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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
BY JOSEPH B. BYRNES
star staff Writer

The Archbishop of Canter-
bury. Arthur Michael Ramsey,
Primate of all England and
titular head of the 44-million-
member Anglican church, said
last night he was lin sympa-
thy" with the United States
stand on Cuba.
Speaking a few moments att
er alighting from a plane at
Baltimore's Friendship Air
port. Archbishop Ramsey added
that he felt the free world also
was in sympathy with the "anx-
iety this episode has brought.
He qualified his statement by
saying he had no up-to-date
information on the tense Gu
ban situation and could not
give ANY political views"
However, Archbishop Ram
sew said he hoped that pa
thence and craftsmanship might
prove that this may be Just
one more episode in the cold
war"
The English churchman's
plane was followed two hours
later by one bearing former
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son from Europe.
Mr.. Acheson, before being
whisked away in a State De-
partment automobile, refused
any comment on the results OF
his trip.
He did acknowledge that he
had visited Bonn, Capital OF
West Germany, and Paris at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
RUSSIANS BACK
CEASE-FIRE CALL

MOSCOW, oct. Is (AP) -
The Soviet Union voiced sup
port today for Communist
China's proposal for a cease
fire on midas border, asserting
only the imperialists are bene-
fitting from the fighting.
Although India has spurned
Peiping's offer, a lead editorial
in the Communist Party news
paper Pravda urged the two
nations to begin negotiations at
once.
The editorial was tie first
Soviet comment on the border
warfare since it flared last
Saturday with a massive Chi
nese attack.
Premier Khrushchev is sale
to have been exerting pressure
on both sides to stop the fight
ing. It was believed the Chinese
proposal was a result OF this
pressure.
Peiping yesterday called fol
a meeting between the Chimes
and Indian heads Of govern
ment and a 20-kilometer Q2.;
mile) withdrawal of fighting
forces from present battle lines
indian officials rejected thu
proposal and said India will not
negotiate until the Chinese pull
back to the lines they held be-
fore the fighting started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
STEINBECK GETS
GREAT THRILL

SAG HARBOR, N. Y, Oct. 25
(AP). = Receiving the Nobel
Prize for Literature was "a
great thrill to Novelist John
Steinbeck, his wife said shortly
after word reached them at
their home here.
I'VE are very happy" Mrs
Steinbeck added.
A newsman telephoning the
Steinbeck home asked to speak
to the author.
"He doesn't like to talk on
the telephone" said his wife
"But he got a great thrill out
receiving the prize.
"We're Just getting ready to
drive to New York City and he
will hold a press conference
there later today at his pub
lisher's office"
Mrs. Steinbeck asked to be
excused from further CONVEX
sation on the phone, saying:
"I must call our sons ano
tell them the news"
The sons are Tom, 10, now
at Avon School in Avon, Conn.
and John, 16. at Hebron Acad-
envy in Maine.
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NOBEL

Continued From Page Al
gained him international fame
and many honors, including the
Pulitzer Prize in 1910. It's pub
fishers said the story was read
by more than 4 million persons
within a year.
Novel Last Year
1.-The Winter of Our Discon-
tent" his most recent novel,
published last year, deals with
a small-town New England
grocery clerk who plots a bank
robbery as a quick way of re-
gaining his family's lost for
tune. With the loot he hopes
to regain the social status that
departed when the family went
broke.
Mr.. Steinbeck's chief COM
petitors this year were reported
to be Pablo Neruda of Chile and
Robert Graves and Lawrence
Durrell of Britain.
The award will be made to
Mr.. Steinbeck, along with the
winners of the other 1862 Nobel
Prizes, in Stockholm December
10, birthday of Alfred Nobel,
Swedish inventor of dynamite,
under whose will the prizes were
established.
American winners Of the
Nobel Prize for Literature in
earlier years were Sinclair
Lewis, Eugene ONeill, Pearl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25

