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Editorial Opinion
Khrushchev Fumb!ed
By Dooming Conference
Nikita KiiruOichev, who so adeptly intercepted the
United StAc..; el rant pass in the big summit game, had a
clear field to paydii t m ostracizing the U.S. and dealing
a e blow to its prestige in the eyes of the peace-seek-
mg' wm lci
But we can't help but feel that as he turned his eyes
to gloat over the response of the fans to his grandstand
play, lie lost sight of the goal and fumbled on the one-yard
line by causing the end of the conference last night.
His adamant attitude refusing to compromise his
impossible ultimatum sounded the death knell for the
hopes of a tension-weary world that any solutions for
such ominous problems as the Berlin situation, German
reunification or disarmament would come from the con
ference.
President Eisenhower had already granted certain
concessions and said the spy flights over the Soviet Union
would cease. He could go no further. And he was wise in
holding his ground.
The thing - that caused the greatest loss of U. S. prestige
last week was not the discovery of spy flights themselves,
but the various and uncoordinated prevaricated statements
and explanations made by different departments of the
U. S. government. Eisenhower's stand at the summit was
at least an improvement in this aspect.
Khrushchev smartly handled the spy plane incident
by releasing just portions of the information at a time
and allowed the U. S. to wallow in its own quagmire of
lies, excuses and conflicting statements, where all the
world could see.
U. S. stock crashed in the uncommitted nations. Her
allies were solely distressed. Britain and France, which
had been chastised by the U. S. in the 1956 Suez flareup,
weic thrown into a position where they had to return the
favor.
With the great propaganda victory he had just scored,
if Khrushchev had gotten down to business at hand, i. e.
Berlin, Germany, disarmament, he would have been in a
superior bargaining position for pushing such arguments
as elimination of American foreign air bases.
But he bypassed this opportunity and forced the
closing of the conference, thus proving that he was not
really interested in resolving these issues. And this was
his mistake.
Britain and France and other Western allies are
migrating back to the U. S. side. Neutral and uncommitted
states can see that the resolving of disputes that threat
ened world peace was not the Soviets' paramount objec
tive but merely the perpetration of anti-U. S. sentiment.
They now have equal cause for rebuffing the Soviet Union.
So things are once again at a stalemate except for
R couple of important questions. What ahout Berlin? What
about disarmament?
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Snowed
Behind The Summit Conference
Although a U. S. spy plane
was shot out of Russia's skies
more than two weeks ago, the
strongest shock wave emitted
by the clash of steel caused by
Russia's remarkable rocket
striking the U. S. aircraft just
reached the earth's surface on
Monday.
It rebounded off the ground at
the French city of Pails on Mon
day amid four world leaders sit
ting around a conference table,
The shock
wave caused
great damage to
international le-
lations and reli
able estimates
say this damage
will take a year
or more to mend.
In a period of
world history
decisions
that are made in
seconds will de-
termine the en- MYERS
tire course of future events, the
question arises as to whether we
can afford this year of delay.
What were the hidden factors
behind the breakdown of sum
mit negotiations? A glance at su
perficial reasons may direct one's
attentions to the infamous spy
plane.
But, it appears to go deeper
than this. If there was no spy
plane incident and Khrushchev
arrived in Paris without an ex
cuse for wrecking the conference
that he had campaigned so long
to set up, would it have accom
plished anything concrete? Obvi
ously no one but Mr. K. knows
the answer to this question.
It does appear likely that Khru
shchev was sincere in his bid for
world peace and it is highly pos
sible that if a more peaceful at
mosphere had preceded the meet
ings, some progress would have
bcen made.
The Red Premier is faced with
internal problems often resembling
those faced by our own presi
dent. Although Russian public
opinion doesn't exert an obvious
part in government policies, the
Soviet leaders are not stupid
enough to ignore it. The time and
effort they devote to promoting
favorable propaganda is an ex
ample of their effort to mold pub
lic opinion.
The recent spy incident appears
to be more than just a normal
propaganda campaign. The inci
dent showed a weakness in the
Russian defenses which scared
many Russians and provided ma
terial for Khrushchev's political
enemies to use against him. So,
while having no choice but to de
rive all the propaganda value
that he could from the incident
he still attempted to save the sum
mit conference.
