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retary, said Mr.. Kennedy was
told Of the move, aimed OF
curbing the disturbing drain
Of United States gold reserves
in O telephone call from c.
Douglas Dillon. Secretary OF
the Treasury designate.
Mr.. Salinger said Mr.. Dillon
was not consulted about the
move, but was told about 1t in
advance Of the White House
announcement merely on an
Informative basis"
Mr.. johnson flew here in
mid-morning from Cape Ca
naveral. Mr.. Salinger said he
and Mr.. Kennedy conferred be-
side the swimming pool at the
seaside villa Of the President
elects father for two hours be.
fore being Joined for q social
lunch" by Representatives Boy
kin, Democrat of Alabama. and
Rivers, Democrat Of South
Carolina.
Discuss Space Program
The President-elect and Vice
President-elect turned down
requests for q press conference
from reporters eager to learn
more about what they were
discussing.
Mr.. Salinger would say only
that they talked about "a num-
ber Of matters" among them
the work Mr.. Johnson Is doing
''in looking over the space pro-
gram"
The vice President-elect.
who viii head the Presidents
Space Advisory Council in the
new administration, inspected
the Cape Canaveral installa-
tions yesterday afternoon and
had dinner there last night
with 1t. Gen. Bernard Schrie-
yer, head Of research and de-
velopment for the Air Force.
Mr.. Kennedy made public
earlier this week Q report from
q special task force asserting
that this country's missile pro-
gram Is tagging and warning
that Russia probably will win
the race to put q man. into or
bit.
He has promised vigorous ef-
forts to accelerate the Ameri-
can space program.
Discuss Soviet Mystery Object
Mr.. Salinger said Mr.. john
son was briefed at Cape Cana
veral. an in turn reported to
Mr.. Kennedy. concerning the
mystery object. speeding from
the Soviet Union toward the
Pacific, sighted by q radar sta
ton in Alaska.
The press secretary refused to
discuss any details Of this IN
formation. Asked II It was
known whether the mystery
object was o Soviet missile shot
or space vehicle. he said, 81
couldn't tell you"
MFR. Kennedy and Mr.. John
son played golf this afternoon
with the President-electss IA
ther. Joseph p. Kennedy.
Mr.. Salinger announced that
the President-elect plans to end
his last pre-inaugural visit to
Palm Beach Tuesday, flying
that afternoon to Washington
where he will attend b party
being given that evening by his
sister and brother-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen e. Smith.
Mr.. Kennedy plans to ny on
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ito New York late Tuesday
might. He has an appointment
In New York Wednesday morn
Ting with Gov. Munoz Marin Of
Puerto Rico. He expects to re-
tmain In New York most of
"wednesday. flying back to
washington that evening to
confer with President Eisen-
hover. Thursday morning.
The Eisenhower : Kennedy
conference Thursday, with their
Secretaries of State. Defense
and Treasury sitting in part Of
the time. is intended to help
assure one of the smoothest
changeoyers Of power from one
lrarty to another in history.
Mr.. Stahr, the new Secretary
Iof the Army entered the army
as . End lieutenant in 1910.
saw combat service in North
Africa, India and China, and
emerged from the Army in 1945
as q lieutenant colonel.
Mr.. Burkhardt. who will sue
ceed Rollie Barnard as Assist
ant Postmaster General for
Facilities. Is executive director
for the inaugural committee in
Washington.
On Democratic Committee
An engineer educated at Pur-
due and Wisconsin Universities.
he worked on construction pro-
jects with large engineering
firms from 1886 through 1945.
He was vice president. Of the
Hudson Aluminium Co. in New
burg, N. Y. from 1947 to 1851.
Becoming active in politics
in 1948, he was New York State
chairman Of the Young Demo-
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One Great Danger

