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!. About 1000 Troops
Pulled Out of Cuba

@. Mr.. President, two weeks
ago you said you wanted to
wait until the end of March
before taking another look and
saying something about the
Soviet troops in Cuba. Do you
have any new information for
Us on how many have been
pulled out and what can be
done to get the rest of them
out?
A. Well, we estimate that
5000 Soviet troops left in No
vember, Immediately with the
missiles. and with the bombers.
And we estimate that In the
last month approximately 1000
Soviets have left. If we accept
the figure which was always a
rough calculation that there
were $1,000, $4,000, Soviets
there at the height of the cri-
sis, we could get some idea of
where approximately we think
the figures are today.
a. That still leaves some
thousands on the island. We
hope they are going to be with
drawn and we will continue to
observe very closely in the next
days. the immediate weeks
ahad, whether there are going
to be further Withdrawals
which, Of course, we wish
for
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Defense Controcts

@. Mr.. President, is 1t valid,
sir, for the Government to give
a defense contract to a finn in
order to keep that firm as part
Of the production arsenal of
this country; and co did that
happen in the case of the Tx
award to General DynamicsP
A. No to the last part. In
the first case, If it is hypo-
thetical case, I would say II
would depend on the circum-
stances, how great the need is
Is 1t for particular kinds OF
tools which we might need ir
the case Of emergency I car
think of cases where 1t woulc
be valid. It has nothing to dc
with the Tx. -.
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No Action Possible
On News Strikes

@. Is there a lesson in the
recent newspaper strike that
might lead to the settling of
labor disputes in this particular
industry by means other than
strikes In the future?
A. No. ! don't see 1t. /
think that unless the unions
and the employers are ready to
accept compulsory arbitration,
and there Is no indication that
either would be, / don't see
that we are going to be able
to set up any mechanical oper-
alton which would stop a city
strike.
Now, a State may want TO
set up emergency procedures,
which the Federal Government
has In cases affecting the ma
tional health and safety. That's
a State judgment. But ! don't
see any Federal actions that
can be taken. ! do feel. looking
at that strike. that that strike
could have been settled many
days before 1t was, on condi-
tons quite similar to what was
finally accepted. But neither
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some other Cubans, and I don't
criticize these men who took
part in this. They are anxious
to see their island free. but we
Just don't feel that this ad-
vances their cause. I contrast
that with some others.
For example, between 400 and
500 members of the brigade
who were prisoners, who were
at the Bay Of Pigs, have joined
the United States Army, 200 as
officers and $50 as men who
are now in training, and who I
think will be very fine soldiers,
and can serve the common
cause. The head of the - the
commander of the brigade, Oil
yer, who is a Cuban, a Negro.
got all of his marks at 100 in
joining the service. So I think
there are a good many very
determined, persistent CubanS
who are determined that their
island should be free, and we
wish to assist them.
We distinguish between those
actions which we feel advances
the cause Of freedom and these
hit-and-run raids which we dc
not feel advances the cause OF
freedom and we are attempting
to discourage those. =.
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German Scientists
At Work in Egypt

@. Mr.. President, Israel has
been evidencing growing con-
Germ over the manufacture of
missiles in Egypt. and unoffi-
cially has asked the United
States to use It's good offices
with Bonn to discourage the
use of German scientists in
this endeavor.
Can you tell us anything
about that point, and second
ly, can you tell us anything
about Israel's request for more
ornaments from this country
A. Well, as you know, the
German government itself has
indicated its displeasure anc
there is some question Of
whether it may be a breach Of
the law, the German scientist:
who are working on missiles
air engines and airframes fol
the U. A. r. There are not q
great number of them, but
there are some of them, and o.
course, they do affect the ten.
sions In the Middle East. So
think this matter has beer
very strongly brought to the
attention by the Israeli govern
ment and by other interested
parties who are seeking to d.
minish rather than increase the
arms race in the Middle East.
Now, on the question of what
military assistance we woulc
give the Israelis. as you know
the United States has never
been a supplier of military
equipment directly to the Is.
raelis. We have given economic
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Raids Might Stir
Reprisul Spiral

