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Evening star., 1960-12-18

doubtedly gave Senator Fulbright
close consideration. Negro and
other groups opposed him on the
grounds that he had signed the
Southern Manifesto. declaration
by Southern Senators that they
would pursue every legal means
to undo the Supreme Court in
tegration decision Of 1854. This,
they argued. would make dificult
our dealings with African nations
If he were to serve as Secretary
Of State.
The word leaked from Mr.. Ken
nedy's headquarters in his George
town home that Dean Rusk, an
Assistant Secretary Of State for
Far Eastern Affairs in the Tru-
man administration, was the front
runner, having stepped past
another possibility, Ambassador
David K. Bruce.
Then last Monday, Mr.. Ken
nedy made it official and an
nounced his nominations for the
three top foreign affairs posts in
Government: Mr.. Rusk, Secretary
of State; Mr.. Bowles, Undersec-
retary, and Mr.. Stevenson. Ainbas-
sador to the United Nations, with
Cabinet rank.
Thus, the controversial Bowles
and Stevenson pair were removed
from the direct line Of fire Of
their Republican and Southern
Democrat opponents.
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emphasize the importance Of Mr..
Stevenson's Job. He promised
that the former Illinois Governor
would play a key role in the
formulation Of foreign policy"
Mr.. Stevenson, who does not
appear to be overjoyed with his
new assignment, offered this
rather wry quip when asked
whether the "key role" promise
had led him to accept the ap-
pointment:
"This is the first I've heard Of
it, and I think it's a very nice
phrase"
Perhaps Mr.. Stevenson, like q
good many observers Of the
Washington and Kennedy scenes,
has concluded that Mr.. Kennedy
is going to be pretty much his
own Secretary Of State and
foreign policy maker. AS Fletcher
Knebel wrote in Potomac Fever"
on Friday:
Everything is working nicely
at the State Department. Chester
Bowles will be the Undersecretary,
Dean Rusk the Secretary and
Jack Kennedy the oyersecretary."
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The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
for The New Frontier

Code Of Ethical Standards for its
leaders. @
Gov. Orville Freeman Of Min
nesota, the Secretary Of Agricul-
ture-designate, was an early Ken
nedy supporter. He put the Bos-
tonian's name in nomination at
Los Angeles in July. An outspoken
critic of the farm policies Of the
Eisenhower administration, he win
have the job Of pushing for, and
perhaps administering. the tight
controls called for in the Kennedy
farm program. @
J. Edward Day Is by all odds the
least known Of the Cabinet ap-
pointees. He was offered the Post
master General job after Repre-
sentative William Dawson, q Chi.
cago Negro, turned 1t down.
All in all, the Kennedy Cabinet
Is q moderately liberal and we'll
balanced one. No radical depar-
lures from the Eisenhower middle
way can easily be read into It,
although the Federal Govern
ment's heavy hand may get
heavier in the field Of agriculture
II the President-elect's program
Is adopted.
With sound-money man Dillon
boSSing Treasury, another Repub-
lican in charge at the Pentagon
and the common sense Mr.. Rusk
running the State Department.
the transition from one admins
tration to the other is not likely
to produce any basic changes Of
approach. at least at the outset.
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Reluctant

The younger Kennedy was re-
ported to, have been reluctant"
to accept the post because Of his
relationship to the President-elect.
but that he was finally convinced
he should accept after the two
had q 7O-minute conference
Thursday night.
In the three posts having. most
to do with national security -
State, Defense and Treasury-the
President-elect had said that par
tisan politics would play no part
in his selections. The nomina-
:ions confirmed this.
His choices for both Defense
and Treasury are. registered Re-
publicans, although the Old Guard
might point out that Mr.. McNa-
mara who, despite his name. is
a deacon Of the Presbyterian
Church, voted for Mr.. Kennedy
and, earlier. for Democratic SEN
ator Hart Of Michigan. Mr.. Dillon,
the Secretary Of State designate
is q liberal Republican.
There Is little doubt that both
Defense>and Treasury win be two
hot spots in the coming months
and years. The continuing threat
Of world communism and the dis
turbings deficit lin the Nations
balance of payments (the dollar
gap) are the reasons.
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Republican Role

With Republicans heading these
departments in q Democratic
administration, the posts will have
more national character. Many
Republicans, however, feel that
Mr.. Dillon, particularly, may be-
come the patsy" for Democratic
deficit spending and a worsening
Of the dollar situation. Both Pres
ident Eisenhower and Vice Pres
ident Nixon, however, advised him
to accept If he thought he could
thus better fight for national fiscal
responsibility.
The biggest surprise, perhaps,
was the appointment Of Mr.. Nc
Namara. who, on the day Mr..
Kennedy was elected, was named
president OF thes Ford Motor Co.
He will now leave this pinnacle Of
American. industry to grapple
with the man-defying problems
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Space: 4.
Later, Perhaps

