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...imagine Walter Lippmann was not left undismayed by your statement, "He is undismayed by the fact that many of his readers might find it hard to distinguish between his solutions and those preferred by the Kremlin [Dec. 22]." Are all solutions for resolving the cold war tension destined to automatic rejection if they bear a similarity to Soviet proposals...
Those who would eagerly label as "appeasement" every alternative to the militant obstinacy of brinksmanship must not share "Lippmann's belief in the ultimate ascendancy of reason...
...Lippmann's neutralizing German fractions-a word to this "great thinker" and "undismayed" columnist: Think a little harder...
Your journalistic excursion into the life and mind of Walter Lippmann was quite interesting. My reading of this "intellectual giant" (?) has been for the avowed purpose of keeping myself informed concerning his obvious lack of intellectual and moral discipline in evaluating the tremendous problems ui our times. I am numbered among many who would be most grateful if Lippmann would take a stand that could endure the test of time, in other words, a stand characterized by the tenets of a philosophical-political-moral truth...
...reporter Lippmann is by self-concession unqualified and unaspiring, consistently ignores opportunities for scoops. As an artificer of foreign policy, he locks himself in his quiet citadel, far from the diplomatic battleground where fragile theories, however finely spun, can die. As his convictions change and his errors become apparent, he abandons previous positions without apology. This can be confusing, especially to the dogged few who follow him with the patience, the tuition and the comprehension with which any serious Lippmann reader must come fully endowed...