WE RECOGNIZE SOVIET UNION, WHY NOT FRANCO SPAIN TOO?'
Winograd, Maurice
We Recognize Soviet Union, Why Not Franco Spain Too?' From MAURICE WINOGRAD IN RE YOUR EDITORIAL on the Spanish question, ["What Is Recognition?" January 28) please stop splitting hairs about...
...Is 'Revolution' Always 'Good', He Asks — Then What About Hitler, Mussolini...
...But would Mr...
...Now Reader Winograd accuses us of splitting hairs by differentiating between "diplomatic" and "literal" recognition of one government by another...
...As we have been pointing out for a long while, Stalin and Franco have concluded a sub rosa alliance...
...As a stimulus to Russian disaffection, however, it must be reckoned as one of our government's soundest moves in years...
...It's all very silly, this debate about the Spanish issue...
...McMahon Speech Misinterpreted' from HAROLD O'CONNELL In ALL the comment on Senator McMahon's "50 billion" speech, I think there has been a great deal of naivete displayed...
...One may even yell, "For Shame, For shame...
...But as an American patriot of Jewish origin I cannot forget Franco's conduct in the instances mentioned above...
...For the Bolshevik Politburo, gaining new victories day by day through Western oonfusion, can not seriously be expected—now or at any other time—to lay bare their entire slave system to the world, nor to permit "agents of bourgeois democracy" to walk—and talk—with their discontented people...
...May I add, however, that those of your readers who are sincerely interested in the subject of the historical Jesus as opposed to the mythological Christ, might gain much by reading Karl Kautsky's book, Foundations of Christianity,published in 1925...
...He, no doubt, merits eternal damnation on a bonfire of dimenovels...
...According to Messrs...
...Congratulations to Judah Goldjn for that review of Mary, by Sholem Asch (The Neu> Leader, Jan...
...And isn't it remarkable that Hitler's Spanish friend should have provided a haven for Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution...
...Nor are the revolution-lovers prevented from overlooking the fact that we in 1776—like the British in 1689, the French in 1789, and the Russians in March, 1917—revolted to end tyranny, not to establish it...
...I DON'T KNOW how to explain these strange, historic facts...
...Of course, they have had a grievance against Franco since the Spanish Civil War when Russia tried to impose her will on the Loyalists and thereby messed up the good fight for freedom...
...I say most commentators have been naive because they played down the serious political warfare ("Whisper of America", etc) aspect of the speech, while taking as a serious basis for action the propagandist ("Global Marshall Plan, etc...
...Funk and Wagnail, one of the meanings of "revolution" is "a radical and unusually sudden change of government, or of character, social conditions, or the like...
...Tom Swift Fan Protests Fiedler Article From SIDNEY H. MISS DING, Bang, Bosh* I'm fightin' mad...
...I refer to the word "revolutionary," which Soviet apologists are now employing with devastating effect to foster a Milquetoast policy in Asia...
...For those interested in a factually detailed account of the life of Jesus and his time, which checks and double checks the account of Jesus as narrated in the New Testament, Klau»7ier's Life of Jesus has not been surpassed...
...It is extremely important to Communism to make it appear that Madrid, and not Moscow, is the seat of Fascist power...
...Two Praise Goldin Review Of 'Mary' From f. M. LEIMKUHLER, S.M...
...But the main practical argument against Franco is that anything that helps his regime automatically helps Stalinism because, contrary to Reader Winograd's opinion, the real Moscow line is not to attack Franco but to woo him...
...Thousands of Jews escaped death at Hitlerian hands by fleeing to Spain...
...But surely you don't consider the Franco regime a greater evil than the despotisms which have their origin in the ideology that preceded the rise of Fascism...
...The latter, we wrote, involves mere acceptance of a reality...
...From BEN DAUBLIN MaNY thanks to Prof...
...It makes the bogus "new democracies" a shining contrast to Fascist Spain, while Russia pushes her plans for world domination...
...Fight fiercely in the glorious tradition of your heroes...
...These tactics I understand perfectly, but I can't understand why any loyal and sober American should follow the Moscow-set line about Spain...
...Dayton, Ohio...
...Compared with the Red imperialists, Gen...
...Of course, the latest book on the subject is, Why Jesus Died, by Pierre Van Paussen...
...Such approval, or friendly political intercourse, must obviously be accompanied by normal economic relations if it Is not to be a farcical gesture...
...Such propaganda, because it's aimed against a regime that happens to be fascistic, does wonders for the Kremlin despots and their agents everywhere...
...If we want to ignore the dictionary and insist that "revolution" is a "good thing," it seems to me we must call Peron in 1946, Hitler in 1932, and Mussolini in 1922 "counter-revolutions...
...Colo...
...The move to resume normal relations with Spain was about the only sensible step made so far by State Secretary Acheson...
...It gives us a good idea of how historical this novel is...
...Kautsky seems to emphasize the social and economic background of early Christianity as passed down to us from Roman, Jewish and Greek sources...
...And surely you know that, contrary to the views of apologists for Russia, there is no difference between a Communist state and one ruled by Fascists...
...And by this definition, we must accept Hitler's advent in 1933, Mussolini's in 1922, and Peron's in 1946 as "revolutions'' Certainly Hitler changed the patterns of German life as much as any of the Stalinist heroes in East Asia...
