KennatiForeseesNikita's Downfall
Because of Political Instability
Believes Red System
Faces Inevitable
Readjustment
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Letter Writer Urges
More CD Action
Your news story, entitled "Survival Plan many be
dropped" which appeared in the Saturday, Nov. 9 edition
of your paper, was somewhat of a surprise.
When I came to Plattsburgh in September of 1953, the
Strategic Air Command Bomber Base was, for Plattsburgh,
a certainty. At that time almost any thinking person could
have foreseen that as soon as the base became combatready, this city would be a prime target for nuclear attack.
This conclusion was commonly held in the Plattsburgh
area by the time the bombers had arrived here—indeed,
Frank Silver (Clinton County Civil Defense Director) was
most earnest In his pleas to Governor Val Petersen (who
visited here In September of 1956) that this area be redesignated, from a support area to that of a target area.
Finally—and after much risky delay—this area was so
designated about a year ago. Now, after much hard work,
it is reported that "phase one" (of three phases) of the survival plan is about complete.
Arid at this point the public is informed that the plan
may be dropped I
Conceding that, when Russian developments In the
guided missiles field produce an operational capability
in that weapon system, the defense problem for Plattsburgh
may have to be altered somewhat, it is nevertheless surprising to see what little public confidence there is, so drastically jeopardized by a public announcement at this date.
I am sometimes tempted to wonder If the pattern of
the past four years won't continue—with letters to the editor, plans, change, of plans, piles of paper, talk and controversy, statements and counterstatements—until one day the
only thing that will be heard In the streets of Plattsburgh
will be the groans of the dying I
In other words. If survival means anything to the voters of our community and to their governments, it seems
to me that what should be demanded Is less talk and more
results.
But in the last analysis, this community will get Just
as good a chance for survival as it wants—and is willing
to insist upon.
Therefore, if the present degree of public participation,
governmental support, and quality of results Is satisfoctory
to all of our people, then who am I to kick?
Sincerely yours,
Robert K. Patch
Plattsburgh Press-Republican
Tuesday, November 12, 1957
GOP Eyes Democrats
For Key Positions
Wllli.m K. Babel, Editor
Published daily except Sundays and holidays by the
Plattsburgh Publishing Co., Inc., 58-59 Clinton St., Plattsburgh, N. Y. Entered at the Postofflce at Plattsburgh as
second class matter. This paper Is a member of the Associated Preta and the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
Jamea H. Ottaway, president; Byron E, French, vice
president; Eugene J. Brawn, vice president) William 0.
Lundquest, vlot president and treasurer; Ruth B. Ottaway,
secretary; WUUem K. Babel, assistant treasurer.
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WASHINGTON — Is It anything
less than shockingly fantastic that
In a great democratic nation seeking to secure its own freedom and
whose government stands against
Communism at home, its publio
opinion puts far greater trust In
Red China's Premier, Chou En
Lai, in Egypt's anti • Western
President, Gamal Nasser, and in
Yugoslavia's
Communist leader,
Marshal Tito, as men of peace I I
and goodwill than In President
Elsenhower?
By STEWABT ALSOP
WASHINGTON — One result of
Secretary of State Dulles' drive
to restore bipartisanship in the
wake of the Sputniks may be to
bring Adlal Stevenson Into some
sort of high fireign policy position. There has been serious discussion, for example, of inviting
Stevenson to Join President Eisenhower as an adviser at the midDecember NATO m e e t i n g in
Paris.
Stevenson has not yet, as far
as can be determined, had any formal Administration offer to an official post, other than the Civil
Rights Commission membership
which he rejected. B u t he has
been subjected to a "feeling out"
process, the purpose of which is
to determine whether he would
take an important foreign-policy
position if it were offered.
Other leading Democrats have
been subjected to the same process. For the Eisenhower administration is, for the first time, genuinely eager to bring Important
Democrats into big jobs, like the
job of roving ambassador once
held by Secretary Dulles himself,
or the disarmament negotiator's
job soon to be vacated by Harold
Stassen.
