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Is So (Editor's Note: This is the second part of a series on Soviet-U. S. Supremacy by J. Crawford Cook, a graduate student in International Studies and Journalism.) By J. Crawford Cook The greatly overworked joke of Walter Winchell and Bob Hope that "the only reason the Russians have better rockets than the United States is because they have better German scientists than we have" is typical of the attitude held by many Americans. Unfortuntitely the sad truth is that the Russians have better rock ets than the United States because they have scientists of high capabilities and a government that saw fit to pursue an extensive pro gram of research and development in the field. There can be no doubt that the earliest significant advances in the field of rocketry were made pri marily by Germans. From the time of llernann Ganswindt in the 1890's and -lermann Oberth in the early 1900's up through today the Germans made immeasurable con tributions to the field of rocket We all ERASE WITE ON EATON'S CC Typing errors never show < face of this paper makes trace--with just an ordinai looking, perfectly typed pi at the keyboard, make no Your choice of Corri, light, medium, heavy weig] Onion Skin. In handy sheet packets and 500-s1 boxes. Only Eaton mal Corrisable. A Berkshire Typewriter Pi EATON PAPER CORPORA' '5' whchhave:known sc freshed by the soft, co( Porosity paper "air-so tobaccos while you ref 0 viet S propulsion. Ganswindt is recog nized as the first man to clearly propose the application of the re action principle to -space travel, and Oberth discussed space travel in scientific terms in his book, early in the 20th century, "By Rocket to Interplanetary Space." At approximately the same time Ganswindt began his productive work a Russian, Koitantin E. Tsiokovsky, was designing and building the first wind tunnel in Russia. He also designed one of the first liquid-fueled rocket engines in history. This early interest in rocket proplusion was never allowed to waiver in Russia and the fruits of the long years of study and re search have been vividly empha sized in recent years. America was not by any means a late-coming step-child to this field. In 1920 Robert Hutchins Goddard, a physicist, laid virtually all the groundwork for the modern liquid-fueled rocket that reached its early peak in the development, un fortunately, of the Germans' World War II V-2 rocket. Of the three nations displaying an early interest and a measure of [OUT A TRACE RRASABLE BOND )m Corrisable. The special sur. it possible to erase without a y pencil eraser. Results: clean pers. Next time you sit down mistake-type on Corrisablel able in its and 100 ieet es perMS. rzON PITTSFIELD, MASS. Em refre r-softens many springtlmes, you feel re 1l air. And so your taste is refresi ingtime freshness in the smoke ftens" every puff. Enjoy the ric re8h your tnnte. with Salem! Ir uprei subsequent success in the rocket field only the United States allowed her efforts to lag to a degree that caused a significant falling behind. Even after her re-entry into the missile race this characteristic re mained all too evident. In 1948 we embarked on a program of design and research in the sphere of Inter continental Ballistic M i ss i l es (ICBM) but abandoned the project in 1950 and let it lay dormant until 1953. A loss of more than thre valuable years. And (ven after a full scale entry in the space race U. S. efforts have continued to be lialmpered by inl efficient administration of space programs and what seems a hope less bureaucratic tangle at the higher echelon of governmental apparatus. We aiv, however, beginning to range a little far from the thesis of this paper, that is that Russian, not German scientific achievements a re primarly responsible for the kad the Soviot Union holds today in certain areas of space tech nology. As the 2nd World War drew to a loe ne of the top designers and .t1ember- of the \\ ig aiul lIo1 fall ..met4ler recenwl%. The nitew t Govilsh%, Walwerbioro, 1IN41eiilte .ill ville. clerk; Jame! I. Fow e-. 