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HAS KENNEDY

THE CHINA MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1961.

FOUND THE JOB TOO

IN these days of peril the peace

of the world may depend on the judgment and resolution of the United States, which means the judgment and resolution of the President.

Perhaps it is time we took a second look at John Fitzgerald Kennedy,

The first look was as impressive as publie relations could make it.

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When Kennedy was known to elected we were told that the day of which he assumed office would be marked for ever in the calendar of American history, For it would be a day of two in- augurations, the inauguration of a new President and also the inauguration of a New Age.

For eight wasted years America had declined under the weak hand of Eisen- hower. She had ensured the equivalent of the Age of Baldwin, an age of dither and duze and drift, un age in which commer- einl success was the one thing valued and in which idealism had been bunished anil intellect dethroned.

We were told all that would be changed on January 20, the day of the Inauguration, for the new President had got to the White House after condueling an election campaign which ture to the heights of a crusade,

In every Stale of the Ublon this fiery young prophet báð called fur sacrifice, resolution, dedication, and daring.

He had set the mighty Tie- public inarching once more along The path of Its manifest destiny. The prophet was fearless, dynn- mic and, above all else, decisive.

THE PROMISE

The Inaugura! Address suc-

passed all expectations. It is

BIG FOR HIM?

by

PRESIDENT KENNEDY

COLM BROGAN

sanctioned the landing of a nur Roosevelt smali force on a hostile island Reuther of the without any air cover at all. Workers' Union. When the air cover was called

and Waller Automobile

backed by deeds. But what volue would Kruschev put on his strong words when he had gone to an unprepared meeting after having sald emphatically that this was a thing he would not do?

It the foreign record is un- impressive the domesile record is not much better.

The brillant minds from Harvard which ho gathered round him were expected to vivekrify the nation with their bold and original policles. All they seem to have done it chase pround Washington electrifying each other.

I John Kenneth Gulbralth, Arthur J. Schlesinget jun, and the rest pro finding the going hardey than they expected, we may shed no tears for them.

BAD START

Catherine The Great once told a French political philosopher that his job was easy. All he had to do was write his theore- tical laws on paper. She had to write her law on the skins of her subjects, more resistent medium.

The Harvard Set América's own concern. The handling of great events b3

the President is the conserv of the whole free world. The

start has not been good.

Is there any reason to bellave

that he will rise to the measure

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"Communists and capitalists alike, wo are like the animals Noah took on board.' It wa fight each other we will destroy the ark, this earth of ours."-

Landan Szprasa Serties.

—MR. KAUSHCHIY, JULY 3, 1960,

SETTLING-UP DAY FOR

hime chellenge which faces cost 48 Ban-the-Bomb

There are several reasons. First, his war record was magai- fcent. Physical courage nearly always goes with moral courage. The second reason is that he has got where he is, To get there at all against the massive

off, the whole thing should have STRONG WORDS prejudices arrayed against him testing.

been colled off.

true that a captions few merely culled it "magnificent," but it

It was not, and hundreds of was more generally agreed that Castro's most dedicated enemies this was the kind of weech Lin-

were delivered straight into his coln might have been

able to hands. maite e had ever gone to

Harvani.

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It soon became clear that the purely voluntary effort had been directly Inspired by the President,

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demanded both resource manoeuvre and inflexible deter- mination.

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He has clearly shown that he has got what it takes to be presidenttul candidate and winner at that. Has he got what it takes to be a

THE SQUATTERS

clerks three school masters, one

Many fet pass. Others Loo

weapons.

Mrs

nuclear inlo »

Qradwell in his eveu

neatly

one they fell

Jakd time-saving trap

mild by the

ond courteous magistrate.