Real Anxiety
The drive to restore bipartisanship is one measure of the real
anxiety which lay beneath the
carefully reassuring words which
the President spoke on Thursday
night. For despite all the reassurances, the leading policy-makers are perfectly aware, in the
wake o f the Sputniks, that the
United States may be in the worst
trouble it has ever been in.
President Franklin Roosevelt's
action in bringing Frank Knox
and William Stimson into his administration before the second
World War Is significantly cited
as a precedent for bringing leading Democrats like Stevenson into
the Administration councils. And
indeed, In many ways Eisenhower's nee.d is greater than Roosevelt's was.
Consider the task which confronts the President and Secretary
Dulles In Paris. The Europeans
have Interpreted the Sputniks —
correctly—as meaning that this
country's forward Strategic A i r
Command basses are already subject to attack by Soviet Intermediate missiles. This was the main
reason why British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan came rushing to Washington.
The American intermediate missiles are by no means operational
now, but they will be operational
long before our I.C.B.Ms. The Administration clearly hopes and expects to establish an intermediate
missile system on bases abroad as
an interim makeweight to the Soviet missiles.
As the President said in his
Thursday night speech, "because
of our many forward positions,
for us an intermediate-range missile Is for some purposes as good
as an International one." As he
also said, "this fact brings home
to us the tremendous Importance
to this country of our allies
they provide the vital bases and
areas that permit effective deployment of all our forces 'tor defense."
What the President said was
true, of course. But a couple of
things he did not say are also
true. First, stationing intermediate-missile bases in foreign countries automatically make those
bases, and those countries, prime
Soviet targets in case of war. This
was all very well when our S.A.C.
was immensely superior to the Soviet equivalent. But now t h e
tables are' turned. Our manned
bomber bases are vulnerable to
missile attack, and the Soviet
missile system Is immensely superior to the fledgling American
system.
Moreover, if American missiles
are to be based abroad, someone
must have the authority to press
the button, since a forward missile system is only useful as a deterrent if it can be used immediately. That someone must presumably be the President of the United States or bis representative.
Consider the miracle of diplomacy which must now. somehow
be wrought. We must persuade
our NATO allies—and other allies
too—to accept the basing of intermediate missiles on their territory, while reserving to the American President or the American
NATO commander the right to
control their use.
Odd Illusions
The miracle t is certainly not going to be wrought without a substantial quid pro quo for the allies. At a minimum there must be
a revision of the McMahon Act
to permit a sort of lend-lease system for missiles with atomic warheads. This, In turn, will require
the approval of the Democraticcontrolled Congress, where the
odd illusions linger that our atomic "secrets" are still secret, and
that our allies need us more than
we need them.
In this situation, the President
is going to need all the help he
can get, from Adlal Stevenson or
any other influential Democrat
who will agree to help him. He
will need that help abroad, where
his administration's prestige has
never been lower. And he will
need It at home, to persuade an
election-year Congress that in our
new situation of unprecedented
peril new policies must be adopted and comfortable old illusions
discarded.
Off the Beaten Track
By GEORGE CARR
Mrs. Henry Bruso, a patient at
a local nursing home, yesterday
celebrated her 86th birthday.
Mrs. Bru?o tells us she enjoys
reading the Press-Republican eacn
day. She has a host of friends in
Plattsburgh as well as in the North
Country.
She still finds time, too, to lend
a helping hand to a couple of students, whom she helps with their
English and French lessons.
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Politics will always be politics
and politicians will always be politicians and so will It be with their
announcements.
A couple of days after Election
Day, the P-R "dug" out the story
of cutbacks in the Public Works
Department and a forecast that
there would be other layoffs in the
department In the city's fall economy drive. The timing was perfect
— the announcement was finally
made after the elections.