...But, I submit, that the principal motive behind the Communists' campaign against the Franco regime springs from a desire to confuse the public for Russia's benefit...
...when a mere reporter, hiding under a pseudonym, has the colossal temerity to pontificate that the debatable conduct of one or two psychiatrists has set psychiatry back 30 years...
...Franco's outfit is innocuous...
...But that didn't make me raise an eyebrow...
...Obviously, any plan based on Soviet acceptance of international control, inspection, and ownership of atomic energy can not be more than a "modest proposal...
...The main reason why Communists and fellow-travelers'are forever ganging up on Spain is to divert attention from the real danger—Soviet imperialism...
...You are correct in stating that "Franco has stood before us for a dozen years as a symbol of unremitting evil...
...From MERVIN STACY ALLOW ME to register my enthusiasm for Norman Angell's brilliant discussion of leftist illusions, which he calls "neglected scrtufces of Communist Power...
...If anything, the former is more thorough in stamping out its opponents, real or imaginary...
...A Reply We AGREE that Franco does not represent the menace to peace that Stalin does...
...Nowhere does this definition—or any other to my knowledge—make revolution per se a "good thing" or a "bad thing...
...To the religious liberal and radical it is a "must...
...What irks me is the fact that, in portraying Franco Spain as the prime evil among Fascist countries, commentators give aid and comfort to the Red Fascists and to their supporters in this country...
...Deals are handled by intermediaries in Egypt, Iran and Afghanistan...
...but the former includes approval...
...The New Leader, January 28, 1950...
...Put isn't it remarkable that, despite his association with Hitler, Franco stood idly by while the North African invasion was being prepared under his very nose...
...appeals which have absolutely no chance for implementation...
...Denver...
...In this connection, it should also be remembered that the United States had an ambassador in Spain during the war years 1942-45...
...It may not have been according to Hoyle and Freud to diagnose a person as a psychopathic personality without subjecting him to an examination...
...This fact, of course, does not deter any of the fuzzy heads from arguing that there is a "revolution" (good thing) brewing everywhere the Stalinists have an army, and that we, as old revolutionists, are duty-bound to assist it...
...The unforgivable und unpardonable sin that made me fightin' mad was the review of Love and Death by your Leslie A. Fiedler...
...Judah Goldin for his review of Mary, by Sholem Asch (The New Leader, Jan...
...To insinuate that Frank Merriwell books were obscene and that Tom Swift merely expressed phalic symbolism in his inventions of cannons and dirigibles...
...And while, like yourself, I do not favor recognition of the Chinese Communist regime, it is a matter of record, I believe, that The New Leader has not opposed American recognition of those other Red-dominated governments with which we are doing business, or rather, which are giving us "the business...
...True, during the recent war Franco sent troops to fight on Hitler's side against the Nazi leader's former pal Stalin, who was catapulted into the democracies' camp for the duration...
...We are happy to note that U. S. News and World Report (February 3, 1950) now confirms this as follows: "Spain's Generalissimo Franco, while talking anti-Russian, is building a rather flourishing two-way trade with the Russians...
...Winograd deem it wise to ship goods to Spanish ports which can be swiftly transferred to Russian bottoms?—Id...
...Arise, ye legions of ex-Frank Merriwell and Tom Swift readers...
...This book will appeal to the 20th century reader...
...28) And credit goes to you for the selection...
...And in that case the actions of every Communist-inspired group in the world are steps in the greatest of the "counterrevolutions" which began in November 1917...
...So that, while I still disapprove of the Spanish dictatorship, I don't see why our own government should not exchange envoys with Spain, where we have a Charge d'Affaires, anyway...
...I am opposed to every form of dictatorship, but I doubt that the Spanish working masses, under Franco, are as enslaved as Russia's workers under Stalin, At any rate, there is no question as to which of the evils presents £ greater menace to the United States and to world peace today...
...Franco is shipping mercury, lead and textiles in exchange for Stalin's cotton, petroleum and fertilizer...
...But that didn't make me raise two eyebrows...
...January 28) please stop splitting hairs about the "difference" between "diplomatic recognition" and "liberal recognition" of one government by another...
...Van Paassen attacks the orthodox and Fundamentalist ideas of the Trinity, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church," and the other myths associated with Jesus and devoutly maintained by the orthodox, which at the same time ignore the social significance and the Jewish origins of the teachings of the Master...
...And while I enjoyed the firm and hard-headed way in which Sir Norman attacked the catchphrases "capitalist," "progressive," "imperialist" and "socialist," there is one phrase—currently doing a good deal of damage—to which I wish he could have devoted a little more attention...
...for that reason, The New Leader has long concentrated its main fire, not on Spanish Fascism, but on Soviet Communism...
...Believing Senator McMahon to be as astute as he is idealistic, I would say his Global Marshall Plan paragraphs were Intended primarily for Voice of America transmission as a demonstration of American willingness—and Soviet unwillingness—to cooperate for peace...
...As an a tempt to reach a modus Vivendi with Stalin, the McMahon plan will go the way of all other such plans...
Vol. 33 • February 1950 • No. 7
