Man and Space
Project Apollo
Means of Furthering
Space Exploration
; Editor's note: Why should healthy sign of the vitality of
America press for manned con- our enthusiasm.
quest of the moon, and is it be
'. iiig done at the expense of vital
projects such as cancer re
March? Cape Canaveral Bureau
; Manacer Alvin B. Webb Jr. re
linquishes this week's column
for an exclusive report on this
t f s u e by Br. Wcrnhcr Von
Braun, director of the Marshall
Space Flight Center at Hunts-
ville, Ala., and perhaps Ameri
ca's most famous space scientist.
on.
By
WERMIEIl VON BRAUN
Written for UPI
Cape Canaveral (UPI)
While our nation's manned
space (light effort is just get
ting its second wind, some
Americans are having second
thoughts about the program.
President Kennedy proposed a
stepped - up program for the
United States in 1961. The an
nounced goals were approved
by Congress, and hailed excit
edly by a space-concious pub
. lie.
. Now the first summer blooms
- of success are fanned from the
eminently successful Mercury
No Assurance
I have been asked, for in
stance, why we do not cancel
project Apollo and use the
money for cancer research.
The fact is simply that can
cellation of Apollo would not
assure that the money would
be used for finding a cancer
cure, nor, if applied, that mon
ey alone would speed the dis
covery. This extremist viewpoint over
simplifies the complex process
undergone by Congress in appro
priating funds to meet the num
erous demands of our citizens
for the varid services of the
federal government. Such a rad
ical shifting of funds would re
quire crystallization of public
and political opinion to the ef
fect that project Apollo is all
wrong and should be abandoned ;
that cancer research is the es
sence of survival and it should
be expanded; that there is an
either-or choice between the
two; and that more money is
the solution to a cure for cancer.
The facts for developing such
an opinion do not exist.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Adminstration's board ap-
programs, and there is a lull in
manned launchings while proj- i pr0ach to space exploration has
ect Gemina develops. And in , ,een soundly conceived. Project
unmanned exploration, each Apollo is an intergal element of
manner prune ana eacn r,cuu, . tnat pian. Apollo is not an end
Telstar relay, Syncom and Tiros
satellite seems less miraculous
as launches become more rou
tine. The wedding of modern sci
ence and technology with space
is undergoing a period of ad
justment experienced by every
young married couple. It be
gins when the carefree honey
mooners settle own to building
their air castles. Those first
in itself, but a means of fur
thering exploration, an epic by
product of expanding techno
logy, economy and position of
world leadership.
The need and desire for a
cancer cure are great, and lots
of money is already being spent
on this worthy cause. In fact,
some research scientists feel
that a major breakthrough
not more money is needed
As is often the case in
rapturous days of marriage ; here.
gradually become tempered basic research, a genius with
with logic as the young couple a little luck will probably dis
works, pays bill and develops cover the , needed scientific
8 well-rounded pattern of living i link.
based on their means. Einstein evolved his theory of
; Personally, I am delighted to j relativity with only a pencil
See so many people talking j and no pad. He gave us a
about space today. It is a scientific breakthrough that
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Medford
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1963
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READY FOR FIGHT Mrs. Madeline Thompson restrains her
two boys. Gregory, 8, who with clenched fists appears ready for
a fight and Michael, 5, as she talks with men in front of a Mal
verc, N.Y., school. Four Negro parents began a sit-in demonstra
tion after school officials refused to register their children on
grounds that the parents had no transfer cards from their regular
school to the predominantly white one. (UPI)
made many new things pos
sible the atomic bomb, the
nuclear submarine and, some
day, travel to other plantes. To
create a revelation costs no
great sum of money.
Funds for Technology
Money is needed, however, to
exploit a scientific breakthrough,
to make worldwide, practical
use of the revelation.
NASA can spend only a frac
tion of its budget for pioneering
research. Most of the funds go
into the engineering technology
that is based on research, re
sults of the past. This is costly
in manpower as well as dollars.
When the great space debate
is resolved, I feel certain that
the public will continue its sup
port of a space exploration pro
gram that does justice to our
country's resources, capabilities
and responsibility for world
leadership.
Wallace Apparently
Determined To Force
Federal Government
By AL KUKTTNER
UP! Correspondent
By the time the steak, ahrimp
and chicken were wheeled into
the office of Gov. George Wal
lace of Alabama Tuesday night
at nine o'clock, he had once
more propelled himself into the
middle of a major confrontation
over racial integration.
Wallace and his top advisers
had been in session all day and
their meeting went on into the
night. The issue was what to do
about Birmingham schools
which were scheduled to be
opened on an integrated basis
Wednesday.
Wallace appeared determined
to precipitate another show
sown over the issue. He had
done it and lost in the inte
gration or the University of Ala
bama in the early summer. He
seemed ready and willing to do
it again. What was the governor
up to?
Wallace, who still has three
years to go as governor of Ala
bama, seems determined to go
down to the wire on every inte
gration issue, forcing the fed
eral government to use all its
powers.
On the Birmingham case, Wal
lace also is confronting a local
school board, one of the most
powerful local bodies in the
American system of community
government.
But President Kennedy is the
governor's really sworn enemy.
Wallace can be expected to make
it just as hard as possible to put
integration orders into accom
plished fact as long as he is in
office.
Wallace, without expecting to
get very far, undoubtedly will be
a willing candidate in a Demo
cratic presidential primary in
Maryland next spring. It would
cost him $290 as an entry fee but
that would buy him the chance
he wants to lambast the Kenne
dy administration outside his
own state in a campaign that
would get national attention.
Wallace is getting strong sup
port in his battle with the Ken
nady administration. But he also
is getting strong opposition.
Both Birmingham and Macon
county (Tuskegcc) offi c i a 1 s
asked the governor to allow lo
cal authorities to handle t h e
school crisis.
Wallace up to now is absolute
ly adamant on the racial issue.
He told the Senate Commerce
committee during its considera
tion of the new civil rights bill
that he would not enforce the
public accommodations section
if it became law.
He also chided integrationist
forces in the North, saying that
segregation in Alabama is
above board" while it is iust
Ihc opposite in the North.
Wallace is a tireless cam
paigner, even when ha knnw.
he is fighting a losing battle.
Among his followers, he never
admits defeat. He emerged un
daunted from the University of
Alabama integration incident
with the attitude he had made
his stand and proved his point.
Employs Troopers
He is backing ud his anti-Kn.
nedy, anti - integration cam
paign these days with a fast
moving, tough band of state
troopers headed by Maj. AI Lin
go, chief of the statu nalrnl
The troopers, with nakon hit.
lies swinging at their sides,
move with full riot equipment
and a portable radio transmit
ting station.
They joined Birmingham nn.
lice last May when racial riot
ing broke out. In the current
crisis, the Birmingham City
council asked the troopers to
stay out df town. Wallace ig
norcd the request.
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