q. Would you be willing to
discuss with us, sir, the politi-
cal and military difficulties of
preventing these hit-and-run
raids by Cuban exiles who be-
lieve they are striking q blow
for freedom?
A. Well. obviously Florida
Is a long coast, and it is pos
sible for some people to 60
from Florida and strike at a
target and come back. We
have attempted to discourage it
for a number of reasons. We
believe 1t is ineffective. There
was a raid conducted in Cuba,
left around the 18th, think,
the evening Of the 18th and
18th that shot at a Soviet
merchant ship as a target of
opportunity. It returned, a
number of the people who took
part In 1t came to Washington
and held a press conference. It
does not seem to us that this
represents any real blow at
Castro. 1t gives additional in
centives for the Soviet Union
TO maintain their personnel in
Cuba, to send additional units
TO protect their merchant ships.
1t is not controlled. No one in
a position of responsibility
knows about 1t. So that it will
bring reprisals, possibly on
American ships. We will then
be expected to take a military
action to protect our ships,
which may bring a counter
action.
= l think that when these is
sues Of war and peace hang in
The balance, that the United
States Government and au-
thorities should - and when
american territory is being
used - should have a position
OF some control in the matter.
So we don't think that they are
effective, we don't think they
weaken Castro, we don't think
a rather hastily organized raid
which maybe shoots up a mer-
chant ship or kills some crew.
man. comes back, holds a press
conference, 1t doesn't seem TO
us that that represents a seri-
Gus blow TO Castro and, in
fact, may assist him in main
tanning his control.
Now, / want to contrast that
kind OF action with action of
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Partial Transcript Of Presidents Press Conference

Here is a partial teri of
President Kennedy'S netGS
conference yesterday
! @. Mr.. President, when a
Government department feels
it necessary to check on a news
story that is displeasing to that
department, how do you feel
about using lie detectors on
men you have appointed to Of
flee?
, A. Well, are you talking
about a hypothetical case or
an actual case?
a. I am talking about a
case that started at the Penta-
gon, but was called off today.
A. No, we'll, I think that
the case Secretary Mcnamara
was asked to investigate how
this Air Force document was
put out to the press. And at
the suggestion of the commit
tee, investigation was begun. I
think that it was a mistake to
suggest a polygraph, and I
think Secretary Mcnamara,
when he learned that in the
investigation that the doc
ument was suggested which
would indicate that the witness
might be willing to accept a
polygraph, I think he decided
that that was in error, and he
and Secretary Zuckert changed
It. So I don't think we need
concern ourselves in the future
about it. AS a matter of fact,
no polygraph was given.
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by police in Greenwood, Miss.
Do you have any comments on
the voter registration drive in
Greenwood, and particularly do
you think the Justice Depart
ment can do more in terms of
speed and effectiveness to en-
nance the effort down thereP
A. We have had a suit there
since last August against the
registrar on the ground of dis
elimination in the voting. We
have now a suit which we
launched the other day aginast
the denial of the rights of the
voters themselves. and that is
due for a hearing very shortly,
perhaps this week.
Then ] would hope that the
court would find that there
has been a denial of rights,
which seems to me evident,
but which the court must de-
eide. If we secure the passage
of the voting bill which we
sent up to the Congress this
week, In the case of the voter
registrar case, a registrar would
be permitted to sit during the
period that the case was being
considered, because what we
now have is a registrar who is
charged with discrimination in
denying certain citizens the
right to vote and he has been
sitting since last August when
our suit was filed, and the suit,
because Of the laws delay, has
not yet been settled.
So that is an area where
there is q vacuum in the law,
and ! would hope we could fill
1t. But on the subject itself,
we have two Federal suits and
both of them are very import
ant and both of them, I hope,
will result in actions which will
bring justice in Greenwood,
Miss.
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Shifts in Governments

q. Mr.. President, Venezuela
has said 1t does not intend to
recognize the new government
In Guatemala because it took
power by force. This is a re-
curing problem in various
places. Are we going to have
any consistent or uniform pol
icy on whether or not to rec
ognize governments that take
power by forceP
A. No, we haven't got a
consistent policy, because the
circumstances sometimes are
inconsistent. What we are in
terested In now is what assur-
ances we get as to when q
democratic government - OF
when elections will be held.
Q. Mr.. President, we are
told that the principal reason
that you have asked Congress
TO increase the size of the
Peace Corps to $4,000 is be-
cause of the new emphasis or
Latin America. But isn't there
some danger that these coun-
tries will be disappointed II
that goal isn't reached?
A. = Yes, we are going to at
tempt to make a major effort
In Latin America in the Peace
Corps. I would hope that this
month, when we must really
get our applications for the
summer, when most Of the stu
dents will be available, I would
hope they would put their ap-
plications in April. -,
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The Space Race

