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minister which he had lost a
week ago.
The United States imme-
diately pointed up Marshal
Zhukov'S custer as significant
evidence of the existence of
stresses and strains" in the
Soviet system.
officials said privately that
this removal of one of Russia's
top war heroes and greatest
military leaders from the ruling
group in which he had seemed
to be a powerful figure was con-
vincing proof that the whole
Soviet system is subject to
great political instability.
Responding to the challenge
of the first Sputnik and Rus
sia's earlier claim to the sue
cessful firing of an intercon-
tinental missile. they called on
the free world and particularly
the NATO allies to pool re-
sources. This aim was fixed in
order to overtake the Soviet
lead in space science and to
prepare for long continue
ton of the cold war. 1t is to
promote work toward these
goals that Mr.. Eisenhower
plans to attend q NATO sum-
NIT conference at Paris in
December.
Specific Proposals
The State Department is
rushing preparation of plans for
specific proposals to be made
by the President at that time.
1t also seems probable that he
will then be. able to announce a
United States decision to stock
pile atomic arms in Europe for
use by the allied forces there
should war come.
Immediate reactions to the
appearance of another Sputnik
in the skies ranged from pre-
dictions of imminent disaster
for the free world to assurances
that United States scientific
programs are on a safe and
sensible schedule.
Mr.. McElroy said in Cincin-
natl yesterday that Sputnik II
will have no great effect on
United States missile-satellite
programs.
I'VE already are in a pressure
program" he told reporters.
Our program is in very good
shape right now"
Senator Jackson, Democrat
of Washington, said the second
satellite shows that Moscow is
taking away Americas his
toric trump card-itS indus
trial and scientific supremacy"
! Senator Anderson, Democrat
of New Mexico called for i'm
mediate appointment of a mis-
siles car to coordinate United
States missile programs. Sen
ator Anderson said he and Sem
ator Jackson made the same
recommendation to President
Eisenhower more than two years
ago.
Senator Anderson said more
time-and maybe not much
more - will enable Russia to
man its satellites and threaten
destruction to selected cities as
the device circles the earth"
Representative Mahon, Demo
crat of Texas said Il hope all
this will tend to jolt our people
into a realization of the serious
ness of the threat to our Sc
curity." United States missile
programs, he said, ARE not of
the ground
Senator Symington said the
launching of Sputnik II is an
indication there is truth in the
Russian claim to have success
fully tested a 5,000-mile range
intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile.
The launching of Sputnik /
he said, gave conclusive proof
) that the Russians had enough
thrust for an intermediate
1,500-mile) ballistic missile. y
Time for Soul Searching
Lester B. Pearson, former
Foreign Minister of Canada
and recent Nobel Peace Prize
winner, told a Minneapolis au-
dience yesterday:
1T is time for soul-searching
perhaps soul-shocking, rather
than dissatisfaction as we
face this new force of Soviet
Communis imperialism armed
Communist imperialism armed
a technology which we used To
think peculiarly our own, and
! indeed possessing some that
we have not yet acquired"
i Mr.. Pearson's speech was