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THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Plan for Peace Dear Sirs: At last some one has done it, and I'm glad it was The Progressive, The May issue arrived a few hours ago, and it seems to me that in your first six...
...Universal disarmament, openly and honestly carried out, would lead to world peace and be a great blessing to all mankind...
...Arms Race A Curse Dear Sirs: "The World's One Great Hope" by Sen...
...Two other planks should be added: 1. Recognition of the de facto government in China and every effort to cultivate the friendly relations that always have existed between the Chinese and American peoples...
...Your own letter in this regard was well balanced, and while properly criticizing Secretary Acheson, left no doubt as to where you stand with reference to McCarthy...
...Your May Progressive was exceptionally fine and interesting...
...Raymond Hammond Jackson, Tenn...
...Dear Sirs: How could the State of Wisconsin produce both a LaFollette and a McCarthy for the U. S. Senate...
...I enjoy the magazine hugely, even when I disagree...
...Could you reprint the first eight pages of your May issue, leaving the back page plain, so it could be folded and mailed by individuals, at not to exceed 10 cents...
...Joseph L. Rauh, Jr...
...We should be bright enough to see that McCarthyism and Hickenlooperism and Rankinism plays into the hands of Stalin by betraying the basic principles of democracy we profess to love...
...I really feel there is a desperate need for just this sort of thing, and I would be ready to order 100...
...Of course, I know, or rather would guess, that as fine a publication as yours would be against McCarthy, but it is going to take a little time to calm down and get over my disgust against a state which will inflict upon this nation a devil who flouts every American ideal, who has made our great nation the laughing stock of the world, and who is greatly aiding Russia in her designs upon us...
...If this were possible, we would have such a demand for total disarmament that our government would be compelled to yield...
...World Citizens Dear Sirs: In spite of the intensified preparations for universal destruction, there is abundant proof that the peoples of the world do not wish another war, and many are determined to create the institutions that can voice their needs and give peace...
...There is more foreign policy sanity in these two brief statements than in five years of diplomatic double-talk and blundering...
...You don't figure it that way any more, my friend...
...Martha Z. Williams Rio Hondo, Tex...
...Some day he will know, but it may be too late then...
...Some day he will be ready...
...Poissoniere, Paris...
...give thousands of scholarships to Chinese students—doctors, teachers, farm experts, engineers...
...This would be my initial investment in a peace program for now...
...You were in a position to write with authority about the misfit that Wisconsin, undoubtedly in a state of mental aberration, sent to the Senate in place of the outstanding Robert M. LaFollette, Jr...
...Tydings would justify its existence...
...So here is $10 for 3-years subscription...
...Roy Gage Portland, Ore...
...Few people will read the Congressional Record...
...It's much too late...
...Tydings brings good tidings—if those in high place will but hear...
...Give them a loan...
...The fee of 30c is not compulsory and is payable in stamps...
...Robert J. Alexander New Brunswick, N. J...
...The "Open Letter to Secretary Acheson" is a masterpiece...
...It is fortunate for Oregon that Mr...
...We take so many papers and magazines that we decided we must cut down on them, and there have been times when we have felt that The Progressive was progressive in name only...
...Any country daring to oppose the plan would be most unpopular with the rest of the world...
...These two articles of yours, in my opinion, could break the present apathy...
...William B. Murdoch Burlingame, Calif...
...How...
...F. Warner Fischer St...
...THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Plan for Peace Dear Sirs: At last some one has done it, and I'm glad it was The Progressive, The May issue arrived a few hours ago, and it seems to me that in your first six pages you have given the people of the U. S. the necessary facts with which to build a plan for peace...
...Neuberger's preening self-denial [Td Rather Not Be Governor'] a bit silly...
...R. E. Boe Pahokee, Fla...
...Millions of human beings are out of work in Germany, out of employment caused by the unjust dismantling of factories because certain other countries (do they consider themselves Christians, I wonder...
...This might influence Russia's decision...
