Evening star., 1960-05-31
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Bright and Dark Sides of Late, Lomented Summit

OfIyHt UHu DOf
The fiasco of the summit
was perhaps the greatest
boon in the recent history of
the United States. 1t has
ended the fallacy that per-
sonal high-level conferences
with the leader of a mono
lithic state can further world
peace. We are abandoning the
deceptive slogan of peaceful
co-eXistence" as a result of
this latest demonstration of
Russian bad faith. Colum-
nists and editorials are recog-
nizing that permanent peace
and security can never come
out of high-level diplomacy
with those determined to de-
stroy our way of life, but by
defending our principles of
freedom and contemplating
no concessions, however triv-
ial, to the enemies of peace.
We are beginning to regain
our self-reSpect as a nation
and our people are realizing
more than ever before that
what we do now may well de-
eide the future of the human
race. Only with a national
purpose which is information
al in its endeavors to make
the world safe for democ-
racy can we claim the leader
ship and trust of the free
world.
We must be wary of a
peace at any price which
could lead to disaster as well
as a policy of belligerent ma
tionalism. Our policy must be
based on the knowledge that
the universal desire for free
dom and human dignity is
by no means confined to the
emerging masses of Asia and
Africa, but is prevalent even
in the Red Empire. The Com
munists must quell the yearn-
ing for individual freedom if
they are to retain power. The
free world must spare no
propaganda effort to install
in the enslaved peoples the
ideals of democracy. The inn
potence of the United Ma
tions as an instrument Of
freedom was amply demon
strated by its failure to come
to the rescue of the 1856
Hungarian uprising. The ef-
feet of our Governments re-
fusal to act was to accept the
status quo in eastern Europe.
We are only aiding their
cause when we tirnidly seek
an accommodation with
the Red bosses. Let us never
forget that the foremost de-
sire of communism is to
dominate the rest of the
world, and that the cold war
is a life-and-death struggle
between the two ideologies.
OF course. all doors must be
left open to disarmament and
nuclear test suspension. The
regular diplomatic channels
are entirely suitable for test
ing Russian good faith in
these urgent matters without
providing a sounding board
for Communist propaganda.
But the belief that we can
avoid war simply by negotia-
tion was forever dispelled by
Pearl Harbor, just as Munich
demonstrated the fallacy of
appeasement.
The United States is the
only country in the Western
alliance where the ruling cir
cles still uphold the doctrine
of summitry. Even the British
are coming to a better under
standing of Soviet intentions.
Everywhere the misplaced
hope In a short cut to world
peace is giving away to a will
lingness to learn the lesson
of history. Soviet double
dealing at Teheran, Yalta
and Potsdam is being recalled
along with the 1855 Soviet
propaganda spectacular held
at Geneva. If our Govern
ment neglects the mandate
from its newly awakened peo-
pie, our usefulness as leader
of the'free world is at an end.
Calvin G. ZOn.
y y
Now is the time to turn a
lemon into lemonade. AS re-
cent events have indicated,
the U-2 is virtually invulner-
able to Soviet air defense at
its normal cruising altitude
of 80.000-90,000 feet. Gwen
Khrushchev did not claim
that the plane was bagged
higher than $4,000 feet.) Add
this to the fact that atomic
weapons are now available in
suitcase size and a crash pro-
gram for the U-2 is clearly
in order. Here is a plane that
is small. light. inexpensive.
easily concealed or dispersed
and with tremendous cruising