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HERALD AND MEWS, Klunath Fll, Ore.
Wednesday, February U, 1961
EDSON IN WASHINGTON
: ; The Inside Story?
De Gaulle's Attitude
fcdiisfiiaL (paqsL
Cuba: The
After Defense Secretary McNamara's un-
precedented two-hour television analysis of
the Soviet build-up in Cuba, the ground occu-
pied by the administration's most responsible
: critics on this issue is more sharply defined.
; While it is hazardous to venture an
: opinion in such a clouded situation, we feel
that we express the sentiment of a growing
: number of citizens when we conclude that
; the administration has been less effective
: than originally credited in handling Castro
' and Russia in Cuha. Too, we are skeptical of
. the administration's argument that everything
'. is lovely there. We feel that the cxpla
: nations offered bv McNamara and other ad-
: ministration spokesmen are too slick. We don't
: like to use the word "distrustful" but that
' tn,.m J.,r-f nttnut eiimc nn mil aftifnrfo in this
JU3I. OIUUL CJUI1IO Mf VU Mbtltuv, m .......
miserable mess.
The leading critic, Republican Sen. Ken
neth Keating of New York, alleges that the
hard bases of the medium-range offensive
missile sites In Cuba are "still in place."
McNamara says there were originally
six major MKBM complexes implanted oy me
Russians last fall, each with four individual
missile emplacements. He offers photographic
evidence purporting to show that all 24 of
these hard bases were bulldozed to pieces. Ho
offers other pictures to suggest that no new
activity has been found at these sites or the
three intermediate range missile sites (each
with four pads), with the latest check just
days ago. (
Keating thus far has not chosen to present
publicly any proofs to the contrary which he
may believe he has.
Kpatinp savs Russia "mav" have removed
jlRBM and IRBM weapons and its IL-28 bomb
ers as the administration contends, but says
there can be no final proof.
He gets a slight assist here from CIA Di
rector John McCone, who says that only on
site inspection can provide the absolutely
clinching evidence. McNamara argues, how
ever, that the photographic evidence tracing
the dismantling of the weapons and the
,'planes and their shipment all the way back In
.'Russian waters is convincing "beyond a rea
sonable doubt."
V Keating wonders aloud how we can be
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WASHINGTON
Puts
- WASHINGTON NEA De
fense Secretary Robert S. McNa
mara former president of Ford
Motor Company held two press
conferences, one for American
jiewspaicrmen and one for the
liritish. Orlando, an Italian news
)iaierman. wasn't invited. So he
lolrphoncd Pierre Salinger, the
President's press secretary, and
explained his problem.
Trying to accommodate, Satin
per set up a special private lunch
eon between Orlando and Mc
Namara. Tie luncheon went nit
on time and the two chatted away
on general matlors. Finally Mr--Namara
asked Orlando, "Don't
'ynu have any questions to ask
-about the military?"
'.- Orlando looked at McNamara
and said "Oh. no. But I've en
joyed the, lunch tremendously.''
Just as they were parting, Or
lando turned around and said.
"Oh, yes. by the way, 1 do have
one question to ask you. Which
hurt more dropping the Skyhnlt
or the Kdsel?"
;' For several days two swnrds
; belonging In President Kennedy
-tvere reposing for temporary sale-
keeping in the White House olltie
pf Brooks Hays, special assistant
-n the President.
One was a dress sword from
'the President's days in the Navy.
!the other a Knights of Columbus
; dress sword.
Says Hays on his duties as
guardian:
' "I wonder what some of my
Jticnds would say If they knew
lhu old Baptist had charge of
'n, Hint Catholic ucanonrv
1 "By the way, I've been missing
my Masonic sword, and I'm gel
ting kind of suspicious "
John H. Itubcl. assistant sec
retary of Defense for Research
end Engineering, after a learned
discourse on technical problems at
Pentagon conference, told Ins
audience "1 know a lot of things,
but I don't always understand
them.'"
At I Federal Aviation Agency
presi conference, administrator
Issue And The Evidence
sure "what is carried in the holds of Soviet
vessels, unloaded in crates and hidden in
caves?"
McNamara insists we follow closely every
Soviet ship docking in Cuba, observe the size
and configuration of the crates in its cargo,
watch what happens to it. He thinks the pic
ture evidence docs not support the argument
that new "offensive" weapons have been intro
duced into Cuba since the crisis of Oct. 19,
1962.
