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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25

Kennedy might appoint Mr.. Weav-
err to succeed Abraham Ribicoff
as Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare when, as expected,
Mr.. Ribicoff resigns to run for
the Senate from Connecticut.
Thus, there would be Negro In
the cabinet anyway.
The Republicans jumped right
in to second the idea of Mr..
Weaver in the cabinet. Senate
Minority Leader Everett Dirksen
predicted that not a single Repub-
lican would vote against the Ne
gro official for HEW Secretary II
the President should nominate
him.
The House vote came on
Wednesday afternoon. The admin
istration's nose-counters, as in the
Senate earlier, were surprised.
The Urban Department plan was
turned down by a whopping mar
gin of ia, the final vote reading
264 to $50.
The President had suffered a
major legislative defeat. The at
tempt to tar the COP. with an
anti-Negro brush in order to
wiring out the last drop of par
tiSan political advantage doubt
lesSly hurt his cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Military

While Project Mercury is a
peaceful-use space effort under
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administrators control,
there is no sharp line in outer
space dividing the non-m military
and military areas.
Thus the Glenn voyage, the first
big step toward piloted space
flight. is a matter Of great inter-
est to the Pentagon. There are
many missions which can be fore
seen for military spacecraft, both
of an offensive and defensive ma
ture.
One day we may see missile
firing space bombers, reconnais-
sance, anti-satellite and early
warning craft. All these, it ap-
pears now, would be useful for
determining the course of events
on earth in any future wars.
But later, if man cannot agree
on peace in space and disarma-
ment on earth. then it is conceiv-
able that wars could be fought on
and over the moon and the
planets.
One Of the immediate results
of the Glenn flight was a proposal
from Mr.. Khrushchev that the
USSR and the United States pool
their resources to explore outer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
A Different Picture

On Wednesday afternoon, how
ever, the political experts were
taking another look and seeing a
different picture. They had good
reason to. The administration ap-
peared to have bungled the job
on Capitol Hill.
Because the House Rules Com
mittee, with four Democrats join
ing a solid bloc of five Republi-
cans, refused to report out a bill
calling for the new Urban Affairs
department, the President had re-
sorted to another approach. He
submitted the recommendation
to Congress under his Government
reorganization powers, which pro-
vide that unless one of the two
Houses votes against the proposal
within go days, it takes effect au-
tomatically.
Early last week the plan was
still lodged in the Government
Operations Committee of the Sc
nate, while the House, moving
faster, appeared to be headed for
vote by the end of the week.
The Democratic strategy called
for putting as much pressure on
House Republicans as possible be-
cause the chances the lower cham
Der would approve the plan were
regarded as not bright.
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entific accomplishment has re-
gained its high place and that
we have a lot of good will in the
world.
Prime Ministers, presidents, die
tators. royalty. the Pope and citi-
zens from dozens of different
countries hailed the Glenn flight.
1t was a huge vote of confidence
in the United States.
This outburst Of warm wishes
was matched by the Joy and pride
Of our own people. There is a
feeling today that no longer will
the faint-hearts and supercynics
provoke national gloom should the
Soviets, as they undoubtedly will,
score new space triumphs.
We have demonstrated clearly,
II our wide lead in the number
and sophistication of our orbiting
satellites had not done so before,
that America has well-organized,
highly competent team managing
our space effort, that in time we
will equal or surpass anything the
Russian have done or will do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
To Attract More

There has been generally
acknowledged failure on the part
of the Federal Government to at
tract sufficient number of high
ly qualified persons into tho civil
service. This has been particu-
larly so in the top brackets,
The new plan takes this into
account. 1t calls for instAllment
pay increases over a thtee-year
period. ranging from 81 per cent
in the lowest grades to a most
impressive IS per cent for those
at the top. A grade 10 now earn
ing $18,500 a year would get $24,-
500 starting January l, 1865.
It is now up to Congress. If the
lawmakers agree with the Presi-
dent that there is a steady attri-
ton of valued employees and an
inability to attract many top quail
ity college graduates - thereby
raising the costs for recruiting
and neutrality-suspicious. there will
be affirmative action before the
end of the session.
Earlier in the week, the Presi-
dent had another recommendation
to Congress. He asked for stand
by authority to spend up to 50
billion to avert a recession If one
threatened.
Noting that virtually every COM
munity in the country, like the
Federal Government, has a back
log of needed capital improvement
projects, he said in identical let
tiers to the Vice President and
the Speaker of the House:
AN acceleration of these prof.
ects-all worth while in their own
rights wise and proper method
of increasing employment and ex-
pendltures at times when such
action is urgently needed to help
stabilize our economy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Urbun::
Bdckfire

