Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-28
LETTERS TO THE STAR


for themselves a number of
them in some appropriately
remote spot and invite the
Soviet Union to test it's next
bomb over them. To save
money and as an advertis-
ing scheme - the shelters
could be built free of charge
by the firms specializing in
their manufacture. with all
survivors promising to sign
testimonials.
If the generals and politi-
clans will do this. I will cease
questioning their motives,
and if they survive I will no
longer question their intelli-
gence. II they do not survive
they will have at least this
consolation: No matter what
becomes of the rest of us,
they Will be dead, not Red.
Warren W. Morse.
President of Washington
Committee for a Sane
Nuclear Policy.
To a few realiSts 1t was no
surprise to read that an ele-
mentary school in Artesia.
New Mex. has provided in
its fallout shelter not only
food, water, first aid, etc. but
a morgue. We'd been Won
dering just what one would
do with any dead bodies that
might collect.
If it were not so tragic,
it would be almost sadly
comic to anticipate the naive
and guilible American taking
refuge from cosmic destruc-
ton, exactly like the proven
bal ostrich with his head
stupidity hidden in the sand.
A few have dared to view
the fallout shelter as some
thing other than a cozy hide
away in which to wait out
Armageddon: then emerge
jauntily like Noah's family
from the Ark. to found
brave new world amid the
ashes of our planet.
But If all the peoples Of the
world were able TO face the
reality: Namely. that there is
no place TO hide. they would
drop the trivialities that &C.
cupy them and march upon
their various governments,
screaming for disarmament.
Mary McMillen.
Now that Russia has deto-
mated the super bomb, the
fall-out from which may set
tie mostly on the United
States, why does the United
States hesitate to impose a
complete economic blockade
against all the Iron Curtain
countries AS we'll as Russia?
Our most respected scien-
lists have informed us that
the radioactive material just
released will adversely affect
many children yet to be born
many will have horrible
physical or mental defects,
many adults will be rendered
sterile. and many will develop
skin or bone cancers.
While the Communist
front organizations with the
high-aim names. the fellow
travellers. the do-gooders. the
Sympathizers or at least
wishy- washy officials of our
Government cenSured Gener-
al Walker because he at
tempted to alert his troops
to the true nature Of the
enemy and its infiltration
into our country and brushed
off protests of citizens against
continued aid to the Com
munists. Russia and the other
Communist nations went
right ahead to almost COM
plete success in the plan for
world domination-in many
places with money and mate
rails supplied by the United
States.
Although irreparable dam
age has been done. could we
not at least have the salts
faction of stopping immedi-
ately all assistance to any of
the Communist bloc nations?
Why should we be obligated.
which our State Department
says we are. to honor COM
mitments already made to
YugoSlavia, for example?
Why should we continue to
give any money at all for
foreign aid? 1t has gained us
nothing but contempt. NO ma
ton where we have poured
our wealth has been saved
to the West when Russia de-
cided to take over.
I am absolutely opposed to
being taxed any more for for
eign aid. and l favor a COM
plete economic blockade of all
Communist or Communist
dominated countries.
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