He is also emphatic in contending that
none of the offensive missiles known to have
been In Cuba at that time was ever hidden in
caves or other secret cover. U.S. intelligence
sources insist all of them and all support
ing equipment were carefully counted from
dismantling to out-shipment.
Here an important point needs to be
made. Some skeptics question whether objects
under protective fabric photographed on the
decks of outbound Soviet ships are "provable"
as missiles. But every single one of these mis
siles was under some protective cover when
photographed on Cuban soil. Why is such evi
dence acceptable as proving missile presence
in Cuba, but not as demonstrating their out
shipment? Keating says even if you grant the re
moval of bombers and MRBM and IRBM wea
pons, the Soviet build-up in Cuba continues
to he dangerous. At root this is a contention
that what the administration calls defensive
weapons are really offensive.
McNamara deals with this largely by as
serting that tanks, tactical rocket launchers,
assault guns and the like are defensive unless
it can be shown that Russia or Cuba has the
capability of delivering these weapons to
either our or Latin American shores. He says
they lack this capacity totally.
Keating says Russian MIGs now in Cuba,
presumed capable of carrying nuclear wea
pons loads, have "nearly 1, 000-mile range."
McNamara says no MIG in Cuba is presently
fit to carry such weapons and even if so
adapted could not reach the southern tip of
Florida against our known defenses.
There is the ground for the dispute. Clear
ly it will continue to be a battle area for many
months to come.
NOTEBOOK
Bite On Military
Najeeh Halaby was asked if all
the kinks had been ironed out of
the new mobile lounges at Dulles
International Airport.
Halaby said that thi-y had. ex
plaining that earlier difficulties
had come almut when trying to
couple lounges with aircraft. "Now
that the problem has been solved."
Halaby went on, "the shortest
tup from the moment the air
plane Is at the ramp and the door
open, the mating completed and
the trip hack to the terminal
building is about right minutes.
The longest has been alwut 30.
The 20 minutes is well over the
intended time. II orrurred with
nn old style aircraft nnd there
was a serious mating problem.
Now anyone who hasn t encoun
tered a serious mating problem
please hold up his hand."
Ma. (Ion ('. G. Podge, who
is leaving as Army chief of in
formation alter 16 months, told
newspapermen the first thing he
learned as a public information
officer for the Army was that
he couldn't lue the editor ol a
newspaper which printed some
thing the Army didn't like.
While House aides testify that
President Kennedy is expert to
day at tying names to faces,
whether they lie of politicians,
government officials, or assoitod
visitors. It wasn't always so.
According to aide David row
ers, who likes to retell the old
ones, (he President got snagged
on a face name lapse in a cam
paign years ago.
A cheerlul fellow, who ierhaps
had met Kennedy at a political
dinner the night belore. ap
proached him and boomed:
"Jack! Ynu remember Max
.Shapiro'"
Kennedv smiled and replied:
"Sure How- is he''"
The well-wisher, ltghtly jatred.
fairly shunted.
"I:m Max'"
Defense Department comptrol
ler Charles Hitih was talking In
some rr(rters fine asked it he
was sure he was right In the
hundreds of Items cut hack in
the defense budget requests sub
mitted by the Army, Navy and
Air Fnrce.
Hitch said, "You're asking the
wrong man McNamara made
the ruts and he knows he's right."
Sen. Kenneth Keating of New
York received a note from a n
v ear-old school girl asking if
when we elect a woman president
- we would rclrr to her husband
as the "First Man."
Keating' reply:
'I .el's not conlu.se the t' S gov
eminent with the Garden of Kden.
Take my word for it. there's no
resemblance except for taxes.
They're so high that unless we
gel a tax cut we may find our
selves hack in our birthday
suits."
As a result of President Ken
nedy's second inaugural celebra
tion, which raised a million dol
lars for the Democratic parly at
Slon a ticket, a new drink is be
coming popular with government
workers
"The Civil Service rnxktail."
or. "Hatch Act on the rocks,
wilh an aim twist."
Thoughts
Hill he sunt In them. II Is 1.
iln not he afraid John ;n.
Oh. fear not in a world like this.
nd Ihnu shall know ere long.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To sutler and he strong
- Henry W Ningfellou.
perverse man will be filled
with Ihe frntl of his wan. and
a good man with Ihe fruits ol
his deeds Proverbs 11:14.
