Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-21
KHRUSHCHEV
U.S.. Seen Approving
Space Pool Proposal

proposals extending the United
Nations Charter to the limits
OF mans exploration IN the
universe, reserving outer space
for peaceful use, prohibiting
: weapons of mass destruction
in space or on celestial bodies,
and opening the mysteries and
benefits of space to every
nation. We shall further pro-
pose cooperative efforts IN
weather prediction and even
tually weather control. We
shall propose. finally. a glcbal
system of communication sat-
elites linking the whole world
in telegraph, telephone, radio
and television. The day may
not be far away when such a
system will televise the proceed
ings of this body to every cor
ner of the world"
Mr.. Kennedy's proposals in
his U. N. speech were more
limited than his first discus
sion OF space cooperation af-
ter becoming President in his
state-of- the Union message to
Congress on January 20, 1861.
Invitation to ALI
In that message, the Presi-
dent seemed to be proposing
just about what Premier
Khrushchev suggested today.
This administration" the
President told Congress more
than a year ago, intends to
explore promptly all possible
areas of cooperation with the
Soviet Union and other nations
ITO invoke the wonders of
science instead of it's terrors.'
specifically, I now invite
all MISUNDERSTANDING the So
Wet Union-to join with us in
developing a weather predic-
ton program, in a new COM
munications satellite program
and in preparation for prob
ing the distant planets of Mars
and Venus, probes which may
someday unlock the deepest
secrets of the universe.
Today this country is ahead
in the science and technology
of space, while the Soviet
Union is ahead in the capacity
to lift large vehicles into orbit.
Both nations would help them
selves as we'll as other nations
by removing these endeavors
from the bitter and wasteful
competition of the cold war.
"The United States would be
willing to join with the Soviet
Union and the scientists of all
nations in a greater effort to
make the fruits of this new
knowledge available to all >"
Vice President johnson. who
heads the Presidents Advisory
Council, commented that the
United States sis pretty much
o nthe record" for the idea of
cooperative space exploration.
Il think we've made our pro-
posal to the United Nations,
where we are pretty much on
the record with this" he said.
Diplomats of Americas allies
were wary and a little worried,
the Associated Press reported
from London. Their wariness
arose from a knowledge that
Mr.. Khrushchev is a master of
the art of grabbing free propa-
ganda rides out of other peo-
PIC D dCIl1CNClIlCIlJS.
Kerr Urges Caution
Senator Kerr, Democrat of
Oklahoma, chairman of the
Senate Space Committee, not
ing that the President and
others have made such pro-
posals in the past, commented:
Each time it has been re-
buffed, so, far as I am con-
cerned, we have proved to the
world that when we dedicate
ourselves to this task we &C
complish it,"
The Khrushchev proposal,
the Senator added, is evidence
that the Russians acknowledge
this =. would appraise it in
the light of the long, unbroken
record of seeking things when
it is to their advantage"
Senator Kerr said he would
not spurn the offer but would
analyses it carefully and make
a decision sorely on the basis
of what would serve the secur-
ity and best interest of the
United States"
Representative Miller, Demo-
crat of California, chairman of
the House Space Committee,
said his own feeling is that
since the United States got no
help from the Russians Il don't
see why we would want to
compromise now"
On the other hand, Mr.. Mil"
Ter said that if the President
and the Secretary of State
should consider that it was in
the best interest of the country
to accept the proposal he
would not oppose it.
Right now" he added, Il
would want to be shown that
it was in the best interest of
the United States"