APPLY THE BIG STICK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400260021-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 13, 2009
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: August 8, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON POST AUG 8 in
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j5roposal to inplan1' o lestial sphere on
the Big Stick
St Mourns after itsbret new, ssion. ` This is the
One ifEin of unfinished N~gi ore the Sen.
atf ptlght to remain unfin n Congress
ty in whiq the House acted
bronze.: The mood of hilar-
nion ring' ;Fried in molten
tion, tte House approved
spending '$886,000 for this
object, l which looks like a
cog from` Big Ben or an
to the Great` Conservation-
ist. Inca moment of distrac-
T,beo ore Roosevelt Island,
supposgdly as' a memorial
is reflected in the headline 4arried in this news-
paper's July 2 edition: "Jo q" House Votes to
self: "Good Qrdi"
We trust that the Senate will show equal hilarity
in laughing the project into limbo. Rather than
spending money on a geegaw appropriate to the
radiator cap of Jack Benny's Maxwells the Senate,
if it feels moved to spend, ought to put the $886,000
in a trust ful d for the preservation of Roosevelt
Island as a san ] y' r enjoyment of a quiet
forest. Since the new Constitution Avenue bridge
will link the island to the city, the added money
might be used to good"purpose in providing park-
ing lots away from the island or in keeping beer
cans and bottle caps to a minimum. Teddy Roose-
velt, we feel confident, Vvould prefer to let nature
speak softly while applying a big stick to the pro-
posed d metallic melon-rind. His grandson Kermit's
verdict soul 2}%'e come from the lips of TR him.
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