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WHY America ls So Generally Disliked
By the Rest of the World
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N MY "PERSONAL"
article,
November
1970
issue, written from
New Delhi, India, a brief mention was made about the
United States being rather generally disliked in other
countries.
The beautiful, young and charming Maharani, wife
of the Maharaja of Tripura, put the question:
"America has given more generous belp to other nations,
and their peoples, than any country on earth," she first com–
mented. "Not only does the United States give extensive
financial aid to many other countries, but when there are
national disasters, such as major earthquakes or floods, your
country always seems to send generous help. Why, then, is the
United States so generally disliked?"
In this particular article I had written merely what I had
briefly and spontaneously answered in the conversation. In a
quick, ofi-the-cufi answer to the young lady, I attributed part
of this attitude to Communist propaganda against us. Part, I
suggested, might be due to human nature- a natural feeling
of jealousy because of American affluence and its higher stan–
dard of living. And I felt part of the feelings against us might
be caused by the inexcusable behavior of many Americans
travelling abroad.
Yesterday, the manager of our office in Düsseldorf, Ger–
many, Mr. Frank Schnee, flew over to see me. Among other
things, he showed me a letter in German from a subscriber to
The
PLAIN TRUTH.
It
was concerned principally with this same
question.
This same "Personal" article had been published in the
January-February 1971 German edition. Our German sub–
scriber thinks I omitted the most important reason for this
general feeling of ill-will toward Americans. I want my readers,
especially in the United States, to have a glimpse of how we
in
America look in the eyes of people in other parts of the world.
I think this letter is typical. Below I give you a rather free
In This lssue:
What
Our
Readers
Say
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Cover
Personal from the Editor
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BRITAIN:
On
Her Way
to
the
Common
Market
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The United Nations-
Can
lt
" Beat
Swords lnto Plowshares"?
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Advance
News
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7
Germany
artd
Israel-
A
Unique Relationship
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9
8/ack Plague Revisited?
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14
Can We Save Our Cities
from Financia{ Disaster?
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17
Newark:
A
Dying American
City
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25
TV
Log
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35
Radio
log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
What
You Can
Do
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39
"Win at
All Costs"
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ABOUT OUR COVER
On Ot'tober 28, 1971, the British
House of Commons voted to enter
the European Common Market by a
L12-vote margin. Parliament's ap–
proval of Britain's entry into the
European Community was a personal
ttiumph for Conservative Prime
Minister Edward Heath who headed
the British negotiating team in
1961, while he was Britain's
Deputy Foreign Secretary. Parlia–
ment's approval will help dear the
way for Britain's intended entry on
January
1,
1973. But the Govern·
ment still needs parliameotary ap–
proval of severa! major pieces of
legislation harmonizing British laws
and customs with those of the con·
tinental nations. The opposition
Labour Party promises a tough
battle for Mr. Heath's Conservatives.