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COMMENTS FROM THE CAPITOi.
by Vant Neff
fthe was a mother. Her
son was in Viet Nam. Mili
Tar-V Advisor. And she felt
had no business being
;2ere* when I pointed out
not to he there was
10 ahandon the country, and
eventually the world, to the
^ ' Mimunists — she replied,
(,t, we always tie our
selves up with the wrong
hind of people.”
* here is the observation
a well-meaning do-good
*[r- Perhaps liberal and do
gooder are synonymous.
here are circumstances
''hen we have as much to
fear from the actions of the
liberal do-gooders as from
the dedicated Communists.
v\ hen I made the obser
vation that even Batista
v as less of an evil than
(astro, the answer was —
1 es, but must we always
be on the side of dicta
tors ?”
A 1 wr a y s is a long
time. And, idealistically, of
course, we wish that dic
ors were elected to
mfice by democratic proces
ses. But, don’t you remem
ber when Cheddi Jagan was
considered a do-gooder,
• v-ith the interest, at heart,
; --’r. the people of British
i Guiana? . . . and do ycu
remember when Herbert L.
Matthews, then writing for
the New York Times, “con
vinced'’ us that the revolu
tion in Cuba was not Com
munistic, but simply the
dictates of the agrarian
' >r self-government?
All of which adds up to
— there are many plans
V ’ processes by which the
( n.jurists are knocking
f t one country after an
on, er. We have to defend
ourselves, not only against
tee avowed Communist, but
also against the naive do
goodor, who unknowingly
aids the Communist goals.
* * *
It is a little thing. Yet, it
v its broadcast to the nations
ct Europe and most of the•
<u entries in this hemisphere.
11 Idle rela'ivcly unimportant,
ii shows ! z nature and char
acter c' the Russians. It oc
cur rr • on the televised track
meet of the Russian versus
the / icrican athletes. It had
been agreed by both parties
that the points scored by the
males and female s would
be calculated sejxirctely. The
American males beat the Rus
sian, but the Soviet girls
tr our cod nur pals, lloth coun
tries had affirmed the agree
ment . . . yet, to show them
selves as the winner, the
Soviets violated this agree
ment. for all the viewers to
see, were the point standings
— lumped together — which,
in total, placed Russia first.
As we see it, the Russians
will violate an agreement in
sporting events, in interna
tional diplomacy or in mili
tary matters, whenever they
see any advantage in breaking
it. IIow long will they honor
the Test Iian Agreement?
* * *
Taking Mr. Khrushchev
at his own words when he
replied to Peking — they
believe they can bury the
Capitalistic West without
overt war. Overt: — mean
ing outright, declared war.
There was no mention made
about brush-fire wars, jior
about the subversion and
conversion of discontents
into training and scrub
wars, in places like Latin
America, Asia and Indo
nesia.
All of which means that
the present Washington at
mosphere of rosy co-exist
ence — and agreements to
ban nuclear testing — ap
pear to me to be anything
but a new era in Soviet
comradeship.
* * * *
Despite rumors to the
contrary, the Negro's cam
paign for civil equality was
not originated by the Com
munists, nor is it as yet
dominated by the Commu
nists. Eist u would be
strange indeed if the Com
munis* s did not try to move
in and make the beat of a
great opportunity for mass
violence and racial warfare.
And that’s just what they
are doing.
Growing b e h i n d-the
scenes Communist influ
ence, backed by Party
Funds, would like to divert
the movement towards
armed revolt and other
bloody tactics. The moder
ates and other passive
resistance advocates are be
ing pressured to step aside.
Furthermore, the Party
seeks in the campaign a
rewarding hunting ground
for new members, espe
cially among the Black
Muslims (who now demand
one-fifth of the United
States for their own per
sonal use.)
* • •
They’ve done it to us
again! We’ve never lost a
war, and we’ve never won
a peace. In my judgment,
we’ve been had again.
While the Test Ban Treaty
may have beneficial as
pects, there are many points
which are contrary to our
best interests and, certain
ly, to our intentions.
Russian p o 1 i c y-makers
play with us like a cat plays
with a mouse. Consider
this — the agreement says
that any nation can become
a party to the treaty auto
matically by notifying the
three signers that it agrees
with the treaty. This means
that East Germany and
Cuba, with whom we have
no relations and with whom
we do no business, merely
by signing the treaty, rec
ognize us and we, perforce,
recognize them regardless
of the fact that we disclaim
it.