Q. BY when do you think
we will be first in space, and ir
view Of Russia's current lunar
probe. do you think we will
beat Russia with a man to the
moon?
A. I don't know. We started
wei behind. Quite obviously
they had a tremendous advan.
tage in big boosters and We
are still behind, because obvi-
ously we haven't gotten oul
new boosters yet, which We
won't get until 1864, IS and
'66. We will have to wait an6
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Rops Criticism
OF Space Outlay

O.. Mr.. President, Gen. Eli
senhower has taken a crack at
the national budget. He told
Charlie Halleck in a letter that
he thought 1t could be reduced
by about $13 billion. The Cen
eral was especially critical OF
your space program. He said
that there were enormous sums
being wasted in that field
Would you care to comment?
A. = Well, / think that Presi-
dent Eisenhower referred 1t to
Maurice STAINS, his budget d.
rector, for guidance, and I have
examined that record. Under
Maurice STAINS, this country had
the largest peacetime deficit in
history. 1t had the largest out
flow of gold in dollars in our
history, 1859, about $3.9 bill
lion. We had two receSsions
1858 and 1860, and we had the
highest peacetime unemploy-
ment, 1859, since World War
II. That is not q record that
we plan to duplicate If we can
help 1t.
Secondly, the United States
Congress almost unanimously
made a decision that the United
States would not continue To
be second in space. We are Sec
ond in space today because We
started late. 1t requires a large
sum of money. I don't think
we should look with equanimity
upon the prospect that we will
be second all through the SOS
and possibly the '70s. We have
the potential not to be. I think
having made the decision last
year, that we should make a
major effort to be first in
space. I think we should con-
tinue to do so.
President Eisenhower = this
not a new position for him
1t is the position I think he
took from the time of Sputnik
on. But It is a matter on
which we disagree. 1t may be
that there is waste in the space
budget. If there is waste, then
l think 1t should be cut out by
the Congress. and I am sure II
will be. But If we are going to
get into the question Of whether
we should reconcile ourselves to
a slow pace in space. I don't
think so. This administration
has concentrated its attention
since 1t came into office or
strengthening our military
That Is one Of the reasons why
you could not possibly put in
the cut which has been recon.
mended. SO or $40 billion, with.
out cutting the heart out of the
military budget.
In non-defense expenditures
we have put in less Of an In
crease in our three years thar
President Eisenhower did in his
last three years. I am concerned
that we are not putting In
enough, rather than too much
because the population of this
country Is growing. -. / think
we are in a good position, pro-
viding we can prevent an eco.
nomic decline Of the type we
had very rapidly in 1858 ano
1860. I think we can do that II
we have effective programs oil
the dimensions we are talking
about, plus the tax cut, be.
cause we have to have q
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assistance, the Israelis them
selves have bought equipment
a good deal of 1t from France
We will just have to see what
the balance of the military
power may be in the Middle
East, as time goes on. We are
anxious to see 1t diminished
rather than participate In en-
coIlraQinQ II.
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Ties With Britain

Q. = Mr.. President, will we
be able to maintain our special
relations with the Unite q
Kingdom II Mr.. Harold Wilson
and the Labor Party win the
next election?
A. = I don't know why, any
reason why, our relationship
should change with Great Brit
ain. 1t has existed with Labor
governments and Conservative
governments. I think 1t is a re-
lationship based on history anc
common interest. And we also
have strong relations with
other countries Of Western Eu-
rope, and we have special re-
lations in Latin America.
think Mr.. Wilson said, and
think probably Mr.. Macmillan
has said. that the word "spe-
cial" is probably not the most
appropriate word to describe it
1t is a very strong, intimate
and reassuring relationship
and / think it will exist re-
gardless of who is in power.
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see but I can assure you 1t is
an uphill race at best. Because
we started behind, ! am sure
the Russians are making a
major effort. Today's indica-
ton of what they are doing
makes me feel that their pro-
gram is a major one, and it is
not spongy, and ! think that
we would have to make the
same ourselves.
So I would say we are be-
hind now. and we will continue
to be behind, but If we make q
major effort we have a chance
I believe, to be ahead at the
end Of this decade, and that is
where think we ought to be.
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Foreign Service
Academy Needed

