Evening star., 1962-04-19
Moon Efforts
ToAid Peace,
johnson SAYS

NEW ORLEANS, April 19l
AP).-Vice President Johnson
declared today the Nations
space goal of shooting for the
moon" and reaching it also will
open a new doors on earth for
peace and prosperity.
He told the American Society
Of Newspaper Editors, meeting
here, that there is a good rea-
son why we are proposing to
spend billions of dollars to go
to the moon when there are so
many problems to be solved
right here on earth"
A moon landing, he said in
his prepared remarks, would
solve many of earth'S prob
lens.
Going to the moon is not
merely an effort to satisfy idle
curiosity, the Vice President
said. I'VE are going to the
moon because it is a logical step |
in the exploration of the uni
verse"
Mr.. johnson added: "And we
know that the steps we have
taken already have paid off
and paid off handsomely"
Mr.. johnson cited as one big
dividend of the space program
the weather satellite Tiros
which gave the Gulf Coast |
three days advance warning |
of Hurricane Carla.
Space Program Paid
The people on the gulf, he
said, found that the space |
program-which had seemed |
so remote-suddenly became |
very near to them and very |
dear to them-because it meant |
saving lives"
Mr.. johnson, chairman of |
the National Aeronautic and
Space Council, said there are
other dividends being reaped
from the investment in space
some already in existence or
just over the next orbit"
The building of compact |
electronicS equipment essential
to space flight will in the fu-
ture mean pocket television re-
ceiverS, better hearing aids
land whole new families of |
household appliances" he said.
Some other space steps that
will become giant strides on
earth, Mr.. johnson said, are:
"Our studies of man under
stress of space flight are OPEN
ing new biological concepts
that will have great medical
value.
Our communication satellite
system will eliminate the need
and the cost of laying so
additional cables across the
ocean in the next 20 years.
1T is only a matter of time
until face-to-face communica-
ton will be possible between
people in remote quarters of
the globe"
Steps Taken
These examples, Mr.. johnson
said, "are with us now or
within our sight. And every
single one was made possible
by the few, faltering steps we
have taken into space already"
Mr.. JohnSon's address fol-
lowed a morning session of the
ASNE devoted to a round
table discussion IF I Were
Editor"
Those on the program as
participants in the round table,
with Eugene S. Pulliam, jr.,
of Indianapolis presiding, were
Newbold Noyes, jr., executive
editor of the Washington Star:
Mary McGrory, Star staff
writer; Fletcher Knebel, Des
Moines; Robert Roesler, New
Orleans, and James BasSett,
Los Angeles.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones, editor Of
the Tulsa (Okla) Tribune, told
the editors yesterday that it
was time for re-valuation of
Americas attitude, particularly
with respect to morals.
Another speaker, Gov. Carlos
Lacerda of Brazil's Guanabara
state, said the mistakes that
led to the loss of China to the
Communists must not be made
in Latin America.
He urged a campaign "to
concentrate our joint resources
on that immense mass of youth
IA to 20 years of age who make
up the vast majority of the
sub-employed, unskilled, not
knowing how to use their heads
or hands under the primitive
conditions under which they
must make a living, insecure
about their future, anxious to
adhere to any idea which \ is
promising"