THE BLACK OMEN OF RED CUBA

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• Publication Date: December 21, 1963
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greatly admired by every Member of the
House.
It is the wish of myself, and I am sure
of everyone else here this morning, that
you have many happy returns of this
day and much happiness in the years
ahead.
Happy birthday, Mr. Speaker MCCOR-
MACK.
Review of the Book "National
Security"
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. CRAIG HOSMER
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, December 20, 1963
Mr. HOSMER. Mr. Speaker, the Lon-
don Times recently characterized the
new book, "National Security, Political,
Military, and Economic Strategies in the
Decade Ahead," as "an indispensable aid
to the student of American strategic
thinking." I have found it precisely
that. In this Hoover Institution publi-
cation the thoughts of 34 of the Na-
tion's best thinkers on matters of se-
curity are placed together in compre-
hensible form by two skilled editors,
David M. Abshire and Richard V. Allen,
of the Center for Strategic Studies of
Georgetown University.
The volume includes the thoughts of
James D. Atkinson, Morris Bornstein,
Karl Brandt, Henry W. Briefs, W. Glenn
Campbell, Herbert S. Dinerstein, Otto
Eckstein, Roger A. Freeman, Gottfried
Haberler, Herman Kahn, William R.
Kinter, Henry A. Kissinger, Kurt L. Lon-
don, Edward S. Mason, Albert J. Meyer,
Oskar Morgenstern, Gerhart Niemeyer,
G. Warren Nutter, Stefan T. Possony,
Virgil Sclera, Thomas C. Schelling,
James R. Schlesinger, Irving H. Siegel,
William S. Stokes, Robert Strausz-Hupe,
George E. Taylor, Edward Teller, Frank
N. Trager, Norman B. Titre, Richard L.
Walker, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Karl
A. Wittfogel and Arnold Wolfers. Its
introduction is by Adm. Arleigh Burke,
U.S. Navy, retired.
On December 20 the Washington Post
carried an informative review of "Na-
tional Security" written by Robert A.
Kilmarx, himself a noted expert on
strategy of the nuclear age. The review
follows:
COLD WAR STRATEGY MAP EXAMINED FOR LOOK
AHEAD
(Reviewed by Robert A. Kilmarx)
("National Security: Political, Military, and
Economic Strategies in the Decade Ahead.
Edited by David M. Abshire and Richard V.
Allen. Praeger. 1039 pp.)
This outstanding collection of broad analy-
ses of national security problems has been
made available to the reading public at a
most. fortunate time. Concern has been ex-
pressed by the administration since the sign-
ing of the nuclear test bah treaty that the
public might be less inclined to support nec-
essary defense expenditures because of the
relatively relaxed state of international ten-
sion.
The assassination of President Kennedy
may have reinforced-this danger, since the
forces of intolerance, hatred, and extremism
which many people apparently believe con-
tributed to his death may be viewed in part
as the product of cold war, instability, ideo-
logical conflict, and economic frustration.
In assessing the strategic needs of our time,
the pitfalls of euphoria about national se-
curity policies could be compounded by apa-
thy toward cold war conflict and withdrawal
from international burdens.
This is particularly true if the Soviets
continue to avoid precipitating major crises
over an extended period, while getting used
to President Johnson's policies and determi-
nation-and improving their economic,and
technological bases for future military power
and political advance.
Need for such a book has long been acute.
The library of monographs, studies, reports,
and proposals On national strategy is becom-
ing too extensive and specialized to satisfy
the needs of &-'-busy citizenry. The national
strategy of the United States may be likened
to a river which has many tributaries and
meandering propensities. Unless its general
direction, the sandbars it must pass, and
alternate channels into which it may flow, is
public knowledge, the democratic process
cannot be served.
This book not only maps out much of the
present strategic terrain but also provides
environmental guides to future policy flow,
to challenge the interest and judgment of a
thoughtful reader.
Many of its prominent and well-qualified
contributors reemphasize the all-important
fact that the Communists still present a
long-term, persistent threat to our way of
life. Neither the Soviet objective of world
domination nor the tactics employed have
fundamentally changed in spite of the return
to peaceful coexistence in foreign policy.
Some of the contributing specialists see
hope for the eventual evolution of Soviet
policy away from traditional goals of global
hegemony; others disagree and conclude that
if .a successful outcome is to be attained, U.S.
containment policy must be supplemented
more by a forward strategy that attempts to
move the site of the cold war to enemy terri-
tory.
In editing this symposium, David Abshire
and Richard Allen have done an excellent job
organizing a vast amount of material. This
permits the reader to become readily ac-
quainted with the principal themes, to refer
easily to particular areas of policy interest, to
obtain clear synopses of contributed articles
and to follow the discussion of controversial
viewpoints.
Pupils of Winton School, Hayward,
Calif., Honor John Fitzgerald Kennedy
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
of
HON. DON EDWARDS
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Saturday, December 21, 1963
Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I re-
cently was privileged to visit Winton
School, Hayward, Calif. My visit was
2 weeks after the, death of our beloved
President, John F. Kennedy, and I was
touched to observe the beautiful manner
in which the pupils at Winton School
were sharing in the national mourning
and honoring his memory.