1. Colu Br' an. Sumtter. chief .smtire. ( l Need Money? $ See Page 9 $ 3hes you every pi reated by R. 3. Reynolds Tobacco c.ompany ancient trees, newed and re-0m nI ied by a Salem, rc .Special High - ri h C h taste of fine _ mode [iacy builders of the V-2, Dr. Wehrner Von Braun, called together his men who aided him in the rocket's lievelopment. ie told them that in his opiniun the war was lost and he preferred to surrender to the Americans rather than the Rus inns. Many of his top men agieed. In April 1945 Dr. Von Brami, a sizable group of top scientists, and 800 box ears of V-2 rocket part,s rolled towards the West to surrender to the United States forces. All of these were then ahipped to the States in what be came knovn as (,peration "Paper Clip." The American plan was to ab sorb the Gernmans into the normal stream of life and to Americanize them as much as possible and utilize t.heir great talents in the rockot field. This plan )mxved very successful and most of these men <iid eventually become American citizens, and have contributed im measurably to our suece.ss in the missile field. The Russians on the other hand, feeling more than confident that they were e(Iual to anyone in the World hi Ihe field of 1rocketry, rve Av 4. Sociev of the School of Law. at G ffier, mid member, are, left to rig[ ie; aid Imrry Bro.le, COliumbia. mhdi; Joe liaijor, Ander4o.n: )auid . iolo courte-ty of USt: News Service at Iobbu Brouln lost i6 white gold Atedding haid in tIhe %icinity Of tIhe RUS1ll Ifolim, an1d he i. offeriig a five-dollar rewarif to any14e 141141 find. it. lie may be conlacted at hi,- home on 1427 Nldletoin Street, Apt. 2. r taste ff ol fresh >bacco taste rn filter. too Fact quired those German scientists sur rendering to Soviet forces to put on paper all that they ha] done or were planning to do in the missile field. The urpoe of (OIr.se was I iee if there were any areas that had not beenl explored by the Rus sians themselves. By 11917 the lujssiais began sernding. these Germans back to their homes arid byN wrIly /195( al 1imost. nothing wa left ini Russia of the original German misile talent. Th*is was ov(r 1''sevie year" before Sputrnik I was (ribited. Thiis inot to say the liussianls are above usin)g f'oreign 'cientists anl(I their finrdilivs tn improve on Soviet Imethods and products. It is (mnni111101 knowledge that the de fectioi of Klaus Fuchs and the in forimatiii supplied by him and Ju liuis aund lIthlOenberg .,hortened the time it would have taken the ColMmunist.s to evelop the atomic bomil) by 18 months. The only point made(h hecre i, that they ,1imply didn't umi any exten-ive in formation then known to the Germans. . . . They alheady had it. I .e t thle imrpnii on bi e rimarted 11.t th I;. U. h;w V be kriiari litn hd their fir-i meting if the 1: NNarin Obermm. Clarietn; liert iumdhig are: Robert lumm, Grenti k. 1eritni. Amer-miz ad Firank J. mi AleGraiI.) Yearbook On NROTC Calendar 1'or the first tr im insee year thie Naval IN()T(' mnidshipmena (arolinia will piublish a yearbook for TIhe boo4k wvil l ide pict ures uif t he. mnidhipmercn and thenr aictivitie trougomi the year. A\ staff fo4r thne vearb44k ? no bingij a-ssembh-id. T NIUT( uit abl.o ha, - rmn -nt bily pub!i : is. "t . i . Like man, have you heard JEFFI EXCLUSIVE TO STUD Every FRIDAY Evenin 7:30 P.M. to 12 P.M. D $4.00 per couple -includes (Dress informal, m< 1801 ain St Or Fi hind the Soviets in every phase of mis,sile development let me say that such is not so. If anything we are ahoad in many, if not most, areas of space exploration espe cially in satellite communications and weather isearch. Miniaturization has been t.he greatest asset of the U. S. Here we have greatly outstipped the Soviets. Unfortunately it w%as done heCause of insufficient power to place large payloads into orbit. It is in this area of thrust that a .igrnificant lag exists between the 1. S. and Russia. Oin Nov. 