Show What a Are re Russian Visitors Afraid Of Quite a number of distinguished visitors arrived in the United States Wednesday On the liner Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliza Eliza- beth were the former prime minister of England Winston Vinston Churchill and Harold J. J Laski former chairman of the British Labor party On an American Overseas Airline plane landing at La Guardia field were Dmitri famed Russian composer and six other Russian scientists writers and artists The manner in which the visitors reacted reacted reacted re re- acted to their American welcomes was interesting Churchill and Laski t talked freely to reporters who interviewed them The Russians refused to answer questions questions and and scuttled away as quickly as possible into three limousines which whisked them off to Russian a hideaway It was almost as if the Russian visitors were afraid But why There was was no hostile demonstration The reporters reto reporters re- re to porters and photographers were really interested in them Perhaps the answer i ito to their conduct is that they felt compelled compelled compelled com com- b by Russian governmental pressure to put on mental if not Ph physical blinders blinders blind blind- ers as soon as they entered this country Our state department charges that is Soviet policy today today today-to to deliberately isolate isolate iso iso- late the Russian people from contact with the west The state department charges the he Soviet government is afraid to let the Russian people learn the truth about the United States Commenting Commenting Commenting Com Com- on the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace which the Russians are attending and which is expected expected ex ex- petted to tp be a forum for Soviet pro-Soviet propaganda the state department in a white paper listed dozens of instances in which America had attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted to establish cultural scientific and technical exchanges with Russia The department then charged that Russia fears a free exchange of ideas because it would reveal the failure of the Russian system and weaken the iron grip of Soviet leaders on the Russian people It will be in interesting to see see if the Russian delegates and pro-Communist pro spokesmen at this New York conference will answer this state department charge charge and and answer it in the only way it can be answered by accepting the challenge for the establishment of of free cultural cultural- scientific and nd technical ex- ex changes |