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★ WASHINGTON COLUMN ★
Oilmen Asked to Dig for ™
Kennedy Dinner Tickets
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Washington Correspond
Newspaper Enter
WASHLnGTONWVEAV—Interior Secretary Stewart L tttl
hii asked that oil and gas industry representatives, IjjbtjiiH
and public relations executives in Washington be solicited te
buy <100 tickets or ten tickets for a full table at $1,000 10 •
dinner honoring President Kennedy here oa May 27. *
THIS BECAME KNOWN TODAY through an original 0M9
or a t ircular letter sent to 56 oilmen in tne capital by J. K.
Evens of Asiatic Petroleum Co., on April 5. Evans miintstM
oSkes at 5700 K. St., N.W., bat the letter was sent outon one
of his personal letterheads from his residence at 3005 Nonne >
rtone Drive, N.W. A copy of the letter has just come into tht
possession of tais writer.
Interest in this letter centers in the fact that most of the
U.S. government's oil and gas programs are administered by
the Department of Interior, headed by Secretary Udall of New
Mexico.
At the bottom of the letter is a stenographer's file, line, "cc:
The Honorable Stuart L. Udall," indicating that a copy of the
letter was sent to him But the opening paragraph of the letter
((early associates the secretary with the solicitation.
At the top of the letter are the names of the 50 oil and gaf
l len to whom it was sent
After the letters were mailed out, somebody most have had
r twinge of doubt or conscience about them, for an effort was
made ta call them back or have them destroyed.
THIS IS THE THIRD BIT OF TROUBLE Udall has
involved in during his first 100 days in office. Shortly after he
u as sworn in, he admitted that he had urged some of his for-
mit congressional colleagues in the House to vote for the pro-
posed Rules Committee reorganization.
r a recent television interview Udall declared the Cuban
Invasion plan had been made during the Eisenhower adminis-
tration. He was severely criticised by Republicans for attempt-
ingt. blame the Cuban fiasco on Eisenhower.
The Evans letter to oil and gas men is almost certain to back-
fire on Udall. As one prominent Republican declares, "If we
had attempted anything like this, everybody would have
Jumped all over us."
The Kennedy administration is already under criticism for
failing to include any provision for reducing oil and gas deple-
tion allowances in its new tax reform program.
Revelation of the existence of the Evans letter just a few
days after President Kennedy's message to Congress recom-
mending a new code of ethics for government officials seems
ceitain to be mentioned by GOP critics.
The Horse And The Stable
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Cuban Questions
The Dallas Morning News
Th«> French have this bit c. wis-
dom: "When the horse is stolen,
the fool shuts lha stable."—The
News is not calling President Ken-
nedy and the British foots, hut in
Laos it in clear that the horse has
been stolen and the cease-fire, even
if observed, is stable-shutting.
The President inherited volatile
situations both in Cuba and in Laos.
Like a real man. he has assumed
personal responsibility. We were
humiliated in Cuba. To the rest of
the world we have appeared weak
— ridiculously weak — with respect
to Laos.
Mr. Kennedy would be in a bet-
ter psychological position had he
not been so positive durtag last
fall's presidential campaign about
what he would - to in such situations,
lie found it easy to criticize the Ei-
senhower administration for "lack
of leadership" and "our declining
prestige."
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rors and most of them hove
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So far he has not shown his pro-
mised positiveness or vigor. The
Cuban invasion flopped. On March
Si-of .hit .year he warned tfcJU*. un-
less Communist guerrillas, supplied
by Russia, agreed to a cease-fire,
the United States would act. He
didn't say how That warning was
six weeks ago.'
The guerrillas ignored him. Ne-
gotiators stalled. The stalling costs
Premier Khrushchev nothing and
enables nhn to test the youthful
Kennedy's determination.
The stalling also permitted Com-
munists to capture and squat on
strategic spots. Our hopes now for
a neutralist government win result
inevitably in one with strong Com-
munist influences.
In 1954 a conference in Geneva
arranged the end of seven years of
fighting between the French and
Communists in Indochina. A Com-
munist regime was recognised in
North Vietnam. The Communists
in turn pledged to respect the ter-
ritorial rights of Laos. Russia was
a party to those proceedings.
