SPACE RACE AND U.S.
“Relax 99 Says City Man
(N.Z Press Assn.— Copyright) NEW YORK, May 18. A New Zealander has sent a word of advice to Americans 1, their bid for space achievements “For goodness sake, relax.” wrote Mr J. F. Williams, of Christchurch, in a letter to the editor of the “New York Times,” published today. Mr Williams wrote: “I do wish that all of you in the United States, from the President down, would cease the present ridiculous attempt to extend the doctrine of 'keeping up with the Joneses’ into the sphere of international science. , “Your habit of dividing your resources between several competing groups may have caused you to be two years behind Russia, but what is all the anxiety and shame about? “Britain is perhaps five or six years behind. We in New Zealand are about 50 years behind in the space race, but somehow we manage to sleep in peace and can look most people in the face. For goodness’ sake relax.”
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29517, 19 May 1961, Page 11
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