Mr Gradwell would turn defendant and oak: "Have you anything to say? Perhaps you wish to tell me

Fate-haired

Dorothy Olives, of Felbrigge-road, Seven Kings, Essex,

the raised a laugh to when she explained:

"As a mother

of two young you were not sitting in the road

squatters at average of 258. and a morning off work to settle accounts with the law inst week for their protest against America's tit-for-tat decisiori to fol- low Russin back to nuclear school mistress, two civil ser-, made neat little speeches com- cosier basement court, And

vants, two housewives, a woman biring apology to the court with one by

against Not that the law was con- doctor, an osteopath, a warden, protests cerned

the magistrates a typist, a buyer, a muslelan, a clear what they unde

were rock, a local government officer,

printer, protesting about. The question

an a journalist,

and before the court was whether enginect, an electriclan, That was bad. but there was

they wilfully defied the law by two carpenters. worse to conie. After the back- Of course, it had no effect,

Upper Brook- great silting down in That was the brillant

Their ages ranged from the and stairs invasion there came the execpt to inspire in Walter President? hopet-warming

street London, and refusing to $2-year-old doctor to three boys But backsters ransom promise.

effort, which Reuther's mind the startled I believe the qualities are move when poller would not let of 18 who were banished, dis babies, in the past three despite a warning...." per inevitably was na big a flop as auspicion that

the President there, but he fucks experience. them march to the American appointed, to the anonymity and years I have washed 7,000 the invasion Itself,

was not very clear as to the He will learn in time, but there

stelusion of juvenile court, napples and I don't want that "Oh yes, I WAS sitting in When the time came for per American

With very good reason

difference between n tractor is not much time.

road." Guld fonnance, what

people felt a moral

Two of the leaders were res labour to have been wasted by m the happened?

and a bulldozer.

defendants, but...." large responsibility for the prisoners Castro's Nothing happened,

to offer

manded on £25 ball because nuclear war," in

Mr Gridwell made it

clear but the Presidieni could offer prisoners may have

they will also face charges of

"I hope your observation will he Vas pot concerned with nothing but warm sympathy. only a brutal

others to break the have some effect on Mr Krus "buts." ireiting Joke which fast

Just with whether AB law. Not a cent would be pald by the him some sympathy in Lan

chey. Fined twenty shillins," they were sitting or not. American Government for ran- Amerien. But there is no doubt

70 have yet to Then the rest were ushered said Mr Wilson. (Soviet Em-

Altogether Court No. 2 *T*- som, but if private citizens were

But not so mixed as into the dock first in pairs then bassy pleuse note,) at all that it left the President For his sake and ours he had appear),

disappointing. The tariff seemed Lacs and willing to raise funds for ran- looking pretty silly.

better learn very fast,

marches Bar-thu-Bomb

us the tempo increased in fours

to be higher-40s, for all but not even bothering to concert som, the Government would The President did take one

The President is a great man would lend one to expect,

and Anally fivos.

Grst offenders: what they were doing, President take a benevolent view of the Initiative. He sough:1 out for quotations. Here is one for Only two cards.

It was when the magistrate,

trap Kennedy asinounerd in firm and operation.

Kruschev for an unprepared his book. Ask me for any-three duffel coats. No bare feet, Mr Clyde Wilson, asked cach: unmistakable words that alegres- A star-studded private com- meeting in Vienna. He appears thing except Time."

No pony tafls.

"Anything to say?" that the sion and infiltration must cease, mittee was formed, containing to have spoken strong words Napoleon said that. He knew. The occupation tafly showed compaigners had their big op and no nonsense about it,

such celebrated figures as lea- which would, if necessary, be

~London Express Servlov), | 10 students, six secretaries, five portunity.

promise is one thing. formance quite another.

quantities.

First, there was Laos,

The Communista dually taking over

they

were

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Is words made a deep. im- pression in Washington, Unfor- tunately,

made impresion at all in Laos. The Coinmanists did not even react mirandy. They just went on with their take-over 8 the on- hurried and unflurried manner of a housewife absent-mindedly dusting the furniture.

They are still doing it, and

the President la still doing

noiling in particular,

the

He le within weeks and per- change haps days of the climax of a been grim crisis which with test his fortitude and imagination 35 they have never been tested before.

Embassy.

Disappointed

A mixed Joh (unother

Those

these

Two

ar

ON PAY

AS THE TUC TAKES UP THE CHALLENGE' LORD LAMBTON, TORY MP FOR BERWICK, SAYS:

It's time for the truth if

It cannot be denied that there ATthe top of every great waterfall just before

was

not much he coul

da,

army at the ready just over the

the tumultuous brink there is an

area of

After all, the Chinese had an calm; the water here is smooth, undisturbed and deceptive as the pull of the current below the surface cannot be seen.

border at least 50 times stronger than the forces the President

had in the area.

