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Health Plan

A second welfare plan which
was debated heatedly in Con-
greSS last year. but never really
got close to passage concerned
Federal medical aid to the aged.
Most members agree that some-
thing should be done. But there is
a sharp split, between liberal Dem
ocrats who prefer use of the social
security system to administer and
finance the plan, and Republic
cans who want a purely voluntary
plan, financed through aid to the
States.
First reports from Capitol Hill.
now that Mr.. Kennedy has pre-
sented his SIS billion-a-year
social security health plan, indi-
cate that once again the fight
will be most bitter over the COM
pulsory versus voluntary ap-
proach.
But there is an additional argu-
ment likely to pressed nearly as
hard by the opposition. This is
that the social security tax, which
would be increased to pay for new
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Missiles:
Gap orNo Gap

Defense Secretary Mcnamara,
during \ background" meeting,
told reporters on Monday that
new defense studies had tenta-
lively found that no real mis-
siIe gap" exists. The White
House denied the stories and, on
Wednesday, President Kennedy
asserted that he did not know
whether there was a gap and
would not know until his Penta-
gOn advisers complete the
studies two weeks hence.
Republican congressional lead
ers, in "Ike-was-right" state
ments, demanded Democratic
apologies to former President
Eisenhower for what they called
election campaign charges on
our military strength.
OF all the controversies which
have thundered over the American
political scene in the last two
years. by all odds the one concern
ing the so-called missile gap"
ranks as the most confusing.
In addition, it is, perhaps,
basically the least meaningfulN
Events of last week, involving
Spokesmen of the new Kennedy
administration, produced new and
compounded confusion which be-
clouds further the larger and truly
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Republicans Attack

There was little wonder, there
fore. that Republican politicos
quickly opened up with a barrage
OF taunts and denunciations of
the Democratic military critics
after the first stories emanating
from the Mcnamara dinner ap-
peared Tuesday morning.
The White House moved fast
too. After a long meeting with
various top-level Government
public relations men and a con-
ference with President Kennedy
Pierre Salinger, the White House
press secretary, labeled the stories
inaccurate" He did not 90 into
details.
Mr.. Kennedy had his oppor-
tunity to clear up the confusion
at his news conference Wednes-
day morning. He chose not to
meet the missile-gap issue head
on.
Until current Pentagon studies
are completed and Mr.. McNa-
mara reports to him on February
20. he said, it would be "prema-
ture to reach judgment" as to
whether there is gap or not a
gap.
The President said something
else which gives promise that
when he does speak on the ade-
quacy of our military forces he
Will emphasize not the mere
numbers of ICBMs we have and
what we think the Russians have,
but rather the adequacy of our
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May Be Delayed

The President, who called it "a
very modest proposal cut to meet
absolutely essential needs denied
that his was a plan for socialized
medicine. He noted that every
person would be able to choose his
own doctor and hospital. q
The talk on Capital Hill is
that Congress may not even take
up health legislation this year
because. the report goes. there is
so much other work to be con-
sidered. Another. more cynical ex-
PLANTATION also has been heard:
The measure. sure to be popular
among the more than Is million
Americans who are IS or older,
will be saved for the election
year Of 1862.
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Total Power Stressed

Mr.. McElroy emphasized that
he was comparing our firm plans
as against a potential capability
for the Russians; that we saw
no wisdom in producing great
numbers Of our early-model, COM
plex and vulnerable Atlas and
Titan liquid-fueled rockets, and
that, in any case, long-range mis-
siles were only one type Of weapon
to consider in any test Of power
a reference to our big lead in jet
bombers, carrier attack planes and
tactical aircraft. among other
items.
Democratic alarmists in the
Senate, who three years earlier
yelled wolff" over a bomber gap
which never materialized, seized
on the McElroy declaration to
warn about a dangerous missile
gap"-emphasizing only the num-
bers Of long-range ballistic mis-
siles the United States and Rus
Sia would have in the 196O-64
period.
Little attention was paid to the
fact that Mr.. McElroy was COM
pairing firm American plans for
ICBMs against numbers the Rus
slams could produce. Our bomber
and carrier forces were virtually
lost sight of and the Polaris sub
marine rocket system all but
ignored as the slippery slogan,
missile gap" was picked up and
shouted from one end of the coun-
try to the other.
Democratic candidates, includ-
ing John F. Kennedy, raised the
gap" question repeatedly during
the campaign. The Republicans,
including President Eisenhower,
did not deny that the Russians
might at some point have more
ICBMs than we, but insisted that
there would be no deterrent gap"
that we would always have the
necessary force to deter a Rus
sian attack or destroy the Soviet
Union If war came.
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Wages