That's why he didn't recall Ei
senhower's invitation immedi
ately. That's why he said that the
president might not know of the
spying. This gave Eisenhower an
"out." All he had to do was say
that the flights were unknown to
him and the conference might
have succeeded.
However, once Eisenhower
publicly admitted that he was al
ways aware of the spying prac
tices carried on by the Central
Intelligence Agency, the internal
pressure on Khrushchev left him
likke choice but to snub Ike
However, by doing this. Mr. K.
failed to exploit his most prom
ising opportunity. We were the
guilty ones and France and Bri
tain had condemned us His na
tion had an additional psycho
logical advantage created by the
launching of man's largest arti
ficial satellite.
Yet, because of internal forces,
he was unable to take full ad
vantage of one of our biggest
blunders in recent years. By
blasting the Western powers he
re-united France and Britain sol
idly behind the United States.
The question that is still pres
ent in American minds is how
such a crucial issue like spying
could be handled in such an ab
surd manner.
By now everyone is familiar
with the conflicting statements
that U.S. officials issued after the
plane was shot down. Then in an
attempt to explain the entire af-
Little Man on Campus
(' it'NT KICK ME OfF TH' TEAM COACH DO YOU WANT
ME TA FLUNK OUTTA COL.l,EGel'ff
Letters
Soph Asks Return of Bike
TO THE EDITOR: I thought I
could do it. I really believed that
I could have a bicycle for a whole
year without having to lock it
every time I go into a class. But
I was wrong. I was sorely wrong.
I guess my report of a stolen bi
cycle will only add to the already
long list.
I still find it hard to believe
that my bicycle was stolen; it
could be that someone was in a
hurry and borrowed it, to be re
turned upon his earliest conven
ience.
I sincerely hope that the person
who borrowed it will return it;
because if it isn't, all my opinions
about the honesty of Penn State
and State College will be shat
tered.
I would just like to remind the
person who takes a bike that it is
not like taking an object which
Seckinger Praises Students
•
TO THE EDITOR: Now that
Spring Week activities are con
clued, I would like you to know
that the behavior of your stu
dent body was outstanding.
In my fourteen years here, I
can't remember when what is
necessarily a period ,of vast con
fusion went off without an inci
dent,
The police department is most
grateful for the students' adult
attitude and their willingness to
cooperate with us as we carry out
our duties. What's more, several
residents of the fraternity section
went out of their way to com
ment about the splendid manners
of those working so hard to get
ready for the big celebfation.
A word about the floats, too,
WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, 1960
by joel myers
fair how the United States violat
ed a corollary of international re
lations by formally admitting the
spy incident. It might' have been
wise for the White House to fol
low an often quoted phrase "Dis
cretion is the better part of valor."
The lack of a clear-cut policy
in this matter has caused more
damage to our international pres
tige than billions of dollars of
foreign aid wilt be able to re-es
tablish. Let's hope the govern
ment adopts a uniform and con
crete policy before another "inci
dent" occurs.
The apparent moodiness of both
Khruschchev and Eisenhower on
Monday reminded us of two third
graders arguing over baseball
play. Both saw the play through
prejudiced eyes and neither was
willing to budge an inch.
Let's hope that world leaders
with the fate of mankind depend
ing on their moody decisions have
the ability to compromise.
by Dick Bibler
can easily be replaced; it is not
something that a student will miss
for a week and then write out
another check for. There is value
in this object than its apparent
worth. To me, my bicycle was a
transportation necessity, which
means now that I will no longer
make some of my eight o'clock
classes after working in the morn
ing.
It stands for many enjoyable
trips; it stands for all the care
that went into it; it stands for
1700 miles since September. And
I can not write oui a check for
another one, as it is no longer
replaceable.
Will my cycle be returned, or
must I go on for two more years
at the University knowing that
at least one dishonest person exists
at Penn State?
—Frank Banker, '62
although it may not be a police
matter. In past years, the Spring
Week themes were not particu
larly of major interest to all of
our residents. But the Mother
Goose motif, carried through with
such skill, was of universal appeal
to children of all ages.
As your student body increases
in numbers, all the evidence of
past history would indicate that
our police problems would multi
ply accordingly. I'm happy to be
able to say that, thanks to an
understanding student leadership
and University administration, the
opposite seems to be true at the
moment.
—Matthew A. Seckinger, Sgt.
Acting Chief of Police
State College