That must have been a sober- ing thought, but it seems a tride unwise to say that the chips down when you haven't enough chlus to buy yourself into the game, let alone win it.

TAKEN OVER

Then came Cubu.

Metaphorically speaking,

it is in such waters as these danger can no longer be that we have in the last few concealed and almost years been racing towards desperately the Government danger-all unbeknown to has to decide either to try the people of this country; back to safety.

lo shoot the rapida or pull who have been encouraged

we

are to avoid conflict

a bitter

when in fact our prosperity standstil will be maintained Was an insular unreality and the country next year will that could not last.

The cure?

to think that they were

Let us look at our actual

It is fair

fre

now

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At length this has been

to say, once again, that the serenely floating in the still position. We

tome

He had inherited pretty muddle-hended plan-

what

edge into the Common Market, This, I belleve, is the Govern- men's thinking.

There are certain aspects of it I and worrying.

A change

was

Tariff

But it was that tender

the

was

for the potential speechmakers

A Tariff emerged: 20 shilings that really hurt. for first offenders; a five shilling increase for cach similar pre- FRANK

vlous offence.

of them GOLDSWORTHY

Then the 12-tour Woinen - who

not pleaded appeared betore Me

gulity

-Landon Express Service),

THIS IS RUSSIA

The burglar at

our door'

Anaði

KRUSHEY'S new bomb that love le fed to the

donted barrage of self-justification from the Soviet

Tre Soviet Peace Committee

put out a statement through T25 Moscow challenges West Ger- on the Moscow Home Service matty's Chancellor Adenauer.

thinking historically, of be- lieving that everything has precedent, in this case the year 1926. The pattern of the country Press and radio. has changed. Then labour was entrenched in the great northern cities. Today At Sa President was

diversified and while it realised and the necessity for In 23 dimcult waters of the port of El small country which has situation.

a cure admitted. But

easy in London to overlook : saying: "We, the Soviet people, where was the Federal Gec Dorado.

lost the imperial mission sort of a cure? For it is very

plight of Jarrow, it is not go-te, we hope, the peace cham- man Government when its and consequently

countries, our im dimcult for a government that

ing to be easy to overlook the plens In

under- French alles Inunched another Now, however, the noise perial possessions. However, has provided opium and lar belleve that there must be a is realised,

Let me be quite frank; Western Avenue. I hope this stand that it was with a heavy

nuclear explosion it is not conceivable that any of the falling water is so we retain

heart that our Clovernment took Sahara?" he asks. considerable and tell an electorate to live must work harder, that there

gesse suddenly to cut off bath

"Why did wage standalili, that people

this declalon. mfitary advisers would have great that the

fact of our world influence and as a re-

one not hear anylking at that on bread and water.

Now this is a gloomy picture, "We Soviet peace champions time from Bonn about regret át Kult of our Commonwealth

must be drastic change in foretelling industriel strife. Is have always been against nuclear concern?" connection a status out of

This is where the

our outlook. But what worries this necessary? I do not think tests, But what can one do if the me in the method of achieving it in. The Market has come in to our actual ven ently for enler

dangerous US.A. and its ulites are threatenevsky claims that "essentielis

In a Pravda article 5. Vish $0 proportion

con

this end. It and

aspects of the situation caning to destroy our towns and power.

Americon A-touts never stop- people will have to work, and

Is it, for instance, poilically be minimised if the Govern- vitiogen, turn whole regions into if they don't like it they will sanable in one year to start It

ment wht change lis lactica atole dueerts, and ktli millions

ped "for are minute." the workers blame

and kill once and for ever the of Soviet people?"

He says: "The afom-mongers on the optimism, in reduce surtax, Continent and not the Goy and as late as July nil pro-

"never had it so good" theme

al one time gleefully Commentator Andrei Baturia their jus anticipating crament-so rung the

song. argu- claim that we have "hever had

has a more eslöürful expland-

Hortant nillary advantages. it so good" and then change

ning for the invasion.

