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\ b 'erHing the President himself
TO- what they contend is a lag
lin rocketry.
3ut the Democratic leader
s obviously is applying the soft
Z spsdal where he can. in the
belief that the best politics is
not to appear to be playing
politics where the security Of
tn" Nation may be at stake.
Not all Of his party members
agree. but Senator johnson
seems to feel there is no po-
litical hay to be moved In at
tscking President whose pop
uiarity may have declined but
who still retains the basic con-
iidsnce Of a wide segment Of
tho voters.
Senator johnson gave clear
indications Of this attitude
when he said the Senate Pre-
parednesS Subcommittee he
heads is not going to challenge
Mr.. Eisenhower's decision not
to divulge the Gather report
TO it--if Mr.. Eisenhower sticks
to the decision.
Significantly, he remarked:
II don't want to take the po-
sition I'm bigger than the
President"
The Democratic leader said
he doesn't know any way to
force the President to disclose
q confidential communication.
Committee Findings Disputed
The report was prepared by
! . citizens committee formerly
headed by H. Rowan Gather.
just what the committees iind-
ings were is a matter Of dispute.
Published reports have said the
committee found this country
IN its gravest danger because
OF Russian missile and satellite
advances.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said that. on
the contrary. the report did not
indicate that the United States
position at this time was one
Of weakness.
So far as he can influence
Democratic policy-and ne is
powerful in that field-Senator
johnson has made il clear he
wants his party to build what
he calls a constructive" rec.
ord. His idea Is to get the DEM
ncrats credit for moving missile
production forward. without
dwelling on the mistakes that
may have been made by the
administration - and previous
Democratic administrations =
in this field in the past.
In line with this. Senator
johnson Is not enthusiastic
about suggestions from some
Of his party colleagues that the
Preparedness Subcommittee call
former Secretary Of Defense
Charles Z. Wilson as q witness.
Might Can Wilson
Mr.. Wilson said recently ne
would have liked to spend more
fn0nev in the devalonrsaAnt and
research field but that Mr.. Eli
senhower held down on the
funds because he sensed econ-
omy demands in Congress.
Though Mr., Wilson said ne
was not critizing Mr.. Eisen-
hover. some Democrats thought
this was a political opening to
pit the former Secretary against
his former boss.
2 Senator johnson said Mr.
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u few weeks after they had
been launched.
The Associated Press yester-
day quoted the Soviet news
agency T'ass as claiming the
Russians have developed a
camera which will help them
to track their satellites OFFICIALLY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
Reds Admit
Tracking Lag
On Satellite
by JOHN ID. BARRON
star stan Writer

A leading Russian scientist
has admitted that the Soviet
Union is unable to gather fully
the scientific data offered by Its
earth satellites because II lacks
observation stations spaced
throughout the world.
The same scientist indicated
the Russians also need for their
satellite program equipment
produced in the United States.
The admission was made by
Mrs. Anna T. Masevich. q
member OF the Soviet deleea-
ton to the meeting Of the In
ternational Astronomical Fed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

Mrs. Nancy Hopkins Tier,
adviser 10 the National Com
mander Of the Civil Air Patrol.
will be the featured speaker at
the zonta Club luncheon
honoring the late fiier. Amelia
Earhart, at 1890 pm. Wednes-
day in the YWCA building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
CITIZENS
MEETINGS

