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-10 (Rer. 10-20-37) Too My aELEANOR CROOSEVELT Trotiei Clayton Tek.Roon Hotlona Lebanon Is certainly having a hard timc. The probiem does not scem to be as slmpic as who shall bc elected to the presidency and whetier there shall be changes in the constitution. Underiying thls thcre xems to be interferenct from other Arab states, #o the real problem is whether Lebanon Is to be swaliowed up. by the United Arab Republic, through which Preskient Gamal Abdel Nasser has spread the power of Egypt over Syria and Yemen. Every current gain for Nasser, Seraune c? hhs clone ties with the Sorket Union, ks a galn for the Soviets. Thx werds spoken between Sovtet Premier Khrushcher and Naser about non-nterfer. cace by the Sovkt Unlon in Arab afairs soem to it pure nonsense. This is serious business, and whether the presence of our Seet. in the Mediterranean wlll be enough assistance to heip the Lebanese to resolve thcir dlmcultles in their own way is one of the things we can hope for while watching what gots on from day to day. # Jn the New Yerk Berald Tribune bst Sunday there were two cartoons drawn by the Sovkt Union's two outstanding cartoonists Ivan Semyonov and Vitali Goryayev.. The one by Goryayev gave that gentleman's Lrst Impression of New York City and iis ieverish peopie in their huge sutomobjies. I must say that jt was an amusing inpression and possibly one that any o! us mlght have recelved.. 4 # I.am told the House Un-Amerkan Activitics Conwmlttee was troubled by Cyrus Eaton's criticism o! the FBI. Have we reached thc point where a gentleman conducting. inquirics Into various subjects is not to be permitted to ezpress an opinion on branch of our government? Whal k happening to eur eid feeling that we hare thx right to hold oplnsons and to express them--eren t chaage them if we And that we had changed eur point oI view? No one, I beliere, Snd they whahed to soe us.. Wash. Post and. I don't expect that everyone will agree with Eaton's criticism, but that he should not be allowed to spcak his picce without being Times Herald ' cailed by the Un-American Activities Commlttee seems anbellevable. Wash. News Wash. Star . N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal- American N. y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News. N. y. Times Dally Worket The Worke? -- Ij :: iti. New Leader YyPstM!. Juh 3 1958 Date MAy 28 195i