Of course, as any fool would
know-, the pledge was not honored.
Russia will honor no pledge, except
one which advances Communism.
We are dealing with barbarians,
liars, thieves, aggressors and cut-
throats The News believes thai
President Kennedy deserves the
unity of the American people. Our
prestige is lower than ever. Our
weakness has become the laughing-
stock of the world. Whatever he
does must be done with strength.
The people will bach him up. but
he can't stall and count on Russian
pledges. They aren't worth the
small from a Tartar's breath.
By BRUCE BIOSSAT
No sensible American can doubt
that the ittfated Cuban a small was
inevitably an extremely dnficult
enterprise, involving a whole clus-
ter of hair trigger choices.
But as the confused story contin-
ues to unfold, what can fairly be
as*ed is why so many of those deli-
cate choices seemed to fall the
wrong w«y. There may be value in
summarizing major criticisms. It
is said:
1. We miscalculated the possible
weight of Fidel Castros* armor and
the prospect ef a popular Cuban
uprising against him.
2. A strong and perhaps controll-
ing voice in the choice of landing
spots and distribution of rebel for-
ces was exercised by State De-
partment officials hacked up by
President Kennedy's White House
loreign policy advisers.
To an outsider, this sounds like
contending that men who might
never have see* n Cuban beach
were telling miUtnry and intelli-
gence officers" Where to hind, and
with what.
3. Cuban forces trained only for
guerrilla w rf*r* and intending to
practice it in this instance were
sent ashore in a coordinated, army
assautt-type landing without the
air and naval cover such an at-
tack demands, onto beaches unsuit-
ed for any fighting at all.
Military critics say guerrillas
sfcaold hit die beach fat darkness
and vanish into ground cover with-
in 15 minutes. These rebels wallow-
ed in swampland six to eight hours,
under Castro's murderous fire, try-
ing unsuccessfully to secure their
too. It wanted to assist the assult,
but manage it in a manner to play
down its intervention.
The question people want ans-
wered is whether, in pursuit of this
tight-rope course, we did not doom
the enterprise from the start by
relying upon the judgments and
labors of men and agencies not
fully qualified for their particular
part in the effort.
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Today in History
Today is Friday May 5th, the
125th day of 1961. There are 240
days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On this day in 1925. the scopes
case began with the arrest of Bio-
logy teacher John Scopes in Dayton,
Tennessee, on a charge of violating
a state law in teaching the Darwin
theory of evolution. William. J<
nings Bryan appeared tor the state
and Clarence D arrow defended
Scopes in what became one of the
most celebrated legal battles of
the time.
On this date —
In 1775, Benjamin Franklin re-
turned from London after faffing in
his mission to bring an end to arbi-
trary taxation of the colonies.
In 1821, Napoleon Bonepart® died
in exile on the island of St. Helena.
In 1888, Memorial Day we* es-
one WAY
SJST TH SAME AS
iSAS sncnoNS
C*t£KEM
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MAKiM' A LIVW.
P*ETTVSOON
EvE*>nocv<3o*
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In Texas 1.50, out of state t.Hi
1 They got their goerrtHa train-
ing not from the Army bat from the
f>ntr-l intelligence Agency, which
never before had been charged with
such an assignment, having focus-
sed on "small Jabs with small
groups" bent on sabotage fauOtra-
tion. more modest guerrilla effort.
5. The Cuban underground was
never informed (evidently because
mistrusted by C1A . nor were all
the key rebels, nor was much of
the gopwlaee whose rising was nec-
essary to final success. And top
revolutionaries were held incom-
municado while II. S. officials issu-
ed statementa in their nnme.
6 No serious consideration was
given as la how to mot the -efiose-
quences of failure. 7*
We need to know what subs-
tance there is to those charges, and
where there la substance, what the
explanation is.
" hisIv the administration
la have its cake aid eat it.
• Q*s and A's
Q—For how long
augural medals been, issued?
A—Since lflttL Before then
inaugural committee members
received badges, and there was
a gold badge for the new fttti-
dent.
famous Ifxtiarer
in the Fhibppine
Q—What
was killed
Islands?