The House on Wednesday
overwhelmingly rejected Presi-
dent Kennedy's proposal for a
new Department Of Urban At
fairs.
Several weeks ago when the
President told a news conference
that he would appoint Robert c.
Weaver, a Negro, as head of a new
Department of Urban Affairs, if
Congress approved its establish
ment, many political pundits
quickly pronounced it a brilliant
stroke by a master politician.
They reasoned that Mr.. Ken
nedy had put the Republicans in
a tight political squeeze, that if
they failed to support the depart
ment plan it would be regarded
as an anti-Negro act. John Bailey,
the Democratic National Chair
man, and Mr.. Weaver, who is
head of the Housing and Home
Finance Agency, unhappily sug-
geSted just that.
If, on the other hand, the pun
dts argued, the COP. approved
the new department, its creation
would be assured and the Demo-
Gratis would get the bulk of the
credit because a Democratic Pres
ident>had proposed it.
Under this reasoning, of course,
the Democrats would, in either
event, benefit at the polls in the
November congressional elections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
The Viewpoints

The disarmament conference is
still two and a half weeks away,
but after last weeks developments,
both sides positions seem clear.
The United States wants dis
armament, but not at the cost of
national security. In other words,
1t will agree to arms control only
If there is inspection of each stage
of disarmament to prevent cheat
ing.
If both sides agree, for instance,
to limit themselves to 500 ICBM's,
the United States wants interna-
tional inspection of all possible
means of production to insure
that no ICBM's are being made
secretly.
The Soviet Union, however,
states that it is willing for con-
troll over disarmament" but not
over armament" In other words.
the Soviet Union says that it will
tell a control team how many
missiles it has, and will destroy
all those above 500. Thus, the
Russians will say, 1--WE have 1000
missiles. You can watch us de-
stroy 500."
The United States, however,
does not trust the Soviet Union
and wants a control team to make
sure the Russians are keeping
their word. This, Mr.. Khrushchev
says, is espionage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
The Space Angle

However, these were the de-
velopments:
. The United States successful
orbital shot boosted American
pride at home and prestige around
the world. Although the Russians
still lead in the space race, Tues
days triple-orbit brought the
United States within hailing dis
lance.
In poker-p playing terms, Presi-
dent Kennedy said it gave the
United States more chips on the
table" in any future discussions
with the Russians.
Q To offset the American prop
uganda gains, Premier Khru-
Shchev suggested that the United
States and the Soviet Union pool
their efforts to explore outer
space. The offer was meant to
dramatic the Soviet Unions
peaceful intentions.
. Mr.. Kennedy welcomed the
proposal but noted that he had
made similar suggestions from
the time he took office in January,
1861. Nevertheless, Mr.. Kennedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Titov Ratified Rockets

One thing the Russians have
done, we will not do. We will not
use our space achievements as a
basis for threats to other nations.
A few weeks after his flight, Ma
jor Titov told a crowd in East
Berlin that the giant rocket which
had fired him into orbit could be
used to deliver thermonuclear
warheads to any point on earth.
He and Major Gagarin, who
also went on tour, visiting coun-
tries in the West as we'll as those
behind the Iron Curtain, demon
strated how closely technical and
political planning is co-ordinated
in the Soviet Union.
John Glenn may also visit
abroad, upon the invitation of
other countries. But it is highly
unlikely that he will rattle any
rockets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
The Unexpected
THE FOREIGN SCENE
Disarmament: asst Maneuverind

