Milford chronicle., 1962-03-02

on the line, however, in November. 1t was
Governor Edmund G.. Brown who hand1ly
defeated Senator William Knowland for
Governor in 1858. Should Nixon suffer a
similar fate, he would be virtually out of the
1864 presidential picture:
THE DAY is COMING
1t is of no small significance that most
Americans these days, scarcely look up when
plane roars overhead. We are even grow
ing accustomed to sonic bOOms, though they
still make us Jump bit. The fact is that
aircraft are commonplace, SO much so as
trains were half century past.
This makes it all the more surprising
that as a recent survey indicated, about 80
per cent of all Americans have never been
aboard an aircraft in flight. We accept fly
ing as routine, though the great bulk OF us
have never flown.
This is not as bizarre situation as one
might suppose at first thought. One OF the
big contributing factors has been the con-
current development of planes and automo-
wheels, rather than a nation on wings. In
dividually controlled mobility, thus far con-
fined for the most part to ground travel, has
been the tOuchStOne of our experience.
But air travel is growing. Every year.
significantly more planes flying faster and
faster crowd the nations airspace. Some day
not far distant, it appears safe to predict
the figures will be reversed; most Amerl-
cans will have flown and only small min
ority will remain grounded. Even before
that day comes, problems of air traffic con-
troll will have become monumental. A vigOr
Gus, concerted effort by government and pri-
vate interests must be made to keep abreast
of these problems as they develop with the
growth of air travel.
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REPUBLICANS IN GOVERNMENT
II, fbo &C
it is pointed out that today a score of Re-
publicans hold key posts in the Kennedy
Administration. Among those listed as Re
publicans In the Administration are Douglas
Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Robert
Mcnamara, Secretary of Defense National
Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, General
Lucius Clay, John A. McCone, Director of
the Central Intelligence Agency, and Will
liam c. Foster, Director of the new Z. S.
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Other new frontier Republicans include
Harry j. Anslinger, the Narcotics Bureau
Commissioner; James S. Bush, Director of
the Export-Import Bank Joseph V. Charyk,
Undersecretary of the Air Force; DR.. Le-
land j. Hayworth, Member of the Atomic
Energy Commission; Robert W. Jones, Dep
uty Undersecretary of State; Brockway
Mcmillan, Assistant Air Force Secretary;
Herbert J. Miller, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral; Charles R. Ross, Member of the Fed
eral Power Commission; James H. Wake
lin, Jr., Assistant Navy Secretary, and Jack
M. Whitney, a member of the Security and
Exchange Commission.
In October, 1860, President Kennedy
promised that key posts in the Administra-
tion would be filled by the best talent in both
parties. 1t would appear that he has gone
beyond any of his predecessors in office in
being bipartisan in making appointments.
This is in sharp contrast to the policies
of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the most recent
Republican President, who appointed few
Democrats to high public office.
Most fair-minded citizens will agree that
in making the top appointments, it is i'm
portant that a president get the best avail
able men, and that his appointments should
not be selected merely on the basis of party
affiliation.
CULTIVATE WIN" POLICY
President Kennedy was asked, at his
Valentines Day press conference to COM
ment on right wing charges that the admin
istration is pursuing mo win" policy in
the cold war His response underscored a
fundamental fact Of international life in the
nuclear age, which is that there can be no
shortcuts to victory
The reason for this is that shortcuts can
only be taken at terrible risk of nucear war.
The risk is great enough at best, given a
basically at odds and possess the weapons of
mutual destruction. To take the shortcuts
implicit in policy of infexibility and of ag-
gressive conformation would greatly in
crease the risk.
The President, having stated the nation
al objective by noting that Americans want
the United States to be secure and in peace,
and they want the cause of freedom around
the world to prevail" then proceeded to ex-
plain why we must carry on with patience
and perseverance so as to minimize the risk
of war:
eff someone thinks we should have nu-
clear war in order to win, | can inform them
that there will not be winners in the next
nuclear war, if there is one, and this country
and other countries would suffer very heavy
blows. So we have to proceed with respon-
sibility and with care in an age where the
human race can obliterate ITSELF"
That statement is not as eloquent or dra-