SATURDAY. EECEMBER 7. 1957 Editorial'. ge Up in Smoke Presti “Nuts!” This was Dr. John B. Hagen’s comment after Project Vanguard w;nt up in smoke yesterday. Hagen is director of the project. sveals not only his true feeling but the feel* ions of other Americans. And it expresses better than a thousand words could. 5 doubt that the failure of Project Vanguard launch America’s first earth satellite dealt a the prestige of the United States. "Nuts!" r ing of mil this feelini There is n yesterday to new blow to And Arnei very high carrying thi seconds. ica’s prestige in the earth satellite field wasn’t iefore the specially-designed, 3-stage rocket test satellite exploded and burned in but two know how much yesterday's failure raised !isenhower's apprehension. You will remem len Russia announced it had sent Sputnik I We don' President ber that w| into the heavens. President Eisenhower's apprehension wasn't raised "one iota." We are awaiting the President's next "confidence" TV talk. Well, the explosion shook Wall Street and most of offi cial Washington. It undoubtedly even shook grassroots America. Only Moscow—and maybe the White House— appeared undaunted over the whole thing. Moscow radio announced, somewhat nonchalantly, that America’s first attempt to launch a “U.S. Sputnik” had failed. The attitude of a segment of official Washington alarm ed us just as ,much as the failure to launch the satellite. Instead of admitting a mistake, some officials tried to take the emphasis off the mistake by attacking the press and its coverage of the attempt to launch the satellite. If there had beeu no press coverage, they said, Amer ica wouldn't have lost further prestige, for on one. sup posedly. would know of any failure. We doubt if America gains prestige by covering up its mistakes. • In fact, the White House has covered up far too much. We were led to believe far too long that things were all rosy in the world and that Russia wasn’t ahead in rockets and missiles. But one day, Oct. 4, the day the space age began, we learned the truth. Russia had its Sputnik I. We are lust as alarmed over the failure to launch a "U.S. Sputnik" as anyone. However, we think America must be willing to admit its failure. Passing the blame off on the press is ridiculous. This will not meet the Russian challenge. America must sound an even more vigorous note of urgency if it is to meet the Russian supremacy in the scientific and technological field. Editorials are written by the editors and staff members of The Daily Collegian and do not necessarily represent the views of the University or of the student body. A Student-Operated Newspaper Sty? lailff (CoU?statt Successor to The Free Lance, est 1887 PmblUkcd Tuesday through Saturday morning during the University year. The Daily CeHtfian is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July l. 1934 at tb« emu College. Pa~ Post Office under ths act of Uareb 3. 1879. 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