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Nov 1914 Letter from my Father (Jack) in Macarar, India to Uncle Bob in America or England: My dear Bob, Arrived back from Madras on the 8th was honourably & unceramoniously aquitted on all charges in High Court, so amis no longer at I shall now take up the offensive & and start on safe ground with the etsablished fact of my unencumberace of all these charges in to Willie (Sprot)________. Passed by the highest tribunal of justices in India, High Court of Madras .. 1. I can proceed against newcomers for libelpurjury in Lower Court and High Court , also causing my illegal action & false imprisonment by loging false complaints & thereby settling the law into motion Also unlawful dismissal will which include to defraud me of my 20% of profits. 2. I can proceed against Leas Estate for illegal arrest & false imprisonment. There is no defence to this & and is an accomplished fact.Its seems a matter of how much I can get out of them. 3. I proceed agianst of Graylacce & Maylace.. liked you being in charge etc etc 4. I produce theof ..cost & file a complaint against Gralance for murder. The case must be tried in Madras at H Court, not here. This will cause the downgrade of all the local officiats &..as a mere accidental case. Stand as they showed it. I sall now rest untill I .Gralance up; you must not listen to Willie as regards as to what he knows ostensibaly about it & is predudiced & Gralance is exceedingly cunning bute & is pying a double game all the time, by my one . But everyone must have.now & Clancies name if you are still doubtful of thisknow it two years as I intended to do everything.I I shall also smash the the reputation of Cong(Corngress) officials for.. & justice and they now tremble in my presence; the very evidence they framed charges, caused my accountant..; I produced not evidence. The High Court passed censure on them 7 is takeing action, add to this I have had 22 days imprisonment here & am innocent, They are also guilty of shielding & hiding crimes of a serious nature,and they have it from me in black & white from Resident.. .flat, I will break their backs & they know I can & and will do it. They are all getting trasnfered, but I can can follow them there. Only one official left here, he goes this moth After. In Madras. Church in the streets & by 100/700 students at Madras College & all the evidence I secured here has been.., I stand for justice now 7 will see to it is got.

I shall see all that fully because India minus his..have no right to to adopt such brutal attitudes & they . Me are.. .. .; so now its.. & is a case God help the man who desires to expose and faults & fair means or foul, but they failed to crush me; the public see all the whole thing & are enraged & my future in Indria is assured & has the approval by all fairminded people black and white; only bless who feel the pinch like Willie. . No more news. Love from both Yours Jack Letter written by My Father to Lousie Spot found it Uncle Bobs letters Date not known; Dear Louie, Your letter of the 3rd May (?) reached me. We have taken the above house fror 11 Months, pending into our settling into Old German Mission Shop., which I am leasing and once more opening business there on a f airly be scale, as of old & have chosen one of theOaks also his me froom madras to Manage. Am putting down 50,000 acres or so into the . Near at once and my Manager will live in a very tiny bungalow nex dooor. Hace put a man in charge of Tiger Hall * the new land purchased adjoining, is all 1800 acres, where I am uneiling some 50,000 or so on farming, and mixed. My mother-in-law whiches to live there with her two daughters & farm sufficient to feed them with cheap foods etc. Many like house for hot weather for her children & self. I am also paying of te mortgage on mt Blddfa Estate and taking it over again and am place my old waiter in charge; Imhe returns from Bagdad net monh. In allI have. + 75,000 to .. in my name, having 6% to my mother in law during her life & her three grandchldren after. SoI have a nice chance of doing someing, & no jeaylously can request me the time. I of cource sal mange orlead the various..and our egs are not in one basket, I think Iyou that I put the Octherlnay Valley at 4 . & my cousines is 30,000 Rs plus my Mother in Laws share of the above term, we may reasonable expect to be well off in the future & perhaps made a good deal of money, So under the circumstances we both naturally want Jackie back with us or at least under our influence & fit him for the life we will eventually have to kive. In time he might succeed to the title & estates. With time Bob has another 30 years or more before him as with myself & perhaps Geoffrey (died early). So we cant build build.. much there in meantime be much succeed one here, that I may retire at the.. time, and his

