Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
LETTERS TO THE STAR


Vice President Nixon's en-
counter with Nikita Khru-
shchev at the opening Of the
American exhibition in Mos
COW confirms our conviction
that absolutely nothing that
we can possibly say or do will
make the Communists change
their hostile attitude toward
us.
How do the Russian people
explain KhruShchev's be-
havior? AS an American of
Russian birth and education,
plus many years of residence
there and close contact with
events since 1917, I might
shed some light on the sub
ject.
An old Russian adage says:
God forbid if a mouzhik
(peaSant) should ever be-
come a lord master" Khru-
shchev has given us ample
evidence of late of possess
ing the lowest traits of the
lowest mouzhik. He can no
more change his manners
and tactics than his "svinoye
rilo" - pigs snout - as the
Russians call his appearance.
An adage applicable to
this individual now ruling
over 200 million enslaved
Russians is: What the sober
man has on his mind, the
drunk has it on his tongue.
No doubt Nikita had a few
shots of vodka before meet
ing our Vice President, and
what he said is precisely the
guided thinking of himself
and his fellow conSpirators.
When will this sorry spec
tacle end? What could
straighten them out? Ger
tainly not the delegation
exchange fallacy now in
vogue; certainly not lifting
the restrictions on exports of
strategic equipment or ma
terialS to the Soviet Union:
certainly not another sum-
nit" meeting which might
turn out a greater fiaSco
than the first one in Geneva
in 1855. 1t could only be an
other opportunity for Khru-
Shchev to, berate the PreSi-
dent and to insult us before
the whole world.
What is good for Khru-
Shchev-our m a C hinery,
equipment and strategic raw
materials, or technical know
how-is bad for us, because
our trade with the Soviets has
always been and always will
be a one-way street.
Anthony Marcus,
Institute of Foreign Trade,
New York.
X X X
Three cheers for Nixon!
His handling of Khrushchev
was superb! We need more
world leaders putting this
exterminator of 10 million
Ukraine kulaks and the
liquidator of the 80 thousand
Hungarian freedom fighters
in his place. KhruShchev
said we feared Russia. Nixon
soundly squelched that by
showing he held no fear. Now
If more milktoaSts through
out the world would show
similar courage, KhruShchev
would lose his bargaining
position and his strength
the fear which he has sown
in the hearts of so many by
his propaganda blasts-would
be dissipated.
Once he realizes he has lost
his weapon of fear over the
Western world and the neu-
trail bloc, he will be as power
less as Samson after his hair
was clipped. Fear can para
lyze the strongest of men;
but courage can project the
weakest to heights unknown.
To what heights then can the
free world arrive, if we
minimize fear and maximize
courage? And by courage, I
mean boldly enunciating
truth face-to-face with those
who would supplant truth
with the ethics of evil.
J.F.F
- %*
Good for Vice President
Nixon and a superb display
of real freedom of speech!
Think of the humiliating
position we would have found
ourselves in if Mr.. Nixon had
been forced to stand with
bowed head before Commu-
mist Khrushchev's personal
and exuberantly public re-
marks while Washington
pondered what to say. Truly,
then we might have seemed
"ppnic stricken"
Naturally, we did not relish
what seemed an obvious at
tempts by the Soviet Premier
to put our American politi-
o