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Evening star., 1963-04-04
Rash of Rumors Prompts Speculation
On Problems Khrushchev Faces

replaced by a younger officer,
Marshal Sergei Biryuzov.
Current rumors point to a
further Shakeup in the mill
tary command.
One factor in this transfer
may have been the recent
complaints in Red Star and
a ground forces journal that
the area Of military decision
making is being crowded by
the policies of the civilian
authorities. A tone Of dissent
against recent decisions was
implicit in both of these
articles.
The spirit Of dissent may
arise from Mr.. KhruShchev's
impatience, expressed re-
Gently on several occasions,
with the burden of military
expenditures upon the press
ing civilian needs of the So
Wet economy. He has said
that he can i'll afford these
expenditures but is obliged to
suffer them by the expanding
military posture of the United
States.
Unable to point at this
time to a single area. domestic
or foreign, in which his poll
cies have proven notably sue
cessful, Mr.. Khrushchev may
we'll face a growing skepti-
cism within the PreSidium al
though there is no external
evidence or probability to
support the published reports
by Italian Communists that
he is no longer the dominant
figure.
But one rumor is given
substance by some Russians
in Moscow. The question of
Mr.. Khrushchev's retirement
has repeatedly been raised
within the Presidium and 1t
Is considered possible that he
may soon drop one Of his two
leadership roles. the admin
istrative post Of Chairman OF
Evening star., 1963-04-04
u. S. Image and Reds in Cuba

about the problem Of Com
munist infiltration or Mr..
Castro's deliberate attempts
to subvert many countries in
this hemisphere in aid of
Communist objectives.
While the raids launched
against Cuba would them
selves be mere pinpricks or
ineffective" as President
Kennedy sees 1t, 1t is out Of
such valiant and sacrificial
expeditions that the spirit of
revolution is stimulated and
the morale of the insurgents
is heightened. They have.
moreover, a decided impact
inside q country where a
dictatorship is in power.
The Image" Of weakness
which the United States
Government is creating for
itself abroad with respect to
Cuba is in large part due to
the openly but vaguely ex-
pressed fear of information
al complications" This seems
to accompany almost every
move Of American foreign
policy nowadays where Cuba
Is concerned. The failure of
the Soviet government to
withdraw all its troops from
Cuba, after five months OF
note-writing between Mos
COW and Washington, is
being treated here with faint
words Of remonstrance. The
fact that a European power
has violated the Monroe
Doctrine and maintains any
troops or weapons on Cuban
soil has been dealt with
gently by the Washington
Government.
To those who constantly
talk Of oscillation" and the
dangers Of nuclear war, all
this may seem expedient. But
it is precisely the kind Of
appeasement that has led to
war in the past. Indeed, the
administrations policy is not
only presenting in Latin
America an image" of fear
Of Castro and the SovietS on
the part Of the United States,
but 1t could have the dam
gerous effect of making the
people Of Western Europe, as
well as the captive peoples Of
Eastern Europe. also believe
that, when the chips are
down, the United States will
not pursue firm policies
against Soviet aggression
anywhere.
(copyright. 1963)
Evening star., 1963-04-04
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Mayor Daley wins third term in Chicago No matter
how grapple with the big city dropout problem there's
always another Republican who drops out election day
At least biblical rule that the first shall be last
being needed by the Russians: First to the last
out Of Cuba.
There's doubt whether diplomatic troubles in
Europe began the day elected Kennedy-or the day
gave Elizabeth Taylor a passport.
Defense Mcnamara quizzes l20 Pentagon officials
for the Of leak What need the Pentagon
fewer businessmen-and more plumbers.
They're saying that Pentagon Spokesman Sylvester is
the only New Fronersman who make the 5O-me hike
with his foot in his mouth
Evening star., 1963-04-04
CHARLES BARTLETT
Political RumbIes From Moscow