And then Alderman Nick Corodlmas announced over the weekend
—four days after Election Day —
that he would not seek the Ward 5
post In 1959. Perhaps a pre-election
announcement would have affected
the voting by the ward's constituents.
the papers circulation area.
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Bill Babel, editor of the P-R and
author of this column, has been
ailing since last week with the
Asian Flu.
Bill tells us via the phone that
he is recovering slowly and expects to be back at his desk sometime this week.
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The Associated Press in Albany
has been processing hundreds of
reports of flying saucers in tfls
state during the past ten days.
The AP, checking with scientiest,
has come up with the conclusion
that most of the flying saucer observers have been seeing the planet
Venus.
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One of the most memorable experiences of our recent trip to
"that state", covering the Strategic
Air Command's bombing and navigation exercises, happened while
our plane was weathered in at
Westover AFB, Mass. while en
route home.
The Public Information Office
took us on a tour of the base and
we were able to fly in a B-52
simulator.
From the county's political front,
the F-R has this complaint.
Town budgets were supposed to
be aired on Nov. 7 and we tried
earnestly to publish accounts of the
tentative budgets prior to election.
In most cases we were told that
the budgets were incomplete and
it would not be possible to give an
honest appraisal of the budget In
comparison to last year's.
The simulator is similar to the
Link trainer of World War n . It is
a cockpit of a B52 with all Instruments Included.
It is possible to take off, fly at
various altitudes on a given course
and finally land the plane.
So perfect is the machine, that
there are flashes of lightning, giving the effect of flying through
heavy storms and upon landing,
you can even hear the squeak of
the wheels as the plane touches
down.
However, the P-R ran into a little
difficulty securing the budgets of
the towns In Essex County within
The only feeling the simulator
fails to. give is that of being airborne and in motion.
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William C. Lundquest, General Manager
Chou En Lai,
Tito Versus
Eisenhower
By ROSCOE DRUMMOND
George F. Kennan, who had much to do with
laying the foundations of American policy in fighting the cold war, always gets a serious hearing when
he speaks up on Russia, where he once served as
ambassador.
Kennan initiated the Communist containment
policy of the Truman administration, is a staff
member of the institute for Advanced Study at
Princeton and now a visiting professor at Oxford
University.
He is a historical philosopher and author of
several books and numerous articles on America's
position and conduct in the world.
Kennan has chosen a time when Nikita Khrushchev has just arrived'at an enhanced position of
power in the Soviet hierarchy to question the Communist leader's real strength.
He doesn't think Khrushchev is going to last
long.
Kennan's reasons are more important than his
point. He considers Khrushchev's fate against the
background o f Russian political instability.
His context, rather than any single direct
statement, suggests a feeling that the Soviet system
itself faces inevitable readjustment as Russia, with
her growing industrial complex, meets the same
problems which more mature economies face.
Kennan's estimate of political crisis between
Commgnism's leaders themselves and between
them and the people coincides with reports from
Russia indicating a slackening in the rate of Russian industrial progress.
Many observers believe this to be due to a diversion of attention to an improved Standard of
living—a recognition that popular unrest was becoming serious—and to the attrition of Russia's
extensive military program.
A shortage of money for capital investment has
been a recurring problem in capitalist economies.
It is only natural, however, that there should
be a slackening in the rate of Russian industrial development as the basis for comparison becomes
broader. That happened in the United States 50
years ago.
In the last 20 years, there has been a new
spurt.
Kennan warns against the Western tendency
to crow over Russian troubles or become hysterical
over evidence of her growing strength.
Indeed, a good many observers welcome Russian economic progress. One basis for hope that the
Russian system will change is the knowledge that
she has sufficient resources to occupy her attention,
and that when they are sufficiently developed the
pressures which produced her expansionism will die
away.
There is no reason to suspect, however, that
the end of Khrushchev or of the current regime
would produce stability in Russia's world relations.
That will come only with the collapse of international communism.
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'Still Plenty Of Gold In Them Thar Hills!'
