Evening star., 1946-04-02
Shocked Reader Comments

To the Editor Of The Star:
When opened my Star on the after
noon of March ~, was shocked to dis
cover that you had given considerable
prominence, including photographs, to
the hate-infamed vituperation against
the Soviet Union by ex-Gov. Earle
of Pennsylvania. At critical time like
this, when oil must be spread upon the
troubled waters of Big Three comfy,
you have taken a stand with the hate
Russia warmakers designed to set the
American public, which must look to the
newspapers for information on foreign
affairs, in state of mind where 1t will
accept the monstrouS plans now being
prepared in certain quarters for war
against the Soviet Union. An analysis
of the verbose venom emitted by Mr..
Earle for his fell purpose Is fitting, so
that logic and reason can be applied by
the unfortunate citizenry who must per-
force peruse this news item and thus
properly evaluate it in its full implica-
tions:
Russia has made a farce out of, and
hamstrung, the UNO, so that it can't do
anything" Untrue, in view Of the
numerous times in which the UNO has
acted in opposition to Russia's position
and obliged her to make notifications
and compromises.
"The history of bolshevism was one OF
broken promises and treaties" Again
~ Exh a1oc no vic Vol
ter Duranty, the Dean of Canter-
bury, and all informed persons, both
official and laymen, often have attested
to the adherence of the U. S. S. R. to
its stated promises and treaties in its
27-year history.
"The terror In those countries Russia
has occupied is worse than ever-more
than 100000 people in Russian con-
centration camps" Typical Fascist
technique. The peoples of the Baltic
area, Byelo- Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia
and the Balkans now have witnessed the
liquidation of the huge land-owning
absentee landlord system, the return of
the land to those who cultivate it. an
easing of the oppressive heel of a bitterly
reactionary orthodox clergy, the removal
Of the inferiority status of women, pro-
vision of maternity assistance, cultiva-
ton of trade unions and many other
benefits which have come about as
concomitant to Russian accession of, or
influence upon, these areas. There are
no concentration camps in the vast
area of the U. S. S. r.
Mr. Earle also attempts to compare
as If in similarity, an appeasement of
Russia with the shameful appeasement
of fascism that took place before the
war. This is trick whose purpose is
the usual delusion of the public. Also
designating the U. S. S. R., which wants
and strives for peace, as threat to the
United States is designed to arouse the
war spirit by preparing the mental state
of the citizenry toward this end.
The sum and substance of this mans
utterance, the gist of what he is aiming
at, is his proposal that we use "the
atomic bomb on them while we have 1t
and before they get It," This is what
he and the class he represents want-the
A-bomb destruction of the U. S. S. r..
But I am certain the American people
emphatically will repudiate Mr.. Earle's
call to war, as they already have repu-
dated that of Mr. Churchill.
CHARLES HOLOBER.
Editors Note: The Star merely
printed a news report of statements
made In an interview by Gov. Earle.
Presumably, Mr.. Holober believes the
story should have been suppressed.)