Algeria-Protter Kay Discourse

7/27/2019 Algeria-Protter Kay Discourse

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'TODAY IN F NeE A MONTHLY PUBLICATION

505 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 17, N. Y.Jan 150 62

Dear Phil ip Kay. Here I am back in tovm since la teSunday night. I consider the t r ip to Europe to havebeen very usefUl. i f a l l the promises of assistance ingetting ar t ic les on various subjects from personali t iesare kepto Also. my ta lks with JS and other members of his ,group in various parts of Europe were interesting andi 'rui t fu l . JS is very interested in the Society of~ " ' r a . n c o - A m e r i c a n Affair s , and thinks I shou,ld push Ibtrapidly. However. I explained to him that; I lacksecre tar ia l assistance (since my principal assis tantl e f t i ' . , . ,Marseille to be married), and tha t I am shorterand shorter bn :f\mds, having ended 1962 with about $6in the cash drawer. Which expit ined to him why I haveto go slower with my projeots than I would .i' I hadphysical and finAncial assisiamce comraenusrate with thetask to be done.

As it i s already la te in the month, and not wanting tobe obliged to bring out two issues one on top of theother , I propose to have a Jan-l!'eb issue; then l a t e r onin the year, to bring out a special number, perhaps asymposium of wri ters , to make up for the one tha t wasskipped, in order tha t the year 1963 shou'\l rO'9nd out with12 issueso

vJllew York is s t i l l wi thout n ~ p e . p e r s which is decidedlyinconvenient. Would you send me some Washington dai l ies :the Post or/and News, about 3 or 4 times a week, during thestriXe here? I t would be most welcome.Your idea of using the material from T in Fr for al e t te r to the News was a very good one. I am sending itto JS. to shoVl him how we are disseminating ini'ormation

in the USA" to make up fo r th e deficiency of the Americanpress. Keep it up and l e t me have a copy each time yourepeat the p e r f o ~ o e o Best wishes. ~ t ' l "~ ~ /EDITOR: BENJAMIN PROTTER Tel MUrray 8959 Cable PRonEREX


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TODAY IN FRANCE A MONTHLY PUBLICATION

505 fiFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 17, N. Y.Jan 15.62

Dear Phil ip Kay,Here I am back in tovrn since 1a.teSunday night. I consider the t r ip to Europe to havebeen very usefUl, i f a l l the promises of assistance ingett ing ar t ic les on various subjects fram personali t iesare kept . Also, my ta lks with JS and other members of hisgroup in various parts of Europe were in teres t ing and

f rui tf 'ul . JS i s very interested in the Society oftranco-American Affair s , and thinks I should push .trapidly. However, I explained to him thst; I lacksecre tar ia l assistance (since my principal assistantl e f t ~ Jla.rseille to be married), and tha t I am shorterand shorter i)n funds, having ended 1962 with about $6in the cash drawer. Which expWned to him why I haveto go slower with my projects than I would 'f I ha dphysical and f'inl'lllcial assistance comnenusrate with thetask to be done.

As it i s already late in the month, and not wanting tobe obliged to bring out two issues one on top of theother, I propose to have a Jan-F'eb iSBue, then l a t e r onin the year, to bring out a special number, perhaps asymposium of wri te rs , to make up for the one tha t wasskipped, in order tha t the year 1963 B h o u ~ roynd out with12 issues.

vJllew York i s a t i 11 wi thout n ~ p a p e r s which is decidedlyinconvenient. Would you send me some Washington dai l ies :the Post or/and News, about 3 or 4 times a week, during thes t r i ~ e here? I t would be most welcome.

Your idea of using the material from T in Fr for al e t te r to the News was a very good one. I am sending itto JS. to show him how we are disseminating informationin the USA, to make up for the deficiency of the Amerloenpress. Keep it up and le t me have a copy each time yourepeat the performance. n

