Evening star., 1960-09-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Views on What to Do About Mr.. K. ct al

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to hit a target in the Indian
Ocean, 1000 miles southeast
of Capetown, South Africa, in
the longest surface-to-surface
missile flights on record. That
in a headline would have i'm
pressed the heads of state and
guests from the new and un-
committed nations who are
gathered in New York.
May I suggest that you put
the Iron Curtain countries
and Castro on the inside
pages, and keep our friends
and the United States on the
front page and in the head
lines?
R.K.
1t is quite a relief to know
that your paper has come to
know Mr.. Khrushchev as he
really is, and to inform the
readers Of your paper of what
he is. and what he will and
can do if given the chance.
Now Mr.. Khrushchev has
given up initiating Jolly Old
Saint Nikita" and has gone
back to being just plain "Old
Nick" again, who will spit on
your back when the oppor-
tunity is given.
The Soviets should be re-
minded that We did not need
their assistance when we in
vaded Germany. but we
faithfully waited for them
out Of the goodness of our
heart. By that I mean If we
had gone on to invade Ger
many, there would not be any
Berlin crisis now.
Dwight Reeves.
II y
I think the State Depart
ment acted wisely in it's de-
cision to confne Premier
Khrushchev to Manhattan
Island. I can think of no
better remedy to steadfast
Communist propaganda than
this restriction unless it
would be banning him from
our freedom-loving shores
altogether; but, Of course, he
would have made an issue
Of this also.
This restriction. I feel,
should be enforced to the
limit, for what right has the
Kremlin boss in coming to
our country expecting. full
freedom of movement when
behind our backs he severely
mockS and criticizes our dip
lomacy and achievements
and boasts so proudly of
Russia's own military, SCI
entific and educational adj
vancements.
Why should we bow down
to him?
william B. Full.
I fully agree with your
editorial of September II,
playing Down Mr.. K" I
don't understand why the
press would want to ignore
Khrushchev just because the
Soviet newspapers did not
give our visiting dignitaries
full coverage during their Wis
its to that country. If the
Communist Party must keep
the people it rules in ignor-
ance of the unpleasant facts
in the world to keep them
under control, we can do little
about it. In America, how
ever, we have a free press to
inform the public of all the
events in the world. The
whole idea of a democracy is
to give the public the truth
and let each man decide for
himself what he wants.
1t is the childish attitude
of too many people, that If
we ignore it, maybe 1t will go
away" that is responsible for
the loss of position of the
United States in the world in
the last few years. We are
engaged in a war Of ideas and
the more we know about our
opponents in this struggle the
better are our chances for
survival. 1t is good to see The
Star believes this and is not
ignoring the man who con-
trolls the ICBMS of the Soviet
Union.
Harold Hartman.
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I wish to commend you on
your fine coverage of the
Khrushchev visit. Factual
news reporting is one of our
strongest weapons in COM
batting communism. Ameri-
cans should strive to keep
better informed on current
events-not behave like os-
triches who pretend Mr.. K.
does not exist.
Martin Weinstein.