FURTHER DETERIORATION IN CUBA EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1962

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with member nations just as member na-
tions of ESRO retain the privilege of con-
ducting their own national programs.
NASA expects this regional cooperative ap-
proach to grow-possibly in South America"
next--and expects greater participation from
member nations of the U.N. space com-
mittee.
Joint satellite launching agreements so far;
have been completed only with the United
Kingdom and Canada-chiefly because cost
and competence are formidable barriers.
But the appearance of the large observa-
tory satellites, which can carry a number
of experiments, may permit other countries
to send up single experiments. They would
be subject to the same selection process used
to select experiments by NASA, university
and industry experimenters now.
Participation in NASA's space work has
included Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and
Poland, All three have made correlated
ground observations of Tiros weather satel-
lites , at the invitation of NASA and the
Weather Bureau.
"Some time ago there was a rash of propa-
ganda that Tiros was a spy satellite," one
NASA official said. "The value of the open-
-ness of the program is that everyone recog-
nizes its benefits and sees from what it does
that it is not a. spy satellite. Had we been
secretive, they would still be calling it a spy,
but foreigners have actually sat here and
seen the readouts."
SOVIET SITUATION
Recent talks in Geneva between Soviet
Academician A. A. Blagonravov and NASA's
Deputy Administrator, Dr. Hugh Dryden, pro
duced some hope that Russia may eventually
cooperate in space research.
A joint communique issued by Dryden and
Blagonravov said that recommendations had'
been forwarded to both governments for co-`
operation in meteorology, a world magnetic
survey and satellite telecommunications,
looking toward eventual coordinated launch-
ings of meteorological satellites and probable
coordinated launchings of satellites by each
country for the magnetic project.-
Frutkin pointed out in a speech some time
ago that the International Geophysical Year,
often,cited as an example of worldwide scien-
tific cooperation, was in fact a collection of
'national programs loosely coordinated by a
nongovernmental mechanism; that it did not
solve any political problems; that Soviet in-
transigence greatly restricted the ICY agree
ipents for exchange of information in space
research, and that Russia has effetcively
blocked a purely scientific symposium on
space research under U.N. auspices in order
to exact a political price which would give it
a veto over the activities of other .nations in
meeting the problems of outer space.
But the Geneva talks-follow-ups to ex-
changes of views by President Kennedy and
Premier Khrushchev-have at least raised the
possibility that Russia has learned a lesson.
If it has, some NASA officials are certain that
the . U.S. international, program was the
teacher.
Washington Can't Solve This
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF,
HON. GEORGE MEADER
OF MiosilGAN
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, October 11, 1962
Mr, MEA.DER. Mr. Speaker, under`
leave to extend my remarks, I include
.the following editorial from the Jackson,
Mich., Citizen Patriot of October 9, 1962:
WASHINGTON CAN'T SOLVE THIS
If nothing else, President Kennedy's recent
whirlwind stomp through Michigan demon-
strated that the Chief of State still enjoys
considerable personal popularity in this
State, despite developments In Cuba and
Berlin and his inability to whip his Demo-
cratic Congress into line.
Good-sized crowds turned out all along the
way to cheer the President, and his pleas to
register and to vote for progress.
However, the President didn't take leave of
Washington and the crises facing the Na-
tion merely to enhance his image. Far
more urgent matters beckon Mr. Kennedy's
attention.
He and fellow Democrats are more con-
cerned because soundings taken by their own
pollsters tell them their party Is in big
trouble in Michigan, and several other Mid-
west States, where Democrats have gained in-
fluence during the last several years.
President Kennedy and lesser figures are
well aware that the only possible way of
stemming the tide before election time is to
send in the first team.
This they are doing, as the President's
acknowledged political tour dramatized.
With full weight on the panic button,
Michigan Democrats already have flown in
three Cabinet members, the Peace Corps Di-
rector, and the President. Not only have
they made one trip to Michigan to rescue
Gov. John B. Swainson and associates from
George Romney and the Republicans, they
have promised to return for another round.
And during the coming weeks, Harry S.
Truman will come to Michigan with similar
motives.
All in all, the Democrats are obviously
shaken by what they see as a possibility on
November 6-the end of a 14-year rule of the
State executive branch by the Democrats and
labor unions.
