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Evening star., 1960-02-21
Cuban Affairs:
Closer Look

During the week II was dis
closed that United States rela-
tions with Fidel Castro's Cuba
are undergoing a very close
scrutiny; that the extent Of
Soviet Cuban economic CO.
operation is wider than sup
posed when Deputy Premier
MikOyan went home, and that
an executive order Thursday
tightened barriers to illegal
shipments of arms to Cuba and
other Latin American nations.
With Ambassador to Cuba Philip
w. Bonsal still in Washington for
consultations, the State Depart
ment has been taking a long and
careful look at the curious sit
uation in Cuba. There was appar-
emily no sense of urgency or haste
in the administrations re-evalua-
tion Of the probable future course
OF United StateS-Cuban relations.
Much of the rising concern with
the phenomena of Fidel CaStro's
regime stems from a serious fear
that Communist influences in the
revolutionary government are con-
Siderably stronger than had been
believed earlier. The recent visit
OF Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas
I. Mikoyan and the resulting trade
and-creditS deal has officials wor-
ried, not that normal trade be-
tween Cuba and the Soviet bloc
is assured, but that closer relations
may well be in the offing.
On Friday the State Department
admitted ruefully that a light
plane carrying explosives that
crashed near Havana last week
had taken off from a Florida air.
field. The American Charge DAT
taires in Havana was instructed
to convey the sincere regrets" of
the United States to Cuba's For
eign Office. The crashed plane. it
was revealed, had filed a flight
plan for trip inside the United
States. Two men died in the
crash, both American citizens, the
Cubans said.
In another move to reassure
Mr. Castro and other leaders in
Latin America. the President last
week authorized the FBI to seize
and hold illegal arms shipments of
all kinds. Mr.. Castro has ac-
cuSed American officials of con-
niving at arms shipments to his
Recent disclosure of Sc
rlous unrest in the Dominican Re
public also lent urgency to the
illegal arms order.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Defense:
'AWesome|

President Eisenhower last
Wednesday angriIy hit back at
critics who suggest he has de.
Hberately misled the American
people on the adequacy of our
defenSes.
Senator Symington renewed
on Friday earlier charges that
the administration was not be.
Ing frank with the public on
the missile gap"
If NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
that I have deliberately misled
the American people. I'd like to
tell him to his face what 1 think
OF him. This is a charge that I
think is despicable. Our de.
tense is not only strong, It il
aWeSome. and it Is respected
elsewhere"
Thus did President Eisenhower
reply in his angrieSt tones vet ia
critics who maintain that the
United States is headed for great
peril because of inadequate de.
fense preparations.
The President did not cite anv
OF these critics by name nor, a.
far as is known, have any critics
accused him personally of de.
noerately misleading the public
Why then the display of presi.
Dental umbrage?
A couple weeks ago, Senator
Symington Of Missouri, a con.
tender for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination, declared that
the administration was publicly
presenting misleading information
on Soviet missile strength. In
making the charge, grave even
during an election year, he as
serted that the intelligence books
were being juggled to balance the
budget books"
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Production Danger

Without mentioning directly
the first French atomic explosion,
which took place a week ago yes
terday in the Sahara, Mr.. Herter
called attention to the danger
that "the proliferating production
Of nuclear weapons might even
tually enable any country, how
ever irresponsible, to secure these
weapons. We are not so concerned
with regard to the free nations
that might be the next to produce
nuclear weapons. But we are con-
cerned lest the spread become
wholly uumanageable. The more
nations that have the power to
trigger of a nuclear war. the
greater the chance that some ma
ton might use this power in haste
or blind folly"
The Secretary, in warning of
the ever-preSent dangers of an
"accidentar' war. was undermining
once again the United States
position that disarmament agree
ment ought first of all to provide
reasonable guarantees against sur
prise attack. Such guarantees, he
said, would have to include zones
for aerial and mobile ground in
spection," proposal that the
Soviet Union has heretofore either
rejected or limited in scope to an
unworkable extent.
To many observers. the Secre-
tary's address. was an indication
that both the Soviet bloc and the
West are ready, albeit with max
imum of caution, to move toward
wary disarmament in a series of
stages. So far as slogans and basic
positions are concerned, there has
been no practical change in either
oloc's position for years. But there
is dlscernible realization that
the military power balance has
shifted and continues to shift.
and that for the immediate future
neither side has anything to gain
and has everything to lose by a
nuclear war, "miscalculated" or
otherwise.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Politics.:
TheCosh