The United States again failed,
on Thursday, to send . satellite
to the moon, as . giant Atlas
Able rocket exploded over the
Atlantic. -.
An Air Force B-52 last week
set . "clOsed course" record, fly
ing 1o,000 miles without refuel-
ing, but . Navy Neptune patrol
planes 14-year-Old mark Of
11,23e miles for open distance
remained intact.
"You gazed ct the moon and
fell In q gutter Thomas Fuller
in Gnomologia.
Six times Americas space SCI
entists have tried to send q rocket
payload to the vicinity Of the
moon and six times they have
failed. The latest disappointment,
which still leaves the United
States far behind the Soviet Union
in lunar exploration. came on
Thursday when an Atlas-Able
rocket exploded shortly after
take-off from Cape Canaveral,
Fla.
Whether the difficulties are in
the Atlas booster or in the upper
stages, is not known. One Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space
Agency efficial labeled the unsuc-
cessful shots random failures"
There is another theory that
adds up to something like, Haste
makes waste" The point here
is that some observers believe that
the desire to catch up with the
Russians has led us to try to &C
complish too much with too little.
Whatever the reasons for the
failure of this $40 million pro-
gram. it unhappily means that
the United States will not be
ready for another moon effort
until more powerful rocket COM
binations and new payloadS are
developed some time well into
next year. .-.
On Wednesday, the Air Force
announced that one of its B-52G
Jet bombers had flown a 10000
mile nonstop flight, without air
borne refueling.
While the noteworthy fight was
claimed as a record, it was one
only on a technicality. It was a
record closed-course fight. that
is, the plane took off and landed
from the the same base.
But on September 20, 1946, a
Navy Neptune P-2V patrol plane
called the Truculent Turtle landed
in Columbus, Ohio, after an H.
236-mile nonstop, nonrefueling
flight from Perth, Australia.
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In Ethiopia:
Brief Revolt

Emperor Halle Selassie yester.
day appeared to have quelled .
palace revolt I'M Adds Ababa,
launched "Wednesday while the
Emperor was I'm Brazil ON .
state visit.
The King of Kings. the Con-
quering Lion Of Judah, Halle
Selassie I, has ruled ancient
Ethiopia for more than 30 years.
AS regent Of the African empire
when his mother, the widow of
Emperor Menelik, was declared
too Ill to reign, he displayed i'm
mense political sagacity and an
iron determination.
Ethiopian politics and politi-
clans have been as closely inter-
woven with intrigue and skuldug-
gerry as any in the world. Ras
Tafari, the regent, proved. him
self q master at the game.
Shouldering aside six or eight
rivals who had perhaps as valid
claims to- the throne as himself,
he became Emperor. granted a
Continued On Page ca
Evening star., 1960-12-18

President elect Kennedy, with
. furry Of appointments, last
week completed the selection
Of his cabinet.
Senator John F. Kennedy Of
Massachusetts,, who will be In
augurated as the 35th President
of the United States on January
goth, has manned the principal
posts along his New Frontier.
Using II days more than Pres
ident-elect Eisenhower did In 1852
to select his full cabinet, he
picked with care and caution the
men he expects to help him guide
and propel the Nation forward
at an accelerated speed in the
early l960s.
The youngest President-elect in
history. at 43, he Is relying on
comparative youth In his inner
circle. He hasa 20th century cab
met, save for one man. the 81
year-old Gov. Luther II. Hodges.
Secretary Of Commerce desig-
nate. With Mr.. Hodges, the av-
erage age is A.; without him it
is As.
Here Is the full cabinet list,
completed yesterday with Mr..
Kennedy's announcement from
Palm Beach of his choice for
Postmaster General.
Secretary Of State-Dean Rusk.
81, president Of the Rockefeller
Foundation.
Secretary Of Defense-Robert s.
McNamara, A, president Of the
Ford Motor Co.
Secretary Of the Treasury-C.
Douglas Dillon, 81, Under Secre-
tary Of State in the Eisenhower
administration.
Secretary Of COmmerce-Gov.
Hodges, 50. Of North Carolina.
Secretary Of the Interior Rep
resentative Stewart H. Udall, 10.
Of Arizona.
Secretary Of Health, Education
and Welfare-Gov. Abraham Rib
icofY, so. Of Connecticut.
Secretary Of Agriculture-Gov.
Orville Freeman, %. of Minnesota.
Secretary Of LabOr-Arthur J..
Goldberg, SO, special counsel for
the AFL-CIO trade union organ
ization.
Postmaster General - ]. Ed
ward Day. IS, Los Angeles insur-
ance executive.
Attorney General - Robert F.
Kennedy. IS, brother Of President
elect Kennedy.
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A Hard Job to Fill

