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ger during a scene outside the
library when photographers
stormed his limousine. packing
around it so tightly that the
driver was unable to get 1t
moving for a few minutes.
The 98-mile trip from the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New
York to Mrs. Roosevelt's Hyde
Park estate took two hours and
eight minutes
A few miles before reaching
the estate, Mr.. Khrushchev's
limousine passed a field Of corn.
Mr.. Khrushchev. who considers
himself a farm expert, espe-
cially on corn, pointed to the
field.
Some of Mrs. Roosevelt'S
Hyde Park neighbors stood
silently on their front lawns to
watch the motorcade.
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white orchid and a child's
biography The Story of
Franklin Roosevelt" by Lorena
Hickock, for her grandchildren
in Russia.
Mr.. Khrushchev's car left
directly for the Waldorf
Astoria in New York City.
Because he was running be-
hind schedule, he apparently
planned to skip for the present
a ride on New York's subway
system.
While in the memorial IL
brary. Mrs. Roosevelt showed
Mr.. Khrushchev two letters
written by the late Soviet die
tator, Josef Stain. One of
them, dated 1943, thanked the
late President for wartime aid.
The other. in l945, expressed
condolences to the widow on
the occasion Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
death.
Mr.. Khrushchev, who de-
nounced Stain after his death,
eyed the letters without COM
ment. Nor did he have any
thing to say while granting
Mrs. Roosevelt's request that
he sign the guest register in
the library.
During most of the visit. Mr..
Khrushchev's face wore a sober
expression. He did manage a
thin smile and waggled a fin-
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KHRUSHcHEv
Disarmament Talk
Awaited by U. N.

think I am working for a better
cause than anything that can
be offered me here"
Lodge Explains Capitalism =
Before Mr.. Khrushchev spoke,
Henry Cabot Lodge. United
States Ambassador to the
United Nations and Mr.. Khru-
shchev'S escort for the Russians
tour, chided him Tor having
compared early, old-fashioned
capitalism with the modern
United States system.
1.-THE difference is as great
as the difference between black
and white" said Mr.. Lodge.
I'VE believe this will become
crystal clear to you as you see
things for yourself on your tour
around the country"
Mr.. Lodge said it was a good
place in which to point out that
the "robber baron"-the phrase
he said was used to describe
capitalism of a century ago-is
something to which this coun-
try is opposed.
While Mr.. Khrush h ev
Dragged of Russia's industrial
production gains, Mr.. Lodge
countered with a few figures
of his own on how people are
faring under the American
system. He said that If robber
baron is the definition of cap
italists, then Americans aren't
capitalists at all. For example,
he said. IA million Americans
own shares in United States
industry.
Two-thirds of all that is pro-
duced. he said, goes to the
consumer.
Mr.. Lodge was applauded
frequently, including the points
at which he referred to the
American voters rather than
business leaders as the ruling
class.
If Mr.. Khrushchev was af-
fected by anything Mr.. Lodge
said, he did not show it. He
counter-attacked with breezy
sayings and sharp quips, par
ticularly during the question
period.
A guest asked him how could
he square his avowed quest
for peaceful coexistence with
his boast that the American
system would be buried by
communism. Some in the
audience laughed.
Mr.. Khrushchev noted the
laughs. and launched into an
explanation Of how systems
change from one TO another
over the years.
Maybe you wanted another
answer" he said. But a girl
who bears a child will not re-
main a girl. even If the court
says she is"
Was it his purpose to ex-
tinguish the American way of
life? Mr.. Khrushchev snapped
back:
Il can't offer guarantees or
RECIPES for the preservation of
the capitalist system"
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BY JOHN BARRON
star stan Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. 49,
American technology forced
Nikita Khrushchev to scramble
out Of an elevator shaft high
up in the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel on his first day in New
York.
An automatic safety device
trapped the Soviet Premier in
a stalled elevator just below
the 30th floor.
Mr.. Khrushchev and Ambas-
sador Henry Cabot Lodge
escaped four minutes later
after a Soviet general pried
open the elevator door.
The ebullient dictator freed
himself by hopping on the
elevator operators cushioned
stool and climbing about 4
feet into a plushly carpeted
hallway.
