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Q:
Tbe powt is brought up úme and
again that tbe United States presently
exists under what they
call
a weak Prcsi·
dcnt,
a
divided Congrcss, and
a
public
which
is
increásingly drifting toward
isolationi$m. lt has been said repeatedly
that middle echclan people in govem·
meot in Europe doubt that tbe Ameri–
can
people, no maller what a presiden!
might say, would be willing
to
go
along
wi t.h comm.itment of troops aod of
weapons in any new cooftict outside the
Uoitod States.
Do
you feel that Ibis
is
ao
accurate assessment?
A;
First
of
all, we
have the prohlem of
the institutions in a modero democratic
state.
1
think
we
will
never havc ideal
institutÍOD$. You
can
have thcm on
paper, but they must wor.lc. And they
must work with living people, so you
ha
ve
your institutional problems;
f<?t
ex·
ample, a m'\iority in Congress tbat is not
of the same tendcncy of ideas
as
the
President.
W~have
problems in Bel·
gium. We have a linguistic
probl~m.
as
you
know,
and so oo. And
1·
think
all
over
the world, at least for the moment,
tbere
are
very acute problems witb tbe
democratic institutions. On your second
c¡uestion, l'm glad you are speaking of
the personality of tbe Presiden!,
beca
use
cvcn in my oountry, and in olher oow\·
tries,
1 bear
more and more people say
we oeod
a
strong man. You
know,
there
are severa! meanings - severa! ideas
about wbat that means -
a
strong man
in politics. l'm
a
little bit afraid of the
expression «strong
man"
because before
the war, in tbe totalitarian systems, tbey
were always loo.lcing for
a
"strong
rilan."
And we .lcnow now wbat it meant at that
time.
1
don't think it was in that sense
that you were speaking of a strong
man.
WeU.
1
remember being
a
student at that
time, wben Mr.
Trumao
becamc Presi·
dent of the Unitod States.
In
all
the
newspapers in your oountry .were com·
plaints that he was not anything extraor·
dinary. Aflerwards be improved to be
an
excellent President of the Unitod
StatC$, and be tonk decisions tbat other,
maybe stronger meo, or meo
'!'ilh
a
strooger reputation, would oot bave
talcen.
So,
1
will
give credit to the actual
Prcsidcnt of tbe United States. He has -
.excuse roe for saying it in
this
way - to
learn his job, and it
is
the most ditllcult
ooe that exists in the world. lt's far frorn
aoeasyone.
1
think
with
bis
open character, with
bis
opeo mind and with
bis
very
good
advise.rs, Mr. Ford
will
do
a
good
job.
Tbat's my opinion.
Your
thinl
c¡uestioo
was
about the fu.
ture. WeU.
1
thinlc
there
is
a
will -
a
política!
will
in the Unitod States and in
several
European
state~,
to
have better
coopera
tion,
better understanding and
10
oome closer
10
each other in order
to
aa
oo
a
comrnoo basis. And, as we saw
already. thc problems
are
the same in all
modero industrialized countries.
We
should rnake a bigger
elfon
in order
lo
llod oommon solutions for these prob–
lerns. Tbc only issue is an operation of
survival and it is the best
policy
we
can
bave.
CTA:
Tbank you
very
much,
Mr.
Twdemans. We appreciatc
so
mucb
your taking time out to visit
with
us
.in
your
very
heetic schedule at the NA"I:O
Summit Confereoce bere in Brll$–
sels.
o
WEEK
Et-lDINO JULY
12, 1975
letters
Hip eompliments on the
atüdt
i.o. your
bript, informativo May
24th
íssuc apinst
thc "sex-is-si.o.ful" a.awed concept. 1 con·
llrm your view in cliscussing
"Se•
in Mar·
riagc"
in
my n.ew "heartblood" boot,
CtJI&scloUJ Happinus: How to Gtt Mo"
Out
ofUvlng.
... More power and happi·
ness
10
you and your rcaden.
Samm
Sinolair Baker,
Mamarooeck, NY
•
Mr. Baku
..
ltiJJ
autltor~d
22 otlrtr
/x>q/4,
lncludlngjir<
best-~1/us
a>-autlwntd
wirh Dr.
/rwilt
Slil.lman.
1 submit tbe
cnclosed
copies ftom Thc
Documents of Vatiean
U
as COiltradíc:tory
10
your statement tbat
'<:Crtain
altitudes
toward
sex,
which
you mention in Part
1
of
Tite
Mlsslng
Dimms.ion
üt
&x
are the
teacbin& of thc Roman Catholic
Cburch. •••
Paul A4thony,
Ca.nton,OH
•
Mr.
Amutrong
was
c/IQJ'Iy
tYfuring
to
tht
hlstorlco/
developmont ofCathollc ttach–
lnp on
sex~
which stlll
~rmeatt
man)' cul·
tuns.