The Humphrey Kennedy con-
test for Wisconsin delegates
began warming up last week,
with campaign spending an
issue.
Senator Humphrey. "the poor
mans candidate" and Senator
Kennedy, the millionaire, are
engaged in a bit of a ruckus over
campaign spending in Wisconsin.
Mr.. Humphrey has been grous-
ing about the fact that he doesn't
have much money for campaign
ing while he charges, in effect,
that Mr.. Kennedy is tossing money
about like a Texas Gilman with
a new gusher on his hands.
Last week. after landing in his
new twin-engined campaign air.
plane, Mr.. Kennedy offered his
opponent treaty" to limit
spending in the Wisconsin pri-
mary, race considered crucial
py DOM men. In TACT, Mr.. Ken
nedy said he would accept any
figure Mr.. Humphrey might pro-
pose.
Clearly. this is one that must
be thought over-that was the
Humphrey reaction apparent in
his campaign headquarters rather
evasive reply to Mr.. Kennedy:
I'VE will be happy to sit down
and agree on a maximum figure
If it doesn't take too much time
away from our efforts to raise
the minimum"
Later. Mr.. Humphrey, after due
thought, branded the Kennedy
offer "phoney as a SO bill" He
implied that it would be of little
use to watch expenses from now
on, that the important money had
already been spent.
From way down in Costa Rica
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Atomic Tests:
Robot tCheck?

The administration disclosed
that a serious study is under
way on the efficiency of un-
manned robot" seismic stations
in checking on underground nu-
clear explosions.
With France now a member of
the nuclear club and planning fur
ther nuclear testing in the Sahara,
the conferees at Geneva on ways
and means of enforcing ban on
further tests had a new induce
ment to agree. But the issue of
underground testing continued to
deadlock the talks.
The United States, insisting that
present detection methods would
fail to spot smaller underground
blasts, is experimenting with robot
seismic detectors. A system of
these robots placed at strategic
locations, scientists believe, would
register explosions less than one
kiloton $1,000 tons of INT in size.
But the Soviet Union is cool to
the idea. Semyon K. Tsarapkin,
Evening star., 1960-02-21

Secretary Gates said he was "star.
tied and stunned" by the publica.
ton. He set up a high-level com.
mlttee to investigate all service
manuals. Air Force Secretary
Sharp ordered a check to see who
was responsible for writing and
approving 1t. He ordered the man.
ual withdrawn.
RepercuSSions on Capitol HiU
came quickly and furiously. Sew.
eral congressional committees an.
nounced their intentions Of look
ing into the matter and a House
Armed Services Subcommittee said
it planned broad check on mill.
tary manuals Of all the services
The manual was not without
its defenders and the Air Force
was belted by them for withdraw,
ing it.
Chairman Walter of the House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee said the manual was correct"
in citing evidence Of "inf1ltration
Of fellow travellers into churches"
And an official of the American
Council of Christian Churches
which represents Is fundamen,
talist Protestant denomination
said he was shocked" by the sup.
preston" of the manual because
the charges contained in it can
more than be substantiated."
But while these defenders may
be correct in their declarations
that fellow travellers, indeed, have
inflltrated some churches, this il
no excuse for the distortions, ex.
aggerations. innuendoes and fatu.
GUS statements which appear in
the manual.
Perhaps the investigations ale
ready slated will help repair soma
OF the damage and prevent such
exceSses in the future.
Evening star., 1960-02-21

peace. elimination Of colonialiSm,
abolition of all forms Of oppres-
sion, and prohibition Of nuclear
weapons menacing the life Of
humanity" The reporter who
described President Eisenhower's
recent trip as Around the World
in 80 Platitudes" could have
described Mr.. Khrushchev's as
Around the World in 40. :"
Mr.. Eisenhower himself was pre-
pairing last week for his swing
through Latin America. And he
took sharp issue at his press con-
ference Wednesday with critics
who have charged that the Ma
tion's defenses have been neglec-
ted. (See the National Scene on
this pagel Tonight the Presi-
dent plans to discuss American
security and strength in a Is
minute report on what he plans
and expects of his South Ameri-
can tour.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
A Long Bottle

