Dear Editor
DEAR EDITOR Defends Eugene O'Neill Against His Detractors When I come across a little man patronizing a big man, I am moved to both amusement and irritation. This was my reaction to John...
...This was my reaction to John Lyden-berg's pretentious and negative judgment on Eugene O'Neill when he tried to answer the question, "Does O'Neill Belong to the Ages...
...M. Salvadori...
...This does not mean they are putting the U.S...
...In 1949, the governments in power, representing American Fair Dealers, British and Dutch Laborites, Canadian Liberals, Scandinavian and Belgian democratic Socialists, and French and Italian Resistance veterans, had more in common than the present-day governments...
...3. This country has the physical strength to tackle the Communist Empire...
...In Europe, there is now a stalemate between Communism and anti-Communism...
...and the U.S.S.R...
...In the Far East, there is a fluid situation which should be exploited before Communist power consolidates or expands...
...O'Neill had more insight, more passion for truth and more compassionate understanding of human frailty in any one page of Anna Christie, The Moon of the Caribbees, Bound East for Cardiff, etc...
...Los Angeles Ridgely Cummings Comments on Catlin Article On 'Atlantic Disunion' Threat George Catlin's thoughtful article in the December 28 New Leader, "The Threat of Atlantic Disunion," moves me to add a few comments: 1. There is less like-mindedness among the NATO member states today than there was when NATO was founded five years ago...
...4. NATO should not be a rigid organization requiring all members to act alike...
...American pressure to force unwilling Europeans into a more active anti-Communism, or European pressure to hold down the Americans, would only play into the hands of the Communists...
...There is room for a division of functions—Europeans holding their own, Americans exploiting all situations which enable them to deal blows to Communism...
...Northampton, Mass...
...Prof...
...than could be found in the collected works of all his detractors...
...It means they are doing what the Swiss and Swedes did during World War II, that the Western European nations are sympathetic toward the U.S...
...in the December 14 New Leader...
...2. Without stating it in black and white, most NATO states, particularly those of northwestern Europe, are moving toward a position of armed neutrality...
...on the same level...
...There has been a shift to the right, and the Right is both more diversified and more nationalistic than the liberal forces it has replaced...
...but do not want to be involved in fighting...
Vol. 37 • January 1954 • No. 3