O. Mr.. President. tomorrow
they start hearings in the Sen
ate on the new Foreign Service
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u. S. Pushes Suit
On Votinu Riuhts

@. Mr.. President, yesterday
according to reports, Comedian
Dick Gregory was manhandlec
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I$25 billion increase in our gross
national product just to alb
sorb the people coming into
the labor market, let alone cut
down the unemployment.
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side were prepared to take those
actions which would have
brought it to an end. -.
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|. A. Meek Funera!
Held At Shiloh

Funeral services were held
at Shiloh Cemetery on We'd
nesday, March 9Th for L. A.
Meek of Camden. Interment
followed in the church ceme-
terv He was 88.
Mr.. Meek, a Methodist,
died Monday, March 4 at
King Daughter's Hospital in
Yazoo Citv. He was a land
owner and retired farmer.
Survivors include his wi
dow and the following daugh
+ers. Mrs. Pi11 PowIes. Ben
ION: Mrs. M. A. Snowden,
Petal: Mrs. Max Tolar. Col
umbia; Mrs L. A. WATSON,
Alderman: Mrs. Tom Back
strom and Mrs. J. C. Higginc
IF Yazoo City.
Three sons surviving are
M P. Meek. Columbia: S. A.
Meek, Heidelberg. o. A.
Meek of Birmingham, Ala
hama; twenty-four grand
children and twenty-five
great grandchildren.
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Lexington Girl Scouts Brownies Observe
National Girl Scout Week March 1916

surrounding grounds a COM
pIete cleanup. These girls
have also recently completed
Their annual cookie sale" in
which each girl sold twelve
boxes Of cookies.
AS Girl Scouts, they are
learning values and skills
they will need as wives, mo-
theirs and community leaders
of the future. About 1000
adults assist in leading the
200 troops in the Northwest
Mississippi Council. which
consists of seventeen coun-
ties comprised of Holmes,
Carroll, Humphreys, Gren-
ada, Leflore, Montgomery,
Washington, Calhoun. Lafa-
yette, Bolivar. Issaquena, Sun
flower. Yalobusha. Sharkey.
Tallahatchie, Quitman and
Coahoma.
Mrs. Joe Stern is co-ordi-
nator of the Lexington Girl
Scout program with the fol-
lowing ladies ablv assisting
her as leaders: Mrs. Jack
Dunn. Mrs Calvin Moore,
and Mrs. Stern, 6-7-8th Grade
Girl Scouts; Miss Mariana
Kimbrough. Mrs. Harden Err
vim. and Mrs. Halton Brown.
Third Grade Brownie Troop;
Mrs. Crawford Raw and Mrs.
REYNOLDS Cheney, Fifth
Grade Troon: Mrs. Raw John
son. Mrs. J. D. Parrish. and
Mrs Tandy Stenp. Second
Grade Brownie Troop; and
Mrs. Herbert Hyman and
Mrs. Mike Lannon's, Fourth
Grade Scout Troop.
According to Mrs. Stern a
new scouting program will
begin for the girls in the fall.
A new Scout manual has
been written and will be re-
leased and ready for use
when the girls begin their
fall program.
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Miss 10 Browning
Honored With Porty

Miss Alice 10 Browning,
bride-elect of Sidney Vaughn
of Durant and Memoirs. Ten
nessee was honored with a
tea shower on Wednesday
afternoon at the West Com
munitv House.
Entertaining were Mrs. R.
A. Cade, Mrs. w. B. John
son, and Mrs. w. L. Wright.
The guests were greeted by
Mrs. Wright, and presented
to the honoree, her mother,
Mrs. Luther Browning. Mrs.
Jesse Vaughn. mother of the
prospective bridegroom. Miss
Vickie Vaughn, his sister,
and Mrs. A. C. Autry, aunt
of the bride-elect.
Guests were registered in
the brides book by Mrs.
Johnson.
The honoree wore a white
wool sheath frock with a
yellow carnation corsage, gift
Of the hostesses. The dining
table corvered with a linen
and lace cut work cloth was
conferred with a crystal punch
bowl encircled with ivy and
yellow daffodils from which
Miss Lynn Alexander served
punch.
Mrs. Cade invited tn
guests into the gift room
where the many beautiful
and useful gifts were dis
PLAYED.
The reception rooms were
adorned with massive ar
rangements Of spring flowers
and fern.
The hostesses' gift to the
honoree was a vegetable
bowl and platter in her
chosen china pattern.
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6. D. Mcclellan
Die5 In Jackson