This seems almost Incredible.
But It has to be credible because it's true.
Opinion Survey
I refer ,to the attitude of the
people of India as disclosed In a
heretofore unpublictzed opinion
survey which gives first, second
and third place to the,two Com- 6 )
munlst figures and to the proMoscow Nasser, as leaders to esteem, and a Ion fourth to Mr. Elsenhower.
This poll has been unpublictzed,
perhaps, because its findings are
delicate news In India and unpleasant news in the United
States.
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FBI More Concerned About Adult
Delinquent Than Juvenile
By FULTON LEWIS, JR.
The FBI, which is much concerned about the traffic in commercial smut to the extent that
J. Edgar Hoover rates it a major
menace, is more concerned about
the adult delinquent than it Is
about the juvenile.
True, the purveyors hawk nickels and dimes out of school children in the lunch periods. But this
is cheap stuff.
The big lettuce, which makes
the racket profitable, comes from
grown-ups with a fadism for pornographic movies that can be rented for home showing for private
parties.
•Best People'
The rentals are profligate in
terms of production costs. The
turnover on a single film may be
hundreds of times Its original cost.
And the customers Include some
of the so-called "best people".
One major center of operations
has been Dallas, Texas, and the
big operation there even included
a processing laboratory, neatly
hidden In a cabin in a remote area
near Lake Dallas.
The operator was a Dallas camera store owner named Wyman
Hulan Parr, who was well known
to local police. He had been arrested by local police on several
occasions for possession of obscene materials, but beat the rap
in a Jury trial in the local courts.
Police were never able to find
any master negatives from which
the films were made, thus could
never prove that he was producing the films.
Take Note
However, a dealer in Houston
named "Red" Florence, a contact .
of Parr's, was arrested by postal
authorities on a charge of sending
obscene materials through t h e
mails, and committed suicide a
few days later by spiking between the cars of a moving freight
train. The FBI J;ook note.
They were tipped that Parr had
hired one Robert George Bly, a
combination commercial photographer, burlesque comedian, and
bankrupt alcoholic, to operate the
laboratory, and later had put him
on the road to peddle the films.
The organization made some
films of Its own, hiring a Dallas
prostitute as the "star."
On February 28th of this year,
Bly went on a «ales trip. He loaded his car with film at the Lake
Dallas cabin and headed for Arkansas. Before entering the State,
however, he checked in at a motel
and left a companion behind.
Admits Violation
FBI agents stopped him in Arkansas, but the film was not with
him. When confronted with a detailed record of his activities over
the past several months, he admitted however, that he had made
three trips to New Mexico with
"hot" film across State lines and
in violation of Federal law.
The next day he told about the
cabin and what was in It.
The FBI raided the Joint, found
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Daily
DeVOtioil
Giving thanks always for all
things unto God and the Father In
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Epheslans 5:20.)
PRAYER: O God, teach us to
remember all Thy living favor towward us that we may praise Thee
out of a full heart. Grant that our
thankfulness may be reflected in
our lives. In the blessed name of
Christ we pray. Amen.
the equipment necessary for processing the films, and 37 master
negatives.
The equipment consisted of a
large processor, a movie film
printer; a splicer, a reviewer,
drying drums, a film winder and
a large amount of other material,
used in film production.
The value was estimated at $23,700.
Bly told FBI agents that originally there were about 85 master negatives, but that in August
a year ago, Parr destroyed 50 of
them because they were old, and
were "not good sellers".
The Parr trail led to one Sam
Gold in St. Louis, who was caught
with 53 reels. Gold was an ex-convict who admitted his operations,
and there were others in Louisiana
and Texas.
Those Sentenced
In May of this year, Parr was
found guilty in Federal court and
sentenced to two years, Bly was
sentenced to 18 months, Gold to
one year. The other contacts also
were convicted.
But the "libraries" of Parr film
that are still at large over t h e
country, available for rental to
"stag" affairs, go untouched, and
there's reason to suspect they are
many.