Premier Khrushchev last
week renewed his proposal to the
West that next months dis
armament conference of 10 ma
tions be transformed into a
summit conference. This was
promptly turned down for the
second time.
The Russians reversed their
position in Geneva and agreed
to merge the nuclear test ban
talks with the disarmament
conference.
Like veteran chess players, long
familiar with each others tactics,
the United States and the Soviet
Union confidently made their
moves last week in their latest
cold war propaganda contest.
And prospects were that once
again the match would end in a
stalemate. The arms race, it was
feared. would continue.
The international moves were
made so quickly that many peo-
ple-their eyes fastened on outer
space - did not bother to think
about their significance. To be
sure, the propaganda match was
so familiar that most people well
coined the space orbits as a happy
change-of-pace,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
UnproductWe

So, rather than let the House
vote first, Senate Majority Lead
er Mansfield tried an unusual, I'M
popular and, as it turned out, I'M
productive tactic. He called upon
the Senate to discharge the plan
from the Operations Committee,
which is headed by the vigorous
and highly regarded John Nc
Clellan of Arkansas.
The Mansfield move boomer
anged. On Tuesday, the Senate,
which probably would have voted
for the new department on its
merits, vetoed the discharge idea,
So to 40. This meant that the
House would act first.
Meanwhile, some Democrats, in
Guiding Senator Hubert Hum
phrey, in a transparent threat"
to members of Congress from the
South. suggested that if the ur-
ban department was rejected, Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
New Ocean

The President, who had watched
the proceedings by television in
the White House, voiced "the
great happiness and thanksgiving
OF all of us" in a brief, extern
poraneous statement.
Then, after tempering his Ella
ton with the recognition that
there was a long way to 60 in
the space race, he concluded on
this note of hope and determine
ton:
&c. This Is the new ocean, and
I believe the United States must
sail on it and be in a position
second to none"
The United States admittedly
is second to the Soviet Union in
the n-space business, pri-
marily because of the latters lead
in big booster engines, which per-
init the DRIFTING of much larger
payloads.
The Glenn flight came 314 days
after Maj. Gagarin's one-orbit ride
of April IL, 1861, and 1877 days
after Capt. Titov'S 17-orbit feat
of last August 6. And for accom-
plishment, it was somewhere in
between the Russians.
The free world, of course, does
not have a full accounting of the
Gagarin and Titov flights. Nor do
we, as yet, have the full story or
significance of the Glenn trip.
This will have to await the ex-
perts' analysis and study of all the
data, including that obtained dur
ing the two days of "debriefing"
Col. Glenn underwent at Grand
Turk Island in the Bahamas.
But there are conclusions, some
tentative, which may now be
drawn as to the significance of
last Tuesdays feat. They are:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Threat to u. S.

Because of last falls Soviet nu-
clear tests, the United States fears
that the Russians may have gained
sufficient military knowledge to
threaten the United States Sc
surity. Mr.. Kennedy has said that
if this is so, the United States
in collaboration with Great Brit
ain-will resume testing itself.
This would accelerate the arms
race, since it will give the Rus
slams an additional excuse for
more tests. At present, nuclear
test discussions have broken down,
and will be resumed at the dis
armament conference. The Rus
slams would prefer that the West
not test-in order to prevent the
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Mr.. Kennedy called the Khrush-
chew proposal most encourage
ing" and said he was ready to
talk about it in the United Ma
lions or anywhere else. But he
quickly expressed a man-from-
Missouri caution.
I'VE know from long experience
that it is more difficult to trans
form these general expression into
specific agreements :" he told
his news conference on Wednes-
day.
Later when asked if he saw
any recent evidence pointing to
the possibility of an agreement
with the Russians, the President
made this puckish reply:
II might say we now have more
chips on the table than we did
sometime ago. So perhaps pros
poets are improving"
Meanwhile, the country be-
longed to Col. Glenn and his
closely knit family.
The President flew to Cape
Canaveral with a planeload of
Glenns on Friday to greet the
astronaut and award him the
NASA medal. And he planned to
visit with him in Washington to-
morrow. A giant parade, from the
White House to Capitol Hill, where
the Marine colonel will address a
joint session of Congress, is to fol-
low. Government workers and
school children will be let out
early to join the party.
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perhaps summed up the signifi-
canoe of this aspect best when
he declared on Grand Turk:
I'VE have piped man aboard
as the pilot of space craft. Now
we can get rid of some of that
automatic equipment and let man
take over"
If some equipment could be re-
moved it could allow more room
and hence more comfort for the
astronaut and perhaps provide
an additional margin of safety
with the lighter overall weight.
There was another conclusion
which might be made. The bruis-
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took the initiative and said he
was inStructing his experts to
draw up concrete proposals for
immediate projects.
. Mr.. Khrushchev again urged the
West to send their top officials
to the March ID disarmament
conference. Failure to do so would
indicate, he said, that the West
was not interested in disarma-
ment.
o The West Immediately said
that a summit meeting would be
waste of time unless there was
hope of progress. And there is no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25

