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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
JOINT STATEMENT

Following the teri OF the joint comunQue issued
BY President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khruscheu
yesterday after their Camp David talks:
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
USSR N. s. Khrushchev, and President Eisenhower have
had a frank exchange of opinions at Camp David.
In of these conversations the United States
Secretary Of State Herter and Soviet Foreign Minister
Gromyko, well other officials from both countries
participated.
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
USSR and the President have agreed that these discus
sons have been useful in clarifying others position
number of subjects The talks not undertaken
to negotiate issues.
1t is hoped however, that their exchanges of views
will contribute to better understanding of the motives
and position Of each and thus to the achievement of
just and lasting peace.
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
USSR and the President of the United States agreed
that the question of general disarmament is the most
important facing the world today Both
will make every effort to achieve constructive solution
OF this problem.
In the course of the conversations exchange of
views took place the question of Germany, including
the question of peace treaty with Germany in which
the positions Of both sides expounded
With respect to the specific Berlin question
understanding reached subject to the approval of
the other parties directly concerned that negotiations
would be reopened with view to achieving solution
which would be in accordance with the interests of all
concerned and in the interest of the maintenance
of peace
In addition to these matters useful conversations
here held number of questions affecting the relations
between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the
United States These subjects included the question of
trade between the two countries. With respect to an
increase in exchanges of persons and IDEAS substantial
progress made in discussions between officials and it
is expected that certain agreements will be reached in
the future.
The Chairman of the Council Of Ministers of the
USSR and the President of the United States agreed that
all outstanding international questions should be settled
not by the application of force but by peaceful
through negotiation.
Finally, it was agreed that an exact date for the
return visit of the President to the Soviet Union next
spring would be arranged through diplomatic channels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
'Copter for Red Premier
Will Cost 100000 :

said Mr.. Khrushchev asked
Undersecretary of State Dillon
to be his representative in ar
ranging the purchase.
William G. Fey, sales repre-
sentative for Sikorsky He'll
copter Corp. of Stratford
Conn. said the nine-passen-
ger Marine and Army hell
copters used by the President
cost 100000. They are plush
versions Of the military trans
port type known as the HUs
and the H-34, and will fly at
100 knots to an altitude OF
1880 feet. Thirty-one ma
tons use them for both mill
tary and civilian purposes, Mr.
Fey said.
However, he pointed out that
the Russians have a helicopter
of their own, in about the same
category. called the Mil-4, or
the Hound. Presumably Mr.
Krushchev could get a Hound
for himself without spending
a ruble.
The President said Mr.
Khrushchev told him his gov
eminent had been opposed tc
him riding in a helicopter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28

/ the other is willing to give up
its social system. Who can say,
in the circumstances. how many
more years will pass before they
unite? Surely we cannot force
one German state to surrender
to the other! Let the Germans
themselves reach agreement on
how they are going to live and
develop their relations.
But how, in that case, are we
to act? Is it prudent merely
to assume a waiting position?
Would it not be better to con-
clude a peace treaty with both
German states without any fur
ther procrastination and there
by stamp out the sparks among
the embers before they have
had a chance to kindle a new
confiagration? The conclusion
Of a peace treaty would also
extinguish the spark shoulder
ing in West Berlin and would
thereby create a normal at
mosphere.
The problem of concluding a
peace treaty with Germany, like
the disarmament problem, is
not an easy one. But for the
very reason that they are diff
cult problems they must be
solved and must not be pigeon
holed.
While in your country, I ac-
quainted myself with the life OF
the American people-insofar
as this was possible in such a
short time-and saw and
heard much. I am deeply
grateful for the warm cordial
ity and hospitality that were
accorded me. as head of the
Soviet Government. and my
comrades who accompanied me
We were strengthened in our
conviction that the American
people are striving for friend
ship with our people and love
peace and their homeland. The
American people have created
great wealth and enjoy a high
standard Of living. Like you,
the Soviet people love their
homeland. want peace, and
want to live in friendship with
your people as we'll as with all
the peoples Of the world.
Thanks to the victory of So
cialism. the peoples of the So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
Peace With Germans
Should Be Signed

The Soviet Union has pro.
posed drawing the line through
World War II. That can and
should be done by signing a
treaty with Germany.
Can anyone possibly suffer
from this? Surely the conclu-
sion of a peace treaty, far from
impairing. would strengthen the
security Of the nations.
1t is sometimes objected that
since the war was fought with
a Germany that was a united
state, the peace treaty likewise
can be concluded only when
Germany has been united. But
it is we'll known that there are
today in reality two German
states, and each Of them is liv-
ing its own way.
Neither one German state mol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
Times Were Hard
Before Revolution