It goes further. The
agreement says that while
no nation will test in the
atmosphere, under water,
or in outer space, a nation
may test in caves or under
ground. Therefore, Cuba,
with lots of caves, can be
come the developing ground
for Communistic e x p e r i
ments.
When you take into con
sideration that the Bar
Association has plainly
stated that Russia has brok
en fifty out of fifty-three
agreements into which she
has entered . . . when you
retain in your full reason
ing that the Communists
mean to annihilate us . . .
that every interval in the
Cold War Is intended to
consolidate their advances,
you begin to question
whether wily Khrushchev’s
intention was not only a
Test Ran Treaty, and a
means of consolidating but
also gaining recognition for
East Gcrmapy and Cuba.
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CLEVELAND UPi — A 14-year
old girl — who fled a Cleveland
hospital because of fear she will
lose her leg — has agreed to re
turn to the hospital. The girl,
Christine Simco, has cancer of the
hip.
Doctors say surgery is needed to
save her life. The girl’s divorced
mother, Mrs. Lil Simco, opposes
an operation, which could lead to
amputation of a leg. However, a
juvenile court judge gave permis
sion for surgery.
Christine ran away from the hos
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garb of nightgown and bathrobe,
she went to the apartment house
where her mother lives and hid in
the asement. Early this morning,
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Her mother, away at the time, re
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Christine told a reporter:
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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS
Tiy The Associated Press
In South Viet Nam — The rev
olutionary government is out with
a new version of how President
Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh
Nhu, were shot during the revolt
last week-end. The official version
last Saturday was that they killed
themselves. Now the revolutionary
government calls it accidental sui
cide — saying Diem and Nhu died
in a struggle for a guard’s pistol.
Reports continue to persist that
they were slain.
In New York — Governor Nel
son Rockefeller is expected to an
nounce formally tomorrow that
he’s in the race for the Republican
nomination for President. He has
called a news conference at Al
bany and an aide says his plans
regarding the nomination will be
announced then.
In Sulphur Rock, Ark. — The
men defeated the women in con
tests for various city posts. The
women had campaigned vigorous
ly. The men, on the other hand,
generally ran a quiet campaign.
In the end they won the post of
mayor, treasurer-recorder and
four alderman posts. Mrs. Varna
Travis, a leader of the so-called
Women’s Party and defeated can
didate for mayor, said the worst
opposition came from women.
— • —
In Moscow — Premier Khrush
chev said today the Soviet Union
has not given up plans to put a
man on the moon. He told a visit
ing group of American business
men: “We have never said we are
giving up our lunar project. You’re
the ones who said that.”
— • —
In Washington — The State De
partment says the new government
of South Viet Nam has requested
U.S. recognition and the request
is under consideration. News offi
cer Robert McCloskey said the U.S.
reply will be given soon but did i
not elaborate. However, the ma- •
chinery for recognition is already
in motion, and the formalities are
expected to be completed within
one or two days.
— • —
In Italy — Heavy rains have
touched off flooding and land
slides in sections of North Italy.
High winds have pushed tides far
up the delta of the Po River, caus
ing additional flooding. Numerous
towns have been flooded and
scores of homes threatened by
landslides have been ordered evac
uated. The troubles are along the
Ossona River, in the Grue and
Borbera Valleys and around Lake*
Maggiore.
— • —
In Germany — The U.S. dispute
with Russia over our convoys on
the East German highway is not
yet settled — even though Rus
sia finally cleared a U.S. convoy
after holding it up for two days.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev him
self says there could be more
trouble ahead. And the U.S. is
said to be viewing the situation
as a serious one.
— • —
In England — A Chinese youth,
Koon Loi Wong, has passed his
British auto driving test with the
help of some back-seat driving. A
friend of Koon’s sat in the back
seat of the test car and relayed
the British examiner’s instructions
to Koon — in Chinese. Kon can
read some English: such as stop, go
and speed limit 30 miles an hour.
But that’s about it.
— • —
In Moscow — Khrushchev also
told the U.S. businessmen that
Russia may cancel its plans to buy
American wheat. He said: “It may
well happen that we will let you
eat your own grain.” Khrushchev
said he had received information
on the progress of the talks, now
under way in the U.S. and he said
he had sent instructions to the
Soviet representatives to break off
the talks if the Americans insist
on what he described as discrim
inatory terms.
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