A—Ferdinand Magellan.
Q—At what age do coffee
trees begin to beer fruit f
A—When they are three
Q-r-Whkh it t h e
stream tn;
A—The
miles long.
t southwest Asia?
CABMVAL
by DICK TURNER
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tablished for May 30th by the
Grand Army of the Republic.
In 1943, sugar rationing began
throughout the United States.
In 1945, German grand Admiral
Karl Doenitz admitted that the war
against the Western, powers had
become hopeless.
Ten years ago General Mac Ar-
thur completed testimony before
Senators investigating the circum-
stances of hif sudden recall from
Korea by President Truman.
Five years ago Senate Majority
Leader Lyndon Johnson defeated
Governor Allan Shivers of Texas in
precinct votes for. control of the
Democratic party in the state.
One year ago, a major shakeup
of the Soviet government and com-
munist party was announced in
Moscow, strengthening the power
of Premier Khrushchev.
Today's birthdays: Brooklyn Con.
(0—Aa attendant
lan in WesttoeA
fort Worth, foiled an
burglary this morning
identified by police
as 26-year-old Dale Freeman Day
of Otey, Texas, was released from
the stale prison at Huntsville yes-
ter.iay.
say the bttrgier was
frightened when the wife of the
service attendant. 26 - year - old
Charles E. Hoyler, screamed, and
started to run.
Tho attendant Brad afc him and
the wauld be burglar fell with a
.22 caliber buBet in the side. He
was taken to a hospital where his
cacditian was sgid te be serious.
Are
Many Oil Mops i
Taken In Dallas
DALLAS LB—Sheriff Bill Decker,
says bis officers have confiscated
between 350 and 500 oil maps which
one geologist says could be worth
3 million dollars.
The sheriff says the'maps, which
date from 1954 to 1960, belonged
tp a number of oil companies,
fieefcer says the officers took the
maps from a ear parked in front of
a name at Richard son, just north
of Dallas.
Decker said no arrests have been
made in the case and no charges
have been filc.L
You* MM to .
Foil Under Truck
BEAUMONT — A 20-year-old
Beaumont youth. I«roy Webb, was
killed last night when he fell under
the wheels o< a truck. ,
The accident occurred just out-
side of Winnie of U. S. Highway U
not tar from Beaumont as young
Webb was helping transport a large
transformer.
He was holding up an overhead
wire when be slipped and fell un-
der the truck.
—o—■ —
Prominent Tcxa*
Is Cancer Vfctini
DAYTON ijv— A prominent Tex-
as-Louisiana Rice grower, (•*ear-
old James W. Trusdale, died yes-
terday of cancer. A resident of
Dayton, Texas, for 28 years. Trus-
dale had been active in promoting
lower Trinity River Valley develop-
ment and soil conservation.
Survivors include his widow and
three children. Funeral services
will be held today at Dayton.
iatora Md To
Ontario Jockey
FOTT SBHL Oat. M — Jockey
Charles Boland has died of Mur-
Ontario. Jockey Club. Boland was
a. Hi |Md Jint nmbhd Ma ap-
prentice year as a jockey. Boland
was said to have suffered a fractur-
ed skull when his mount stumbled
and felL He was listed in satisfac-
tory condition at Douglas Memor-
ial Hospital yesterday, but suffer-
ed a r«l"w last night.
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OVrianMoy Wad
Flfmoess Sare^i
HOLLYWOOD U! — Actor Hugh
O'Brien has hinted strongly he will
ask Princess Soraya of Iran to
marry him. O'Brien said the situa-
tion te serious with both of them.
Soraya is the former queen of
Iran who was divorced by the Shah
for failure to produce a .male heir.
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gressman Emanuel Celler is 73
years old today. Willie Mays of the
San Francisco Giants is 30.
Thought for today:
A seasonal safety council remin-
der: Last year 38,000 persons died
in highway accidents; more than
3 million were injured.
BAR IS
By HAL COCHRAN
A boy was sentenced to plant
200 trees alter a fire he set
destroyed that many. He's stfll
Your _
solve your problems, but few
of them get the right
answers.
"You're just
self when your
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