Buck, william Faulkner and
Ernest Hemingway.
Thomas Stearns Eliot, Amer
ican-born, also won the award,
but after becoming a British
subject.
Rated With Predecessors
The Nobel committee rated
Mr.. Steinbeck with his prede-
ceSSorS.
Among the masters of mod
.ern American literature who
have already been awarded the
prize-from Sinclair Lewis to
Ernest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
more than holds his own, in
dependent in position and
achievement" the academy's
citation said. There is in him
a strain of humor which to
some extent redeems his often
cruel and crude motif. HIS
sympathies always go out to
the oppressed, the misfits and
the distressed, he likes to con-
trast the simple JOY of life with
the brutal and cynical craving
for money. But in him we find
the American temperament
also expressed in this great
feeling for nature. For the
titled soil, the waste land, the
mountains and the ocean
coasts, all an inexhaustinle
source of inspiration to Stein
beck in the midst of, and be-
yond, the world of human be-
ings."
In his youth, Mr.. SteinbecE
saw life in the raw in hall a
dozen Jobs, ranging from brick
laying to war reporting.
Hailed as a social reformer
when 1.-The Grapes of Wrath
about the "Okies," appeared IN
Il94O, Mr.. Steinbeck told an in
terviewer a year ago he felt he
has grown more intense ano
more mature with the years.
Everything in life is colorec
by your personality" he OBJ
served, but as you mature yot
become more aware of outside
things, less concerned about
yourself.
There's nothing that cleans
up like dying. If you sticE
around too long, they get tree
of you. Sometimes I think I've
; stuck around too long.
81 may run out of gas, bu'
not out of ideas, as ideas have
pups. It's when you're not dolnt
anything that you don't have
ideas"
He wrote three novels befor'
he got one published. That one
Cup of Gold" had only
small sale. 1t was written while
he held a job as a winter care
taker for an estate in the High
Sierras. He lost that job be-
cause a tree crashed through
the roof of the rich owners biz
house.
Mr.. Steinbeck was q year.
old when his first book wa
published in 1929. This wa
followed in 1882 by "The Pas
lures of Heaven" and in 1893
by ITO a God Unknown.
neither of which created mucl
enthusiasm.
It was not until "Tortilli
Flat" in 1885 that Mr.. Stein
beck saw his way clear to max
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Oct. rs (AP).-FoIlotUing Is
the teri OF a statement by
Acting Secretary-G General U
Thant before the U. N. Sc
curity Council last night:
Today the United Nations
faces a moment Of grave re-
sponsibility. What is at stake
is not Just the interests OF the
parties directly involved, nor
Just the interests of all member
states, but the very fate of man
kind. If today the United Ma
lions should prove itself ineffec.
tive, it may have proved Itself
so for all time.
In the circumstances, not
only as Acting Secretary Gen.
eral of the United Nations but
as a human being. I would be
failing in my duty if I did not
express my profound hope and
conviction that moderation,
self-restraint and good sense
will prevail over all other con-
e;derations In this situation,
where the very existence OF
mankind, is in the balance, ]
derive some consolation from
the fact that there is some
common ground in the resolu-
tons introduced in the council
irrespective of the fate Of those
resolutions, that common
ground remains. It calls fol-
urgent negotiations between
the parties directly involved
though, as I said earlier, the
rest of the world is also an in
terested party. In this context
I cannot help expressing Tile
view that some of the measures
proposed or taken. which the
council is called upon to APP
prove, are very unusual, and
might say even extraordinary
except in wartime.
Message Forwarded
At the request of the perma
nent representatives OF a largI
number of member govern
ments, who have discussed tn
matter amongst themselve
and with me, I have sent
through the permanent repre-
sentatives of the, two govern
ments, the following identi
cally worded message to tn
President of the United State
of America and the Chairman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
INTERPRETATION
.Firepower and Supply
Favor Reds in India

