Show Letters To The Editor J with up no from from our our country country exceeds exceeds Smothered By Jealousy Dear Da asked several questions in his Chronicle article of September may 1 answer some of the more important ones for the attitude of the neutral countries toward Dajani asked why we to see countries antagonize a power that has done them no harm I would like to ask how people of this opinion can be so simple as to suppose that Russia will not One need only recall the cries for help that came from the freedom fighters in Hungary to realize that Jordan or any other neutral country will cry for help if the rest of us become If wo wall until wo are it will be too late to do anything about Dajani also asked why the suppose he means the United has assumed the to choose the and place for people to be May I point out that Hitler would now be enjoying the glory of his Third Reich if the United States had not decided that it was time for Europe to be DAJANI would appreciate it if we would stop assuming the divine right of and freeing people in accordance with our secular If Dajani will show us the I propose we- do something about I am sure that most of the free countries have more gratitude for our interest in them than Dajani perhaps his gratitude is smothered by DARROW Nation Of Dear I should like to support W. Dejani in his letter clarifying some of the causes contributing to the present stance of the neutralist countries vis-a-vis the U.S. and Although I do not know Dejani I feel we are indeed fortunate to have a man with in our midst who speaks the courage of his The number of our aware ana thinking citizens who speak out Is pitifully We have indeed become a of Dejani points out that we should in accordance with It our advertised is one of our cherished illusions that in our international relations we act on the basis of moral values Christian This clearly is not the case and citizens of other countries are infinitely more aware of this than our own The advocates of end justifies the and got to with more school of thought are growing encouraged daily by our jingoist We arc coming closer and closer to Hitler's and Russia's and a good can be built that we are acting from the same The delusion that we act from moral principle has resulted in a dangerous tone of righteousness which has crept into our utterances in international communications and Our unprincipled actions on the international scene can be illustrated by a few limited examples drawn from a large Despite the signing of a solemn treaty by this country expressly prohibiting intervention in Latin American the present administration violated intents and purposes f this treaty by organizing arid supporting the invasion of as a sign of our national moral bankruptcy many of our citizens supported this As a part of our foreign policy we have both tacitly and materially aided and supported such dictators as Franco and The flagrant abuse of prin- accepted interpretation of international law and our own integrity inherent in the Incident can only be realized if we imagine shoe were on the other and we had shot down a Russian plane over The howl of self-righteousness and morality and cries for bellicose which would have gone up no from from our our country country exceeds exceeds It is high time the hour is very that as a supposed Christian nation we begin to-exercise our professed and principles in international and diplomatic Herbert A. Otto Graduate School of Social Work Traffic Terrific Dear May I through your pages draw the attention of your readers and the Traffic Division to two serious hazards to safe driving on campus THE FIRST concerns the inadequacy of street lighting on at pedestrian crossings on two-way especially Driving along such streets against the glare of the oncoming I find it extremely difficult to observe persons crossing the road at marked let alone even when driving below ten The pedestrians are evidently quite oblivious of the and walk out blithely in the face of oncoming traffic instead of waiting for a break in the THE SECOND concerns inconsiderate drivers who insist on stopping and even waiting at intersections immediately before crosswalks to pick up and let down This practice is particularly prevalent at the crosswalk in front of the new Engineering making it dangerous to pass for fear of striking a Yours M. A. McDowall |