Although Senator johnson, an
aspirant for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination, said he would
call Saturday sessions and longer
ones on weekdays, the Senate
probably will not be able to pass
a rights bill before debate begins
in the House. This probably
means that the Senate will wait
on the House measure, while at
the same time continuing its own
debate.
The battle will be bitter and
long drawn out. But there is
hardly an observer on Capitol Hill
who believes that Congress will
not send a civil rights measure
to President Eisenhower before
it packs off to the political con-
ventions in July.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Berlin Issue:
No Change

New passes issued to men,
bers Of Western military mis-
sionS In East Germany were
rejected by Britain, the United
States and France last week as
unacceptable, since their word
ing implied East German
sovereignty.
BY all the available signs, the
chiefs -of-s state who will meet at
the summit in May will be poles
apart on the subject of Germany
and the future of West Berlin.
Again last week, the Soviet Union
let 1t be known that its previous
inSiStence that the West recognize
the German Democratic Republic
East Germany as a sovereign
nation is still very much in force.
The occasion for the latest re-
assertion of Soviet intent on Ger
many was the issuance by the
East German regime of new passes
for the American, British and
French military missions in Pots
dam. The passes were returned
because they implied indirect ac-
Acknowledgement Of the authority
of the East German government
over Allied personnel. It was said
unofficially that the three liaison
missions would be withdrawn
rather than accept the wording
Of the East German passes.
Shortly after the Allied action,
the Soviet Embassy in Bonn, West
Germany's capital. called a press
conference. Newsmen were given
copies Of a memorandum by Am
baSSador Andrei I. Smirnov reit-
Grating Soviet insistence that East
Germany would be given control
OF Allied access routes to West
Berlin unless the Big Three accept
Moscow's proposal for separate
peace treaties with both East and
West Germany.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
A Time for Realism

There could be little doubt that
the VESTS acceptance of serious
disarmament discussions with the
Soviet Union, and with Poland.
CzechoSlovakla, Bulgaria and Ro-
mania, represented a realistic ap-
pralsal of the Communist bloc's
military might so spectacularly
demonstrated by Soviet successes
IN missiles, Sputniks and space.
But Mr.. Herter added something
more: "Spiraling competition in
strategic delivery systems
proliferating production of nuclear
weapons" as compelling reasons
why the world-all of it-must
take steps right now to erect safe
guards against surprise attack and
against mistakes and miscalcula-
tons which might precipitate a
nuclear holocaust without either
side really intending that this
should happen"
There were no significant de-
partures from United States pol-
Icy Of the past indicated in Mr..
HerterS address. He stressed once
again the interest of the United
States in effective inspection pro-
cedures. No disarmament agree
ment. he said in effect, would be
acceptable to the United States
unless it was specified in advance
that the parties to the accord
would have the free and unques-
toned right to check physically
on the good faith of the other
The Secretary told his hearers
that Soviet insiStence on hollow
slogans" such as "ban the (nu-
clear) bomb: "cut armed forces
by one third; give up foreign
bases" would be a certain indica-
ton that Moscow'S sincerity in
seeking an end to the arms race
was highly questionable. To
achieve arms control, he warned,
was no short-term task. Reduc-
tions and cutbacks must be re-
ciprocal and not based alone
upon another nations promise.
Our deeds will only be done in
step with verifiable deeds of others.
We will insist on inspection pro-
cedures that will permit verifca-
tlon," Mr.. Herter declared,
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Drive Goes Forward

Last week, in both the Senate
and the House, the drive to cor
rect this situation went forward.
AS coming events cast their
shadows before, these congress
sional actions portend the passage
Of a moderately strong civil rights
bill which will include the ad-
ministration's voting referee"
plan, or something much like it.
This is what happened
In the Senate. Majority Leader
johnson. fulfilling a 1859 pledge
and shedding his Southern label,
opened Senate debate on civil
rights on Monday. tnasmuch as
no rights bill had yet cleared a
Senate committee or had one been
received from the House, the tall
Texan called up minor measure
on another matter which had al
ready been passed by the House
and opened 1t to civil rights
amendments.
Southerners Immediately pro-
tested, with Senator Russell of
Georgia denouncing the johnson
maneuver as a "lynching of or
derly procedure. But a roll call
vote on a Russell plan to delay
debate for week was crushed, 81
to %. -
The size of the vote was sig
niflcant. 1t indicated that the
Senate rights proponents could
apply cloture, or limit on debate,
If genuine filibuster is under
taken by the fighting mad South
ernerS.
In the House. The Rules Com
mittee, headed by Representative
Smith Of Virginia, had bottled up
moderate rights measure held
over from last year. On Wednes-
day, the committee finally cleared
1t for floor action by a vote OF
Z to 4. Four Republicans, led by
Illinois Representative Allen, who
some say got the go-ahead from
the White House. and three Demo-
Gratis combined to do the Job. Four
Democrats. all Southerners, voted
in opposition.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
THE FOREIGN SCENE
The FOREIGN SCENE
Prospect of War by Mistake
Spur to Realistic Disarmament