Last year, the then Senator
Kennedy helped guide $1.25-an-
hour minimum wage bill through
the Senate. That is as far as
it got. The House watered it
down-to $1.15-and it died in
joint conference. Things are diff
ferent this year-in some respects.
The recession is widely acknowl-
edged to exist and to be getting
worse. And Mr.. Kennedy, Of
course. is now President.
On Tuesday, he called on Con-
gress to enact legislation to raise
the minimum wage from its cur
rent (set in 1889 level Of SLAM
hour to SIPS in three stages over
a two-year period. In addition,
4.3 million new workers would be
covered.
Few persons would argue with
this Kennedy contention, con-
tanned in his letter on the subject
to Speaker Rayburn:
Our Nation can i'll afford to
tolerate the growth Of an under
privileged and underpaid class.
Substandard wages lead neceS-
sarily to substandard living condi-
tions, hardship and distress"
Nevertheless. the President and
his supporters face formidable
hurdles in the way Of congress
sional enactment, because in some
ways things are the same as they
were last year:
The conservative Republican,
Southern Democratic coalition, de-
feated so narrowly on the Rules
Committee expansion fight. is de-
termined to show its true strength
when the inconvenient issue OF
the prestige of the beloved Speaker
is not posed so sharply.
One thing Mr.. Kennedy Will
have to explain. more persuasively
than he has, if he can, is this:
How can wages be raised at a
time when he insists. convincingly,
that American industry must be-
come more competitive in foreign
markets If our balance OF pay
nnentS deficit is to be corrected?
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Administrations Program

LEGISLATION ALREADY REQUESTED:
To broaden Social Security by allowing reduced retire.
for g. increasing minimum benefits and
benefits to aged widows
To increase the minimum from $lan-hor s25an-hour
two-year period.
extend the obless benefits
have out.
offspring Of needy unemployed
To aid depressed chronic unemployment improve their
economic climate.
provide medical aged Security improve
child health and finance medical research training.
LEGISLATION EXPECTED THIS YEAR.
To housing Federal department Of urban
affairs school teachers salaries
unemployment compensation system and the develop
ment Of natural ..-
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MeNomoro's Baptism

Last Monday night the hullaba-
loo began all over again. Defense
Secretary Mcnamara, lately the
president Of the Ford Motor Co.,
got his baptism Of fire via the
delicate and volatile Washington
institution Of the background"
press briefing.
On his invitation, a group of
Pentagon reporters met with him
at dinner to discuss the general
military picture. While various at
tendees may have given slightly
different shadings as to what the
44-year-old Secretary told them,
there is uanimity on these points:
. There is, today. no real missile
gap and, at any rate, the number
Of operational long-range ballis-
tic missiles on either side is not
now very significant.
. There is no firm evidence in
United States possession that the
Russians have embarked on
crash" program to rush produc-
ton Of great numbers Of ICBMs.
. The Kennedy administration
is confident that no destruction
gap exists today and is deter
mined that none shall ever exist.
This added up to a substantial
confirmation of the Eisenhower
Republican position. In his state
of-the-Union message on Janu-
ary IL, Mr.. Eisenhower declared:
I'VE must not return to the
crash program psychology of the
past when each new feint by the
Communists was responded to in
panic. The bomber gap of sew
eral years ago was always a fic-
tion, and the missile gap shows
every sign of being the same"
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Intensified Drive on Recession

