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Evening star., 1962-10-16
THE POLITICAL MILL
CoottoiI Riding in California
By GOULD LINCOLN

Gov. Pat Brown Of Cali
fornia. locked in an intensi-
flying battle for reelection
against former Vice Presi-
dent Richard M. Nixon, dove
for the Kennedy coattails in
his national broadcast ap-
pearance on NBC's Meet
the Press Sunday night.
Under constant prodding by
the panel of newsmen, Gov.
Brown virtually said 1t would
be little less than a national
crime to elect a Republican
to the governorship of Cali
fornia, which he said is be-
coming the greatest State in
the Union. The California
Governor insisted he would
win-but he did not sound
convincing. President Ken
nedy is to spend two full days
in the State the week end of
October 1921, campaigning
for Gov. Brown and the elec-
ton of a Democratic sena-
torial candidate, Richard
Richards, and of the Demo-
cratic candidates for the ma
tional House of Representa-
tives. The Governor sounded
as though he was very glad
to have this assistance.
Mounting Problems
Gov. Browns difficulties in
this campaign have increased
since his joint appearance
with Mr.. Nixon something
over two weeks ago before the
National Conference of Unit
ed Press international Edi-
tors in San Francisco. He has
declined to accept Nixon
challenges for further face
to-face meetings. In his Meet
the Press appearance he ar
gued that for weeks he had
offered to meet Mr.. Nixon
under the formal, or rules,
that governed the Kennedy
Nixon debates in 1860. Mr..
Nixon was demanding face
to-face meetings with Gov.
Brown, each man to ask and
answer questions of the 9TH
er.
Mr.. Nixon did ask the Gov
ernor some pointed questions
during the meeting b fore
the UPI Editors conference.
One of them was whether
the Governor would publicly
charge him with wrongdoing
in connection with q loan of
$205, 900 made to his brother
by the Hughes Tool Co. Mr..
Nixon ch arged that Gov.
Brown had been m a kin g
charges privately that, he.
Mr.. Nixon, had received some
of this money. He challenged
him to make such charges
PUBLICLY. This the Governor
refused to do, and he denied
he had done SO in private
conversations.
The matter Of this loan
was brought up on the Meet
the Press progra Gov.
Brown again refused to ad-
nit that the loan was an
issue of his making in the
present campaign. He was
asked If he would say he had
no proof of any wrongdoing
on the part Of Mr.. Nixon in
connection with this loan
which was made six years ago
when Mr.. Nixon was Vice
President. Gov. Brown mere
ly replied that this was a
matter for Mr.. Nixon's own
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conscience, and that 1t was,
indeed, a matter between the
people and press and Mr..
Nixon-and not between Mr..
Nixon and himself. But he
added: 'I won't say that 1t
(the loan) is not an issue
in the campaign. But I'll say
it is not an issue I intend to
make" The Governor appar-
emily is determined not to let
MIR. Nixon off this hook If
he can help it.
Gov. Brown also endeav-
ored to picture himself as
unwilling to engage in per
sonalities" in the contest
with Mr.. Nixon. But in an
swer to questions about MIR.
Nixon's declaration that he
would not be a candidate,
and would not be drafted,
for President in 1864, the
Governor replied: II just
don't believe Mr.. Nixon when
he says that"
Gov. Brown admitted he
was correctly quoted by the
Los Angeles Times as saying:
"It would be a terrible thing
to have a political enemy of
the President of the United
States sitting in the Cover
nor's chair in Sacramento"
He added: "California-the
largest State in population
in the Union-to have a per-
son-and I am speaking as a
Democrat and as an Ameri-
can-to have a person that
is fighting the President OF
the United States, using the
platform of the governorship
of California to attack the
President and his policies, I
think would be tragic. Since
Mr.. Nixon returned to Cali
fornia after the presidential
campaign, he has attacked
the President on almost ev-
cry occasion, and to give him
the floor of the State Capt.
tai to continue these attacks
could have a profound effect
upon what I think Is very
important internation-
ally and nationally in this
country. I think it would hurt
us in the world. It would hurt
us nationally"
For ALI Democratic Governors
The next que estion was:
Governor, you aren't sug-
gesting that the people Of
this country ought to elect
nothing but Democratic Gov
ernors in this coming elec-
ton, are you?" The Cover
nor promptly replied: II
would like to see that come to
pass" He added, however: Il
am sure that it won't. I think
it would be a good thing for
the country"
This seems to bear out the
charge made by former Presi-
dent Eisenhower that Mr..
Kennedy-and other Demo-
crats-are doing their best to
make this a lone political
party country"
But Gov. Brown was quick
to deny a suggestion that
President Kennedy, If a Re-
publican Governor were
elected in California, would
punish the people of Cali
fornia. Or that California
would lose any part of the
defense contracts it now has
rs per cent of the total.
Evening star., 1962-10-16