"A capitalistic failure" an.
nounced Mr.. Khrushchev wher
the elevator abruptly stopped
But according to a hote,
spokesman he was wrong.
The elevator halted not be.
cause of any mechanical failure
but because the safety device
functioned precisely as il
should.
The official Soviet and Amer.
lean party had returned at 3:ls
pm. from the Hotel Commo.
dore. They crowded into foul
adjoining elevators which mis-.
takenly were permitted tt
travel upward simultaneously
The safety device is designed
to prohibit this so that electri-
cal circuits towering the ele-
vators will not become over
loaded.
ped on different floors. Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
It worked and all four stop
myko and Ambassador Mikhail
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 10 tAP)
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
will eat SQUAD and quaff Cali
fornia wine with scores Of
world famous movie stars to-
morrow, but he probably will
recognize few. II any. Of them.
Ironically. one that he might
familiarly spot is Johnny
Weissmuller. But the onetime
screen Tarzan didn't rate an
invitation to the plush lunch
con at goth Century Fox
studios.
Pre-War Films Shown
Until a recent movie cultural
exchange, the only American
movies shown in the Soviet
Union were Of pre-war vintage
with most of them Mr.. Weiss
muller's Tarzan pictures.
Cary Grant and Bob Hope
both reported that they walked
the streets Of Moscow unrec-
ognized last year.
Mr.. Hope, along with Gary
Cooper. Glenn Ford, Danny
Kaye, David Niven, Kim Novak
Gregory Peck, June Allyson
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier
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the West German government
correctly understands the in
terests of the state in this mat
ter and. far from obstructing.
contributes to the development
of trade. We welcome this.
Good economic relations are
now being built with Italy Our
relations with France are not
all bad. Why then must Amer
lea remain apart? However.
that's up to you. The question
Of trade is one Of profit. II you
do not find it profitable to buy
our goods or to sell your goods
to US. do what you consider
necessary.
Don't forget one thing, how
ever. 1t sometimes happens
that too-choosy a bride will
wait too long and find herself
an old maid. Such maidenly
conduct is especially out Of
place in business where. more
than anywhere else. the rule
so aptly expressed in the Brit
ish saying first come, first
served" reigns supreme. We
also have a rather good proverb
to this effect: He who comes
late must be content with a
picked bone"
Anyone who does not want to
deliberately close his eyes to
the realities Of life will admit
that the only reasonable way
for the development of inter-
national relations in our time
is that of negotiated settle
ment Of outstanding interna-
tional issues. Our coming to
the United States of America
and President Eisenhower's
forthcoming visit to the Soviet
Union will make it possible,
we would like to hope. to hold
a frank exchange Of views on
existing disputed questions and
facilitate agreement.
Alternatives Seen
To live in peace as good
neighbors or to slide toward a
new war, such is the alterna-
tive now facing the Soviet
Union. the United States and
the entire world. There is no
third alternative, barring, natu-
rally. such a fantastic posi-
bility as either one Of us con-
ceiving the desire to move from
the earth to some other planet.
But I don't believe in that lat
ter possibility. The Soviet peo-
pie are rather well of on the
earth and you, too, ! guess, do
not intend to book passage for
the moon. AS far as know, II
is not too comfortable there as
yet.
Quite a few possibilities are
concentrated in your hands
gentlemen. You are influential
people and that is why. address
ing you today, / should like to
express the hope that the bus
inessmen of the United States
would use their influence in
the right direction and embrace
the cause of peaceful eoexist-
ence and competition between
us, as some Of the most out
standing representatives Of your
economy are already doing.
respect, for instance, Mr.. Cyrus
Eaton who displays courage
and sagacity. True, they say
THAT there are some who are
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Question and Answer
Period:

@. You have said on the one
hand that you believe in more
trade and in peaceful coexist-
ence, and on the other you have
expressed a desire to submerge
capitalism, the American way
of life. under the tide Of COM
munism. From our side this
seems somewhat inconsistent.
Will you in a few words recon-
cile these two points of view?
A. Why cannot the two sys-
TENS which now exist, Russia,
the Soviet Union, with its new
socialist system, and your
country with its capitalist sys-
tenn. why cannot there be
peaceful coexistence and friend
ship between the two of them?
