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★ WASHINGTON COLUMN ★
Moss Blows Whistle on
'Voluntary' Censorship Bid
BY PETER EDSON «
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON—fNEA) — Demand by Rep. John E. Moss
iD-Calif.) for major changes in U.S. government information
practices is amply supported by bad official news handling of
the Cuban invasion.
Moss, as chairman of a House subcommittee on government
information, has been battling for over five years to make pub
Jic officials disclose more facts about their operations and to
stop trying to cover mistakes in the name of official secrets.
CONSEQUENTLY, WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASKED
the newspaper publishers in New York to impose voluntary
censorship on themselves in the name of cold war ni
security, Moss was the first to run up a flag of warning.
"If the press does this," he said in an interview, "" ■
"Cease Fire!"
war national
, , , - . . - they are
abandoning their responsibility to the public. Resorting to the
hysteria of the John Birch Society and the McCarthy era will
destroy America's free institutions."
Although Kennedy says he is not trying to re-establish an
Office of War Information, Moss says that voluntary press
censorship would be a mistake without creating in the White
House an office to which the press, the public and government
servants could appeal misuse of the security system.
LACK OF A CO-ORDINATED government information policy
oi. the handling of Cuban invasion news is now seen as equally
responsible with anything the American press and air media
did r did not do in fouling up that tragic mistake.
On April 8 the anti-Castro Cuban refugee factions in the
United States formed a revolutionary council under Dr. Jose
Miro Cardona, who issued a call to arms to overthrow Castro
and free Cuba. They hired a press agent and through him it
became common knowledge that an invasion was planned.
But in President Kennedy's April 12 press conference he
declared that United States forces "would not intervene under
my condiUons to bring about the fall of Castro," and that he
Hould makt sure "there are no Americans involved in any
a.tions inside Cuba." This was interpreted as a policy of
neutrality. ~
THREE DAYS LATER, three planes flown by Cuban pilots
said to have defected from Castro's air force bombed Havana
And two days aftei that several thousand misled rebels made
a futile- invasion landing in a Cuban swamp.
It became immediately obvious that the rebel pilots did not •
take off from bases inside Cuba and that the invasion could not
have been mounted without considerable U.S help
On the day of the landing, however, U.S. Ambassador Adlal
Stevenson had to tell the United Nations with as straight a face
as he could muster that, "the United States has committed no
aggression and no offensive has been launched from Florida."
Technically this may have been so. No U.S. Air Force pilots
and planes bombed Cuba and no U.S. Marines landed there
Three days later the President told the American Society of
Newspaper Editors the tiuth of what has been American policy
all along. It was the same thing he told Nikita in a note.
THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT PERMIT the traditional
inter-American policy of nonintervention conceal or excuse a
policy of inaction on Cuba.
Two Little?
The Star Telegram tlon have been explained in some
There was some mumbling at the detail by Chairman Fulbright of the
time President Kennedy's J600 mil
lion eecnomic aid program for Lat
in America was propositi that it
was too little for the job that had
to he done. Nov.- that the Senate has
approved the appropriation and
pa:,sod the measure to conference
netfrtiatiens on a single amend-
ment. tnc asserted inadequacy of
the program can be examined in
greater realism.
The objectives of the appropria-
little lit;
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suiKe which started Jan. 7.
The union members approved a
contract offered by the company
by a 205-75 vote and union of-
ficials were to meet with company
representatives today for the form-
al signing.
Terms of the contract state t'hat
Long Strike inds
At Borger Plant
BORGER UP)—Members of the
Oil, Chemical ar.i Atomic Workers
Union at the Phillips Co. plant at l ,„„l
Borger voted last night to end theli thp unjon can start negotiations for
taire was committed to the bas-1 wage increases in nine months and
tille on suspicion of having com- j negotiations on other benefits in 10
posed two violent libels against the: months.
government but he was released
important r . ;Wrfe Dms After
Suicide, Sheeting
BIG SPRING (if) — A 42-year-old
Big Spring woman, Mrs. Nora
Olga Y eager, died in the West
Texas City this morning of bullet
wounds suffered in a shooting at
her home last week.
