Evening star., 1960-06-09


wrong Harry Thompson pro-
ceeds, with an arrogant wave
of his wand, to call all OBJ
jectors, American Legion and
Congressional, "nit-pickers."
Sam Eustace.
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1t is sickening indeed for
the Freedom Monument pro-
moterS to wait until the week
after Memorial Day to give
a Nationwide news release
that the opposition (this in
cludeS our boys in the armed
services) to their grab-bag
monument is nothing but
flea bites" This is their
way of undermining the
practical and ethical solution
for use of the Nevius tract.
The American Legion for two
years - through resolutions
and two bills pending in Con-
gress-has offered the perfect
solution. But this is Thomp-
sons way and that of high
pressure firms to ridicule
them.
When those who have
fought the wars offer a
solution to a problem Cbud-
dies speaking up for those
whose dignif1ed burial place
would be lighted up as a cir
cus) they are called nit
pickers!" These professional
patriots ignore the bills pend
ing by the organizations
speaking for them.
B. Stavely.
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The Freedom Wall promo
ters. and the big New York
public relations and advertis-
ing firms that they have en-
ployed are, it seems, using
the prestige of the Office of
the President of the United
States to indorse and promote
their proposal, and to help
pass their monument bill
through Congress, and to
collect money.
And, by nationwide grass
roots" sales promot tion
methods they are attempting
to force Congress to pass
their Freedom Wall monument
bill. If this bill is passed.
they will be able to use the
prestige of the Office of every
member of Congress to help
them get money from the
public for their monument,
and for their own staff ex-
penses," during all of the
future years that their
oney- collecting activities
would be carried on.
Surely Congress must be
aware of this, since your
good newspaper has done so
much to bring the whole
matter to the attention of
everyone.
Malcolm Hite.
Now that we are in the
throes of being the recipients
of another dream" marble
monument, the Freedom
shrine, must we really give
up our pet thoughts for
others? I feel deeply, and I
know many others do too,
that alongside of the Free
dom Shrine we should also
have a Peace Shrine and a
Motherhood Shrine, both
highly commendable and
worthy projects; especially
since we have plenty Of real
estate to set aside for these
projects. With these two ad-
ditional shrines, we here in
Arlington would indeed have
a show place of the Nation in
that we will have enshrined
just about everything from
the cradle to the grave. BY
the way what is the shrine
supposed to represent? Free
dom from what, surely not
other shrines?
ArlingtOnian
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If Congress authorizes $12
million or any other amount
of the taxpayers money for
that monstrous so-called
Freedom Wall" proposed for
erection next to Arlington
Cemetery, I cannot see how
members will be able to ex-
plain such an unconscionable
waste to the suffering tax
payers.
AS long as there are dozens
Of projects on which we can
spend tax money to advance
the cause of freedom (educa-
ton, to mention only one) ,
it would be unthinkable to
waste money on a useless
monument to freedom -
when such a waste in q time
like this would actually un-
dermine freedom.
Violet v. Palmer