Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-24
Our Own Enemies?

The Star voices the hope
that Londoners will not be
influenced to expect mira
Giles" from Khrushchev's
visit to the United States by
reason of their London jour-
nalistS' sudden shift from re-
porting President Eisenhower
as a tired. ailing, weak
President" to a "keen-eyed,
confident, head of state
Superman, ready to cope
with anything" The edi-
torial urges less distorting
and misinterpreting by news
papers in both our countries
for more effective co-opera-
ton between our two friendly
peoples.
We agree. American news
papers such as The Star are
presently doing a wonderful
job in alerting the American
public not to expect such
miracles" and reminding
us that, almost unbearably
painful though it may be to
many, what is happening
had been discussed between
the President and Mr.. Dull
les as one possible new av-
enue to explore in the Amer
lean effort to halt the merci-
lessly brutal drive of Com
munist world expansion.
But in all fairness, isn't it
probable that London news
men have absorbed some Of
the propaganda which in re-
cent years has been carried
in. our own newspapers? We
refer particularly to articles
by our so-called liberal"
columnists. Surely we have
read some of this same stuff,
particularly the tired, all
ing" routine.
Even the Com m unist
mouthpiece Pravda saves it.
self lots of work and gets
UNNECESSARILY more effec-
tive propaganda for their
cause simply by reprinting
glowing accounts of Commu-
mist strength and determine
ton which they pick up from
our own American neWspa-
pers and magazines. These
paradoxically are written not
by Communists in our midst,
but by our own more parti-
san-minded leaders.
Lila d. Sonnemann.
AS a taX-paying citizen, I
am curious to know whether
President Eisenhower con-
suited with the immediate
families and relatives of the
pilots shot down over Turkey
on September 2, 1858, as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of inviting
Mr.. Khrushchev to this coun-
try. AS near as / can gather,
the correct reason as to why
this plane was shot down has
not been forthcoming, nor
has the State Department
been able to secure an ex-
PLANTATION although two very
important Russian diplomats
recently visited this country.
I would also like to know
if the President has asked
the families and relatives of
some of the prisoners now
held behind the Iron Curtain.
whom the State Department
has been unable to release.
and likewise, the families and
relatives of many of the men
lost in Korea.
In the diligent quest for
peace, it is hardly necessary
to shake a murderer's hand.
]. Keith Cr0mer, MD.
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Once upon a time the sun
and the wind had a debate
on which ones methods
would be more effective in
making a man take off his
coat. So the wind blew and
blew and blew, but the man
wrapped his coat around him
tighter. Then the sun shone
warmly and the man took off
his coat in a hurry. This
is a good parallel to the ap-
proach which has been and
which could be taken to the
problem of melting the Rus
sian leaders viewpoint in the
cold war.
Certainly it has been widely
proven nothing could be more
ineffective than the cockeyed
diplomacy we have followed
to date of accepting the
Soviets' lavish hospitality and
extending ours, and carrying
on normal business and diplo-
matte relations with them,
then bitterly attacking them
in the press. Does this make
sense? This leads us to the
conclusion that a little human
charity in our approach is
at least worth a try. It is
most essential to explain the
workings Of communism, but
we should approach it moi
as viciousness, but lack OF