Word: saneness
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...down organ might seem to represent America today, heedlessly toward destruction, blindly the products of its own machines rather than responding to the emotional wants of its citizens. chorus of voices, by the same could be construed to represent America after it had assimilated the message of groups like SANE...
...these reflections suggest what was lacking in the SANE . No germ of commitment the audience. Instead, the began to wonder about symbols, underlying meanings. The audiance came to the rally curious but committed, interested but not middle aged people seeking a more fortunate version of their team of the thirties, high school and college students genuinely worried out about the problems they sensed, to be led to solution. The audiance left in the same tentative, mood...
Apathy, perhaps, a subliminal militarism, that doesn't come right out and say "we want war" but persistently indicates that war is highly likely and America had better mobilize all its resources in preparation--these are the enemies of groups like SANE. The Civil Defense Commissioner who hires a team of interior decorators to plan comfortable, airy rooms for the inevitable underground New York City presents, in the long run, a far more serious threat than those men who spend their time haranguing in front of the Overseas Press Club because Nikita Khrushchev was invited to speak there...
...Doomsday Machine, powerful enough to destroy the entire world, which would be detonated the moment the United States is attacked. These facts are terrifying; they make the arms race a real and immediate concern of every American citizen. It is essential that they be presented and discussed, but the SANE rally ignored them entirely...
Certainly Allen's antics would remain near the surface of most spectators' memories. Some would even harbor a few non-political suspicions about the organization itself. Afterwards, some would wonder what they could do for SANE: the group's proposal for action were almost lost in the shuffle of bills. It could only be hoped that the quasi-committed would become slightly more interested, would take time to investigate further the possibilities for individual action...