President Kennedy last week
pressed his war ON the recess
sion, sending Congress plans for
an increased minimum wage,
medical aid to the aged through
Social Security and ending the
balance of payments deficit.
In his State-of-the-U Union mes
sage on January 80, President
Kennedy indicated that in some
areas Of national interest things
likely would get worse before they
got better.
# he had in mind the economic
situation, the sluggish business
activity and unemployment, he
already is a prophet.
Last week, even as he moved in
his own directions-via executive
action and requests for legisla-
tion-the words he had used to
describe the state Of the economy
were being underscored by dis
couraging developments and eval-
uations:
. Secretary Of the Treasury
Dillon, q Republican. estimated
that instead Of the modest $79
million surplus former President
Eisenhower predicted for fiscal
1861, the budget would show a
deficit of 81 billion.
Q Autom m bile manufacturers,
saddled with large inventories.
continued to lay off workers by
the thousands. .... ...
o The Federal Government des-
ignated IS more major industrial
areas as substantial unemploy-
ment zones. Now 76 Of the Ma
tion's $50 largest industrial cities
have at least per cent jobless
rate. AS total unemployment rose
to $685., 900 in January, a postwar
record for the month, a Labor
Department official described the
picture as darker than at any time
since the early 1940S.
Q Labor Secretary Goldberg, off
on a five-day inspection Of dis
tressed areas, said in Chicago on
Friday that we are in q full
fledged recession" and that II
think it's time to say this and say
it in no uncertain terms"
o The outflow Of gold. while
smaller than in most weeks in
many months, increased from So
million the week before to S26
million for the seven days ending
last Thursday. Our gold holdings
are now at $l7.415, ,000. 900. the
lowest since 1899.
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vital question of the relative mill
tary strengths Of the United
States and the Soviet Union.
First, what is the missile gap"
and the background of the argu-
ment which has swirled around it
since January, 1859?
The phrase grew out Of state
ments by former Defense Secretary
McElroy that in the early 1960s
the Russians would be able to
produce, if they decided to exert
a maximum, highly accelerated ef-
fort, about three times as many
intercontinental ballistic missiles
0CBMs) as the United States
planned to produce in this period.
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The Activity

While conservative businessmen
muttered that Mr.. Kennedy was
moving too far and too fast and
liberal union leaders complained
that he was doing too little for
labor and planned to do too much
for industry. Mr.. Kennedy pro-
ceeded apace in his effort to re-
verse the economic slump.
He moved on two fronts, execu-
tive and legislative. Among the
executive actions he took was to
send Mr.. Goldberg on his In
spection trip and to direct the
Internal Revenue Service to speed
up some 81 billion in income tax
returns in order to stimulate busi-'
ness with new consumer spending.
In the legislative area. he sent
Congress three messages during
the week, each Of which con-
cerned the domestic economy.
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Sharing the Load

Reflecting the ideas Of John K.
Galbraith, Harvard economist and
Kennedy adviser. the President
held that I'VE must place maxi
mum emphasis on expanding our
exports" This means keeping
costs and prices down.
Specifically, Mr.. Kennedy asked
Congress to limit to 500 the
amount Of goods tourists could
bring home tax free. They are
presently allowed $500 worth.
This could save up to 5000 million.
He also urged that the Federal
Reserve Board be empowered to
set higher interest rates for saw
ingS kept here by foreign govern
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unemployment compensation un-
der another Kennedy proposal,
should not be given a double hike.
Under the Kennedy plan. more
than IA million persons over IS
who are presently covered by So
cial Security could qualify for
aid. The financing would come
in the form Of a one-quarter OF
/ per cent in payroll taxes now
paid by employers and employees.
The tax furthermore would ap-
ply to the first $4,000 rather than
to the present $4,000.
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Backed by Soviet

Lumumba was elected the first
Premier of the newly independent
Congo last summer. After he was
depoSed by President Joseph Kas-
avubu, he still held the support
Of the Congo Parliament, which
has been dissolved. His cause is
backed by the Soviet Union, all
the nations of the Communist
bloc, and many Afro-ASan ma
tions.
At the United Nations Friday,
the Security Council was asked
to investigate the facts Of Lumum-
ba'S escape. The Soviet delega-
tion and ten other nations re-
Quested the action. charging that
the Tshombe regime in Katanga
had organized" the escape as
cover for some more sinister deed.
President Kasavubu took steps
last week to strengthen his gov
ernment's claim to legality. In an
executive order, he restored the
powers of government to the cabi-
net. abolishing the rule Of Gen.
Joseph Mobutu and his appointed
committee Of experts. In the
restored parliamentary govern
ment, Mr.. Kasavubu left open
several ministries which he hoped
would be accepted by dissidents
such as Mr.. Tshombe, who has
declared Katanga independent. {.
Asks Mandate
The U. N. debate on the Congo
was comparatively quiet last week
while United States Ambassador
Adlai Stevenson and the Soviet
Ambassador, Valentin Zorin, con-
ferred together on a possible area
of agreement. In washington.
Secretary of State Rusk at his
first press conference called for
clarifying or strengthened
mandate" for the U. N. in the
Congo crisis.
Hopes that a United States
backed proposal for disarming the
Congolese army and promoting
coalition government (Which
would almost certainly have in
cluded Mr.. Lumumba) were dim
med by the almost universal re-
lection of the idea by all the
Congo factions.
Earlier in the week, Mr.. Steven
son, following several talks with
Mr.. Zorin and other U. N. dele
gates, expressed the cautious hope
that "a consensus" was developing
on the best steps for a solution
to the threatening Congo problem.
But last night the real question
was where is Lumumba?".
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Dollar Gop

