Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-13

the motives and impOund the
character of those with whom
they disagree. Mr.. President,
you have been a wholesome
exception to this tendency.
have not agreed with you, sir,
on every question, but you have
brought to American politics
an unusual integrity, a quality
Of tolerance which encourages
harmony and not diScOrd, unity
and not division, trust and not
diStruSt, and in the admins
tratiOn of your Office, sir, you.
have risen above the pettiness
of partisan politician. But
more important in the forum
of international affairs you
speak with an authority which
no other American possesses.
And in these uncertain times
this voice of authority is
needed to preserve the peace,
no matter how uneasy a peace
it may be, for an uneasy peace
is far better than a cruel war.
Now, 1 had intended, Mr..
Present, before your an
nOuncement about the course
of the discussions abOnt Suez,
to ask a question. 1 had de-
tected in the British press a
note of skepticiSm as to the re-
lance which could be placed
upon the continuity of the pol
icy which we had publicly
announced.
1 wonder, sir, whether you
could make any comment.
The President: I will say this:
Before I answer, let me thank
you very. very much for that
tremendous compliment you paid
me, by what you said. am de-
lighted we called this meeting to-
night. There are things going
out over the air that really warm
my heart.
/ would say this about the
British misunderstanding of
some of our motives. These mo-
tives, these purposes, these poll
cies, were formulated at the be-
ginning of this thing. We sat
dow and we were determined to
pursue a course that would not
lead to war.
We were certain that negotia-
ton could settle this problem.
We of course had this: We don't
want to antagonize anybody in
this word. because peace must
be with justice or, in the long
run. it would be no peace-so
we want to be just. We certainly
wanted to be fair to our great
allies in the West.
We wanted to be equally fair
to all the Arab world.
Now. it has been a hard and
weary row and many sleepless
hours as you know, worrisome
hours, have gone into this, but
it looks at least like we have
taken one long step forward.
And I am sure the populations
OF Europe will begin gradually
to understand that the steadfast
adherence of this Government to
one single policy has borne fruit.
The sailor.
ALMOST IN NAVY
Fred Polka: Mr.. President.
my name is Fred Polka. / Come
from Depew, n. Y. 1 work pres
emily at the Bureau Of Naval
Personnel in Washington here.
l have heard rumOrs to the
effect that instead Of bec0m-
ing General of the Army that
there was a chance at one
time that you may have be-
come Admiral Of the Navy.
l wonder IL you could ex-
plain or elaborate for us a
little bit on that point, sir.
The President: There is now
there is now in the Naval Serv-.
Ice. retired. a very great friend
Of mine who is the first one who
informed me in detail about the
Two academies. He was my very
great friend out in the central
Kansas area, and I wanted to
90 TO Annapolis with him because
that is where he is going.
We went ahead and. frankly.
passed the examinations and
hen we discovered that I was
100 old to go to Annapolis be-
cause in those days the ages for
he two-the ages were not the
same.
So the Senator gave me a
West Point appointment in lieu
of the Annapolis one which I
sought originally: that is true. /
The girl back there
Right there, yes.
ON VOTING AT IS
Miss Laddie Zumwalt: I am
Laddie Zumwalt. I am 10 years
old and a sophomore at the
University Of Louisville in Lou
isville, NY.
This November will be yot-
ing in my first presidential
election and I feel quite fortu-
nate TO be doing so because
Kentucky Is one Of the few
States which has an 1s-year-
old vote.
Mr.. President. would like to
ask you, what do you think about
all Of the States having an is-
year-old vote?
an ls-year-old vote?
The President: OF course you
knoy 1t is matter for the States