Aside from Attorney General,
the post which gave Mr.. Kennedy
the most difficulty in filling was
that of Secretary Of State.
The Democratic Party was
brim full Of outstanding candi-
dates for the foreign affairs post,
but the two who had seemed the
most likely. and who had the
largest individual cheering sec
tions, also were the two most
controversial. These men were
Adlai e. Stevenson, two-time loser.
to President Eisenhower. and Rep
resentative Chester Bowles.
Mr.. Kennedy apparently made
up his mind early that his ad-
ministration might get OF to q
divisive start If he chose either
Mr.. Stevenson or Mr.. Bowles.
The speculation then turned to
Senator Fulbright. chairman Of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, who is said to have
wanted the job as badly as Mr..
Stevenson had. (The Senator
may face the very formidable op-
position of Gov. Drville Faubus in
the senatorial primary in Arkan-
Sas in 1862.
While the President-elect un-
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A popUlor List

The list, generally. Is quite q
popular one. It includes two Re-
publicans. two men Of Jewish faith
and one Catholic, and three DEM
ocratic Governors.
.- But there is one controversial
figure on it. This is the President
elects brother. Bobby. who looks
S to 10 years younger than his
actual IS. His appointment marks
the first time in history Q PreSi-
dent-elect or President has ever
named q brother to Q cabinet post.
Senator Kennedy was at once
accused Of high-level nepotism.
He expected that, but he denied
1t strenuously.
According to Webster. nepotism
is: -. bestowal Of patronage
by reason Of relationship rather
than of merit"
Senator Kennedy believes that
his brothers record in the JUS
tice Department; as counsel for
the Senate Labor RacketS Com
mittee. as manager Of Q successful
presidential campaign amply sub
stantiates his capabilities for the
high post to which he has been
nominated.
He is reported to feel, too, that
no question at all would have been
raised If Bobby had not been his
brother. His advice to skeptics:
Just wait and see and Judge the
record.
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of the Pentagon and its $42 bill
lion-plus budget.
The McNamara name came up
suddenly in the cabinet specula-
ton and it was tied to Treasury
as well as Defense. Mr.. Kennedy's
decision to put him In the Penta-
gon took some courage. For years,
Democrats had roasted and ridi-
culed Secretary Charles E. VIII
son. former head Of General Mo-
tors. and Mr.. Eisenhower for
having appointed an industrial
tycoon to the Defense job. Now.
Mr.. Kenndey has turned around
and done the same thing.
Evening star., 1960-12-18
THE FOREIGN SCENE
Observation-Disclosures
In the Cold War

In Laos last week all the es-
sentiaI ingredients Of another
Korea were present as Rightist
rebels cIashed with Leftist
troops for control Of the pOlit-
ical capital, Vientiane.
Almost everything about the
mountain kingdom Of Laos has to
be estimated. For example, the
reference works state that the
population Is 2 million lestimated)
and that the total land area is
$4,000 square miles estimated. /.
In recent months it has been Gus
tomary for diplomats and news
paperimen to estimate the chances
Of Laotian independence in the
current political upheaval.
Laos was made independent
when France finally gave up the
struggle to keep Indo-C China and
compromised with the Commu-
nistS Of Ho Chi Mini to partition
the colonial area into its three
component states plus Communist
North Wet Nam. The country has
been almost literally supported by
the United States since then. Two
thirds Of the LaotiaIT budget has
been financed by American funds.
The Importance Of this little
country. and the major factor in
the relatively large United States
contribution to its support. lies in
the fact Of its strategic location.
To its south. along the meander-
ing course Of the Mekong River,
lies Thailand, staunch supporter
Of the West, member of the South
east Asia Treaty Organization,
and keystone of antl-C Communist
resistance in Southeast Asia.
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Mitchell Praise

One Of the most popular Ken
nedy selections was that Of Arthur
j. Goldberg. the union lawyer, as
his Secretary of Labor. Outgoing
Secretary Mitchell said that the
President elect could not have
made a better choice.
Mr.. Goldberg is held in high
regard by management as well as
labor. His goal is to end the cold
war" between the two groups and
find a way to bar crippling strikes
as a way to settle disputes. He
helped create the formula for
merging the AFL and CIO; fought
to rid unions Of their Communist
leadership and conceived labor's
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RedsGon