The Indian Army began 10
build roads in the frontier
areas only two years ago. Most
roads end so miles from for
ward posts.
Mules and human backs are
the chief means of getting
arms, ammunition and food into
forward areas across ice,
streams and rocky ridges $4,000
to 10000 feet high.
The other method is by air.
drop. Two years ago Indie
bought about 80 United States
Clio Fairchild two-engine
transports. Later they bought
some Soviet four-engine AN-12
transports.
They also have American,
Russian and French helicopters,
Supply Planes DOwned
The air supply program is
perilous at the best. Drops
have to be made from a few
hundred feet above ground be-
tween peaks and clouds.
The Chinese have begun
shooting at supply planes. They
have brought down one hell
copter and another is missing
The Chinese are menacine
midas Chushul Airfield ir
Ladakh by attacking nearby
posts. If they capture it, ali
supply in Ladakh would b
crippled severely.
So far neither side has beer
| reported using fighter plane
or bombe-s. The Chinese coulC
bring fighters or bombers int
, action from permanent AR
fields at Damchung. north o
lLhasa, and at Kashgar, il
Western Sinkiang. plus othe'
: strips nearer the fronts.
To improve its arms situation
the Indian government ha
taken or is about to take thes'
steps:
l. Emergency shipment from
the United States of spare part
! for GIBBS.
! 2. Inquiries in London AM
. Canada for procurement o
more transport planes.
> 3. A request to the British 70
!. immediate delivery of auto
matte infantry weapons. TIL
Indians repeatedly asked speci
fically for the Belgian FIN rs
nm automatic rifle used b
NATO and made under hcens
in Britain.
There are also reports tina
the Indians have peen mqulr
/, ing about buying arms an
, transport planes in the Unite
; States.
Informed circles questio
e whether the long-diScussed det
S for Indian purchase of Sovie
n NIGH jet fighters will be cal
ried out because of the prob
r lens it poses for Soviet
e Chinese relations.
o The Indian government face
two major problems in gettin
arms from abroad: How I
finance them without becomin
militarily aligned" with tn
supplier country, and, gettin
an adequate supply pipelir
going to handle purchases, de
liveries, and maintenance.
Neither funds nor a pipelin
exists at this moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
Cuban Peace
Urged Pope

VATICAN CITY, OcG. 20
(AP). = Pope John XIII,
showing his deep concern over
the Cuban crisis. appealed ur-I
gently to the worlds rulers to-
day to do everything in their
power to save peace"
The 80-year-old pontiff made
the plea in a surprise broad
cast beamed around the world
by the Vatican radio. He ap-
parently decided on the plea
only a few hours before the
broadcast started.
Before making his appeal,
the Pope received two American
cardinals in audience, Francis
Cardinal Spellman, archbishop
of New York, and James Fran
els Cardinal Mcintyre, arch
bishop of Los Angeles. Details
of the audience were not dis
closed.
In another audience, the
Pope received Archbishop John
Joseph Krol of Philadelphia
and his auxiliaries: Bishops
Francis j. Furey and Gerald
McDevitt.
The Pope spoke for 2l2 min
utes, supplicating the world
leaders to do all they can for
peace.
by so doing they will spare
the world the horrors of a war
that could have disastrous con-
sequences such as nobody car
foresee," he said.
Let them continue tt
) negotiate because this loyal anC
open attitude is of great value
as a witness in the fact
of history.
ITO promote, favor and &C.
cept negotiations, at all Levels
and at all times, is rule o.
wisdom and prudence which
calls down the blessings OF
heaven and earth"
i Speaking in French-the Ian
guage of world diplomacy
rather than his native Italian
/ the Pope spoke in a calm
measured tone.
i His sudden decision to speak
took the Vatican by surprise
Radio technicians worked fever
ishly up to broadcast time tt
prepare for the message.
Many of the thousands Of
Roman Catholic prelates here
for the Vatican Ecumenica
Council were unaware OF the
Pope's decision to speak. Tht
council was in recess today.
Pope John said the Ecumeni'
cal Council had just opened
, amid joy and hope "of all mer
of good will, CbuD threatening
clouds now come to darker
again the international horizon
and to SOW fear in millions o.
families"
} The Pope concluded his brie
S radio appeal by asking al
S Christians to "join theil
= prayers to ours in order tt
obtain from Heaven the gif
r of peace: A peace which vii
S be true and lasting only If i
is based on justice ant
equality"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25

writing a career. He had al
most given up hope before that.
The reputation which he
established with "Tortilla Flat"
was greatly enhanced by "Of
Mice and Men" in 1887 and
then in 1899 came the social
novel, 1.-THE Grapes of Wrath,
that won him international
fame.
Mr.. Steinbeck was born In
Salinas, Calf, and his writing
career started on the high
school paper there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
Hatred Charged
INDIA
Continued From Page Al