Best wishes, ~ . / /EDITOR: BENJAMIN PROTTER T.I MUrray ~ 9 5 9 Cobl. PROTTEREX


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'i- TODAY IN RA CE1 f A MONTHLY PUBLICATION1-.:? : . FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 17, N. Y.J . d Oat. 19/64.j A Deer Philip Iray'.- rJ r ' l'haltlc you i'or your J . e ~ t e r o f 'the 17~ - j l 8lI.d libe fral'lk explaua:ticm. I recen:tJ.y los t an ass is t ~ an";. 8.. yeung pied-noir whe re't.urned li e Marseil l e to.('J marry' en equally yeung ex-paratro,p l ieutenant . Se.o I am .l.eokil'lg for serne-one t. ta.lce her place, andshot~ 1an 8.rrew in ~ h e airoo 0 I have the promise 1'1_ of.' ........-0.. e n . ~ h e r pied.-noir, :married 'li0 a J.esser Delgian conJ~ ...J suJ.ar oti ' ic ial stationed in lIT. They are comingte....lL.1. lD home durmg 'tihe caning week: and I shal l see whatts? ~ Whato.oo ThanlC you 1'er the ba'tOO. of CliP.Pings, thec:1 '3 NR and ~ h . e p.t1..,.ocopies oi ' ~ e exollange with AbeJ" Shefl'e.t"nl.8l:L. He i s the usual cliche-ria.den Amer ioanJ1 who does 1 ' 1 . ~ wan"ti 'C. look i'llr"tiher lihen a socal l ed] P?lprinoiple which must be applied, a t no matter what-l:-rice an d in a l l circumstanoes 1 ~ I give you e.d ' ; ' l i 'Ctle advice in persuasion. whioh I hail t. give oncei . l . to lD 011' fr iend, Soustelle I Avoid labeling yourself

'J... j or your opponen'tJ i'C onJ.y 'Cends 't o separate rather6 j#;.. thtUl bring yeu 'Cogether. Conservative an d Liberal,J 1 dea.l with in'Cern.a l af.fairs, mos"tily' domestic ecom.om ic s! a d sooial que.stions. and should not apply to foreign. j . ~ af'.fa,1rs o I. dont oare what people think:. about Kennedy... or Barry GoJ.d.W8.'ter when I am ' talking about France or ~ 1 Algeria. and l ' . re ign af.fa1rs should never be dis:l ~ cussed from libe point o f View o f principles, where3.);0 NONE apply, 1'101:; atn l eas t in our presen't-day worldo That i s where I disagreed with. B1Ulllent'eld and others.y o ~ whe wan'Ced l i . whip Kennedy rather than. de ~ u l l e . . and4. '!3 are 8tiJ. l Gl:oing i'C... To be con:tinuedu WiJ.l you get.. \ ~ J. me tha t book :from the .....eiU.th . Education tll1d Welfare~ ~ J J e p a r ' \ i I l l e n t - i'C i s one' of 'V11e burea.Us attached to, ~ " E d u o a t i _ 1 I - \U'th me b!Gk on hand. I wil l tinct some

.. ) one in NY wi.Lling and abJ.e 'to do m e manual labor)c:l: , iUllder :my guidanoe. Thank: you in a.dvance. I nopeyo u wil l be able to .find th e time 't o teleph.one t. "beI...X ~ Dep't and 11na. oll't where exao1iJ.Y 'Co address your~ J c;reques'to ~ t- \ ; I ) - ( ~ r:


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TODAY IN FRANCE .. .

0 . . Jlldl1p _ _ tb& .... 1a_ 1.8 1Jl U. ....s. o t theprI . J Ihr . aIIIIl .. o a cd_ l ip ri10ll s-rt ot . .-recrpond'JIIM. I bid ~ &014 up ' tbI prSA'tDc eo. . . . .U . ooa.l4 In _ hie nS:101e _ ta . ClDt 28

I"ef....ct.. 1Ib10h 1e U. p i.. d . r ..te. . . . . . 10111. t1ae .~ t t .. le ' t ter with . . . . . .i :er ial oa.e t.b1. ~ .t.M 1iId.n1 18 .. . . . . but 1 t wi11. ha, . . to go Of t I ' toDeer.Jr... I abfaya . . . . . . All O"ftlr.t1ow ot _ t e r i a l -tora.n.1IelT - ADd could e u 1 q go to l . G - l l . ~ . but~ . IIC:IIW7 Ed .ecreta:-1al aa1stanOf are lack1BC. -tbNk 70U 110 .uch for t : t . public ationa. aDd pl"eu ka.p ..DdiDg thea alcag. And a;y t1DaDo1..1 . . . .1etanceJ1IIIIl 0IJ1 1p&J".. I haw lui out. IIODe',Y to b\1Y st4mc 11aeo t.IiIId tbe aaiUng l1art raeed not be typed each IIlOnth .. lone. tiresc:ae matter a . you oa.n weU imagine.. - - I_ going Ilow OlD the &8sociat1on I told you about - to~ . 8UJ"e I ha f t the r ight pe.reona as charter .embers.to ... that the legal paper. are absolutely oorrect . t e . 3ut th is I oan onq do in the time l e f t betweenIIY b'WI1ne and the publication. - - For your ini 'ormation,' ta . l e t t e r to JiR was . ent a t Burnham f a request . a.:f'ter achat I ha d with him on the subject . - - Too bad Krusabevpul :ed in his horns so quiokly. I was hoping tha t the. : r l ah would be prolonged auff iciently to warrant a

t o c h t c : . ~ of the blookade which would ha-.e broughtC\Iba to 1t s len .. s w ry quickly. R'r. i s alao on .. hook1c ' the !ndo-China fighting. Ben Bella is riding for ata.ll , 1.2'llus he stops trying to play both side . a t the.... t ta . . And a. for France, it is going to be

~ " a t 1 . n , g to watab what happens a t the electiona andaft4ir. Jtr triC1d S. i. studying the Acer10an Conatitu~ 1 C 1 C !o r 1d ot h i l 0II'11e Let me hear trca you.