sun without the protection OF
the earth's atmosphere. They
also radiate heat to the out
side since their immediate
environment is at a tempera-
ture very close to absolute
zero. Thus they risk reach
ing temperatures either too
high or too low."
Two large space environ
ment simulators now are un-
der construction. One is to
duplicate the energy of the
sun. This will be accom-
plished, it is hoped, with 1877
mercury-xenon lamps. These
are designed to produce a
close match to the total ra-
diation which a satellite will
receive.
A perfect match, 1t is adj
mitted, will be difficult to
achieve since the temperature
of the sun is close to 5000
degrees.
The mystery Of airglow,
the faint general illumina-
ton of the sky at times visi-
BILE from the ground on
moonless nights, has been
partially cleared UP in lab
oratory analysis of observa-
tions made during the flight
of Astronaut M. Scott Car
penter, according to the Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Due to Radiation Band
1t is due, calculations show,
to a very narrow band in the
radiation spectrum of the sun.
This was found by use of a
very delicate light filter de-
veloped by scientists at the
Administrations Goddard
Space Flight Center at
Greenbelt, Md.
Calculations show that the
lower boundary of the glow
to be about 70 miles above
the earth. The upper bound
ary is at an altitude of about
100 miles. 1t apparently is
continuous all around the
horizon. 1t is as bright as
the brightness of the moon
lit horizon.
Also partially solved in the
analyses are the sunrise
snowflakes" reported by Car
penter. These appeared at
sunrise and ranged from a
millimeter to a centimeter in
diameter.
They undoubtedly, says a
report, came from sources
within the spacecraft itself.
Several lines of evidence in
dicate that they are real
snowflakes formed by the
freezing of water vapor from
the spacecraft. They escape
into space through the ports,
being driven outward by the
expending vapor. says the re-
port.
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On Testing Walker

What a pity that our jun
ioT grade Fouche has been
deprived of the services of
that renowned pSychiatriSt,
DR.. Robert Soblen, in ascer-
tanning the mental compet-
ence and patriotism of Gen
eral Walkerl
Macon Fry.
Evening star., 1962-12-13
Partial TEXT OF KENNEDY NEWS pARLEY
Wait-and-See on Cuban PLEDGE

power, and the problem with
the Skybolt is that 1t is the
most sophisticated weapon
imaginable. To fire q missile
from a plane moving at high
speed to hit a target 1000 miles
away requires the most adj
vanced engineering and, Of
course, 1t has been really, in q
sense, the kind Of engineering
that's been beyond us.
We put a. half a billion dol
lars into it already. To COM
plete the system might cost
another, and to buy the mis-
siles that we would want might
require $2.5 billion. The five
tests have not been successful,
so that there really is The ques-
ton of how much 1t is worth
to the British and ourselves to
put in that kind Of money
when we have competing claims
for our available funds.
On the other hand, the
British have a very important
equity in the matter. It was to
discuss that equity that De-
fense Secretary Mcnamara
went to Great Britain. I am
sure it will be a matter which
will be discussed with the
Prime Minister, Harold Mac
milan. in Nassau, and the
United States, which is review
ing its budget. will take no
final decision until these con-
ferences have been completed.
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Sees No News Leak
In Security Council