ing the capsule received on re-
entry indicates those which will
be used later for moon shots and
the like, where the re-entry speed
is $4,000 miles an hour as COM
pared to Friendship rs 1885,
will have to be stouter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25

indication that such progress will
take place in Geneva. The West
proposed again that foreign min
listers be sent to the conference
instead.
. The Russians in an obvious
effort to prevent American re-
sumption of nuclear testing -
agreed to discuss nuclear test
ban at the disarmament confer
ence. but showed no willingness
to allow international inspection.
o In order to retain freedom to
test, the United States immedi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Scientific

The United States proved that it
has the capability of sending a
human into orbit and bringing
him safely through the fiery re-
entry into the atmosphere and
back to earth. This was a testi-
monial to the skilled scientists and
engineers from Government and
industry who make up the Project
Mercury team.
The flight which, because Of
relatively minor technical diff
culties, allowed Col. Glenn to par
ticipate directly somewhat more
than had been planned, also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
The Space Victory: Our New Ocean

Lieut.. Col. John III. Glenn, jr.,
became the first American-in-
orbit on Tuesday, circling the
earth three times and landing
safely in the Atlantic. The Pres
ident and Nation hailed the new
hero.
When Ralph Waldo Emerson
credited the embattled farmers at
Concord Bridge with firing "the
shot heard round the world" he
was. of course. speaking figura-
lively.
Last week, the United States
fired a shot which 1Das heard
and will be seen-from one end of
the earth to the other. This, to
be sure. was the one which sent
Marine Col. Glenn into a triple
orbit Of the globe from a rocket
pad at Cape Canaveral. Fla.
Americas prestige and self con-
fidence. at relatively low ebb in
the wake of several Soviet space
spectaculars, scared with the red
haired. freckle-faced astronaut.
And when he was fished out Of
the Atlantic by the destroyer USS
Noa after an 81,000-mile flight
through the heavens, the Nation
had its greatest peacetime hero
since Charles A. Lindbergh, the
Lone Eagle, climbed out Of his
fragile Spirit Of st. Louis mono
plane at LIE Bourget Field in Paris
after an ocean-spanning trip from
New York in 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Psychological!

The almost universally favor
able reaction including con-
gratulations from Soviet Premier
Khrushchev indicates that
United States prestige for SCI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Old Song

III the Army or the Many,
Euer look on heauen's scenes,
They ,Oill find the streets are
guarded
By United States Marines"
The Marine Corps Hymn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Soviet Flights

