true nature of atheistic Communism.nWe were vilified, ridiculed, harassed,netc., and it was not until Mr. McCarthynbegan talking that we were able tonget any appreciable response to ournefforts — efforts which were gleanednfrom HCUA documents and printedntestimony of ex-Communists, readilynavailable to any citizen.nPlease extend our most profoundnthanks and appreciation for Mr. Francis’nwork, as well as for your courage innputting it in print.n—Robert W. DemorsnVeneta, Oregonn”The Evil That Men Don’t Do: JoenMcCarthy and the American Right”nby Samuel T. Francis in the Septembernissue of Chronicles is the bestnarticle published in the magazinensince I’ve been a subscriber.nThe elite of The Liberal Establishmentnare afraid of McCarthyism becausenthey know they are in the minoritynand can maintain their control ofnAmerican institutions only throughnpolitical manipulation.n—The Rev. Roland ThorwaldsennRector, St. Stephen’s ParishnBeaumont, CalifornianOnce again, Sam Francis has demonstratednthat he is among the mostnarticulate and fearless polemicists ofnthe American right. It is a source ofncontinuing frustration to me that thenleft has so ably controlled the grammarnof discourse that practically no Congressionalnconservative and few conservativenauthors have ever any goodnthing to say about Joe McCarthy. Thenhostility of the left to McCarthy is wellnjustified, for he sounded the tocsinnwhich brought the contemporarynAmerican conservative movement intonexistence.nOn July 12, 1936, the monarchistndeputy Calvo Sotelo was murdered byna Communist cadre following a speechnin the Cortes in which he pointed outnthat the very roots of Christian civilizationnin Spain were being cut away bynthe lefi. This murder brought aboutnthe uprising which overthrew thenMarxist government. Calvo Sotelo hadnmany shortcomings, but I know of nonSpanish man of the right who ever hasna bad v/ord to say of his memory. ButnJoe McCarthy was not granted thenpristine purity of martyrdom by annAsalto bullet. Essentially abandonednby his Congressional colleagues, henfought on for many months, as best hencould according to his lights, duringnwhich he could have saved himself bynsimply retreating.nIt was so refreshing to hearnsomeone finally admit thatnconservatives have been deludednall along about foreignnpolicy, domestic policy, subversion,nliberalism, the ordernof the cosmos, and anythingnelse you care to mention.nIn Spain, even under a Socialistngovernment, the right still has Massesnfor the soul of Calvo Sotelo. Whennconservatives in the United Statesncease to be ashamed of Joe McCarthy,nthen the American right will havenbegun to grow up.n—fames R. ThompsonnRice UniversitynI must write to tell you how delighted Inwas to read the brilhant (if such a punynword can describe it) piece by ThomasnReeves on that blight on the Americannscene, McCarthyism. It was so refreshingnto hear someone finally admit thatnconservatives have been deluded allnalong about foreign policy, domesticnpolicy, subversion, liberalism, thenorder of the cosmos, and anything elsenyou care to mention, and all becausenof the pernicious influence of thatnman: McCarthy. Certainly youngnReeves (with a voice so fresh, he mustnbe young) is a new star in our firmamentnand bears watching.nBut, alas, just as I was feeling sonbuoyed up by that illuminating article,nso convinced that (at last!) Chroniclesnhad endorsed a vibrant, new voice,nwhat did 1 find but a scurrilous sequelnby some upstart named Francis. (I donnot remember his first name and donnot wish to.) I was shocked —nSHOCKED!—to see evidence of suchnrecidivism, and in the same issue thatncarried Dr. {doctus: Latin for learned)nReeves’s essay. I must say, and I do notnexaggerate, that I wept when I beheldnthis sorry performance. (As proof ofnmy grief, I have saved my tears innvials—available on request.) Of thisnsecond article, I have nothing more tonsay. But this I shall say: If Chroniclesncannot do better than that, it mustnoffer an explanation to its readers andnto history itself!n—ConcernednLynchburg, VirginianP.S. When will this McCarthyite diseasenend? Today, in a newspaper I wasnreading, some fellow named Greniernwrote a column implying that liberalsnwere somehow blind to the threat ofnCommunism; he actually suggestednthat they had influenced Americannopinion to look favorably on Castro. Isnthis not proof that the blight is stillnwith us? I despair.n—Concerned (and indignant)nP.P.S. And who is this man Revelnconservatives are always citing? Somenright-wing Frenchman? McCarthyismenFrancais? Tomorrow, the deluge.n. FREQUerJCV Of InMonthlyn—Concerned (and hysterical)nThe Bockford InsCiCuCe, 934 fnof American CulturenMANAGING EDITOR (Namr and Complelr Mailing Hdilrla)nIF PUBLICATION IS.nThomas J. Fleming, The Rockfotd Inatitin7 5 7 3 1 9/29/!n, IL’61103-7061n.COMPLETE MAItlNG ADDRESS OF THE HEADQUAnTEHS OF GENERAL BUSJN6SS OFFICBS OF THE PUBLtSHER fWdl^/iVtnThe Rockford Institute. 934 North Main St., Rockford, IL 61103-7061n)F BONDS, MORTGAGES OFnnnjckford InstitLnORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED Trn7 PVTSIGNATU^ANDTITLE Cn^WZlGn.n1 St., Kockford, IL 61103n, 934 North Main St., Rockford, IL 61103n934 North Main Jit-, Kocktord, IL’SIITn xAa lU la -^nDECEMBER 1986 / 41n