UNEASINESS SPREADS!
STARMEN SAY PEACE THEIR MISSION!
NO INVASION, SAYS WILKERSON!
PEACE, SAY STARMEN!
And a few hours later:
CONGRESS TO MEET!
CONGRESS FORMS COMMITTEE: WILL REPORT FINDINGS TO AMERICAN PEOPLE!
STARMEN SAY PEACE BETWEEN WORLDS!
Fear and faith combined; courage and cowardice; hatred and optimism. The great ground swell of popular approval was to come much later. At first there was naked uncertainty. Could the starmen be trusted?
And suppose they could be trusted?