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Many readers may accept some of his diatribes against contemporary life, but just as many are likely to feel that his magic "instinct" is largely a grab bag into which he pops anything he approves of-e.g., the human conscience, which he blandly describes as "the natural candor . . . of instinct." Most readers will find the Essay's philosophy half-baked...
...Vandenberg said in his speech at the closing session of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs' 21st Institute: "I congratulate the Cleveland Forum upon the powerful program it has produced from all quarters of the globe in a striking exchange of international opinion. This process of reciprocal candor is one of the major forces which can beat swords into plowshares on the anvils of mutual understanding and goodwill...
Cleveland's "town meeting," of which TIME was a cosponsor, produced plenty of "reciprocal candor." Most of the speakers were, in one capacity or another, officials of their countries. Generally, officials speak only to officials. In this instance, however, they came to talk to the citizens of Cleveland-and over their shoulders to the rest...
...first press conference, he displayed a refreshing candor. Said Earl Bunting: "I'm scared stiff-I'm no big shot." For a scared man, he was refreshingly articulate. Said he: "I think it's time we unite this country. Much of our present strife is a 50-50 proposition, caused by stiff-necked managements and stiff-necked labor leaders. Employers have been as dumb as it's possible to be, not frank with either their employes or the public...
...readers can hardly check on Freedom's accuracy or candor, except by the internal evidence of names and places. Kravchenko, who writes in Russian, says the English version is an unembroidered rendering of the original (he refuses to name his translator and collaborators because disclosure might be "embarrassing" for Kravchenko). The Republican New York Herald Tribune brushed Kravchenko off as an ex-Communist, out to justify his disaffection. The Herald Tribune, snipped Kravchenko, is a "Park Avenue version of the Daily Worker...