Perhaps you want a different
answer from me but that is the
way I consider the matter and
in any case, whatever anyone
thinks does not change the
situation. A girl who has given
birth to a child will not be
made a girl even If the court
says that she is.
@. Would it in your judg-
ment be desirable to get a very
large exchange Of students in
the field of science and tech
nology between the two coun-
tries2 By and large I mean
hundreds.
A. I must say that We are
in favor of the extension of
this: AS I said in my talks
with the Senators yesterday,
we were surprised that in the
talks now, that are being con-
Quoted on Soviet-American ex-
changes, the State Department
has come out in favor OF a
certain curtailment of these
exchanges both in the field If
technical knowledge and in the
artistic field.
@. Publications from the
USSR are considerably fewer
than ours. Are there restric-
tons on scientists? If so, what
are they?
A. That is a question worth
answering. I find it difficult
to provide a specific reply be-
cause the question is rather
general, but in general we pub
lish openly all our scientific
data with an exception of
classified information related
to different departments which
is not published in our coun-
try as in the United States.
@. You said, this noon. that
you favor the people Of the
! Soviet Union and the people Of
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Pilot Reaches Howuii
On Globul FLIGHT

HONOLULU. Sept. 10 (AP)
Peter Gluckmann Of San
Francisco landed his single
engined plane at Honolulu
early today after a fight from
Wake Island on his attempt to
set an around-the-world solo
flying record.
Mr.. Gluckmann, a watch
maker, left San Francisco Au-
gust %.
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Khrushchev Scromb|es
From Stalled Elevator

Menshikov were detained on
different floors. They waited,
though, until power was re-
stored.
The hotel spokesman said
that when Mr.. Khrushchev's
elevator stopped, Mr.. Lodge
suggested that it would be a
good idea ito get out of here"
Maj. Gen. Nikolai S. Zakharoy,
the Russian security chief. then
got the door open and Mr..
Khrushchev walked up five
fights to his rooms.
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displeased with the fact that
certain representatives Of the
American business world sup
port the idea of peaceful CO.
existence. They even come
under criticism from the press.
But as the saying goes: He
who wants to have eggs must
put up with the hens cackle. "
Naturally, gentlemen. I am
not urging you to adopt our
world outlook. nor do believe
that you expect to win me over
to the capitalist faith-it seems
we are already past that age.
You probably believe in the
victory of your system and I
am confident Of the victory of
socialism.
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the United States getting to
know each other better, getting
to know more about each other
and having more information
about each other. That being
your feeling, why is it, sir, that
you will not allow your people,
IL they wish. to listen to a
broadcast from the United
States and why is it that you
do not allow periodicals, maya
zines and newspapers to be dis
tributed freely throughout the
Soviet Union, and why is it that
when the Soviet journalists
resident in the United States
are allowed to send any dis
patches they want any day
without any interference from
the Government, or anybody
else. why do you insist on CEN
soring the dispatches of Amerl-
can correspondents in the So
Wet Union2
A. Please understand me cor
rectly. I have come here at the
invitation of the President.
We have invited your President
to come to our country. We
agreed that our discussions will
not bear upon the affairs of
either country . cat this point
there were cries from the audi
ence Answer the question:
OF either country and that
there would be no interference
in the internal affairs of each
other.
I am an old sparrow, so to
say, and you cannot muddle
me with your cries. You might
not listen to me If you don't
want to, but surely you must
show enough hospitality not to
interrupt. If there is no de-
sire to listen to what I have
to say 1 will 60. I have come
here not to beg Of anything;
come here as a representa-
tive Of a great country, a great
people, who have made a great
revolution, and no cries can
deafen, can do away with the
great achievements of our
people.
(Here again there were cries
of Answer the question:
will reply to the questions
when there are no interrupt
tons. The reply is this:
(He paused and the audience
was Silent.)
The question Of what are
listened to or read should be
decided not by any outside gov
eminent or any outside IN
fluence but by our own people
and by the government. You
also jam. I would refer to
this unfortunate act. For in
stance, our people, and a great
many other people in the
world. like the great singer,
Paul Robson. Yet for five to
seven years, I believe, the
American Government would
not permit him to tour any
other country to sing there.