Never violate the sanvdnoss of
votir individual srlt-nvsprcl He
line to vour own mind and con
science, your heart and your
soul, so only can you be true
In (.,yf
Theodore Parker.
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IN WASHINGTON
By RALPH de TOLEDANO
A new word has taken
hold in Washington. Administra
tion spokesmen turn to you bland
ly and (alk of the "disarray" in
Europe or the Atlantic Alliance.
A less diplomatic word, having
similar meaning, is "mess."
American foreign policy is in "dis
array" today and every prognn
sis indicates that it will get
worse before it gets better.
It is now being openly stated
by pro- as well as anti-Administration
observers that the current
"disarray" in foreign relations
has been a result of the State
Department's clumsiness with
an assist from Die White House.
Even lhat impeccably liberal
magazine. The Reporter, blames
a whole series of calamities on
Mr. Kennedy's handling of the
Skybolt episode and his Polaris
arm-twisting at the Nassau con
ference with Prime Minister
Macmillan.
The consensus cuts across par
ty lines and ideological loyalties.
In Washington and if reports
from abroad are accurate in
Paris, laindon, and Bonn, it is
taken as a matter of fact that
because of the Nassau meeting,
the United States lost whatever
goodwill and prestige it had won
as a result of Khrushchev's tem
porary harkdown on Cuha.
Fnr some time, it has been
freely predicted that Ihe "disar
ray" so daintily described by the
striped pants boys, would lead to
a series of diplomatic calami-
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
Q What name Is given In ihe
little rap worn by prelates of
the Unman Catholic Church?
A The jucchetto. II is recog
nised as a symbol of their office.
Q From what event does the
Jewish era dale?
A The traditional date fnr Ihe
Creation. October. .tTfil B C.
Q lines the centigrade or Fah
renheit scale take precedence In
(irrat Britain?
A Recently centigrade temper
ature scales officially took over
from Britain's traditional Fahren
heit svstem as part of the coun
try's move toward the European
Economic Community, where Ihe
decimal system is standard.
Q What are Industrial unions4
These unions, sometimes
called vertical unions, include ail
workers in the industry, regardless
of the particular kind of work
(hex might do The United Vine
Workers is an example of an
industrial union
Q From whom are Ihe topis if
Egypt descended?
A They are the direct descend
ants of the ancient Egyptians hut
today are hardly disiingiiishab'e
from the population of Aiah or
gin The Copts were converted tn
Christianity by Saint Mark
Q Is Finnish classed ,vn
dlnarlan language?
A No. Finnish is rela'ed to Es
Ionian and Himir'an and to
many Soviet Union dialects
n Capitol's New
lies. Each day's newspaper bears
out (his prediction. Despite the
stunning blow tn the British La
bor Party of Hugh Gaifskell's
death, it seems likely that the
Conservative Macmillan govern
ment will never recover from the
effects of Nassau. The collapse
of Common Market negotiations
can be traced directly to the off-Ihe-elbow
treatment President de
Gaulle received in the Nassau
communique.
American policy makers can re
joice over the expressions of an
noyance at the French emanating
from European capitals. But in
the long run, Western unity is the
victim of the bickering now going
on within the Common Market.
However unreasonable or arro
gant M. de Gaulle may be today,
there is little doubt that he was
driven to this position by the Ad
ministration's attitude that France
and the rest of the world must put
up or shut up.
Even Walter Lippmann. whose
sympathy for Mr. Kennedy has
never been questioned, tacitly ad
mits that it was the Administra
tion's eagerness to pick a fight
with Canada which led to Ihe fall
of the Diefenbakcr government.
True, Prime Minister Diefen
bakcr was a difficult man tn dca!
with. And there is no doubt lhat
w hen it suited his purpose, he beat
Ihe anti-American drum. But so,
for thai matter, did Liberal lead
er Iester Pearson, the man most
likely to succeed Mr. Diefen
bakcr. Mr. Pearson's anli-Ameri-ran
utterances and his vast scorn
for US suspicion of Communism
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Word
came to its height when the Sen
ate Internal Security subcom
mittee had the audacity tn re
lease testimony' concerning a
Canadian Communist.