Sincerely. BP


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1.1. I!erven-pag,' i n a I l i f ~ s t o ciraul l l ted 1 . Franee desp1te i t a prGhlbi tlon. bythe F'r""llOh r;overn.ment,. Jacques Boustelle. the fOl" lD$r vioe-premier of J:o'rance.ll1.8 wh y he b e l i 6 v ~ s tha.t th e Fremoh people should vote "No" on Ootober 28.It'!.:., lUlswer "Yes". hl!lwritt!uI. " is to accept t ha t the French Sjrate" while

: : ' ~ m 8 . i n : l . r \ t ' \ nominal ly a republ io" sha l l become in fl'l.ot an absolu te dic t8 . torsh ip ,tu 'Nhi0h the exeoutive branch would ru le withou.t l1I.."lY checks or balances . aad"0 t t tho . P ~ l i a l 1 l ! l n t reduced e f f ec t ive ly to rubbe.r-stamp s ta tu s .. If

l-11!: .reoall.!:! thai;. he was one o f the men who helped w r i t ~ the .F'renoh Consti'"'I. e. ' j :i n )1 ' 1958, and points out t h a t Genere.l de Gb.ull.e< v io l a t e s tha t S ~ Con,,1; ':;u::;loh by ins1; i tut a plebisc i te- refare .ndum, thus bypassing uncons t i tu t ion-O(lth nousec: o f th " l a g i G l a t u r ~ .

;)0'1:;.1;':1116 prtl.i the j ~ X " i c a n pres iden t i a l system e..n.d lmder l ines the J : " ' ! l . ~ tth:;;.t" 1'.1 though the Presldeni; i s e lec ted here by 8. popular vote and wields great~ " ' I i ' ) . ~ $ the United Sta tes i s nevElr"th61ess a t rue demoare.oy beoause tho thrl!t'!l

t . " . ( \ . 1 ! 1 ' ~ h:'l S 0 f f,ovet'nment are S 6pa.re:te and be,le.nced. "l 'his t ru :q democratic;j he w r i b , , ~ ; .. "has nothing in common with the r ~ g : i . m e which i s being

' ( ~ } ) S " " J :In " " ~ ( ' n ; I 3 ) ... url.d{fr' whIch the ~ r e s t d e n t could" influen,oe the; ~ ~ , ~ v : , lU'OlJ.gh S 1 ~ s . t e m o n o p r . < ~ y of the radio and TV,I e l l pOI'I'ers would" : l ( " ' Y ; ' " r d : ; r l - ' , : ' o ~ n hi& h p . n d : ~ , . IUlc1 no ,:,.:)'u.1.11 brand i sh thfl W01l'1pCm o f disaolut1.on

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Mr. Benjamin i ro t t e rl td1tor:!'Ot)AY IN FRANC KRoom 1104505 Fif th Av@nueNew York 17. New YorkDeer Mr. f ro t te r :

Ttl.ank you. to r typing Jour vsry 1.ntel ' i iH;t lng I l : ~ i "I t you w111 send lie 25 ooples eaob mont.h I 'tJl11 be die"t r ibute them. Rem1nd. me whon you nefid t inancial ~ . 6 StEl.:tlC'lS'" J..w1ll send someth.1ng eaob t ime you request it; although 1: c a n ~ t .aparG too much a t one time.Khrushchev haa outsmarted brulec!y by gett1nj!, him, to r &11prao t i ca l purpoaes, t ogua ran t f lot to invade Cubs:" 'me Ctlbli.nproblem wil l Dover be se t t l ed un. t i l Castro 18 oV'srtb.r'ow:n and th.;J(';utnm p ~ w p J . e aNI 11be rated . This can only aooomp11ahed 'OJ inVaif:.aoD.I a . not at a l l sorry to see Chins attack Ind:l.lll" I don' t 1 l1rSStIndia. Nehru, Menon. and company have c ~ u s 9 d Fak1stan ~ o r t u s a l ,and KatanS8 a f;reat deal of miserY' and Buffer ing . Tl::uiU\& "n.utral1