the Council Of Ministers,
while retaining for the pres
ent his party post as First
Secretary. But even in re-
gard to this second and more
powerful position, the point
is being made privately in
Moscow that the Soviets
don't want to have a Russian
De Gaulle on their hands. 1t
should be noted that Mr..
Khrushchev will be SO on
April II while President de
Gaulle is 70.
Mr.. Khrushchev. now va
cationing at the Black Sea, is
said to be in good health and
showing no disposition to
complain Of the cares Of
state. Intellectual circles IN
Moscow were dismayed, how
ever, by last months display
Of annoyance against the abb
stractionism Of several young
artists. This modern art has
long disturbed the party
elders in Moscow and Mr..
Khrushchev was explosively
vehement in condemning
them. Four who declined to
repent the nature Of their
work were condemned to in
sane asylums.. These COM
mitments, following the
March 8 attacks on writer
Ilya Ehrenburg and Poet
Yevgeny Yevtushenko. mark
a sharp reversal Of the toler-
ance which has fostered In
tellectual activity in recent
years. Some believe that they
also mark a growing tension
in the political atmosphere Of
the Soviet capital.
The catalogue Of Mr..
Khrushchev's known prob
lens is as extensive as the
range Of rumors emanating
from Moscow. A similar vol
ume OF rumors in the 1857
period preceded an abrupt
change in the Soviet power
structure and many now
suspect that another time Of
significant change may be at
hand.
Evening star., 1963-04-04

An unusual rash of rumors
circulating in Moscow is
prompting observers here to
suspect the presence Of a
considerable degree of polit-
ical unease within the Soviet
Union.
The volume and velocity
of these rumors have not
induced any strong suspicious
that Nikita Khrushchev's ten
ure as First Secretary of the
Communist Party is in i'm
mediate question, but they do
suggest that he is sitting with
extreme discomfort upon a
pile of problems.
The most dramatic of these
rumors is that the chief Of
military intelligence. Gen.
Ivan A. Serov, has been
damaged by disclosures of a
spy ring operating within his
bureau and will be implicated
in the public trials that are
expected to begin shortly.
Gen. Serov, closely asSoci-
ated with both Stain and Mr..
KhruShchev and head of the
State Internal Security Com
mittee IKGB) from 1854
until 1858, has not been seen
in Moscow since December
when the arrest of the spy
ring was announced. One of
his subordinates, Col. Oleg
Penkovsky, and a British bus
inessman, Greyville Wynne,
were said to have been
apprehended on a charge of
selling scientific, technical,
political and military secrets
to five attaches Of the United
States Embassy, who were
declared non ordtd and re-
turned home.
The signs that Gen. Serov
may be in trouble gained in
terest on March 20 when the
Kremlin suddenly disclosed
that Army Chief Of Staff
Matvei Zakharov had been
Evening star., 1963-04-04
Newspapers Return Ends an Emptiness
And Restores BoIonce to the City

There was q hidden quality
to life. Nowhere did one en-
counter anyone who had
been 80 conditioned that he
felt he could do without"
the newspapers.
What the people really
wanted. Of course. was not
Just the routine Of news.
They wanted. first Of all. TO
read 1t. Nor was this merely
q wish 10 be able 10 see the
words in permanent form
and to be able 10 put the
published pages down and
pick them up again for re-
reading. It was a yearning
TO read the news in narrative
form as created and written
out Of the mind Of q man
or q woman. Merely 10 hear
It recited had not been
enough.
The blunt edge Of routine
news, Of course. has weight
and impact. 80 many are
dead In q crash: a volcano
wipes out a village: O hurri-
cane or tornado destroys
property and dislntegrates
homes: floods come and fires
devour. But not until these
and other pieces Of news ap-
pear IN narrative form out
Of the creative mind do they
take on the form and sub
stance Of what we have come
10 call news. Those newspa-
pers which are read and
missed when they do not ap-
pear are those which give
depth. feeling and life 10
news.
So. what the people missed
most we're writers and the
quality Of livelinesS and Inn
age and style which the re-
porting and editorial crafts
men put into the structure Of
q story. q column or editorial.
II Is not, then. merely
straight news the reader
Evening star., 1963-04-04
Governors Gain With New Constitution
Is Called Real, Though Limited

Two old strongholds-Wayne
andO Macomb b counties
against the Constitution. But
while the Governor prevailed
there, the favoring vote in
upstate and peninsular areas
where Republicans are strong
was extremely disappointing.
1t would appear that the
Democrats have some fence
mending to do and that Gov.
Romney has not been fully
accepted by conservative ele-
ments Of the State Republi-
can Party. PreSSures from
such conservatives had caused
reapportionment compro-
mises which led Democrats to
attack the end result. Ap-
parently the pressures will
continue in the legislature.
The lesson to the Demo-
Gratis Is plain. It is unnatural
for them outside the South
and particularly in industrial
States like Michigan to OPP
pose measures carrying the
aura Of progress and reform,
even though it means COM
promise.
Now they have lost on the
issue and added to the stature
Of q Republican Governor.
They now offer the alibi that
they really didn't try hard to
win. apart from the question
Of whether their original de-
Evening star., 1963-04-04
DORIS FLEESON