Q. Do you plan any inquiry
TO learn who 1t was that
preached the security of the
National Security Council?
A. I have satisfied myself
and these matters have never,
as you know, or very seldom
are ever really determined with
precision. 1t is my judgment
that this statement or interpre-
tation Of Gov. Stevenson's po-
sition did not come from a
member Of the National Secur-
ity Council. I satisfied myself
on that.
I never heard anyone char
acterize Gov. Stevenson's po-
sition In that way and I am
satisfied, myself, that no one
did. Now. there are other peo-
pie that might have. But that
is a matter for the reporters
and 1t is a matter that. as I
say. / think can much better be
left to history when the whole
record will be spread out in
great detail.
q. You don't know. then. who
leaked it7
A. No. / don't know who. and
think II is unfortunate II any
body discussed any matter that
comes before the National Sc
curity Council because I think
II lessons It's effectiveness, but
/ have satisfied myself that the
remark did not come from a
member OF the National Secur-
ity Council.
Evening star., 1962-12-13

FOLLOWING Is a partial tert
OF President Kennedys netps
conference yesterday:
@. Mr.. President. in his
speech today Khrushchev said
among other things that he was
holding the United States to its
pledge against invading Cuba
or was ready to take measures
Of his own. What is your re-
action to the speech and what
is the situation now regarding
q no-invasion pledge2 Would
we ever make such a formal
declaration without first OBJ
tanning on-site inspections?
A. Well, I haven't had a
chance to analyze the speech
with the care with such a
speech obviously should be
studied. I am hopeful that
the negotiations that are now
going on in New York will come
to some conclusion in the not
too distant future. Mean
while, we will maintain-take
every step that is necessary to
make sure that these missiles
are not re-introduced into
Cuba or the offensive weapons
are not re-introduced, and we
are taking these means daily.
Evening star., 1962-12-13
Kennedy Bulks
At Polish Ham
Type Of Boycott

President Kennedy doesn't
think boycotting merchants who
stop innocent goods from Com
munist countries like Polish
hams really adds anything to
the fight against communism.
He suggested that If the
people organizing such boycotts
actually want to do something
about the spread Of COM
munism, they might join the
Peace Corps, boost the Alliance
for Progress, or be generously
hospitable to foreign students
in this country.
"Those are the things that
really make O difference" the
President said.
He added that saying a
merchant is unpatriotic be-
cause he has Polish ham in his
shop doesn't seem to me to be
a great contribution in the
fight against communism"
He spoke out in response to
a question asking his views
about right wing groups organ
izing boycottS against stores
which carry imports from
countries behind the Iron
Curtain.
Evening star., 1962-12-13

sion Of the various positions Of
the members Of the National
Security Council. Gov. Steven
son has already made q refer
ence to his position.
The fact Of the matter is that
Gov. Stevenson renders very
distinguished service. as / have
said. I nominated him for the
presidency in 1855. I would not
have supported him for the
presidency II had not believed
that he would be an effective
and responsible President. He
has done an excellent job at the
United Nations.
I am surprised that anyone
would possibly think that It
would be In the interest of the
country. the administration, or
the White House that any les
sening Of his influence would
be provided.
The reporters who happened
to be--the Presidency is not a
very good place to make new
friends. ] am trying to keep my
old friends. But I am respon-
sible for many things under the
Constitution, but not for what
they write. That is their re-
sponsibility and that is the way
we will continue it.
Evening star., 1962-12-13

you satisfied that such weapons
no longer are in Cuba,
A. It is our best judgment
that the missiles have been re-
moved from Cuba, and the
planes. Now, these things are
never 100 per cent, and 1t is for
that reason that we are insist
ing on verification. or If we
can't get the kind Of inter-
national inspection. we will
continue to use our own
method Of verification, which
we believe gives US assurance
against q re-introduction Of
these weapons into Cuba. -.
q. Mr.. President. the admin
istration proposed in Geneva
today some sort Of direct COM
munication between the White
House and the Kremlin, either
telephone or theletype. Could
you tell us what was in your
mind in proposing this and
how it is. related to the Cuban
affair, and the fact Of the
delay.
A. There was q delay as you
know, in the communications
back and forth, in the Cuban
affair. In some degree, ! think
on one or two occasions, 1t was
necessary to rely on open
broadcasts Of messages, rather
than sending them through the
coding procedure which took a
number Of hours. What was
happening was that when we
finally concluded our day and
sent the message to the Soviets,
they were Just waking UP, and
when they finished their day
and prepared their messages
for us, we we're just waking up.
So that it was taking time. The
coding procedures were slow.
In a nuclear age speed Is very
desirable. So we are hoping
that out Of this present con-
versation we can get instan-
taneous communication or at
least, relatively instantaneous
communication.
Evening star., 1962-12-13