Her former husband, 62-year-old
Crawford Calvin Baggett, a Big
Spring salesman, also died In the
shooting. Justice of the Peace
Walter Grice yesterday ruled sui-
cide in Baggett's death.
publican national convention met
in Chicago.
In 1871, British Columbia was
admitted as a province of the Do-
minion of Canada.
In 1935, Czechoslovakia conclud-
ed a mutual defense pact with
Soviet Russia.
In 1948. Dr. Chaim Weizmann
was elected provisional vresident
of the new state of Irsael.
Ten years age, the Chinese and
Korean Communists launched_their
second spring offensive in Korea.
Five years ago. Egypt formally
announced tnc diplomatic recog-
nition of Communist China.
One year ago. British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan callol
on Soviet Premier Khrushchev in
Paris to urge Khrushchev not to
wreck the long-awaited summit
conference.
Today's birthday:
Actor Henry Fonda is 53 years
old.
Thought for today:
Justice discards party, friend-
ship, kindri.l, and is always, there-
fore, represented as blind.—Joseph
Addison.
The Dramatic Factor
Twelve-yeor-olds used to pass
OS six to travel at holf fore Now
< everyone ii over 16 40 he can
orive a car. . ..
Senate >jrei£n relations committee
ar l Senator Gore of Tennessee, a
member.
"This bill." Senator Fulbright
emphasized, "is designed primar-
ily tc help the common man. It will
help promote land settlement, low-
ccst housing, community water
supplies, sanitation, and educa-
tion. It should be administered so
as to encourage—indeed to re—
quire—co-operating governments to
bring about change in their own
economic ar>l social structures. We
can not do this job for them. But
we can refuse to help those gov-
ernments which give only lip serv-
ice to the demands of the great
mass of the people."
Senator Gore carried the specifi-
| cations a little farther. The for-
| eign relations committee, be said,
: will insist as minimum standards
'■ in administration of the appropria-
; tion that no projects be undertaken
in a country ruled bv a dictator,
cr in any country ruli.l by a few
large landowning families that
prevent meaningful land reform,
or in any countrv where the weal-
thy pay a smaller percentage of
By BRUCE BIOSSAT
The men around Pres'.lent Ken-
nedy have an answer for those
critics who say he isn't demand-
ing enough either of Congress or
the people.
They contend Congress is too
conservative to approve more
sweeping measures, and the people,
despite some talk to the contrary,
really are not in a mood for heavy
new sacrifice so long as war itself
is not upon us.
Few close observers would con-
test this judgment of the temper of
Congress, but many believe the
President has the capacity to alter
the popular mooi—if it is indeed
complacent—and thereby to affect
the prevailing spirit in Congress.
Kennedy's biographers would not
be surprised at the replies .his
men have given, since consist-
ently they mark him a man de-
voted to achieving "the possible."
They see him also as one who will
take a good deal less than perfec-
tion. rather than nothing at all.
He is often said to be a sturdy
admirer of another pragmatic poli-
tician. Theciore Roosevelt, who
was said by one historian "never to
press his prcgram beyond the lim-
its he calculated as practicable."
Some appraisers have felt Ken-
nedy's attraction for the fiery T.
R. was natural, since both brought
to the White Houge great drive,
energy, belief in the uses of presi-
dential power.
But one T. R. biographer fastens
on a point that could indicate an
important difference between the
two—at least up to now. John Mor-
ton Blum, in his book, "The Re-
publican Roosevelt," notes that
whatever T. R. did, he inevitably
performed dramatically.
Blum says it was his peculiar
genius to attain his ends this way
and thus add to his "political cap-
ital." The suggestion implicit in
his appraisal is that more became
possible for T. R.—that is—he was
Today In History
Today is Tuesday, May 16, the
136th day of 1961. Tnere are 229
days left in tbe year.
