ACTION ON CUBA MUST BE DEMANDED

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1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX A1773
formed patella. And there to greet her will
be a militant band from the Garden Club;
each wearing no-nonsense galoshes and a
look you could pickle beets with.
"Comrade ladies," says the local Commis-
sar nervously. "Let its remember we are all
comrades in the glorious Revolution. Let us
welcome Comrade Tosca joyously to our
gracious Siberia. And leave us put down
those rocks."
"Hah," says Mrs. Marina as spokeslady.
"For 50 years we are working under our ban-
ner: 'Make Siberia a Wonderful Place to
Live.' So the winters are freezing. So the
summers are not so hot either. So who's
complaining? It's all we got. So for 50
years from Moscow they are sending us hooli-
gans, iders, no-goodniks and political nuts.
Do we protest, maybe? No. Like Florence
Nightingales, we are. But now they send us
her. A flashy homewrecker. It is too much.
Revolution-shmevolution. We are revolt-
ing."
"True," says Miss Tosca disdainfully. And
with that the Garden Club overthrows Miss
Tosca, the Commissar and Siberia (not to
mention the train), sets up a new authori-
tarian regime and exiles all young ladies in
tight black skirts back to Moscow.
Well, it all goes to show that even the
most dictatorial regimes have their limits.
They can tell their people where to work,
how to live, what to create and even what
to think. And if the people are cowed
enough, indoctrinated enough or uncaring
enough, they'll do it without protest. But
don't mess with the ladies.
For if there's one indestructible human
freedom, it's the right ladies feel they have
to keep a ball and chain on their husbands.
JUST PLAIN JACE: ALWAYS Loons NEW
(By Arthur Hoppe)
(Newsflash from the world of haute
coutre: "The Jackie Look is definitely out.")
Good morning, friends in television land.
It's time for another visit with Just Plain
Jack, the warm-hearted story of a young
man's search for a lasting understanding
with his wife. And the country.
As we join Just Plain. Jack today, we find
him in the Bltae-Green-Rose Room, absorbed
in the latest issue of Vogues Bizarre. As he
puts it down, frowning, the beautiful so-
ciety girl he married gallops in on horseback,
pursuing a fox and being pursued, in turn,
by 47 photographers on roller skates. Just
Plain Jack catches her stirrup.
Jack: Tallyho I Gould I speak to you for
a minute, dear?
Society girl: Well, I'm terribly busy, Bun-
ny, just being me.
Jack: It's about your hair.
Society.girl: My hair? Silly, that isn't the
real me. (And she removes her perfectly
coiffed bouffant wig and pillbox hat to reveal
her perfectly coiffed bouffant hair and pill-
box hat underneath.) There, is that bet-
ter?
Jack: It's lovely, Dear. But aren't you
getting a little--er-tired of that look?
Society girl (wide-eyed) : What look?
Jack: And that wide-eyed look, too. And
those overblouses. And * * *
Society girl: You don't love me any more.
Jack: Madly. But that look is passe.
And we can't have images around here that
lack popular appeal. Now I'm not making
threats, dear. Exactly. But you do remem-
ber Chester Bowles?
Society girl (wide-eyed) : Oh, what can I
do?
Jack: Squint a little. And dress to please
me. Won't you wear the kind of clothes I
like? Just for me?
Society girl: Oh, Bunny, you know I will.
Jack: Great. Now here's an old sweat-
shirt of Bobby s. See? It's still got his
50-mile medal on it. And here's some sneak-
ers Ethel forgot after our last formal garden
party. I think they'red ry. And * . * * Boy.
(This'll beat Republican cloth coats all
hollow.)
Society girl (viewing self in mirror) : But
it doesn't fit the real me. And that goes
for the sweatshirt, too.
Jack (thoughtfully) : You're right. You
need a new hairdo to go with it. A poodle
cut? An artichoke cut? No, something
brandnew. We'll call it "the Bipartisan Tax
Cut."
(He whips out a pair of scissors and begins
trimming her hair, snipping a little off here
and saying "Oops," and a little off there and
saying "Whoops." The hands of the au-
thentic antique jazz combo clock whirl to
indicate the passage of an hour.)
Jack: There. If it weren't for that wide-
eyed look, you'd be perfect. Because you
look just like the one person the whole
country loves and admires.
Society girl (flattered) : Who, Bunny?
Ava Gardner?
Jack: Teddy. (She scowls and glowers at
him, furious.) Darling, now you are per-
fect. At last we've got it. "The New Fron-
tier Look." It'll sweep the country.