Meeting announcements
must be IN the hands CT she
Cipic Calendar editor By noon
Thursday OF each neck to
insure publication TN the
column on Sunday, ThUSc
received too late iDiil not be
used Separately unless there
Is some special neics siqnif-
canoe attached to them
Deputy Police Chief Clarence
J. Lutz will be the guest speak
er at the monthly meeting Of
the Stanton Park Citizens As
ISOLATION at 9 pm. tomorrow
night at Peabody School. Fifth
and c streets NE.
Herbert w. Willis. chairman
of the Maryland National Cap.
ftal Park and Planning Com
mission. will discuss problems
Of suburban Maryland before
the Carrolltown Md Civic
Association tomorrow. The
meeting will begin at $50 pm
in the Lanham Elementary
School.
Director OF the Better Bush
ness Bureau. Leland S. McCar-
thy. will discuss the functions
OF the bureau at the Hawthorn
Citizens Association meeting at
8 pm. Wednesday. The group
will meet in the Chevy Chase
Community Center. 560l Con-
necticut avenue NV.
The Federation Of Citizens
Associations will meet at 8 pm.
Thursday in the board room
Of the District Building. Four
tenth and E streets NV.
Other meetings Of civic in
terest. all starting at 8 pm.
unless otherwise noted. include;
American University Park Citizens
! fionsi Church, Massaehusetts avenue
and Westmoreiand Circle NV
Citizens Association Of TakomA
Takoma ELEMENTARY School. Plnev
Brsnen road and Cedar street N W,
Dupont Circle citizens Association
--NayfioweT Hotei 4.3n ON
Lamond- Rises CITIZENS Association
ia sale school Madison street ana
Manor PARK Citizens Association -
Whittier, School Fifth and sheridan
MIC MiehlssnS PARK citizens Association
a-Bunker Hill School Fourteenth
and Miehiean avenue NV.
Ninnesota River Terrace North
Randle citizens Association = Green,
va Barber SHOP 353s East Capitol
:, Rs1solph clyls s.sa' ton oss \:
HIS MD
Brishtwood citlsens As,oclation---
Paul Junior Hal school Eighth and
Paiisades citlzens Associa tion--Pal-
kade, Field House, sherrier ana Ed
mund' places MMG.S,.,a,,
gsts@sn's store twentieth and Rhode
ltland avenue -
!. Congress Helshts citiSens Associa.
stRool Pifih sns HicRols sysnu, sR
a aim Men, Mail and Machines"
'" sorthsas East" '1wsshlns,on Citizens A.
sce'suon--lOi0 Massaehusetu ave.
The Washingtonians-- Board Room,
sltamont APARTMENTS, 1901 wyomins
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Wilson might be called II the
subcommittee felt he had "help-
full information" But the DEM
ocratic leader polished the mat
ter OF with this observation:
We are much more inter-
ested in what the present Sec
Rotary Of Defense is doing than
in what the former Secretary
Of Defense is saying"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05
johnson Soft PedoIing
Criticism of President
by JACK BELL
Associated Presss star writer

Senator Lyndon B. johnson. Democrat Of Texas obvi-
ouy discouragnE Democratic criticism President Eisen-
hover in the congressional controversy the missiles
program
Senator Johnson recognized that he wholly prevent
his COLLEAGUES from BLASTING away at Mr.. Eisenhower and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

time that only one Of the II
cameras the United States will
require had been produced. She
said the Russians were advised
that they win be able to buy
lone or two" OF the cameras,
but only after American needs
had been fullfilled. Apparently,
when Mrs. Masevich made her
statements. the Soviet Union
still intended TO try TO buy
these cameras.
She said the absence Of opti-
cal observation stations dis
persed over the world prevented
the Russians from tracking
fully the movements OF their
satellites.
Soviet Lag Unexplained
Mrs. Masevich said nothing
about why the Russians have
not tried TO establish observa-
ton stations throughout the
world or why they evidently
have not perfected tracking
equipment comparable to that
developed In the United States.
In Washington. John Trues-
dale. deputy director Of the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21

There Is much talk and
noise in Washington about
our catching up with and
exceeding Russia's capable
tiles in nuclear weapons.
Actually. the administration
is strongly hopeful that by
the end Of summer there will
be q summit meeting by
which 1t can avoid translate
ing Its words into dollar
expenditures.
In Moscow and other Com
munist capitals there Is much
talk about a summit meet
ing which will lead TO q re-
taxation Of international
tensions and to a compete
tive co-existence. Actually,
without fanfare. the Rus
slams and their allies and
puppets are increasing their
present ornaments and lin
Ing Up more support for their
expanding Imperialism. par
ticularly in Asia and Africa.
Khrushchev and Bulganin
are elated at their propa-
ganda success. which started
a few days before the Paris
conference and has been 60
ing on relentlessly ever since.
They have hit Americas
Achilles heel-Western Gu
rope. They are realistic
enough to know that Amer
ica's military capabilities.
despite the apparent lag in
certain types IF nonconven-
tional weapons. are such that
1t would be q very serious
matter for the Communist
world u challenge us in q
shooting wal. But they see
certain Success in the cold
war II they can get our
Western European allies to
press us into another Munich.
So far the Russian efforts
have been very successful. We
went TO Paris to divide among
our NATO allies missiles
which will be completed and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
DORIS FLEEsoN
Constructive Criticism. Strong Attock
On Administration Are Found Luckino

