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forced to let their scientists

“in 1960

DYSON CARTER REPORTS

How Soviet scientists mastered

tremendous problems of satellite

By DYSON CARTER

Wherever you turn, you will hear people give fresh, clear appreciation of the Soviet
Union’s triumphant satellite. We are in the midst of historic events. At such moments the
people can always think far beyond their deceivers.

That is why so many Canadians—even if they put their thoughts into cautions words
—know full well what is soaring around our earth today. Flying in its majestic orbit, under-
neath the ancient moon, is the first flag ever to be unfurled over our entire planet.

Dulles was speechless. Mac-
millan had.to sit and listen
to the BBC broadcasting that
mighty “beep-beep” of the
satellite’s radio. Diefenbaker
could : find no photographers
interested in having him make
a new face for the front page.

All the cabinet ministers of
‘capitalist world- were

give out statements. Without
exception their scientists were
amazed.

You know why. The Ameri-

cans have spent thousands of
millions of dollars trying to
build rockets. They. have put
to work whole towns full of
scientists and engineers, com-
plete with split-level houses
and pure-white schools.
Yet the U.S. has so far let
off only a series of missile-
farces. Most of their glamor
rockets blew up in the faces
of their launchers. Recently
they were forced to postpone,

indefinitely, their attempt to

send up a research moon.
And now the Soviet Union
has done it. This is a good
time — on the eve of the 40th
anniversary of the founding
of the world’s first socialist
state — for you and I to see
why Western scientists and
engineers are bewildered.
SOVIET ROCKET ENGINES.
Qur experts simply don’t
‘know how those colossal roc-
kets were built to hurl a 184-
pound satellite up 580 miles
at 18,000 mides an hour.
Maybe you expected this.
_ Because Western aviation still
‘has not jet engines one halt
as powerful as the engines in
the sleek TU-104. Have you
seen the latest New York ad-
vertisements? ‘They caution
Americans that the first U.S.
jet transports, coming perhaps
wwill not fly so fast
as the TU-703 flew last year!

_ And the TU-704 is today out-

dated, being replaced by the
TU-110.

SOVIET FUEL SYSTEMS.
More than 100 gallons of sup-
er-powerfuk explosives roar
through Soviet rocket engines
every second. How is this con-
trolled? What fuel is used?
The best- dressed geniuses in
the Pentagon.can only scratch
their brush-cut:-heads, The

stupendous, . controlled power

delivery of the Soviet satellite
launcher is what so impress-
ed the Canadian astronomer,
Dr. Helen Hogg . - : “a most

wonderful thing.”, — ae eee

This is an American design, still no more than a scientist’s
dream for an a’om-powered interplanetary rocket.

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AIMING AND GUIDING.
The Soviet satellite was sent
up by three great rockets,
joined together at first, and
dropped off one by one as
they burned out.. Think of un-
coupling a huge locomotive, at
6,000 miles per hour, without
causing a train to give one
quiver on the track.

How is this done? How is
the missile kept on a track
that isn’t there, with accuracy
as marvellous as that of the

stars themselves? Such are the ~

achievements of Soviet social-
ist engineers in electronics
geodesy, telemechanics, ie

ROCKET STRUCTURE. Even
during the Korean war, Soviet
jet- engines had ‘materials in
them unknown to our chem-
ists. We can only assume (from
the way American . “super
metals” melted away in rocket
tests) that Soviet. scientists
have created | new man-made
substances, ‘probably glass-like
stuff stronger than: steel.

This is the: kind. of thing
Americans are so; fond ‘of
boasting about in their ads.
But machinists neatly have

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such materials in their hands
today, in socialist factories. |

~We can see that. the sum
total of .these achievements
demonstrates far more than.
Soviet superiority in rockets,
The rocket field today is the
ultimate in- science and pro-
duction.

Socialist technology and sci-
ence as a whole has establish-
ed its world supremacy.

Planned research unlimited
opportunity for inventive
minds, reliance on the intelli-
gence of the working-class,
education cured of the virus
of religious myths, freedom
from profits, mobilization and

finance. for ‘research on the

grand socialist scale . . . these
factors have proved supreme
over the worn, out forces and
motives of imperialism. _

All of us who had faith in

Man’s intelligence, knew this:

would: come about. And now
it is great’ to be living when
the Red Star shines,on high,
placed; there “by those same
trustédshands that: first-smash-
ed ‘the chains! of exploitation

in 1917,

Discrimination here

GEORGE COLLINS, Vancou-
ver, B.C.: The amount of sup-
port given to the Negro school
children at Little Rock proves

‘beyond doubt that decent hu-

man beings the world over
realize the evils of segrega-
tion.