a re se t t ing What, th&1 dtHl lervG. I ae. WhEH"6' Nehru \!las forclJd toshelve h1a No .. One bo,.-- ...Menon. TherfJ 1e no person on the tacO' ofthe earth who I hate more than V. K. Krishna ~ ~ n o n ~As long as Kennedy remaina in the White Houae, 3en Sel la w111Bet hie Amer1can fore1gn a ld . I w1sh de Gaulle wou.ld drop deadand Souatel le liouid become president or prime m.1.nltiter or so_thine;,.Ny aucac r ip t lon to the J ~ H ' U 8 a 1 8 / 1 l ,Poat w111 axplrfj next AOnt.b

and I &Ill not going to renew. In t ac t , I am a.verine; a l l oonneotlon&!Iboth tormal and informal, wItb the s ta te ot I s rae l . The ree.oD.torth i s drast lc action 18 lara.Ike vote for the expulsion of SoutbAtr lcatrom the Un1ted NetionYou talk about treaoher1---no oountl7 b.as been f r iendl iar \0


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4}11 81xtntb Street, J. V.Weablneton 11, D. C ~U. S. A.No"ember 26. 1962

Mr. M. FintoCirculat ion ManagerSubscript ion DepartmentThe Jerusalem Poet WeeklyP. 0 .. Box 81Jerusalem, Is rae lDear S i r '

My subscription expires on December 17, 1962 and I am notgoing to renew it fo r the following reason a On November l ~ 1962

I ~ H ' a e l voted with the Communiat-neutra11st-A.fI'o-l.aian group fo rthe expulsion of The Bapublic of South Atrlca from the UnitedNations; T ~ e Jerusalem Post Weekly supported the government'sposi t ion. All the W e 8 t e I ~ countr ies e i ther abstained or voteda.6alnst th is resolut ion. Any country whicn voted fo r th i s i l l ega lresolut ion to expel South 4!r ica from the United Nations can onl lbe considered as being extremely host11e to th i s nat lon, i . e . anenemy. Since SOuth Urica i s the country which I most adm1re intha world today any anem.y of South Africa would 1 th.eretore, ba nofr iand of mine. To conclude, I wil l not subscribe to any newspaperwllleh approved of Israel voting fo r this anti"'Westen!, ant1-SouthAfrican reaolut ion.


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TODAY 1M A MONTHLY PUIHICATtON

Phi l ip ,) A. severe cold, h&8 a._4 BetT.'@lDI hii.V.l.llg to d-oIrosctd tu rkey a t a re -

l : 9 : t ~ i ve t s h()me.. I !W sperlding the eV6.nil.geat(',hing u iwi t h some (f my corre.spoDde:ti.C . , . ~ o ,l ~ t me thank you fo!; you;!:' l e t t e r thewi th enclosed eng1'8.ved p i ~ t \ l r ~ . .it!".,,, I ::ould u.se of themf: a . t havehad qui.te a o f money these d51Ys,, but ~ 6 r e . f ~ r havingproper ly .type.: aDd th fu l .e t , . sending it to , o m e .750 ) ;0

$ anduniversi t;ie& througho1l.t. tileb.ad severa l ( ~ ; n c " u r 5 1 . g i 1 i g a,ckly an I expected,. & n ~H ~ r v a r d G ~ l l e g 4 J t i b,x'.lii.:t'l ...wont bowf!'Ver : ~ . i l t i l

SlIt tlHH::losingp ~ q f I ~ S 1 ili';.t@ . t i l. , ~ o t t i Under! t epalw:te

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TODAY IN F ANtE A MONTHLY PUBLICATION

505 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 17, N. Y.

I am enclosing oert i f icate ofincorporation of the Society for French-AmericanAfta1!"s, of which I have written you and which ;youaocepted to be one of the charter members. Willlyou please sign on the nex1; open spaoe and retumwithout delay, preferably by registered mail, toavoid losa in the mails .Also, I shal l ask you not to me.ke '* copies, photocopy, or otherwise, of this'document. Also, not tomention it as yet to anyone, unt i l we make an ot-f lc ia l announoement af ter the incorporation papersare returned from Albany, B.Y. There are s t i l lse-veral signatures to be had, in f i , Calitornia, e tc .sc it may be several weeks betore the projeGt isf 'ulq ready for the public announcement. 1 countfUlly on your disoretion.I need tunds, b, th for Today in France, and for thenew Society, as there are always expenses. Could Iask you to help? . I t would be greatly appreciated.By the way, I believe your renewal to TinFr is due inFeb. For any aaount given to the new Society, youwil l eventually receive a receipt , to permit you todeduot from taxable income, as we intend yo ask tortu-aempt ion.Thank you for the continued flow ot newspaper cl ippings. 1f1 th the continued newspaper str ike in NY,I am able thru you to keep tin touoh with what i sbeing said on the subjeGt elsewhere.

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