The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-03-20

A letter has reached George Peck from Thomas M.
Peters of Bernardsville, New Jersey. 1t makes such good
sense that he feels it should be passed on to the readers of
this paper. Here's what Mr.. Peters wrote. From here on his
letter is quoted;
Dear Mr.. Peck:
Having read your column over a period of years, l wish
to congratulate you and your associates on the splendid job
you. ere doing to combat the inroads of Communism and it's
twfs Brother, Socialism, in America. Please keep up the good
work; And now may 1 express my opinion as to how we can
win the cold war with Communism?
In that battle we are usually on the defensive. This is no
way to win a war, and we're not winning it. Since the main
cause of the war is theological it must be won ideologcally
II we are TO nave peace, ana not just a cessation from actlVe
warfare, Yet SO far we have failed to capitalize on our main
advantageous freedom.
Our people are free. They are physically free to move
about within their own country, free to 60 to other countries;
and they are spiritually free to think, to speak and to pray.
The Communists are not free. They cannot move about
as they wish at home, they cannot possibly go abroad, and
they must not think. They are prisoners of the state.
Our only hope of real peace is to bring home to the
people of the Communist countries the fact that they are
prisoners, while the non-Communist peoples are free. The
only way to accomplish this is to say it over and over again,
on the radio, in debate in the U. NJ, in letters to friends in
satellite countries, even to the silly people in our own coun-
try who are Communists in sympathy or actually.
Over and over we should say: IF your Communist gov
eminent is SO fine why do you have to keep your people
locked up behind an iron curtain? Are you afraid to let them
see the outside world for fear that if they know how much
better off their %neighbors are they will want changes at
home? If not, then of what are you afraid, that you dare not
let your people see other countries? And if things in your
country are as wonderful as you say they are why do you
not let our people travel through your country to see what
you have done? If it is really good our people would then
demand it and your way of life would spread throughout the
world.
so long as you keep your people prisoners, SO long as
you dare not let them see how other people live, so long as
you are afraid to let our people see your countries, just so
long will we believe that it is because your people know it,
or the people whom you hope to conquer. In our country we
have freedom because we are unafraid. Your people must be
prisoners because you believe you have failed and are afraid
to allow it to become Known
Let all of the free countries in 1852 take the offensive
in the psychological warfare. Let us carry this message to the
enslaVed countries and bring doubt to the hearts of their
people and fear to their masters which might, it's a long
chance, bring concessions. But the free countries would be
bound closer together by a common bond, and they would
become increasingly jealous OF preserving their freedom.
We can do it if = we repeat this message over and over
again"