000 worth of missfng
goods might be involved.
Hatfield said the grand jury
"apparently found your testi
mony to be without sufficient
basis."
The governor also noted
that he appointed a special
military board of Inquiry to
investigate, and It did, with
the findings published.