very specific denial from your
office about the authenticity Of
the second article to appear in
relation to what went on or
what didn't 60 on in the Sc
curity Council. I am referring
to the Life magazine article.
There has been q good deal Of
speculation which has arisen as
a result Of your failure to say
whether or not the first article
created all the furor was
A. I want to say now the
White House statement dealt
Evening star., 1962-12-13
Latin Reforms

@. Aside from the good In
tentions expressed by various
governments in Latin America,
how much real advance has
been made in the area of eco
nomic, social and political re-
form. and, No. 2, Is there any
procedure by which those re-
forms can be evaluated here
or in the OAS?
A. I know that a good many
reforms have been made in
Venezuela. Colombia. In fact,
in Chile we have been discuss
ing, and the President has de-
scribed some of the agrarian
and tax reforms that Chile is
now undertaking. which give us
greater promise for the future.
-. These are terribly difficult
Evening star., 1962-12-13

with only two points in the sec
ond article. One was whether
the White House had In any
way authorized or suggested the
article in the Saturday Evening
Post, and, Number 2, whether
the White House had made
members of the National Sc
curity Council available. Both
Of those were untrue. The White
House had nothing to do with
the determination to write the
article or with its preparation.
That was what we addressed
ourselves to.
! will not get into q discus
Evening star., 1962-12-13
A Defense
OF Stevenson

@. Mr.. President, there was a
Evening star., 1962-12-13
Won't Describe
Actions in Council

q. Mr.. President, in connec-
ton with some of the re-
cent reports on the position
taken by ~. N. Ambassador
Adlai Stevenson on discussion
of the proposed Cuban block
ade in the National Security
Council, can you tell us, sir,
whether prior to your an
nouced decision on october
%, that Gov. Stevenson took at
any time a position that was
contrary or counter to the final
decision as you announced 1t?
A. Well. as I said before, !
would not attempt to describe,
verify or In any way discuss the
position that any member of
the National Security Council
has taken. The National Secur-
ity Council is an advisory body
to the President, and in the
final analysis, the President of
the United States must make
the decision. 1t is his decision.
1t is not the decision Of the Ma
tional Security Council or any
collective decision =.
I don't really think that
there is much advantage to
various press speculations on
various positions which the
members Of the National Secu-
rity Council took on the days
from Tuesday to the next Sun
day.
Quite frankly, those positions
frequently changed as members
Of the council examined the
alternatives and the possible
repercusslons of various courses
Of action, and it is my view
that when the final consensus
was reached and when I finally
made a judgment - and that
judgment was not really COM
pleted In its ultimate sense un-
til the Sunday morning-that
every member Of the Executive
Committee Of the National Sc
curity Council supported the
policy we finally adopted.
I would say, after having read
various statements of the past
10 days. that any historian
and I think this matter should
be left to historians-who walks
through this mine field of
charges and countercharges,
should proceed with some care.
@. Do you agree with Ambas-
sador Stevenson that the au-
thors Of this article acted ir-
responsihly?
(This referred to a Saturday
Evening Post magazine article,
by Stewart Alsop and Charles
Bartlett, saying Mr.. Stevenson
had advocated in the National
Security Council a soft ap-
proach in the Cuban crisis.)
A. I have never attempted to
characterize members Of the
press. I think that they have to
meet their responsibilities. I
have had some criticisms with
various points which have been
made. and I would not attempt
to characterize writer's Of this
article or any other.
Evening star., 1962-12-13
Discusses Tax Cut
With Chairman Mills

