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names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtion.
than in the minds Of the
spineless ones that write such
drivel?
The one area in which the
Russians have a great ad-
vantage is in psychological
warfare. The main weapon
used is the propaganda bar
rage which, as has been
pointed out by DR.. Henry
Kissinger, has the purpose
of destroying the will to re-
sist Russian aggression. The
Russians are now, and have
been for some time, conduct
ing a relentless war of words
aimed at destroying the
Americans faith in himself,
in his culture, and in his
country. In ever-increasing
numbers articles are appear
ing which criticize the State
Department, the Supreme
Court, the military services,
Congress, and even the struc-
ture of our capitalistic econ
omy generally. More and
more the thought appears
give in before it is too late"
yield before disaster oc-
curs"-"maybe if we make
this or that concession the
Communists will be satisfied
and World War III will be
averted." This sort of defeat
list propaganda is being dealt
out not only by the Commu-
mist underground and various
fellow travellers Of varying
degrees Of pink but now also
by faint-hearted intellectuals.
Herbert Thayer Fichman,
Commander, U. S. Navy.
4 Il 4
There is increasing evil
dence of a growing campaign
of defeatiSm in America, the
most recent manifestation of
which is the reported prep
aration of future United
States surrender terms by
the Pentagon.
The mere revelation that
such activity has been carried
on could cause untold psy-
Geological harm to the morale
Of emotional people and in so
doing further the Kremlin
campaign to defeat America
without actual war.
But this is not the only
facet of this campaign. In
the matter of indignation, we
are repetitiously told that
since the white race is a tiny
minority Of world population
it is useless to resist. This,
of course. is exactly what
the Kremlin monsters, their
handmaidens and camp fol-
lowers want us to believe.
From such defeatism comes
such reactions as that of
Franklin E. Kameny. The
Juror over investigation of
surrender terms, says Mr..
Kameny, seems to me to in
dictate a most deplorably I'M
realistic attitude on the part
of various Government off,
Gals and others" Surrender
to any enemy" he continues,
"at least leaves still-human
survivors to go on to make
something of the future"
Further. Mr.. Kameny feels
that surrender could be the
only sane, farsighted course
of action.
The constant feeding Of
this philosophy of defeatism
to various segments of our
population, 1t seems to me,
is not only devastating to the
morale of our people but so
designed. Who wants the
capitalistic system of Amer
lea destroyed? Who wants
Americas white race de-
spoiled as a prelude to de-
struction of its capitalistic
system? Who wants to see
the worlds strongest nation
merged into a nondescript
world organization dominated
by Americas enemies?
The answers to these ques-
tons are the key to the
campaign Of defeatism. We
are not in danger of military
defeat by Russia, which
would probably crumble from
within if actual conflict &C.
CURED; the danger is from
within from those who believe
we should prepare ourselves
for defeat before the fighting
begins.
Our main trouble, 1 sus-
pect, is that we need a few
transfuSions Of the red blood
that once coursed through
American veins.
Charles W. Carter.