The Democrats cannot be blamed for rush-
ing in their best troops in time of crisis.
But Mr. Romney is precisely correct when
he states that the issue in Michigan is leader-
ship; leadership that Michigan Democrats
have failed to produce.
No amount of campaigning by the Presi-
dent, ex-President Truman or others on the
rescue mission squad from Washington is go-
ing to solve this basic problem in Michigan.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. DURWARD G. HALL
OF MISSOURI
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, October 11, 1962
Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, under au-
thority to extend my remarks in the Ap-
pendix of the RECORD, I include here-
with, from the Joplin Globe of Tuesday,
October 9, 1962, a news-partial-report
of my statements by remote control to
my constituents at a rally at Redings
Mill, Newton County, Mo., on Monday,
October 8. Ordinarily, I do not insert
such reports or remarks in the RECORD
but this is apropos my action this date
in introducing a bill before this Congress
amending the Subversive Activities Con-
trol Act of 1950, which will become
known as the Russian Organization
Control Act of 1963. The news report
HALL CLAIMS J.F.K. SOFT ON REDS
Representative DURWARD HALL charged
Monday night that the New Frontier has
failed to enforce the laws against Commu-
nists with the same vigor it used to enforce
the law in Mississippi.
Speaking over a telephone hookup from
his Washington office to a Republican rally
in Redings Mill, Dr. HALL said the Justice
Department has shown "more than 9 months
of foot-dragging in the issue of the American
Communist Party and its members, who
have brazenly flouted the law and who have
not been brought to justice."
Of the more than 10,000 Communists in
this country, not one has registered as re-
quired by U.S. laws, HALL said. The deadline
for Communists to register was last Decem-
ber 20, and penalties for failure to register in.-
eluded fines and prison terms.
"There is no indication when, if ever, any
of the Communists will be brought to trial,"
Dr. HALL said.
HALL told party workers at the rally that
he believes Democrats are trying to keep
Congress in session while "the President is
campaigning all over the country at tax-
payers' expense for more Democrats."
Dr. HALL, who accused his opponent (Jim
Thomas of Joplin), of twisting his voting
record, said "I have a record I am proud to
run on."
"Unlike my opponent," HALL said, "I am
not in favor of wasting your tax dollars In
foreign ratholes."
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, October 11, 1962
Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. Speaker, it is
no wonder that the American people are
shocked, dismayed, and disgusted by
President Kennedy's lack of firmness in
Cuba.
He is now considering paying ransom
with the taxpayers' money. Is this to
be part of his foreign policy for the
future? Robert G. Spivack in last Sun-
day's edition of the New York Herald
Tribune and Fulton Lewis, Jr., in the
October 9 issue of the New York Mirror
further enlightened us on what is
actually happening:
[From the New York Herald Tribune, Oct.
7, 1962]
QUESTIONS ON CUBA
(By Robert G. Spivack)
WASHINGTON.-Clare Boothe Luce has ac-
cused the President of showing a profile in
indecision in dealing with Soviet-occupied
Cuba,- Other critics have used equally
strong language. For his part the Presi-
dent, anticipating the political storm that is
brewing, has denounced cheap talk and rash
action advocated by those who do not share
the burdens of his office.
All this excited comment reflects great
anxiety throughout the country and also
within the Government.
There is ample reason for this anxiety.
The fact is that we and our neighbors in
Latin America suffered a small-scale Pearl
Harbor during July and August. We are only
now being told its full dimensions. The
difference between summer 1962, and De-
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cember 1941, is that the Soviet Union has
taken Cuba without firing a shot.
According to the testimony of Under Sec-
retary of State George Ball, there were 85
ships in the armada which carried Soviet
men and material to Cuba. Their air mis-
siles are of a 20- to 25-mile range. They are
building three or four missiles sites. They
have sent 60 older type Mig jet fighters, at
least one advanced type jet fighter, with
probably another 25 or 30 on the way, Mr.
Ball reports the presence of 4.500 Soviet mil-
itary "technicians"; other informed sources
use a higher figure, counting all eastern bloc
"technicians."
