Evening star., 1960-05-23

on his own initiative, decided
to take the brilliant move of
admitting the fact that we
were spying, in effect making
liars out of some prominent
people in the State Depart
ment, CIA, and NASA.
Further, Gen. Eisenhower
then decided that spying was
morally correct and justifi-
able under certain condi-
tions and promptly told the
world that we had every
right to make such flights
and would continue to do so.
Then after stating to the
world that it was our sacred
duty to make such justiflable
flights over Russia he de-
cided to announce at the
summit that we would make
no more of such flights.
Throughout all Of this, poor
Dick Nixon, trying to keep
up with the party line, con-
tinually found himself from
IL to "a hours behind times
and spouting just the opposite
line that the general had
decided to take.
Despite current events we
must remember that Mr.. K.
is not the sole source Of all
Of our troubles.
Jerry Bernstein.
y = i
Coverage of the U-2 over
flight case and of the sum-
init has of course left the
reporters with little time for
meditation, but I am amazed
that there is reiteration of
one Of the most fragrant red
propaganda lines in our own
press. Citizens here are asked
to consider how we should
feel or expect the President
to feel if Soviet spy planes
had flown over the central
United States.
Such an analogy cannot be
drawn since the motivationS
Of the USA and the USSR
have never been analogous.
The US has never said 1t
planned to conquer the
Soviet or the world. The US
has never said to any nation
I'VE shall bury you" Our in
telligence undertakings are
based on no such foundation.
Soviet planes or informers
anywhere in the free world
are working from a reason
ing entirely different from
ours. There is no analogy to
be. seen in a Soviet plane over
Kansas and the U-2 incident.
Questioner.
In dealing with Khrush-
chev, we are dealing with a
madman. Why not treat him
as such and use the well
know placation method?
Why not apologize for viola
ting his conception of sky
sovereignty over Russia and
then state there is no inter-
national law governing such
sovereignty and express the
hope such law can be estab-
lished by conference in the
same sense territorial sover-
eighty was established for
adjacent waters. Even
KhruShchev must realize sky
sovereignty does not extend
an infinite distance from the
earth. In the meantime,
let's agree upon a rational
distance Of say 10000 feet
and live up to that limita-
ton.
Francis H. Miles, Jr.,
Colonel, U.S.A. Ret.
y 4 4 i
The recent debacle of the
international summit meet
ing proves only too clearly
something that the writer
has maintained all along:
AS long as the universe ex-
lists, war is inevitable. There
is no such thing as fright"
or wrong" Life is a struggle
for survival, not only be-
tween all existing life, but
between all would be poten-
tial life elements of the uni
verse. The universe itself
becomes an eternal rotation
system of life and death,
wherein everything is en-
slaved to desire. Ability to
neutralize desire completely
would resolve the universe
into non existence. If no de-
sire existed, there could be
no universe. The choice is
merely whether one wishes
to accept life with all its en-
suing complications and in
evitable death. or prefers the
security of non existence.
The decision is UP to civiliza-
ton.
Harry Rubin.