3 education and his education must be accordingly. As it is he is no scholar, nor does he are for it. Its useless to rush him to it, nor do I much favour it.boys education at a public school. They usually turn out moral cowards among other men after and they runlike sheep afterwads and follow the next man & follow the circle bad or good in which theyfind themselves, exactly as they had to do agaista crowd at school. If they dont, they get crushed & loose confidencce in themselves. I wish Jack to make his mark in life, his.cant do it character must I must develop that myself where requiered, and he must get to know his parents & honour them, which he must find difficult as things are at present; and it is now as nnever as at a certain age, he will also show indifference even his parents in many ways. Mt mother in laws daughter is comie out in the Autumn with her little girl oof 6 years old & we may ask her to bring Jakie out then. Its not likely I sahh keep time here more than a year & shall then probably go home for a year & take him with me & leave him in Bobbies Luciles or will you have his education completed by a tutor. T shall also have him taught in the same way during his year with accountts & english & agriculture must have his first attentionn, if he is anything like us; a public scool will spoil his temprament, whichos so nervous &..at present; he will be driven to kick against the pricks, which has stuck by me & which has suck by me ever since. Its with that or he becomes one of a kind or he becomes one of the sheepe which if the leaders iis often the case, the whole lot follows & dare not on their own convictions & sell ther concience for a song to others for a song or popularity; It is the chief weakness in life over allat most biig schools. So to a public school I am determined he shall not go. We must have already learnt to obey & discipline, at his present school & at home with you; he cannot forget it; but I dont want him to be the slave at a public school; his teperiment is too nervouse & sensative for that; it will make him stuborn & resentful or a moral coward, which 90% of men are nowadays. I want him to join the 10% who are not I make his name as such; he will not have lived in vain if he succeeds here alone. If he can combine prospering with it somuch the better for him; iif not let it go & he will at least lived a noble life. Most me sell their souls for the mighty dollar & social custums of the country. The livve lives because they cannot stand alone; many become sheepe in the big herd at big schools. I have a horror of present pulic schools training. Only a giant incharacter can come through. Jack is not one of those & takes his ideas & colour from those immediately around him; inthat way he is opposite to me & like his mother. I think I have explained my views which Gill (his wife) agrees with. That we can ensure repy or make good to you for all you have done for the boy is impossible, sp with Bobby. He himself will I trust do so by his lfe, which I know

4 will. .. a useful one & he will not become one of the common herd, whom enemy action is guided by what others will think & say. I will write to you again more finaly. Meanwhile I should like to pay his bills in full in future & also repay you all you have spent on him and also Bobby and probably this will be his last term at school. I met Huphy at the races for a few minutes; he was looking fit & well and seemed very happy. Love to you all from both, Your affectionate Brother Jack Letter from NGP to Bob & Lucile from 1st Battalion WG Sarafand, Palestine Feb 9th 1946: Dear Mum & Dad, Thank you for your letter received as yesterday. I feel some of our lettters must be going astray somewhere, since you mentioned the fact that you have written a lot lately, but yesterday was the first I received for many a month. Thank you for the cuttings. I did actually know of Rosemarys Engagement, since she sent me an invitation to the wedding. I am glad to see the feeling is running high about the disbandenment oof the Guards Battalions, but I believe the damage has now been done, and we are now defenitely losing our 2nd Batalion. My reasons for wishig to leave thhe Army are many & somewhat lengthy to be enumerated on paper, but I shall try to put them down as concisely as possible. It mostly evolves from there being one peacetime battalioon, instead of two. a) Promotion There are great numbers of regular officers in both battalions, which means that already we have sufficient to officer one battalion. This would mean that if they required me, I should have to be employed outside the Regiment, which means one loses touch with the regimennt, & consequently, when one finally returns one could find it difficult to settle in. Promotion anyway could be far too slow b) Soldiering in the future peacetime army,is a very different proposition to what it was before the war. One has only to speak to the pre-war regulars, and they all tell one the same thing; unless one has considerable Capital, or a substantial

