Dear Editor
DEAR EDITOR NUCLEAR WAR As Steve Allen felt compelled to comment (NL, August 15-22) regarding William Henry Chamberlin's "The New Failures of U.S. Nerve" (NL, August 1-8), I also feel the need to...
...census figures, there are about 10 million "unrelated individuals" in this country...
...He calls the Republic of China a "police-state...
...Nerve" (NL, August 1-8), I also feel the need to express my views concerning Allen's letter...
...Taiwan, and numerous other off-shore islands, are the only parts of China free today...
...Since the Korean War there has been little public discussion of this aspect of the arms race and little public knowledge of developments in this field...
...Cheyney, Pa...
...CHARLES C. WALKER NIEBUHR AND TAIWAN In "The Failure of U.S...
...Brooklyn SYLVESTER J. BRADY JR...
...It offers complete freedom of worship, and has a devout Christian as its head of state...
...I challenge him to come to Taiwan with open mind and see for himself that it is not only a stable democracy but a demonstration of agricultural and industrial progress under free enterprise that shames the tyranny of the mainland and belies his accusation of "police-state...
...PUBLIC HOUSING In his article, "The Integration Problem and Public Housing" (NL, July 4-11), Bernard Roshco admits, "Public housing is intended for low-income families"—in other words, single people are excluded from public housing...
...the issue has received increasing (if still limited) attention through public relations efforts of the Army Chemical Corps and, from opponents, through the year-long Vigil at Fort Detrick (Fort De-trick is a germ warfare research center at Frederick, Maryland...
...There is not only freedom of religion, but also free elections, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly, freedom of petition of redress if wrongly accused, freedom of speech and freedom of the press (with no censorship...
...Yet a Protestant clergyman who has never been here passes on this accusation, as if repetition could turn rumor into fact...
...Does this sound like a "police-state...
...I recognize him as an authority in his field and read him with respect...
...On the other hand, progress in developing instruments and agencies for inspection and control, focussing perhaps on delivery systems, could exemplify what Healy calls working out "agreement on specific aspects of the problem where mutual interest and cooperation has a chance of overruling the general suspicion...
...In the U.S...
...Some measure of success must be granted the present Administration for having prevented such a catastrophe...
...Among them are individuals with low incomes, including senior citizens living alone...
...I recognize also that a man may be an authority in the political as well as the theological field—but not without first-hand knowledge...
...Taipei, Taiwan GERALDINE FITCH THE NEW LEADER welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, but letters should not exceed 300 words...
...Neibuhr's comments on U.S...
...When he speaks of "the catastrophic character of the American defeat in the world situation," I feel that, if it were that bad, we would already be in the nuclear war (or already annihilated...
...This statement seems to imply that only the pacifists are aware of the catastrophic nature of nuclear war, and by virtue of this knowledge they are accused of being pusillanimous...
...I wonder if this man, faced with the specter of a nuclear war, would think it proper to surrender to avoid such a war...
...I think that most of us are cognizant of the holocaust which could envelop us...
...After all, the test to be applied is whether or not you will risk your life for freedom, irrespective of the threat to it...
...Allen states: "I see frequent repetitions of this view, that those who hope to awaken the world to the suicidal madness which is nuclear war are activated by personal fear...
...Philadelphia WALTER R. STOREY CHEMICAL DISARMING Denis Healy, in his valuable article on disarmament (NL, July 4-11), could well have included another specific issue where progress may be made: disarmament in the realm of biological and chemical weapons...
...Diplomacy" (NL, August 1-8) Reinhold Neibuhr devotes himself to "the moral standards of our culture" and "the inability [of the ages] to equate comfort with happiness...
...According to U.S...
...We may disagree on the degree of success, but it is hardly "catastrophic defeat...
...At a time when liberals are concerned about discrimination of various kinds, why is it that they aren't morally and publicly indignant about the housing bias which public agencies practice against human beings who happen to be single...
...Allen also mentioned a pacifist he had spoken to, who in the last war had served with bravery but has drawn the line at the immoral weapon that is the H-bomb...
...If he chose surrender, I would impugn his bravery...
...If Neibuhr does not agree with his own government that the Republic of China is "the rightful government of the great nation of China," is he not willing to concede that it rightfully governs this province and dozens of other islands...
...I have recently been in Japan and Okinawa and have lived in Korea, but I will now confine myself to what Neibuhr says about Taiwan, where I live now...
...If any part of China is still free, does he not wish it well...
...foreign policy in general, and on Japan, Taiwan, Okinawa and Korea in particular, sound not like the seasoned observations of an eye-witness, but the exaggerations of prejudice...
...The spread of biological and chemical weapons will enormously complicate the problems of inspection and control...
...However, the main point Chamberlin makes is that free men would rather risk dying than be subjugated...
...These Americans are taxed not only to support the schools attended by other people's children, but are excluded from low-cost public housing, however great their need...
...This is the only part of China preserving the culture, the arts, the traditional family system and the individual dignity of the people...
...This, of course, is not true...
Vol. 43 • September 1960 • No. 35
