Dear Editor
DEAR EDITOR REPLY TO CRITIC Hal Lehrman, in his letter of February 27, states that The New Leader has been "dead wrong on North Africa." He then accuses Irving Brown, Sal Tas and me of...
...Such demand has not been raised by Austria nor by the people of South Tyrol...
...In fact, if they could get here, I am confident that the vast majority of the Chinese would be happy to stay...
...To state that peace in Algeria can be obtained only by negotiating with the FLN is not to say that this organization is the only spokesman of the Algerian people...
...Second, I think he misrepresents hundreds of millions of Chinese on the mainland when he speaks of "the virulence of Chinese hatred of America...
...A look at the record—and at current developments—will show that Brown, Tas and I have been pretty close to right in both our descriptions and predictions of North African events...
...Autonomy was never sought for the former province, whereas the latter is populated by about 240,000 German-speaking South Tyroleans...
...First, no serious person in Austria thinks of asking that South Tyrol (in Italian, Alto Adige) be incorporated into Austria...
...To try to clarify issues is not to simplify them...
...But the dispute is based not on high level political differences but simply on Italy's refusal to honor its agreement...
...The fact that President de Gaulle has offered self-determination to the Algerian people, and is now trying to arrange negotiations with the FLN, is proof enough of this...
...A violent "hate America" campaign is carried on by the Chinese Communists—who are Communists and not real Chinese...
...Austria has made itself a spokesman for the interests of the people of South Tyrol because these former Austrian citizens have asked our Government to do so...
...He then accuses Irving Brown, Sal Tas and me of "simplifications of massive complexities," "division of North Africa into colonialist had guys and rebel good guys" and "persistent insinuation that in Algeria the FLN is the one and valid spokesman of a tormented people...
...Also, we are morally obligated as partner to the Gruber-De Gasperi agreement...
...To criticize unrealistic or selfish policies is not to say that all Frenchmen are "had guys...
...when the mob rioted against the House Committee on Un-American Activities...
...James D. Bales SOUTH TYROL We have read with great interest "The BlowUp Over Tyrol" (NL, January 2...
...Apparently the Italian Government is not willing to abide by its agreement, for the merger—mentioned in your article—of the purely Italian province of Trentino with the province of Alto Adige makes any such autonomy ineffective...
...The merger pushed the German-speaking population into hopeless minority position...
...Incidentally, I have never heard anyone ask, "Where were the law-abiding people in San Francisco...
...They were attending to their business and their business was not law enforcement...
...To explain why people are fighting is not tantamount to saying that these people are "good...
...Barbara Ward's recent article, "The Half-Way Revolution" (NL, February 27), was especially useful because it integrated many approaches to national and international problems in so coherent a manner...
...Searcy, Ark...
...If anyone here had been "dead wrong" in his interpretation of North African affairs—or of other people's statements— it is Lehrman...
...First, he spoke of two clergymen who escorted white children to an integrated school in New Orleans and asked, "Where were the other parsons of the city...
...Or is President de Gaulle also "dead wrong" and guilty of "simplifications," "division"' and "persistent insinuation...
...If any Chinese have right to be outraged concerning America, it is the Free Chinese who have been so shabbily treated by some Americans...
...Almost every paragraph could be separately examined for its relevance to the high school curriculum, and the discreet conclusion could be combined in class discussion in the best "pedagogical" approach...
...Washington, D.C...
...To me, it is gross misunderstanding of Communism in China to speak of it as "an instrument of their outraged national pride...
...LORNA HAHN NIEBUHR DISPUTED There are two things in Reinhold Niebuhr's article on "The Rising Tide of Color" (NL, January 23) with which I must take issue...
...The crux of the dispute is whether or not the Italian Government will grant the German-speaking population of South Tyrol the "substantial and effective autonomous legislature and executive" promised them in the 1946 Gruber De-Gasperi agreement...
...The Italians have made numerous attempts to picture the dispute as grave danger to European solidarity...
...When there was some trouble in Little Rock, some people asked, "Where were the good people of Little Rock...
...Vienna, Austria Franz Olah President, Austrian Federation of Trade Unions TEACHING GUIDE As a subscriber, I have long found The New Leader valuable in teaching social studies to high school students...
...I do not believe that such hatred exists among the masses of Red China...
...The whole argument would be settled easily if the Italian Government would grant autonomy and end its efforts to Italianize the province of Alto Adige by promoting immigation from other Italian provinces...
...As we know that your magazine has considerable influence on the formation of opinion in the United States, we want to express our point of view on the South Tyrol question...
...The intractable attitude of the Italian Government has regrettably led to the emergence of nationalism and violence in Alto Adige— excesses which have been sharply condemned by the Austrian Government...
...Furthermore, the dispute has no influence whatsoever on possible cooperation between the EEC (European Economic Community) and the EFTA (European Free Trade Area), for year after year tens of thousands of Austrians travel to Italy undisturbed by the dispute...
...President Kennedy, when . Senator, pointed out that the "fall of the mainland of China should be laid at the door of the State Department and the White House...
...Chicago, Illinois Daniel Levine...
...And yet, they are our staunchest friends in the Far East...
...Where law enforcement and mobs are concerned, does Niebuhr suggest that the good people form a. vigilance committee...
Vol. 44 • March 1961 • No. 11