Th• ttachlnp
of
Yatic:an 11 on th1
tub}tel an w:ry
tnlightened.
and they para/·
111 Mr. Armsuong'3 teachingJ on t.lte
1ubjt:et
ln mony ¡H>im:. Ht ln
""
way
mtanl
to
CtUI
tuptt#DJU
on the ctJntemponuy Cathollc
Clturch or lt.s current
t«~ellings
on
#.Jt
w/thfn
mamop.
Whilc reading the May
24
copy of
1'/Din
T>vtlt,
1
camc
UJ!OD
a
groos
conuadíetiou in
lo&ic.
or
so
it appeatS to me. Wbile
1
do
JJOI
in any way condone rape, and believe
m
tbe deatb -··- for rapúts who injure a
woman i.o. tbe
use
of
forc:e.
1
do not believe
thac most wo·men
do
not want
to
be
rapc<L
In fact
it
would appear lbey want desper–
ater
10
be raped.
1
most
women are.in fear of rape and
are repulled by it,
1
dare you tell me why
they
show more
and
more
af lhemsclve! in
cheir
dress'and manner.
why
they are con·
stantly
teasing
men on the sueet, oo TV. at
work, etc. The average woman of today
d.rCS3es like a wbore of 6ve or ten years
a¡o. Now who
is
fooling who? Meo
are
tbc
vic:tims
or rape more tban womeo..
1 thi.o.Jr. womcn
are
the
cause
of
15~
or
tbe increase in rape in tbc
world
today.
lf
rape is
10
be greatly reduced, women must
cb.a.o1e tbeir
way
of dress
&l1d
the wa.ntoo
way lbey
aa.
LepJizcd
prostitution would
be a
bia
help,
a
vast
belp. lf lbese two
cooditions came
10
pass,
rape would be
m
reduced, or more.
Vinc:eo.t Scb.iavo,
Brooldyn, NY
1want to commend you on a vcry well·
rcsearc.bcd, well·written article. 1
have
rcad
a lot about rape in rccent years, but few
artlcles reveal as plainly and suocioctly
u
yours thc legalities swroWldíng a rape
~
and tbe professional altitudes the vic–
tim must f'aee whcn reporting a rape.
1
must poi.o.t out, however, an opporlll·
nity
you missed
10
show how littlemen and
women
kDow
about the members of tbeit
owo
sex.
When
spcaking
about the myth
tbat "women
secret1y
'want it,' " you said
tbat this myth persists among men, but tbat
we
women
tnow
better. rm aftaid tbat
a
rather tars:e perceotage or women
wbo
bave not beco raped believe tbat in most
cues those wbo have beco raj>ed "uked
ror
it".
...
E
ven
some women
wbo
bave
::~~dr~r~~e~:;~e:~:~::-•.!elo;::
how guilty. They ate made
10
feellbat way
partly becau.'e of lbcir upbringiog. tbe idea
that aJl women are
cvil
bccause
it
was Eve
wbo tempted Adam . . . the double stan–
dard
alloWin~
sons
(but not daupters)
10
"sow
tbeii wdd oats,"
and
partly
beca
use
of tbe myths mcntioned in your articlc.•••
1
wu very happy
10
read ahout myth
nu.mber
3 -
rapists
as
*belpless viGtims or
desirc." This
is
tbe view my husband leans
toward - "Tbe poor guy
ltiJd
10
do
it."
He
doesn't realu.e, and
mOSl
meo ptobably
don'~
tbat rape is violent,
an aa
of halled,
as
you poillted out,
an aa
of revengo and
not
desire. Fewer women would have
&O
fear
~rejcction
by busband. family or
(riends"
ir
more meo
(andwomen)
realized
the
violent
narure
or
this c:rime. 1 fed
tbit
was not stressed
enougb io
lbe article. l
thinlc
or
desire as • positivo thing. • part of
love. Ocsire and batrcd are mutuaUy cxolu·
sive, and rape is an·act ofhattt4. ·
Georgia Rider,
Carhondalc, IL
1
ül:c
tbe oew
1'1'
with the reaUy up-to–
datc shoncr
artidcs.
Have always cnjoycd
Mr. An Buchwald's
eolumn.
Kcep it com–
in&- And Mr.
~der
has astonishing
wis–
dom. Mr. David Joo Hill's colum.ns are
JOOd,
dowo-to-earth thoupts.
Mn.
Thomas Johnoon,
Lincoln.
NE
Orc:hids
10
Gerbard O. Marx for
bis
ar–
ticle i.o. tbc Marc:b
22.
1975
íssue of
1'/aln
Trut!t.
"Tbe Pope's Orive for Rccoocilia–
tion"
was
weU
written
and tbcologicaUy
lmpanial.
1t
is not oncn that a fundamentally Pto·
testant publicatioo treats such subjects ob–
jcctively, i.e., without resorting
to
ridículo
ordiston.ion..