The device Of Democratic
Advisory Councils was pro-
jected Is an aggressive liberal
counterpoise to the predom-
inantly Southern leadership
Of the Democratic Congress.
In practice the councils are
showing q marked tendency
TO tie the party's future
closely TO its immediate past.
Their members have de-
ferred politely to each others
opinions and In the main have
protected their interests In
past policies associated with
their own names. The end
result has been long. wordy
statements and an absence Of
q strong. concerted attack on
the Republican administra-
ton.
without doubt these state
ments are conscientiously ar
rived at. but as indictments 10
political action they are very
nearly worthless.
For example. the councils
committee on foreign policy
met here to offer a little COM
petition to the kickoff Of
the Republican congressional
campaign In q Nation-wide
series Of dinners. The COM
mittee chairman is former
Secretary Of State Dean
Acheson. who shares with
President Eisenhower a deep
love Of the NATO alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
Dilemma of the Military Witness

mons, but his civilian aides
are available for testimony.
All the political capital de-
sired can be obtained through
headlines that show the
civilian Secretaries 10 have
exercised good or bad jude-
ment. as the case may be. IN
their decisions on the budget.
The Budget Bureau ofiicials
are likewise subject 10 inter-
rogation by the committees
Of Congress.
Why. therefore. put the
military men on the spot
and make them appear 10 be
insubordinate? The answer
Is that the congressional
committees think the public
viii be impressed by the mill
tary men e. disinterested wit
nesses. But the truth IL some
Of them IN the past have
been forced 10 become tact
full avoiders Of the truth and
obvious defenders Of the
political administration they
were serving. The way 70 keep
military men out Of politics
Is for Congress TO stop drag
ging them into politics.
Gen. winnings protest Is
timely and. besides. why
shouldn't the Secretary Of the
Army. the Secretary Of the
Air Force. the Secretary Of
the Navy and the Secretary
Of Defense stand up before
congressional committees and
defend the budget and tell
why they adopted every item
In II or rejected other items?
This Is the customary way
In parliamentary government.
But the military. having once
made its recommendations,
must necessarily carry out
the final decisions and should
not be subjected to innuen-
does Of characterization. The
Democrats certainly ought 70
be In favor Of such q course.
because 80 many Of them
agreed with President Tru-
man when he dismissed q
great general on grounds Of
characterization" Just for
writing q letter to Q member
OF Congress which the gen.
eral never intended TO be-
come public and which dealt
In the hroadest terms with
defense problems In the Far
East.
Reproduetien Rishls Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
MoreO pportunityUr
For Women in Science

ings will be devoted to the basic
problems, leaving until later
the testimony on various pend
ing bills for extending Federal
aid for student scholarships,
research facilities and teachers.
Or. Bronx listed the follow
ing as some Of the deficiencies
In this country's educational
system:
An inadequate number Of
teachers.
The need for strengthening
the quality OF teaching In the
high schools. where young peo-
pie decide on the courses they
will follow.
Bad timing in the sequence
OF curricula subjects. by divert
ing students TO fringe subjects
at a time they should be study
ing languages.
Need for a greater sense OF
responsibility In the home In
stead Of leaving education To
the schools.
Too much emphasis on teach
iiIk and not enough on the op-
rortunity Of learning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
Minnesota Sets
Election to Fill
Andersen Seat

