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...HAVE TO feel sorry for Public Health School doctor Bernard Lown. He's receiving the Nobel Peace Prize today in Sweden, and probably nothing so far in his distinguished life has given him so much unexpected grief. He's been called naive by Reagan Administration officials; his credibility has been challenged by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and he's had to answer endless questions about how far in cahoots his Soviet counterpart, Dr. Evgueni I. Chazov, really is with the Kremlin bosses. And all along he's patiently repeated over and over again the leitmotif of his group, International...
...would think that an American winning a Peace Prize would cause unanimous national congratulations, but such has not been the case. Why all the hubbub? Many conservatives have pointed out that Dr. Chazov, who will jointly receive the award with Lown, is a member of the Soviet Central Committee and one of the Kremlin leadership's personal physicians. Lack of knowledge of this fact can be excused, but now it's well-known. It seems even more pointless at this late date constantly to mention the obvious lack of influence the Soviet people have on formulation of their country...
Western conservative critics are missing the point. Lown knows that Sakharov has been treated poorly. He knows (hopefully) that Soviet public opinion doesn't matter a damn. He's probably as well-informed (or better) on Soviet history and government than most Western political leaders. What Lown's detractors should concentrate on instead is the mental copout which Lown and millions like him in the West use every day to justify a dangerous misreading of the superpower rivalry...
...Marked tendency to focus on nuclear weapons as the be-all and end-all (literally) of U.S.-Soviet bilateral relations. Dr. Lown is certainly a victim of this. It was also reflected in the priorities of the 3,000 (or was it 30,000?) journalists gathered at the recent summit in Geneva. Reports filed back home and questions asked at press conferences focused with remarkable consistency on nukes. An alien observer might conclude from IPPNW's work and Geneva that the U.S. and the Soviet Union are just conglomerations of defense firms playing some giant version of the boardgame "Billionaire...
...physicians' co-presidents differ markedly in political sophistication and influence. Lown, 64, long associated with Harvard's School of Public Health, is largely apolitical except for the subject of disarmament, on which he has strong opinions. Last week he stated that the unilateral Soviet ban on nuclear testing, announced in July, "should be reciprocated by the West" as an inducement for "enormous achievements" at the upcoming Reagan-Gorbachev summit. Chazov, 56, director of the vast U.S.S.R. Cardiology Research Center, is a member of the Communist Party Central Committee and head of the group that oversees medical care for members...