...Some day he will know that political power is not a personal possession to gratify personal vanity but a weapon to be used, as long as it lasts, for a cause...
...Because of my strong feelings on this subject, I was a little surprised to find the words "police state" used in my article in the May Progressive...
...Washington, D. C. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Progressive regrets that an editorial attempt at condensation unwittingly led to the use o[ words offensive to the author...
...No matter how serious the present encroachments on our civil liberties— and they are serious indeed—we are not living in a police state or anything approaching one...
...More will be gained by such generosity than by all the "Total Diplomacy" being so glibly talked about...
...One would think these characters and their Peglerian counterparts are really in the "pay of Moscow...
...The articles by Sen...
...More Needed Dear Sirs: Congratulations on your "Open Letter to Secretary Acheson," and my appreciation, also, of the article from France by Lionel Durand...
...who want to get rid of competitors decreed this wanton destruction and ultimate starvation of men, women, and little children...
...Alzire E. Cross Braehead Ranch Douglas, Wyo...
...The present armament race is a curse...
...They argue: "What must the schools be like that produce a McCarthy, and what must the citizenry be like that will elect him to the U.S...
...2. Give up our childish and hysterical fear of Communism...
...If our country had the stamina to propose total disarmament, it would gain immensely in prestige throughout the world...
...E. Boylan Hollywood, Calif...
...Unless the events of the next few days produce something more tangible than letterheads and dinner sponsors, I suggest The Progressive turn its editorial guns on its junior Senator—join the recall movement, and send Robert M. LaFollete, Jr...
...Would that the great body of our people might read and ponder this article...
...Millard E. Tydings should be published in every paper...
...Shall it be understood by the theory that genius and insanity are brothers...
...William F. Johnston Lewiston, Idaho Guns on McCarthy Dear Sirs: Sen...
...We could guide the democratization of China...
...By writing him my wholehearted approval of your letter, my own position will be strengthened...
...Tydings, Kefauver, and Mc-Mahon...
...Senate...
...Readers of The Progressive who have interesting and important information will put me in their debt if they will write me at Rutgers University...
...Material on Thomas Dear Sirs: I am collecting material for a biography of Norman Thomas, the Socialist leader, and I am anxious to hear from everyone who has known Mr...
...Why does not our Government ship the immense amount of surplus food-stuffs stored in this country to the hungry over there and give this free...
...They probably do more damage to democracy in a week than all Communists, here and abroad, could do in five years...
...Lionel Heap Silver Spring, Md...
...And keep up the good work for peace and human freedom...
...One of the worst effects of McCarthy's ravings has been that those who feel critical of Dean Acheson as a public official and of his negative policies in the international field, may now withhold criticisms that might be helpful simply because they wish to avoid any suspicion of supporting McCarthy...
...Thomas...
...Surely there must be others besides myself who would like to distribute these two articles...
...Mrs...
...I am anxious to receive all information which might shed light on the career and character of Mr...
...Rev...
...Almost Left Us Dear Sirs: Well, you did it again...
...Blanche Watson Harrison, N. Y. Reproaches Neuberger Dear Sirs: So Richard L. Neuberger, whom I have admired and who had a chance, would "rather not be governor" because he's afraid he couldn't give up political power...
...H. E. Terwilleger Olympia, Wash...
...Our people are fundamentally strong for peace but unfortunately those who favor the continuation of the armaments race and the "Cold War" command most of our means of publicity...
...I wish there were some way that I and a lot of others could add our signatures to your "Open Letter to Secretary Acheson...
...The only people I have heard speak who seem to have the social intelligence and vision to prevent the war to which we seem to be coming closer each day are men like Sens...
...Letting Communists talk, laughing at them, building a true democracy for all our people is the best way to show that we do not fear Communism...
...But isn't Mr...
...Louis, Mo...
...Correction Dear Sirs: I have a deep conviction against the use of the words "police state" in discussions of the problems of civil liberties that confront us today...