However,
1
tbi.o.Jr. tbe word "appeal"
would have
bcen
better
iD
lbe title than
"drive."'
Tbe
word ..
drive"
.sounds
so
ag ..
vessivc
and
is reminisceot ofmilitary ma–
oeuvers. Catholics and Ptotest.uts may be
at
war
i.o. Nonbem
lrdand
(notice
1
díd not
say Chrisdaos), hot there is
DO
need for
such
conftict
hcrc in
America,
and
tbere is
no need for beDigereot
semantics.
Watch
it,Oethard!
William B. Sexton,
Shelby,OH
·-A~~:j.~~~~~~.~eap~J':.'. ~v-r:~
• Missing Oimension in Knowledgc," aod
6rmly belicve that you were directly
in·
spircd by God
10
write
Ibis
great messagc.
1
wu
shocked by the words, *lbe awesomo
human poteotial .•. is i.o.finitcly superior
and hiper than Lucifer's" - but it is
so
true!
Pleue
keep up the great wort.
Barbara
Hawt:ins,
Cotooa, NY
Plcue do not send the
1'/aln Trurh
maga·
z.ine anymorc.
11
only
deals
in
negativc
is.sues of lbe world.
MI$. Mari O.,
Princeton, Minnesota
• Regarding "A$trology," May 3. Therc is
much
wrong
with moderu astrOiogy. But its
bask:
prin(íple,
ooomi<:
inlluence,
is
scicn–
tiJ\c. Coomi<:
radiations
can oocur
at the
' frcquenc:ies of
brain
waves and tbcrcbY
cause
behavioral and hea.lth side ell'eets.
The
21st
oentury scienoe
wiU
realiu
this–
Planetary
~tions
focus and tu.nc
COSIJlie
rad.iatiou.
Of co&rse, 1 don't expect you to publish
my oomment as
it
exposes an ignora.nce
and fallacy in your views
of
astrology. You
suppress ihe most intelligent
criticisms..
Stop rnasquerading
u
the plain truth. You
are ptofoundly
ignoran~
sincerely deluded,
vain and incapable of tbc insigb.U ,ahove.
lo otberowords, you ate clcarly false ptopb·
ets.
Dr. A.
H.
K.lotz,
Babylon, NY
Your anicle in April
19
Plaln Truth
is
&ne but foi that
last
paragraph,
"1
dot>'t
cate
if
you srnoke. lt's
your
tife." Thcre
may be
a
lot
oC
retarded smolrers but i.o. -
this
day and age, the nonsmoker
docs
not
bave
10
remain retarded on the subject of
what tobacco smote
does
10
hilo.
Read "Tbe Healtb Consequenoes of
Smoking"
issuec,!
out of the
U.S.
Oovcm–
ment printin& otJicc, Washington, D.C.,
2040l
for
1972.
This particulu is.sue earries
a veat deal of information about what
tobacco
&molee does to the
nonsmoker.
V. A. Haviland,
Seaule, WA
Your admitation ofThieu ofSaigon
was
truly premature. He escaped (in our Air
Porce plane) with
10
toas
of ,possessions,
dosc relativos and S73 millioo. Tbe actions
of
a
truly "noble" man?
1
hope you priot Ibis but
1
doubt you
will.
Nadine Kruger,
NewYork,NY
In the arúde, "A4cient Spiriu Haunt
Modcm Sc:ience" i.o. the May
3, 197S
1'/aln
Trvtlt,
ebe
quote
from
New Scfordst
on
Uri
Oeller
is
not their latest word. Later they
devoted
most
o(
an iss:uc
to
an investí&&·
tion or him and reponed "that every G eller
event that
1
oould iovestigate in detail had
a nonnal expJ&.nation tbat was
more. protJ.
able than tbe paranonnal one"
(Ntw Scl–
..,lst,
17
Oct.
74).
These normal
ex.planations wcre standard magicians'
ttick'-
sueh u
sleipt of hand while Ule
audiel)(e'l attention
is
diverted.
William
Franklín,
Cambridge,
MA
1
appreciatc your coturno "What
0\lt
Readers Say.• The faa that
eacl>
month
you publish
a
column devoted to the crili–
cism
of your publication.s proves
your
sin–
eerity.
1
bave
bcen
a subscribe<
10
your
magui.no for 2 ycan. 1save aU ofthe íssues
because
your predic:tions osually tum out
10
be righL You are pessimistic ahout
Ibis
era and society we live in, but your
pessim–
ism
is positivc beca·use
it
is thc only way to
make people think. In a materialistic world
which opposes spirituallife, your magaúoe
is
a
means to help me undentand the ptob–
lem.! that faee us toda
y
and then to analyu
them. Yow statcment
is
good in thelight
of your publieations. lt is always better to
bo
accused of telling the truth Iban
to
be
accusedofhidingiL
Anonymous,
France
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