Evening star., 1963-01-08

Of her country and its ac-
tions, I am saddened and re-
volted by the cruel, senseless
and unwarranted killing Of
the two helpless Belgian
women in Katanga by troops
of the United Nations Of
which we, alas, appear to be
the chief representative and
cohort. BY reason Of my
taxes, and thus being an un-
willing and inadvertent con-
tributor to such a crime,
climaxing the unethical and
illegal United Nations plan
if there be one) Of action
in Katanga and the Congo
in general, I feel a compul-
sion to protest and raise my
still, small voice" against
such a monStrouS thing, to
express my indignation and
adherence for the continu-
ing United Nations disaster
and for United States par
ticipation in it. I weep for
the bereaved Verbrugghe, for
whom there is no solace and
no answer to his piteous cry,
Why, why, why?" 1t re
echoes in my mind as realize
that for us also there is no
answer. To what depths have
we fallen!
Therefore never send to
know for whom the bell
tolls; it tolls for thee"
Mary Williams.
I wonder how many of your
readers shared with me the
Mortified sense of disgust and
shame at the picture of the
stunned Belgian crying for an
explanation of the killing Of
his wife and friend in their
family car while they we're
returning to their homes dur
ing the recent fighting in the
Congo. The photograph ap-
pearing on the front page of
The Star on January 4
showed the man coming out
of a Volkswagen, his own
wounds bleeding profusely,
but begging for an answer as
to why his family should have
been attacked, especially after
he had been told by these
same authorities that he was
to return to his home.
Perhaps these "saviors" Of
the Congo miStook the Volks-
wagon with the luggage rack
on the top for an enemy tank,
or perhaps a bomber? Or
could it be that his pale skin
was all the identity that they
needed?
Certainly it must be time
now to demand that we, the
citizens Of the United States,
be told why our military sup
plies and cargo planes are
being used in this war against
the Katangans. Perhaps at
the same time we will be
told why 1t was necessary to
support Egypt. who despises
us, against our allies IN Eng
land, France, and Israel, and
why 1t was necessary to
offend our ally. Portugal, in
her travail with Angola and
Goa, and to obstruct our ally.
the Netherlands, in her at
tempt to reinforce her troops
in New Guinea during the
crisis with Indonesia.
We are told that this Ma
tion has poured some il0
billions Of dollars into foreign
aid since the end Of the Sec
ond World War. or what use
TO our country could this
effort be II we help to humil-
late and weaken our friends
in this way2
william II. Moses, MD.
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The letters in The Star OF
January 4 regarding your
editorial, Congo Questions" "
are most interesting. I assume
this is a fair sampling Of
public opinion in which case
three out OF four people seem
10 think that we. through the
U.N., are doing the wrong
thing in forcing Katanga into
the Congo Federation. / hope
our policy-makers take cogni-
zance Of this fact In the
future.
A sore point Is the Belgium
controlled Union Miniere in
Katanga. Do our companies
not have extensive holdings
In foreign countries'
II we receive over half OF
our uranium from Katanga,
doesn't it'make sense 10 have
this in friendly hands rather
than with the Central Congo
lese government, which shows
Communist leanings along
with the rest OF the Afro
Asian bloc.
Leo J. Walker.