Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-27
BY HAROLD E. sTAssEN

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President Eisenhower and the
group of men ruling Russia Is
highly desirable in the interest
of peace.
When major powers possess
the unprecedented capacity of
destruction to mankind which
they now do possess. the re-
sponsible heads of such govern
ments should talk and talk.
The contacts for any such
governments should not be
limited to letters, nor to foreign
ministers, nor to ambassadors.
They should include face to
face acrpSs-the-table sessions
of the top men, and the sooner.
the better.
These would serve the objec-
tive of peace and would advance
the true interests Of the people
Of both sides and Of mankind.
I believe that the 1855 Sum-
NIT meeting of Geneva did have
constructive results for peace.
1t led to the establishment
of the Atoms for Peace pro-
gram, now actively going for
ward with headquarters in
Vienna. 1t opened up the Iron
Curtain for greater flow Of
people and ideas in both direc-
tionS. 1t led to more thorough
negotiations on other subjects.
Some of these negotiations in
creased understanding and
some progress has been made.
And the Geneva summit
meeting sharpened the full
awareneSs on both sides of what
a devasting mutual loss would
result from an H-bomb war.
Farley Procedure
I believe that the best way
to conduct the next summit
meeting would be to hold it at
the United Nations in New York
with President Eisenhower,
Secretary Dulles, and a leading
Democratic and Republican
Senator on the United States
side of the table. The Secretary
General of the United Nations,
Mr.. Dag HammarSkj old-who
was unanimously reelected to
his post-should serve as the
moderator of the conference.
I consider that the atmos-
phere of the conference would
be better. and the prospects for
constructive results would be
improved, if Russia did not sit
alone on the Communist side
Of the table. The heads of the
governments Of Czechoslovakia
and Poland could we'll be in
cluded together with the heads
of the governments of Great
Britain and France and the
United States, this would lead
to six governments plus Dag
Hammarskjold at the table.
These governments should
consult thoroughly in advance,
and during and after the con-
ference, with the many other
governments that are concerned
in the various world issues
which endanger the peace.
Does Not Fear Farley
I do not share the fears ex-
pressed in some quarters of
such a summit meeting. I have
great confidence that Pres
ident Eisenhower and Secre-
tary Dulles would never make
an agreement that was not
sound and sensible for the
United States. They would see
to 1t that any agreement made
would be an advance in the in
terest Of a durable peace. And
the governments of both Rus
STA and the United States are
aware that it would not be in
others interest to break up
the session in any angry ex-
change Of name calling.
This summit conference at
the United Nations might well
prepare the way for patient de-
tailed negotiations on the COM
plex, difficult problems during
the ensuing months. This is
the minimum result that might
be achieved by such a confer
ence.
One of the major achieve
ments that might come out Of
such a summit meeting could
very well be the two-year trial
period and first-step disarma-
ment limitation and suspension
of nuclear explosions within a
rigid system of inspection such
as I outlined in the first article.
This summit meeting could
well be the forerunner Of fur
Their meetings of heads of gov
eminent in future years, while
the vigorous competition be-
tween the ways of life between
the free system and the Com
munist system continued.
The mutual interest in avoid
ing the devastation Of an H.
bomb war can and should be
translated into a stronger Unit
ed Nations, and into effective