Correspondence
"Correspondence" Tito had defied Stalin and somehow gotten away with it. Hence, according to the dictates of proper diplomacy but also out of some need for inner reassurance, the Soviets sought...
...Practically no one in the West realized in 1956 how divided and unsure of itself the Soviet leadership was, and how debilitating were its apprehensions concerning Communist China...
...Unlike a Westerner or one of Khriashchev's conniving subordinates, the personable Mi~unovi~ was someone to whom Khrushchev could unburden himself, especially about his troubles with impossible colleagues, ungrateful Poles and Hungarians, and the obtuse West...
...At times, Khrushchev could lie shamelessly, and though MiEunovi~ usually caught on, he didn't always...
...And unfortunately, now the Soviets are no longer acting on sheer bluff...
...Yet one does not reach the apex of the Soviet pyramid by being only trustful and truthful...
...Deluxe accommodations -- TmvUips Dept...
...Theo Lippman (author of "Campaign Fundaments" in your April issue) for the liar he is by "baring all" at his next press conference: that should "put an end" to these vicious rumors...
...But let me remind Mr...
...Bethell out of the country...
...his death...
...With Mi~unovi~, Khrushchev would sometimes lapse into a confiding mood...
...Hence, according to the dictates of proper diplomacy but also out of some need for inner reassurance, the Soviets sought Tito's advice and approval when it came to dealing with the problems de-Stalinization brought them in Eastern Europe...
...Tito and he agreed that "there would have to be [Soviet] intervention if there was a counterrevolution in Hungary...
...However, I was startled by Robert Nisbet's review, particularly as I look on Bob as an old campa~ero...
...Nevertheless, they later lamented its excessively brutal character publicly, which incensed the Soviets, who had begun to feel that they had gone too far in humoring Tito, especially since it aggravated their relations with Peking...
...D Sarkes Tarzian Inc...
...I believe there is some kind of penalty involved for those caught writing about economic theories without resorting to jargon and obfuscation so you'd better hustle the estimable Mr...
...It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing and we were permitted to scorn nothing but indifference...
...Despite his aristocratic"arroSAVE YOUR GAS...
...C O R R E S P O N D E N C E 0~QIoD0iI6IoiO08~I0gQogQg0o0~aDOIgD~6t0BaQU~O04IQaiIQ08~QI0IQ0Q910Uag~QoIIoB00QQ0iamII0QaIQoQ~mQQggQqg00oI00B00Qg0~IDQiOD8QiiiiGa~GaI~0IQgQ~jQ0Qg~QDQ6DQQ The Mobile Holmes Having considered E. Digby Baltzell's The Protestant Establishment a striking case for confining WASPs to reservations, I do not plan to read his latest work on the Boston and Philadelphia Protestant ethics..If I did, I might go bonkers and join the IRA-Provos...
...And then in many ways, Midunovi~, like his own leader, remained a Communist committed to the idea that you cannot make an omelette without bre~aking some eggs (occasionally quite a few...
...H. GephuHzon San Fransisco, California There opportunity America...
...I have in various legal journals assaulted the old pirate for his eccentricities and clobbered various legal scholars who considered him "liberal...
...John P. Roche Fletcher School, TuJ~s University Medford, Massachusetts Siding With Bethell I have long thought that Tom Bethell has an uncanny and enviable gift of writing on esoteric economic subjects with clarity and knowledge...
...This may be "arrogant," but it is the credo of an honorary Celt--not of one of Baltzell's desiccated WASPs...
...As it was, through sheer bluff Khrushchev discouraged the United States from protesting vigorously enough the events in Budapest, and Britain and France went ahead with their fatal venture in Suez...
...Roam the world by freighter at savings of at least 50...
...Had the West known of these things and shaped its policies accordingly, it is quite likely that the tragedy of Hungary could have been avoided or mitigated, relieving in turn some of the international tension of the time, notably in the Middle East...
...The sticking point was his commentary on the contrast between Oliver Wendell Holmes, J r . , the Boston "aristocrat" and John Graver Johnson, the "egalitarian" Philadelphia lawyer...
...F107, 163-09 Depot, Flushing, NY 11358 gance," Holmes was one of the first to respond to "the trumpet that shall never call retreat" and--with three Civil War wounds--was only miraculously able to write for posterity...
...His "Siding With Supply" (May, 1980) is an exemplary piece of writing about supply-side economics, easily the best short piece on the subject I have read...
...Hell, it's the best piece on the subject, period...
...I suspect the "egalitarian" Johnson, "democratic and humble, his office filled with clients rich and poor," sat out the Civil War developing his fine art collection...
...Nisbet and your readers that to say "Holmes wrote all his life for posterity" is a bit quaint...
...Reagan has courageously permitted a newsman to examine his hair for dyes and behind his ears for facelift scars, I sincerely hope that our great President will follow his opponent's example and show up Mr...
...Since then we should have, but have not quite, learned how to react to the Kremlin's outrageous actions...
...Bloomington, Indiana THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR JULY 1980 43...
...C } n e of the most important aspects of Mi~unovi~'s journal is the way in which it allows us to see again how often (though not always) the Soviets profit from the secretive nature of their decision-making...
...I think I have read all of Holmes' published works, even the jejune Holmes-Laski correspondence, and his Supreme Court decisions...
...For instance, for all his perspicacity, and despite his being present when Mao insolently baited the Soviet leaders, even Mi~unovi~ did not realize how much the Chinese problem was already preoccupying the Kremlin and affecting its policy in every sphere of foreign relations...
...Through great good fortune in our youth," Holmes wrote in his old age, "our hearts were touched with fire...
...BEAT INFLATION...
...Holmes at 90 sitting on a bdnch in Lafayette Square, admiring a well-turned female ankle and observing "oh to be 70 again," is surely a more worthy cultural paradigm than a rich antique Philadelphia lawyer getting his kicks from a picture on the wall...
...William F. Gavin McLean, Virginia The Ends of Good Government Now that Gov...
Vol. 13 • July 1980 • No. 7
