Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-22
POLICY
Security Council, Cabinet Meet;
Conoress Leaders Are Summoned
Continued From Page Al

COntlnue0 FROM rage Al
field, Senate Minority Leader
Dirksen, House Majority
Leader Albert and Minority
Leader Halleck plus Demo-
cratic Senators Humphrey,
Russell, Fulbright and Smath-
ers; Republican Senators SAL
tonstall. Wiley, Hickenlooper.
and Kuchel and Representa-
tives Vinson, Morgan, Arends
and Chiperfield.
The President had been cam
paigning in Illinois during the
week end for Senator Dirksens
Democratic opponent, Repre-
sentative Yates, when he cut
short his trip to return to
Washington. The explanation
at the time was that Mr.. Ken
nedy had a cold.
Mr.. Salinger was at his desk
this morning at the unusually
early hour of 1880 am. and con-
ferred soon thereafter with
Robert Manning, Assistant Sec
rotary of State for Public AZ
fairs.
Mr.. Salinger refused to say
anything whatever to reporters
about what was in the wind.
Order Planned
A United States order crack
ing down on ships carrying
goods to Cuba has been ex-
pected early this week. Other
activity, however, led to specu-
lation that Mr.. Kennedy was
readying a more dramatic
move against the Communist
regime of Fidel Castro, possibly
a blockade. Although there also
was speculation that an inva-
sion was near.
The main announced military
concentration consisted of some
40 ships, 10000 men and car
rier-based aircraft assembled
for Navy maneuvers around
Vieques, a small island east of
Puerto Rico.
But Assistant Secretary of
Defense Arthur Sylvester denied
the october 1880 exercise is a
cover for any planned attack
against Cuba. He said no United
States invasion Is imminent
against Cuba, Haiti or any other
Latin American country, the
Associated Press reported.
Other Moves
Other military moves in
Guided:
/. Round the clock con-
struction work at Florida's Key
West airport, 80 miles from
Havana, to build a control tower
said to be needed to handle a
big increase in traffic. The
Florida Keys bristled with
soldiers.
2. A squadron Of Navy Jet
fighters recently shifted to
Key West.
8. A rifle battalion Of about
1900 Marines transferred from
Camp Pendleton, Calf, to
Camp Lejeune. N. c., avowedly
as part of the Caribbean ma
neuvers.
4. A flight of KB-50 tanker
planes from Langley Air Force
Base, destination undisclosed.
The Pentagon called this part
of a normal mobility training
activity
5. A squadron Of six am
phibious vessels sailed from
Norfolk, Va. to join the Carib-
bean exercise. A number of
other Naval vessels left Nor =
folk, too. the Defense Depart 4
ment saying they were to ride ;
out Hurricane Ella in open =
water rather than in port. n
Sunday at the Pentagon saw
an unusually high attendance Il
Of brass including Gen. Max "
well D. Taylor, Chairman Of u
the Joint Chiefs Of Staff; Sec v
rotary of the Navy Fred Korth l
and Admiral George w. Ander- 2
son, jr., Chief Of Naval Opera \
tions.
Mr.. Kennedy attended church
Yesterday and showed no signs &
of the cold which was the .
stated reason for his return Q
to Washington Saturday ahead Z
of scheduled. A spokesman said l
Mr.. Kennedy's doctor found 81
the Presidents temperature and a
pulse normal and his nasal
congestion cleared up, but rec p
commended rest. y
Vice President johnson also
flew back to Washington yes
terday with a cold. He left
Hawaii IL hours earlier than C
planned. -. @
Secretary of State Rusk was f
at his desk for part of the n
day, as was Mr.. Salinger, not a
a Sunday worker.
Adlai E. Stevenson, United il
States Ambassador TO the a
United Nations, was called to I
Washington for a weekend t.