Why did that voice jam a
world-famous voice? Well. we
jam the voice with which some
of you want to speak to our
people. If the voice with which
you broadcast to our country
will be a friendly voice, we
shall not jam it. I think that
should be clear"
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public listens to or reads should
be decided not by any outside
government or influence. but
by our own people and gov
ernment."
Mr.. Khrushchev wound up In
Q happier frame Of mind by
the time he had finished his
answer-but not before taking
a swipe at the American Gov
eminent for refusing to give
Negro Singer Paul Robson,
who has been associated with
left-wing causes. passport to
sing in Russia and other coun-
tries.
Mentions Voice Of America
He compared this action with
Russia's tanning of Voice OF
America broadcasts.
"If the voice will be a friendly
voice we will not jam It," he
said. II think that should be
clear"
Once again. in his formal
talk, Mr.. KhruShchev boasted
that the USSR would overtake
the United States in industrial
production more quickly than
planned. Then. possibly be-
cause of the makeup of his au-
dience. Mr.. Khrushchev called
the U. S. Governments trade
embargoes against the USSR
"senseless obstinacy."
I'VE are fighting and we will
fight against all embargo lists
IN trade as an unreasonable
practice" Mr.. Khrushchev said.
"This practice disrupts the nor
NAL flow of international trade
and leads to political complica-
lions"
He scoffed at the idea that
American refusal to trade with
the USSR would weaken the
Soviet Union. On the contrary,
he said. such policies would
strengthen the Russians.
Sees Independence Forced
Such policies, he said, forced
the Russians to manufacture
machinery they did not have
previously, so that they no
longer are dependent upon i'm
porting such items.
THE question of trade is one
Of profit" the Premier told his
businessman audience. IF you
do not find it profitable to buy
our goods or sell your goods to
as. do what you consider neces-
Sary. Then ne ADDED: 1T some
times happens that too choosy
a bride will wait too long and
and herself an old maid"
Saying good-by in a humor-
Gus vein to his audience, he
promised that II the capitalist
system is able to give its people
more than the Communist sys-
TEN he would do this:
II will be the first to come
to you and bow to you and ask
Of you a job for which will
be fitted. But, gentlemen,
am not being offered anything
specific. I have a good job. ]
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Before starting on my pre-
pared text, Gentlemen, I would
like to say a few words on
some Of the remarks that have
been made here addressed in
part to me. 1t is true as the
President said that he had
not known of a day when their
interest in this club would be
as high as it is today.
I And in reply I did say that
there are areas in our country
where people have never seen
a camel and if a camel ap-
peared, many people show great
interest in him and some even
want to pull him by the tail.
You will excuse me if ! draw
another analogy, the flower OF
New York, and perhaps not
only of the New York business
world, is represented here, and
naturally when a Communist
appears in so distinguished
company there is a great in
terest in him, to look at him
to hear him. and If he has a
tail, to pull at his tail.
I should say that the gentle
men present can easily see that
I have no horns on my fore
head, because there isn't much
hair to hide them If there were
And If I can prove to you
that that is the case-that
there are no horns that would
be a big achievement, that
there is a Communist with nc
horns in human form.
Therefore the only difference
that exists between us is the
difference in our views between
political and social matters
and we must come to an agree
ment with you that there
should be no interference ir
each others balance sheets.
Compete in Peace"
You don't let your competitor
see your books. Well, there Il
no reason why we should, VIII!
our corporation should le
people see its books. Let VI
rather compete on this al
peaceful corporations might d.
in this country. We represen
q Communist corporation. You
represent the capitalist corpora
ton and let the two compel,
in peace.
I have no intention to try Il
convert you to our view.
know you believe in the CAPT
talist system and it would b.
in fact a sign of disrespect OIL
my part if ! we're to try II
preach to you a differen
system. You have the capitals
system and we have tn
socialist system in our countr.
and let history decide which
is the best.
If any one of you wants b
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Of its scope: Our capital in
vestment alone will total nearly
$3.50 billion in these seven
years. EXPERIMENTATION Of this
Iplan win bring us close to the
level Of economic development
attained by the United States.