In a dramatic announcement
last November, Mr.. Eisenhower
ordered emergency steps taken to
reduce by about 81 billion-a-year
the amount of money the United
States Government was spending
abroad. The reason: A serious
balance of payments deficit, even
though exports exceeded imports
by a substantial margin.
One of the Eisenhower orders
was to begin cutting in half the
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TheCoId War;:
A A'Breother'

Last week the Kennedy admin
istratiOn began q systematic
probing of the mind of the
Kremlin. The object: What
can we expect from Moscow. so
we will know better how to shape
our policy?
There are diplomats and states
men in the Western nations who
believe firmly that the Communist
world is determined to conquer
the non Communist, by fair means
or foul, by hook or crook. But
they seem these days to be out
numbered by colleagues who in
sist that. some effective and re-
liable degree of peaceful coexist-
ence" can be realized, provided
both parties to the cold war are
willing to try.
Provided" That word, the
measure of mutual distrust, has
thus far kept the two power blocs
apart as effectively as a mile
high stone wall. Each side, in
Moscow as we'll as in Washing
ton, seeks diligently to plumb the
true intentions and the depth Of
sincerity of the other.
Since the election Of John F.
Kennedy as President Of the United
States last November, the attitude
OF the Communist bloc nations to-
ward the possible future course OF
United States foreign policy can
best be described as one of "sus-
picious optimism. The emphasis,
perhaps, is still heavily on the
word suspicious" 1t is not yet
possible to describe the cautious
approach of the Communist lead
ers to the new administration as
guarded" optimism because the
few patterns traced thus far have
been somewhat confusing, even to
an expert in modern art.
u. S. Cautious, Too
On the American side, there is
even more caution. To the al
ready-existing factor of deep-set
distrust existing in high circles
of ultimate Soviet intentions, there
must be added the sensitivity Of
brand-new administration that
Is overwhelmingly anxious that it
make no mistakes at the very out
set Of its terrifying term Of re-
sponsibility.
Basically, the cardinal need Of
Mr.. Kennedy. Secretary of State
Rusk, and the other top men
burdened with the awesome task
Of life-or-death decisions is to
know the mind of Nikita Khru-
shchev. What are his real goals? ?
Does he sincerely seek detente
with the West, or does he make
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peaceful propaganda while his ac-
tions promote strife in Asia, in
Africa, in Latin Amerca2
Last week the careful tread Of
the administration was indicated
in the disclosure that the Soviet
Union has been urged, through
diplomatic channels, to refrain
from provoking new tensions
while the Kennedy team seeks to
find its bearings.
In effect, Soviet Ambassador
Mikhail Menshikov was advised,
the Soviet Union ought to exercise
a diligent restraint for few
months while the new President
and his advisers (almoSt an en-
tirely new management, made up
Of fresh minds and fresh faces)
take a close look at the legacy
they inherited on January 20.
Tougher Line?
If this admonition goes un-
needed, the Kennedy managers
have warned, and the Communist
bloc adds new crises to those al
ready existing in Laos, in Cuba,
in the Congo, in Berlin, then the
realities of American political
practice will require that the Ken
nedy administration must per-
force be tougher" than its prede-
cessor. 1t must react with vigor
to any challenge, 1t cannot tenn
porize or compromise. Only when
the world situation has been COM
pletely assessed and evaluated can
the administration move positively
toward negotiation with Moscow.
This was the situation last week
as Ambassador Llewellyn E.
Thompson flew from Moscow to
Washington for consultations with
the President. Mr.. Rusk. and two
other distinguished veterans Of
Soviet-American affairs, Charles
e. Bohlen and George F. Kennan.
both former Ambassadors to the
Soviet Union and specialists on
Soviet policy.
Few observers have noted that
Mr.. Khrushchev. in his Kremlin
tower, is probably having q harder
time analyzing American inten-
tions than the Americans are
having with his.
For while the American policy
makers know they have to deal
with Mr.. Khrushchev, and know
that whatever his opposition with
in the inner circles Of Soviet Of
ficialdom, his word will be final.
the Soviet leader must weigh the
implications Of open diversity in
United States top policy levels.
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The Week in Perspective