But

£11m 'floating hotel' is

a ship with a difference

RITAIN'S now £11 million "hotel" liner, the Tranavanl

BR

A weakness

Our influence

Meat.

Comman

Cuatle, in to make her maiden voyage to South Africa/ Without doubt on the decline argument but whether it's the suddenly gear the country to political crisis

They will be open to all par- nengers, the fares only varying

The danger

most

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the

rubbed

新打

but the timely and wise deci

sion of the Soviet Union to re- sume nuclear testing messed up the game at the Teammationtle milliarfata."

The article goes on to my that, "eaught unawares, tho plotiers wriggle to and some way out of their grave respon- ibility before humanity, They guardian angels of pose

atlileg peace, sermonike, about and conscience, but who' would be taken in by such a sermon, combit is does tom the Nevada test range, and with a neutron bomb hell behind iba, Lank at that?"

At the Fitne time it must tion (Moscow Home Service). is, however, Now this may he a strong get," refuse all pay clakens and to

your mind, have a "Uitle Bud- behave na if it was preparing He says: "Comrade, imagine for face the most serious a moment the following sćets: A right one la a matter of opinion, face a series of strikes?

years furibus bütgler tnges in front of in January. Her public rooms, the Union Castle Company cannot afford

for the simple reason that we However, what is important

and be led from places other a fewly focked door and ade' has now disclosed, will be some of the most remarkable world wide connection owing adopted it. This, of courne, in

to retain our is that the Government

than the grouse moor and dresting a crowd of bystanders, afloat.

the green.

Kulminates digainst file ownern ut to the weakness of the British its turn has brought up

the house for having dared to fit HOW

The Bellish people, probleens, for to envisaga entèt-

I am a very strong lock on the doorf economy.

Aure, retain their old genius of ing the Common Market ofler

for rising to the situation, There is little doubt, etiker This weakness is the result another series of wage rises and

making sacrifices

the of unrekirained government ex-

with our economy, in Ha pro... that Me Cousins (as lie indi- national interest,

they anft wide, mural which wipenditure and the simple fact sent state is to envisage wuicide, gated recently) is aware of

upon the Government's plan—which must be told that I is worth that we are now producing n which the

has has regrettably become the a large percentage of our goods decided to stand.

armchair kvinte of clublari

Which is why at the Runeconomic world prices. In other worde wo sie goldg -and is mobilising his fotcha

this autumn to have show necordingly, each union with present moment I would I have no doubt that thin, down with intknie and risk and pay slakens being persuaded not any that it would not position has been created face a series of strikes, braso nonces And to only be honest but sen-some superi- cynical bulgid hot headed zineral and poll- by the cultivated bollef in *hly a fallway strike and poss the conflict approaches/

in the hotel ship recording to the type of cabin occupied,

on the windowa banging lanterns. An shembly

And golden

room, with

Clydebank, the Transvaal Castle nake people feel they are on a

Now nearing completion on will have an orangery. Under a bridge, looking down on dome and between arches, Venoliaḥ sähal.. orange trees will spray out. A cellst bar lined with wide- A lining room, with a repro- racks. For those who prefer a sentation of South Affiesn big armchair and a dreplace in house in the middle, so that homely surroundings, free s people will ent in the "garden." the drawing room, with English

A golden room, wikis a touch printed linen curtains.

-London Express Bervice).

of Parmain magio-metal grilien

And this is the issue

Government

while.

la but

sibly a general strike, the country that we ha Timor strikes

Tiere in, 1 baltove, 'n It is believed "never find it so good" will be unaucempful, the waga great danger in the habit of

sible to tell the truth.

sičkandon RegTEN BRYOSEF),

CHALLENGE

"That is the impression one geta from studying certain come ons made in thi West on the Hovist Government's measures to atrebam ubh country'a murity. The sutura de incad #tatemente behave exactly like

at somerne alra's detr."

The purpose of the Boviet tasia is Oʻzcava | watalog 10

tieldrie," says #frither Moscow.

A Vindlmitoy in a radio tadlo commentary.

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