5 additional income to ones army pay, then, you would be fortunate if you could make ends meet, without taking into account the many and varied sport and entertainmennt to play and attend. c) I have had every chance of getting to know the officers of the battalion, who are becoming regulars, and although they were by and large pleasant people, yet the thought of having to serve with them for my army career, leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth! That is the reason why a number of charming characters, who served in the Regiment during the war & ware cut out to be regularrs, never remaind in the Regiment..What is even more deprressing, is that there is very little doubt that the Brigade of Guards, has a very much better standard of officer than most other units, which in itself says little for mush of the Army itself.My alternative suggestion for a career is Agriculture. I have nearly another year in the Army, during which time I can do a great deal of stuying & have already started. I feel however it is little g ood taking it up, unless I get eithher a degree or diploma..I wil leave it at that until I here from you again. All My Love, Norman

Letter to My Family from Cardiff where I had started working with Moral Re-Armament after coming out of the Army. Jan 23rd 1947(?): Thanks so much for the credit, which you have had drawn up for me at the Cardiff Branch. It will be very much more convenient. Thank you also for the 10/- Postal Order, the eggs and socks. There was only one egg broken, which gives great credit to your packing. Winifred Brown ( my hostess) was very pleased with them, as she has many mouths to feed these days.. My feeling about the tails (evening dress). I have a respectable suit of Dads, which will see me through any official occaision I may havet o attend.I understand that clothes rationaing is due to terminate soon, and possible a reduction in the Purchase Tax also Will keep an eye open for prospective buyers of Bloodstock. There is much to do in the form of visits to peoples homes, meetings, planning..I have been staying with people called Griffiths. He is the Regional Labour Relations Officer for Wales. Any strikes or labour disputes that take place, he is given the resonspibilty to find a solution. They are a charming couple with one married daughter. They have both been to Caux..Griffiths is a keen sportsman, particularly Fly Fishing. The other morning I was given a lesson in this Art. We have an interesting collection of people in our team including Jim Coulter, an Austrailian Journnalist and ex-pilot in the Airforce; Sillen Lindstrom, a Swedish Journalist, Founder of a club for street boys and girls in Stockholm, founder and leader of a car-stealers club. It was due to him that car-stealing went down 80% in a matter of a

6 few weeks. Dick Channer, son of General Channer, awarded the Military Cross in Burma. Jojo Sinha, son of Lord Sinha, Margaret and Mike Barrett, and Jorgen Wensel, who fought in the Norwegean Resistance through out WW11. We have been spilt up all over South Wales to begin with we found it difficult to find unity, in such a varied company. Many battles had to be fought before this was achieved. However, instead of battle over the things we disagreed on, we decided to find unity on the things we agreed upon, and this led to something completely new in our teamwork.. We had very little idea as to where to start; but it seemed fairly clear that in Cardiff Youth should be our target, particularly Youth Leaders and proiminent members of the UniversityOn Friday night some eight of us were invited to a debate, and afterwards met some of the University. These included the President of the Union; President of the Nationalist Society, the Secretary if the Welsh Nationalists the Editor of the Univeristy paper, the Head of the Chritsian Movement, and Chairman of the Univerity Athletic Boardthey were most interetsed in all we had to tell them. Some of us gave our own story of Change; others told of their travells through various parts of the world with M.R.A. The Nationalist told us that he had never had cause to believe in a Higher Being, that he appreciated that Absolute Moral Standards, were the only thing that were adequate in times such as these, but asked how it was possible for him to find the Guidance of God, if he did not believe in God? The following day many of us where invited out to meals with them. I spent the afternoon with the President of Welsh Nationnalist. He had early in his life been a stauch churchman, but aftter he joined the Airforce, his faith began to leave him. Soon he came into contact with certain Communist friends, who took him further away from his faith. He is now a thoroughly disolutioned character, who hinself admits that he is badly in need of and anchore in his life.. Sillen Lindstrom has been doing fine work in the docks amongst the Youth.. I had lunch with a lad of eighteen on Wednesday..His Father was Jamaican and is now dead, and his mother is Irish. When I enquired what he did all day, he replied Oh well, me and my pals have a big hand in blackmarket, He then began to quote the current Blackmarket prices, and to tell us the sort of materials they sold. One of his pals of the same age sold opium and understand he was more or less a guinaepig for the gangs of men that operate in this arear. He then went on to say, Last week our gang took on another gang. We didnt actually use knives, but we used guns and flapjacks another word for trunchion. I think we won the fight, because one of the lads on the other side had both his legs brothen & had to be taken to hospital..Inspite of the past of this lad, he has a deep hunger inside him to lead a finer life..but he said, I find it very difficult in the conditions inwhich I live..I have had no alternative put to me, and therfore I take part in the activities that

