The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-26

nance are definitely entwined
In Professor Frederick Barg-
hoorn's mysterious impriSon-
ment in Russia.
The 52-year-old bachelor Yale
educator was trying to arrange
for a Russian woman to be al
lowed to come to the o. S. to
marry him when he was sud
denly arrested as a spy.
He has known her for a num-
Der Of years. But his repeated
efforts to gain permission for her
to leave Russia have been un-
availing.
Close friends know little about
her. other than that she is an in.
tellectual and is engaged In the
cultural field" Barghoorn has
been active in promoting cul-
tural relations between the U. s.
and the Soviet.
A Yale colleague has suggest
ed that Barghoorn seek Presi-
dent Kennedy's help to induce
Premier Khrushchev to permit
the Russian sweetheart to come
to the q. S.
One theory being advanced by
State Department authorities is
that Barghoorn's arrest was pri-
marily for domestic ccnsurnp-
tion:" that is, as a pointed warn
ing to Russians to avoid ties
with foreigners. The Kremnn
took this means of hammering
home the long standing policy
that its people are to keep away
from foreigners.
| No outsider knows more about
this policy than Barghoorn. In
one Of his publications he wrote
Normal relations between So
Wet citizens and foreigners are
made difficult by fundamental
features of the Soviet system.
Warnings and sometimes arrests
have befallen Soviet citizens
who. without instructions. enter
into more than casual. acciden-
tai contacts with foreign visitors.
Even Soviet scientists. though
freer than under Stain. cannot
with impugnity conduct profess
sional correspondence with for
eign colleagues without clear
ance from their supeHors."
CASTRO STOOGE - A well
known U. S. author was paid
$25 900 to write a favorable book
about the Communist Castro re-
gime.
The Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee. headed by Sena-
tor James Eastland. D-MiSs., is
preparing to make public a con
tract between this author and
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul
Roa for this axle-greasing book.
The author has admitted to
the Senate investigators that he
received the $25, 900. Now living
in New York. he has written and
lectured extensively on l. a til n
America.
FIGHTING WORDS - Secre-
tary Dean Rusk is on blunt no
tice that the Senate Internal Sc
curity Subcommittee is deter
minedly bent on restoring Otto
Otepka, ousted security official,
to his former job.
This militant ultimatum was
given the State Department chief
by Senator Thomas Dodd. D.
Conn. vice chairman. during a
meeting in his office. Dodd had
summoned Rusk to discuss the
Otepka case. but all Rusk would
say was that he would review
the findings" when he got them
from the Civil Service Commits
sion.
Dodd exploded at this non
committal attitude.
Il want you to know, Mr.. Sec
retary," he exclaimed. that the
fat is in the fire. Our investiga-
ton Of your departments Sc
curity office won't stop until
Otepka is put back on the pay
roll in the position he held BE-
fore he was dismissed. AL the
members Of our committee feel
very strongly about this. and We
plan TO go all the way Otepka
has been outrageously treated.
and We are not going to stand
for it,
I'm glad to know how you
feel about the matter" replied
Rusk. And that ended the dis
cusslon - but not the explosive