In order that you should un-
derStand why we are so proud
Of our Soviet land I must say q
few words about our past. be-
fore the revolution. Our people
were living a very hard life al
that time: Nearly 80 per cent
Of the population were litter
ate; hunger and disease were
taking a toll of millions of lives
This should make it clearer
to you why the Soviet people
are so glad that their country
has in a short space of time be.
come the second industrial
power Of the world. We have
increased our industrial pro-
duction 36-fold. wiped out Tilt
eracy, and are now training
almost three times as many
engineers as you are.
Our people would now be
even better of if we had not
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the doctors have prescribed for
him and like most other indi-
viduals additional medicine
that he, himself, thought might
help.
If he can get five days in
the desert somewhere, Mr.. Eli
senhower said he is going to
take it quickly. He gave no
indication Of the exact locale
Of such a trip.
The President noted that he
has several official engage
mehts coming up in the next
two days. He did not indicate
when he might find time for
a trip to a desert climate.
Aside from a slightly thick
ened voice, the President
showed few outward signs OF
the cold. He was not quite as
tanned and ruddy as he usually
appears. but his color was gooc
and his eyes were clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
Cold BotherinQ
Eisenhower
By the Associated Press

President Eisenhower. bat
Ting a cold, said today he
wants to get away as soon as
possible for five days in a
desert climate.
Mr.. Eisenhower told his news
conference ne has been battling
a cold since he returned from
his trip to Europe on Labor
Day.
The subject Of his health
was brought up when a re-
porter noted that the President
seemed to be speaking in a
nasal voice indicating that he
had a cold. The reporter asked
how the President was borne
up physically in the heavy
schedule he has maintained
during the visit to this country
of Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
Mr.. Eisenhower replied that
he has borne up all right. But
he said he had the beginnings
of a cold when he returned
from Europe. He said he al
ways has trouble with bad
colds.
The President said he hal
been taking all the medicin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
Housing Boom
Is on in Russia

Large-scale housing con-
struction is going on in our
country. I will give you an ex-
ample. In the past 8 years
alone more apartments have
been built in Moscow than in
its entire 800-year history be-
fore the revolution. Next year
the people of Moscow will gel
apartments whose total flool
space will exceed a quarter OF
all the apartments that there
were in our capital before the
revolution.
In the next 7 years we are
going to build about IS mil.
lion apartments in cities and
million houses in the country.
side. This is just about the
same as building so new cite.
like San Francisco. Another
not unimportant point is thai
our rent is the lowest in the
world and amounts to only
to 5 per cent of a family
budget.
We are anxious that there
should be more comfortable
homes and that Soviet people
should get more consumer
goods of high quality. Oul
words do not part from oul
deeds. In the past 6 years oul
agriculture has increased sale
Of meat to the urban popula.
ton 3-fold. and milk NOR
than 2-fold.
In the near future we arr
going to abolish-I repeat
abolish-all taxation of the
people. I think that you vel
appreciate the significance Of
this measure.
The Communist Party. the
Soviet government and trade
unions care for the well-beine
Of all Soviet people.
A Soviet citizen does not
worry about such a thing, fol
instance, as unemployment. Ir
the Soviet Union it is not the
man who seeks the job, but the
job that seeks the man.
All our children are studying
Not only a high-school, but COL
lege education as well, is free ir
the Soviet Union. The students
receive scholarships from the
state. In general, we are CIV
ing a. great deal of attention to
bringing up the children. The
nursery, kindergarten. school
with full board. and then a
start in life-such is the bright
road of the rising generation.
The merits of the Soviet sys-
tenn of education are well
known. It is the graduates OF
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Wet Union have attained great
successes. And although we
are not yet rich as you. we are
on the right road toward reach
ing the highest living standard
in the world. This is the goal
toward which our people aspire
and it will be attained!
The question of the social
and state structure or. in other
words, the question Of whether
to live under socialism or CAPT.
talism, is an internal affair Of
each nation, and the principle
of noninterference by states in
each others domestic affairs
should strictly be adhered to-
If all states are guided by
these principles. there will bt
no particular difficulties in in.
surfing peace among our peo-
pies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28