Continued from rage Al
admitted steady Chinese ad-
vances all along the northeast
frontier, as much as 81 miles
in some areas and indicated
the Communists had captured
most of their detectives in the
dispute darea in the northwest,
the Ladakh sector of Kashmir.
Congress Party critics charged
Mr.. Menon kept us all in the
dark by painting a rosy picture
of our eastern defenses."
In no place has the Indian
army held ground since the
massive Chinese assault began
on Saturday, and every day it
is the same tale of so many
pockets falling to the advanc-
ing enemy" one Of them said.
The Times of India said Mr..
Menon was "astonishingly cas-
ual" in admitting the defense
arrangements in the northeast
were found to be inadequate
by later events" after his as
surances that they were ade-
quate. The newspaper called
this "a confession of failure.
The Hindustan Times accused
the defense minister of max
ing some most ambiguous state
ments, not calculated to con-
vince the country of the gov
ernment's will and determine
toin to resist"
Nehru Defends MenOn
Mr.. Nehru repeatedly de-
Tended Mr.. Menon to the party
delegation, telling them the
country's leaders must concen-
trate on lettering midas de-
lenses instead of indulging in
post mortems of past failures.
Critics noted that Mr.. Menon
sought to build his reputation
as defense minister on creating
an arms industry in India so as
to reduce the nations depend
ence on weapons purchased
abroad. Lack of modern, rapid
firing weapons is given now as
one of the major causes OF
Indian troops having to fall
back before the Chinese as
saultS.
Critics say that during the
three years since the first Dor
der clashes, little appears Il
have been done to give Indiar
troops adequate firepower, in
stead, Mr.. Menon has beer
diverting the production o
government arms plants int
civilian fields. Some are man
ufacturing espresso coffee ma
chimes, one critic noted.
The government announces
the Chinese overran Kibitoc
an outpost in the Luhit Vale,
leading to Digboi, one of India
most important oil center:
On the other disputed from
tier, the Ladakh area of Kash
mir, at least Is outposts wer
feared lost. a government
spokesman said, and II othe
places are known to hav
fallen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
BY ALAN M. KENNEDY
Associated Press staff Writer

NEW DELHI, Oct, rs. -
The Chinese Communist Of
fensive against India is solidly
grounded on superior numbers,
firepower and supply.
Estimates of Chinese troop
strength in Tibet and Sinkiang
bases run to hundreds of thou
sands.
The Indian Army numbers
between 100000 and 100000
but only a small portion is in
position to fight on the rugged,
almost inaccessible mountain
battlefronts.
In the initial, 15-mile-wide
Chinese salient on Thagla
Ridge just east of Bhutan, In
dams estimate one Chinese
division went into action. This
would be about 10000 men by
Korean War standards.
Against them were 1000 to
5000 Indians. The Indians
have fallen back steadily
there. The Chinese have en-
lar9ed the salient and attacked
with similar success at other
points along the northeast bor-
der.
/ Is Posts Believed Lost
| In Ladakh, at the west enc
of the Himalayan boundary
, the Chinese in Overwhelming
numbers attacked a series o.
small mountain posts manned
by 10 to so Indians. As many
as IS posts are believed lost.
The Chinese have a simila,
advantage in firepower. Theil
troops are armed with rapid
firing automatic weapons pre-
sumably like the Russian de
signed submachine guns the!
used in Korean. The Indian
army is equipped with 3-incl
j guns and 4-inch mortarS but /
lacks enough of them or enough
ammunition in forward areas
Another key to the Chimes
victories is their supply system
In the IL years they have oc
cupied Tibets they have bull
north-south and east-west high
ways and feeder roads down t.
the border. They also hav
built roads from remote Cen
trail Asia around through North
ern Ladakh to West Tibet.
Reds Use Large Trucks
l In recent weeks over 80
trucks daily have been plyin
the road from Lhasa to tn
Ladakh border bringing up sup
plies. Indian sources report tn
Chinese are using large truck
, right behind the battle zone i
Ladakh.
In one fairly level area nea
Pangong Lake the Chimes
brought tanks into action I
smash the Indian resistance.
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the request of President Ken
nedy as a result of the United
States stand toward Cuba and
its Soviet supplied missile
bases.
A large man with a jovial
smile and bristling eyebrows,
Archbishop Ramsey resembles
a hearty Sir Winston Church
i'll. He chuckled when reporters
pinned him down on his i'm
pending visit to participate in
the House of Bishops at Co
lumbia, S. c., on october %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
Red Cross Ready

NEW YORK, Oct. rs (AP).-
The American Red Cross is
ready for "any possible relief
action" resulting from the Gu
ban crisis. The Red Cross
announced yesterday it is boil
steering services to the armed
forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25