Gov. George Romney's
gains in the adoption Of q
new Michigan State Consti-
tuition are real but limited.
He helped write that Con-
stitution and vigorously cam
paigned for 1t. Defeat would
have entailed q loss Of
momentum, a severe setback
to his plan Of operations and
damage to his leadership
image. Nor did he achieve
the big majority which would
have raised his stature ma
tionally.
He still won in a State
where Democrats are strong
and were strongly opposed
to his constitutional handi-
work. He has survived to
fight another day with i'm
proved weapons.
Democrats point out that
they elected the State super
, intendent Of public instruc-
ton and filled the two State
Supreme Court seats which
were at stake. The Cover
nor's own reserved comments
on his Constitution triumph
he called it a citizens VIC
tory"-suggest that he recog-
nizes the limitations Of his
mandate.
Analysis Of the voting
shows on both sides.
I, Democrats failed to carry
Evening star., 1963-04-04
RALPH McGILL
Lively Word Revives New York

wants. and 1t Is not this that
he misses when his paper
fails to appear. The routine
flow Of news here Is, In the
main. fairly dull stuff II
offered by rote. II 1t has ever
been true. which Is doubtful,
that the purpose Of q news
paper Is merely to print the
news "a conclusion that is
more Journalistic cliche than
fact), 1t Is no longer true.
News must have meaning.
Merely TO print II. with no
relation to yesterday or to-
morrow. Is TO offer the reader
straw instead Of bread.
Readers missed well writ
ten news In the discussion OF
television programs. movies
and sports more than Just
news. In New York the stock
markets also were high on
the list Of things missed. so.
on the basis Of the New York
strike we may look ahead and
expect newspapers that do
not offer news against q
background Of Interpretation
based on experience, infor-
nation and knowledge 10
wither away or survive mea-
gerly by printing puzzles,
contests and trivia. The
modern newspaper, therefore.
Is more than news. II must
have a quality Of mind. per-
sonality and opinion. Costs
will increasingly make sur
vival difficult. In New York
q greedy. and at times un-
worthy. inter-union struggle
for power has made neces-
sary a search for cost
reducing methods In the en-
tire industry.
But that people missed
their newspapers and con-
tinued to feel an emptiness
without them all across the
more than 100 bad days
augurs that the good ones
viii survive.
Can Rishts Reserved
Evening star., 1963-04-04
DORIS FLEEsoN
Romney's Victory in Michigan

cision was wise or unwise.
Certainly present feuding
among party leaders damaged
their case.
Gov. Romney can be ex-
pected now to carry on with
renewed 'vigor his argument
with the Kennedy admins
tration over Federal-State re-
lations. The present issue
there is narrow and Is being
debated on narrow legal
grounds.
Gov. Romney accepted q
compromise aid to dependent
children measure from the
legislature which Health,
Education and Welfare Sec
retary Celebrezze contends
does not meet Federal stand
ards. Gov. Romney insists 1t
was the best he could get and
that 1t obeys the letter Of the
Federal law. The HEW Sec
retary seems to have the best
Of it on welfare grounds.
The champion Of the COM
pact car has managed to in
vest the normally rather dry
issue Of Federal-S State rela-
tions with color and emotion.
Michigan Democrats warn
Washington that he won't be
easy to cut down.
The Romney presidential
prospects remain about the
same: He is a dark horse who
probably has his eye on 1868
when he can offer his matur-
ity in opposition to Attorney
General Kennedy.
Evening star., 1963-04-04
DAVID LAWRENCE

Thousands of Soviet troops
apparently are going to re-
main in Cuba indefinitely,
and the United States Gov
ernment evidently isn't going
to do anything about it but
write notes. While the num-
ber Of Withdrawals" is an
nounced, no official informa-
ton is forthcoming as to the
number Of requirements. For
all the members Of the Soviet
army in Cuba wear civilian
clothes.
There seems, moreover, to
be a tacit and unwritten
agreement that not only will
there be no invasion of Cuba
by this country but that the
Soviet army on the island
and Castro troops will be
protected by the United
States against all outside
attacks or invasions.
This paradox is occurring
while tens of millions Of
dollars are spent annually to
create abroad an image" Of
the United States that will
command respect and sup
port as against Communist
Imperialism. Billions are
about to be spent, also, in
Latin America by our Gov
ernment in the battle against
communism. Psychological
warfare is today almost as
important, II not more so,
than diplomacy used to be.
But what kind Of Image"
is the United States creating
in Latin America? And who
is creating that "image"2 It
is not the official informa-
ton agency, with its man
aged broadcasts, but the
White House and State De-
partment, which can by their
acts and pronouncements
produce unfavorable impress
sions on the peoples Of other
countries.
The President has Just
directed that the Cuban exiles
be prevented from iberating
their fellow citizens by any
acts initiated inside this
country. This is a role Of
"neutralism" in the Western
Hemisphere in place Of the
Monroe Doctrine. The ex-
PLANTATION given by President
Kennedy Is that otherwise
there might possibly be SER
Evening star., 1963-04-04
RALPH McGHL