Last "Wednesday Secretary Of
State Herter, speaking at the
National Press Club, called on
the Soviet Union to help pre-
vent . war by miscalculation."
Four nations-the United States,
the Soviet Union, Britain and
France-now possess the nuclear
weapon. Three of these are in
alliance against the possibility of
aggression by the fourth. There
Is every possibility, even certainty,
that the four members of the "nu-
clear club" will be joined, willingly
or not. by others in the near
future.
In his first appearance before
the National Press Club since his
acceptance of the post of Secre-
tary Of State, Mr.. Herter talked
OF the awesome prospects of a
'war by mistake" He was in dead
earnest, and he declared that the
risks in the present circumstances
of the cold war and the arms
race were Unacceptable"
Only the wholehearted and
sincere participation of the Soviet
Union. he told the assembled
newsmen. could help to safe
guard the world and mankind
against the everyday threat of
war by miscalculation." And Mr..
Herter expressed his belief that
the Soviet leaders were fully
aware of the risks involved, and
were ready to do something about
them.
The Secretary'S pointed re-
marks were plainly an opening
move in a very serious Western
campaign to get Soviet co-opera-
ton toward an effective and en-
forceable disarmament agreement.
On March IS, the representatives
OF 10 nations will meet at Geneva
in a special disarmament confer
ence. Mr.. Herter told the Soviet
leaders in his Wednesday talk
that they would find the West
ready for serious negotiation.
Evening star., 1960-02-21

came the voice Of Adlai Steven
son, a possible draft choice for
the Democratic nomination, to
join the debate. Mr.. Stevenson,
who may see Mr.. Kennedy as the
most dangerous threat to a draft
Stevenson" movement, told re-
porters that "the amount of
money being spent" on Mr.. Ken
nedy'S presidential campaign is
phenomenal, probably the highest
amount spent on a campaign in
history"
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Charges Repeated

On Friday, the Senator, un.
daunted by the Presidents com.
bative words, repeated his mis-
leading" charge on the floor of
the Senate.
Mr.. Eisenhower will get a
chance to get in some more licks
OF his own tonight. He will speak
to the Nation over radio-TV. He
will discuss national defense az
well as his coming tour Of Latin
America. Whether he will be able
to clear away much Of the con-
fusion brought about by weeks Of
charges and counterchargeS on
our defense position in the IS
minutes he will be on the air il
hard to predict. It is almost
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Evening star., 1960-02-21
Travelling Khrushchev

On the other side of the world
and the cold war, Soviet Premier
Khrushchev was in Indonesia,
where he declared that his mighty
nation and newly independent
1ndonesia stood together for
Evening star., 1960-02-21

the Soviet delegate at Geneva,
said: I'VE simply believe there is
no need for robot stations in ad-
dition to the control posts"
The Soviet opposition, observers
believe, stems from the familiar
Soviet reluctance to permit too
many foreigners inside her bor-
ders. The robot stations, it was
pointed out. would have to be
serviced frequently even though
requiring no operating personnel.
Evening star., 1960-02-21

rights advocates are expected to
unite behind 1t.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01
The Spiney Hat

