Letters: Sep. 15, 1961

Nuclear Tests

Sir: Your cover for the Sept. 8 issue hit me quite hard. One could almost hear the Soviet leader saying, "Your grandchildren will live under Communism ... or else !"

MARVIN EVERETT COBLE III

Winston-Salem, N.C.

Sir: The Soviet Union's resumption of nuclear testing has revealed, all too clearly, the following fact. A gangster (the Soviet Union) does not cease his bloody activities because society frowns upon his activities — the extension and preservation of Communism through deceit, treachery, and barbarity when necessary. Since society employs armed policemen to protect itself from gangsters,...

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