reeducate the Germans, andnadopt a policy of nonfraternization.nWe hate slavery andnpropose forced labor. We wantnEurope rebuilt, but will have nonheavy industry in Germany. Wenwant order in Europe, but not ifnwe have to sacrifice to preventnstarvation. We are againstndictatorship, but the dictatorshipnof the proletariat is annexception. And the new dayndawns by the light of thenburning homes of Tokyo andnYokohama. . . .nThe conquest of the UnitednStates by Hitler is revealed bynour adoption of the Nazindoctrine that certain races ornnations are superior and fit tonrule, whereas others are viciousnand fit only to be exterminatednor enslaved. We are now talkingnabout guilty races. We arensaying about the Germans andnJapanese what Hitler said aboutnthe Jews. And we are sayingnabout ourselves — or at least wenare strongly hinting it—whatnHitler said about the blondnteutonic “Aryans.”nHutchins accepted a position with thenFord Foundation in 1951, and wasnthereafter the leading figure with variousnof the tributary “funds” that sprangnfrom the foundation’s source — most ofnthem now utterly forgotten. Whennheading up the Fund for the Republicnhe came under fire from both the rightnand left—from the born-again Marxistsnor the American Gommittee for GulturalnFreedom and from the far-rightnloonies of the Hearst press, columnistsnlike Fulton Lewis, and simplemindedn”patriots” on the House Un-AmericannActivities Gommittee. In 1959 he establishednthe Genter for the Study ofnDemocratic Institutions, housed on annestate in the hills around Santa Barbara.nLooking back, one may wonder what, ifnanything, the center accomplished bynbringing intellectuals from all over thenworld to hear and read papers on thenvarious and sundry topics then feveringntheir high brows. Someone once definedn”committee” as a group of mennwho keep minutes and waste hours. Notnmuch more can be said for most conferences.nStill, even if we assume that-nHutchins’ efforts were in large partnwasted, we must admire the efforts forntheir good intentions. Nor can we doubtnAshmore’s assessment of him as “thenmost celebrated, and contentious, educatornof his generation.”nFor that matter, we have had nonuniversity president of comparable heftnand beam since Hutchins left his Ghicagonpost. With the transformation, nownblatantly acknowledged and widely advertised,nof eduation into a businessnconcern, the celebrity attained by ourneducational leaders is more often thannnot derisory in nature. With the possiblenexception of John Silber, the cantankerousnpresident of Boston University,nour educational leaders todaynadhere to the eminently safe policy ofngiving the populace what it wants, ofnsubscribing, in other words, to thenmyth that the voice of the people is thenvoice of God. Hutchins was the mostnpersuasive opponent of that doctrinenwe have to show. And for that we mustnhonor him.nnFor ChristmasnGive the KingnOne of the most popular ofnDorothy Sayers’ works, thisnplay-cycle was originally performednvery successfully onnBBC. Based on the Gospels,nand completely faithful to theninspired accounts of Christ’snlife, Sayers adds unrecordednconversations, minor charactersnand all the details thatngive concreteness to the Gospelnaccounts. She does thisnin such a realistic and engagingnmanner that thenwhole Gospel story comesnalive in our midst. Inspiringnreading at any timenbut especially during thenChristmas season. A wonderfulngift book.nThere is no other word but magnificent for this play drawnnfrom the Gospels. Sayer’s interpretation of the characters isnsimply brilliant. Her Jesus can bring tears to your eyes.nYou will be deeply moved—a powerful experience. 99n— Sheldon VanaukennignOtliZJiS pRSSS is Oakland Avenue • Harrison, NY 10528nPlease rush me copies of ThenNamenMan Born to Be King ($14.95 ea.)nAddress _nCity . State Zip.nI enclose total payment plusn$1.50 per copy for shipping andnhandling. 82nnnDECEMBER 1990/31n