Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
LETTERS TO THE STAR
CIoshing Views on Khrushchevs Trip to America

written a letter to President
Eisenhower requesting that
he insist upon a postpone
ment of the proposed visit
to the United States by Nikita
Khrushchev until he has
shown, by his treatment Of
the captive nations and their
enslaved peoples. that he is
no longer the enemy Of free
dom and Of ourselves"
No one can deny that Nikita
Khrushchev's record is a
deplorable one. and anyone
with a conscience cannot
condone his denial Of freedom
to those under his domain.
However. one cannot help but
be reminded of the famous
quotation from Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet"-"What's
in a name? That which we
call a rose. by any other name
would smell as sweet" The
oppression Of human beings
and the denial of their basic
freedoms and equal protec-
ton under the law carry the
same malodorous smell when
inflicted upon Negroes in the
United States as when in
flicted upon Hungarians in
Hungary, Czechs in Czecho-
slovakia. Siberians in Siberia,
or elsewhere in the world. The
names Of the inflictors are
different. but to the victims,
I am sure the smell" must
be the same.
AS long as we have Federal
as well as State legislators,
who both by omission and
commission deny the largest
minority group in the United
States freedom and equality
under the law, we should not
be proud to invite Nikita
Khrushchev, nor anyone else
for that matter, to view our
dirty linen.
Mildred w. Pitt.
y \ \
II this proposed visit of
Khrushchev to our land does
come off. and II Government
employees are given time of
to participate in the well
coming parade, I shall not
consider it a valid excuse for
absence from duty. and I
shall stay at my post.
If the President and his
advisers see fit to return the
visit, I shall protest with all
my heart-and let them not
say they are acting in my
behalf.
The Red flag on Constitu-
ton avenue is one thing I
hope never to see.
Gerald e. Foreman.
While the State Depart
ment is being nice to the
butcher of Budapest and
hangman Of the Ukraine, it
would seem quite fitting for
the Commander in Chief, with
the Endorsement of the Su-
preme Court, to declare a
Roman holiday and give
every crook, thug, swindler,
forger. extortioner, kidnaper,
thief. jailbird and murderer
in the United States a two
week amnesty in honor (if
not in admiration) of the
Presidents gruesome guest.
This reprieve might include
honor guard. security patrol,
and even tanks and troops,
If necessary, for every such
honored prisoner serving sem
tence in order that the
world might know that we
are not partial to only Rus
sian crooks. Social justice
demands that our lawbreak-
ers be given equal rights
with the archmurderer of all
recorded history, or at least
be honored commensurate
with their felony.
John v. G. KOOntz.
n Il \ II
Many seemingly thoughtful
persons, some in high places,
have long been preaching a
doctrine Of closer intercourse
between peoples on the the
DRY that those who most in
timately kniw each others
ways and mores can best live
in peace. The approaching
visit of Nikita Khrushchev
will be made the occasion for
a new emphasis upon this
theme.
Yet all the experience of
mankind teaches the con-
trary. Germany and France
have been internationally at
war since the time of Caesar,
although their people have
traded with each other, have
intermarried, learned each
others language and played
each others music. Since the
Norman Conquest, England
and France have been tradi-
tional enemies, although q