The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-02-28

support for tho u N. Special Fund.
the aid to Castro could not be
given.
| It's sad commentary on the
whole U. N. picture to note that
our American taxpayers, who pay
the major part of al U. N. costs.
must pay for U. N. aid to our
avowcd enemy, Communist Castro,
and must pay part of the cost Of
insidious attacks on Americanism
by u. ~ groups.
The true friends of the United
Nations in this country will not
condone anti-Americanism in the
III. N. or make excuses for those
who permit it.
Cuba Won't Be Swept Under
Rug-A brand new U. S. Navy In
telligence report, based on close
surveillance of Cuba from the air.
the sea, and the Guantanamo Naval
Base. contains these important
statements:
Retention of Soviet military
units in Cuba after the withdrawal
of medium range ballistic missiles
would indicate that Moscow has
not abandoned the concept of de-
veloping Cuba as a stategic Soviet
| military base .Runaways
over 10000 feet long and under
ground hangers and storage facili-
ties are being built, suggesting
the Soviets planned to base long
range aviation bombers and store
nuclear weapons there"
The Organization of American
States. reporting that Cuba is now
a greater threat than ever. says.
This threat takes on an immedi-
ate aspect for the security of coun-
tries in tine area of the Caribbean"
1t is apparent now that the rea-
son for Russia's keeping 1900
Russian troops in Cuba is to train
invasion teams of guerrillas for
use in Latin America.
| Venezuela: Target For Com
Communists are making
a desperate effort to take over a
second country in the Western
Hemisphere, Venezuela. ClimaXing
weeks of sabotage. Communist-di-
! rected guerri!las strafed govern
ment officials cars, dynamited a
radio station. burned down a Sears,
Roebuck warehouse, and hijacked
a Venezuelan freighter on the high
seas. SaboteUrs also came with
in an ace of wrecking a major
pipeline and refinery. owned by
I U. s. citizens. Had they succeeded
Caracas would have been without
| gasoline for an indefinite time
They were trying to weaken the
position of the anti-Communist
President, Bentancourt, on the eve
of his visit to WaShington,-and
their ultimate aim is the estab-
lishment of a second Soviet base
in Latin America. Those RESPONSE
BILE for the sabotage. which is
continuing. openly swear allegi-
ance to Castro and Soviet Russia.
Too Much Government-The U
i S. Government Organization
Manual. the official handbook OF
government agencies. displays the
agencies of the Judicial branch oil
the Federal government in pages
The agencies of the Legislative
branch take up "a pages. The
Executive branch requires Sc;
pages to list its departments
bureaus. and agenciesl At the
back of the book is 44-page APP
pendiX listing agencies which have
been abolished during the last 81
years. Many Of the agencies in the
front of the book could be trans
ferred to the appendix. The Presi
dent himself. in a message to Con
gress, suggested frugality-sayinf
he felt obliged to Limit severely
the spending proposals for pro
grams other than those for defense
and space.
However. on top of everything
the Federal government is already
doing. the White House is now
proposing all kinds of new and eX
panded programs for education
medical care, housing, and ir
many other fields. Some are good
some. while suggesting worthy
goals for communities. are not the
sort of things which should be un.
dertaken by the Federal govern
ment in Washington; and some
are ridiculous. It is proposed that
the Federal government pay OF
help pay the salaries of teachers
in local grade schools, and even
salaries for the millions of unem-
ployed teen-agers. and that Fed
eral projects be set up which
would build and stock city IL
braries. carry on community social
work in the cities, provide hous-
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