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Your remorse should extend thruout our leadership, not thru the public; as the control of war is not in the hands of the masses, unless they refuse to fight and to pay; which conduct means rebellion. We Hitlerized to lick Hitler; and have thus lost the slender grip we had on self-government. The public is moved to fight fellow men only under the heat of false propaganda from our leaders. The people who fight and die haven't the power to change their leadership or its policy. The masses couldn't place leaders who really represented their interests. Only 1 particular trick in politics gave us a Woodrow Wilson in 1912. In 1948 he would never reach the ballot. I'd like the privilege of voting for you and your committee as President and cabinet, knowing that Hitlers and Stalins would melt before your invincible policy of justice. You'd first propose peace by being peaceful, forfeiting all armaments and bombs to U.N., along with our outposts. You'd advocate opening the Dardanelles and the Baltic that Russia might not feell in prison. You'd cease interfering in China's business, arming one political party against the other; just as Democrats slaughter the Republicans here. You'd use government funds in food, seed, and fertilizers to help Russia's neighbors, instead of arming them against her. You'd not ally yourself with the Red Pope or the Black Pope, one against the other; you'd recall Myron C. Taylor. You'd grant both Capitalism and Communism a free vote, that all mankind choose one or the other or neither. You'd not influence elections in Italy or elsewhere by innuendo or bribery. You'd seek to share the Earth's resources with all the Earth's people. You'd make every laborer an equal partner in all enterprise. War would then disappear under such a policy; but that policy would not give you a place on the ballot. But in spite of this pessimism, I agree that 'no one has the right to withdraw from the world of action.' This crisis affords all men an opportunity to grow strong in righteousness by advocating righteousness. Our conscience demands such a program of enlightenment. The burden should be scattered over a large constituency. I'm sending $10.00 on that basis, not intending to be stingy. If the burden must be borne by fewer persons, I wish to be solicited further. Thanks for the opportunity! Harrington, Maine. George W. McLaughlin