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Letter to Editor
May 29, 1961
The Augusta Courier
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
What is this article about?
Lucas D. Phillips writes to Roy V. Harris, agreeing with his column's assessment that U.S. foreign policy leads to national suicide. He describes it as a three-step process: spending taxpayer dollars to build up foreign nations, appeasement of communists, and surrender, confirmed by government actions.
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Roy V. Harris, Esq.
1300 Southern Finance Bldg.
Augusta, Georgia
Dear Mr. Harris,
I have just received the Augusta Courier for May 15, 1961, and in the second paragraph in your column "Strictly Personal" you wrote: "I do not know what our foreign policy is, but whatever it is it seems to be leading us into the direction of national suicide."
While as far as I know our nation has no written foreign policy but it is now abundantly clear that we do have a consistent and firmly fixed foreign policy. This is confirmed by a consistent course of action on the part of our government rather than any announced policy.
Our foreign policy consists of three steps. First, spending American dollars collected from our taxpayers or passed on to future taxpayers by way of increase in our public debt to build up foreign nations to make them more attractive to the Communists. To, appeasement which enables the Communists to consolidate their position in the country in which we have wasted the American taxpayers dollar. Three, surrender.
I submit that this has become a definite even though unannounced foreign policy and is thoroughly confirmed as result of the actions of our government.
This leads me to agreement with the last part of the above quoted sentence that our foreign policy is "leading us in the direction of national suicide".
Sincerely yours,
(Signed)
Lucas D. Phillips
Leesburg, Va.
Roy V. Harris, Esq.
1300 Southern Finance Bldg.
Augusta, Georgia
Dear Mr. Harris,
I have just received the Augusta Courier for May 15, 1961, and in the second paragraph in your column "Strictly Personal" you wrote: "I do not know what our foreign policy is, but whatever it is it seems to be leading us into the direction of national suicide."
While as far as I know our nation has no written foreign policy but it is now abundantly clear that we do have a consistent and firmly fixed foreign policy. This is confirmed by a consistent course of action on the part of our government rather than any announced policy.
Our foreign policy consists of three steps. First, spending American dollars collected from our taxpayers or passed on to future taxpayers by way of increase in our public debt to build up foreign nations to make them more attractive to the Communists. To, appeasement which enables the Communists to consolidate their position in the country in which we have wasted the American taxpayers dollar. Three, surrender.
I submit that this has become a definite even though unannounced foreign policy and is thoroughly confirmed as result of the actions of our government.
This leads me to agreement with the last part of the above quoted sentence that our foreign policy is "leading us in the direction of national suicide".
Sincerely yours,
(Signed)
Lucas D. Phillips
Leesburg, Va.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Foreign Policy
Communism
National Suicide
Appeasement
Taxpayer Dollars
Surrender
What entities or persons were involved?
Lucas D. Phillips
Roy V. Harris, Esq.
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Lucas D. Phillips
Recipient
Roy V. Harris, Esq.
Main Argument
the u.s. has an unannounced foreign policy of spending taxpayer dollars to build up nations attractive to communists, followed by appeasement allowing communist consolidation, and ultimate surrender, leading to national suicide.
Notable Details
Quotes Harris's Column: 'I Do Not Know What Our Foreign Policy Is, But Whatever It Is It Seems To Be Leading Us Into The Direction Of National Suicide.'
References Augusta Courier, May 15, 1961.