Evening star., 1946-12-11
Letters to The Star
Brackets Capitalism With Fascism

| and FayOrS New Deal
| To the Editor Of The Star:
/ reply to the interesting letter Of
J. E. S. in The Star OF December 4. /
say interesting because ]. E. s. man.
aged to miss completely the point !
| clearly made in my letter OF November
| 80 commenting on Newbold Noyes'
article Of November l7--that the way
out Of the conflict between totalitarian
collectivism and laissez-faire capitalism
is the middle Of -the-road solution Of
atrue economic and political denoc-
racy" This Is the New Deal approach
and also that Of the American Veterans
Committee
The New Deal and the AVG are OPP
posed to totalitarian collectivism (Stalin
type), fascism (Hitler. Franco, Mussolini
type), and laissez-faire capitalism Cool
idge, Hoover type) / wrote that II the
American press does not fully inform
its readers Of the nature OF the struggle
between communism and the New Deal.
the country blindly and tragically may
choose between the two extremes Of
communism and fascisni. The AVG al
L Ic1Qy kldo CllOoCkA b1lC ANCW A@Odly AAAASAIC-
of-the-road solution which stands for
true economic and political democracy.
j. e. s. maintains that Americans
voted for laissez-faire capitalism on
November S. / maintain that laissez-
faire capitalism In this day and age
will lead to fascism. To avoid fascism
and communism we must stick to the
middle ground Of the New Deal and to
do that we must have the support OF
the press.
j. E. S. really thinks that Mr.. Noyes
is wrong and that United States swing
to the right could produce better
America. Better for whom7 For the
handful of Americans who will profit
economically from laissez-faire capital-
ism or fascism or for the 14o million
Americans and the rest Of the world who
will all prosper under New Deal policies?
J. E. S. concludes that il the Russian
economic plan proves to be better than
laissez-faire capitalism, "the United
States had better adopt communism"
Dorothy Thompson wrote in The Star
few weeks ago that: IF the choice
of our epoch is between communism
and capitalism as 1t has been prac-
ticed, capitalism will lose" Because
Miss Thompson. the AVG and know
that laissez-faire capitalism cannot
stand up to communism, we are back
ing the philosophy Of the New Deal In
the struggle against all three idealogies
communism, laissez-faire capitalism,
and fascism JOHN j. MOTLEY,
Greater Washington Area Council,
American Veterans Committee.
The Irish Are Invited
To the Editor Of The Star:
Irishmen to armsf Let's rally to-
gether, show our strength, and lay the
foundation for an Irish union. Whether
we be Catholics from Dublin or Prot
estants from Belfast, or whether we be
born right here In the good old U. s. A..
1t doesn't matter-let's all get together
and form the best brotherhood on earth,
a brotherhood dedicated to good COM
radeship, clean politics and free religious
expression.
From the land of minstrelsy, the land
of warriors, the land Of lakes and lepre-
sehauns have. come the men who have I
built AmericAs bridges, toiled n her
forests. forged the steel. laid her rails
and quarried her rock to build the
strongest Nation on earth.
In other lands also have we left our
mark.
We fought and won most Of BritainSs
wars, thesIrish!
Who made the United States Marine
Corps q symbol Of dash and valor be-
yond the seven seas? The Irish!
And what Of the worlds greatest lit
erature? What of Goldsmith. Thomas
Moore, Oscar Wilde, Dean Swift and
Edmund Burke? Others there were. too,
martyrs like Charles Stewart Parnell
and Padraic Pearse: scholars like De
Valera and Douglas Hyde, and generals
like Kitchener and Montgomery.
The list is long and full of great
names, SO you can see we have some
thing to be proud Of.
All together. then, me bhoys, well
form an Irish union that viii be an ex-
ample to all the universe.
Let's have your opinions, and bad cess
to the rapscallion who holds back.
TERENCE o'TOoLE.
Another Landlords Opinion
To the Editor Of The Star:
was very much interested in the
article in your paper by "A Prewar
Landlord"
have an apartment house, consisting
Of four apartments. My rents are low.
They were established before the war.
But the upkeep steadily Is increasing
on account Of the advanced price Of
labor. The plumbers, the carpenters.
the electricians, the paperhangers and
the painters, nearly all are union men.
The cost Of material to work with has
increased in price. Coal for heating Is
costing much more.
MY cost Of living, meanwhile, has In
creased just as much as any member
of the union.
would suggest that we ask the
Government for 90 per cent increase
in our rents
ANOTHER LANDLORD.
Advertisement Objected To
TO the Editor Of The Star:
It is surprising, to be very mild about
it, to see paper SO well edited as The
Star carry on the evening Of December
the inflammatory advertisement OF the
American League for Free Palestine,