Evening star., 1960-02-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Controversial AT Manual on Reds and Churches

matter of established attitude
and action for sometime. Re-
Gently, a number of leaders
in America have pointed up
this trend of some State and
Federal factions, and the po-
tential hazards of it from
past and present situations.
Heretofore, we the people of
the United States have held a
relatively indifferent attitude
toward such arrogant ideas.
1t appears that some of
the information in that
manual was primarily based
on the records compiled by
NJ. G. LoWman of Circuit
Riders, Inc, as gathered by
compiling a list OF names
that appear on Sucn a uoou-
ment as petition for clem-
ency Csuch as in the Ros-
enberg case, etc. Conse-
quently. association of such
name listings with the Ma
tional Council of Churches
and their members was
enough to label persons as
potentially Communists co.
I find such metaphysi-
caiiy anchored thinking in
more positive situations to be
wholly outrageous, and fur
ther I think that such re-
search is highly disadvan-
tageous to the basic princi-
Piles that should be indica-
tive of this great Nation.
However. it appears that
many factions are operating
with warped underlying mo-
tivations and consequently
contribute to a growing
hysterical situation. We have
departed from the right and
wrong aspects of thinking
on a personal and national
level, and think in terms of
stigma regardless of the
principles involved in all too
many instances, Has kind
ness and mercy departed
from our shores?
Increasingly, factions of
Government personnel are
reacting with contempt for
people. However, officials un-
derestimate the significant
factor of intelligence of the
American people in general,
and fail to take note of that
factor with the realization
that we are not emotionless
pieces of furniture, but are
capable of reacting at the
polls. with a resiliency to
political doubletalk-that is
omnipresent in our time.
In all probability, after
continued laundering, the
public will demand to know
enough about executive pol
icy to enable the intelligent
election of fortnight leaders
that have some genuine
ideas and forceful steering
approach to governmental
actions, less the factor of
certain types of psyche
pathic ideas, prejudices. ct
cetera. Such esprit de corps
is showing signs and symp-
toms of developing.
Frederic Williams.
Your editorial, How Did 1t
Happen?". made my sense of
justice and righteousness boil.
1t might be we'll for you to
examine very carefully the
background of the associate
editor that wrote it, because
it has all the earmarks of a
Communist card carrier. Of
course, if the editor is one
also, we'll hear no more about
this missive.
Where the contents of the
controversial Air Force
manual are concerned, I
prefer to put my reliance in
the champions of fundamen-
tai "Americanism" such as ].
Edgar Hoover, Representative
Francis E. Walter, Edgar C.
Bundy, DR.. Carl McIntire,
etc. Their criticisms are
ignored, but unchallenged.
Some day perhaps an
apathetic America will be
shaken to its foundations
when it finds the Commies,
by quisling tactics, have
sneaked in and gained COM
plete control, and editorials
such as the one mentioned
above give unlimited aid to
the progress of such tactics.
]. H. Austin.
Editors note: We assure
Mr.. Austin that neither the
editor nor his associate is a
Communist