Dear Editor
DEAR EDITOR RUTH DRAPER Ruth Draper, whose artistically rich and fruitful life inspired so many, should be remembered too for her political insight. Unfalteringly, Miss Draper espoused the cause...
...The Lauro de Bosis Chair at Harvard, which Salvemini filled for many years, was established by her...
...I compared the Catholic, ecumenical Protestant and fundamentalist Protestant views to see wherein they agree and disagree...
...It would be exceptionally useful in South America—or I should say Guayaquil—for here in the university are many students (and poor people in the city) who look to the Soviet Union as the center of their hope for the attainment of their aspirations...
...Bohn's writings, because they emphasize that pleasant world of friendly personalities and outdoor resources which is apart from the political turmoil and bitterness of our time...
...I always enjoy Dr...
...Guayaquil, Ecuador Eugene L. Madeira KUDOS Your issue of January 21 contained much excellent material, like Alvin J. Cottrell and Walter F. Hahn's lead article, "Soviet Withdrawal...
...Add to this Hazel Whitman Hertzberg's penetrating review of Jawaharlal Nehru, and you have an unusually good issue which many readers must have enjoyed and read with profit...
...Unfalteringly, Miss Draper espoused the cause of Italian anti-Fascism at a time when few Americans, including intellectuals, were willing to do so...
...As an enlightened friend of Italian freedom, she will not cease to be mourned and loved...
...Among the "Christian capitalists" I found complete misunderstanding of the nature of socialism, the trade-union movement and free labor...
...Her encouragement made the exile of men like Salvemini, Borgese and Sforza seem much shorter...
...Louis Jay Herman's very informative report on "Turmoil in U. S. Communism," and the equally informative report by Sigfrido Ciccotti on "The Prospects for Italian Communism...
...New York City Frances Keene Valentino SOVIET LABOR I have just completed reading Anatole Shub's outstanding report on Labor in the Soviet Orbit [NL, December 24-31...
...They are spreading the lie that socialism inevitably paves the way for Communist totalitarian regimentation...
...I think of the days (almost II years ago) when I traveled through the Soviet Zone of Germany and all of Berlin and had contact with hundreds of Russian soldiers —officers in the dining car of the Berliner, or privates in the Tiergarten—and I distributed Bibles among them...
...I found that many of the "Christian socialists" had completely distorted views about progress in the USSR...
...May God help this book to do for the satellites and all who suffer under Soviet tyranny what Tom Paine's book Common Sense did—uniting and galvanizing the Colonies to revolt against the comparatively mild tyranny of Colonial England in 1776...
...Arlington, Va...
...As my budget permits, I am going to distribute this book...
...This book is the most powerful document I have read from the pages of contemporary history...
...It should be translated and made available in every language...
...Do you know that up to 100 Ecuadorian students have traveled behind the Iron Curtain on USSR-sponsored scholarships...
...It is apparent that they based their conclusions on progress in the Soviet Union by observing the "new Soviet ruling class'' or reading Soviet publications (which are very attractive and convincing...
...She also gave untiringly of her time and energy in the cause of the non-Communist Left...
...Your booklet would be very useful in helping combat the illusions so widespread in student and labor circles here...
...Washington, D. C. Richard L. Neubercer V. S. Senator The New Leader's articles have been particularly excellent during the past two months...
...a thought-provoking piece avoiding the usual cliches and dealing with the situation in a forthright way...
...Today, if I were to be in the same position, I'd offer the Russian soldier or officer a Bible and a Russian-language edition of Labor in the Soviet Orbit...
...In seminary, I wrote a thesis comparing various Christian interpretations of Communism...
...Georgia O'Daniel Ryther...
...New York City Hans Kohn May I express my pleasure over the delightful column by William E. Bohn, "Twelve Times Around the World," in The New Leader of January 21...
...But this piece about his own experiences and observations as a commuter by train was one of his best...
Vol. 40 • February 1957 • No. 5
