Evening star., 1946-09-03
Letters to The Star
Views on Soviet Stubbornness
And Democratic Resistance

N'S"S ou oONISl CtuDDOI IiuCSS
And Democratic Resistance
To the Editor of The Star:
Just as Zola indicted the army lead
ers Of France with his famous II
Accuse in the Dreyfus case. so the
United Nations should accuse Russia,
citing page and line of her infamous
crimes against humanity and calling
upon the civilized world to ostracize and
boycott her until she comes to her senses.
When Hitler was defeated and the
nations assembled at San Francisco to
plan for world peace, there was uni
versal satisfaction that at last war was
to be outlawed. That satisfaction was
short lived, for it soon became apparent
that Russia intended to grab whatever
she wanted with no regard for any one
else. She has out-Hitlered Hitler in her
crimes against helpless small nations
She has robbed, murdered, despoiled
imprisoned tens of thousands of the
best and most patriotic people of Poland
and other countries. Her shadow falls
like specter over the whole earth.
The question is not whether we shall
"appease" Russia. There is no such
thing as appeasing her. In her eyes
Britain and America are "capitalistic"
nations - therefore reactionary and
fascist
Just as it takes two to make a quarrel
so it takes two to keep the peace. II
one powerful nation, stepped in the
opinion that 1t alone whipped Hitler and
therefore alone can whip the world, is
determined to destroy all nations that
will not accept its communistic aims,
there can be no peace unless the rest of
the world is ready for abject surrender.
America still stands with Patrick
Henry in his doctrine: Give me liberty
or give me death" The rest of the ma
tions of the world will have common
sense enough to know that if America
falls. human liberty throughout the
globe will die with her. Therefore, in
stead of trying to drag along with
Russia in the United Nations, 1t would
seem wise for the nations to say to
Russia: "You have upset the applicant.
You are destroying the chance for an
international organization to preserve
peace by your determination to impose
your communistic ideologies on all the
rest OF the world. We will not permit
this. If you will not come along with
the rest OF the family in the framework
of the Atlantic Charter, then the rest
will go along without you. However,
don't think you can have your cake and
eat it, too. Don't think that the rest
OF us will build world order of peace
for your benefit and at the same time
permit you to create dissension and
strife from one end of the world to the
other. If we have to create a league
OF nations without you-if you prefer
to go alone-you really shall CO.. it alone.
No Russian ship OF plane shall enter
any harbor Of any of the United Ma
tions, and no United Nations ship or any
plane will enter Russia None of the
United Nations will buy dollars worth
OF Russian goods, nor sell anything to
Russia"
Then the United Nations should pro-
ceed to establish atomic bases around
the earth, so that by the time Russia
succeeds in developing an atomic bomb
she will be hedged by millions of men
determined to be free and ready to give
her tit for tat II she yearns for war!
FRANK G. CAMPBELL.
Guarding Calvert Street Bridge
To the Editor OF The Star
once again our beautiful Calvert
Street Bridge. overarching Rock Creek
Park, has taken its toll of precious life.
This has become SO common that it
scarcely makes news any more But
coming as it does almost ON an ami
versary OF the loss Of very close friend
after the same manner, I am prompted
to address you in behalf of the citizens
OF Washington in protest at the mac
tlvity OF the Commissioners in meeting
this temptation to self destruction
which is perennial temptation to dis
couraged souls every hour of the day
and night.
1t is perfectly outrageous that we
should go on year after after year al
lowing this condition to persist. A most
simple device can prevent this without
detracting from the architectural fea-
lures OF the bridge that spans the
park.
In Pasadena, Calf, the beautiful
bridge spanning the Arroyo at the edge
OF that city took It's toll of human life
for several years, by the score, until
an enraged citizenry demanded that
something be done about it. BY the
simple device of steel grating it be-
comes practical impossibility for any
one to take his own life there.
1t will cost some money-yes! But
when we think of some of the things
we are spending money on in this city,
what are these compared with the con-
servation Of human life? Let us do
something about 1t, and do it now.
ALBERT JOSEPH MCCARTNEY.
What Say the Doctors?
To the Editor of The Star:
I have read in The Star from time
to time about babies being smothered
to death in their cribs, carriages, etc.