Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR
More Debate on U. S. Intervention in the Middle East

In q major address during
the presidential campaign
Of 1856, Mr.. Eisenhower said,
I'VE do not accept the use NJ
force as q wise and proper
instrument for the settlement
Of international disputes. !"
This. at the time England
and France had interviewed
in the Suez crisis to protect
their national interests. The
President opposed unilateral
action and urged complete
reliance on the United Ma
tons. I'm the past" said he,
"the United Nations has
proved able to find a way to
end bloodshed."
Now the President has sent
Marines into Lebanon be-
cause Of the "crisis" there,
which Dag Hammarskjold
claims is under control. II
military intervention was not
wise and proper" for the
English and French govern
ments, why is 1t for us? This
hasty move is as unwar-
ranted as was unilateral
Intervention In the Suez
crisis.
The people should remind
the President Of the stand he
took when he was campaign
ing for reelection, for which
he was appIauded at home
and abroad. Let him recall
the Marines and rely COM
pletely on the United Nations
as he advised then.
J. Stuart Innerst.
Pasadena, Calf.
The applause for the Leba-
nese intervention which is
coming from the Colonel
Blimps on our side Of the At
lantic must be more embar-
RAISING to the administration
than the reproaches Of the
opposition.
1t. Col. Beazley's letter in
The Star Of July II is a good
example Of this, and that of
Oliver Mason, Esq, Of the
same date. is another. Says
Mr.. Masen: To-day I advo-
cate the sending Of United
States troops into Iraq to re-
store a king to the throne .
that the United Nations
should place its big fake rub
Der stamp of approval on our
action, is unimportant :.
One by one the Middle East
nations are slipping from our
control"
Hush, hush, don't talk so
loud, Col. Beasley and Mr..
Mason. We don't want to
control anybody; what we
want for Lebanon and Iraq
and all Of them is freedom
and independence. Only that
and nothing more.
Iva J. Geary.
AS an American I wish to
reject completely the biased
pro-Israel policies Of Truman
Eisenhower instituted in
1947 and continued against
the repeated advice Of thou
sands of this Nations leaders
and her friends abroad.
Now that we are beginning
to pay the consequences for
dispossessing nearly million
Palestinians from their homes
in l947. and hardening our
hearts against their pleas for
justice, we have one last OPP
portunity to safeguard the
independence Of both Israel
and the Arab states.
The Arab world will return
to the West and become q
pillar Of strength II we do
two things:
One, we must sincerely and
humbly admit our wrong
doing against the Arabs, and
ask their forgiveness. This is
known as face" throughout
the Afro-Asian world, and is
clearly understood and &C
cepted.
Two. we must demonstrate
our sincerity by insisting
that Israel repatriate all the
Palestine refugees, return all
con1lscated homes and lands
to the Palestinians, provide
ironclad guarantees of their
civil rights acceptable to her
Arab neighbors, and re-
nounce all claims to further
territorial expansion.
The price may seem high,
but it is the price Of the
Middle East. We have al
ready paid an enormous price
for Israel; we must pay the
price for the Middle East
or the Battle Of Armageddon
is at hand.
Harrison A. Meyer.
Slatington, Pa.
So =
Each new development In
the Middle East makes Il
clearer that Yi11irh more than