The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-21
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 20


and forceful measures to pre-
vent surplus Air Force cargo
planes from getting into Castro
hands.
Already the Senate Investigate
ing Committee, headed by Sera-
tor j h n Mcclellan, DARK,
which is probing the holly con-
troversial Tx plane contract,
has blocked the sale of seven
C-l24 Globemasters that appar-
emily were surreptitiously des-
tined for Cuba.
Several hundred Air Force
cargo planes are in process of
being declared surplus. The Sen
ate Committee wants to make
certain that more of them wind
up in Communist hands.
Senator Mcclellan has re-
quested Secretary Mcnamara to
submit in writing the policy that
has been formulated for the dis
posal OF these planes.
The Senate investigators have
been told no such policy exists.
This information comes from
authoritative Pentagon sources
which tipped off the senators
about the proposed sale of the
seven surplus Globemasters to
highly suspicious buyers.
The Would-be purchasers were
a Canadian syndicate in which
U. S. gamblers had a consider
able interest.
7 h underworld elements
operated gambling casino in
Havana before Castro came into
power The Mcclellan Commit
tee has reason to believe they
still have business" ties there.
The Canadian syndicate sought
to buy the Globemasters at APP
proXimately $4,000 each. Their
orr G i n a ! cost was about ten
times that amount.
The Canadian group told De
Tense authorities the planes were
wanted as private air cargo
transports. But the Senate in
vestigators, after digging into
the matter, strongly suspected
the real intent was to turn over
some of the C124s to Castro and
use the others to fly cargo be-
tween Canada and Cuba.
On the basis of this secret in
formation. Sena tor McClel-
Ian asked Secretary Mcnamara
for a full report on this contam-
plated deal,
1t was after this that the De
Tense Department called it off.
The Senate investigation is
still underway. The probers par
tlcularly Wart to question a
certain Washington lawyer lob
byist who had a hand in the af-
fair But they have been unable
to find him, and his whereabouts
are unknown.
Also uncovered by the investi-
gators was information that the
, gamblers involved in the sur
plus plane deal planned to set
up one OF more casinos III Pan
anna
That information has been
transmitted to the Panama gov
eminent.
Senator Mcclellan is discuss
ing with members OF his com
mittee the ACCESSIBILITY of max
/ ing a Senate speech summing ul
! the findings of the Tx con
tract investigation. Privately
Mcclellan is highly critical Of
Secretary Mcnamara s course il
this matter, particularly in dis
regarding the views of top All
Force and Navy officers. Virtu
ally all of them opposed Nc
Namara S decision to award the
contract to General Dynamics.
CUBAN FLASHES - Senator
Kenneth Heating. my, whose
disclosures on Cuba have beer
very provoking to the Kennedy
Administration, is telling col
leagues he is encountering ir
creasing difficulty obtaining au
thorltative information. His adj
mlnistration embarrassing re-
ports have come from friendly
officials who have access to re-
liable data. But Pentagon au
thorities are vigorously tighten
ing the screws in intelligence
and other informed quarters
with the result that Heating S
channels are drying up Gu
ban refugees have told Heating
and other congressional leaders
that the Russians are building
permanent installations and dig.
glng in in a manner that indi-
Gates they intend to stay long
time. In the past month
20 free world freighters and
tankerS to lin 6 more thar
100000 gross tons discharged
| cargoes in Cuba. Britain heads
the list with 1883 tons. In the
past two weeks, five freighters
flying the Lebanese flag unload
ed cargoes in Cuba. Significant
ly, the first Swedish freighter,
the 6,400-ton Dagmar, appeared
in the Cuban trade.
SOCIAL WHIRL President
and Mrs. Kennedy have rented
their new country house in Vir-
GINA, but the First Lady is par
eQtS are pPifinp ready IN r,,o1a