The worlds first orbital flights
by the Soviet Cosmonauts Yuri
Gagarin and Gherman Titov last
year were blanketed in the heavy
secrecy which is the hallmark Of
the Communists closed society.
There is, therefore. some small
doubt in the minds Of many
throughout the world that these
two Russians actually did all that
was claimed for them.
In contrast, the Glenn shot was
completely open. More than 600
reporters from this country and
abroad, representing newspapers,
magazines, radio and television,
were on the spot at the Cape to
watch the Marine climb aboard
his rocket and roar off into space.
It is estimated, in addition, that
more than so million Americans
saw or heard the blast-off Give"
by radio and television. Millions
more saw it later on video tape.
At the same time, the Voice Of
America, in the most extensive
coverage ever given q single event,
beamed an around the-world
broadcast In English and s. other
languages. It planned to rush
movies Of the shot to LOT coun-
tries. If seeing is believing. the
world will believe.
Tremendous suspense had built
up prior to this first American
attempt to orbit man, increas-
ing the interest in it. Ten times
the shot had been postponed from
the original date just before
Christmas last year.
If there had been suspense be-
fore the shot, there was plenty
during it, too. Because of an in
correct signal, the astronaut and
Project Mercury officials on the
ground believed that the space
capsules heat shield had acct
dentally become detached.
If this had been the case, Col.
Glenn and his capsule doubtlessly
would have been burned up by
the terrific FRACTIONAL heat created
by re-entry into the earth's at
mosphere at 17,545 miles an hour,
his orbital speed. The shield, Of
course, had not been detached.
The relief when the colonel
landed safely equaled the exulta-
ton.
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ately said that no ban would be
effective without international
inspection.
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helped establish mans key role
as a pilot In space.
One of the most often posed
questions among scientists con-
cerned the wisdom and need of
sending man into space if instru-
ments can do as we'll or better.
Col. Glenn answered that one.
The Unexpected
He did something no machine
has yet done. He exercised judg-
ment. initiative and curiosity in
taking charge when the unex-
pected happened. He, himself,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25

space. Both former President Eli
senhower and Mr.. Kennedy had
made a similar suggestion to the
Soviet leader in the past, without
success.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-17

If you want your potatoes mealy,
cook them whole rather then in cut
pieces.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-17
MAGNOLIA
Mrs. Frances Hart
Phone: S35.51S5

Mr.. Walter Day of Audubon,
New Jersey was the weekend guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. James McIlvaine.
Mrs. Edna Davis, Miss Eleanor
Davis and Mrs. Katie Knight visit
ed Rev. and Mrs. H. Norman Nick
las in Bethel on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Putt of Dover
and Mr. and Mrs. Allan Sweeney
of Norwood, Pa were the guests
on Friday evening of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Frese. The occasion was in
observance of Mr.. Frese's birthday.
Rev. and Mrs. Mac Hood and
Michael left on Sunday for a
weeks visit in Florida during
which time Rev. Hood will Of
ficiate at the wedding of friend
who was best man at the Hoods
wedding.
The Magnolia M.Y.F. were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Stubbs and Pat for a picnic on
Sunday evening a It the Stubb's
summer cottage at Pickerings
Beach.
Mrs. Blanche Richards, Mrs.
Lydia Hill and Mrs. Ann Orvis
were the luncheon guests la t
week of Mrs. Leonard Orvis of
Rising Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1962-08-17

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore spent
Wednesday with Mrs. R Ree d
Hughes, Mrs. Clifton Chambers
and son, Scott, at Rehoboth.
Thursday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Lynn Torbert were Mrs.
Joseph A1corn and granddaug
Rhea, of Wilmington, and Mrs. Lilly
Blades.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carlisle,
Marie, Patsy, and Gene spent Sun
day at Ocean City, Md. and Re
hoboth Beach.
Helping James Carlisle celebrate
his birthday last Tuesday were ::
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Carlisle and
son, Jimmy, of Townsend; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Carlisle and children,
and Mr.. and Mrs Byron Kemp, Jr.
and daughter, Denise.
Mrs. Courtland Dill and Mrs.
Robert Donaway were guests of
Mrs. Reed Hughes at Rehoboth,
last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Donaway
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dona-
way of Millsboro, on Sunday.
Mrs. Russell Torbert and son,
Jimmy, and Robert Donaway are
visiting relatives in Ocean City,
Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Taylor and
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Failing, Jr.
motored over the Skyline Drive in
Richmond and Williamsburg, Va.
last week
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Hodgson
are visiting their son, Robert, and
family in Minneapolis. Mimi
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Simpler
spent the weekend in New Hamp-
shire.
Mrs Gladys Ann Langshaw and
son, of Denton, Md, spent the
weekend with Mrs Orella Wilson.
Weekend guest of Mrs Cora Kill
len was Mrs Edith Killen of Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bradley
spent Sunday at Ocean City, Md.