Evening star., 1953-12-10
Reaction From Moscow

Few things could be more disheartening
than Moscow Radios harsh and appallingly
mendaciouS commentary on President Eisen-
howers magnificent United Nations address
proposing the creation of an international pool
of fashionable material to exploit the atom for
industrial power and other benefcent purposes
throughout the world. In effect the commen-
tary-delivered by Boris Leontyev, leading
Soviet spokesman on foreign affairs-adds up
to fiat rejection of the idea and an utterly
malicious Misrepresentation of 1t.
Thus, employing the familiar Communist
technique of turning the truth completely
upside down, Leontyev has accused the Pres
ident of having delivered ''warmongering
speech" that Threatened atomic war and made
eulogy of this policy of force" Never has
there been a better or more brazen example
of the use of the Big Lie to make white look
like black, destroy the substance of reality
and Nansmute fact into monstrous fiction
And what adds to the evil of the thing is this:
That the Russian people and all the other
peoples behind the Iron Curtain have been
denied the right to read the text of the EiSen-
hover address and are therefore in no position
to measure the depth of Leontyev's mendacity.
In the free world, however among all the
delegates who heard him at the U. NJ, and in
the mind of every literate adult throughout
the globe who has read about his speech there
is good and appreciative awareness of what
President Eisenhower has proposed as a first
step toward ending the fearSome nuclear arm
aments race. These people-in India Pakistan
Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and
non-Soviet Europe-know that he has offered
to have the United States take leading part
in concert with the other great powers and
under the aegis of the United Nations, in setting
yi,,L of
to open up bright new era of progress
economically and otherwise, for mankind
everywhere.
Accordingly, to these people. Leontyev's
commentary, when compared to the inspiring
peace making project set forth by the Pres-
dent, must seem to be extraordinarily sterile
and malignant Looked at in any light, this
is contrast that can hardly do good for the
Malenkov regimes world position, and so it is
possible that Leontyev has not spoken the last
Soviet word on the subject. It is possible that
the Krenlin finding itself on the defensive
and acutely embarrassed by an adverse global
reaction to the Big Lie he has uttered, will
dlSavoW him in due course and show some
Affirmative and constructive interest in the
Eisenhower proposal for private talks aimed
at establishing an international atomic pool.
In any event, whether or not the Kremlin
continues to shout mo-" there is great deal
to be said for giving serious consideration to
the idea of going ahead with this project.
Despite some loose congressional remarks sug-
gesting that the undertaking might be "gve-
away" program, there appears to be strong
sentiment in both the Senate and House for
such action. After all. why should we and the
rest of the free world stand still just because
the MaIenkov regime cries "nyet"? The race is
TO the swift. Regardless of Moscows reaction
ana reactlonaryism, we and our friends abroad
should move forward together if we can.
toward the goal raised by President Eisenhower,