Milford chronicle., 1957-12-06
No Time For
TRANQU|L|zERS
by A. NJ. SPANIEL, Chairman
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That dog in Soviet Russia's second sputnik seems
to have produced rash of wisecracs But the laughter
is spiked with gall The American people are intelli-
gent They know that this is not laughing matter
The man-made moons circlng planet, and n1-
proved versions follow relay to their masters
in Moscow the kind of information that will enable
them to use ntercontnental missiles with the pnpoint
accuracy that annhlates We must face the fact that
America may be wideopen to devastating assault
from the stratosphere.
The Sputnks are for us the handwriting in the Skies
warning that any further complacency will be fatal
Their message is doom unless we now act wisely
with urgency with determination and with the willing
ness to make every sacrifice the situation demands.
1t is healthy sign that Americans deeply
alarmed. Not only alarmed but, in their hearts,
ashamed For they know that this mortal danger and
this humiliation need not have come upon us that
these are the penalties of sugness and international
blindness The Soviets have seized the lead IN the
weapons race not through inherent superiority but be-
cause of American and free-world default
Now we have been jolted into awareness There is
hope therefore that shall revive and revitaze the
competitive sense of urgency which we seem to have
lost in recent years. The grim reality dramatized by
the Sputniks carnot be countered with clever press
releases. The hour is too late for seL-deuson We
should reject tranquilizers, no matter who offers
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AS mature nation, let us meet the challenge with
concerted and orderly effort the cleaTheaded knowl-
edge that instant and resoute dedication today can
obviate the necessity for declaring national eer-
ge1lcy tomorrow
The native intelligence of the American people tells
them that the terrifying gap the scientific contest
cannot be closed overnight No matter how intensivey
we tackle the task things will get worse before they
get better But those qualities OF our national mind
and spirit that heretofore gave leadership IN science
and technology have not been lost. They are still at
our command capable of restoring our superiority IN
those areas.
We must rule out confusion and jitters. We must
untange the Jealous and wasteful rivares among the
military services in the missile program We must as
sure greater rewards, high honors and professional
autonomy for the scientists, men and women devoted
to the tasks of freedom whom we have too long ne
elected downgraded and sometimes harried.
Above ali, we must achieve genuine unity among
the free nations in order to mobilize their aggregate
material and moral resources. That, indeed is the
INDISPENSABLE condition for survival The solidarity OF
our threatened world be expressed not alone in
words but bold Deeds not in diplomatic rhetoric but
in firm purpose and cooperative organization.
The proposed agreement of the United States and
British Governments to pool their scentctechnolog
ca missile is all to the good But it is only
token of the vastly larger job of cooperation and coor
dnaton that needs to be done Not merely these two
countries but France and oil allies will have to
Join their reservoirs of knowledge and skls Moreover
this common enterprise will have to be centered for
the most part in country the United States, with
the foremost specialists of all the associated nations
working in teams as they did in the Manhattan Project
to produce the worlds first atomic energy result
Even this however would be the beginning, not the
end of the great enterprise In the manyfaceed con-
cept of a powerful and effective Western community,
science focused weapons only one area The pool
ing must be extended to achieve unity in breadth and
depth 1t must be unity dedicated and consecrated
Only by utilizing our total resources political, eco
nomic and moral - will we be able to confront the
Soviet world with assurance of victory to prevent
third world .s
Let us not underrate the appeal of communism to
millions of the hungry and rejected the terate and
unwary on all continents. They offered religion"
of cynical dazzling promises The world of freedom.
which not only has clear material advantages but the
repository of the of the human spirit must
likewise address itself to fundamental human needs
and yearnings.
In the shadow of the spinning Sputniks, no Eisen-
hover Doctrine, nor Eisenhower-Macm
Doctrine will suffice. 1t must be a Free World Doc
trine formulated and enunciaed and carried Rto prac.
tce by all free nations in unison would give new
courage to humanity both sides of the Iron Curtain
and restore the confidence in way of life SO badly
battered by recent events.
The Kremln is making the most of its missiles adj
vantage to ntimidate and blackmail weaker nations.
Khrushchev makes of his intention to panic
the United States into bateral deals to destroy all
reeworld alliances and thereby to strip European ape
Asian countries of the will to resist
Our answer must be Unity - repeat, material
political and moral Unity. For only in the aggregate
strength of America and its Allies we continue to
live as free Separately we will be forced to live