Alcala 1958

Th ere it is. In one par agr aph , Sulzber ger summa rizesand endorse sthe ba sic mis tak e in the of fic ial U. S. pol icy on commu nism. In so ma ny word s, he spe aks on behalf of all the pol itic al exp ert s and new spaper pund itswh o shap eand dire ct the U .S .lin e an d U .S . pub lic opi nio n. No te the lin e ag ai n: " Leg itimat el ywe can not objec tto commu nism as such . But we ca n an d do objec t to So vie t impe ria lism ." It is the line of aid to Tito, the lin e of contain me nt,the line of pea cef ul coe xis t­ en ce. It me ans that you can liv epe ac eably DarlingDaughter Fr om our Si be ria n cor res ponden t com es the sad sto ry of the Ru ssi an mo the rcondem nedto the salt mines for her bi tte r de nu nc iat ionof the So vie t go ve rnme nt.It seem s that one da ywhile she wa s vio len tlycriti ci zin g the Kr em lin , he r son furio usly wr ote do wn wh at she sa id . As her final "D ow n with the Pa rty " rang out ac ros s the room, he r son shu t his no teb oo k, sto od up an d sta lked out of the house . His ki d sis ter ,an xio us lyob se rv ingall of th is , followed him ou tsi deand caug ht up with him. "N ik it a,my br oth er! "she cr ie d. "W he rear e you go ing ?" "T oPa rty He ad qu art ers , de ar sist er, " he re pl ied , " to rep ort the sho cki ng sub ­ ve rsiv esta tem ent swe 've just he ard ? "B ut Nikita, " she pleade d, " y o uv e do ne eno ugh for the Par ty .You tur ne d Papa in . Let me tu rn in Mama ." Bu t the issu e isn't So vie t imper ial ism . Th e issu e isn't nucl ear war . It isn't pe ac efu l co ex ist en ce. It isn' t even dem ocr acy . Th e iss ue is just ice. The issu e is char ity . Th e iss ue is Christ. And wit h Chr ist ther e can be no tep idity. With Chr ist ther e can be no com promis e. 65 aph, Sulzberger rizes a s e i l . i nism. , l s its e a . . li i n. in: itimately t t t unism as such. But t i t i lis ." i ent, l t- ence. It means that you can live pe bly rling Daughter rian ndent s f ssian mother c ned t r nciation f i t rnment. I tly izing lin, i sly t i . n s t t o k, f . fl t r, i u ly r ing f is, ll t i e t . i ita, " i d. here a '· o t ll adquarter lied, "to - e s ents w ." t , d, ou've ty. 1i . m l . ' , i ni m er. ' t km. ' . " ef l i L ee. ' ,· acy. li . ity. i i it . lui rn i e. wit h communism as lon g as commu nism see ks no other wor lds to con quer.

Soon we' ll be ba cked by su ffi cie ntarmed stre ngth to be abl e to sit down and neg o­ tiate wit h the Ru ssia ns. "Man to ma n, I don 't like the Red s any­ mor e than you do. Why , some of my best frie nds are n't Communis ts. Rut let's fac e it, fri en d. You an d I have to ex ist on the sam e pla net with them, so we mig ht as well ex ist pe ace ful ly.Otherw ise,pal , ther e'll be war, an d you wouldn't want that , would you? "Take Mo hamm eda nismand Chri stian ­ ity . They co ex ist . So do Prot estants and Cat holi cs. An d Jew s and Gentiles . Th ey' re all on the same planet an d the y all pea ce­ fully coe xis t.They dis ag reewith eachoth er but the y don 't wa ge wa rs." From the Siber iansec tio n of the plan et, there 's nobody aro und to commen ton thi s real ism or on the subj ec tof hum an rights . There 's nobody her e fromSib eri ato exp lai n to the peac efu lco ex ist er that Chr isti ani ty and commu nismare irr eco nci lab lecont ra­ dic tor iesand can not co ex istin pea ce. Pe ac e with commu nismis as ulti ma telyimposs ible as coe xis ten cewit h canc er. Th ere 'sthe hea rt of the mat ter. Am eri can for eign an d dome sti cpo lic ydoe sn't see the prob lem as a war bet we en Christia nityan d communism,but as a wa r betwee nthe "f re e worl d" and So vie timper ial ism .The po lic y is doomed to fai lur e bec ause the U .S . doe s not kno w her enem y. Sh e ha s bee n try ing to fig ht So vi et impe ria lism . Sh e has no t been fig ht in gcomm unism . From hi s ivo ry tow er, Cyru s Su lzberg er, son of the pub lish erof the Ne wYor kTi mes , pro cla ims:"It is no t the task of U. S. for­ eig n po lic y to oppo se commu nismas an ide olo gy . Our tra dit ion is to allow an y countr y to cho ose its own form of govern­ men t. Wh at we opp ose is ens lave ment by outsid e powers . Legi tim at ely we cannot ob jec t to commun ismas suc h. But we can and do obje ctto So vie timperia lism. " (Em ­ pha sis ad de d. ) 'l i nt t - ns. , , nists. B d. , ful y. ise, , 'l 't "Take Mohammedanism and - ity. ist. ts lics. . re e - xist. re ian , ' t e t . 's nobody l in ef l er i ity nism ncilable c - ies i t . e nism tel ible tence er. ' . ica i stic l l e nity ni e t iali . l e . y. i t riali . ting uni . , er, l er o k T es, l i s: . - li y e ni l gy. itio y - t. t e . timately t l unism . ct i t lism." - ed.) i