There are many unanswered questions that
are causing public anxiety about Cuba. Per-
haps uppermost in people's minds Is, "How
did they sneak in?"
Until the administration tells us just
what happened, the President is going to
find it difficult to win support for what-
ever policies toward Cuba he develops be-
cause there will always be lingering doubts
as to whether we are being told the whole
truth.
For example:
Did the Central Intelligence Agency, un-
der Its new Director, John McCone, know
of this armada of Soviet supplies and men?
If the CIA did know, when were the facts
reported to those White House officials whose
job it is to oversee national security?
Assuming that the facts were known by
the proper authorities, another question
arises: Why was there no public warning
to the Soviet Union that we would consider
the presence In Cuba of Soviet troops and
technicians to be an unfriendly act?
The argument is put forth that the Rus-
sians might have become angry and started
shooting. The fact is that they have always
backed down In the face of determined re-
sistance, even in Europe. Is it reasonable
to believe they would have done otherwise
thousands of miles from the main body of
their land-based troops?
This very same argument was offered as
an excuse for permitting the wall to go
up in Berlin. Mr. Khrushchev gambled that
in Berlin and In Cuba we were "too liberal
to fight" Apparently he was not worried
that we might become angry.
Another point raised in the State De-
partment goes like this: If we object to a
Soviet base in Cuba, they might make trouble
about our bases in Turkey or Great Britain
or other countries. To this, two answers
suggest themselves.
First, they have for years been making
trouble about our oversea bases. Who in-
spired the "Yankee go home" demonstra-
tions? Second, and far more important, the
people in 'these nations know that we have
not used our military bases for purposes of
suppression.
Our soldiers did not put down the rebel-
lion In Turkey. We have not prevented free
elections anywhere. Equating American
oversea behavior with Soviet oversea opera-
tions is thesis that our aims are Imperial-
lat.
No administration enjoys the embarrass-
ment that inevitably follows Khrushchev's
provocative demonstrations. Mr. Kennedy
does not like it any more than General
Eisenhower appreciated K's withdrawal of
the invitation to visit the Soviet Union. We
can expect Republicans to try to make as
much political hay out of Mr. Kennedy's
embarrassment as Candidate Kennedy did
in 1960.
But the American electorate may be
growing weary of demagogy about Cuba
from politicians in both parties. What does
Worry us Is the presence of the Red Army.
Until the Soviet Union withdraws its men,
there will be little peace in the Western
Hemisphere and not much here at home.
Meanwhile Cuba remains a vast concentra-
tion camp just 90 miles off our shores.
[From the New York Mirror, Oct. 9, 19821
CArrrot, Rsroar-Rosy Rm Prase tot
SOFT-ON-CUBA Crowe
(By Fulton Lewis. Jr.)
WAsmNO'roN, October 8.-Kremlin leaders
have a few words of commendation for
"sober-minded Americans" who "protest em=
phatically the hotheads of Washington."
The powerful voice of Radio Moscow on
September 25 praised the activities of U.S.
students who oppose any move against Fidel
Castro's "island of freedom."
The Moscow broadcast singled out some-
thing called the American Union of Students
in Defense of Peace. It said that "the stu-
dents picketed the White House September
23 In protest against anti-Cuban provoca-
tions. The students called for a policy of
peace and friendship with Cuba."
A check by this office with Government
security agencies disclosed that the Ameri-
can Union of Students in Defense of Peace
is another name for the Student Peace Union,
a nationwide leftwing pacifist group.
Thegroup is not Communist controlled.
Leftist students at 160 colleges and uni-
versities, however, are said to support the
group, which calls for immediate disarm-
ament. The group is dedicated to the prop-
osition that war under any circumstances is
unthinkable.
Radio Moscow cited a recent article in the
Nation magazine by Samuel Shapiro, a Uni-
versity of Michigan history professor. He
attacked any Invasion of Cuba as costly and
dangerous to the cause of world peace.
Shapiro Is quoted by Radio Moscow as say-
ing: "I think that in Its policy in respect to
Latin American countries, as well as in the
other parts of the world. Republicans and
Democrats apparently are defending not na-
tional interest but the property and profits
of a handful of corporations."
