Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-03
NucIe0r Treaty

IL was TO be expected that
Gen. de Gaulle would refuse
to sign a treaty to which
France was not a party. The
snub was too studied for
De Gaulle to have a choice.
1t seems President Kennedy
tries hard to make things
difficult for himself when
he deals with Europe. Does
he believe the affairs of
Europe can be settled by
presenting France with q fait
accompli? Does he believe it
is diplomacy to deliberately
take England to the confer
ence in Moscow and not take
France? Does President Ken
nedy believe that the actions
of the President of the United
States by himself decide the
fate of Europe at the present
time? Does not he realize that
England does not represent
Europe and that Europe will
not accept a treaty from
which she has been os-
tentatiously left out? Is
that the way to treat allies,
allies that at this time rep
resent a force in the political
and economic fields Of equal
power to that of the United
States? It will take England a
century to realize that she is
no longer what she was in the
nineteenth century; and it is
going to take this country 10
more years to realize that
Europe has decided to take
its history into its own hands
from here on.
One more misiudgment and
Europe will make it too OBJ
viouS how indispensable she
is to the economic and mill
tary power of the United
States. De Gaulle already
has given a hint of just what
he can do to make the Presi-
dent use a different diplo-
matte approach.
Joseph I. Puente.
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The agreement Just COM
pleted by Great Britain, Rus
STA and the United States
falls short Of being as COM
plete as it should be because
it still permits underground
nuclear explosions.
AS long as these UNDER
ground explosions are con-
tinued, just so long may we
expect to see destructive
earthquakes, such as that
which laid a great city in
Yugoslavia in ruins. Earth
quakes are usually caused by
the slippage Of precariously
balanced rock in underground
stratas. Common sense
should tell us that tremen-
dous underground explosions
are likely to dislodge these
rocks and destroy cities.
With the erection of great
skyscrapers, more and more
weight is concentrated on the
stratas underlying cities. and
thus, more earthquakes can
be expected beneath cities
than In desert areas.
The agreement to ban NIL
clear testing should be i'm
mediately reviewed and it
should be modified to pro-
hibit underground explosions.
Frank G. Campbell.
y II
The test ban treaty is ridi-
culous and would be humor-
Gus to contemplate If it
were not so deadly in its i'm
plication to the very survival
OF this Nation. When has
Soviet Russia ever honored
a treaty? What Is so great
about a treaty that will dis
arm, deliberately cripple this
Nations defense and put us
at the mercy Of the Red Hit
lers?
Ruth C. Bales.
Louisville, Kentucky.
u
The test ban treaty soon
to be railroaded through
Congress is the type Of bor-
derline agreement that the
Communists delight in i'm
posing upon their enemies.
Implicit in the agreed upon
cessation Of large-yield, cas-
lily detachable. atmospheric
explosions Is a moratorium
on the testing Of the small
yield devices which the
United States must perfect II
1t is to develop an adequate
anti-missile defense system.
DR.. Edward Teller, probably
the Nations best informed
expert on nuclear weapons,
recently warned. I'm order
TO develop missile defenses
one needs TO test in the at
mosphere. but one does not
need big tests. No one In or
out Of the disarmament
agency has claimed that nu-
clear explosives under | kilo-
ton, in the atmosphere, can
be detected. With expert
ments using small explosives
missile advances can be con-