3, 19.57, :0 days after Sputnik I orbited, Sputnik 11 with a payload approximately the size of a "special" Harley-Davidson motoreycle was placed in orbit by the Russians. I l May 1958 Sputnik Ill with a payload the size of a new Chevrolet werit up. and then farilie this year of course Gagarin and Tito% circled the earth in their -pace h which were ulely of ever gzreatern weight. Inl C4omlparison the U. S. January 30, 1958, pUt a payload the size of Shr'ge Chri t ma turkey It, orbil an11d rIf-peated the feat in Marcb. Student R4 Affiliation Pre ye.h. 1 : 1 - . .Il : 10mianl C'at. ll- :1 :1 . eru: T W I Ii; Ir Vr k ' r: . a . i. 1 F..-. 4,. .1 wt w t-thY t h r den 4m na: n Faculty Applauds Sumwalt The faculty of the t' n ver,it y gave Preisiden I , brb IL. Sulwalt a standing )vatitai Wednesday for the piogres. the nive1r%-ity ii has made drn1inIg the 1f.ur year, of hi< lea'dership. I)r. W. I.. Wi:'iamjuriu. heal f the ),p:rtmlen: of latheilmi t- . irui lTiVd the trhute t( lih. SLmllwit. le addres-d the facul ty lee ing WeinlesdaY afternIoonl and recounted the aichievements of the Universityv undier its presidenit. lit saitl thet IUve'r'ity "hat! malde phen menal pirogress inr all ar~ea," dutringl the four y'ears of lI r. Sum wai: 'a lersh:ip. lI . W illiama- eniumer'rted specific a 4h411eniet drinig th per ('1 iod "te erecti on of buihtjings, the growth of broth the faculty and stu lent body. aund e'specially . . . his 'nusual in tet ntew!; f about the Dinner Dance at the ERSON? ENTS AND THEIR DATES ~ n the CAMPUS ROOM nner served until 10:00 P.M. ull course dinner, taxes and tips. n wear jacket and tie) Phone AL 4_5141 ection Both the.sv "lotds" were orbited by A rmy missiles. Also in March the Air Force successfully u.Qed the ultra expensive Vanguard pro gram to or-bit the munificent sum of 31- pounds. A juicy serving of waterm1elon at least. All is not neessarily lost, how ever, for there are signs that the knowledge of the vast difference in t.hrust between us and the Soviet Union is greatly hampering our Space programti is- beginnig to dawn on administration tfficials. Work i.- now in the advance- stages onl1 pr.oj(ct Saturn which will evetUally ( we hope in the not tO <hi stant Luture) produce three mil i im p>und, of thrust in the first stitage of our rockets which will en able Us to pUt up an entire family. molt'ireyle. turkey dinner with watermelon dessert. ot al, intA) orbit. Alsto the MinlilatUrization we havv beei fiorced into will then of fer the opotunity to J)lace eqJuipment aboard that will be vastly superior t, what the Russians can1 Offi if nly through duplication. We vanl onl;y hope such1 develop mnyts- will not tu r up as a to litth t I' oi lLa :t ot at ion. A igious Given I ~ ~ ~ 1_Sw4 11!14' t 11:Pa1 '4 t itdA i: Pesytrin 'ii t at a- aue - - )r .I. r11ak'. u Iversitv man: ndhe:liif \t llrt ni a IM i. ; the I . (. 11. -nera!1 Y ' IA i -eary for tne university: the GregoryF. Wyse and the Ivev. br- a. Ala'ne'. I atholic einplain-: p' I, D'\. lI) I R. Iu'J ld , \1(thodist Ohe liv. lIarry F. P'etersen, Presliv tran: :.im Rev. Ihillip P cher, F-pinim-p :: thw l."v. W illa.m P,. Clint, I-u e r: : a r r-tim:e : and RabIlo I1! i<i S. . .1 t 4 i. I irt TA 0, t li . in. S S"1 tU i' N' l l;g :iuen ni5 Earhart Schiolarship Announced Zorna l:Upra:.na. for the I% \nn I -: h i. Th o d o o It !P fa i:uin\ \ eat- be fi p .1 '-aj;;P.It a nt-i n Iit, n the th n 1 , ab ! m itsip unris.t In ,ii u: I f' . Za :a pi te:*b - l tro com int4 I v ir i Pojelit'Iu het firt in t 'i(heb A''pari ilhnun ppitte, in manyV impir Fu:.hf ing a'uul ihi f( gran d uathep,v w'vr he anaornatia hciee tisi hep basi' chpqureet oralcobr I ip. ip!o uteid sents,o cenptia abi!rt h n er ifrlional ot brater.e Armeli byuiZhnt' schobrsingrant. fnomhte'. TheS head\uarers offwdat ypn t FomoandnS ('anad, Chow 5,vllns,the' nmjrity i) he useir Za /onta's ei Earhart gat nl.S chadrteshtolis. e i. ee eandidat4s, Oak iStret,r Sishin Surtemreon.rApiatbion ut hfirm Zbna' Feaquaters 1ffic.