The words of the disarmament buff, James
P. Warburg, are also given wide circulation
by Radio Moscow. It reports that the "well-
known publicist attempted to pour cold water
on the fevered brows of bellicose Senators in
Washington." Warburg, says Radio Moscow,
feels that any military action against Cuba
would be a violation of the U.N. Charter and
contrary to U.S. treaty obligations.
While certain Americans receive Kremlin
kudos, others come under scorching at-
tack. In that category are U.S. Senators
Dom. KEA'riNa, Towsa, and OonowaTER. All
have blasted the administration foreign pol-
icy as weak kneed.
Federal Aid to Education
=ENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. CHARLES S. GUBSER
of CALrPORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, October 11, 1962
Mr. GUBSER. Mr. Speaker, I com-
mend to the attention of my colleagues
a letter I received from Mr. G. M. Ellis,
in which he expresses concern over the
possibility of Federal control over edu-
cation accompanying Federal aid. Mr.
Ellis has made some very thought pro-
voking comments which I am sure will
be of interest to all.
Hon. CHARLeS S. GuasEa,
Congress of the United States,
House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
HONOaASLE Sia: After answering a ques-
tionnaire in the Palo Alto Times, the other
day, which was forwarded to you by the re-
quested method, I thought I would amplify
my personal objections. to the Federal Gov-
ernment becoming Involved in education.
In my opinion, I believe it dangerous, with
the trends toward centralization, to allow
power to become centralized, regardless of
the purpose, except those that we clasically
believe a Federal Government should have
and which are set forth in the Constitution.
My firm belief is that education should
never become in any way associated with in-
doctrination. I can't believe that Federal
moneys would not have attached to their dis-
bursement certain features of control and,
In the future, if they were in the hands of
men who are hungering for statist power,
there is no reason to believe that they would
not force their curriculum upon the schools.
Further. If the Federal Government under-
takes this program of financial "assistance".
the local governments would then back off
on the amounts they appropriate for schools
and demand more and more of the Federal
Government to take the place of the money
spent elsewhere. This, in effect, means that
we would enter the era of trading school
buildings for some other Federal project.
Again, I believe the facts are correct that
more school buildings were built in the last
i0 years than In any decade prior to this
period. Where, then, is the dramatic, imme-
diateneed? Maybe the arguments creating
the need are based on a "relativist" view of
some recent Russian propaganda, which
seems to be stimulating a lot of pronounce-
ments of our shortcomings and need for
action.
In spite of all the propaganda (domestic)
being Issued that this is a required program,
the problem Is far greater. The announced
estimate, the other day, regarding 1 million
children not graduating from high school, in
this day and age of required technological or
some other form of educational training,
appears to me to be the paramount problem
facing us today. Here again, we are think-
ing more about the material elements and
quantities of a system, rather than the hu-
man element. Actually, the problem of
school attendance, to complete high school
to gain a usable education, can only be cor-
rected on a local level. The problem in-
volves Individual people, It involves families,
it Involves the morale of schools and of
teachers and, most certainly, It involves the
selling of the idea of school to certain par-
ents, who believe In this day and age that
an educated person is to be suspected. Even
locally, we find that there are many children
who come from homes in which, I suspect,
the Idea of violence is still taught as the
way to obtain the ends desired. At least,
these children are not being influenced in
the opposite direction. The number of chil-
dren playing "hookey" from a local high
school, with which I am familiar, are mostly
amongst those who have little or no respect
for "book larnln"'. Until this type of local
thing Is corrected it will be very difficult to
convince these children, some of whom are
highly intelligent, that they should remain
in school and obtain a worthwhile education.
I can't believe that moneys collected from
individual people and sent to Washington
and then returned to the local community
can, in any way, solve this problem. In fact,
If the wrong type of administrators of this
program, who have the power of coercion
granted by the Federal Government, are In-
volved in the granting of the moneys to local
communities, all sorts of side-effect prob-
lems would exist which, I believe, would fur-
ther aggravate the current condition. To
me, it would alleviate the local community
of the responsibility and, therefore, these
other problems, that I mentioned above,
would unconsciously be classified as a sub-
ject for Federal corrective action.
The Idea that some States are unable to
afford the required classrooms, on a local
level, is further indication that the Federal
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