(The probability of a Pearson
government in Canada has dis
mayed a number of important
Senators. But they will not speak
publicly, knowing that should they
do so they will be accused of
interference.)
When the Administration and
Its friends speak of "disarray,"
they are referring to the sudden
rise of antagonisms and resent
ments in the European commu
nity. It took years of labor to
get the members of the Western
alliance to submerge their nation
al touchiness and tn merge some
of their sovereign powers.
Today, the feeling grows
whether justified or not that the
United Slates no longer respects
the prerogatives or the lights of
an independent Europe, and that
the Kennedy Administration be
lieves that American economic
might should be the determining
factor in Europe's destiny.
Unfortunately, the European at
titude twhich used to be, "get
what you can from Uncle Sam: he
can affnrd it" I has changed to:
"Get what you can while ynu
can: Uncle Sam may not have it
tomorrow." Foreign aid and sui
cidal sbalance-ofpaymcnts policies
have drained off our gold re
serves. This contributes to Ihe
"disarray" for Europe no long
er turns to us out of greed or
with respect for the validity of
our moral position.
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By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) - The
despair of average citizens over
the prospect of real international
cooperation ever being achieved
is worsened now by the strange
behavior of French President
Charles de Gaulle.
On the one hand he has blocked
Great Britain's admission into the
European Economic Community
EEC. On the other hand he refuses
to go along with the agreement
made by President Kennedy and
U.K. Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan fnr a Polaris missile de
fense plan for Europe.
In Washington, the official line
is that De Gaulle's upsetting of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization and Common Market ap
plecarts is unfortunate, not what
Ihe United States would have
willed. But it is said these are
questions for the European coun
tries to decide for themselves, and
the U.S. will stay out of the
arguments.
It is maintained with a straight
fare that whatever comes of this
will cause only a temporary de
tnur of peaceful traffic down the
main streets of history.
U.S. trade czar Christian A. Her
ter is in Paris, conducting nego
tiations on tariff reductions, and
ambassador Livingston T. Merch
ant is in Paris, negotiating for cre
ation of a NATO nuclear force,
just as though De Gaulle has not
merely pounded a shoe but throw n
one.
No American official in any way
responsible for the conduct of U.S.
foreign policy could afford to take
a position contrary tn this view in
this nuclear age. The defense of
the free world is necessarily held
invisible. Close political relation
ship across the Atlantic is consid
ered inevitable because of the
community's economic interde
pendence. All this unity is considered es
sential if there is tn be any suc
cessful resistance In world-wide
Communist aggression.
In one sense, it is said tn be
the current Communist split be
tween Russia and Hod China
WASHINGTON REPORT . . .
Congolese Leaders
Favor Communists
By FITTON LEWIS JR.
The American people have been
told by President Kennedy and
"Soapy" Williams, by Dean Rusk
and Carl Rowan that Premier
Cyrille Adoula is a responsible
moderate whose Congolese govern
ment will be friendly to Ihe Unit
ed Slates.
The Premier, whose loitering re
gime is held upright by United
Nations bayonets, is not as true
blue as Administration salesmen
would have us believe. He is one
whn regards Patrice Lumumba,
the Marxist fanatic killed two
years ago. as a "hero." He has
invited Communist diplomats,
booted from Ihe Congo for sub
versive activities, back lo his
country and has asked them lo
reopen their embassies.
An armed camp, located Ml
miles south of Leopoldville. hn
capital, is the latest proof of
vdoula's moderation.
The ramp was given by Adou
la lo the National Front fnr Ihe
Liberation of Angola, the Portu
guese territory that lies south of
the Congo. It is run by Hnldcn
Hnberln. a terrorist who has trav
eled widely in this country seek
ing supiwrt for his campaign In
banish the white man from Afri
ca. The distinguished journalist,
Pieter lssing. in his thoroughly
documented book. "Africa's Red
Harvest," tells of Roberto s activi
ties. In Who. European Communists
bcg.in In beam inflammatory ra
dio messages lo Angola, urging
the hlark natives to embark upon
a "war of liberation." At Ihe same
lime, the Soviets sent Daniel Sem
onnvich Solod lo Guinea as their
ambassador. Soon after his ar
rival, Solod got in touch with Ro
berto and other rebel leaders lo
map strategy.
In March, infil. Roberto's men
opened war on the Portuguese.
