Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-04

In an editorial on De-
cember Is entitled plea for
an Open Mind" you said:
The hope Of this world =.
lies in finding q tolerable
solution Of the major issues
which divide Russia and the
United States"
In an editorial on Decem-
Der 20. 1857. entitled Zone
Little word" you said:
Nothing will come OF any
negotiations between the
United States and Russia I'M
less both parties are willing
10 make some concessions"
land we think there viii
have 70 be q little giving by
ourselves as well as by the
Russians.
In your issue Of December
~. you were so good as TO
print q letter which had
written you on December II
and TO pay me the compli-
ment OF an editorial re-
joinder under the caption
open Minds" In that edi-
torial you began with kind
vords-for which please let
me thank you-about me.
and then. instead OF answer
ing questions which I had
asked you. proceeded 70 at
tribute to me q line of think
ing which Is not mine. q con-
tention which / did not ad-
vance. and the making of an
assumption which / do not
make.
] had stated that the men
who have created and who
control the Communist world
have over and over de-
clared IL their purpose and
are making It their constant
effort to conquer all
of mankind" You made OF
this that Or. Hornbeck says
the men who now govern
Russia are determined TO
conquer all OF mankind;
that in this context you
would assume that by con-
Quer" he means conquer by
armed force: and that you
think his letter is a refiec-
ton OF the "old patterns OF
thinking which assume the
inevitability Of armed con-
f1ict."
Please. gentlemen. "con-
Quer" means conquer, over
come. subjugate. achieve
domination; there are more
ways Of conQuering than there
are Of skinning cats: the
Russians" intend to con-
quer; toward that end they
have employed and are en-
ploying a great variety of
means. q m o ng-but only
among-the many Of which
there have been and are those
of use Of threat. Of armed
fore; withall. they have done
and are doing a good deal Of
conquering; and they intend
TO do more. You yourselves
do not deny any Of that: you
merely do not believe" that,
given maintenance by the
United States OF effective
military power" they have
any intention to conquer
:. by armed force; you do
not think they are planning
TO invoke nuclear war:
but you do think and in the
same context say they can
be expected 70 try by other
means TO dominate the
world"
II would seem, then, that
we agree as regards their
objective: ! said ITO conquer
all mankind; you say TO
dominate the world" Also.
that, as regards means, their
choosing Is and will be in
fiuenced by the maintenance
--or not - by the United
States OF effective military
power" And would we not
further agree that the now
prevailing conflict between
Russia" and the United
States flows from and re-
wolves around two facts: (a)
that the Russians" intend
to conquer dominated and
tb) the United States intends
not TO be conquered dom
inatedO.
Why. then. continuep For
these reasons: Ca you APP
pealed and are appealing for
an open mind" toward find-
ing a "tolerable solution" OF
the major issues" between
Russia and tine United
States" and you are plead
ing for a willingness on the
part Of the United States and
on the part OF Russia to
make concessions; tb) j
asked and / now ask again
that you enlighten me and
other readers Of The Star ~
to what you have In mine as
a "tolerable solution" as
major issues" and as pos
sible concessions" by thu
United states and BY Russif