7 are going on around me all day and night. Since then we have seen him tree times.. We had an opportunty to see the Mayor on Thursday and asked him about the state of youth in Cardiff. He claimed that juvenile crime did not effect this city. I am told he is a very fine Lord Mayor, the finest Cardiff has seen for many years, and I am prepared to believe thembut it seems to me he is so ignorant about the one of the most important parts of the life of his City, his youth! We have offered to address the youth leaders of Cardiff Youth Clubs, and help out in anyway we can..I dont believe that the answer to the youth problem is to be found in being given more to do, better housing conditions, more money, better education, although these can be all part of the mx, but there is a far more fundimental deep need, They need a FAITH that works in every circumstance. Must finish All My Love, Norman

October 23rd 1950 (?) from Gibralter Dear Family, Since I last wrote, many this have happened, and we have travelled many hundrens of miles. To-night, about midnight we should reach Gibralter, where we just stop to exchange mail. On October 9th, the day I wrote my last letter, the reminder of the party arrived at Genoa and ermbaked up the Saturnia..The party, 30 altogether had been travelling since 6a.m that morning with a great deal of luggageso you cam immaging they were ready for bed. However, before embarking, John Vicker took them for a short trip around the city, while I arranged the handling the 146 pieces of luggage from the station,through customs and then onto the ship. The highlight of the evening was the loading of the 5 ton truuck onto the ship; here agin it was a great concession that the shipping company accepted the vehicle at all. The lagest vehicle ever taken on the Saturnia has been a large car..However they not only

8 accred the risk of taking the truck, but charged uus only $400. In the process of loading the truck, a disagreement arose bbetween the ships loading officer and the dockers, who went on strike. So the ships crew were left to handle the vehicle We left Genoa at 8.30 p.m. thhat evening,andf docked at Naples at 8 a.m the following morning. It was glorious to be on deck and see the town infront of us is a crescent shape, and above it, in the backgroud Vesuvius with a thin ppall of smoke above it. On the way out to Pompei, we stopped we stopped at one of the boggest Cameo Factories..We were taken into a small rooos, whhere a dozen or more men and booys sat at desks. Their job was to carve the various patterns onto the Cameos, and then to polish them. Everything was done by hand..We were shown into the sales room where the completed articles layed out in cabinets. We then moved on to pompei itself..our guide who had been chosen by Cooks spoke good English, I was amazed how advanced the people of that tiem had been,As our Guide pointed out, They may not have had submarines or electricity, but they had everything else!. We were shown thhe famous stepping stones which allowed pedestrians to cross the street when they were flooded.. We sailed from Napels that evening. Itr was pittyful to see the many Italian families Who would not return foor many years. Probably 50% of the italians sailing, are going the America to settle there. Yesterday morning, when I looked out of my porthole at 6.00a.m., the sea was like glassyou could see the reflection of the ships hull and superstructure in the water. By 4.p.m a wind had started, and the water had developed an unpleasant swell, which eventually became the downfall of a number of the party The main purpose of this trip, is to enable all of us to get as fit as possible for the work ahead. For many it is the first real rest they have had this year. In order that we can achieve this, we hhave been getting as much leep, excersise and good food as possibleI have taken to earrly morning excersice in the form of swimming, deck tennis and other sport..our favourite game is water polo, in a batth not moore than 10 feet suareI am afraid this will be the last letter you will receive from me untill I reach New York, asthere is no other mail seving the ship I hope you are both keeping well, and that you are still happy about me going. Greetings to all. All my Love, Norman