But whatever the efforts and
the expenditures, the Communist
Pathet movement, powerful
IN the mountains and valleys, has!
gained steadily In strength. And
last Saaamer q young and am
bilious 4aotian paratrooper confr
mandef, Capt. Kong lie, in q swift
and bloOdIess coup tossed out the
Premier ana Cabinet and installed
Prince Souyanna rholma as Pre-
mier. Prince Scuvanna was not
. Communist. but; he was some
thing that the Dulles-minded
American diplomats considered
almost worse- he was a neutralist.
The King Sri Savang vathana.
keeps his own counsel IN the Royal
capital Of Luang Prabang and sell
dom interferes directly with the
political capital of Vientiane.
When Prince Souvanna took over,
he accepted the fait accompli
with no outward sign Of disap-
proval.
But when Prince souvanna
began negotiations with the lead
ers Of the Pathet Lao for q coali-
ton government, things began to
happen. Under Gen. Phoumi
Nosavan, a rightist Army wing
rebelled and took the field against
Premier Prince Souyanna. United
States financial aid to Laos was
temporarily suspended pending an
appraisal Of the situation, then
resumed when the Soviet Union
promised TO take over the burden.
It was very soon apparent, even
without announcement, that the
United States was, very favorably
inclined toward the movement, Of
Gen. Nosavan, who represented
total pro- Westernism rather than
the neutralism Of Prince Souva1lna
combined with the communism Of
the Pathet Lao.
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Key Role Phrase

Mr.. Stevenson had been offered
the U. N. post the week previous,
but had declined to accept i'm
mediately because he first wanted
to see who was going to be named
Secretary of State and then talk
to him about the relationships of
their jobs. ID #,G
Mr.. Rusk. q moderate whose
forte is administration, went out
of his way ct o news conference to
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us. Accused

On Tuesday, the Soviet Union
in q formal note accused the
United States,of "encroaching on
the sovereign rights" ;of Laos by
openly supplying weapons, sup
plies and money to the Nosavan
forces. BY. this action, the note
said. the United States was vio-
lating the terms of the 1854 Ge-
neva conference declaration on
Indo- China, which ended the
civil war there.
With the approval Of King
Savang Vathana, a .Rightist re-
gime under Premier Boun Gum
was set up as the "loyalist" gov
ernment of the warning little
kingdom, and the rebel" army of
Gen. Nosavan became. in effect,
the ''loyaliSt" army of Laos. Then
came these developments:
Q The United States declared
that the Boun Gum government
had the fun support Of American
power against any threat Of "ex-
ternal aggression:
Q Thailand threatened imme-
diate military action If Commu-
mist forces from outside Laos
threatened to move to the sup
port Of the Pathet Lao and Kong
lie forces:
o SEATO officials were urging
all-out backing for the Boun Oum
regime, pointing out that Laos,
although not a SEATO member.
is included under the protective
umbrella" designed to check Com
munist expansion in Southeast
Asia;
o The United States Navy said
that feet units were patrolling
in the South China Sea; r.
. Communist China's radio Pc
king charged that American ma
val forces were preparing for in
tervention In Laos, q charge called
absurd" by the State Depart
ment in Washington:
o Smelling in the Vientiane bat
tie resulted In the destruction Of
the United States Embassy;
. More than 800 Americans. plus
FilipinoS, Thai, and Wet Namese.
were evacuated from the embat-
tied city to Bangkok. Thailand:
. The United States replied to
,xthe Sovi@ protest note by coun-
SER charge that Moscow was itself
Violating the Geneva conference
agreement by sending military
equipment to Vientiane. !, ;%st}
Evening star., 1960-12-18

including heavy artillery and
tanks. A week ago, the force faced
the troops under Capt. Kong lie
on the outskirts Of the capital.
Prince Souyanna, assessing the
odds. decided to nee. He and q
few Of hts closest aides new to
Camhodia. QUINN Polsena. who
was Minister or; Information in
the Souvanna government, then
took over as Premier. and last
week end Soviet aircraft, began
unloading supplies and equipment
at the Vientiarie Airport.
All week the forces Of. Gen.
Nosavan and Capt. Kong lie have
been locked in a struggle for the
capital. Yesterday the rebels ap-
peared to have the city well m
hand, and to have captured the
airport, thus cutting OF direct
Soviet or North Wet Namese aid
10 the Leftist forces.
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Big Neighbor