As a Canadian citizen of
Native. blood I support. the
Negro children whole-heart-
edly, finding some common
ground between our Native
Indians and the Negroes in the
USS.

In failing to recognize the
Native Indian as an equal,
the powers that be have also
adopted- a type of “Segrega-
tion” in Canada. _

It is in the interests of the
average citizen to help boost
the status of his less-privi-
Jeged neighbor. Our Native
Indians are still discriminated
against in matters of educa-
tion. This situation must be

_ changed. 2

One-man show

L. CARSON, Vancouver,
B.C.: John Diefenbaker seems
to be following in the foot-
steps of R. B. Bennett and try-
ing to run a one-man show
in Ottawa,

Take the recent appoint-

ment of Dr. Sidney Smith, an.

old Tory henchman, as new
secretary for external affairs.
At a press conference follow-
ing his appointment reporters
asked Dr. Smith what he
thought of “the late Liberal
government’s policy about
Suez. Said Smith: “I agreed
in the main with it.”

This jarred Diefenbaker,
who was present. He butted
in to declare: “Your policy is
the policy we advocated at
the time in the House of
Commons,”

Poor Smith. New he has to
conform with the Tory motion
of non-confidence which re-
buked the Liberal government
for condemning Britain and
France.

Obviously there’s no “free-

dom of speech” for Tory
cabinet members.

No hiding place

REV. JAMES M. CASSIDY,
Orpington, Kent, England:
After reading the Canadian
Civil “Defense “plans” for

evacuation in the event of an
atomic war, these thoughts
occurred to me:

- What about imminent pos-
sibility. of wholesale panic?
What about automobile break-
downs? What about too late
‘warnings? ie ea

‘And according to all the.
about ©

reports’ we've had
those ruthless | : Russians”
(sin¢e they seem., to. ‘be. the
“potential enemy”). most. like-

ly they won't, follow the:

“rules” of our C.D. planners:,

them to take part in

Maybe they won't drop i | i

one bomb where we expect |

Suppose they drop two, t

or even four bombs, oRé ™ oP

Vancouver, one on the

tullo bridge, one on Hope: @
All those “fortunates’ ™ 0

just happen to. have “two
weeks supply of food, and al
the “necessary” paraphern@ ia
naps
they'll be able to withstand
the assured radiation co?
ination of food and everytnit
else. And perhaps those W
are able to “turn off on a side .
road and dig a hole and covet
themselves with dirt” cam pele a
vive this burial until eames
attack ends (and. wait for a
fallout to abate).

But suppose those nast
Russians decide to attack i
winter, when the roads arf
covered with ice and snows”
and the ground is por Ig
making it impossible, to e
a hole? Oooohh, but the
nice Russians wouldn't do #
thing like that. :

Traffic jams on oral
days show just how idio i
“evacuation” would be ica
in 32 wat of “convention

weapons.”

Any society ‘thet encourages”
and profits from war is doo
ed to failure. One way o% @ os
other, with or without Us» ec
is going tq cease, and the
sane and sensible “civil tir,
fense plan” is to work unu.
inglyr.in that direction ap
for that goal. :

Prospectors’ slassede

THOMAS. ELLIOTT; oe
ager, B.C. and Yukon © BC

ber of Mines, Vancouve!, © ee
Prospectors’ evening aes 4
will open in Vancouver this
Tuesday, November 9 ae
course is sponsored by - oe
organization in cooperati
with the Adult Education
partment of the vancouve it ce
School Board, the Se
of British Columbia. 2?
Department of Mines.

We have conducted as
course each winter_ for on
past 39 years to train. m ae
in prospecting and prov}
them with a knowled ee
subjects related thereto. 4.10%
a nominal fee is charged. ree
the course, nevertheless } Zz
to a large extent a publ a
vice as it provides an © na
Jent means for young Ca age
dians to obtain a knowle?

of this industry and preriise :
the f

covery and ‘development

new ore deposits. re
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- Any publicity you may e ‘be

to give our school .w0
greatly appreciated. bee id

_ information may be. obtasl io
“py phoning me at PA 5328
_ by calling at: the: —

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Street...

October a 1957 — PACIFIC : meIBUNEBAGE

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