The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

going the rounds in inner ad-
ministration circles.
According to this startling
tale, circulating in the highest
quarters. President Kennedy is
seriously celebrating shifting
Stevenson from the United Ma
tons headquarters in New York
to the UN office in Geneva
where, it is being said, that post
is to be greatly upgraded.
! In Stevenson's place as UN
! Ambassador in New York, goes
this remarkable backstage re-
port, will be named A d m + a |
gorge Anderson, recently
dropped as Chief of Naval OPP
erations.
Still another remarkable fea-
ture Of this blockbuster is that
this switching around is wholly
agreeable to Stevenson; that he
knows all about it and has ac-
guessed to it.
The eye-popping game of mu-
sicial chairs, which inevitably
W I'll d trigger other major
changes, reputedly is scheduled
to take place in August when
Admiral Anderson relinquushes
his place as a member of the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff to Admiral
David Mcdonald, commander of
U. S. Naval Forces in Europe.
The President is weighing this
extraordinary plan, it is said,
for two reasons:
To reorganize his International
negotiating team in preparation
for next years torrid election
battle, and to strengthen his po-
sltion in Congress, where key
leaders are increasingly critical
OF Defense Secretary McNa-
mara S repeated overruling Of
military authorities on m a or
issues.
f, --latest reverberating instance
OF this was replacing Anderson
as chief of naval operations be-
cause Of his outspoken disap-
proval of Mcnamara decision
on the IF fighter plane and
plans for a sweeping reorganiza-
ton of the Navy.
While giving Mcnamara a free
hand in running the Defense De
partment and fully supporting
him on the Tx and other ex-
ploSlVe issues, the President at
the same time is going out Of
his way to express warm regard
Tor Admiral Anderson. Since the
announcement of his exit as
chief of naval operations, h e
President has made a point of
telling congressional and other
callers, Il intend to name And
erson to a very high diplomatic
post"
INSIDE STORY - Major Gen.
eral Chester Clifton, military
aide of the President, pulled a
blooper on the announcement
that General Curtis LeMay was
being given only a one-year ex-
tension of his term as Air
Force Chief of Staff. Actually
the President and Secretary Nc
Namara were still considering
this matter. The President pro-
posed continuing LeMay on the
Joint Chiefs for another year.
and Mcnamara wanted to re-
duce 1t to six months. General
Clifton, IN the belief the .Presi-
dents view was final, announced
the one-year eXtesion-much to
the surprise Of the President and
Mcnamara. Mcnamara also was
nnffed by Clifton's snafu
Arthur Caldwell, leader Of the
Australian Labor party, whose
great grandfather fought for the
Union in the Civil War is com
ing to Washington next month
TO confer with President Ken
nedy on defense and economic
problems. Caldwell is doing this
at the President S invitation.
Caldwell may be the next Prime
Minister Of Australia. Prinl 9
Minister Robert Menzies is hold
ing office by a one-vote margin
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty' !
departure from the U. S. EN-
bassy IN Budapest, where he has
been IN refuge for years. is de-
pendent on two assurances: a.
That he will be allowed to return
10 Hungary after visiting Rome
w that all imprisoned Catholic
bishops and priests be released
by the Communist regime. The
Kadar government has offered
safe passage out Of Hungary to
Mlndszenty and has agreed to
release all but 20 of the clergy
But so far, the Reds have baked
at granting Mindszenty's de-
mand that he be allowed to come
back to Hungary after a stay
at the Vatican.
FOREIGN FLASHES ~ Leon
Trotsky's assassin, Frank Jack
son alias Ramon Mercader. is
now running a school in Czecho-
slovaka to train terrorists for
Latin America. Intelligence re-
ports locate his institution on the
outskirts of Prague, and dis
gulsed as an agricultural
school. Around 500 Czechs
| are in Communist China work.