Today's highlight in history:
On this day in 1775, the first
State Constitution in our country
able to achieve more with Congress was olopted. by the Massachusetts
because he made dramatic impact ; Provincial Congress. In 1789 it was
on the people for both himself and
his policies.
No watchers of the presidency
are proposing that Kennedy, the
reserved New Englander, copy the
flamboyant Tc.ldy Roosevelt.
But some wonder whether it is
enough for Kennedy's spokesmen
to argue that he is shrewdly prac-
ticing the art of the possible.
They think that perhaps he should
use the prestige and influence of
his powerful office to widen the
horizon of the possible. That is
their definition of bold leadership.
Theodore Roosevelt supplied it
through his innate .almost uncon-
scious sense of ,trama. Few think
Kennedy has yet found his own
key to this crucial-use of presiden-
tial authority.
o
School children in Turkey begin
studying a foreign language when
they are 12
their income in taxes than do the
pcor, or in any country where inte-
rest rates are oppressive and ade-
quate credit facilities do not exist.
Between them, the senators have
just about described what is the
matter with Latin America and
why it is inviting to communism.
But their committee and the r«l-
ministration are likely to find that
producing the reforms demanded
for the economic aid program will
be difficult, if not impossible, in
mcst instances.
The resistance of the wealthy to
an equality of taxation will be
powerful. High intrest rates are a
Latin Arruricftn Institution. Land
distribution will require prodigious
feats of government, ar.l t'ne defi
nition of dictators will not be easily
arrived at. The countries which
can comply in full with the commit-
tee's requirements are therefore
likely to be difficult to find And un-
less the administration is prepared
to accept less than full compliance
there should be little apprehension
that the amount of the appropria-
tion will prove inadequate.
superseded by a new constitution
under which John Hancock served
as first governor.
On this dale:
In 1717, a French author-pla.v-
wrig'nt Francois Marie Arouet Vol-
• Q's and A's
Q—Is it correct to let the
United States flug touch the
ground, while it is being low-
ered?
A—The flag should never
touch anything beneath it.
Q—For how long was Poor
Richard's Almanac published?
A—It was started by Benja-
min Franklin in 1732 and pub-
lished for 25 years.
Q—On what date is Empire
Day, the British patriotic holi-
day, celebrated? . ,
A—May 24, anniversary of
Queen Victoria's birthday.
Q—Which is the most noted
shrine of the Confederacy?
A—Beauvoir, last home of
Confederate President Jeffer-
son Davis near Biloxi, Miss.
(Newspaper Enterprise Association)
• BARBS
By HAL COCHRAN
The usual number of boys
will leave the farm this sum-
mer to plow through life some-
where else.
Study all the angles of
your business and you won't
be running around in circles.
United we stand — divided
means somebody gets hooked
for alimony.
Some people have to bt ■
Sick before they'll stand up
and take their medicine.
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SLEEPY EYED JOE—Complete with the French harp and the demijohn, this group payed tribute in it
s own way to Sleepy Eyed John. Bobby Garrett, on the cot. Pictured here, left to right are Danny Pot
ts, Sammy Fambro. Mike Sullivan and Charles Gerhardt in their act at the Junior-Senior play Fri
day nigh;.
EVERYTHING'S OKAY—Another son" title is represented here by Glenn Ramsay, left, and Lynn
Dugaan As Ramsay, the wife, churned and swept the floor and did the mending, Dugqan, as the no
count farminj huiband, sang the old hillbilly song, "Everything's Okay," a pert of the entertainment
at the Junior-Senior banquet Friday night.
SWALLOWED A FLY?—At least that was the theme of the song presented by this fine group of
polished musicians at the Junior-Senior banquet last Friday night. Those who sann the song "There Wai
An Old Woman" pictored here, left to right, are Bob Magers. Bill Gresham, Harry Ledbetter, Dick
Carey and Billy Young.
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