Evening star., 1948-04-17
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ly strengthened and our military position I'M
proved.
The editorial also states that, 1.-THE q. N
may fall apart. but the time is not yet here
to abandon it or to give up trying to make 1t
work. The U. N. at present is merely a de-
batting society, as was the League of Nations,
because it has no power to enforce its decisions.
And as for making the U. N. work, seriously
doubt it ever can work because of the fallaci-
Gus principle on which it is operating. Who
will respect a decision when it cannot be en-
forced? JOSEPH B. HAYDEN
All Citizens Not Equal
To the Editor of The Star:
The Italian people will not be fooled by the
State Department broadcast concerning the
hospital in Oklahoma City for Negroes which
was financed largely by Negro junk dealer.
The fact that the health facilities for Negroes
in Oklahoma City were inadequate and SUBJ
standard contradicts Americas claims that all
citizens in democracy have equal opportuni-
ties.
The junk dealer had enough money to pay
for excellent medical care elsewhere for his
wife. Most Negroes in Oklahoma City would
not have been able to do the same as the junk
dealer. Most Italians are poor and are inter-
ested in the rule as regards poor people not
the exception"
The State Department broadcast will present
the picture that colored Americans, where they
have succeeded have done so in spite of the
biased American way Of life. J.C.H
Favors Auchincloss Bill
To the Editor of The Star:
The District Committee Of the House Of
Representatives is at this moment considering
the merits of the Auchincloss bill for home
rule for the District.
Most Of us residents may not know the tech
nicalities Of the new bill. However from what
information is available, 1t seems apparent
that the fundamentals Of home rule which
will be fair to all, have been incorporated In
the bill. l. for one (and I am sure there are
thousands like me), am hoping fervently that
the Congress will act favorably on the measure
and give us the right to govern ourselves. We
wish to do our share toward making our Cap
ital City not only the location of our Federal
Government, but also self-respecting Ameri-
can community with the democratic rights and
responsibilities enjoyed by all other American
cities. DORIS D. ROGERS.
Deplores Policy Toward Palestine
To the Editor Of The Star:
The aim Of certain officials Of the United
States Government, which appears to have no
connection with the will of the American peo-
ple may best be summed up in the following
quotation from a Palestine newspaper: "The
United States Government seems determined
to push the chicken back into the egg. Neither
biology nor history will tolerate such ma
neuver." 1t is the shame of our times that
America, for over two centuries the symbol of
freedom to oppressed peoples whose national
aspirations were denied by tyrants, should
now, through its government. become the
vehicle Of such denial to the Jewish people.
What certain officials Of the United States
Government seek to deny automatically, must
now be established militarily at great cost in
blood and death. The Jewish people in Pales-
tine, whose state already is m existence, are
preparing themselves for the greater battles
which they know will come when the British
policy of arming the Arabs and the United
States Government policy Of denying arms to
the Jews have borne their full fruit. But high
officials In our State and Defense Departments,
and the oil imperialism which Is hiding itself
beneath the American flag, are prepared to go
far beyond diplomatic measures in an attempt
to tip the scale Of these battles.
Only yesterday they were saying that our
security would be endangered if we sent troops
to Palestine to enforce partition. Today they
are advocating the use Of American troops to
impose their trusteeship plan and to enforce"
truce in Palestine. VIII the United States
Government supply the troops against the Jews
of Palestine which it was unwilling to supply
against the Arabs? Are. the American people
prepared to envision the possibility of Ameri-
can troops fighting on the side Of the Naz-
Mufti and the worst elements of ruthless
British Imperialism to annihilate the Jewish
people in Palestine?
In an effort to gain at least some public
support for their nefarious schemes, certain
elements in our Government aided and abetted
by their columnist mouthpieces, are engaged
in a concerted propaganda campaign to the
effect that the American people - have to
choose between the security and possibly the
survival Of our own country and the creation
of Jewish State e" This falsehood at
tempts to win support and silence criticism by
tanning the latent embers Of anti-Semitism
into open flames.
There is most ominous and somber note
for the American people in the fact that high
Government officials do not hesitate to play
fast and loose with the dangerous business OF
stirring up hatred and intolerance, and the
violence which accompanies them, in order to
accomplish their devious purposes. II this
assiduous fostering and exploitation Of hatred
and intolerance is permitted to continue, then
as recent experiences in Europe clearly demon
strate, the real victims may be our freedom
and democracy and our very country which the
whole world hopes will in truth become the
tree whose fruit will be for the healing OF the
nations" CHARLES H. SEWN.
Hawaiian Statehood and Democracy