Dear Editor
DEAR EDITOR CIVIL RIGHTS William Bonn's comment (NL, April 18) concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1960, to the effect that "the new law does not contain all that the liberals asked for, but it...
...The fact is that Ellis enjoyed the friendship and affection of many gifted women throughout his life, but there is only one recorded case of any relationship ripening "into intimacy" while Edith was still alive (My Life, p. 336...
...I did not mention "infidelities" and "mistresses...
...Actually, Senator Hubert Humphrey has long advocated such an agreement...
...Whether Ellis had one or many "mistresses" may at first glance seem unimportant, but aside from the fact that there is a psychological difference I cannot go into here, the whole purpose of my original letter was to indicate that no great man of modern times has 20 years after his death been subjected to such continual, biographical distortions as Ellis...
...This exciting attempt to create wealth from the bottom up rather than by a trickle-down technique has failed to excite the support of our Government even though it may well be the best method to change the image of our Republic from that of warrior to one of educator...
...One other point that I missed: The greatest single hope that I have seen for increase of production in any nation of the world lies in the literacy-production radio program conducted by Monsignor Salcedo in the Republic of Colombia...
...When Senator Kennedy announced that he had written the President to this effect, he was careful to note that Humphrey's position was already clear, and suggested that it would be valuable if the other candidates followed suit...
...He wrote: "All of the Democratic Presidential candidates followed Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy's lead last month in announcing that they would respect any agreement to ban nuclear tests that President Eisenhower might negotiate...
...That there are still others may be verified by anyone who wishes to observe the inept performances of those litterateurs now turned psychiatrists...
...Philadelphia GEORCE KIMMELMAN...
...3. Russell thinks that the "Anglo-French Suez expedition was a silly crime as wicked in intention as the Russian suppression of Hungary—though not as harmful, since it failed...
...Is Russell suggesting that we cannot detect murder...
...The "referee" plan which it finally did adopt falls far short of providing the protective processes which "liberal" Senators, such as Jacob Javits and Paul Douglas, proposed, or which "liberal" citizens generally expected...
...Commission on Civil Rights...
...Government appears under present laws to be helpless to make good the guarantees of the U.S...
...My main reason for writing, however, is to call Herman's attention to an error which he himself unwittingly, I am sure, committed in referring to my remarks on Ellis ("Dear Editor," NL, March 7...
...All estimates without exception indicate that the gap will increase until at least the year 2000 for most of the South American nations and for some it will not start to close until the year 2035...
...Apart from the fact that the former was a reaction to aggressive provocations of a dictator, Nasser, and the latter to a democratic revolt of the Hungarian people, how can Russell equate them in view of the affirmative response of the British, French and Israelis to the UN call for a halt in Egypt, in contrast to that of the Russians in Hungary...
...DEAR EDITOR CIVIL RIGHTS William Bonn's comment (NL, April 18) concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1960, to the effect that "the new law does not contain all that the liberals asked for, but it does embody the main point," is most misleading...
...Washington DAVID C. WILLIAMS ENVY AND GUILT I always read Frank Tannenbaum with great interest...
...Teller's suggestion for Russell to have asked whether there should be a law against the "desire" to commit aggression...
...Herman has indirectly exposed, for example, the reviewers of My Life, as well as the present commentators on Calder-Marshall's slovenly Life of Havelock Ellis, who have facilely suggested what Ellis could have done to rescue Edith from her lesbian plight—in approximately 1892...
...In part, the image of the United States in South America depends on the gap in standard of living, per capita income or gross national product—whichever you please—hetween our Republic and that of South American nations...
...Constitution...
...What a comparison...
...This was the "Amy" to whom I referred...
...The so-called "new law" does not "embody the main point" of what "liberals" either asked for or had a right to expect on the basis of the shocking facts uncovered by the U.S...
...2. Russell apparently believes that he presented an effective rebuttal to Edward Teller's suggestion that "nothing should be prohibited unless detection of it were certainly possible" by asking Teller: "Then, I suppose, you think there should be no law against murder...
...Bernard Herman, has taken the trouble to speak out publicly about the problem that Havelock Ellis faced in his relations with his wife, Edith ("Dear Editor," NL, May 2...
...4. Russell believes that the West "has less freedom than it boasts" and that the Communists "have much more freedom than they had a few years ago...
...Congress ignored the Commission's recommendations for a procedure to rectify this disgraceful condition...
...New York City MARVIN ZIMMERMAN HUMPHREY FIRST I am writing to correct an unintended inference which may be drawn from Julius Duscha's article ("Presidential Race Overshadows Summit," NL, May 2...
...Would it not be more relevant to THE NEW LEADER welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, but letters should not exceed 300 words...
...In its report, after documenting the statistics of Negro disfranchisement and state interference with governmental inquiry into such constitutional violations, the Commission summarized the plight of the Federal Government in saying: "Against the prejudice of the registrars and jurors, the U.S...
...Would Russell deny, however, that the governments of the West are more likely to be pressured by the effects of his advice on their people than the governments of the Soviet bloc...
...On Tannenbaum's population premise, the gap between us and some South American countries may be five times as great in the year 2000 as it is now...
...Herman is probably aware that in posing such attitudes before Robert E. Fitch, Ellis' hostile critic ("Amor Vincit Omnia," NL, February 8), he has not exhausted all the choices in listing only four...
...The "main point"—effective and swift protection of the voting privilege where denied because of race or color—is completely absent in the new law...
...Rather, its procedure, as Senator Douglas has said, is "an obstacle course with numerous cunningly devised legal pitfalls" which the Southern Negro will find difficult, if not impossible, to negotiate...
...Palo Alto, Calif...
...New York City MORRIS L. ERNST HAVELOCK ELLIS It is good to know that at least one other person...
...It is also heartening that, by posing four possible reactions to the situation confronting Ellis...
...Can we not all agree that all international relationships rest in part on such gaps and that human nature is not remote from envy and jealousy on the one hand and a sense of guilt on the part of the more fortunate...
...I think his program for Latin America ("Latin America's Image of the U.S.," NL, May 2) is not based on what I deem to be the proper factual assumptions...
...This is as relevant as comparing the condition of two individuals, one of whom boasts of his good health though he suffers from a minor case of diabetes, and the other who has a widespread malignant tumor which has diminished somewhat...
...Furthermore, that the Communists, knowing this, have already taken advantage of it...
...FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS HOOK-RUSSELL 1 think the Bertrand Russell-Sidney Hook debate (NL, May 8) deserves the following comments: 1. Russell denies that his "advice has been addressed only to the West, and that Russia has not heard such parts of it as might be unpalatable to Communists...
Vol. 43 • May 1960 • No. 21
