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...ideological conflict with Russia is concerned, Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, said that "time is on our side." "If we can avoid a police state--McCarthyism--we may well have a fairly pleasant period of peace ahead of us. Russia has frozen itself into a static state, while we have the fundamental strength and resiliency of self-government behind...
...policy of containment, MacLeish noted, is an ambiguous position in foreign policy. "A ring of force would insure peace, but it must be an effective ring. Passive containment will not work; it won't hold back the stooges...
...MacLeish commented that the important question at present is "how much are we going to accept our responsibilities now that the debate is over?" He added that "Mr. Hoover holds as much ground as he did in the beginning of the debate: none...
Other guest speakers at future meetings will include William Van Leunes Curator of the Theatre Collection. Thornton Wilder, Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, and Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Orctory...
Archibald MacLeish--brains, with interest...