Dear Editor
DEAR EDITOR NATIONAL PARKS I have read with great interest William E. Bohn's series of articles on the National Parks (NL, July 22, 29, August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 9). All of them showed deep...
...Indeed, the month from October 4 to November 4 saw a fundamental change in the attitude of President Eisenhower, as contrasted with Republican Eisenhower, toward intellectualism...
...It forced a reconciliation between the Eisenhower Administration and the estranged intellectuals...
...New York City Murray Baron KUDOS Congratulations on the way The New Leader maintains its high standards...
...In fact, it can be said that Stevenson has come nearly full circle...
...A distinguished citizen whose eloquence was recently attacked as glibnes, whose intelligence was tarred as slickness, whose sophisticated and relevant wit was sneered at as smart-alecky, and whose devotion to principle on certain vital unpopular issues was welcomed by the opposition as a contribution to his defeat, again enjoys national status...
...At least this is true of the "hardware" intellectuals: the physicists and scientists involved with the weapons and military program, who are being warmly accepted and sharply upgraded...
...It is even possible that a candidate possessed of all these qualities may be considered a better President than one possessed of none of them...
...New York City Quincy Howe...
...It has, of course, been gratifying to me to note the thoughtful and complimentary references to the National Park Service people with whom he came in contact, and to the Service itself...
...True, this has been limited to the "hardware" men, and sheer national survival dictated an abrupt half-about-face...
...It gives me more fresh insights and background than I find in any other single publication...
...Jackson Heights, N. Y. Marvin Maurer SPUTNIK Sputnik II achieved what Sputnik I dicl not...
...All of them showed deep appreciation and understanding of these great possessions of all Americans...
...Also, the article made me realize that The New Leader is not only an important political and social journal, but it makes a significant attempt to bring good fiction to its readers...
...This seems clear from Secretary of State Dulles's invitation to Adlai Stevenson to serve as a high-level consultant for the forthcoming NATO meeting...
...Perhaps the time will yet come when a candidate for the Presidency, or any office, will not suffer abuse because he is lucid, eloquent, witty, philosophical, grammatical and deeply appreciative of the great potential in an alert and informed democracy...
...Washington, D. C. Conrad L. Wirth Director, National Park Service THE NOVEL Harvey Curtis "Webster's review, "In Defense of the Novel" (NL, December 9), aptly points out the strength of this medium...
...But « complete about-face, which accepts the political interest of the ''soft-goods" intellectuals in the arts, literature and humanities, may follow— particularly if it is to the advantage of the Republican party...
Vol. 40 • December 1957 • No. 51