Return Of the true and
lively published word to New
York. after an absence Of
more than 100 days. restored
the city TO its old balance.
1t had been somewhat lop-
sided in mood and manner
without the newspapers. Res
toration Of the daily editions
provided certain conclusions
which are perhaps worth ex-
animation. One Is that 1t
was not news the people had
so sorely missed. Radio and
television had done q MASTER
full Job. Both media had put
on extra broadcasts and sum-
moned the very best Of an
able lot 10 give news TO the
public in full measure with
the cup running over. Both
these media had performed
with competency. adequacy
and skin.
It cannot be said. there
fore, the public did not have
the news. Il did. In fact, It
was given the news every Is
minutes. There were reviews
Of plays, books. concerts, and
art exhibits. A parade OF
pundits came on the air and
screen and made solemn and
witty comments on matters
weighty and light. Commen-
tators analysed the news.
They served II In tempting
news recipes garnished with
the oil and vinegar Of criti-
cism and with the whipped
cream OF approval. All
through the day and way In
TO the night the public that
chose 10 do so could. by turn
ing dials, hear a constant
recital OF news and comment.
There was no dearth Of that
commodity.
Even so. there was q sick
ness OF spirit. There was .
feeling that one really didn't
know what was going on,
Evening star., 1963-03-13

he said, and cannot have 1t
without continuing to cooper
ate with the United States,
Evening star., 1963-03-13
French Train
Hit Gunfire

PARIS, Mar. Is (AP)-The
Bourbonnais Express, q diesel
train connecting industrial
Clermont-Ferrand with Paris,
was machinegunned last night
while doing about so mph.
through Central France.
Seven persons were injured,
two seriously.
Police believe the attack was
by the anti-Gaullist Secret
Army underground. So far as
known there were no prominent
politicians aboard.
The train was fired on about
9 pm. Just south Of Villeneuve-
sur-Allier. It's lighted windows
were an easy target.
At least Q dozen bullets hit
the coaches, some breaking
windows and embedding them
selves near the ceilings.
The train made q brief un-
scheduled halt at Villeneuve-
sur-Allier, where one passen-
ger was taken off and rushed
to a hospital in, Moulins. The
train next halted at Nevers
where another passenger, cut
In the eye BY flying glass. was
hospitalized.
Five passengers received first
aid treatment for cuts from
flying glass and remained
aboard. The train arrived in
Paris Just before midnight.
Evening star., 1963-03-13
GurIund's Daughter
Breaks Bone in Foof

NEW YORK. Mar. IS (AP).-
Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland's
daughters. spent her 18th
birthday yesterday in a hos
pital bed with her right foot
in a cast.
During rehearsal Monday for
her first New York appearance.
the young singer-dancer broke
q bone near the big toe. The
show, q revival OF BEST Foot
Forward" premieres April q
Evening star., 1963-03-13
Russians Leove Slowly
As Cubo DeodIineN Neors

which the United States has
said carried Soviet troops away
from Cuba.
Mr.. Kennedy told his news
conference March 6 he was not
satisfied with the withdrawal
rate, but this apparently has
been stepped up.
Secretary Of State Rusk said
yesterday the United States viii
continue to press for more
troop Withdrawals. He said a
complete report" win not be
issued until after the middle Of
the month.
Notes Dangerous Elements
Mr.. Rusk also told the Ma
tional Advertising Council there
are still -some highly dangerous
elements In the Cuba situation
today" He listed them as:
l. The possibility the Soviets
would send offensive weapons
back to Cuba. This. he said,
would bring on q new crisis far
greater than last October's.
2. ANY interference with the
daily United States surveillance
Of Cuba.
8. Any Soviet military action
against Cubans.
I. ANY forays from Cuba
against neighboring countries.
Evening star., 1963-03-13
Acheson Hits u. S. Secrecy
On European A-Defense