All three services, and ap-
parently the Central Intelli-
gence Agency, agree that what
ever course Of action this
country takes. the chance OF
making q wrong decision has
increased. With so little hard
intelligence information to &c
on, this country could build
billions Of dollars worth of un.
needed missiles or it coult
build so few that. the Soviet,
could use their hidden stock
for blackmail or even an attack
The result Of the most ia.
nous error In recent intelli.
gence estimates - the bomber
gap that did not materialize-
was to give this country q luck,
break. according to the Essen,
hover position q year ago. II
fill the expected gap. we bull
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the White House for their first
night under its roof.
The Kennedys. according to
word from Palm Beach. win
spend the night before the In
apguration at their George
town home. Mrs. Kennedy will
return from Palm Beach We'd
nesday night. The President
elect will come here Tuesday,
60 to New York Tuesday night.
and return here late Wednes-
day.
On their way to the Capitol
for the Inauguration they will
stop by and pick up the Pres
ident and Mrs. Eisenhower.
They are expected to 60 briefly
inside the White House. Eight
years ago Mr.. Eisenhower
waited in his limousine for Mr..
Truman.
Mrs. Kennedy may not watch
the entire inaugural parade
and may re-enter the White
House before the new President
To rest up for the evening ac-
ttyities.
Movement Planned
while the Capitol ceremonies
and the parade are going on
tie Kennedy personal belong.
ings will be moved into the
White House, George Thomas
who has been the President
elects man Friday ever since
he first entered Congress, will
attend to these details.
But the movement Of all the
Kennedy things may be leisure.
ly. Some Of the furnishings ir
their Georgetown home, nov
being measured to see how the,
would fit, may eventually FIND
their way into the Kennedy
living quarters in the White
House. Others will be sent tx
the Middleburg. Va, home
they have rented.
The new occupants will bt
under no pressure to get tn,
White House nursery ready. Th'
Kennedy children, Caroline ant
John, will be left in Palm
Springs for at least 10 days
maybe more, after the inaugu'
ration. Mrs. Maud Shaw. Caro-
lines nurse, will bring them VI
when their rooms are ready.
Mrs. Kennedy has picked ou
fabrics for new White Hous
decor. But she plans no change
In the third floor children
playroom.
Mrs. Eisenhower, she foun,
out on q White House visit be
fore she went to Palm BeacI
otter the birth Of John, haI
made 1t q pleasant spot for tn
Eisenhower grandchildren.
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Methsd Drafted
Reward for Faithful

More than cursory attention
will be demanded on District
appointments. from q political
standpoint, because District Re-
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fierce public controversy. Even
top administration spokesmen
previously conceded that ap-
parently reliable intelligence
estimates showed o gap. The
only dispute was over its extent
and over the best American
counter to 1t.
Former Secretary Of Defense
McElroy said two years ago
the gap would be about 81 In
Russia's favor. Secretary 81
Defense Gates said last year
that new intelligence had re-
vised the estimate downward
somewhat and put the worst
period Of the gap in 1862 and
1868.
Today, however. Mr.. Eisen-
hover apparently believes the
whole controversial gap prob.
ably Is Q fiction.
Pentagon officers say the
difficulties in finding missiles
and the loss Of the U.2 flights
has produced q serious .sintel.
ligence gap" When admins.
tration Intelligence agencies
predicted q big bomber pro.
duction program for the Soviet,
q few years ago, they coult
easily correct their mistake
when they found no large
number Of bombers In the air
NOW they cannot prove or dis.
prove their past missile pre-.
dictions.
In the last two years intel.
ligence officers measured Sovie,
missile.fac actory capacity. missile
men training programs and
testing efforts, studied state.
linents Of Soviet officials and
then estimated Soviet ability
To build missiles. Combined
with reasonable evidence oi
what the Soviets seemed intent
on doing. o calculation Of the
possible range of missile pro-
duction was made.
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Lead Called "Gap"

4SO0 N0AkC0 N6W
When compared with Ameri
can plans, the estimates fol
Soviet production showed {
lead which became known aI
the missile gap"
This month so to 100 Sovie
missiles are supposed to b,
operational Gin comparison
with the actual 40-odd Of thi
country, including 80 Polar
ises). but intelligence officer
cannot find nearly that mum
ber.
What does this mean? Tn,
answers to this question seem
strangely enough. to follow
precisely the strategic doc
trine Of the service making tn
Interpretation.
The Army, which believes
roughly speaking, that an,
sensible country would bull,
only enough missiles to hit tn
findable strategic targets an,
major cities Of his enemy an,
then spend the rest Of 1t
money on limited.war forces
concludes that the Soviets ar
going to build only, say. 20
big missiles and then quit.
The Navy, which believes an.
sensible country would build
sea biased force of several hun
dred missiles and q few on liant
for good luck. interprets tn
new lack Of intelligence find.
ings as indicating the Sovietl
are going to build a handfu
of land missiles and then de-
velop Polaris-type submarines
The Air Force, which believe
any sensible country woult
build q large missile force II
destroy many hundreds o.
thousands Of enemy militar.
sites, says the evidence shoult
be assumed to mean that tn
Soviet missiles are being hid
den.
I
Evening star., 1961-04-16