If Russian Premier Nikita S.
Khrushchev gets the American
helicopter he wants just like
President Eisenhower's, it will
cost him 100000.
But if that can't be arranged,
the Russians have a transport
model craft called the Hound
which is pretty much like the
helicopters Mr.. Khrushchev
admired so much here.
At his news conference today,
Mr.. Eisenhower said the Rus
sian leader told him he was
interested in buying one lust
like I used" The President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
Soviet Society
Provides Freedom

Neither capital nor impor-
tant posts are inherited in oul
country. Everyone in Soviet So
ciety really enjoys freedom
The only thing we do not have
is freedom to exploit the labor
OF others. to privately own fac.
tories and mills. land and banks
We take different view thar
you do of the development Of
society and appraise 1t differ
emily. What some people In
America do not accept Soviet
people consider a fine thing
And the other way around.
We of the older generation
started life in capitalist con-
ditions. Why do we consider
that the socialist way is fairerf
For hundreds Of years mankind
developed in conditions In
which the minority appropri-
ated the wealth created by the
majority. And always people
have sought a better organiza-
ton Of society, without ex-
ploitation Of man by man.
We are grateful to Marx
Engels, and Lenin. who blazec
the trail to this society, anC
we have taken 1t. We have
been followed along this road
by many nations Of Europe anc
Asia. The working people. or
taking over political power
put an end to the tendency te
acquire wealth at the expense
Of others.
Indeed human greed is Q
terrible thing. Has there evel
been a case of a millionaire
not wanting to become a multi.
millionaire?
I want to be understood cor
rectly. It Is one thing when q
man has q pair of shoes and
wants to have another pair OF
so. when he has a suit and
wishes to have several more
and when he has a house anc
desires to build a better one fol
himself. This is a legitimate
desire. Socialism does not re.
strict peoples tastes or re.
quirementS.
But it is quite another thing
when a man has a factory anc
wants to have two, or when hi
owns one mill and wants to gel
ten. Clearly nobody, not ever
with his whole family and moi
even If he were to live severa
lives. could earn a million dol.
lars, let alone a billion, by hi
own work.
This can be accomplished
only If one appropriates tn,
labor Of others. But that run.
counter to mans conscience
AS you know, even In the Bible
it is said that when those whit
sold and bought turned tn,
temple into a house Of money,
lenders and changers. Chris
took scourge and drove then
out.
Therefore. religious people,
they are guided. in accordanc,
with their morals, by the prin
ciples Of world peace and Low,
for their fellowmen, must no
oppose the new, socialist sys
tenn. For it is a system assert
ing the most humane and trul.
just relations in society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28

had to spend nearly half of
these 40 years on wars forced
upon us and on postwar eco
nomic recovery. Let me remind
you that during the war the
Nazi invaders destroyed ard
burned down Ito of our urban
communities and over 10000 of
our rural communities. leaving
about rs million people home
less. We lost many millions Of
people and sustained damages
estimated at about $500 billion.
II 1t were not for this terrible
devastation and losses, we
would probably have already
overtaken the United States of
America in production and in
living standards.
Our people are now working
on a seven-year plan. Under
the seven-year plan we are to
double our industrial produce
ton. During this period we are
to invest the equivalent OF
about $3.50 billion in the ma
tional economy.
The United States is at pres
ent the richest and economi-
cally most highly developed
power. The figures for your
country are the ceiling OF
achievement in the capitalist
world. You must bear in mind
however. that the average an
nual rate of industrial expan-
sion in the Soviet Union is
three to five times higher than
IN your country. For this rea-
son in the next 10 to IL years
We will surpass the United
States both in physical produc-
ton and in production per
head Of the population. while
in agriculture this will be &C
comphshed much earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
Faith in Soviet
Remains Firm