George Dallas Mcclellan.
former resident Of West, died
Monday morning, March 4th
at the Baptist Hospital in
Jackson after a brief illness.
Ie was So.
A native Of Holmes Coun-
", he had made his home at
West a number Of years be-
Sore moving to Clinton about
three years ago. He was a
member of Mt Vernon Bap-
fist Church and the Order of
Eastern Star Chapter 532 of
West. For the past three
wears he was operator of the
Danch Restaurant at Gin
ton.
e,rrernl SERVICES were held
March 5th at 200 p. m. from
the Mt. Vernon Baptist
Church with the Rev. Earl
Brown officiating. assisted by
the Rev. Curtis Ellis.
Burial was in Brister
Cemetery. near Durant with
baldwin Funeral Home Of
Jackson in charge of ar
raroements.
Surviving ara his wife IF
Clinton; two dauonters. Miss
Tennye Ruth Mcclellan Of
Clinton and Mrs. Barbara
Ga1ston Of Jackson: two sons.
Tilden Mcclellan of Durant.
and Edoar Dallas McLenan
Of Clinton. his mother. Mrs.
Robert T Mcclellan Of Jack
son: and nira grandchildren.
Active pallhearers Were I
II. Harper Of Jackson. Frank
nurn. B r Martin. James
McGee Chelton Rounds and
c. A. Cooper, all Of Clinton.
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TchuIo BuDtists-
Continued from Page One)

Jr. and Roy D. Raddin.
Church Clerks
Those who served as clerk
during the past fifty years,
in order in which each
served are: A. G.. Kelly, w.
L Pierce, M. T. Osborn, ".
E. Smith, 3. C.. Andrews,
Mrs. E.. ". Sheppard, L. W.
Graves. Mrs. v b. Landrum
and Mrs. j. P. Love.
Other Officers
Other officers who have
faithfully served throughout
the half century are:
Treasurers: A. G. Kelly,
Mrs. A. C. McFadden, Mrs.
Martin Hemphil1. Miss Agnes
Snroles. W. M. Unger, E. G..
(Guvl Campbell. j. w. Young
and Pate johnson.
SUNDAY School Superinten-
dents: w L. Pierce, M. J..
Osborn, Martin Hemphill, E..
G. Guy Campbell, H. v.
Brock. and D. c. Scott.
Training Union Directors:
Miss Dorothy Myers, Miss
Myrtle Bass, Miss Ruth Quill
len. Miss Bertha Owen, Mrs.
L. J Slav. ST., Mrs. Elmer
Simpson, Mrs. L. J. S1av. ST.,
George Evans, H. A. Black,
S. B. Bryant, L. j. (Boo)
Stay, Jr., H. R. Garnett, W.
A. Marshall, W. P. (BilD Tur-
ner. Orien Westbrook. w. F.
(Bill) Bole. and Kenneth
Shaw.
WMU Presidents: Mrs.
John Ohleyer, Mrs. A. G.
Kelly. Mrs ]. A. Petty, Mrs.
H. L. Williams. Mrs. E. Y.
Sheppard, Mrs. Martin Hemp
hill, Mrs. c. N. Crenshaw,
Mrs. Julian finger, Mrs. G.
N. Crenshaw, Mrs. Martin
Hemphill, Mrs. J. B. Walker,
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Visits Daughter

Visits Daughter
Mrs. Abram Flowers left
.Tockson bv plane at eight
o'clock SUNDAY morning for
Hamden. Connecticut where
she will visit her DAUGHTER,
Mrs Bernard Tnsler. Mr.. In
eler. and children, Amy and
Rickv.
Mrs. Flowers went bv let
from Atlanta to New York.
where she was met bv the
InSler family. Mrs. Insler
will be remembered as the
former PHYLLIS Flowers.