MOSCOW, Oct. rs APP
Following is the teTt OF a
message from Soviet Premier
KItTushcheu to Bertrand Rus
sell as reported in English By
TdSS, the Soviet agency:
received your telegram and
express sincere gratitude for
the concern you have displayed
in connection with the agrees
sive action Of the United States
in pushing the world to the
brink of war.
I understand your worry and
anxiety. I should like to assure
you that the Soviet government
will not take any reckless de-
cisions, will not permit itself
to be provoked by the unwar-
ranted actions of the United
States of America and will do
everything to eliminate the
situation fraught with irrepara-
BILE consequences which has
arisen in connection with the
aggressive actions of the United
States Government.
We shall do everything in OUR
power to prevent war from
breaking out. We are fully
aware Of the fact that if this
war is unleashed, from the very
first hour it will become a
Shermonuclear and world war.
This is perfectly obvious to us.
but clearly is not to the Gov
eminent of the United States
which has caused this crisis.
Hatred Charged
The American Government
is said to have embarked on
such a reckless course not only
because of hatred for the Cuban
people and their government
but also out of prediction
considerations, in the furry of
interparty prediction excite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
u THANT STATEMENT
Russia, U. S. Urged to Talk

country. then. we declare SOL
EMMY before you here and now.
our weapons would be unneces-
sary and our army redundant"
Here again / feel that on the
basis of discussion, some COM
mon ground may be found
through which a way may be
traced out of the present inn
passe. / believe 1t would also
contribute greatly to the same
end if the construction and
development of major military
facilities and installations in
Cuba could be suspended dur
ing the period of negotiations.
Mr.. President, I now make a
most solemn appeal to the
parties concerned to enter into
negotiations Immediately. even
this night, if possible, irrespec-
tive of any other procedures
which may be available or
which could be invoked.
I realize that If my appeal
is needed, the first subject to
be discussed will be the modali-
ties, and that all parties con-
cerned will have to agree to-
comply with those Responsible
ties which fall on them before
any agreement as a whole could
become effective. I hope, how
ever, that the need for such
discussion will not deter the
parties concerned from under
taking these discussions. In
my view it would be short
sighted for the parties con-
cerned to seek assurances on
the end result before the nego-
tiations have even begun.
I have stated in my message
to both the President OF the
United States of America and
the Chairman of the Council OF
Ministers of the USSR that I
shall gladly make myself avail
able to all parties for whatever
services may be able to per-
form. I repeat that pledge now.
During the II years that have
passed since the end of World
War II, ,there has never been a
more dangerous or closer con-
frontation of the major powers.
At a time when the danger to
world peace was less immediate,
or so it appears by comparison,
my distinguished predecessor
said:
Charter Principles
1.-THE principles of the Char
ter are, by far, greater than
the organization in which they
are embodied, and the aims
: which they are to safeguard
i. are holier than the policies OF
! any single nation or people.
; He went on to say: 1.-THE dis
I cretion and impartiality
imposed on the secretary gen.
eral by the character of his i'm
. mediate task may not degen-
crate into a policy of expedi-
ency. A secretary general
, cannot serve on any other as
! sumption than that--withir
| the necessary limits of human
frailty and honest differences
Of opinion-all member nation!
honor their pledge to observe
all articles of the Charter. -. ;
It is after considerable de-
liberation that I have decided
D to send the two messages II
j which / have referred earlier
a and likewise I have decided
4 to make this brief Intervention
' tonight before the Securit!
/ Council, including the appea
to the President and Prim'
Minister of Cuba.
D. I hope that at this moment
not only in the Council chambe
e but in the world outside, goot
K sense and understanding vii
be placed above the anger o
n the moment or the pride o
). nations. The path of negotia
It ton and compromise is the onl!
course by which the peace o
o the world can be secured a
e this critical moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-25
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Appeals to Cuba

I should also like to take this
occasion to address an urgent
appeal to the President and the
Prime Minister of the revolu-
tionary government of Cuba.
Yesterday Ambassador Garcia
Inchaustegui of Cuba recalled
the words of his President,
words which were uttered from
the rostrum of the General
Assembly just over two weeks
ago, and I quote:
"Were the United States able
to give us proof, by word OF
deed, that it would not carry
out aggression against oul