Challenge for Democracy
Sir:
TIME is to be congratulated for the fine article on Palmiro Togliatti and the rise of Communism in Italy [TIME, May 5]. It showed the tremendous appeal that Communism has for people who are starving and without hope, and pointed the warning of what could happen in our own country were we to have another depression. The challenge is there for the Western democracies. . . .
EDWARD P. J. CORBETT
Chicago
Sir:
You made clear an important point: all Communists aren't black-bearded bomb tossers. They're at least as clever as...