The Wichita Beacon from Wichita, Kansas • 18

yrrrryyi The World in Focus ilTidjita (Eagle and XllC BcaCOll World Leaders Change Their Way of Thinking Published by th Wichita fag I and Btacon Publiihirf Co Inc Fsundtd In 1672 by MARSHALL MURDCCK 1837- 1908 VICTOR MURDOCK 1871 I94S BRITT BROWN President RICHARD JENNINGS Vice President and Secretary WARD COLWELL Vice President and Treasurer DON BOYETT Editor JOSEPH BEEMILLER Director of Sales CLENN CUMMINS Director of Operations MRS MARCELLUS MURDOCK Honorary Chairman of thy Board MARCELLL'S MURDOCK 1883 1970 EDITORIAL OPINION PACE Paga 2B Sunday July 16 1972 A Goodl Meii Bui Not lEuouglbi By WILLIAM FRYE UNITED NATIONS NY The world has just had a fascinating glimpse into the strategic thinking of the Chinese leaders Peking is shown to be severely critical of tha isolationism" preached in the United States and wants America to maintain its strength abroad This is of course precisely contrary to the general popular impression of what China's view ought to be If taken at face value and there is reason to think it may be it represents a startling turnabout LV THE AND '60s a major motive for American involvement overseas at least in Asia waa to contain China At first glance it would aeem that Peking logically should resent the continuance of that policy On the contrary China sees it as a useful counterbalance to Soviet power So say Representatives Hale Boggs and Gerald Ford respectively Democratic and Republican majority leaders in the House of Representatives who had lengthy talks with the top Peking leadership during a recent visit (the Chinese leaders) don't want the United States to withdraw from the Pacific or the world at any point" Ford quoted them as saying think our presence is vital for the stability of the world and the withdrawal of the United States would lead to instability of the It was not clear whether this applied to Vietnam where the official public Chinese position is the opposite But there could be an element or logic in it even as applied to Vietnam So long as American forces are In the South the North will be heavily dependent on China (and ths Soviet Union) Once the United States has withdrawn historic antipathies between the Chinese and Vietnamese are likely to resurface producing at least a kind of Titoism In Hanoi In those circumstances Sino-Sovict competition for influence in Hand would take place with Peking at a severe disadvantage Total American withdrawal would be a distinctly mixed blessing for China The Legislative Budget Com mittee the other day proposed a J20-member reduction in the size of the Kansas House of Representatives The committee preparing a proposed draft of a constitutional amendment to modernize the existing legislative article said the House should be cut from its present 125 members to 105 so that there would be three House districts in each senatorial dis- tativea though there is some question that cutting out only 20 would be significant The obvious advantages in reducing the size of the House are economy increased efficiency and the possibility of better facilities for those House members remaining But what is the advantage of having three representatives per senatorial district? Surely it trict The Senate would con- doesn't take three representa-tinue with its present member- tives to do the legislative job of ship of 40 The committee is certainly right about the desirability of reducing the number of represen- one senator The figure 105 probably is the result of an attempt at psychology' There are 105 counties and if there are 105 representatives it can be made to aeem that there is a representative for each county just like in the old days Individual county representation disappeared when the one-man one-vote system came into being The House of Representatives could operate more smoothly and more economically with 80 members than it does now That would be a 2-to-l ratio over the Senate The people of Kansas would still be adequately represented hokay we ell have our little Cxechoslovaklea" The principal condition for fuller to erect a Soviet umbrella over Send a Jet world championship chess match His avarice his fits of temperament and his general immaturity reflect discredit upon Watching Us tion of the peace talks In Paris The-e observers say the nomination of McGovern on a strong If the United States had deliberately set out to create the worst impression on the rest of the world it could not have done better than choose Eobby Fischer to represent us in the us all although officially ha represents no one but himself Maybe the State Department would be well advised to send a jet to Reykjavik to bring him home Sino-American cooperation as set forth in the Nixon-Chou communique last February was that in (ho area" (le Asia and ths Facific) should diminish Tension in Korea has greatly diminished in recent weeks and new efiorta are being made adjust Vietnam Meanwhile China is broadly hinting it is receptive to overtures from the Japanese government And Washington has agreed to hi Boeing sell (ISO million worth of 7U7 Jf-s to China All this would be surprising indeed tn a modern ftp Van Winkle awakening from a sleep which had begun in the Dulles era Peking propagandists have tong dwrihed ihcir regtmo as a "pi Ctena" Hirer in 1if lfTC's ihe rmnmret may actually bo earning the label aa a bid much of South and Southeast Asia at the expense of both China and ths United Stales It would extend eastward the Soviet now provided to many Arab states Thera was scant enthusiasm for the idea even among left-leaning Asians They were reluctant to breomo involved however indirectly in the Sino-Sovict quarrcL So the idea was dropped BUT NOW FOLLOWING the upsurge of Soviet influence in India Soviet organa of opinion have picked it up and once again art urging its merits is understandable that China seeing the shadow of Soviet power creeping eastward on threoof her borders should welcome a connterbalanco from lh lo led Sum and Washing? nn tosh parallel pniAumi In Ike fl(La-raiLitaa war last year and on occasion have found IhcrEeNrs algrcd 11a CN It seems unfortunate that the outcome of the Democratic National Convention should have an effect rm the peace talks in maker must decide whether to ait tight until November and see if he win or plunge Ahead with the war on the presumption TI1K SOVIET VIEW OF JdtiionuinH in America is much leas critical than the Chinese Moscow's pressure still la in the direction of evicting American influence everywhere the two superpowers are in competition (which it to say virtually everywhere): in Europe fat the JUulea'U in the Indian CHf an in Suth Asia in Latin America OS foie jtutiio hit tern trying in retire a drimna'ie enitTprite which ir-iwil to have dt in the 4 vuntyytrnt frr An paitnrf )n the proposed ayrietn would of ftwnf to I ho Soviet Union the urd vnutd ri bo invited Tui war baerprefed Co mru v-au eri deal with after that? take ir account io hi future actions concerning the war Obi-erura In Peking U-Lev the nomination of George ArJ in Me Govern roupv with if- nomination a delicate revel romi-v of Cl ur- SW he has promised trt have plated the Nrth to have all I' A force and pri ietramr tn a tfiple- ou of Indochina dapf matic it 'Men ftr the rcump- alter hi inauguration the war- the eyes of the North Vh-t-ramese are trained on our election campaign almust as cicely a ourt are Ul hope the Viri-ramesa have a much difficulty undrrttinding American pohttgj as wesomrtirrrs di Kl fi James View McGovern lias Job Ahead Thv Observer The Arl of Losiiur Well Takes Great Talent Si iMtv j't toii' rcL-u: wuctlir? 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