correspondents had grown to 400,
and anticipation now began to
tingle under the hush. The count
down had begun.
1 chose a seat midway between
two famous landmarks: May
Craig and Sarah McClendon.
FinoIIy-the President
@. So finally
A. So finally the President en-
tered. Everybody rose 1t was
1902. There were no flouriShes,
ruffles, or Hail to the Chief"
Wouldn't have been time. for he
came in at a sort of walking run,
or running walk, with an athletic
hop and skip. He was behind the
lectern, smiling at us and ready
for work. before we were fairly
seated again.
He wore gray suit and a blue
tie. His face was slightly plump
and lightly tanned, and his cele-
brated sandy hair hung over his
forehead like a crested wave. He
looked immensely capable of ham
ding his immense responsibilities
Il have three of four announce
ments to make" he said, and then,
for good measure, he made five:
About inviting Adenauer to Amer
ica; about restoring Ike's five-star
rank; about gold; about mortgage
funds for home buyers; about the
proposed Peace Corps.
Then the dancing began.
@. There is dancing at these
conferences?
A. Yes. Something new has been
added to the American social phe-
nomenon of the Presidential Press
Conference. Something which be-
longs in the real moi Ripley: In
credible but true. This something
is a sort of Ritual Rump Dance
Of the Correspondents"
l first thought of calling it the
Rump Rhumba or Bottom Bump
but l settled for simpler name:
The Pop-Up.
The Pop-Up, ladies and gentle
men, resembles neither the Ritual
Fire Dance" of Manuel de Falla
nor Smetana's Dance of the Co.
medians," though it is distantly
related oboth. 1t is a solemn
Evening star., 1961-04-16

Charles Cooke, a former staff
writer for the New Yorker and
now a Washington resident, re-
Gently attended a press confer
ence of President Kennedy for
the GeOrgetOwner. His findings,
as reported in a recent issue Of
that weekly newspaper, appear
here substantially in full.
Evening star., 1961-04-16

the fiery overture to a conflict
that took nearly half million
lives, the Centennial Commission
itself was in an uproar over racial
segregation.
And there are many Yankees,
of normally peaceful mien, who
have suddenly awakened to the
fact that in the States Of the
former Confederacy. the COM
memoration of the Civil War has
already assumed the aspects Of
a belated Confederate victory.
All the old arguments for seces-
sion and States Rights and plan
tation feudalism, complete with
banjo-picking Uncle Toms, are
back in the public prints with
something of the same fervor
that marked "secesh" journalism
a century ago.
On Friday at the National
Press Club, one Of the most ar
ticulate of American students
and writer's on the Civil War,
Bruce Cation, pointed out graphi-
cally why" every citizen Of the
United States, whatever his orien-
tation North or South, East or
West, should look upon the fact
of the great War of the Rebellion
as the real keystone in the arch of
the Republic. A keystone that was
not in place after the Revolution,
after ratification Of the Consti-
tuition, after the great Westward
movement Of a people seized with
the confident conviction so well
described as Manifest Destiny"
Inward History"
Robert Penn Warren, distin-
guished historian and essayist, has
written, Before the Civil War, we
had no history in the deepest and
most inward sense" The United
States, prior to the Civil War, was
Nation only on paper. Section
alism based on fundamental and
irremediable economic and social
cleavage ruled the Federal Union.
1t took the Civil War, with all it's
carnage and bitterness, to wipe
out the anachronisms that, were
Evening star., 1961-04-16
The Civil War Celebration It's Deeper Meaning For 1861

suffering of Andersonville's 10th
century version of Buchenwald
or Auschwitz, all the soaring
poverty Of the conquered South.
all these and much more were
offered as a sacrifice on the altar
of nationhood.
The centennial can stress these
realities, these indispensable
girders in the steelwork of our
Federal Union, our Nation. But
it can also fail to commemorate
these verities; 1t can concentrate
its efforts on elaborate (and in
evitably commercializeO re-en-
actmentS of battlls and SkirmiSheS
and councils of war. 1t can lose
almost entirely the true meaning
and significance of this terrible
struggle that was fought for four
frightful years to insure that
this Nation under God shall have
a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the
people, for the people shall not
perish from the earth"
Evening star., 1961-04-16
Lively Fight Woging
In New Jersey Race
By JAMES w. CANAAN
Contributing Writer

