Evening star., 1961-04-26

I wish to congratulate you
and thank you for your fine
editorial Our Duty to Our
selves" 1t is refreshing to
see some clear thinking COM
ing not only from the Presi-
dent but also from the
leading newspapers Of the
country. 1t is about time we
faced the Communist menace
head-on and realized that in
this bitter game we have to
stop turning the other cheek
sometime. Maybe then other
nations, friend and foe, COM
ing to the realization that
the United States, too. has a
Saturation point, will stop
paying merely lip-service to
causes and ideas in the
achievement of which they
have so far been willing to
resort to slogans only. I fully
expect the Manchester Guard
ian to criticize our policies
and our President, and then
should Britain be in distress
(aS in the past) expect US to
rescue her Just look at
Nehru's antics.
The failure Of this phase
" Of the Cuban invasion may
have been a blessing in dis
guise. as 1t may awaken the
vast masses Of the American
public to the perils of COM
munism and sober them to
the fact that things are
exactly as bad as many Of our
responsible citizens (including
the PresidenO have for some
time claimed they are. The
Star and alT other news
papers of our country have a
duty to educate the public
as to the great danger that
we face and to make it known
that it is later than most
people think.
Vicki BedrOsian.
&& 50
Once again we have been
shown up before the world
as Intellectual and ridiculous
this time in Cuba.
When can we expect our
leaders to make some states
= man-iike decisions in behalf
Of our own country? If Cas-
tro is left alone on his island,
the rest Of South and Gen.
trail America will inevitably
be undermined and fall to
communism through the ef-
forts Of his agents. When
this happens, we will be sur
rounded by the forces Of
communism. What real hope
can we then have?
No other major power wor-
ries so much about the opin-
ion Of the rest Of the world
when 1t becomes necessary
for them to protect their own
Self-interestS. All the others
act in their own behalf, let
ting the chips fall where they
may. This is as it should be
for to assume that a major
power is going to be dealt
with either fairly or kindly
at the hands of a group of
small struggling nations who
are themselves digging for
all that they can get Is the
height of wishful thinking.
Cuba must be swept free
Of communism If we our
selves are to avoid being sur
rounded and defeated. We
must step in boldly and OPEN
ly, break Castro's back, drive
the Communists into the sea,
and set up a democratic gov
ernment in Cuba. True, this
would be greeted by the COM
bined screams of the Reds,
the so-called neutrals, and
our own allies alike. But Cuba
would once more be free un-
der a democratic government
and we would have the grudg-
ing respect Of the rest of the
world.
Let us plan our national
policy and implement 1t in
such a way that we can carry
out a similar campaign wher-
ever Red aggressors threaten
the safety Of our country. OF
course, such action will in
eVitably involve us In at least
small wars at various places
IN the world. But is this not
much to be preferred to sit
tlng idly and Intellectually by
while we are completely sur
rounded and eventually
crushed?
Tracy Coleman.
n
I am angered that there
was so little U. S. support to
the Cuban rebels; that it was
undertaken clandestinely-as
If to admit we are the
naughty boys" and that
as usual-the American pub
lie seems tn he the last IN