To the north, there broods the
vast land mass Of the Peoples Re-
public Of China, with some TOO
million people. aggressive inten-
tions, and the most powerful mil
itary establishment in all Asia.
To the northeast lies Communist
North Wet Nam. To the southeast
Is South Wet Nam. presently torn
by internal political diSsension
but allied with the West. Directly
south Of narrow Laos border is
Cambodia. another component Of
the former French 1ndo- China.
To lose Laos to communism
would mean, for the Western al
hance; q significant retreat. The
hammer-and- sickle would be on
the Thai borders for miles. would
loom over Cambodiss northern
frontier, and would further in
crease the already serious pres
sure on South Wet Nam from her
vigorous Communist northern
aeighbor.
E
Thus Laos has been an object
Of special attention to the United
States since independence was
achieved. The armed forces Of
the United States have sent spe-
cial military missions to train the
wiry. rugged Laotian soldiers. The
Central Intelligence Agency has
kept wary and occasionally OBJ
truSive eye on Laotian political
Developments; The international
Cooperation Administration and
the United States Information
Service have devoted millions in
both dollars and hours to this
relatively obscure little nation. =
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Acooiition

When Prince Souvanna sue
ceeded in establishing rapport
with the Pathet Lao for a coah-
ton, he was rebuffed by Gen.
Nosavan' and the rebel army be-
gan moving on Vientiane. The
rebel force has been described by
American correspondents as well
equipped with American weapons,
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Another Korea?

q Thus as the week ended, the
sLaotian cockpit looked more and
more like the potential site Of
another Korea. All the basic ele-
ments of the cold war were pres
ent and fostering. Once again a
little nation, itself unimportant,
but occupying a strategic position
in this long war of position. has
become the focal point where the
interests and the intrigues, the
forces and the finagling Of the
two giant power blocs have come
cheek-by- -jowl.
But this time there are some
hopeful signs. Whatever the course
the fighting takes in Laos. most
diplomats yesterday were predict
ling that there would be no di-
rect outside military Intervention
from either side.
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Election:
Finals

Preesident-eIect Kennedy'S
victory was super-safe last week
after . Observation-Disclosures
election beard I'm Illinois certl-
fed that States ~ electoral
votes to him.
Tomorrow that rather unknown
group known as the electoral col
lege meets to cast its ballots for
President Of the United States.
It appears now that the vote
will 60 this way: Senator Ken
nedy, 800: Vice President Nixon,
223, and Senator Byrd, IA.
The popular vote, the closest
since the 1884 Cleveland Blaine
contest, narrowed again last week
and reporters were running out
Of adequate adjectives to describe
it.
With Q total Of 90, 1882 ,818 votes
cast, Mr.. Kennedy had plurality
Of only 112,8Sl over Mr., Nixon.
During the past couple weeks
much attention has been given to
the situations In Illinois and Tex
as, where Republicans charged
vote irregularities and fraud. Now
the battles appear over. When nli-
nois' G. o. P.-dominated electoral
board last week voted to certify
the States ~ electoral votes to
Mr.. Kennedy. any chance Of deny
ing the Bostonian the presidency
virtually disappeared.
In fact, If there are any changes
In the electoral vote total, Mr..
Kennedy may very well be the
gamer. An uncompleted recount In
Hawaii has given Mr.. Kennedy a
small lead.
II Mr.. Kennedy should finally
win Hawaii's three electoral votes,
the final count would read: Ken
nedy, 303; Nixon, 220.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-09-29

CARLISLE - Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill Haycoe, of Painesville, were
weekend guests of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Mallett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Robbins
and family of Canton, visited
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wiley Robbins.
Mrs. Lucille Smith, of near
Harriettsville, spent Monday
night with Mrs. Ellen Martin
and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Miracle
were shopping in GAINESVILLE on
Friday, also visited with Mrs.
Francis Thompson, who is a
patien; in the Good Samaritan
hospital.
Mrs. Clara Mallett and other
relatives received word Saturday
of the death of Paul Birch, hus-
band of Mrs. Wilma (McBride)
Birch of Dresden.
Mrs. Anna Miracle spent Sun
day with her mother, Mrs.
Thresa Thompson, of near Mid
dleburg.
Mrs. Nose Horton visited
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Horton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Ritter
beck and son, Michael of near
San Francisco, Calf, spent a few
days the past week with his
father, Earl Ritterbeck and
grandmother, Mrs. Emma Rit-
terback and aunts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Kuhn and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Hesson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Archer and
children, of Woodsfield, Mr.. and
Mrs Everett Mallett and children
Of New Concord, spent Saturday
with Lawrence Mallett and Mrs.
Dorothy Archer.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bettinger
and Ronnie, Cynthia and JET
fiery, Mr.. and Mrs. Zaile Martin
and son, Stephen spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow
Crum and family, of Graysville.
Several from here including