Evening star., 1961-06-15
Troctors-for-Freedom

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1t is said that Eleanor
Roosevelt, Walter Reuther
and Ambassador Adlai Stew
enson feel a deep concern
for the imprisoned Cuban
freedom fighters. If they
have conceived such a noble
sentiment it is a sudden and
drastic, political and moral
about-face on their parts.
After all, the same Mrs.
Roosevelt and Adlai Steven
son doggedly opposed Ameri-
can aid to the attempted lib
Grafton and it was their OBJ
stinate resistance, partic-
ularly StevenSon's, which
preSsured President Kennedy
into withdrawing promised
American air support, there
by booming the landing to
rout and slaughter.
No matter how many high
strung television performers
they convert and regardless
of how long they mouth their
maudlin propaganda, Reuther
and crew cannot obscure GER
tain facts. Among these are:
Many of the freedom fight
erS' wives. parents and rel
atives are unalterably opposed
to Castro's mentor tractors
deal. They know that by
knuckling under to Castro
and providing him with tools
to tighten his grip on Cuba,
they would betray everything
that the dead and captured
rebels fought for, and pro-
mote more bloodshed on the
forlorn island, because:
AS long as Castro remains
in control of Cuba, that
country will serve as head
quarters for Latin Ameri-
can communism. In Cuba,
Subversi operations
throughout the hemisphere
will be Matched and guided,
allowing for no end to the
loss Of life all over the Amer
icas. Thus:
To aid any of Castro's
programs, be they martial or
agricultural, is to forward the
cause of global communism
in Latin America.
Aram Bakshian, jr.
The bribe, tractors for
captured troops" is a tribute
backed by Milton Eisenhower,
Walter Reuther and Eleanor
Roosevelt, symbolizing the
three previous administra-
tions, representing % years
of misrule during which 800
million people were surrend-
cred into Communist slavery.
Backing by the present ad-
ministration would add four
years to this sad policy.
We need not negotiate with
and cultivate communism
behind the "cane curtain"
but dislodge it from this toe
hold on our doorstep as a
start toward mopping the
ugly smear from the world
map.
Americans should ask
themselves, sis softness to-
ward communism the best
policy?"-inform themselves
and arrive at their own an
Swer. H. L. Hunt
Dallas, Texas.
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I suggest to Eleanor
Roosevelt, Milton Eisen-
hover and Walter Reuther
that, if they want to raise
some SIS million to help Gu
bans, they expend every ef-
fort to persuade our Govern
ment to liberate the Cuban
people so that they may in
a free election choose their
own government.
Is this intervention? Ger
tainly we do not want to
intervene in Cuba or in other
countries. But the Commu-
nists have already intervened
and taken over in Cuba. Ac-
ton on our part would now
be in self-defense since the
Communist government there
is a threat to our freedom
and to all Of America.
Lloyd Buchanan
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If Eleanor Roosevelt ct al
are proposing tractors for
Cuba for humanitarian rea-
sons, let them. But let us
remember their "humanitari-
aniSm" when those same
tractors are used against us
in building missile bases.
1t has been stated that
John F. Kennedy was the
guiding light behind the
promotion of this tractor
project. If he thinks he can
step out of his role as Presi-
dent of the United States
into that of private citizen
without a moments hesita-
tion, let him. But let us re-
member his inclination"
and If he makes such a mis-