Evening star., 1962-01-02
Kotongo Roges On

errors of judgment and of
decision and to make them
appear as great successes,
We are being told by ad-
ministration spokesmen that
Americans had it all wrong
with regard to the Congo.
That United States support
of the U. N. attack against
anti Communist, pro West
Katanga, an area Of wealth
and of relative order, was the
only course of action which
could lead to a solution of
the entire complex Congo
problem and the only way in
which this area could be de-
MED to the Communists. Also,
we are told that Tshombe is
really a no-gooder, that his
anti-communism is a little
on the flimSy side, that he is
perpetrating a great decep-
tion on those Americans who
support him. And to add
sophomore touch, Carl T.
Rowan, Deputy Assistant Sec
retary of State for Public
Affairs, blames our misunder-
standing of the United States
role in the Congo on the
American hackers of Tshombe
who are a conglomeration of
arch = conservatives; people
who oppose the income tax;
avowed defenders of racial
segregation; opponents t S of
fluoridation of water; those
who want to destroy the
Supreme Court. largely be-
cause of its ruling on school
segregation. This from a
high official of the Depart
ment of State! These re-
versals of the truth, con-
cocted by a sudden shifting
of the facts-even those pre-
viouSly bScribed d to by
Washington - are precisely
what must be planted in our
simple little minds so that
Mr.. Kennedy will be absolved
of a calamitous, tragic blum
der.
1t is shocking to all of us
when dishonesty is uncov-
cred in high places in our
Government and we clamor
for a housecleaning, for rid
dance of those charged with
the indiScretion. When a lack
of integrity is revealed in our
administration leaders, when
they engage in efforts to de-
ceive us in order to save
themselves from the conse-
quenceS of their acts of stu
pidity and poor judgment,
there is no clamor that those
charged with this breach of
trust be purged. Why is this?
Have we completely lost our
sense of moral responsibility
and of sound Judgment?
Americans had better wake
up and begin rejecting false
doctrines. It's a long way to
1864 and our first chance to
rid ourselves of those in the
New Frontier who seem to
place themselves above the
interests of this Nation. I
doubt that patience can
stretch that far.
F. w. Barnes.
*% 4 Il
The Soviet and our State
Department have finally de-
cided on a common course
of action-bloodshed in Ka-
tanga.
It seems that the issues as
explained by the so-called
liberals in State have nothing
to do with self-determination
or aggression called some
thing else.
All this was in reality
caused by that pin-up villain
of all time, big business or
big mining interests, as they
say. We should have known
all along. Soviet editors please
copy if you can stop laughing
long enough.
Such a line, which should
have taxed the imagination
of any but the liberals, proves
that they have even less re-
gard for American intelli-
gence than they do truth.
Owen Allen Keen.
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The general public has
been denied knowledge of the
the inside Congo story which
was revealed to DR.. O'Brien,
heading the U.N. mission
there. 1t was a sordid tale
of a profit-swollen enter
prise, the British-organized,
British controlled Union
Miniere. The latter financed
the Katanga secession in the
interest of it's major stock
holders the Belgian colonial
government, Tang ganyika
Concessions, Ltd, two Bel
gian financial firms, as well
as Rockefeller, South Afri-
can, French and Rhodesian
holdings.
Congo independence