Dear Editor
DEAR EDITOR Replies to Critic of William Henry Chamberlin For years, I have admired the clear analysis, fair interpretation and sound judgment to be found in William Henry Chamberlin's column,...
...We need more journalists of his caliber and less critics of the Joseph Thomson type ["Dear Editor," May 10...
...Get a real skeptic to look at Egypt's struggles for you...
...The Chinese Communists use it constantly...
...But Israel must find her own moral grounds there...
...I find them invariably in William Henry Chamberlin's column...
...Ben Haskel...
...There is plenty of room inside them to give Egypt the old, defeatist Egypt-never-changes treatment...
...Israel has a right to peace equal to other countries...
...If this is true, I do not think it is worth talking about...
...Friedenberg suppose the Revolutionary Council tried to knock out the Moslem Brotherhood, if not to keep down the same ideas he tries to hang on Naguib and Nasser...
...New York, N. Y. Everett U. Crosby Lack of Objectivity Scored In Reports on Middle East For twenty years, the United States has needed a journal of opinion with enough fairness and money to do a straight reporting job on an Islamic country in the Middle East...
...She possesses their farms...
...The weeklies calling themselves liberal nearly always pick up the "Arab" countries by one hook: Israel...
...I heard Naguib tell half million, citizens and most of the Army in Cairo last July that the ideals of the revolution and Egypt rested on "the synagogue, the church and the mosque"—yes, in that order...
...The 890,000 homeless farmers of Palestine—the most deliberately press-ignored minority of refugees in the world—are an acute issue in Jordan and Syria...
...But must Egypt be permanently occupied in the name of Israel's future...
...But the question that must be entering the minds of many Koreans, Indo-Chinese, Siamese, Malayans, Burmese and Indonesians is this: "Asia for the Asians, yes, but for which Asians...
...They merely want to be masters in their own house...
...This method is about as sensible as studying the U.S...
...Why does Mr...
...These are important matters for the future of Africa, the Middle East and the world...
...Chevy Chase, Md...
...But most of his space would be spent unraveling the complex differences between Naguib and Nasser, the inner tensions behind the fall of the Marxist officer Mohieddin, Nasser's efforts to control the Communists, the comeback of the Moslem Brotherhood through Naguib's tolerance over Nasser's opposition, the reasons why land reform has slowed down, the cleanup in the bureaucracy and the failure to hold competent civilian ministers, Egypt's efforts to get the Sudan, and the patient efforts of Ambassador Caffery to patch up a Suez agreement that will keep Russia at bay...
...But writers like Mr...
...The Egyptians have been trying to get the British out of Egypt for two generations...
...Nehru uses it when lecturing the West...
...Where is the connection between the entry of the U.S...
...Alan F. Winslow Reader Annoyed by Lack Of Constructive Comment It seems to me that The New Leader is an almost 100-per-cent "prophet of gloom...
...Friedenberg says: "For two hours, the frenzied mob rolled through the square searching for a victim, while I sat shivering in my room" And Naguib and Nasser are being "reactionary in the most literal and old-fashioned meaning of the word," dealing out "appeals to exclusive religion and a patriotism devoid of any larger concept than Egypt for pure-blooded, pure-minded Egyptians...
...Washington, D. C. Rouben Gavoor The New Leader is doing such a fine job that it would be a tragedy if anything were to interfere with its work...
...regularly through the eyes of Puerto Rican nationalists...
...When I read The New Leader, I look for honest opinions based on information supplied by men who know what they are talking about...
...The Japanese used it in their "Co-prosperity Sphere...
...Naturally, a war between Egypt and Israel is possible...
...DEAR EDITOR Replies to Critic of William Henry Chamberlin For years, I have admired the clear analysis, fair interpretation and sound judgment to be found in William Henry Chamberlin's column, ""Where the News Ends...
...For example, Daniel M. Friedenberg, in "A Skeptic Views the 'New' Egypt" [The New Leader, April 5], says about the Suez deadlock: "The real reason the Egyptians want to place military encampments there is to foment trouble with neighboring Israel...
...As a diligent reader for more than a dozen years, I want to congratulate you for publishing a fine, liberal journal that consistently fights the disease of Communism...
...Egyptians are far friendlier to foreigners today than in Farouk's time, feeling a new self-respect in themselves...
...Such a skeptic would include Israel's need for passage through the Canal in relation to the needs of bigger and more important powers...
...But at least we'd be looking through the right end of the telescope...
...into the two world wars and the "holier than thou attitude" of William E. Bohn and "William Henry Chamberlin...
...I return to Egypt often as a working newspaperman, and never seem to work up a case of shakes...
...Why not put an end to this outdated Beau Geste bowwow about Arab injuns and Western cowboys and get down to facts...
...Montreal S. Blackshaw 'Asia for Asians,' Yes, But for Which Asians...
...Our Fulbright scholars get along fairly well...
...Friedenberg seem to think that "Defend Israel" must be the master theme throughout the Middle East, on the same lines as the Communist slogan of the Thirties: "Defend the Soviet Union...
...Crowded and vast Egypt, energetic Iraq, trading Lebanon and isolated Yemen—yes, even over-rich Arabia—all have other, more important handles they can be lifted by...
...Thomson has too many irons in the fire...
...Who, or what, does he want to roast—Bohn, Chamberlin, Rhee, Formosa or the U.S.A...
...Israel is not the key to everything...
...Bunk...
...If, however, courses and policies to the contrary can definitely be stated, why not have your writers state them...
...There can be little disagreement with the "Asia for the Asians" argument...
...The Egyptian leaders had mass rally, and Mr...
...You have the one theme of how everything is going to the dogs...
...Rome George Weller 'The New Leader' Seen from The Reader's Point of View Here is a bouquet of flowers for The New Leader's thirtieth anniversary...
...In my eighty-third year, I am tired of hearing complaints that are not followed up with constructive suggestions for corrections...
...If so, let's say so, not back into it...
...Arlington, Va...
...Each one of your laments should be followed by a brief comment on what could be done to save the situation...
...Thomson does not say...
Vol. 37 • May 1954 • No. 21
