Dear Editor
Dear Editor Not So Fast In his intelligent review of Alan Wald's new book, TheNew York Intellectuals; The Rise and Decline of the Anti-Stalinist Left from the 1930s to the 1980s, Barry Gewen...
...Please, then, report that Felix Morrow is still very much alive at 81 years of age...
...As my late father used to say, "No good is going to come of this...
...New York City David R. Zukerman Left Unsaid George P. Brockway lists with approval 31 economic policy propositions set forth by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in its recent pastoral letter ("Bishops Move Diagonally," NL, March 23...
...Israel should keep in mind that the pro-Iraq tilt is a function of the Armitage Doctrine (named for the Defense Department official who told the Senate that "We can't stand to see Iraq defeated...
...The rationale of the Arabists is always the same: Soviet influence, Arab stability, oil flow...
...Instead of hiring out our flag, the White House could simply call this body of water by its Arab designation, the "Arabian Gulf," to indicate its pro-Iraq tilt...
...It's incredible...
...The arguments now used to support our pro-Iraq stance were used 40 years ago in opposition to the establishment of Israel...
...Perhaps Israel ought to "mark well" how the Arabists at present control Middle East policy...
...Except for one statement biased by nostalgia for the land, I approve all 31 propositions...
...The Arabists in Washington don't need to worry about having their loyalty questioned, however, since they have gotten their interests equated with the national interest...
...2. The high correlation between the totalitarian state and the merger of the police power with the economic decision making power...
...The Rise and Decline of the Anti-Stalinist Left from the 1930s to the 1980s, Barry Gewen has occasion to speak of "such largely forgotten figures as Herbert Solow and Felix Morrow" ("Flight of the Trotskyites," NL, May 4-18...
...But what is significant is what is omitted...
...And with the Armitage Doctrine in place, how soon will we see an Arab-Israeli peace conference where Israel will be forced to withdraw from all the territory gained in successfully defending against Arab aggression...
...egy-sharing between the United States and Israel—as indicated by our moves in the Persian Gulf...
...Ronald Reagan, who came to the Oval Office making a great display of the flag—and it was indeed thrilling to see the Stars and Stripes displayed in such abundance again—has hired out our flag in the service of foreign governments...
...For all the assistance Washington has been giving to Israel, as related recently by Eliahu Salpeter ("Face-Off in Israel," NL, April 20), Stephen Rosenfeld has suggested in the Washington Post that there is no stratThe New Leader welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, but letters should not exceed 300 words...
...New York City Lloyd Mc Aulay...
...Well, it has just been dipped to Kuwait, Iraq and, I suspect, some oil companies...
...Great Neck, ?. Y. Felix Morrow Dipping the Flag Every four years, television commentators remind us during the opening-day Olympic parade that the American flag is never dipped—except at the Olympics...
...With the reflagging now an accomplished fact, how long will it be before we have a Committee on un-Arabist Activities in Congress...
...But it is a safe bet that a few years down the road, when there is further aggression against Israel and its territory is occupied, we won't hear about how the Arabs must give that up for peace...
...No doubt it is true that he is largely forgotten in the Trotskyist and related circles that he departed more than 40 years ago, but one can find his very different writings referred to in Contemporary Authors, the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and Somatics, the "Magazine of Bodily Arts and Sciences," of which he is contributing editor...
...Since it is fairly well-known that Herbert Solow died long ago, coupling him with Felix Morrow may indicate a similar fate...
...In particular, I see nothing that recognizes the following two propositions: 1. The efficiency of the market...
Vol. 70 • July 1987 • No. 10
