Evening star., 1962-01-03

port from Paris, both dated
December 20, served to dis
sipate considerable fog from
the swamp of the Katanga
controversy and renewed my
faith in the existence of a
tWo-party press. And your
dissection of States shrill
line was joy to read.
MessrS Ball, Williams and
Rowan would have it that
the U. MS prestige is at
stake; that victory against
Tshombe) had to be achieved
at any cost. What a change
from 10 years ago when the
U. N. command in Korea was
undisguisedly grateful for a
humiliating truce-but then,
Katanga doesn't have Red
China as an ally.
John Baxter.
y x x 4
From time to time I have
been critical of your Crosby
S. Noyes (although not al
ways saying so) and, because
I am aware that his philos-
ophy of life and mans ac-
tivities is different from
mine, I expect to disagree
with him again. 1t is with
special joy, therefore, that I
commend his article on the
"Katanga Lobby" Charge.
Mr.. Noyes cites facts to
support his position, and
calls on our State Depart
ment and others to cite facts
to the contrary. If we can
guess from experience, re-
plies to his article will not
be factual but will consist
of abuse and invective.
Thank you also, for the
editorial, Better Hire Him"
Lloyd Buchanan.
y Il
The situation in the Congo
ought to be put into its
proper perspective. What the
critics of the role of our
country in the present prob
lem of Katanga forget, is
that we are complying with
the action taken by the
United Nations to restore
peace and stability in the
lands now being embattled.
Are the critics of short mem
ory - have they not yet
learned the lessons of the
bitter fratricidal wars, costly
in lives and money, of, di-
vided Korea, Wet Nam, Ger
many and China? Should we
stand by and give no help
to the forces of the U. N. who
are acting under the deci-
sionS taken by the parent
body for the purpose of
bringing order out of chaos,
and to bring about stability
and peace in the Congo? And
what are the cries about
forcing Katanga to join the
rest of the Congo? Let
it be remembered that Bel
GUM gave its Congolese
wards independence without
any preparation for self-gov-
ernment and let them stew
in their own juice.
But it appears now that
Belgium is not willing to let
go of its colonial strings on
Katanga, with its rich de-
positS of minerals with
Tshombe as their front. Fur
ther it should be noted that
the Adoula administration is
not forcing a minority to
join him-the Katangans are
ethnically Congolese.
And what is being over
looked is something more
sinister than any outcome of
the present struggle. An
toine Gizenga, the Soviet
front man is waiting to
pounce on Katanga, a rich
plum, and then pick off the
other provinces one by one
and bring them, forcibly if
necessary, into the Commu-
mist bloc.
The administration de-
serves the full public sup
port in this delicate and
complex problem, which,
however, is capable of solu-
tion, if we all have a little
patience and understanding
Bringing order into this part
of Africa will serve as an ex-
ample and stimulus for the
other emerging African peo-
Piles, to follow the road to
peace and stability through
democratic processes.
Abe Shefferman.
4 4 x
Amazing! Many Ameri-
cans, I'm sure, were begin
ming to wonder if anything
could shake our exalted State
Department into action. Mr..
Struelens and his whopping