Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31

kremlin was quick 70 take
its cue from the widely pub
licized reports Of q badly
frightened President, an un-
certain State Department and
naive and absurd opinions
of different members Of Con-
gress, and all too soon the
world was treated to the.
spectacle of Khrushchev in
sulting. heckling and bullying
the President Of the United
States and using as usual the
United Nations as a Soviet
propaganda forum.
It is humiliating to have
the world read of a cringing
President and of the Amer
lean people quaking with fear
of what the Russians will do.
If the press would conflne
itself to facts. the American
people, not to mention our
allies. might have some
chance Of coming up with a
healthy evaluation Of their
own. AS it is. indiscriminate
use of freedom of the press
has only served to gorge the
Kremlin propaganda machine
and spread defeatism among
our allies and at home.
The American press could
be a powerful weapon for the
free world in the present
struggle If it would realize be-
fore it is too late that the
freedom it enjoys was never
intended to aid the enemy of
all freedoms.
F. ID. Simpson.
An item in The Star of
July % datelined Moscow re-
ports that Pravda suggested
that American commanders
in Lebanon should hire q
gang Of cutthroats, arm them
with rifles captured from
Egypt during the Suez inva-
sion and have them attack
some Of the 10000 United
States Marines and para
troopers at Beirut. This
would give the required prov
ocation for the United States
aggression against the United
Arab Republic"
Pravda probably doesn't
realize that 1t is out of a lack
of first-hand experience in
dealing with cutthroats that
American commanders in
Lebanon and elsewhere did
not think Of this scheme
themselves. This is one les
son, among many, which our
officers have yet to learn
from the butchers of Buda-
pest or, If they prefer. the
hangmen Of Hungary who APP
parently have wide expert
ence in the employment Of
cutthroats, thugs and hood
lums in the execution of their
foreign policy. to say moth
ing of the execution Of their
own citizens.
Perhaps If a summit con-
ference can be arranged, a
part of the agenda might be
given over to a session in
which Mr.. Khrushchev, a
recognized expert in these
matters. could instruct the
heads Of the democratic gov
ernmentS of the West in The
finer points Of the art of for
eign policy by cutthroats.
Mr.. Khrushchev's apparent
eagerness for a summit con-
ference in New York suggests
that he may be seeking an
opportunity to defect to the
West. as have so many thou
sands of his victims have
done in the past few years.
Larry MargOliS.
Talbot Patricks article,
July "a, "Iraq Rebels Dis
play Goodness Toward Reds"
states: "Iraq's new fevolu-
tionary government, by ac-
ton even more convincing
than words, has shown that
it is not pro- Communist"
In support of this thesis he
gives the following edivence:
/. The rebelling army
turned down Communist pro-
posal for military defense.
2. %. Communist and
anti-Western slogans were
red painted on many walls
and houses" These slogans
were later blanked out with
green paint by the army's
orders.
Since the rebel army is in
power. the painting of such
signs implies. ipSo facto, this
army's knowledge and per-
mission. This contradicts Mr..
Patrick's implication that the
aforementioned Communist
proposal was rejected be-
cause the rebels we're not pro-
Communist.
Might not the red paint
have been used to further
in1ame the Arab passions
for the coup d'etat and green
paint have been used to cool