Evening star., 1960-09-24

terialistic, it appears that we
are engaging in that familiar
human practice of the pot
calling the kettle black"
After all, according to our
own frequent and sometimes
loud testimony, we are the
most prosperous people ma
terially on earth, and this
prosperity was not attained
by giving our full attention
to the spiritual.
J. ]. Sperry.
Woodstock, Va.
y + +
Concerning Mr.. Khru-
shchev'S visit to the U. N.
General Assembly, I think
the restrictions placed on
him were fair, proper. and
necessary. He is, after all,
an unlimited guest and
should not expect to be
treated specially, particularly
in view of his increased hos
tility towards the United
States in recent months. He
is only putting an unneces-
sary burden on the New York
City police; the restriction to
Manhattan facilitates the
handling Of this problem.
His complaining about the
restriction is petty and child
iSh, for the restriction is in
his interest and safety. 1t is
evident his complaints are
for propaganda purposes.
I feel the restriction on the
leaders of other communistic
countries equally necessary
and justified. Retaliatory &C
ton such as CaStro'S merely
reveals immaturity in diplo-
matte affairs.
Gerald ]. Sullivan.
y y y
In dealing with a danger
Gus rattlesnake, would you
try to talk it out of striking
you or rather, would you
avoid or destroy it? Most
likely you would choose the
latter. The same holds true
in respect, I think, to the
USSR and other Communist
dominated countries. They
are to be avoided as our most
dangerous enemies who, at
their first chance, would de-
stroy our way Of life, as they
have promised to do, and re-
place it with their inhuman
Communist oppression. I,
therefore, think it is as abb
surd to try to talk peace with
Khrushchev, as it is to deal
with a rattlesnake.
Norman J. KIeiss jr.
%& y
Fidel Castro on his recent
arrival in New York has
proved himself a worthy con-
temporary of Nikita Khru-
shchev and a formidable en-
emy of the principles Of de-
mocracy.
While KhruShchev was
openly insulting Eisenhower
by defying him to undertake
serious discussions" in
stead of providing just an
other fancy SPEECH" Castro
sought to further embarrass
United States prestige abroad
by moving his delegation to
Harlem under the guise of
objection to the tight security
guard.
1t remains to be seen
whether the United Nations
will be influenced in any way
by these propaganda moves.
Perhaps the United States
could salvage some good from
this display of petty behavior
by assuming the role of the
indulgent, courteous host who
chooses to overlook his guests
bad manners.
Edward NJ. Lonergan jr.
Il + y
Why do our newspaper
headlines almost invariably
give their valuable publicity
to our enemies instead of to
our friends and to the United
States?
Your headline of September
20 reads "Khrushchev and
Castro Confer" Why is that
worth a headline? Of course
they confer! But do we have
to splash their names in huge
headlines across the front
page of a great metropolitan
newspaper. giving them the
publicity that is meat and
drink to these prestige
hungry eXhibitionists?
On an inside page in the
second section of The Star
was buried the news that
should have been your banner
headline that night. "AF Atlas
Scars 5000 Miles" That was
important news. For the
second time we had been able