The Republican., 1962-05-31

Paternalism and Liberty. Non
compatible ~ Experience teaches
us to be most on our guard to pro-
tcct liberty when the Governments
purposes are beneficent.' said the
great Supreme Court Justice Bran
deis.
We're More Socialistic, Boasts
Ambassador In an address in
India last week, Ambassador John
X Galbraith, former Harvard eco
nOmics professor, boasted that al
ready one fifth of the American
economy is planned by the Govern
ment. He said that if we take into
consideration all current resources
fully controlled and disposed of
by the state, about 20 percent of
the American economy is planned. "
Ambassador Galbraith pointed out
that, as the comparable figures for
India was only Is to Ia percent,
the market economy of the United
States has a larger public sector
than the socialist economy of In
dia" Translated, that means that
now we're even more Socialistic
than SocialiStic India. Mr.. Gal
braith's statement was not warn
ing, but a boast
The LoW-DoWn On Cuban Inva-
sion Notwithstanding cries
of 'inaccuracy', Fortune Maya
zines behind-the-scenes expose of
the Cuban invasion fiasco has
earned a coveted award-the 1862
Award for Distinguished Magazine
Reporting, presented by the Over
seas Press Club of America The
article contained these statements
The job of organizing and train
ing Cuban defectors) was given
to the CIA 1t became the specific
responsibility of one of the GAS
top deputies, Richard NJ Bissell
1t was taken for granted that
a landing in force could not pos
Sibly be brought off unless the eX-
pedition was shepherded to the
beach by the U. S. Navy and
covered by aid power e.. 1t was
manifestly impossible for the
Cuban Brigade's small force of
B-26's Conly 16 were operationaD
to provide effective air cover
Cabell CCIA Deputy Director Gen
eral Charles CabelD now asked
Secretary of State Rusk) whether
the USS Boxer, carrier on
station about 50 miles from the
Bay of Pigs, could be instructed to
provide cover Rusk said No" d.
At a White House meeting that
night a singular compromise
Jets from Boxer would provide
cover next morning for exactly
hour, long enough for the ships to
run into the shore and start un-
loading and for the remaining B.
PCS to ge in a hard blow. Next
morning, through an incredible
mischance, the B-26's were over
Cuba half an hour ahead of sched-
ule. Boxers jets we're still on the
flight deck. But Castros jets were
ready Two of the B-26's we're shot
down; others we're hit and forced
to abort. That was the melancholy
end"
u. S. Marines Land-In Thai
land, Not Laos - Our weak and
vacillating policy in Laos finally
bore fruit-the wrong kind Laos
is down the drain" w. Averell
Hartman, White House adviser on
Southeast Asia, gave lot of ad-
vice, and it seems to have been
bad. U. S. representatives had
tried to compromise the Lao dis
pute by suggesting coalition
government, part Communist, part
neutral" Instead, the Communist
forces, identified as the Pathet
Lao troops, tossing aside the Gen
eva "cease-fire', Overran the Royal
Army troops, whom our men were
advising, at the northern outpost
of Nam Tha, causing the U. S.
Army advisers to back away from
Laos
1t was the attack on Nam Tha
which prompted the ordering of
American forces to Thailand-to
help guard that country's border
against Communist encroachment.
There seems to be no intention,
certainly at present, to move into
Laos any of the 5000 United States
marines, soldiers, and airmen dis
patched to Thailand Ii appears
we have surrendered Laos. We
shouldn't have become involved in
Laos in the first place unless we
intended to win. Clashes are not
expected between the U. S. troops
and the Communist-oriented Pathet
Lao troops Neither side is seeking
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