LOYALTY PROBERS ENDANGER OUR CIVIL RIGHTS
FARRELL, JAMES T.
LoyaltyProbers Endanger Our Civil Rights from JAMES T. FAR RILL AMES KUTCHER, a legless veteran of World War JI, was recently dismissed from a minor governmental post because he admits to...
...I am inclined to i„t< the effectiveness of this technique ol totalitarian rule somewhat higher th,.n Dneproff and Spassky seem to do...
...Although I have both radio and television receivers...
...etc...
...Aaron and Rubin Maloff happen to te ,ich in the school system that will benefit most in dollars and cents from tin prohibition of aid to non-public ¦¦tiiools Children in paiothial schools ,:m ci anted in to determine how much .. state gets fioin the federal governin'nt but ,u e ( minted out as far as Ik: (tit- aie concerned...
...We spent many happy months there...
...I also believe that the number of people .Mm feel that they belong to the ruling ia.-s...
...Parochial Schools Should Share In Federal Education Benefits From LEO A. ERLON I WOULD LIKE to comment on the r.rticle by Aaron and Rubin MalofT <.\>ic Leader...
...It is also having a most serious demoralizing effect...
...I bet there are millions of radio and television set owners who would be glad to pay an annual license fee of five dollars or more to relieve radio and television from their present sponsorship...
...Seeing that the dollar of a moron is just as valuable as Einstein's dollar to the seller of goods, and morons are far more numerous than Einsteins...
...Picture my amazament at what I see today...
...Mr.Shub's artifjjes supplied graphic proof of that suspicion...
...Congressional Election Proved Real Mandate-for Liberalism From FERDINAND HARRISON ALL TOO MANY LIBERALS nowadays aie showing the offeets of nvu leading 'he ' ensoi vativc pi ess...
...Roosevelt...
...On some details, however, I cannot be a.- optimistic as Dneproff and Spassky ,ii i in then letter...
...HENRY CHAMBERLIN 1 WAS NATURALLY INTERESTED .ri the comment of V. Dneproff and A Spassky on my article about the government and people in the Soviet Union...
...Mr Kutcher hns not been granted a public hearing...
...Otherwise you may soon find yourself aiguing that black is white...
...So that we can print the greatest number of divergent opinions on diverse subjects, we request you limit your letters to 250 words or less...
...For in the states which have universal suffrage — that is...
...There is not one single activity financed partiallv by fedeial funds that is not to some extent federally legulated or controlled...
...May 211...
...The McMahon amendment would permit funds to be granted to nonpublic schools for non-instructional purposes...
...LoyaltyProbers Endanger Our Civil Rights from JAMES T. FAR RILL AMES KUTCHER, a legless veteran of World War JI, was recently dismissed from a minor governmental post because he admits to membership in the Socialist Workers Party...
...We're just mild about Harry...
...let*s hear from you...
...souk thing un-American in I'luf,I ng t" ,i iinnoiity...
...Paul, Minn...
...the North and West — the people displayed remarkable distaste for reactionary policies, and a clear-cut taste for the New Deal...
...San Diego...
...Keep up the good work...
...Hut the Soviet rulers have had three decades in which to consolidate their power by a combination of unlimited propaganda with unlimited terrorism...
...Every building used by the public — the 10-cent store, groceries, ticket offices, all have a "for colored enly" sign over the part which the Negro may use...
...Their knowledge of Russia is more intimate and recent than mine...
...Only fascists...
...He is demanding a public hearing both for himself and for his party...
...Had Justice Douglas or General Eisenhower been the candidate, the Democratic victory might have achieved Rooteveltian proportions...
...And suddenly this beautifully mannered person becomes so hostile, so ugly as he talks about "niggers...
...Key Watt Florida...
...The resurgence of Republican strength in this Congress — through the alliance with Southern Democrats—may have stopped, temporarily, the President's program, but that has little to do with the mandate...
...it is pretty hard to forget that the voters threw out a Republican Corfgress and elected a Democratic one...
...the liberal victory becomes even more astounding...
...According to the Maloff duo...
...the Thomas bill for federal aid to education, comes from those liberals who fear that such mauling of the rights of minorities will lead to fascism in these United States...
...I would assert that it has a full right to the maintenance of its position publicly, and that James Kutcher...
...That means ( xti.i tunds foi teachers anil schools in ai(,.s hke New York where there is a l..ig' parochial school population...
...The practice of arbitrary exclusion, so clearly indicated in the Kutcher ;ase...
...May L'lj...
...It is clear that the current handling of loyalty casts is not only resulting in unfairness, in injustice, and in tndangenng our civil rights...
...1 support that demand...
...I have Jong suspected that the Stalin dictatorship rested on a pyramid of fear and that even at the top there was bound to be uneasiness...
...this would endanger the separation of church and state By what manner or means would pei initting Catholic school students to ride on public buses violate the histoi ic sepal ation of church and state...