EDWIN TRIBBLE. Editor.
Fred Theroux, FOREIGN Affairs.
L. Edgar Prina, National Affairs.
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| her: This increases M be,;s
IA the Importance of our atti-
tudeS. "'''
IL Is very difficult to speak
he truth and reveal the .rrur
oi ones way in an attit,Ide or
'iNhiS-kindncSs. | am sur. Mel,
"io not permit Sloan To behav.
uhSecmiy, and yet she left ma
'ei''ory OF d singing reb,.k.
ui"l Shamcd and hum , rh;I,,
truly kindness i, tho Cind,r.
ella OF Christian sraccs.
me world is full of miSe,i.,
'''" sorrows. memories IN;
Du," instead ri bless. How
Wen they nave wrought vino
iiNto IN such 1t way as 10 mai.
'helr death a creative sorrow
ana greet for someone left :,
"''S'i5 with the worlds hurts
My opportunity? Dear Lord 1,
do not ask
mat Thou Shoulds, give mo
som" high work of Thine.
'''i'' noble calling, or som,
""ndrUuS task
Give me little hand to bo,d
III mine.
do not ask that | should over
stand
Among the wise. the worthy
or the great:
only ask that. softlv har4
IN hand.
A child and | may enter al Thv
gate.
Give me little child to point
the way
over The strange sweet paths
That lead to Thee;
Give me a little voic. 20 teach
To pray:
Give mt two shining eyes Thy
1a-e 10 see.
The only crown ! ask dear
Lord, to wear.
Is this,-that | may teach Il
little child
How beautiful. O how divincly
fair
Is Thy dear face, so loving,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-12-20
Love For
BY Leland Sexars Hunxern;,,er

called our daughter, sloan
10 tell her that my brothers
wife had gone TO her eternal
home. In the midst of h. >
tears. she said" Mother, Aun,
Nell is the one person of WHOM
| can say that do no, re-
member Il single unk,nd word
she ever said 10 me"
This is what we might call
good grief"
When Sloan was a little y;r,
Nell often took care of her
and | am sure she had To car
rect her about her behavior
many times: and yet She had
icit only memories of pr..,
Kindness in the mind and hear,
OF "a child who had spent mani
hours IN companionship with
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-12-20

sraSS for the past yeaT.
Miss Rose Badgett, home
economies agent, reports In,
review showed they had WORK
cd for the youth in SECURING
iahd Tor "a baseball field. buv-
ms suits and also purchased
ne land Tor Il community
oI!lding.
TIME SAVED
Glad | found out that lost
motion, poor tools and Door
storage for cleaning Supple,
wcr" slowing me down ana re
Nultns IN extra work IN cariru
Tor my floors" reported Mr..
Ecoa Tess, Washington Count,
Home Demonstration Club NO.
, man. III be glad t. remedy
my old ways to save energy
and time"
The women decided ,u
CAahsC their WayS of cIcanlna
"i'Sr learning that lO8 pounds
o! dirt is carried int, IN, ~
cragr Six-room hons. r..c,,
ycar," reports Mrc Fr..rr..
Dardcr. nome ,c,uur,ic. ~
,nt.
HAT WORKSHOP
Al .his time III v,.r man,
q. us 1ir, :, ~. , r,,.. H.. ;,
SAID Mrs. Marion pn,,,. nj H..
Myrllc Grove Homo demon
s,r.,jyp Chin IN Nh. tr.
County ay IN. oi.c,,,.,.,r. -.
wo,lss.nr .n,. n,.. 'r,t' ~ q" ''''
cre.
According To Miss Vlna
Bel" Lcwe.y, home economies
agent, tine members covered
frames with material ~ match
their hol!Gay suits and irC,.,-.
Mrs. Fincr sand. "Nu,v ~, ~.
stunning mats which were ms!
made from scraus"
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
For several wears members
of the Good Nc;g,L,,. III.
Demonstration Chb f., rI.,.
County have been mrct.nn ,;,..,
Il week starting in the early
fall to make their own bnI,l,,,
gifts.
Mrs. Justine Roller. home
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-12-20

1858 piano keys were
struck in 4 minutes. 20 seconds
by concert musician recent
~, during one selection on
each note requiring distinct
moves. This I-notc-pcr-Scr-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-12-20

1redcli County.
Mrs. Julicnv Fulp, assistant
nome economics agent. SAWS
The girls made articles accord
ing to their age ana size. For
many it was the first time Tor
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ond average meant at least Z.
movements per second.
The CandlcfiSh is SO fatty
that Il wick can be inserted IL
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-12-20

NhipporwillS ordinarily sit
!el&thwiSc ON Il limb, not
ruSS-wayS like other birds.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-12-20

lis mouth, lit, and viii thus
provide steady illumination for
hours.