@. Mr.. President, has the op-
position expressed by Chairman
Wilbur Mills Of the Ways and
Means Committee changed the
administrations position on tax
cuts that it has proposed for
next year?
A. Well, I think that Mr..
Mills interview should be read
in entirety. If you read the en-
tire article, it does not suggest
that the administration. under
some circumstances, and Mr..
Mills may be so far apart. In
fact, I am going to see Con-
gresham Mills today. -.
We intend to go ahead with
our program. I am hopeful
that as we have a chance to
explore this matter Congress
will give it very close attention.
-. We hope to adjust our view
points so that we can get some
action on this program next
year.
@. Mr.. President, can you
tell us what is being done to
curb Western and other ship
ping to Cuba? There is a
great deal Of shipping en- route
there now, according to the in
formation we get.
A. Yes. AS you know, the
shipping Of any kinds Of goods
Of the kind that would be used
as offensive weapons, Of course,
action would be taken by the
United States. The United
States has attempted to use
its influence with members OF
NATO and others to discourage
shipping. Some countries have
respon d e d and the United
States is preparing other regu-
lations which viii affect ship
ping which should be available
within the next two weeks. ,
Evening star., 1962-12-13
Is Not Convinced
Plane Is Needed

@. Were you speaking, sir, Of
teletype or telephone? You once
told us you didn't think q tele-
phone was very useful.
A. I think that that is prob
ably true. I am not convinced
that telephoning would have
speeded, or conversation on the
telephone between Mr.. Khru-
shchev and myself would have
speeded a solution of the Cuban
crisis. Teletype I think might
have made it a safer situation.
A phone might be the solution,
but teletype certainly seems to
have some ADVANTAGES. yes.
Evening star., 1962-12-13
On H1r0ssment
OF Import Dealers

@. Mr.. President. in some Of
our major cities, John Birch or
right-wing type groups have
been organizing boycotts
against the stores which carry
imports from Iron Curtain, So
called Iron Curtain countries,
and in some cases intimidating
the stores. The State Depart
ment suggests that this is con-
trary TO our policy of encour-
aging non-strategic trade with
those countries. ! wonder II you
share that view about those
boycotts?
A. Yes. / don't really think
that--I think that 1t harasses
merchants and l don't think it
really carries on much of an
effective fight against the
spread OF communism, they will
assist the Alliance for Progress,
for one thing. or they viii en-
courage their children to Join
the Peace Corps, or they will do
a good many other things.
They will be generous to stu
dents who come to the United
States to study, and show them
something Of America. Those
are the things that really make
a difference. Not going down,
and because some merchant has
Polish ham in his shop, saying
he is unpatriotic, doesn't seem
to me to be a great contribution
in the fight against commu-
nism.
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Insists Verificotion
Still Is Needed

Q. Mr.. President. could you
define for us the term of Of
fensiye weapons in the context
Of the Cuban situation. and are
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To Discuss SkyboIt
With MocmiIIon

q. Mr.. President. sir. II it
becomes necessary 10 cancel the
Skybolt missile program be-
cause Of missile operational in
ability. what role can Britain
play in our mutual atomic de-
fenses7
A. Well, think II will play
q significant role as q nuclear
Evening star., 1962-12-13

problems. I don't think we
should be impatient with fail
ure, but we should not desist
because we have not solved all
the problems overnight.
Evening star., 1962-12-13
PRESIDENT FINDS MIMIC
SOUNDS MORE LIKE TEDDY

President Kennedy turns out to be the most mis-
chievous critic of the who hopes to make fortune
out Of mimcking him. '~'4
The President siilingly confessed to questioner at
press conference late yesterday that he has listened to
the smash hit record THE First Family which features
the voice OF Vaughan Meader initiating him.
He has no harsh words of criticism for the kidding
takeon on him and his family but what he said with
mischievous grin must have been upsetting to Mr.
Meader than q denunciation would have BEEN
II listened to Mr.. Meaders record but thought It
sounded more like Teddy than it did me" the President
said.
He was referring to his younger brother, Edward M
Kennedy who was elected to the Presidents old seat as
q Senator from Massachusetts, last month.
The President got around to specifically an
swerng his wordconing questoner who wanted to know
If such things the Meader record and colorng books
pointing fun at the Kennedy family produce annoyment
or enjoyment"
His grnning demeanor did not indicate much "an-
noyment," however