Talk:Edward Clark Carter

message: It seems to me that use of material directly from FBI files without consulting the published works in the area is original research.
Would anyone object if I went through the article, retained but edited the allegations into a separate paragraph, and added more about Carter's earlier life and work? ch (talk) 06:43, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of Raw FBI Files? 

message: As noted in my earlier submission regarding Wikipedia’s Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) article, I am reluctant to alter another person’s work and prefer instead to offer suggestions and comments through the “Talk” section which readers can use as they see fit.
Paul Hooper
University of Hawaii
Suggested clarifications to the Edward Clark Carter article:
Several details in the bio-sketch need clarification:  from 1926 to 1933 Carter was Secretary of the American Council of the IPR, from 1933 to 1946 he was Secretary General of the international IPR and from 1946 to 1948 he was Executive Vice Chairman of the American Council.  Further, in addition to the listed awards, it might be noted that he was also honored by the Chinese Nationalist (KMT) government, something that tends to confound the fellow traveler charges so often made against him.  See Paul F. Hooper, ed., Remembering the Institute of Pacific Relations: The Memoirs of William L. Holland (Tokyo: Ryukei Shyosha, 1995), p. 147.
Comments:
This article presents a rather sensationalist and thus distorted portrayal of Carter.  By focusing almost solely upon his well-known sympathies for leftist causes--especially those involving the Soviet Union--and the related McCarthy era allegations, it implies that these causes were his principal concern.  This oversimplified characterization pays no heed to the fact that his views were not substantially different from those of many other respected individuals in the internationalist and academic circles of the 1920s, 30s and earlier 40s.  Further, the article does not address the fuller array of his activities during this period (internationalist fund-raising, promotion of international research and public awareness, establishment of important private diplomatic connections, exciting public enthusiasm for international issues, etc.) and thus fails to capture much if any of his multi-dimensional character.  Finally, the article makes no mention of the fact that all of the cited allegations were in fact just allegations--none led to a formal charge, much less a conviction, and his name never appeared on any of the more worrisome lists of the era such as the Venona transcriptions.
While no balanced assessment of Carter’s career would generally deny the information in this article or claim that all IPR participants were entirely free of questionable activities, neither would it agree that this article fairly summarizes Carter’s activities or that it leaves an accurate impression of the Institute.  A more balanced view requires a broader perspective and the use of a wider array of sources, such as found in Wikipedia’s IPR article and the related “Talk” comments.  While there is no proper biography of Carter, Holland’s segment about him in his Memoirs (pp. 141-51) is a useful starting point.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.171.223.99 (talk) 21:16, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested modifcations from Paul Hooper 

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