Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04
Soviet NeWsmon Describes
Varied Views Noted Here

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other hand it is hardly reason
able to minimize them.
These circles representatives
voice their opinions in the Cap
itol, the press and at meetings.
Some express all kinds Of zap
prehenSionS" regarding the
Forthcoming meeting, others
openly attack it, acting in the
spirit Of the worst traditions
Of the cold war. William White,
in The Washington Evening
Star. plays with words on the
subject of "a risk of meeting
with Khrushchev" and really
condemns the negotiations.
Talk with Khrushchev is O.
sign Of weakness" declared
David Lawrence, another reac-
tionary columnist who pours
out his boundless hatred Of the
Soviet Union into the news
paper pages. He considers the
Kennedy trip TO Vienna only
"a weakening Of the moral
positions Of democracy"
Under the banner of struggle
against communism all kinds
Of organizations are intensity
ing their activity. Waging an
open offensive against demo-
cracy, they are trampling upon
the most elemental freedoms.
ScandalouS fame" has been
acquired by the so-called Birch
Society, an anti Communist
which has managed to include
ex-President Eisenhower among
the Communists.
The activity Of this society
provided a hilarious reaction at
the National Press Club. A small
card appeared there for sale
which announced the creation
Of a certain "Smirch society"
which is obliged to fulfill the
Following program:
al. To prevent such Commu-
nistS as George Washington,
Abraham Lincoln and Thomas
Jefferson from entering the
government;
"2. To expose such Commu-
mist proganda as the Ten Com
mandments and the Declara-
ton of independence;
"3. To deport American Indi-
ans to where they came from
and to make America 100 per
cent American.
"a. To return to the 7-day.
84-hour workweek (because idle
hands work for communism.
The motto Of the society:
Drive your car in the most
dangerous way because the
pedestrian you strike may be a
Communist"
No Laughing Matter
In the National Press Club
they are still laughing, but in
some other places in the United
States it is no laughing matter. |
The seriousness of the conse-
quences Of these antidemocratic
organizations activities are evil
dent there. One woman teacher,
who asked an American re-
porter not to mention her
name, said: do you ever think |
about the relationship between
John Birch and Horst Vessel? |
"a scoundrel who was made a
hero Of the fascist Reich by the
Nazis.-V. M I have been
thinking about it and I am
afraid when I see how this
antidemocratic trend is get
ting out of control" |
The violence toward the
blacks and whites in Alabama
which has shaken not only the |
United States but also the
world, is the direct reflection
these days Of the activity of |
fascist-racist bands protected
and supported by certain circles
in the United States. These are
the very same circles which
speak for the cold" and maybe |
even the "hot" war and oppose
the easing of international ten
sion and whatever improves the |
prospect for peace.
There is still another cate
CORY Of people in Washington
whose stand should be men,
toned. They prefer to remain
neutral when it is q ques-
ton of achieving mutual I'M
derstanding. They are neither
for nor against, they are bid
ing their time.
Not without regret have we
become aware that there are
such persons even among
American newspapermen. At
one Of the parties for the dele
cation a toast was made ito
the Emperor Franz Josef, be-
cause no other toast is accept
able to all of us and the
Emperor was fond of travel,
good and favored the status
quo"
AS you see, the toast in its
own way was also connected
with Vienna. We laughingly
proposed to change the toast:
ITO the Good Soldier Schweik
who, as we know. ridiculed in