1t may be that some people
still do not believe in the
reality Of our plans. But this
is ostrich" policy: When an
ostrich sees that he is being
overtaken he is said to hide
his head in the sand. Our
development will not cease If
you choose to shut your eyes
to reality.
I can already disappoint
those who are playing the
ostrich. Do you know how
the seven-year plan is being
fulfilled in the first year of its
operation?
Our plan for 1859 provided
for a ~ per cent increase in
production. Actually our pro-
duction increased IL per cent
in the first eight months of
the year.
World Trade Urged
Some people may have
thought, perhaps, that I would
come to the United States to
lobby for the development of
Soviet-American trade without
which, in their opinion. the
seven-year plan cannot be ac-
complished. I want to say in
all frankness that / have not
come here to beg. We have
always advocated the develop
ment of international trade,
since the inception Of the
Soviet state, in fact; and II we
raise this question today, it is
certainly not because the seven
year plan cannot be fulfilled
without such trade. Those who
think so are deeply mistaken.
We attach considerable i'm
portance to the development
Of international trade, guiding
ourselves by the same rule
that many people seem to fol-
low in your country as well,
judging by the motto repro
duced on a postage stamp
issued recently in the United
States: World Peace through
World Trade"
We are fighting and we will
fight against all embargo lists
in trade as an unreasonable
practice. If you do not want
to trade in so-called strategic
or other goods, don't; it's your
business. But do not introduce
discrimination against any
country or group Of countries
This practice disrupts the nor
NAL flow of international trade
and leads to political complica-
tons. Indeed. 1t is known from
history that countries resort tt
such restrictions only wher
they contemplate military
campaign against the country
against which they discrim-
mate. Let us then clear the roac
to ensuring normal relations
among all countries regardless,
of their social systems.
Question Of Profit"
Our trade with Britain is moi
going badly at all. Trade with
West Germany also is on the
rise. 1t should be noted thai
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UNITED NATIONS. N. Y,
Sept. 10 (AP).-The United
Nations had the most stringent
security regulations in its his
tory for the Khrushchev visit
today.
Guards admitted no one to
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have q good job in our country,
we pay as we'll and have as
good a position as you do in
any corporation in this coun-
try. We value good people and
If there is anyone present here
who wants to try his hand at
building socialism in our coun-
try, he is welcome to call me up
at the hotel. and we can come
to terms with him.
Some people-blinded, to put
it mildly, by their dislike OF
socialism and communism-are
dreaming of the ruin of coun-
tries which have taken to this
road Of development.
In his dreams, man usually
sees what he hopes for while
awake, and he is sometimes
disappointed when he awakens:
he opens his eyes and sees the
same faces and the same things
he saw when he dozed of To
see his unrealizable dream.
"Old, Rotten Regime"
| Some people often dream
that socialistic Russia is the
same as it was before the revo-
luton. But let us compare the
rates Of development of the
Soviet Union since we over
threw the old, rotten regime
and of the United States of
America in the same period
Compared with 1918 industrial
production in the Soviet Union
has increased SO times over
and only four times in your
country. Why are we develop
ing our economy and culture
more quickly than you? I dc
not want to impose my theology
on you, even though I do not
hide my membership in the
Communist Party or my polit-
ical views-they are well known
to you.
In old Russia rs out of every
100 people aged over 8 were
illiterate. Nearly 80 per CEN
of the children and teen-agerl
were unable to attend school
To-day all our children go II
school and there are practically
no illiterate people in the coun.
try. We now have nearly A
times more specialists with q
specialized secondary or higher
education than there were II
pre-revolutionary Russia. anc
our higher schools train nearly
three times more engineer
than the higher education
establishments Of America
Last year, for instance, w
graduated 10000 engineer
while you graduated $4,000.
Investments Cited
We have now worked ou
and made a start on a vas
seven-year plan for the devel'
opment Of the national econ
omy. I will mention only ont
/, Ra.,rn fn rri,,a n,ot, a ,,aaa e,,r,
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PREMIER AT DINNER
Khrushchev Urges
Peaceful Competition

FOLLOWING are excerpts from Soviet Premier Khru-
shcheus remarks before the Economic Club in New York
last night: