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Show attitude and expressed "not one iota" of apprehension about this tremendously important scientific scienti-fic event. "President Eisenhower is responsible re-sponsible for this failure of the United States even to keep pace with Russia in these latest scientific sci-entific achievements. Not only have we not kept pace, we are falling behind. There is reason to believe that Russia had made advances ad-vances in other modern weapons ahead of our own country. With all the know-how that we possess and with all the production ge nius we have, we find ourselves suddenly lagging behind the one powerful nation that consttitues a threat to the peace and security secur-ity of the world. "One informed American after another has warned President Eisenhower time after time during dur-ing the past three years that the U. S. was falling behind in the development of satellites and long range ballistic missiles. But these warnings were sloughed off. "One of the members of this administration, Trevor Gardner, the former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research Butler Raps Ike For Losing Satellite Race Paul M. Butler, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Com-mittee, this week called on the President to "act decisively and courageously" to meet "the most serious threat to our national security ever developed by any nation." The launching of the Russian satellite "points up the astounding astound-ing failure of the Republican administration ad-ministration to maintain leadership leader-ship for our country in scientific advancement in this amazing 20th century." Charging that our national defense de-fense program has "disintegrated in less than five years under the civilian command of General Eisenhower," the national chairman chair-man urged that "Mr. Eisenhower and his administration face up to realities. It is time that the second team be replaced by the first team and that the coach devote de-vote his time and the prestige of his high office to the full time direction and leadership of that and Development, resigned from his post and strongly criticized the administration for its tragic failures in this field. He said, "I felt that we' were not making enough progress relative to our possible enemies, and, further, I felt that the level of support air power and missiles was (J adequate, that is, that our total national budget was inadequate." "In less than five years under the civilian command of General Eisenhower, our national defense de-fense program has disintegrated. We have fallen from the number one position as the strongest and most powerful national dedicated to the maintenance of world peace. We are now displaced by a powerful and scientifically advanced ad-vanced nation intent upon world domination. "It is time that Mr. Eisenhower and his administration face up to the realities. It is time that they become concerned about our national defense, our scientific potential, our influence in the first team." Mr. Butler warned that "our President and our government are losing the confidence of our people," urging that "the people be given the truth and the whole truth about this situation. There can be no doubt that dynamic, vigorous and courageous leadership leader-ship by President Eisenhower will be supported by a full measure of loyalty and devotion on the part of all Americans." Following are excerpts of Mr. Butler's speech to a dinner meeting meet-ing sponsored by West Virginia County Chairmen and Young Democratic Clubs at the Daniel Boone Hotel, Charleston, West Virginia. The launching of the Russian satellite brings every American face to face with the most serious threat to our national security ever developed by any nation. It points up the astounding failure of the Republican administration to maintain leadership for our country in scientific advance- mem in xnis century. What is even more frightening for our people is the appalling attitude of the man who is expected ex-pected to provide leadership for all of us when real problems confront con-front our nation. The startling revelation of the launching of Sputnik should have stirred the President to the point that he would have provided the kind of leadership which the American Ameri-can people have a right to expect of their president. Instead, the j President adopted an indifferent world, it is time mat tne secret team be replaced by the iiJl "We must reshape and make firm the confidence of every American citizen in the willingness willing-ness and the capacity of our President to lead and in the power of our government to survive. There can be no doubt that dynamic, vigorous and courageous leadership by President Presi-dent Eisenhower will be supported sup-ported by a full measure of devotion de-votion and loyalty on the part of all Americans." |