Will the country be swept? Will house-
wives scowl and glower? Have you ever told
yours you don't like her hair? Be sure to
tune in to our next episode,. folks. And
meanwhile, as you go down the byways of
life, friends, remember: All it takes to bring
out the real-you is just plain jack,
DR. VAN ALLEN DESERVES A BELT
(By Arthur Hoppe)
I don't wish to say I told you so. But I
told you so. I'm sneaking, of course, of the
only time I was ever right. That was in 1982
when I said our scientists' plan to blow up
our Van Allen Radiation Belt didn't sound
very constructive to me.
But our scientists said, "Pooh. What do
crummy laymen.know about it?" And Dr.
Van Allen, who discovered the thing, in-
sisted his vastly complex studies proved
blowing up his belt.would be good for us
ignoramuses.
So our scientists happily blew up the belt
to see what would happen. What happened?
They knocked out three of our satellites and
generally loused up outer space for decades
to come.
And at long last, Dr. Van Allen himself has
come out in public (clutching his waist-
band) to admit he was wrong. Manfully.
But do you know why he was wrong? Be-
cause, he now tells us, all those scientific
reassurances he gave us were based on
"intuitive expectations." Intuitive? Good
gravy.
"Mr. Kennedy, as chairman of your Distin-
guished Scientific Advisers on What Should
Be Done About the Moon, I am glad to report
we have reached a unanimous decision, In
32 seconds.
"As you know, we scientists have long
studied the moon. We have photographed
it, measured it, weighed it, and analyzed it.
And, frankly, we can't think of anything else
to do with it. So we've decided to blow it up.
To see what will happen.
"Naturally, we expect a few protests from
the lay public. Who don't understand these
things. But, after all, whose moon is it?
Everybody, I'm sure, will agree that any-
thing in the cosmos nobody understands
belongs to us scientists.
"True, there may be a couple of scare
headlines, claiming chunks of the moon
may, ha, ha, land on people's heads. , Or
the sky will, he, he, fall down. But, as
distinguished scientists we are thoroughly
convinced the world will be better off with-
out it.
"Dr. Denton here, the renowned astrono-
mer, feels it in his bones. Dr. Carter, the re-
spected physicist, has a twinge in his right
knee which invariably bodes well for enter-
prises undertaken in the lunar descendency.
And Dr. Gerber, who will himself trigger the
explosion, just rolled eight straight passes
during our coffee break.
"So, if you will kindly fork over an H-bomb
or two, Mr. President, we will be selflessly off
to continue advancing man's knowledge of
the cosmos. As long as we got a little of it
left."
-
Well, I've been saying our scientists were
neither old enough nor wise enough to play
with H-bombs. Because any science, when
faced with cosmic forces, is an inexact sci-
ence. But intuition.- I didn't know it was
that inexact,
And if our scientists are going to trust
their intuition to tell them whether to blow
something up to see what will happen,
they're going to blow it up. That being the
essence of science.
But nuts to that, Dr. Van Allen. Now
you've lost your belt, I hope you lose your-
er-reputation. Because if our leaders con-
tinue to think you scientists infallible, we're
all going to be squashed by a chunk of green
cheese one of these moonless nights. That's
what my intuition tells me.
HON. BRUCE ALGER
OF TEXAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, March 28, 1963
Mr. ALGER. Mr. Speaker, every
minute the administration delays facing
a showdown with the Soviet Union over
Cuba we are bringing this Nation closer
to the possibility of war and closer to
the destruction of our free society. The
President should brook no further delays
on the part of Khrushchev to get his
troops out of Cuba, not merely several
thousand at the Communist dictator's
whim, but all of them and right now.
Unless we face up to the danger Com-
munist aggression in the Western Hemi-
sphere, we will encourage further ad-
ventures by Soviet Russia in Central and
Latin America. This increases the pos-
sibility of all-out war because Khru-
shchev may mistake our refusal to force
a showdown as timidity and weakness
and having drawn such a conclusion mis-
judge our willingness to fight to protect
our freedom and World War III will
then be inevitable.
David Lawrence, in his column in the
Washington Evening Star, has warned
of the refusal to force a showdown over
Cuba. His editorial follows:
FOR AN EARLY SHOWDOWN ON CUBA-U.S.
ACTION To END SOVIET FOOTHOLD IN THIS
HEMISPHERE CALLED NECESSARY
(By David Lawrence)
Will the United States permit a complete
Communist takeover of Central and South
America similar to what has already hap-
pened in Cuba?
