Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-26

1 am proud to be an Amer
lean again. The Illustration of
non-action by us in the face
of provocation upon provoca-
ton, insult upon insult, was
becoming too much to bear.
The strange talk of people
concerned with what will the
country of some hole-in-the-
wall in Africa, Asia or South
America, say, if we take a
stand, I hope, is stilled once
and for all. I couldn't recog-
nize this great country for
what was brought up to love
and respect. The people were
like the Jennings of the
north, racing in blind pursuit
of the unattainable and un-
tenable goal of promoting the
safety, the economic we'll
being and the nationalistic
aspirations of other peoples.
The only place such a route
would take us, would be over
the cliff into nothingness.
Now, at last our foreign
policy has once again been
brought home. For the first
time in years, we are con-
cerned in our foreign policy
primarily with survival Of the
Union.
To further implement that
policy, we must neces-
sarily go into Cuba and get
rid Of those weapons that
have already been stacked
there by Russia.
America, in showing her
strength, and standing upon
a positive, self-survival for
eign policy, has gained more
allies and friends than she
ever had hoped to get by all
of the past cajolery, compro-
misses, conferences, apologies
and all that CUFF. The GAS,
for so long a non-action body,
emasculated by the weak
kneed stands Of the United
States, has at last, and sud-
denly, galvanized itself into
a unanimous, effective, NOV
ing organization, by our new
strong leadership.
At last once again, our
hearts are lifted by the sight
of the flag.
Sam Sherwood.
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The crisis brought about
by the infamous Soviet &C
ton of stationing offensive
missiles on Cuban territory
had its presidents, of course,
in the Western missiles on
Turkish and German soil
and at many other bases sur
rounding Russia. The re-
spouse of the United States
to that crisis in the form of
a unilateral blockade action
may directly imply an act Of
war, or it may indirectly en-
gender an oscillation of a
Berlin or a Turkish dispute
into war. How can we con-
done the moral depravity
which war implies?
With a sense of humility
and reverence before the gift
of life entrusted to us, we
must find a way out Of
the immediate Cuban crisis,
which is on the way of de-
teriorating into a game of
Chicken! First, neutral
authorities should bring pres
sure on East and West to
negotiate a cooling-off period
to prevent oscillation and &C
cidental war. There may be
a solution for the much more
profound problem as to our
long-range future if East and
West can be obliged to agree
now to a United Nations set
tlement to stop further trans
fers of nuclear weapons sys-
TENS. They should be made
to withdraw stockpiled mis-
siles and nuclear weapons IN
Cuba as well as in other
trouble spots of the world,
and in non-nuclear coun-
tries. The United Nations
General Assembly should be
ready to debate and condemn
Immediately such transfers,
and to bring a competent
commission into being for
the purpose of detecting pos
sible violations.
Herbert Jehle.
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One of the most hearten-
ing aspects of the Presidents
quarantine" is its excellent
timing. Implementation of
our foreign policy over a pc
riod of years has been mar
red by inept timing. By COM
pariSon, the Soviets have been
notably adept in the timing
of some of theirs. frequently
using United States election
periods for major policy &C
tionS.
In traditional pattern, the
Soviets again geared a major
political-military coup in =
making" to the time-frame