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Jan. a
R.-Gov. Orville Freeman to-
day called q special election in
Minnesota's LIST congressional
district to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the death Of Repre-
sentative August II. Andersen.
February II was set for the
primary and February 10 for
the general election. Filings
open Immediately and close
February 4.
Three prominent Republicans
have announced they would
seek the O. o. p Nmination.
They are State s, or Albert
Quie, Dennison farmer: Dom
aid c. Brown. Waseca editor.
and w. Victor Lundquist. Roch-
ester farmer and accountant.
on the Democratic side. some
party people have exerted
pressure on Mrs. Eugene An
derson. Red Wing. former Am.
bassador 10 Denmark. 10 make
the race. She indicated she
would issue a statement IN q
few days.
Republicans will hold a dis
trice convention Saturday 10
ind6fse q candidate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Eisenhower team celebrates its fifth year in once
The have passed quietly In fact for months time
you'd hardly know anybody there.
Former Secretary Of State Acheson chdes the q o
"nacton II the Republicans refuse TO make move. how
are the Democrats going TO charge It's retreat?
Ike rallies Republicans in Chicago speech LIST Repub
lican did that speech up?" I'd Republican, you
bet-lke q slug Of hot tea after warm BATH"
tribe Of North Carolina Indians routs the Ku Klux
Khan Carolina party chant Nothing de uxer than
TO chase Ku Ku Kluxer in the morning"
Sputnik must be some kind Of flying anbiotic No
did it begin orbit than practically
appeared.
Anybody get arrested these days butthanks to the
Supreme Courtt takes real genius 70 stay In jail.
Ike asks business and labor hold of price and wage
boosts This advice won't be ignored viii weighed very
carefully before being sheived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
Danger of New Summit Meeting

Of the armed forces have
been taken into consideration,
will be closer TO S. billion
than the anticipated 81 BIZ.
lion. For besides an intensely
speeded up program for ~
kinds Of missiles and anti
dotes. 1t will soon become
clear that we need increased
appropriations for conveii.
tional weapons such as many
more nuclear submarines.
missiles, cruisers and hard-
ware for the new pentornic
divisions.
For more than 10 years.
even before the Russians exs
ploded their first A-bomb--
the American people have
been propagandized with the
idea that we can't defeat the
Communist tide We even lost
the Korean War. which We
had in our pocket, because
the American people were
told that 1t was the wrong
war at the wrong time against
the wrong enemy, and that
any strong action against the
aggressor would result In
fighting the USSR.
Today we are faced with q
situation in which our Lead
ing political men are reluc.
family coming to the COM
clusion that we had better
60 to another summit meet.
ing with the Russians. pro-
vided 1t is better prepared
than the one at Geneva IN
1855.
Practical diplomats IN
Washington do not believe
that any amount Of prepare.
ton can make another gath-
ering with the Communists
leaders into anything else
but another Munich. II
MoScow's contentious that
Russia is far ahead Of 10
militarily were correct. II
is certain the Khrushchev.
Bulganin team would not %
arduously seek another sum-
NIT meeting.
What Moscow Is seeking
today is a cheap victory over
the only obstacle to Red i'm.
perialism-the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21

which both did 50 much to
create.
Acheson was already IN
print with an attack on his
old associate. George Ken
nan. who had offered some
new ideas on ways to break
the diplomatic stalemate with
the Soviet Union. Acheson
apparently fears the Ken
nan proposals would injure
NATO.
Speaking to reporters.
Acheson took the Eisen-
hower-Dulles position that
hieh-level talks with the
Russians would be o mistake
now. He also called for ex-
ploratory negotiations. which
is q move the administration
has indicated 1t would be
willing TO take. These being
the main points on which
the United States and some
Of its major allies seem
to differ. the remainder Of
Aeheson's comments lacked
point and smacked Of mere
scolding.
Acheson refused to agree
that he was agreeing with
the President and Dulles. He
has also said privately that
he realizes he was Q little
hard on KEENAN,.
Political issues cannot, Of
course. be manufactured out
Of personality conflicts and
feelings Of personal injustice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21

