364 polities PACKAGESTORUSSIANZONEOFGERMANY Wearesorrytoreportthattheinformation, inour Augustissue,aboutsendingpackagestotheRussianzone inGermanyviaaSwisslabororganization,hasturned outtobeincorrect. (Al least,ourexperiencehasbeen thattheSwisscentralbankrefusestoacceptthedrafts wetriedtosendthroughourownbank.) It ISbpossibletosendfoodpackagestotheRussian zone,however,throughtheInternationalRescueand ReliefCommittee,103ParkAve.,NewYork17,N.Y. TheparceliscaledNo.B,costs$8.50,weighsabout 18pounds,containsanexcelentvarietyof foods. It takesfrom6 to8weekstoarrive.TheIRRCinforms usthattheyhavealreadyreceivedacknowledgementof thereceiptofsomeoftheseparcels. stayedthereuntil1945.WetookpartintheFrenchResistance movement. . .NowIamateacherintheKantNormalSchool here,wheresome250studentsstudytobecometeachers.My taskis toovercomethenationalisticideastheThirdReich drilledintothemandtoteachthemthatwarisinhumanand stupid. . .Pleasedon'tthinkmerude if Imakeanotherrequest.Ourteachingsuffersfromlackofbooks,newspapers, magazines,etc.Canyougetme in English,Germanor Frenchsociologicalworks,biographiesofstatesmen,eco- nomicandstatisticalworks,booksonlife intheUSA? (NOTEBYD.M.: It isnotyetpossibletosendbooks,mag- azinesoranyprintedmattertoaddressesinGermany.Aconstantnoteintheletterswegetistheappealforhistoricaland politicalmaterial;onehastheimpressionofpeoplecutofffrom theworldformanyyearsnoweagertoestablishcontactagain, hungryfor allsortsof informationandideastheyhavebeen starvedofsince1933.Yetthestupidandshamefulpolicyof theAmericanoccupationauthoritiesistocontinuethiscultural isolation.Whatpossiblejustificationisthereforthis?) Thewifeofafamousbrain-surgeonwritesus(inEnglish) fromtheBritishZone: Wearedeeplygratefulforthisgenerousefforttosmoothetheroughedgesofourpresentexistence. Ourfamilyconsistsofthreeadults(myhusband,mymother, myself)andsevenchildren(fiveofthemmine,twoof a homelessfriend) . . .Maywesuggestanotherfamily?It isthe widowofaclosefriend,andIhadherchildreninmyhome lastwinter forseveralmonths,becauseshelostherhomein Berlin.HerhusbandwasDr.AdolfReichwein,whowasexe- cutedinconnectionwiththeatempttoassassinateHitleron July20,1944.Thisverygiftedmanwasoneofourgreat hopesfor thetimeafterthebreakdownof theNazisystem. Hewasagreateducationalist.Hisnamewasalsoknownin theUSA,wherehehadtraveledtocolectmaterial forhis book,Rohstof-wirtschaftderErde,whichalsoappearedin English.Likemanyof theothermenwhowithhimfound deathinanattempttoexoneratethenameof thiscountry, wemisshimnoweveryday.Hisfamilyconsistsofhiswidow andherfourchildren,aged4to13. HAPPYDAYSAREHEREAGAIN Thismorningthemostunusualthinghappenedrighthereinourtown. Idroppedintoatenant'sofficeandwhilethereforabouttenminutestwo mencameinwantingtowork.Mytenanthadrunanad forcommon laborers,andhesaidliehadbeencontactedoverthephoneorathisofice byatleastahundredmen,allwantingtowork.Thisisthefirsttimein severalyearsthat I havehadanassociatetellmehehadbeenableto turnworkersawayinnumberstoamounttoanything. It isaveryhopeful sign. —lettedrom /tin, Texas,inTheWallStreetJournal,Oct.8. BibliotecaGinoianco WILLYOUUNDERTAKETOSENDFOODPACKA REGULARLYTOAEUROPEANFAMILY? Politics,45AstorPlace,NewYork3,N.Y. Iwanttohelp. DPleasesendmetheaddressof aEuropeanfamily, fulmailinginstructions. I willundertaketo package(s)amonth. E I enclose$ GES plus sendthem....•••• topayfor C A R E packages forChristmas.Pleasesendinthenameof ri I enclose $ t o pay forfoodpackages. I will undertaketosendyou$ a monthtokeepuptheflow ofpackages. NAME ADDRESS CITY U N I T S T A T E TheInteligenceOfice "MURDER,INC: Todayaprofessorofmine,Dr.JamesonJones,recommended that I read"TheIliad" in theNovember,1945,issueof POLITICS. Dr.Jones,ProfessorofPhilosophyandReligion,was, andis,aC.O.Herecommendedthisarticlebecauseheknew ofmyhatredforwar,as I amhisonlymajorstudentat preTsheenct. oincidencethatimpressesmeisthat Ichancedtoread "Terror intheAir" inthesameissue,andin thisarticle I noticedareferencetoanAmericanB-17,Murder,Inc.Thisis realynocoincidenceatall,merelytheculminationofmany forcesthathavebeenactingonmeforoverfiveyears.Yousee, IamthefelowthatnamedthatB-17Murder,Inc.onedayin April,1943,attheAAFoverseassend-of pointatKearney, Nebraska. Iofferedthatnametomycrew(Iwastail-gunner)because Ihonestlythoughtthatwewouldbecommittingmurderbe- forelongandwewere.Thenamewascynicallyoffered;howevermycrew-matesoverlookedmysmirkandpaintedthe nameontheplanethatday. Murder,Inc.wasmyplaneforonlyoneortwomissions. Itwasanunluckyshipfromthefirstmissionit flew,May14, 1943.Everytripweuseditwebrought it backwitheither enginetroubleorbattledamage.Onedaywhenitwasoutof orderweusedanotherplane,andMurder,Inc.washeldatthe base,Polebrook,NorthHants,asaspare.Someonehadtrouble ontakeoffandMurder,Inc.hadtobeused,itcamebackfrom thatmissionshotall topieces.Mycrewhad"Murder,Inc." writtenonleathernameplateswhichweresewnonourflight jackets,andwerippedthemoffwhenwefoundoutourold shipwouldbehospitalizedforalongtime. Itcamebackonthe regularlistataboutthetimeIfinishedmytouroftwenty-five missions,October10,1943. Iwritethis toexplainthatMurder,Inc.wasgiventhat namebecauseofreasonsnearaliedtoreasonsoferedbyevery C.O. I felt then,and I still feelthateveryB-17wasasevil astheBrooklyngangthatboretheoriginalname.Ifthereis
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