New Jersey Republicans will quit
. scuffling at the starting line Tues
day and send someone in pursuit
Of Richard B. Hughes, Democrat
with a head start in the race for
this years biggest political prize.
=. The winners reward will be the
Garden State governorship. DEM
= ocrat Robert B. Meyner must give
it up next January because he has
held it two terms, all the State
constitution allows.
Mr.. Hughes. 51-year-old,
J ruddy-faced former Superior
! Court judge who has nine chill
dren, was singled out by Gov.
Meyner's disciplined party organ
ization early this year to keep
control of the Statehouse at Tren-
ton, where he practices law.
Facing only token opposition
in the Democratic primary, Mr..
Hughes has been busy building an
image of what a go-getting gov
ernor he would be. He is offering
solutions for New Jerseys prob
lens while the Republicans scar
one another for the chance to run
against him.
For all their family feuding, the
Republicans must hope that Mr..
Hughes can be headed off by
whichever contender wins Tues
days G. o. P. primary, be it form
er Labor Secretary James P. Nit
chell. powerful State Senator Wal
ter Jones, or, at the outside, State
Senator Wayne Dumont.
The Republicans, however, are
showing increasing concern over
Mr.. Hughes craftsmanship at
catching the public eye. And they
no longer ask, as they once did,
who's he?"
Mr.. Hughes came out of no
where. He wasn't Gov. Meyner's
first choice, and accepted what
amounted to the Democratic NOM
ination only after Senator Harri-
son A. Williams, jr., and Repre-
sentative Frank Thompson. jr,
said they didn't want it.
Mr.. Hughes took a few weeks
to introduce himself to the party
faithful around the State and get
a clear picture of Jerseys all
ments. Then he made his move.
He came to Washington, and
his calling schedule made head
lines throughout the State.
Mr.. Hughes called meeting Of
Senator Williams and New Jersey
Democrats in the House He told
them to ''redouble' their efforts
to get Government contracts for
slack Jersey industr.ea. and said
he expected their full co-opera-
ton" if he became Governor.
He also urged the lawmakers to
press for prompt construction of
a big, new postal facility at Kear-
ney, N. j.. and promote the build
ing of a water discrimination plant
on the Jersey coast.
The congressman, some of
whom had never met Mr.. Hughes,
were left somewhat breathless but
heartened by his "forcefulness." a
description applied by Senator
Williams after the meeting.
Mr.. Hughes said he didn't want
to seem presumptuous in speak
ing like a Governor" even before
he was officially nominated, but
added:
Il feel a conscientious motiva-
ton to discuss our States unem-
ployment with the congressional
Evening star., 1961-04-16
BY FRED THEROUX
Star Staff Writer

