Evening star., 1960-10-09
CoIumnists Clash

only in America" at this
time can one find two COL
umns of such disparate mood
and content side by side as
those in The Star by William
S. White and David Lawrence
on October 3. In the interest
Of free speech. however, these
antipathetical views are still
worth fighting for. Mr.. White
wrote a calm appraisal Of
British Prime Minister Mac
millan's civilized diplomacy
at the U. NJ, and Mr.. Law
renee contributed not one
constructive idea in behalf of
our "moribund" foreign policy.
There is a lesson to be
learned by the recent display
Of British diplomacy which,
in the words of one of Great
Britain's ENJOYS, was: 1--WE
cannot be insulted." And this
envoy might have added:
IN the event of insulting be-
havior on the part of an
opposite number we cannot
be tempted to lose sight of
our detectives"
Mr.. Lawrence would like
us to believe that it would
have been more demeaning
to the American people had
we continued our offers to
support construction of the
Aswan Dam and to have con-
suited our allies, France and
Britain. before our abrupt
and embarrassing moves in
the Middle East. One wonders
what sort of confidence and
popularity the United States
might now enjoy in that area
had State Department di-
plomacy not been the prin-
cipal instrument of John Fos-
ter Dulles personal paranoia.
AS for buying national
popularity, and all the in
nuendoes concerning inter-
national blackmail that Mr..
Lawrence handles about, even
die-hard American isolation
lists can point now with pride
to the contribution of the
Marshall Plan toward the in
creasing prosperity of it's
Western European benefici-
aries and the receding tide
of communism that threat
ened to engulf those countries
following World War II.
In the dying days of the
Eisenhower administration,
might not the President of
the United States increase
and extend his much-vaunted
father image" by disregard
ing personal insults from a
patiently inferior antagonist,
especially out of concern for
the fate of the 180 million
people in this country and
that of the billions in the
rest Of the world?
Why should the President
condition his cooperation
for the ideal of world peace
on the fate of the Bat sur
vivors, which fate is a direct
result Of his Administrations
inept handling OF the U-2
affair?
The United States can only
be inSulted, and this country's
self-respect is only in jeop-
ardy, if and when the coun-
try's political appointees re-
ject the responsibility of
acting, under any and all
circumstances, for the people
who made it the nation on
which the world depends.
Mary COggeshall Kuhn.
1t was very gratifying to
read the outspoken column
by David Lawrence entitled
Hitting back at Hypocrisy
in U. NJ" The United Nations
is performing a magnificent
function by turning the
Searchlight of truth into
dark places. Let us be thank
full that member nations
which have violated their
obligations have been exposed
ana appropriate action taken,
as witness the Korean crisis
and the SueZ debacle. The
stand taken in behalf of the
Congo is no less than heroic
and should be given every
encouragement possible. If
the time comes. however,
W hen the representatives
lack the courage to speak
out against the many con-
tinuous betrayals of charter
provisions so nagrantly being
committed by various dicta-
torships, this great organiza-
ton, which may yet save the
world from chaos, will soon
lose its prestige and power.
c. c. Hpl.