9 Ngp to The Family 22 October 1950 from Delwood, Mount Kisco, Westchester, New York: News of Uncle Edward (Lowes) is vesy disturbing, and it must be worrying you a lot.I hope it is not as serious as Aunt Rosalie makes out. Please send them all my best wishes whern you write.. Our journey across the Atlantic was a little less comfortable compared with the former trip, which the Saturnia did when they hit a hurricane. Fortunately for us we missed a hurricane coming up from Florida by one day, but got the after effects! We were travelling first class, and I must say the services, accomodation and our general comfort could not have been better. The day started with 20 minutes physical training for a few of us, under the ships Instructor.. After breakfast we had till 10a.m to do what we liked. At 10a.m we usually collect all 40 of us for a meeting in the First Class Lounge.Only on the last two mornings was Frank (Buchman) with us. It was the first time that I have had an opportunuty to be at close quarters with him, and I now understand why people like Mike Barrett,Kit Prescot, Ray Purdy and Bunny Austen and so many others left the chance of first class careers to give theit lives for the work that he has pioneered. I had lunch with him on the last morning on ship. He was not the person I expected him to be. I thought up all sorts of what I thought were intelligent and important questions of the day to ask him about America, and what he felt about her present Foreign Policy. His answers were so simple, I soon came to understand how he had won his way into the hearts of many thousands of people all over the world, from every strata of society, from royalty to communist. On the last but one morning Franks cam down to our morning meeting, with a broad smile on his face. . After awhile, having said nothing up to now, he turned the John Wood who acts as his personal aid and said John, tell them what happened last night. So John told us that Frank and woken him up at 2.oclock in the morning to dictate some guidance as to what should go into the press release, which would be required by the press at New York. From 2-7a.m Franks thoughts ast hey came at hour an hour or so intervals. John then read to us the Guidance as Frank had received it. Afterwards someone said how grateful they were for Franks foresite and his ability to evaluate what and been achieved through this work in Europe. Frank simply turned round to him and said, Well, dont thank me thank the Loord. He gave it to mehe then asked us if we had any suggestion for its improvement. Many people produced suggestions here and there. Frank was thrilled, and kept us in fits of laughter. It was an amazing lesson in teamwork, and how the best can been drawn out of people.Frank is always open to correction, and expects others to to find and live out the Authority of God in their lives as he tries to do. If he rebukes a person, he does it out of no personal feeling of antagogism towards them, but because he cares for them enouch to want to see them reach their highest destiny. It is not the person

10 he hates, but the SIN in the person..Nobody, least of all himself pretents he is a Saint. He would be the first to deny it.He is a very ordinary person who has found what God can do in, for, and through one man totally given to Him. Thats what give me hope for myself ansd for this terrible old world! On the last morning, just before Frank was to get offthe ship he had just completed a harassing time with many pressman.and he had many other thinggs on his mind; he insisted all tbe stewards and waitresses, whom he had touch with on the voyagge should be seen by him personally. He talked with them about their homes and familes and asked them all sorts of questions. You could see they were appreciating it. He then gave then each a tip and a copy of his recent speech which he had made in Germany.to him every person is Gods Child, and whatever his means or abilility, their destiny is just as important as the next person he will meet.and gives one the feeling that you are the one person that he has been wanting to see, and a tremendous sence of ones own destiny. We finally docked at NY at 8 a.m. Sunday morning. We were bitterly disappointed to find that there was a heavy mist covering the skyline of the waterfront, about which we had heard so much. We were met by a considerable number of the New York Team, who in the usual hospitable American style, I have got to know so well; they saw us through the customs and transported us in a fleet of carrs to our present destination, in the heart of some of the most beautiful countryside I have ever seen, and that is saying something. Perhaps it does not quite come up to the beauty of the Radnorshire Countryside, but it is a good second! I was interested by the attittude of the customs towards us. Normally the American custon officials are very strict and demand to see everything, but Moral ReArmament proved to be a magic word. One came upto Kate Cross, who for many years has been Franks cook and trained many of the Team, and asked where she came from. Kate expalined she was part of the the M.R.A. Group which had arrived from Europe. Immediately the customs official forgot his former intentions, and began to ask Kate all sorts of questions about the work she had been doing in Europe. I think I was the only person who had to open all my baggage. I dont know what conclusions I should draw from this? I will leave you to draw your own! Yesterady, twelves of uf were invited out to tea at the house of of one of the local team, Howard Davidson, some 50 miles awat..on the way we stopped to see one of the oldest and most beautiful houses in the East. It is owned by Mrs. Thorne, a lady of 85, whose husband died a few years agoMrs Thornes husband started the Mildebrook Hunt, and was most interested to hear you had hunted with many of the (foxhound) packs over here. Ske asked me to mention to you her husbands name, as she thought you might have met him Oakleigh Thorne.

