Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-07
u Thont Naive?

TO think that khrushchev'S
concept Of competitive CO.
existence" is the same as his.
Or he wouldn't have been
talking the way he did at
Johns Hopkins University
the other day.
Mr.. Thant lectured the
West for its alleged failure to
appreciate the full signifi-
canoe of the changed political
climate in the Soviet Union
since Stains death. OBJ
viously. Mr.. Thant has much
to learn.
Now, what Of this cock
istence" line?
The Program Of the Soviet
Twenty-second Party Con-
gress, adopted on October 81,
1861, said: Peaceful coexist-
ence Of the socialist and cap
italist countries is an object
tive necessity for the develop
ment Of human society"
This was the dogma. What
about the practice?
In another part Of the
program we learn of the
guidelines for action given to
the party faithful: THE
success Of the struggle which
the working class wages for
the victory Of the revolution
will depend on how well the
working class and its party
master the use Of all forms of
struggle-peaceful and nom
peaceful, parliamentary and
extra-parliamentary - and
how well they are prepared
to replace one form Of strug-
gle by another as quickly and
Unexpectedly as possible"
Khrushchev's adventure in
Cuba, his designs on West
Berlin, his suppression Of the
Hungarian revolt, his scrap
ping of the moratorium on
nuclear testing, are evidence,
If any be needed, of com
petitive coexistence" in the
world of fact. Far from being
more peaceful than Stain, as
Mr.. Thant believes, Khru-
shchev is more aggressive, and
certainly more venturesome.
His ambitions are without
limit.
The meanings of cock
istence" have been recently
explored in an article by
Philip E. Mosely, who had
the following to say: Cock
listing on the same globe with
a one-eyed and angry giant
is dangerous rather than
exhilarating. In one breath
he demands friendship and
describes the many achieve
ments, mainly material. that
he admires in American life.
In the next, he explains with
scientific certainty why
communism will inevitably
bury this m NC h envied
America. Even without bene-
fit Of Freud, 1t is not hard to
see the power lust bursting
out from behind the appeals
for peace and friendship"
Leon J. Steck.
$50
It would be well for Mr..
U Thant Of the U. N. to re-
member Lincoln's What is
morally wrong can't be made
legally right" when discuss
ing negotiations with Amer
lea and the USSR.
Negotiations brought on
a divided Berlin, a split Aus
tria and a two-part Korea.
Communists are now trying
TO split the difference" on
the Indian Chinese border,
which would result in q seri-
Gus net loss to India. Castro
is willing for a u. N. super
vision Of Cuban demilitarized
bases II we agree to get out
of Guantanamo which we
hold by legitimate treaties
and will continue to hold.
You can't compromise with
the DEVIL
AS for U Thant's troubles
with the costs OF the Congo
pacification-that is simplic-
ity itself II we get tough
enough. Katanga, united TO
the Congo las II should be-
would be more than able TO
pay the costs Of getting the
warning factions together.
Failing that, let's have
Hoover's Council Of Free Ma
tionsl
Walter W. Hubbard.
The Stars lead editorial
December 2 stated that the
East-West gulf remains at
least as wide and dangerous
as at any time since l945."
However, the same issue OF
the newspaper contained an
Associated Press dispatch
wherein Mr.. U Thant, Secre-
tary General Of the United
Nations, was reported as say
ing. In a speech delivered in
Baltimore. that Soviet policy
had become much more flex-