Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26
KhrushcheV
Toasts, Lauds
Eisenhower
Tells Nixon Dinner
He and Colleagues
Like the President

MOSCOW. July Is (AP)-|
Vice President Nixon and
Premier Khrushchev met at
United States embassy dinner
and talked of peace and Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
ToaSting the american
Presidents health. Mr.. Khru-
shchev told Mr.. Nixon:
II, like all my colleagues, like
your President.
I'VE like his sincerity. his
craftsmanship, which is quite
up to the mark"
The atmosphere at the din
ner, the fifth meeting between
Mr.. Nixon and Mr.. Khrushchev
in less than three days. was
described as lone of cordially
throughout" Newsmen were
barred from the dinner but the
exchange of toasts and other
details were reported later by
American spokesman.
There was no word whether
Mr.. Nixon and Mr.. Khrushchev
discussed at the dinner the Vice
Presidents surprise decision to
fly to Poland for a two-day
goodwill visit after his Rus
sian tour ends.
World War ii Recalled
Mr.. Khrushchev told the din
ner guests Russia has never
had a disagreement with Mr..
Eisenhower and recalled that
the United States President
worked with the Soviets dur
ing World War II.
Mr.. Nixon. in toasting the
health of Soviet President Kle-
menti Voroshilov, who did not
attend the dinner. compared
Mr.. Khrushchev and Mr.. Eisen-
hover in these words:
mfr. Khrushchev and Mr..
Eisenhower are alike on one
respect. They are men who had
humble beginnings and came to
the top.
THE Prime Minister was
once a miner. The President
of the United States worked
his way through school, and
among the jobs he had was
the back-breaking job d car
rying ice"
The Vice President added, !
however, that in citing these I
similarities Il do not overlook
the fact we have major prob
lens between U.S."
Friendship Offered
Then Mr.. Nixon said:
AL the ingredients for
peaceful friendship and peace
full cooperation are here. They ,
can be put together"
AS President Eisenhower
representative. Mr.. Nixon said
he wanted to bring this mes
sage from the American peo-
pie to the Soviet people:
Friendship and a desire for
peace in the years ahead"
Mr.. Khrushchev quickly
picked up the vice presidents
remarks about Mr.. Eisenhower. |
In his toast. the Soviet leader
noted that the United States
had risen rapidly from the
time it was British colony.
THE Soviet Union" he said, !
sis in the same process of be- |
coming a strong nation. Now /
the Soviet Union has come up,
but you do not recognize us as
a match. The sooner you rec
ognlze this the better the |
USSR will be wealthy and sur
pass you. We, too. are carrying
ice on our backs"
Mrs. Khrushchev There
Mrs. Khrushchev was among
the So Russian guests at the
embassy dinner in honor OF
Mr.. Nixon. 1t was one of her
rare public appearances.
Mr.. NiXon's official press rep
resentative, Herbert G. Klein,
reported Mrs. KhruShchev sat
next to the Vice President and
spoke English we'll enough to
talk with him and other din
ner guests.
Later she was Mr.. Nixon's
host at the Khrushchev's dacha,
or country house, in a woody
area about 10 miles from
Moscow.
Mr.. Nixon accepted an I'M
expected invitation from the
Soviet Premier to be an over
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