CHAPTER IIIWhen the starmen came, they made headlines in the newspapers all over the world.
They sat down on the east-west runway of the Washington National Airport.
MEN FROM STARS LAND!
And shortly:
FIRST CONTACT REVEALS STARMEN HUMANOID!
GENERAL SAYS ARMY READY IF STARMEN MENACE!
EARTH WARNS VISITORS!
And on the heels of these:
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?
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