Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR
The Cuban Blockade: Its Wisdom and Ron,ificotions

AHBN NABABHHHSA SsSBAS
heard the steady tread of the
elephant approaching 1864.
Of course, the mouse
missed the boat badly when
it turned Chicken" and ran
for cover at the Bay of Pigs,
abandoning his friends and
allies to the mercy Of the
Communists. At that time
Castro could have been
thrown into the sea with no
danger whatever to the
United States and with the
loss of relatively few men.
Now even the taking of Cuba
is accompanied with much
more danger than it would
have been earlier but, even
now, it would not be a direct
attack on Russia, and, there
fore, much the better way to
settle the problem.
Geo. Harrison.
Purcellville, Va.
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Once again the United
States press, radio and tele-
vision have brought near
hysteria to the American Ma
ton following what appears
to be a premature decision
by the White House.
Surely, after II years Of
a cat-and-mouse cold war
we should be familiar with
Soviet planning and tactics.
Quite obviously Russia has
no real need of her rocket
bases in Cuba for she is fully
capable of pin-pointing any
target on earth with rockets
launched from within her
own continental territory. 1t
follows, therefore, that the
bases in Cuba have been
erected to draw a parallel,
and as the next week or
two will reveal. present
United States hySteria will
be Russia's key witness in
presenting her case to the
United Nations, a presenta-
ton which will strive for the
removal of American con-
trolled NATO rocket bases
from the usso-TurkiSh bor-
der and elsewhere.
The fact that we are sup
posedly the good guys, and
they are the bad guys will be
stricken from the records of
any unbiased international
law court, and the facts will
speak for themselves - in
Russia's favor.
John Patrick Callahan.
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Even should there be an
outbreak of hostilities, the
Cuban affair could wind up
neatly packaged as a birthday
present for the U. N.
Whether pre-arranged or
by accident, this is made-to-
order for the one-world pro-
tagonists, and from start to
finish appears to be the mas
ter stroke in a grandioSe dis
armament scheme.
Two key points stressed by
President Kennedy were an
appeal for disarmament and
placing the issue before the
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How else could the one
worlderS hope to disarm us
except by staging a clash or
near-holocaust. arranging" a
cease-fire and/or peaceful
solution, and use it as an ex-
ample of what could have
occurred had we not been
saved" by the U. N, and
thereby convince the gullible
American population Of the
utter necessity Of disarma-
ment?
Alfred S. Henning.
1t is now the point of no
return - either we fight our
most horrible war, or sud-
denly the Communist-run
countries must cease to think
of themselves as demi-gods.
I am glad that this coun-
try has acquired real bone
for its spine instead Of mere
cartilage. This is the first
positive statement to come
from the President since he
took office.
Elizabeth r. Long.
The international situation
appears grave. In this crisis
and personal ones pray to
meet my God in peace. That
should be the chief motive
of every mans life. Truly
man has forsaken the old
paths and gone after fire
flies of materialism. He is
spiritually impoverished; dry
bones in a valley of illusions.
This is not a war between
communism and capitalism
but rather a war between
God and mammon.
Ethel T. Adams.