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Capital Punishment
In the November issue of
The
PLAtN
TRUTH, you had
an
article on "An Alterna–
tive to Capita l Punishroent." 1 can readily
say 1 agree to most of what you said about
men and women wbo commit murder. But
you must also remember that a murder can
be committed and yet not intended.
l'm down here in prison for murder my–
self and am doing life after receiving the
death penalty for
2
years. l'm thankful
today however that 1 got a stay of execu–
tion.
1
fully believe that orphanages, state
training schools, prisons and society itself.
as
they are today, are the main causes for a
young man or woman to commit murder.
Most of the institutions. (which
1
bave been
in all ofthe above named) today use brutal
force in which to rehabilitate a man. By
doing
so
the young man may lurn worse
1han he cver was and thercfore may repeal
bis actions over again.
1
speak from expcri–
ence on this matter.
PauiC..
Huntsville, Texas
Smoking
1 am a man of totally different views
frorn 1hose propagated by
The
PLAIN
TRurn.
1 am a staunch materialist and a
committed Communist in ideology. More–
over,
1
am an active worker in my pany, the
C.P.!. Before reading your magazine,
1
had
tricd severa! times to get rid of the habit of
smoking.
1
failed. Your advice has inspired
me to try again. To tell tbe truth.
1
bave
stopped smoking from the very moment
that
1
finished reading the article.
1
can' t say
how far that il will go, but at presenL the
renunciation
is
absolutely comple te.
Comrade Harjit S. M..
Punjab. India
General Comme nts
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1
bave been in con–
tact with your magazine,
The
PLAlN TRUTH,
through borrowed copies.
1t
is quite en–
Lightening and inslructive.
l
wo uld be grate–
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may work as a preventive, which is better
than a cure.
J.
c..
Socicty of Jesus.
Mangalore, India
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Wales
An Agnos tic Writes
Being an Agnostic, il's hard for me to be–
lieve lhat you have
any solutions
10 the
PROBLF.M of our existence'n?
1
consider it an
accident. Oeing an Agnostic. l'rn opcn to
suggestions. Plato and Aristotle were Gnos·
tics.
as
was Socra1es; their world was sim–
pler. l ' m a profound reader of your
magazine.
1
must commend you for your
honesty and forwardness and
SPlJNK!
Rarc
these polilical days.
John S..
Bronx, New York
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