To live in peace we must get
to know each other better. Per-
NIT me to tell you. if only
briefly. something about our
country. the life Of our people,
and their plans for the future
| I trust that you will under
stand me when / say that the
Impressions ! have gained here
and even the things ! have
liked in your country-have
not shaken my faith that the
political. economic. and social
system in the Soviet Union is
the fairest and most progress
Sive. -
The Soviet Union is a state
Of the working people. We have
no capitalists. Our factories
and mills belong to the people.
All the land in the country,
with it's wealth, belongs to the
people. The farmers till that
land collectively. in co-opera-
tives. Each has an income de-
pending on his work, not on
invested capital.
Under socialism, a working
mans remuneration is deter
mined by the quantity and
quality OF his work for society
When we expand our preduc-
ton still more and accumulate
more wealth, we will go over to
the Communist principle OF
distributing it: Each will work
according to his ability and re-
ceive according to his needs.
The constitution of our state
is in reality the most demo-
cratic. 1t insures universal,
equal, and direct elections OF
legislative bodies. with secret
voting. 1t insures the right to
work. to study aud to rest.
Before the revolution it used
to be the case in our country
that whoever had capital had
position. For the first time in
history we established the Just
rule in our land that those
who work well enjoy distinc-
ton in the community.
Consider, for example, the
composition of the highest
body Of state in the Soviet
Union. the Supreme Soviet of
the USSR. All in all, there were
elected 1873 deputies to the
Supreme Soviet. Out of this
number 366 are women.
More than a thousand depu-
ties are directly occupied in
industrial and agricultural
production. These are workers,
engineers, collective farmers,
agronomists. The rest are
statesmen and people promi-
nent in public life. in science,
culture, literature and art,
teachers and doctors.
AS you see, there are no
capitalists in our country, and
no representatives Of them in
the Supreme Soviet. In our
government are men who come
of the working people.
About myself I can say that
my grandfather was an litter
ate peasant. a serf: he was the
property of a landlord and
could be sold or even, as it was
often the case, exchanged for
a dog. My father was a miner
and / too worked in a mine as
a mechanic.
I took part in the civil war
and afterwards the Soviet gov
eminent sent me to study at a
workers school and then al
the industrial academy. Now
the people have entrusted me
with the high post of chairman
of the council of ministers.
Both of my first deputies re-
Gently visited your country:
AnastaS Mikoyan and Fro
Kozlov.
Who are they? Anastas Mi.
koyan is a carpenters son
while Frol Kozlov is a smiths
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-28
Choice Is ShombIes
Or World Peace
What is the way out?

WHdI 10 IIlC way OuI!
You have capitalism, We
have socialism, well. are we to
have worldwide shambles
over this? Or are we to estab-
lish normal relations and live
in peace, each his own way? In
the Soviet Union everyone Is
in favour Of living in peace. In
favour of peaceful co-existence.
Have you ever pondered over
this question: II we are not
planning to fight. whatever for
do you and we need all these
ornaments? / am told that
your country every year spends
an average of over so billion
on ornaments. AS for us, I
won't conceal that we spend
about $25 billion a year for the
same purpose. Surely a better
use for the peoples money can
be found.
OF course, it is not easy for
any state to decide to disarm
unless there is confidence that
the others will do the same.
Everyone is afraid that some
one might attack him.
What is to be done in that
case? We consider that the
best decision would be not to
have any armies or big arma-
ments at all. Needless to say,
in that case there would have
to be the strictest control to
enforce such an agreement.
You probably know that the
Soviet government a week ago
submitted to the United Ma
lions a proposal on general
and complete disarmament
with the strictest comprehen-
sive control.
What do we have in mind?
To abolish all armed forces in
toto. To do away with all
types of ornaments, including
atomic, hydrogen and missile.
To leave states only strictly
limited contingents Of police
with small arms. If our part
ners do not agree to such far
reaching measures, we are pre-
pared to reach agreement on
partial disarmament steps for
a start.
1t is gratifying that many
statesmen and political leaders
are devoting attention to these
proposals Of ours and for their
part are taking steps to achieve
the necessary agreement on
disarmament. Unfortunately,
not all people understand the
sincerity of our proposals.
There still exist those who adj
here to the old boring argu-
ments of the cold war" period.
We would like to hope that
the government of the United
States and other countries on
which, in the first place, 1t de-
ponds whether decisions on dis
armament will be taken will
correctly understand our
peaceable proposals and will on
their part take the appropriate
steps towards enSuring to all
people on earth genuinely real
possibilities to live in peace
and to avoid war.
In our conversations with
your President we discussed
this problem at length. The
President. like ourselves, is
concerned about the fact that
we can't seem to end the arma-
ments frenzy. I am returning
home hopeful that the govern
ment of the United States will
succeed in overcoming old
prejudices and that, sooner or
later, together with all states
we shall find the correct APP
proach to the solution of the
disarmament problem.
We also discussed other
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Soviet schools-scientists, engi-
neers. technicians, and workers
who astonished the world
with the first sputniks. We are
proud that the Russian words
"sputnik" and Junk" are un-
derstood all over the world
without translation.
Two million teachers and
nearly 100000 doctors look
after the Soviet peoples needs.