Evening star., 1962-01-03
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Kotongo Lobby VS. State Department PROPAGANDA
Rocky Road to New Frontier

'ent propaganda
uation) by putting through
the decision of the Security
Council"
1t is obvious that Pravda
agrees with Secretary Rusk,
Ambassadors Stevenson and
Lodge. ETC., as to the advis-
ability of elimin a ting
Tshombe and severing Ka-
tangan ties with the West.
1t is also obvious that Prav-
da, which is notoriously re-
luctant in promoting anti
Communist causes, does not
share. the belief of these gen.
tlemen that U. N. activities
in the Congo constitute a
barrier to Communist pene-
tration. in Africa. It is OBJ
vious that here avda
agrees with former President
Hoover, Richard Nixon and
Senator Dodd that the Ka-
tangan activities of this esti-
mable organization do not
hinder in the least the Com
munist cause.
Daniel WolkOnsky.
Carl T. Rowan, who ap-
pears to be something of an
extremist" on the liberal
side, was appointed to his
high State Department posi-
tion in furtherance of Presi-
dent Kennedy's program to
accord status to Negroes"
Last June, Mr.. Rowan made
an Incorporate attack upon
former President Harry Tru-
man before a pro-Negro au-
dience in Washington. 1t
seems that Mr.. Rowan did
not like what Mr.. Truman
had to say about "meddlers"
who left Northern cities to
flout the laws and customs
in Southern States.
Now Mr.. Rowan takes the
rostrum to smear those
Americans who dare oppose
the Presidents policy of
blindly following the lead Of
the anti-West United Nations
in the Congo debacle. He
classifies all dissenters Gin
cluding, I suppose, former
President Herbert Hoover) as
a "conglomeration of arch
conservatives" which en-
braces assorted fanatics and
race bigots.
My own opposition to the
Central Congolese govern
ment stems from the un-
speakable and unrestrained
atrocities committed by Gen.
tral Congolese troops upon
innocent and defenseless men,
women and children of
the white race. So far as
I know, the Central Congo
leSe government has done
nothing to apprehend and
punish these black savages,
nor has any Central govern
ment leader denounced their
heinous acts! These atroci-
ties were no myth" gener-
ated by Belgian propaganda
as liberals of Mr.. Rowan's
ilk would have us believe.
Harvey H. Hewitt.
All the ,suave explanations
of Secretary Rusk, and his
voluble subordinates, will not
convince the American peo-
pie that the United Nations,
with our full support, has
the right to wage this hor-
rible aggressive war on a
peaceable people, whose only
crime is that they do not
wish to become tied to their
natural enemies, and just
wish to be left alone.
I have two English friends,
one who spent 38 years and
the other 20 years in Nigeria.
Northern Rhodesia, and
many times, have been in
Katanga. They say that the
Katangese, assisted by their
friends the Belgians, are the
most progressive people in
Africa. They are intelligent
and industrious, they have
nothing in common with the
rest of the Congo region, and
want to rule themselves, just
nothing more.
They have invaded no one;
all the killing by United Ma
tionS soldiers has been on
their soil. They are fighting
for their homes and soil, and
are being crushed by an
overwhelming world power.
They will be forced to unite
with Communists, and we
are helping.
We are the only great ma
ton doing this. The other
great powers will not be par
ties to the uncivilized crime.
A. ListOn Townsend.
Haddonfield, N. j.