The Old Days
By FRANK PROVOST
Ten years ago:
Freeman LaMountaln of Ellenburg Depot was injured in a car
mishap at Chateaugay.
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Jane Cooper of Wilmington was
struck by a car.
Deaths: The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward O. Hervieux of Tupper Lake
at 79—George Hlgglns of Mooers
at 85—Sophia St. Denis at 90.
Mrs. Herbert Doucette was hurt
In a car mishap on Lafayette St.
Newly weds: Nancy Ryan a n d
Emmette Ducatte, Jr. — Theresa
Young of Malone and Raymond
Caron of Lyon Mountain.
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Fifteen years ago:
In military service: Clarence
"Pat" Lynch at Lowry Field,
Colo.—Ken Savage at Alamogordo,
N.M.—Norman Rockwell at Camp
M e a d e — Delmar Bouyea at
Kearns, -Utah—Don Chapman, Navy, at Camp Bradford, Va.—Dud
Meron, Marines, at New River, N.
C—Stephen BourdeaU at Benntng.
Newlyweds: Anna May Hogle
and Raymond P. Austin on Nov.
12.
Deaths: The Rev. O. G. Wyman
of the Chazy Gospel Mission, at
70—Edward Williams of Cadyville
—Leo Dupont of Champlaln at 79
—James Durgan of Peru—Edward
Baker of Beekmantown at 80 —
Mrs. Mary A. Martin, widow of
Philip Martin, at 80.
Sallaz Academy, Redford, presented "Little Women." In t h e
cast were Beatrice. and A g n e s
Fournier, Aurella Turner, Mary
Waldron, Marie Rose Perrotte,
Dorothy Mose, Theresa Gauthler,
Eileen Durocher and Mary Miner.
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Twenty years ago:
Newlyweds: Gladys Besaw and
John Marcotte of Peru— Rosalie
Elizabeth FInnegan of Saranao
Lake and Attorney William J. Herron of Malone.
Ronald M. Fuller became manager of Hotel Cumberland!
Bernard Ducharme of Lyon
Mountain killed a 12-point, 245pound buck at Chazy Lake.
John L. Brown of Chazy was
pledged to Rensselaer Chapter of
Sigma Xl at RPI.
Meat at the Center Market:
ham, 22; chops, 28; shoulder beef,
19; sausage, 23; rib roast, 27; loin
roast, 21.
, Deaths: F. E. Dandrow — Zacarlah Vincent of Chary Lake, re-
tired Dannemora guard, at 73.
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Twenty-five years ago:
Fire destroyed two barns on the
James Holland farm at Beartown
and one barn on the E. W. Trombley farm at Altona.
Harold Wrlsley of Clintonvllle
bagged a 230-pound buck at Trout
Pond.
Jeffery F. Powers, prison guard,
died unexpectedly.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dupraw Sr.,
and Arthur Bartlett of Redford
and Donald McDonald of Fort
Covington were hurt in a collision
ne*ar Clayburg.
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Thirty-five yens ago: •
Dr. George A. Lynch built a
three tenement bouse at 9 Couch
St.
Wilbur Ostrander a r i d John
Clark visited New York.
George Wong opened a fancy
goods store at 7 River St.
FHS defeated Whitehall 24 to 12
with Mehan, Nelson, Denlcore,
Clark, Currier, Thornton, Schurr,
Fltzpatrick, Furdy, Good, Sweeney, Smith, Sorensen and Fender.
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Forty years ago:
Harry A. Buckley was made a
provisional second lieutenant In
the Second Cavalry; Harold Lasell
a first lieutenant In the Signal
Corps.
Mrs. John J. Walsh underwent
surgery at the CVH.
Samuel D. Haley was elected
chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
Mrs. James Thompson of Dannemora died at 57.
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Forty-five years .ago:
Maurice Schlff of Dannemora
sailed for Germany to visit his
parents.
