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Show r (lnc secono 01 iwo armies written expressly for use of v u(!,h State rress Assn member mem-ber newspapers ly J.IM. Cornwcll, who was the assoc- jatlon's delegate to the See- retary of 'State's foreign policy pol-icy briefing in Washington, April 24-25.) WASHINGTON, D. C Utah's ; future in the missle age is bright. But the men who di- rect developments in space favor liquid and nuclear fuels ' over solid propellants. They're impressed with the infill uogroe 01 uuu.si uuacu by solid fuel; yet they've budgeted far more money to liquid. Utah's co-product, the Minute man, is in high regard. De-Cense De-Cense authorities place it on a level with the Polaris as the "least vulnerable intercontinental interconti-nental ballistics missile." Where does our country stand in space? ' Obviously speaking, behind Russia. We may make an un-manned orbit of the moon by '64. With an "all-out effort," we might put a man in lunar orbit by 1966. American polrcy"Severywhere intelligible and .where possible, palatable. Symbolically, USI's budget is approximately equal to the cost of one combat-loaded polaris submarine. Our foreign service, under wheih some 6,000 Americans man posts throughout the world, is a public relations weapon of indeterminate value, too. In real estate alone we have a third of a billion dollars dol-lars invested abroad. Assimilation of all these opinions is not only sobering but disheartening. A ray of hope in the gloom seems to be this administration statement: state-ment: "I don't accept the view that there is a slow inevita- iytei,iWr,tiiinMn'M'wrna, coming years there will be many setbacks. And, I hope, many successes." The methods? Persuasion where possible. Force where necessary. Education of undeveloped un-developed peoples. Building financial stability and economic independence into retarded lands so that they can become self-sustaining members of society, capable of resisting the temptation to become a party to Communism. Strive for freedom of the individual, the fact we proclaimed pro-claimed in our Constitution to be self-evident. Demonstrate that we seem for them equality equal-ity under the law. Recognize that human desire for freedom and self-dignity dominates the people of retarded lands as well. Impress upon them that Kfci-- ' ' i ll I.Srf cerity of administration speak- ers makes it difficult to remain 1 skeptical. Yet this portrait of a proud land in desperate straits of deep world conflict is a hard one to conjure. At best the situation Is not good. At worst, it's bleak indeed. in-deed. If the truth lies somewhere some-where in the middle ground, I we evidently must gird our- ' selves for a perilous excursion through a rock four-year jour- ney along what has been . termed the 'New Frontier." In Washington, that term is used with straight face or chuckle, as the political in- ; clination dictates. We leave it to you to arrive : at a personal analysis of the . seriousness of our nation's situation in today's embattled . world. f welcoming committee, .our experts ex-perts argue that we have learned more than they about space science. And that a moon-landing is of negligible military value; more so prestige-wise. What retards us? Some "say miniaturization the necessity for making all instruments smaller and lighter. We can launch only a 2,500-lb. vehicle. ve-hicle. The Russ, with more power, put up 10,000 pounders. The immediate U.S. objective object-ive is a one-man space flight. Next year, approximately 18 orbits of the earth by a manned man-ned rocket. By 1965, three-man vehicles in the same flight. Could we overtake Russia in the space race? Probably. With time and all-out spending. The administration, though, has vetoed this approach in favor of protecting ourselves militaristically and developing our own space program ps rapidly as possible within our financial scope. Currently, that's a budget of $1,235 millions, mil-lions, of which $900,000 is in research and development. Problems to continue in the U.N. is the tenor of expert remarks in that field. Russia's weapons: The veto, which virtually nullifies the Security Sec-urity Council. And strangulation strangula-tion by refusal to support other measures. This forces the burden bur-den of financing on other nations, na-tions, principally our own. Even though we could afford it, we've learned carrying the lion's share of the load hasn't endeared us to other lands. This psychological reaction generally brings abandoment of the idea; accomplishing Russia's Rus-sia's original purpose. These were observations of a second-day speaker. He was one of a host of noted men whose identities and titles ran "i know of no one who believes be-lieves a conclusive decision is imminent," he added. Intelligence on Russia is complex. "The free world stands at a tremendous disadvantage. dis-advantage. Russian people know only what their government govern-ment tells them. By contrast, all work of our government is carried out in the glare of publicity. Bad? To the contrary. The speaker opined we should never resort to Russia's secrecy; that it's better to have our intelligence handicapped than to surrender freedom of the press. Central Intelligence Agency, as it should be, is the best veiled secret in Washington. Few know its budget or its staff. Even its entire location It is accountable only to top leaders. It disseminates information inform-ation gleaned from an unlisted number of operatives and intelligence in-telligence sources of every imaginable im-aginable nature here and abroad. A CIA spokesman denied an accusation of agency ineptness in the Cuban invasion. He said adequate data was given those making the decision. CIA's importance was underscored under-scored by one speaker. He branded Soviet secrecy the most dangerous single thing in the world today. Not all our anti-Soviet measures meas-ures are based on strength. Exchange of foreign students brought 5,000 young people from 100 countries here last year; took 1900 Americans abroad. About 15,000 foreigners actually studied in the United States last year, the vast majority without financial aid the true United States has in-from in-from us. Impressing these people of tangible but definite value. "It can't, be measured with a yardstick or slide rule," was the comment, "but it's noteworthy note-worthy that 178 members of the German Bundestag (lower house) have been in America under some student exchange program." A 10,000-person staff is engaged en-gaged in the United States Information In-formation Agency. Their attack at-tack is based on movies, maga- Edward K. Murroy, US1A director. di-rector. Allen W. Dulles, Central Intelligence In-telligence Agency director; Roswell L. Gilpatric, defense deputy; Lt. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, director of the joint chiefs of staff; Chester Bowles, under-secretary. And the President, Presi-dent, whose final talk tied the string about the package. How will America's program work for and extend to countries coun-tries with possibilities of economic eco-nomic development, long-term financial help. In some areas we are admittedly dealing with countries where there's little hope of sufficient economic growth to become self-sustaining. "Why not let some of these countries go into Communism and find out by experience what they'll lose?" asked a reporter. re-porter. "Because Communism is like a room without an exit. Once you're involved, you can't throw it off. When people become be-come dissatisfied, it's already too late," was the reply. Quotable quote from the UN discussion: We prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pyg mies. Trouble is anticipated, probably prob-ably this year, over Berlin, the fulcrum of conflict with Russia. Observers feel Krushchev Krush-chev has ignored the German question too long. Speculating on Russian strategy strat-egy is difficult. It was admitted admit-ted that we know -absolutely nothing" about what goes on in the ruling body of the Soviet Sov-iet nation. These leaders, though, are such dedicated Communists that they're convinced con-vinced it is their duty to spread this system all over the world. Suppose the Russ attack in Europe? Our NATO defenses might be only a temporary deterrent, de-terrent, a strategist conceded. They'd fight a delaying, defensive de-fensive action. The air forces would be the striking unit. "Is it true we might hold out only two weeks or so?" a militarist mili-tarist was asked. His reply indicated in-dicated this might well be, even though our European J armies are the "best trained this country has ever put in the field." In event of a less-than-nuclear attack, the UN hopes for a temporary pause early in the fighting. At this time the involved powers would try to inject caution into the struggle; to bring it to a halt before it became an all-out nuclear effort. Some of our allies wonder if there could be any kind of a conflict that would not develop de-velop into nuclear war. Others are fearful lest we would not enter our nuclear might because be-cause of our own vulnerability. "There is no doubt that we would do what we are committed com-mitted to do," said an administration admin-istration spokesman. Which, bluntly, means we will un- |