and adjust his conduct to It. as
he did in Algeria. 1. The pow
er of the United States to
shape the inevitable for. Gen.
de Gaulle is immense"
The De Gaulle conception Of
q united. West European coun-
terweight to Communist East
is deeply, indeed tragically.
mistaken" and even suicidal, /"
Mr.. Acheson contended, because
Soviet power is so superior.
II the Soviet Union drops
communism and pursues less
aggressive policies, the former
Secretary Of State said, the
need for NATO would disap-
pear.
Until Russia changes, how
ever, Western Europe needs
United States nuclear power,
Evening star., 1963-03-13
De GaulIe Can Adjust
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Evening star., 1963-03-13
Difficult TO Count

Havana dispatches said 1000
sailed on a ship which reporters
were forbidden to identify
March /. Washington was skep-
tical Of the figure. but United
States officials said 1t is diff
cult to count men aboard by
aerial reconnaissance.
This ship probably was the
Kalinin, another cruise vessel,
Evening star., 1963-03-13

To resolve problems Of
NATO nuclear defense, Mr..
Acheson told q University Of
California audience, carefully
selected officers and civilians
from other NATO nations
should be given every op-
portunity to learn the detailed
costs Of o nuclear establish
ment. the intricacies Of the
deployment, protection, target
ing, and control Of strategic
nuclear weapons, and some
thing Of the operation Of
various types Of weapons"
The United States allies. he
said, "can hardly have very
solid ideas about how they
want to participate In nuclear
defense until they know some
thing about It,"
Secretary Of State Rusk has
said the United States already
has been briefing the NATO
powers on these aspects Of
nuclear power development.
without discussing secrets pro-
hibited by law.
Evening star., 1963-03-13

United States sources said to-
day Soviet troops are leaving
Cuba at q relatively slow pace
with only two days to go for
Premier Khrushchev to honor
his pledge to President Ken
nedy that several thousand
would depart by mid March.
In Moscow, the Communist
Party newspaper Pravda said
four ships carrying troops had
sailed and fifth was loading.
It said the fourth. the II. .030-
ton Black Sea cruise ship
Gruzia (Georgia), left Sunday
carrying specialists who had
been training Cubans in
powerful. up-to-date Soviet
military techniques."
The New York Times News
Service said In q Washington
dispatch that the Gruzia car
ried $50 Soviet servicemen.
Another Ship Loading
Pravda said the 15,0c0-ton
Nakhimov. the former Berlin,
taken over from Germany after
World War II. was in Havana
loading troops. It might take
as many as $500.
This is the first time any
such departure story has ap-t
peared In the Soviet press,
indicating q new propaganda
build-up.
Pravda's dispatch from Ha-
vana said that the jobs Of the
specialists who sailed Sunday
were finished, and that Prime
Minister Fidel Castro's govern
ment had agreed that the So
Wet experts could go home.
United States experts IN
Washington estimated there
were 1880 Soviet military per-
sonnel in Cuba when the with
drawals began. This was 5000
fewer than believed stationed
there at the height Of the
Cuban crisis last October.
The Soviet liner Baltika,
which brought Mr.. Khrushchev
to New York in 1860, sailed
February 21 with an unspeci-
fled number Of soldiers and air.
men aboard.
Difficult TO Count
Havana dispatches said 1000
sailed on a ship which reporters
were forbidden to identify
March /. Washington was skep-
ktnal - A1aa Hln.....r t-..t TT..tk~A
Evening star., 1963-03-13

Former Secretary Of State
Dean Acheson today urged the
Kennedy administration to
remove the barriers Of self
defeating, excessive secrecy"
which deprive NATO Of learn
ing the fundamentals Of Eu-
ropes nuclear defense.
In q Berkeley (Calif0 speech
bitingly critical Of French Pres
ident de Gaulle. Mr.. Acheson
also urged that the United
States wor toward trade lib
eralization with the five other
members Of the European
common market, leaving
France to stand aside or join
as she wishes.
Evening star., 1963-03-13
Weak MIEItariIy


THE weakness Of Gen. de
Gaulle's position" Mr.. Acheson
contended. "in the eyes Of his
European partners win lie not
only in its basic fallacy" Of
inability TO match Soviet pow
er. It also lies in Frances weak
military situation.
The French army. he said,
must be reorganized, re-
m aimed. re-officered, re-
equipped and redeployed. This
is not because NATO or WASH
ington wants II, but because 1t
Is . pressing necessity for
France"