1t was 100 years ago that it all
began, and some citizens are say
ing already that the Nation should
have waited another hundred
years before attempting to COM
memorate the Civil War.
Nothing in the entire history of
the United States, not even the
Revolution in sense, has so
greatly affected the destiny, the
character, the philosophy and
psychology, and the basic political
and economic structure of our
Nation as the brothers war" that
decided, with fire and blood, the
future of "one Nation, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for ALL"
But in the scheme of things,
century is really not so long a
time. 1t is only year or two since
the last veteran OF the 1876
conflict crossed over Stonewall
Jackson's broad river ito rest in
the shade of the trees" The
heavy framed portraits of too
many grandfathers, Yankee and
Rebel, still hang on the parlor
walls of too many homes to per-
NIT the gentle leavening of time
to soothe old wounds.
Already there are querulous
and sometimes irritated questions
from citizens who want to know
what all the shooting is about.
The burden of the question seems
to be this: The war was over
back in 1865, and the issues were
settled, and all the participants
are dead, so why all the commo-
ton over a little bit of ancient
history?"
Controversies Even Now
The challengers have a ready
point in the controversies that,
even now, have already marked
the opening ceremonies of the
great centennial. In Charleston
last week, where the supreme
folly of the first mortar shell on
Fort Sumter in April IL, 1861, was
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ter of Jack in the Boxes, or
Jacks-in-the-BoX.
This goes on for the whole half
hour. Perhaps our dancer gets
the nod; perhaps he doesn't. The
competition is terrific.
Is it any wonder that brand
new occupational ailment, Pop-Up
Charley Horse, is beginning to
bother some of the older Wash
ington correspondents?
Torrents Of News
@. Quite apart from this fan
taStic dance which you describe,
wouldn't you agree, sir, that these
conferences are a success?
A. A tremendous success. I
checked the papers next day-the
Washington and New York papers
and was amazed at the torrents
of news that resulted from that
packed half-hour-solid news, sig
nificant news, planet-Wide news.
And this reader-audience was in
additional to the millions who
heard, over TV and radio. the
tapes of the Presidents calm,
clear, brilliantly informed, and in
timately communicative voice.
@. Would you say, Mr.. Cooke,
that any one single factor is most
responsible for this outstanding
success?
A. Yes.
@. That would be?
A. Mr.. Kennedy'S ear.
@. Mr.. Cooke!
A. am referring to his appar-
emily infallible ability to under
stand what the correspondents
say; to diSentangle their complex,
hump-backed subordinate clauses;
and to remove, by his straight
forward answers, the fuses from
a considerable number of con-
cealed bombs.
But, to repeat, I marveled most
of all at his ability to understand,
first time around, what these jok-
ers said. He never asked for a
repeat.
q. Did you have difficulty in
understanding these jokers =.
dancers? Sir, you've got me all
mixed up.
A. Let me refer to some notes
Evening star., 1961-04-16

delegation. I do not want to wait
until after the primary"
Tie Judge" Saia unemploy-
ment is causing so much concern
in New Jersey that Il feel !
should not be bashful in movinS
Immediately to try to relieve it,"
Republicans took time out from
whaling away at one another to
cry foul" They said MI.
Hughes was a headline hunter,
pure and simple.
Returning to New Jersey, Mr..
Hughes sprang another surprise.
He announced that Senator Will
liams, at his beheSt, would mar
shall Federal experts in economics
and urban development for a
pilot study" of the city OF
Camden.
Tner aim, said Mr.. Hughes.
would be to lind out how existing
Federal programs could be brought
to pear in helping the city solve
problems of transportation, re-
development, unemployment and
the like.
The study began taking shape
last week when Camden's Mayor
and other leaders met with New
Jersey and Federal officials in
Senator Williams office.
All this has lost Mr.. Hughes no
friends in Camden.
He keeps repeating that with
him in the statehouse. New Jersey
could be certain full partner
ship with the dynamic, vigorous
Kennedy administration"
The JoneS-Mitchell fight has
become so bitter, in fact, that
there is a growing doubt whether
either coulo rally his party after
The primary.
Mr.. Mitchell and mis- chief
backer, influential Senator Cliff
ford P. Case, have believed all
along that Mr.. Jones can't draw
enough independents and Demo-
Gratis to stand much of chance
in the general election next No
vember. They contend that even
though Mr.. Jones is a powerhouse
politician in his heavily Repub-
lican home county. his popularity
elsewhere is pale.
Senator Case, who has demon
strated his ability to attract votes
across party lines, persuaded Mr..
Mitchell to oppose M. Jones for
the G. o. P. nomination because
he felt it would take name" Re-
publican to defeat the Meyner
forces.
No sooner had Mr.. Mitchell an
nounced his candidacy than Jones,
Dumont and several other Repub-
lican State Senators accused him
of being a Washington-nurtured
outsider" with sparse knowledge
of New Jersey affairs.
They also accused Senator Case
of making bid for party control.
He denied it. saying the last thing
he wanted to be was a boss"
Two weeks ago, Mr.. Mitchell
said publicly he didn't think Mr..
Jones could win in November.
This infuriated Mr.. Jones and
goaded Charles Erdman, the
G. o. P. State Chairman, into
resigning.
Mr.. Erdman announced what
everyone had known for a long
time, that he was partial to Mr..
Jones.
Mr.. Dumont is an imponderable
in the primary. Hardly anyone
thinks he can win, but a vote for
him will be one less for either of
the favorites.