...I wouldn't want to say exactly how 'many .sermon ideas I've gotten from The Progressive columns, but Milton Mayer has given me more than a few...
...Inspiration Dear Sirs...
...J. Mittelstaedt Bruce, Wis...
...Neuberger has stepped aside, for, by bis own confession, he is not ready yet for power, not knowing what he wants to do with it...
...Tydings and Garry Davis were an inspiration, as was your "Open Letter to Secretary Acheson...
...It is insanity not to try...
...Thomas well or worked with him in connection with one or another of his many activities over the years...
...Good Tidings Dear Sirs: If the reorganized Progressive had no other claim to distinction, the May 1950 "Open Letter to Secretary Acheson" and the article by Sen...
...indeed, it is only too often a calculated overstatement designed to serve not America, but a foreign power...
...The international headquarters of the World Citizens Registry is at 6 Blvd...
...If you have a chance to be effective you take it, and you do what you can before you're burned out or discarded...
...Miss Audrey Schwartz 30 Babcock Street Brookline 46, Mass...
...We had decided that we would not re-subscribe to The Progressive...
...EDITOR'S NOTE: The Progressive will be delighted to order reprints it other readers second Mrs...
...In this country several registry centers are operating, including those of Caroline Urey, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and myself, from whom registry blanks and information may be had on request...
...I shall appreciate and be most happy for any contributions of this kind, which will help in this worthy cause...
...Appeal for Aid Dear Sirs: As a means of raising funds for CARE packages for the many, many of Germany's still homeless and hungry people, I have decided to enlarge my bell and fan collection worthy of exhibition at 50 cents a person...
...Lauds Sen...
...Your "Open Letter to Secretary Acheson" expressed exactly our sentiments and we wish it could be read by every one in this wonderful country of ours...
...Americans need more of this type of press writing to offset what the New York Times is doing to mislead and, Incidentally, to create more hate and stronger fear...
...Ickes Approves Dear Sirs: Your "Open Letter to Secretary Acheson" in the May issue was excellent...
...It has always seemed to me that the use of that kind of extreme language does the battle for civil liberties a disservice...
...Gage's motion...
...McCarthy may have been a good Marine, and possibly even a good judge, but as a legislator he seems to have lost that sense of discretion and temperate judgment that is so needed at the helm these frantic days...
...Would any one like to contribute either fans and/or bells of any kind that may be laid away and forgotten...
...Mrs...
...back to Washington...
...More power to you...
...Read Bain Oxford, O. Outstanding Issue Dear Sirs: Every issue of The Progressive is good, but the May number was especially outstanding...
...Tydings Dear Sirs: I consider Millard Tydings' article appearing in the current Progressive to be the outstanding contribution appearing in your publication throughout the several years in which I have been a subscriber...
...send medical aid and famine relief...
...Building big armaments and calling all liberals "Reds" is evidence that we fear Communism...
...It may be too late, but the effort surely should be made to reverse the fatal drift in which we are caught...
...Harold L. Ickes Washington, D. C. 'One of the Best' Dear Sirs: Your May issue was one of the best you have ever produced...
...Then came the May number...
...The clearness and cogency of the thinking in the articles printed is certainly refreshing after a session with Time and Life...
...Add to that "Informers, G-Men, and Free Men," by Joseph L. Rauh, "All of Which I Saw," by Mc-Alister Coleman, who is always on the beam, and "How Europe Sees Us Today" by Lionel Durand...
...Then the Tydings article: many people want disarmament through the UN but are not well informed...
...Loafhsome McCarthy Dear Sirs: Referring to your request that I subscribe for The Progressive, all my friends in Washington and in Michigan, my home state, are trying to persuade me that any state which sends that loathsome hit-and-run McCarthy to the Senate can produce nothing good...
...You can't take victory until you can take defeat, and if you can't take either you must step aside...
...One friend has specified that no Kohler fixtures are to go into his new home...
Vol. 14 • June 1950 • No. 6