Genevieve Sharron went to Fair
Haven, Vt. to attend the wedding
of Frances Allen and James
Wheeler.
Newlyweds: Inez Reed of Morrisonville and Hiram H. Porter of
Malone.
Dorothy Boire of Mooers underwent surgery at the CVH.
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Why cover them up? Isn't It better to face the facts than to tim-%
idly tuck them under the rug of
secrecy?
This correspondent has been
able to obtain a copy of the foil
from private sources. It was undertaken by the Indian Institute of
Public Opinion whose professional
standards are comparable to those
of Elmo Wilson, George Gallup
and other American polling specialists. I cannot escape the o p l n - ^
ion that the facts ought to come •
out—primarily in the interest of
doing something about them. The
central findings reveal:
That by majorities ranging from
more than 2-to-l to nearly 3-to-I
the people-of India who have an
opinion at all regard Chou En Lai,
Nasser and Tito more highly than
Dwight Eisenhower.
Distrust Ike
That among those who had an
opinion Indians by a majority of
12-to-l distrust President Eisenhower over the other three.
The question was: "How do you
feel toward these world statesmen?" The results were as follows:
Chou En Lai
Nasser
Tito
Eisenhower
Chou En Lai
Nasser
Tito
Eisenhower
Very
Good
15.3
11.2
5.2.
5.3
Good
25.2
25.3
16.9
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Fair
6.0 ^
6.7
9.7
13.7
Bad
Very
Bad
Don't
Know
0.6
0.6
0.6
8.4
0.5
0.2
0.0
3.7
52.4
56.0
67.6
59.3
To get the most meaningful con- f £
elusion from these findings it is
informative to add together the
responses which were " v e r y
good" and "good" and the reresponses which were "bad" and
"very bad." On this basis you
find the following:
Favorable Opinion
That the favorable opinion of
the Indian people toward Chou En
Lai adds up to 40.5, Nasser to 37.7,
Tito to 32.1 and Eisenhower to
14.9.
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That the unfavorable opinion of
the Indian people toward Eisenhower adds up to 12.1, to Chou En
Lai to 1.1, Nasser to 0.8, and Tito
to 0.6.
To assess this state of Indian
public opinion, derogatory of President. Eisenhower, it is useful to
look at the returns of The N e w ^
York Herald Tribune — Elmo Wil- ™
son poll which found that in twelve
of thirteen other foreign countries,
including
Austria,
Sweden,
France, Germany, Italy, Britain,
President Eisenhower is most
trusted as "the leader doing most
to keep the peace" by majorities
ranging^from 2-to-l to 16-to-l. Mr.
Elsenhower fell behind only In
Japan where Premier Nehru led.
Why do people in India trust S )
Communists Chou En Lai and Tito far more than they do President Elsenhower
Why? What has brought this
widespread trust of those whom
Indian officials here mostly fear
and widespread distant of those
whom they know there is no reason
to fear.
Direct Result
My own judgment would be that S*
this popular Indian trust of foreign Communist leaders is the direct result of Premier Nehru's efforts to encourage his people to
take a benign attitude of neutrality
between the United States on the
one hand and the Soviet Union and
Red China on the other.
There are shrewd observers to
say that Mr. Nehru can take this
attitude of a plague on both yoftg^
houses, a plague on your struggle,
because he knows that he' can
trust America and knows he can't
trust the Communists.
Can Mr. Nehru look with comfort upon an Indian public opinion which has been persuaded,
perhaps unintentionally by i t s ,
own Premier, that it should distrust America and trust the Communists?
Sixty-five years ago:
Humphrey Brothers of Churu-busco made 40 tons of butter.
Is not this a perilous price forS} '
Allen C. Moore, 13, son of Mr. neutralism? if it is, Mr1. Hehru
and Mrs. E. G. Moore, was wound- may want to give It a second look ,
ed fatally while hunting.
when the facts come to his notice.