...or at least that they have "made . coo" under the Soviet regime, is large • ieugh to hold the system together i til and unless there is a very strong •.'« k. In brief, I am all for cultivating to tin- utmost of our ability the potential 'icedorn fifth columns which exist in the Soviet Union itself, in its newly annexed border areas and in the satellite -dates But I think it would be a mistake to arouse such exaggerated In pes of the strength and immediate potential effectiveness of these fifth eolumns as to lead the American people to nefleet full and adequate military pi' pai edness...
...as a citizen of this country, has the same light...
...Dear Editor: The Sew Lemder encourages all letters, irrespective of subject or point of view...
...1 am not opposed to fair procedure which will be used in a democratic ,vay in order to rid the American government of espionage agents and spies...
...so 1 -.cv to viiu discouraged bbeials - it you must read columnists, stick to Tom Stokes, the Alsop hrotheis, Dons Fleoson, Marquis Childs and Mrs...
...What confuses me sometimes- but only very briefly—is that I have spoken to many whites—charming, well-educated people—who please one very much, but the inevitable race-problem always is discussed...
...I thought your answer able, ; ut incomplete Fur the mandate given by the voters was not so much for Mr...
...This is your department...
...And, if one remembers the lack of enthusiasm for Truman ("To err is Truman...
...It proved that thanks to the Republicans' hasty return to reaction in the '46-'48 period, The Republican Party could not beat the Democrats' weakest candidate, even with Wallace and Thurmond in the race...
...and there is certainly no difference of opinion between us as to ultimate objective...
...There is not a single American who has the least desire to annex Russian territory or to oppress and exploit the Russian people...
...Catholics in particular have had unhappy experiences in every country wheie education is state controlled...
...Schenectady, N. Y. Debate on Russian People Continues From WM...
...Despite .ill the cajolery of Walter L.ppman...
...I only hope our State Department planners take notice of these symptoms of a dying state...
...I choose to think, however, that any democrat must react as I do...
...Cambridge, Mass...
...Tl < Malolf ,n guui' uts like 11" ist otlii- acam-t pei nutting Calholn clnl<!:i n to shaie in th" benefits imply that Muse...
...This kind of treatment, especially in the case of a legless veteran of the World War, is shameful and inext usable...
...So the conditions, which—as Dneproff and Spassky point out drove the Russian people back to Stalin from fear of Hitler's program of race superiority and economic exploitation, would not arise in a Soviet-American conflict...
...The freedom of education and the separation of church and state are two principles that arc absolutely necessary for the welfare and continued existence of the parochial school system in the United States Refusal to accept federal aid for instructional purposes may be the price that Catholics will have to pay to keep their schools free...
...Key West now has a naval station, and all the rotten prejudices of the Southern boys have been established there...
...New York, N. Y. Key West Now Jim Crow Town From MARIAN REUTER THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, my husband and I came to live in Key West as the only southern city in which discrimination was not practiced...
...The So;:alist Workers Party has been arbitiaiily placed upon Attorney General Tom Clark's subversive list...
...From JOHN ROURKE ALLOW ME to add my voice in praise of Boris Snub's most enlightening articles, "The Russians Can Be Had" (The New Leader, May 14-21...
...Reason, logic falls on deaf ears...
...Catholics in particular would icfuse any fedei al aid for purposes in ,<nv n ay i elated to classiooni activities...
...Nowheie is this mole evident than in tile eontroviisy over "the mandate" of the last election, nosed in your paper by a lei - :<¦:• from WU1 Herberg (The A'eic Leader...
...I do not agree at all with the Socialist Workers Party...
...but against the reaetmrnrv : ' 'laics !„ st exemplified by the H' - : ublican Eightieth Congress...
...1 hope that James Kutcher wins his right to a hearing, and that he is lettered to his post...
...The sponsorship of such broadcasting by advertisers is fast icducing its subject matter to the level of the lowest order of intelligence, mostly trash...
...The dismissal of Kutcher seems to me to be inexcusable...
...T:u!ii,,n...
...nannies liquidate- minniitics St...
...Gary...
...1 do not believe a dear-cut civil liberties ease is indicated...
...is one which can only help to lot the moral fiber of the nation...
...I seldom bother to listen to their programs...
...It is true that the Soviet peoples know what Communism means better than they did in the time ol tin civil war...
...Perhaps the fact that I am a Jew makes me particularly sensitive...
...George Sokolsky, David Lawrence, Mark Sulilvan, Arthur Krock el al...
...advertising sponsors cater to moron taste for the most part...
...in close union with our the i partnes in the Atlantic Pact...
...The Kutcher case is different in character...
...The opposition to the exclusion of non-public school children from the benefits of S. 246...
...If it continues, intelligent men with a sense of honor and dignity will merely refuse to participate in any kind of necessary governmental enterprise...
...Radio Fare Panned From HERBERT M. MERRILL I AM GLAD TO SEE William E. Bonn going after American radio broadcasting practice...
...Fred Busby, Harold Knutson, and Joe Ball shows this...
...The defeat of men like Curley Brooks, Richard B Vail...
...We would al) equally welcome a political overturn in Russia that would bring freedom to the Russian people and an end to communist aggressive expansion...
...In the case of genuine espionage agents and spies...
Vol. 32 • June 1949 • No. 24