Greater opportunities for
women in science and technol-
ogy were recommended to q
Senate committee today as II
began hearings on how the
Federal Government can help
the schools meet the challenge
Of Russian scientific progress.
The first witness. DR.. Detlev
Bronx. president OF the Ma.
tional Academy Of Sciences.
suggested that one reason why
more women have not gone In
for scientific education may
be that their opportunities for
careers In that field have not
been as great as they could or
should have been.
DR.. Bronx told the Educa-
ton and Labor Committee the
United States cannot compete
with Russia and China In num-
bers. For that reason. II is
essential that this country have
q high standard OF individual
education, he said.
Basic Problems FIRST
Senator Hill. Democrat Of
alabama, chairman. explained
'that the first series Of hear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21

sliek-has been found.
A Coast Guard patrol boat
scanned the area today with
radar and sounding equipment,
but without result.
The wind was 80 miles an
hour when the Jim Steers van
ished. The Coast Guard said
the tug had one foot Of free
board-the height Of the hull
aboard the water-and leaned
TO q theory that the tug might
have been swamped.
A Coast Guard spokesman
noted, too. that the vessel van
ished after rounding Throg's
Neck where It passed into open
water from an area relatively
protected from the wind.
Aboard the Jim Steers were
Capt. Albert Reichert. ~, Of
Mastic. N. Y. the skipper; his
son. Albert. "a. q deckhand. and
Herbert johnson. s.. Of North
port. N. Y. the engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
Twining Cites Choice Between Perjury
And Rejecting on Superiors at Probes
DAVID LAWRENCE

there ought TO be q new
medal pinned on the chest Of
Gen. Nathan +. Twining. for
mer Chief Of stan Of the
United States Air Force and
now chairman Of the Joint
Chiefs OF Stan--a medal for
courageous expression and
distinguished service on the
battle front Of American poll
tics. For he has put into bold
relief the dilemma Of every
reneral or admiral who testi-
fies before q congressional
com mittee-how to give
needed information without
himself becoming involved In
the controversies Of the ci.
villain branch Of the Govern
,ment.
Gen. Twining the other day
was discussing before the
Senate subcommittee on mill
tary preparedness the tend
ency Of the interrogators to
demand opinions on the
merits Of the military BUDGET
and was decrying the effort
to force the military ofiicers
to appraise the acts Of civilian
ofncials. He said:
TO take the Presidents
final (budgeU decision and
turn it back at them tmil-
itary chiefs) and soy: Is this
adeQuate?'-I think that
ought to be reconsidered
because It puts the military
man IN q pretty tough seat.
II he says 1t is made
quate, he Just. ! think. Is
approaching INSTRUMENTATION:
and II he says 1t is adequate.
he has more or less perjured
himself"
Certainly Congress Is en-
titled TO every bit Of infor-
nation on military matters
that II is possible for the
executive branch Of the
Government to give without
violating security-and even
confidential data can be fur
nished In many instances in
executive session. But Gen.
Twinine Is 100 per cent right
when he objects to the
procedure Of committees in
Congress in seeking to get.
through the testimony Of
military officers. informa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-21
Democratic Councils Assessed

The voters win not accept
these as grounds for change,
however justified they may
be.
None Of this appears very
serious to some Of the old
line Democratic politicians
who operate on the theory
that the party out Of power
has 20 be kicked back In by
the mistakes Of the opposi-
ton. This group win gladly
join In some Of the kicking
former President Truman IL
an exAmple-but takes little
stock In constructive criti-
cism IS the road 10 triumph
ct the polls.
Since they did not expect
much Of the councils, they
are not disappointed by the
end product. Most Of them
don't expect too much Of
Congress either.
II their purely pragmatic
approach 10 their 1850 prob
lem u the correct one, then
II does not. Of course, too
much matter who the candi-
date for President Is 80 long
as no important segment Of
the voters Is mad ct him.
This would be good news TO
the many ambitious Demo-
cratic Governors who are
rarely able to compete with
the congressional headlines.
One. incidentally. viii make
. stab at It late this month
when Gov. Robert B. Meyner
Of New Jersey will speak to
the National Press Club-and
answer questions.
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sank in q matter Of moments.
3. Any possibility that II
struck a submerged object APP
peared unlikely. Water In the
area is so TO rs feet deep with
no reefs or rocks.
4. The vessels disappearance
came about despite her skip
per's % years Of experience in
handling tugs.
5. No trace-such as an oil