Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-14

we Will welcome you Mr..
Khrushchev because it af-
fords us an opportunity to
show you how the worlds
most modern and unique de-
mocracy lives.
Not many will welcome you
for they are righteously out
ragged at the brute force and
tyranny you represent. But
because you are a human be-
ing visiting a genuine demo-
cracy. our ideals demand
that you be accorded the
respect. the rights and the
privileges Of all free men in
a free society.
We do not claim that our
way Of life is perfect but we
are firmly convinced it Of
fers more for the most than
any other system known to
mankind.
We do not always agree
among ourselves with what
is said and done here. How
ever, these differences do not
result in anarchy, nor are
those who differ banished
to a state of pauperism or
enslaved forever in cauldrons
OF human misery. These diff
ferences are the result of
free thought and action by
and between individuals and
groups, who, schooled in the
tenets Of democratic ideals,
cherish. even above life itself,
this inalienable right of self
expression.
There are also among us a
few Pilates who advocate and
even physically strive to
weaken our cherished free
dom. For this they are not
ruthlessly exposed and ex-
terminated but fairly tried
before our free courts or
judged at the bar Of public
opinion.
To know America is to
know a proud. an industrious.
a prosperous and. we feel, an
enlightened people. But we
are not proud to the point of
haughtiness, industrious to
the point of exploitation.
prosperous to the point of
greed, nor enlightened to the
point OF contempt.
To know America is to
know passion and compass
sion, discipline and justice,
materialism and altruism,
self-interest and generosity,
retribution and tolerance.
To know America is to
know a people filled with all
the instincts. the weaknesses
and the cravings Of any
earthly creature but tenn
pered with a deep awareness
Of and love for Christianity.
In your travels among us
we want you to see and to
feel-if only a little-some of
these values so dear to a free
and democratic people and,
II possible. to understand
that they are the true prin-
ciples upon which rest the
dignity and enlightment of
mankind.
We therefore. wish you a
pleasant tour. We hope you
will return home safely, COM
pletely convinced of our sin
cere dedication to world
peace, and-beyond that
firmly resolved to preserve
our freedom at any cost.
I suggest. Mr.. KhruShchev,
that you take this letter with
you and frame it % the
Kremlin wall as a reminder
of what America stands for.
II, in the future, you should
feel a mad craving to launch
a senSeleSs world conflict to
destroy the weak, conquer
and rape the prosperous and
tyrannize the waste that re-
mains, then I urge you to
take another look at this let
ter and remember-"He who
lives by the sword shall die
by the sword" and that no
butcher in history long sur
vived the wrath of an 3D.
pressed people when he con-
tinued to ignore every basic
decency they ever treasured.
Lee w. Weinrich.
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An old Flemish legend
about Eulenspiegel tells how
this clever joker offered to
the elders of a town to cure,
for a good reward, all the
sick in the towns hospital
in one day. He whispered to
each patient that he would
kill the incurables and brew
from their dead bodies a
miraculous elixir to heal all
other patients. All the pa
tients, of course, Immediately
declared themselves in good