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Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman
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When you ask a question,
sometimes you get an answer
you never expected. One thing
In particular has come as a
surprise to me in looking over
the returns on the question
naire on current issues which
I had sent out to people in
our District earlier. A
number of those responding
had the mistaken impression
that the United States already
has installed a defense system
to protect us against missile
attack.
The fact is that our country
does not have an antiballistic
missile (ABM) defense system
in operation. So far, it is only
on the drawing boards. And,
although it has not been in
the headlines much, a debate
has been going on in the Con-
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gress for several years on the
question of whether to go ahead
and build such a system.
The debate has taken on a
great deal more urgency in re
cent months. Last November,
Defense Secretary McNamara
finally admitted there was “con
siderable evidence” the Soviet
Union was installing an ABM
system. It was really the Ad
ministration’s first official rec
ognition of this development,
despite a number of reports to
that effect ever since 1963
also despite former Soviet Pre
mier Krushchev’s boast in 1962
that the Russians had an anti
missile missile that could “hit
a fly in the sky.”
No one contends that the
Soviet ABM system completely
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the major target areas. In fact, od to provide a complete de
many experts claim that no defense for our own country,
fensc of this kind could ever This would be In line with
bo entirely foolproof. Mr. McNamara’s opposition to
However, what if the Hus- the ABM. However, It occurs
sians are on the road toward a to me that if both countries
system giving them optimum retained their offensive mis
protection? What would hap- slle capabilities, then the re
pen then? The threat posed by suit as far as the United States
our own offensive missiles is concerned is that we would
would no longer be the deter- still be left without a defense
rent against war that it is now. against missile attack.
The Soviet Union could decide According to one official es
to exercise world-wide black- timate, a fully developed ABM
mall. Or it could launch a system would save the lives of
nuclear attack with a feeling at least 150 million Americans
of relative security against an in the event of a large-scale
effective counter-attack. nuclear exchange. To me, that
Emissaries of the Adminis- fact <* h « real meaning. Un
tration have been attempting questionably.!! m also in the
ever since February to obtain “ng of the Joint Chiefs of
an agreement banning anti- w *° f*rongly favor a sys
missUe defense systems in both tem Protecting at least our ma
the United States and the So- J or population and missile cen
viet Union. If this could be terS-
done, it would certainly avert In my view, as long as there
the expenditure of a lot of is any possibility of nuclear
money up to an estimated war, our country should pro
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Using recipes from a veil
able source and following di
rections accurately is the sur
est way to have jellies of-high
quality, but is no guarantee of
success, says Louise Hamilton,
extension foods and nutrition
specialist. Because fruit varies
widely in jellying quality, it’s
impossible to assure uniform
results.
In 4-H, the H’s stand for
Head, Heart, Hands and Health.
an ABM system in stages
—taking advantage of new de
velopments in defensive -tech
nology as they come along.
Down through the ages, for
every offense there has been
developed a defense. The sword
came first, and then the shield.
When it comes to choosing be
tween the lessons of history
and the dubious judgment of
Mr. McNamara, 1 shall look to
Kistory.
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