One by one, the Latin American countries
are currently being subjected to the most
intensive penetration by the Soviet Govern-
ment. What is the answer?
It will be of no avail to blame a preceding
administration. There is an unfortunate
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tendency in Washington nowadays to con-
done evil by enumerating mistakes of the
past, as if these furnish an alibi for present
errors or neglect of duty.
The problem is really nonpolitical. It is
every day becoming more difficult to handle.
Billions of dollars are being taken away from
the taxpayers of the United States annually
to Support so-called foreign aid programs
on all continents. Almost everyone familiar
with the situation agrees that financial aid
of some kind from the United States is
essential to thwart the Communist irttru-
slone in the Internal affairs of various coun-
tries to the south of us. When the United
States lends or gives money to another coun-
try, however, the Washington government
cannot exercise complete control over what
happens to such funds.
The spread of communism in Latin Amer-
ica is due largely to economic conditions
that have long prevailed there. Poverty and
a low standard of living provide fertile areas
for Communist infiltration. Weak govern-
ments, influenced by selfish leaders, have re-
tarded progress. Even in a country as
friendly to the United States as Brazil has
been for the last 150 years or more, there is
today a threat of a Communist takeover.
Guatemala is also in peril. Argentina and
Chile have bad' their Communist troubles,
too. It certainly is time for a much more
forceful policy toward Communist sabotage
and subversion than the United States has
thus far been willing to adopt.
Foreign policy in this field, both under the
present and preceding administrations here,
has been based on a belief that the Orga-
nization of American States can be made to
function as a kind of supervisory pollee body
which would employ armed forces In a col-
lective manner. But almost every one qI
the Latin American countries faces such a
serious threat from within that It Is doubt-
ful whether any firm policy which really
comes to grips with the Communist prob-
lem will ever materialize through the OAS.
The United States bears the major respon-
sibility, and must go it alone when It be-
comes necessary. That time has arrived.
It will be argued, of course, that public
opinion In Latin America Is opposed to any
armed intervention by this country, and that
the Communists will capitalize on such a
step. But although the Latin countries were
at first dismayed by the attempted invasion
at the Bay of Pigs, many of the leaders of va-
rious governments to the south of us now
have seen the light and want Cuba freed
from the Communist yoke by any means pos-
sible.
The United States inevitably has to take
the risk of offending the Kremlin, and can
adopt the very contention that nations have
put forward in the past-respect for Inter-
national rights. To protect American prop-
erty by force, if necessary, Is a right granted
under international law. It Involves a de-
cision that has to be made sooner or later.
Under the Monroe Doctrine, the United
States has maintained that no European
power shall be permitted to establish a base
or its "system" In this hemisphere. Historical
precedent under international law therefore
would justify a move to rid Cuba of Com-
munist troops, technicians, and subversive
organizations as well.
What the United States does or fails to do
in Cuba Is directly related to the future
freedom of all the Latin American peoples.
The cry will be raised that intervention
could bring on world war III. But a Com-
munist takeover of Latin America, Including
Mexico, would mean a world war just the
same. So it's a question of not what shall
be done, but when. All signs today point to
a Communist conquest of the Latin coun-
tries of this hemisphere if the United States
continues to wait for the weak Organization
of American States to act, or mistakenly
delays action until the Communists have
built another wall around all of Latin
America just as they have around West
Berlin.
Cuba IS the natural place for an early
showdown with communism in this hemi-
sphere.
County Has Abundance of Hidden
Treasures
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. JAMES H. (JIMMY) QUILLEN
Or TENNESSEE
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, March 28, 1963
Mr. QUILLEN. Mr. Speaker, I Insert
in the Appendix of the CONGRESSIONAL
REcoan an article which appeared in the
Ellzabethton Star on Sunday. March 24,
1963.
Carter County, Tenn., has an abun-
dance of hidden treasures in the way of
remote, not easily accessible, sceneries.
It is connected to Avery County, N.C.,
and is approximately 15 miles from the
Virginia State line.
Frank Robinson, publisher and his
staff are doing a wonderful job in pro-
moting his area, and I commend him:
CouNIT HAS AsuNDANcx OF HIDDEN TREASURES
Carter County has an abundance of hidden
treasures in the way of remote, not easily
accessible sceneries, overlooked by its own
citizens but attraction to tourists from other
parts of the country.
