Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02

VAShtIS otdtC OCPdIt
ment has indicated reasons for
its rejection of each Of these
proposals. I do not list these
proposals for the purpose of
warming over past history but
simply to demonstrate the init
alive that our Government has
taken to reduce tensions and to
find peaceful solutions for diff
ferences between us.
l realize that my answers to
these questions indicate that
there are some very basic diff
ferenceS between us. But let me
emphasize at the same time
that the very fact that we have
not made as much progress as
we would like in the past in
settling our differences is the
strongest reason for us to re-
double our efforts to create bet
ter understanding between our
two countries to remove fear,
suspicion and misconception
where they exist, and, therby,
to pave the way for discussions
and eventual settlement by
agreement of some of the basic
conflicts between us.
Peace Steps Suggested
We should both frankly
recognize that we have some
very real differences, that they
are not easily settled. But
two men who are friends can
settle an argument between
them without using their fists
and two nations who want to
be friends can do so without
war.
should like to suggest to-
night some practical steps
which will contribute to the
cause of peace to which we
are both dedicated.
First, there are some posi-
tive things we can do which
will create better understand
| ing between lis.
We can start by removing
the language barrier. Here is
one place where you are ahead
of us. I was amazed at the
number of people I met on this
trip who were studying Eng
lish.
What we need are millions
of American students who un-
derstand Russian and millions
of Soviet students who under
stand English.
Both the exchange of per-
sons and the cultural exchange
! program should not only be
continued but sharply ex-
panded. The more Americans
who visit and get to know first
hand the people of the Soviet
Union and the more Soviets
who do the same in the United
States, the better understand
ing we shall have.
More Official Visits
I believe that visits by Off
Gals like the one Mr.. Mikoyan
and Mr.. Kozlov made to the
United States and which l
have just concluded can pro-
vide the means of frank and
full discussion of some of our
problems and the development
of solutions for them. Conse-
quently, we should explore
ways of increasing contacts of
this type.
Most important of all, we
need much freer exchange of
information between our two
countries so that misconcep-
tons we may have about you
and that you have about us may
be removed. I was rather sur
priSed that Mr.. Khrushchev
raised the question about the
failure of the American press
to report adequately one of his
recent statements. I would esti-
mate that at least 100 of Mr..
Khrushchev'S words are printed
in our American press for every
one word of President Eisen-
hower's speeches that are
printed in the Soviet press.
Perhaps this is an area where
the cause of better understand
ing would be served if we had
a more equal exchange. Let us
agree that all of Mr.. Khru-
shchev's speeches on foreign
policy be printed in the United
States and that all of Presi-
dent Eisenhower's speeches on
foreign policy be printed in the
Soviet Union,
Why not go further and set
up regular radio and television
broadcasts by Mr.. Khrushchev
to the American people in re-
turn for President Eisenhower
having the same privilege to
talk to the Soviet people?
| Let us put a stop to the jam
ming of broadcasts so that the
! Soviet people may hear broad
casts from our country just as
the American people can hear
40 hours of broadcasts day
from the Soviet Union. Let us