Amongst the thoughtful things done
by the pupils in memory of President
Kennedy was to dedicate to him the en-
tire first page of their fine student news-
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paper, "Green and White." A most ex-
cellent picture of our late President, with
the White House in the background, its
flag at half-staff, by Student Artist Roy
Ostyn was featured, together with a sen-
sitive eulogy.
Mr. Speaker, I am immensely proud of
the young people of America, those to
whom we will turn to for national. and
international leadership in the coming
decades. My visit to Winton School has
refreshed my confidence in the American
The Black Omen for Red Cuba
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. PAUL G. ROGERS
OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, December 20, 1963
Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr.
Speaker, with the elevation of Ambas-
sador Mann to Under Secretary of'State
for Inter-American Affairs we may see a
new tightening of U.S. policy toward
Cuba. Congressional disapproval of
many of our past actions and inactions
are evident everywhere. Opposition to
the foreign aid bill in the I-louse has
increased in recent years in proportion
to the feelings in Congress that all is not
well within the State Department in
implementing stated U.S. policy. There
is reason to hope that Mr. Mann will
bring his well-respected talents to bear
on the problems facing us all over South
and Central America. His past per-
formance and experience indicates that
we have reason to expect substantial im-
provement.
Cuba itself is facing new difficulties,
which indicate that the time for us to
press our economic blockade is at hand.
Castroism is faltering. Now is the
time to push for complete isolation.
Editorial comment on the internal
condition and external activity of Cuba
points up the fact that Castro is in for
some difficult days. I include an edi-
torial from the Miami Herald in the
RECORD at this point:
THE BLACK OMEN FOR RED CUDA
Omens abound that the focus of Commu-
nist Infection in the New World-Red Cuba-
may soon be excised.
First, there is the forthcoming showdown
in the Organization of American States.
Venezuela has formally accused Cuba of ag-
gression. Its proof-3 tons of munitions
traced from Belgium to Cuba to Venezuela--
,is being checked by an OAS committee.
The procedure invokes the 1947 Treaty of
Rio as Janeiro for sanctioning aggression.
A mere majority of the 20 OAS member
nations can call a conference of foreign min-
isters under the treaty. By two-thirds vote,
the ministers can order appropriate hemis-
pheric action up to and including the use
of armed force.
Second, there Is a detailed report to the
OAS committee from an organization of
Cuban exiles telling how and where Red
Cuba has been smuggling "arms, subversive
agents, narcotics, and counterfeit money"
Into neighboring lands.
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Third, there are shortages of nearly every-
thing Inside Cuba, and frantic squirmings by
the Fidel Castro regime.
No longer do volunteers fill the ranks of
Castro's armed forces. He has Invoked harsh
new rules to get the manpower he needs for
holding his subjects in line. He also has
been shuffling ministerial assignments, thus
raising questions about reliability in high
places.
Fourth, communism's abject failure In
Cuba for 5 long years has opened the eyes
of its erstwhile dupes in the Western
Hemisphere.
Crushing Castro In 1959 might have made
him a martyr to Latin Americans bemused
with his phony legend as a modern Robin
Hood. The eviction of Castro today would
be hailed by everyone but hard-core Com-
munists as good riddance to bad rubbish.
Finally, there Is the plight of Castro's
puppet masters In the Kremlin, desperate to
feed and otherwise mollify their own sub-
jects.
Their announced plan to spend 848 billion
on their chemical industry, including fer-
tilizers, means they will be compelled to trim
expenses somewhere. Where better than In
their newest colony, Red Cuba, a liability
which is both costly and undependable?
The Late President John F. Kennedy
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
of
HON. CHARLES L. WELTNER
OF GEORGIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Saturday, December 21, 1963
Mr. WELTNER. Mr. Speaker, I re-
cently received a copy of a resolution by
the De Kalb County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, expressing its sorrow
and loss at the death of our late Presi-
dent. I submit this resolution for in-
sertion in the RECORD, as follows:
A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE DE KALB
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
IN MEETING HELD DECEMBER 4. 1983
Whereas the asassination of President John
F. Kennedy on November 22, 1983, has
shocked the people of this State and Nation;
and
Whereas President Kennedy had became a
significant world leader and a capable Presi-
dent of the United States; and
Whereas he was the leader of the Demo-
cratic Party; and
Whereas the people of Georgia had given
him overwhelming support In his campaign
for election as President; and
Whereas his leadershit in life has been lost
to the people of Georgia. the United States
and the world: Now, therefore, be It
Resolved by the De Kalb County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, That our pro-
found feeling of sorrow and of sympathy be
communicated to his family and further-
more, that our appreciation for the outstand-
ing services of John F. Kennedy, In war and
in peace, is hereby expresed by the members
of this committee; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution
be spread upon the minutes of this commit-
tee and that a copy be transmitted to Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy.
KrrrEY HOWINGTON,
Chairman.
Mrs. HARRY B. WILLIAMS, Jr.
Secretary.
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