One of the most interesting Scenic parts
of Carter county is Laurel Fork. The rush-
ing stream has its source in the Buck Moun-
tain section not far from the Avery County
line. It drops from 3.500 feet elevation to
1,500 feet at its confluence with Doe River
at Hampton over a distance of some 12 miles
through and between steep mountainsides.
Laurel Fork rivals in wildness the better
known Doe River Gorge through which
"Tweetsie" used to run and which Roan
Mountain Citizens Club IS endeavoring to re-
open as a tourist attraction. The gorge and
Laurel Fork are separated by Cedar and
Black Mountains and the White Rocks.
Laurel Fork can be divided into two sec-
tions, the lower one from Braemar to Den-
nis Cove, the upper from Dennis Cove to its
source. The upper section to slightly longer
than the lower, but the gorges of the lower
are steeper.
There are beautiful waterfalls in both sec-
tions, below and above Dennis Cove.
Laurel Fork Is In part privately owned.
In part it belongs to the Cherokee National
Forest. Moreover, in part it constitutes the
Laurel Fork wildlife management area, noted
for Its deer hunts and excellent trout fish-
ing.
In former years the recreation area above
Dennis Cove with picnic and camping fa-
ctlities was one of the most popular in Car-
ter County. Now, It Is less frequented with
more easily reachable facilities at Watauga
Lake.
The easiest way to take a trip into Laurel
Fork is to start at the two Small concrete
bridges just east of Braemar. The Appa-
lachian Trail at that point leaves Highway
67 and enters Laurel Fork. There Is space
for the parking of a few automobiles.
To proceed farther up with a car is not ad-
visable. From here on out the only means
of transportation- is on foot.
In the spring, a few weeks hence, colum-
bine, blood root. rue anemone. violets. Mary-
bells, Soiomonseal, irises, bleeding heart,
trailing arbutus and other flowers are in
bloom along the Grid road that leads up some
way or along the trail. Doghobble and
ferns are in abundance.
In summer, red tampion or catchfly, and
the cardinal flower closer to the stream, are
striking members of the flowers in bloom in
the gorge.
Turning down the trail to the stream, in-
stead of following the old road, one faces a
high cliff on which sarvis trees bloom in
April and the Carolina rhododendron In its
delicate pink early In May.
Fondren's Cliff is the name of the bluff,
according to George Brown, who grew up
In Braemar.
The Appalachian Trail leads through
shady deciduous woodland along the stream
and in places approaches the edge of the
River. Foot bridges cross Laurel Fork in
several places.
Wherever one looks, steep mountain sides
are all around. The trail leads up through
pines and huckleberry bushes before it turns
down again and approaches the roaring
about 90-foot beautiful lower precipitous
waterfall.
From the waterfall one may continue up
along winding Appalachian Trail which on
some stretches is an old railroad bed and
after crossing the stream on another loot
bridge wind up at Dennis Cove.
Here the Appalachian Trail turns in south-
ern direction to Whiterock Tower.
The Dennis Cove recreation area is about
a half mile from the Dennis Cove settle-
ment.
A trip along the upper part of Laurel Fork
from Dennis Cove recreation area is just as
interesting. The stream has to be crossed in
several places, Paul B. Senter, area manager
of Laurel Fork wildlife management area,
said.
Past a waterfall of outstanding beauty one
may continue as far as Froglevel, a more
open place in the landscape. The beaver-
dams in that area have in part been washed
away by recent heavy rains, but probably will
be rebuilt by these aquatic animals.
Froglevel may also be reached by driving
from the Dennis Cove recreation area up
Walnut Mountain Road, parking at the Pond
Mountain trail and walking some 2 miles
down a primitive woodland road to the
stream.
Still another approach to Froglevel is from
Cherry Gap on the Buck Mountain Road
above Shell Creek from the upper end of the
stream. It takes inquiry in the locality to
find the proper place to turn off.
Fishing, for trout only, in Laurel Fork
opens April 10, Wildlife Area Manager Senter
said, and will last until August 7. There are
lots of carryover trout in the stream, but
stocking before the season opens will be done
from one end to the other, he added. Fishing
will be permitted Wednesdays, Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays. As a special
regulation, above Dennis Cove artificial lure
only will be allowed.
Another restriction is that no firearms are
allowed In Laurel Fork.
Persons planning to hike the Appalachian
Trail from Braemar to Dennis Cove should
make arrangements to be picked up at Dennis
Cove as there is no public transportation.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. THOMAS B. CURTIS
or MISSOURI
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, March 28,1963
Mr. CURTIS. Mr. Speaker, the De-
partment of Labor recently announced
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