Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-26

Not since John the Baptist
came preaching in the viii
derness Of Judea, saying the
kingdom Of God is at hand.
have we heard such a star
ting statement from the lips
Of mortal man as Mr.. Khru-
shchev's disarmament pro-
posal. His proposal was what
the democracies have led us
to believe that they were
working for. 1t is certainly
what countless churches
across the face of the earth
have been praying for a
hundred years.
AS burdensome and hateful
as war is, and however well
come is this proposal, We
should remember two things:
The armament race and wars
which follow from 1t are re-
suits Of fears, suspicious.
jealousies. and inability to
resolve difficulties between
nations which impel them to
arm and fight for their posi-
ton. So the removal Of these
fears, suspicious, etc.. is pre-
requisite to disarmament.
Russia has shown obstinacy
here by the almost perpetual
use Of the veto in the U. N.
The second is that as unwise
and as impossible as 1t seems
to be to disarm without first
coming to an understanding
of the basic issues which
threaten to engulf the ma
tions in war, it does appear
that If some effective moral
alternative could be substi-
tuted for the threat Of war
it would be a long step toward
peace and would permit the
difficulties to be discussed
dispassionately without the
overhead fear Of war.
This broad proposal Of Mr..
Khrushchev appears to be
flexible enough for some mar
rover basis to be discovered
upon which the nations can
begin work toward the larger
end.
Mr.. Khrushchev has left
the next move up to the West.
Western leaders. let's take 1t.
The stakes are well worth the
effort.
Colbert H. Pearson.
Minister. Berean Baptist
Church.
The Soviet wakened the
United States when 1t sent up
a Sputnik. I hope that Mr..
Khrushchev has done like
wise in making US ashamed
of our low state Of enter
tainment in the cancan
dance performed before him
at a Hollywood studio. 1t was
a cheap show, and we should
certainly re-examine what
Hollywood and Broadway
have done to vulgarize our
national culture.
There were, Of course. IN
conscious comical Hollywood
overtones. Miss MacLaine,
simpering like a coy 9-year-
old while reciting q speech in
Russian, turned once to a
stage hand and snarled an
order to get out Of the way.
Funniest of all was the
crowd that damned into Mr..
Khrushchev's box. There
weren't enough chairs. Chairs
were handed up and into the
box in a scene that surpassed
the Marx Brothers in "A
Night at the Opera" for dis
ordered hi-jinks.
Archibald Taylor,
4 4
The disgusting, common
performance. Of the can
can for Premier Khru-
shchev and his charming wife
has placed this Nation NOR
ally at its lowest ebb in his
tory. Hollywood. a city that
produces nothing but i'm
moral trash and is the cause
of most of our crimes. should
be condemned for insulting
our distinguished guests. I
am ashamed that we have
exposed Mrs. Khrushchev, in
particular, to what we call
. our great freedom Of ex-
preston"
- Reader.
a. &*
From time to time a sup
posed quote from a speech
by Dmitry Manuilsky, in
Moscow in 1880, appears in
Letters to The Star. 1t runs
as follows:
"War to the hilt between
capitalism and communism is
inevitable. To win, we
shall need the element of
surprise. SO we shall be-
gin by launching the most
spectacular peace movement
on record. I. The capitalist