Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06

Your December l editorial,
Hatred and Hysteria," was a
masterpiece IN this hour Of
emotional instability.
Mrs. 7. L. Tinsley, Sr.
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No one could have desired
the death Of President Ken
nedy less than the American
conservative, for it has prob
ably set back his cause by
years; besides. it is not
within his nature to stoop
to assassination. This Is so
apparent that one may won
der whether liberal despera-
ton may not have been the
motive behind the trigger In
Dallas.
I congratulate The Star
for q thoughtful and badly
needed word Of sanity after a
hinge Of reportorial venom.
Charles w. Carter.
You state that recent SER
mons and articles on the
evils Of hatred, on the poison
in our national bloodstream,
etc., are absurd and irrele-
want to the death of President
Kennedy. You maintain that
the assassination was solely
the result Of something
dreadfully wrong in the mind
Of Lee Oswald" OF course,
there was something wrong
IN Oswald's mind, but TO put
all the blame on that Is to be
as absurd and irrelevant as
you claim others are. Do you
not know that minds such as
Oswald's are profoundly af-
fected by the atmosphere
and climate In which they
exiSt2 A prevailing and per-
vading atmosphere Of hatred,
bigotry, tension, violence, in
tolerance, fanaticism Is what
sparks such sick minds to acts
Of violence. ABS.
For 40 years I have been
dealing with problems of the
human mind; formerly as
Professor Of Psychology at
George Washington Universe
ty and more recently in my
medical practice. I would
hazard the guess that If the
facts were known Lee Oswald
had for years been suffering
from a mental disorder of q
paranoid nature which pre-
vented his getting along with
anyone. To blame the people
Of Dallas for his act would be
as far-fetched as to blame
the people Of Buffalo for the
assassination of President
Mckinley. 1t would probably
not even be fair to blame the
Communists for the aSsaSsi-
nation of President Kennedy
although Oswald was an
admitted Communist.
F. A. Moss, MD.
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The Star is right in deplor-
ing the emotional aftermath
of President Kennedy'C
brutal murder in which the
Nation is being subjected to
sermons from the self right
eous on the evils Of hatred
The hatred" they have in
mind, Of course, Is that which
they attribute to those op-
posed to the late Presidents
program of punitive enforce
ment of the civil rights" fol-
Negroes.
But when The Star asserts
that segregation is morally
wrong" I object. I woulC
agree that in a democratic
society Government-enforcec
segregation against the viii
Of the people is morally
wrong, but I would deny thai
there is anything immoral II
the actions of a free people
voluntarily to segregatt
themselves racially or other.
wise If they believed that BY
so doing the best interests o.
all would be served.
Harvey H. Hewitt.
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Thank you for the SAINT!
expressed in your fine edito
rial, Hatred and Hysteria.
The chorus Of commentators
ministers and self-styled his
torians who have toilet
nightly to paint US to tn,
world as a nation Of hat
and violence can now tur7
their Incompatible talents Il
Venezuela. Here there are N
Southern raciSts," yet tn
President has for month
. been subjected to many as
sassination attempts!
c. ID. Hill.
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The Star conveys tn
impression that the variou
sermons and comments o.
the evils Of hatred, "happel