The horned toad Was sitti, 8 us.
derneath the sage brush Why are
you crying little boy?" asked the
horned toad. The 10Y SaIu L am
crying because the Liant Is gong
to eat me. He Is gong 70 at
me up
The horned Toan said - lean
help you. take this and p1t 1t
or your mead" H. cave Il. boy
his hat whlc hhad many sharp
spines. The boy thanked the horn
ed toad and went back to the
giants camp with the wood.
tell you to do SO te DO, trak-
ed the horend toad al We, ack
the giants camp Nth the wood.
The giant was mao because the
boy had taken so lone to gather
the wood. He told the boy to put
the WOO dinto the hole and start
he fire. When the boy dropped
the wood the giant saw the horn
ed toad's spined hat. The giant
jumped UP and started backing
away from the little boy. The
giant begged the boy to take off
the hat. He said that he was not
going to eat the boy. He said
Don't come near me! Don't
come! Take that hat off and throw
it away" The boy Just pulled the
hat down tighter over his head.
The giant kept b a C kl 6
down. AS he fell he cried out.
"A kid, A-kid. kid. kid. T h e
giant made a big noise when the
giant back was broken. The boy
went back to the horned toad
and returned the spiney hat. He
thanked the toad again and went
down from the mesa He went
back to his mothers camp. He
went home where his mother and
father lived. There the boy lived
happily ever after.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01
Need New School

boarding and IA day pupils aged
{ through IL will be built at this
location.
There will be a 9-classroom school
building, multi-purpose room,
128-pupil dormitories, powerhouse
and heating plant, 50 sets of quar-
ters, fire house and other facilities
provided in the construction.
When the Branch of Plant De-
sign and Construction determined
that the old school site was not
adequate for the expansion and
that it would be economically
more feasible to select a new site
for this purpose, we called a meet
ing On February S, 1854 of the
people of Shonto community and
representatives of other activities
concerned at the site of the pres
ent school. The proposed expan-
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01

The Bureau of Indian Affairs
has been operating a school at
Shonto, Arizona since 1882 on a
site located in a canyon. The en-
rollment of the school is GA board
ing pupils. Also located in the
canyon is trading post, a chap
ter house, and several residences
belonging to Navajos.
The canyon is narrow at this
point, and there is not enough
land available 70 accomplish the
school expansion required. The
present school facilities are either
old and obsolete or are>of tenn
porary nature. Even though there
was enough suitable land to ex-
pand the present school, the fac
ilities would be OF little economic
value to the project.
During Fly 1862 a school for Is
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01

GANADO - Interested Ganado
residents have appointed COM
mittee Of three to canvas the
community to raise money for a
repeater converter ana power
plant to relay television programs
into the area.
The committee named at a
meeting presided over by Howard
German, Navajo tribal council de-
legate from the Gando area, con-
sists of Joseph A. Poncel, Gan
ado Mission superintendent: Clyde
These, Round Top Trading post,
and Ray Miller. Canada elemen-
tary school maintenance engineer
1t has been estimated the cost
of the project will be about ST.
600. Considered for tapping are
Channels four and six frora AL
buquerque.
After a survey, a hill four miles
southwest of here has been sell
ected as the best side for re-
ton of the installation, German
indicated the Navajo tribe might
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01
More Navajo Pupils
To Attend School

PAGE THREE NAVAJO TIMES
A 2O-year contract to provide
public school facilities for 100 Ma
vajo children has been signed by
Bureau of Indian Affairs. N e w
Mexico State Board of Education
and the Albuquerque Public
Schools.
This brings to $50 the number
of Indian children attending pub
lie schools here. The bureau said
its goal is to give as many Indian
children as possible their educa-
ton in wholly integrated schools.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01
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sion program and the problem of
developing the project at the
present site was explained to
them. With agreement that there
was not enough land in the can
yon the group moved to three
other possible locations where the
development could be accomplish
They finally agreed by a vote of
1871, Navajos only of the COM
munity voting, that the site ap-
proximately l mile from the Shon-
to Trading Post and "a mile nor
therly from the entrance to Shonto
Canyon be set aside for the school.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1960-11-01
Officer Sworn I'm

Fort Defiance Police District :
officers of the Navajo Police Be-
nevolent Association were sworn
on October 81. 1860. permanent
into office at Fort Defiance Police
Headquarters by the honorable
Virgil l.. Kirk, President: Herbert
Goldtooth, Secretary Treasurer
Mrs. Helen Brown, and Chairman
of Recreation Committee Captain
Clarence M. Hawthorne. Present
at the ceremony were District
Captains Edward Boggio, James
Smith, Clarence Hawthorne and
Erwin Bowman, Division Com.
manders present we're: William
Collins, R. Neil Moore. Kena
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