EDITORIAL: OUR ANSWER TO KHRUSHCHEV (09/17/60)

EDITORIAL

OUR ANSWER TO KHRUSHCHEV

Soviet Dictator Nikita S. Khrushchev, alias "Hangman of Ukraine" and the "Butcher of Budapest" will land on the shores of this land of freedom on September 19. It is true that we Americans cannot deny him the right to visit the United Nations. But because of his conduct, his uncivilized and hooligan-like behavior in Paris and his subsequent campaign of slander and vituperation against our Chief Executive and against the American Nation as a whole - we can deny him the privilege of coming to the United States and enjoying the hospitality of the American people.

Khrushchev is coming here purposely to discuss disarmament at the U.N. General Assembly. He has the audacity to come here after grossly insulting our President and our country. He comes here after instigating anti-American riots in Japan and after subverting Cuba into a Muscovite satellite. He is coming here after he and his government openly defied the U.N. in the Congo turmoil by sending arms and military personnel into that country.

Challenge to American Honor and Pride

Last year when Ukrainian and Americans of Ukrainian descent demonstrated and marched in protest against the "Hangman of Ukraine," most Americans were passive onlookers, wondering why these "refugees" were so incensed against Khrushchev who, they said, came to this country in good faith to alleviate world tensions.

This year, we are sure, he comes as an uninvited impostor to use the U.N. forum for his anti-American venom and slander. To abet him in this purpose he is bringing an array of his minions and puppets: top communist leaders from Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, Ukraine and Byelorussia. It is also announced that Fidel Castro, the latest puppet of Hangman Khrushchev, will also visit the United Nations General Assembly. We can imagine what Khrushchev has in mind when he has ordered all the subservient minions of his empire to join him at the U.N. He is planning a general psychological attack upon the United States and its allies in the very heart of the United States - New York City.

Bold Step Must Be Taken Against Russian Dictator

There is no doubt that much depends upon the attitude of the United States whether Khrushchev's great design - to humiliate and compromise the United States before the eyes of its own people and those of the entire world - will be realized.

We know, of course, that the entire anti-Communist America will march in protest against the totalitarian boor of Moscow. Organizations such as the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, similar groups from other American segments with eastern European backgrounds and American war veterans will peacefully demonstrate against the criminal Russian communist dictator.

But this will not be enough, to say the least. The United States Government, and particularly President Eisenhower, has a wonderful and crystal-clear opportunity to cut the unabashed boor to his size and set the Russian and quislings reeling. It is because we fail to seize such opportunities that Moscow has gained a reputation for propaganda superiority.

In practical terms, the U.S. Government should make no effort to meet him either on the national or local government level; there should be no official notice or recognition of his arrival, no U.S. personnel should be assigned to accompany or guard him, and his travel should be limited to the U.N. building exclusively. Furthermore, our propaganda media , especially the "Voice of America" should inform all the captive nations behind the Iron Curtain that Khrushchev is a persona non grata, unwanted and hated by the American people.

The matter of Khrushchev's coming to the U.N. General Assembly is no longer the sole concern of Eastern European exiles and anti-Communists. His bluffing and blustering require more than the habitual defensive shadow-boxing.

There are times when the American people should unite decisively and show their strength as Americans. This is such a time.

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