Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
Sen. John Marshall Butler:

Coming Struggle at Sea-The
chairman of the Soviet Commit
tee for Shipbuilding has stated:
1.-THE demand of the Soviet Mer-
chant Marine is increasing. so
rapidly that Soviet shipyards no
longer can fully cope with it.
In view of this, various ships
are under construction for the
Soviet Union in Poland, Fin
land, Denmark, East Germany,
West Germany, Holland, Japan
and other countries"
Hardly anything could be
more peaceful or harmless look.
ing than the plodding, ungainly
Soviet-bloc merchant ship. But
as an instrument of decisive
military, political or economic
Importance, it looms large and
lethal. The occasional slow So
Wet ship pulling into a Cuban
port is one more nail in the cof-
fin of Cuban liberty. To Illus
trate what a merchant ship
may carry, consider the follow
ing: last fiscal year using only
16 comparatively slow trans
port ships, the United States
mover over 100000 military
personnel and dependents
across the worlds oceans. And
ships can also carry the tools of
economic and political integra-
ton as Soviet vessels surely
are.
AS the international struggle
omoves away from the great
land area of Europe and Asia
to islands like Indonesia, the de-
mands upon the American
Navy will become increasingly
greater. Our lines are being
stretched too thin. Our ships
are aging rapidly and our crews
are spending more and more
time away from home. have
said it before and l say it
again: our merchant marine is
approaching block obsolescence.
Seventy-seven per cent of our
deep sea dry cargo ships were
built nearly 20 years ago dur
ing World War II. And the SUBJ
sidized replacement program is
not proceeding fast enough to
prevent this obsolescence.
In contrast, the Soviet mer-
chant fleet is young, vigorous
and growing rapidly. Anyone
who doubts the Soviet ability to
prepare itself for the coming
maritime struggle should be re-
minded that though compare
lively small its merchant fleet
increased more than IS times
as fast as our in 1859, and So
Wet orders for new construc.
ton in 1860 were 80 percent
above those of 1859.
1t is clear that the Soviet inn
perialism will shift from the
Eurasian continent onto the
oceans of the world in an effort
to continue to expand its influ-
ence. At present our merchant
marine is not prepared to meet
the challenge and, worse, it
gives only feeble signs of i'm
proving. The struggle at sea
has already begun; in the years
ahead it will sharpen from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. We
must begin today to prepare for
the victory that must be ours if
we are to remain free.
Sen. j. Glenn BealI:
More about "Aid to Educa.
tion"-Three weeks ago / set
forth some objections to Fed.
eral Aid in general and point.
ed out the wonderful job the
local communities have been do
ing for their own schools get
ting dollars worth of value
for each tax dollar collected
and spent locally, in contrast
to what they would have been
getting under Federal Aid"
These facts stand and not be
augmented.
However, I want to make
personal reference to the fact
that, as ranking minority mem
Der of the Senate District Com
mittee, / have supported every
improvement suggested for Dis
trict of Columbia schools and
every teacher-salary increase in
the District. In fact, have in
troduced much of the d. c.
school legislation. There is no
inconsistency here; you see,
schools are a local response
bility and under local control,
and the u. c. Congress acts as
the local "City Council for
Washington.
Proponents of Federal Aid to
Education have likened it to
Federal support Of the Army.
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