Show Looking Ahead By Dy Dr George S. S Benson Denson Director Director- National Education Program Searcy Ark VODKA OR MORALITY I The miserable life being enforced enforced en en- forced upon the people behind the Iron Curtain by the present Communist leaders and the true nature of those leaders are clearly spotlighted by three events of or the past few weeks 1 the workers revolt in Poland against unbearable circumstances 2 the dramatic airliner escape to Western West ern em Germany of seven Hungarian citizens and 3 the escape of Ion Jon Romanian Olympic track star while participating In a track meet in London Dramatic escapes from behind the Iron Curtain have been con conn constantly and there have been untold instances of at spontaneous revolts but these recent events are significant because they come at a time when Khrushchev Khrushchev chev and their cohorts I are trying to convince the world that they are cut clean-cut decent peace-loving peace humanitarian political cal office holders spreading freedom free tree dom dam good cheer and plenty throughout the Communist em ern pire Vodka Party Broadcast Even more significant Is the tact fact that these incidents of ot terror un ua under der brutal dictatorship have occurred occurred oc OCr oc- oc while the tare press of ot the world was filled with pictures of ot American Air Force General Na Nathan Na than Twining drinking toasts and smiling comradely with the Red leaders leader at parties in Thoughtful citizens of the United I States are moved to inquire of our aut governmental leaders What code of morality permits vodka drinking drink ing with and the lending of or prestige prestige pres pres- tige to Communist leaders Khrushchev Khrushchev chev and the rest Hanson W W. Baldwin military Journalist of the New York TIMES was in Moscow to cover the Twin Twin- ing Communist visit Baldwin cabled cabled cab cab- led to his paper The voice of the United States Air Force Chief of 01 Staff recorded on tape has been broadcast repeatedly over the Moscow radio and end it is evident that this Communist capital of the world is doing all It can oan tete a tete between United States and Soviet leaders Blow To Resistance In other words by giving public social acceptance to Khrushchev and other Russian police state bosses bosses drinking drinking toasts with them beaming smiles at them while the cameras click the click the United States whether she means to or not Is giving prestige and additional international power to the Communist conspiracy Resistance Resist ance ante among the vast hordes of people behind the Iron Curtain I diminishes to some extent at least momentous decisions by nations na lions outside the Curtain are swayed sway ed toward acceptance of at the Sov Soviet iet lets Reporting on Vodka diplomacy diplomacy diplomacy diplo diplo- macy the U U. S. S News and World Report said Soviet photograph ers were always eager to snap the General Twining drinking with a 0 aRed aRed Red leader When such photographs photographs photographs photo photo- graphs reach the run Communist-run newspapers In Poland what will bethe be bethe bethe the reaction of the workers of or Poman Poznan Poznan Po- Po man who rebelled against their Communist bosses What will be bethe bethe bethe the reaction of the widows and other relatives of or the workers shot down in the streets by Red tanks Is Js this good international relations rela rela- relations Is it an expression of morality morality to to compromise with evil Of ot course not Terror Is Real It If we are to believe our own eyes Khrushchev and their Communist apparatus are operating a police state stale with police pol pal ice terror as their club over enslaved enslaved en en- slaved millions Ion the Romanian Romanian Romanian Ro Ro- Ro- Ro manian hurdler is real He took his life lire in his hands and ESCAPED in London from his police state chaperones The seven Hungarians Hungar fans ians who overpowered the Communist Communist Com Corn crew of a Budapest airliner air liner and flew it into West Germany Germany Germany Germ Germ- any and freedom July 13 are real people The police state from which they fled is real They gambled gambled gam- gam bled their lives to ESCAPE from the men with whom U U. U S. S leaders are being photographed beaming and drinking vodka Two years yeara ago I was in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington when President Eisenhower made a great speech thrilling to the whole world except the Communist Com Com- Party membership In ef sect feet he said the U S. S A A. was a friend and ally of ot all lov freedm-lov lag ing people on earth and that she would never compromise with evil Every American citizen should insist that this great pronouncement pronouncement pro pro- pronouncement be re established tim un- our national morality and giving inspiration to the mil millions lions Boas of miserable people under the yoke of Red tyranny |