The invading army tortured,
raped and butchered in an incred
ible orgy of terror. Blacks and
whites, young and old were killed.
Shortly after the first offensive,
in Ihe summer of isri, Roberto
was quoted in 1 Monde, a Par
is newspaper, as saying thai he
ordered the slaying of women nnd
children in an effort lo frighten
the Pnrtucuese from Ihe African
land they had lived on for almost
.Son years.
Soldiers at Roberto's Congolese
cimp wear Ihe oiive-green uni
nrm of Adoti'.a's army They car
ry rifles and submachine guns
provided by the Congolese govern
ment. Note. Another "moderate '
To Progress
which encourages people like De
Gaulle tn go off on tangents. And
it is the success of the United
States in forcing Kussia to with
draw missiles and jet aircraft
from Cuba which gives western
go-it-aloners their self-confidence
to show off.
De Gaulle's great display of In
dependence now is considered
characteristic of the behavior of
other leaders of Ihe European de
mocracies. When the United States
first proposed that European mari
time nations stop freighters flying
their flags from carrying Com
munist arms tn Cuba, they all
howled lo high heaven. They main
tained it would be impossible to
stop free trade on the high seas.
It would be too difficult to organ
ize such an embargo.
When they saw the photographs
of the Russian missiles on the
Cuban bases, however, all the
howlers shut up immediately and
swung into line to support an all
out blockade. De Gaulle even sent
a message to Kennedy, saying that
if the Cuban crisis developed into
a war, France would be with the
United States.
So the expectation and the
hope are that if another show
down develops, De Gaulle will be
right in there pitching cooperation
with the best of the allies.
Nobody professes to know what
the general will do next, for he is
French and the French are unpre
dictable, which is what makes
them so delightful and so annoy
ing at one and the same time.
A final rejection of British mem
bership in the Common Market is
not expected to be permanent. A
temporary rejection might inter
fere with U.S. negotiations for re
duction of European tariffs and
Ihe making of new trade agree
ments, but it might help exports
of U.S. farm products.
The British are famous for be
ing able to muddle through, even
when the going is roughest. Their
failure to gain admission to the
Common Market at this time
would not change U.S. policies
Inward Europe. And the prospects'
for withdrawal of American forces
from Europe, while desirable as
a long-range objective, is not even
being considered in the face of
today's wnrld situation.
praised by President Kennedy Is
Algeria's Premier Ahmed Ben
Bella, who received a 21-gun sa
lute on the White House lawn last
year, then went to Communist
Cuba w here he bear-hugged Fidel
Castro and promised eternal vig
ilance in the fight against Yan
kee imperialism.
Ben Bella, who Is receiving
U.S. foreign aid, has publicly
declared lhat he is ready to send
troops lo liberate Israel from
"Zionist" domination, and Angola
from Portuguese rule.
Angolan rebels under the lead
ership of Mario Andrade are now
training in Algiers, Ben Bella's
capital.
According to French newspa
pers. Ben Bella attended ceremon
ies on Feb. 4 tn mark Ihe open
ing of rebel headquarters in Al
giers. Andrade's group, the Move
ment fnr the Liberation of Angola,
was honored by the ambassadors
of the Soviet Union. Czechoslova
kia, and Communist China, as well
as by Ren Bella. He pledged aid
lo Andrade's outfit, likening the
fight against Portugal lo his own
campaign against the French.
Al
nnanac
By I niled Press International
Today is Wednesday. Feb. 1.1,
the 4-tth day of inn.1 with 32 1 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its last
quarter.
The morning star is Venus.
The evening stars are Mars,
Saturn nnd Jupiter.
On thia. day in history:
In lTO. the Boston Latin School,
oldest public srhool m America,
was established in Boston.
In Wi. .lohann Strauss 'the
younger' conducted "The Blue
Danube Waltz" publicly for the
first time at a concert in Vienna.
In HVI2. Russinn trucks man
aged lo break Ihe Gorman block
fide of I-nmgrad. entering the
city with stores of bread for the
hungry residents.
In l(Hi, the Hungarian city of
Rud.ipcst fell to Russian soldiers
alter 49 days of street fighting
that cost the Germans more
than sn.nnn killed and 113.000
captured.
A thought for Ihe day Ameri
can humorist .lames Thurber
said "Ynu mi;M at well fall fat
on your face as lean nver too far
backward."