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11 Mrs Thorne has known Frank as far back as 1921 and recalled the time when Frank used to sit with his team in those days, under the hugh oak in the garden and train them. She was keen to hear about our work in Europe, and asked us to sing to her, so Cecil Broardhurst sang Wise Old Horsey and other songs We moved onto the Davidson home for tea. They are also an old hunting family, his father having been one of the first huntsman of the Milbrook..apparently Mr. Davidson had spent several years in England with packs of the Southern Counties. The one thing I missed was not seeing any masks on the wallsFinally Cecil Broadhurst was again asked to sing..There was a dear old lady of 94 present, who showed tremendous vitality..Afterwards she said to Cecil, To-day , you have brought me new life.she is much travelled, having been to China, Japan, Germay and other parts Dellwood ( our present home) is the home of Mrs Henry Hammond, whose ancestors were the Van de Bielts, one of the first Dutch families to colonize the State of New York..she is bubblie wiith enthusiasm.her husband built this house and farmed the 300 acres with it. He died six months ago, which came as a great shock to Mrs. Hammond. Shortly afterwards she came to Caux and decided she would like to give the house and land to the work. She now lives here herself and is a wonderful hostess. This home now plays a very important part for the work of the whole of the East Coast. The farm is now run by our fellows., and supplies most of the needs of the house, which are considerable. There are a number of pigs, 300 chickens, a herd of Herefords, and a few Guernseys, as well as a couple of light Hacks, which I am looking forward to riding sometime. The first night our guest were Sir Patrick & Lady Dolan, former Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He is over here at the invitation of the Sate Department, and is returning to Britain in a weeks time Well I think I have just about covered the waterfrontI am grateful for these first days..there is a postcard of Delwood in the post..I would like you to keep any picture postcards I may send you, as I think they may be of value when I return.Thank you for the addresses. I intend to see Grace, Pam, Cecilia and others if I have half a chance. Please remember me to all at home.all my Love, Norman

NGP to Family May 25th 1951 from Bennett Hall, Machinac Island, Michigan:

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12 From th e Deep South to the Northern most tip of the Country, from sunny palm-ridden Florida to cold foggy Mackinac, seated at the junction of Lakes Huron and Michigan. For the past two nights we have been kept awake by the call of a fog-horn, which sits about two hundred yards from my window; however they tell me one soon gets used to it, and shortly I shall be able to get a complete nights rest.`. Yes, Machiack is a beautyful spot. You would take to it immediately. No motor-driven ensgines allowed on the Island Imagine that in this modern age inAmeriica of all places. It is fun to see the horse-driven buggys touring the Island, with the good healthy smell of manure that accompanies them. In ten days time we carry out the old times ceremony of Crowning The Lilac Queen, one of the girls of the Island, who is chosen by a committee of the inhabitants of the Isalnd. Whis chosenb a commiitttee of the inhabitants of the Island. The Gobenor of the Sate of Michigan has been invited to crown her, and amny local digniiaries such as the Stae Senators,mayor of local cities and others will be in attendance. The days activities will include a gala parade, iwhch ther will be vvarious floats, bands, coningents of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides etc. The day wiinds up with the familiar s quare dance, which is a common activity over here as you know.Of course during this we shall be on ouur tenth of our assemblgy. The list of delegates knowto be attending iis an impressive one. Amog othhers Prasada, the Director of Posts and Telegraphs from India; Prime Minister of Greece and possible Belguin; the Vice President of the French Senate and two French Generals; a planeload from the House of Reprentative in Washington;possibly a number of MPs England We have spent many hours with Frank over the papst four days. It is an amazing experience. The more I gget to know him, I believe that he is a man of destiny sent by God to lead the word to sanity again. At 73 years old he has all the vtilaity and wit, alertness that anybody else on the team may have. He read us a copy of his speech which he isgoing to make to the assembly on June 1st, and which we will bbe distributing throught the world. It has amzing vision, challenges and is courageous. I have never knoown him before in a public speech so blatant about about the need for a new quality of living amongst our statesmen, especially those on Capital Hill. He feels the urgency of the hour keenly, annd live in constat expectancy that God will give us the last chance to bring an answerin time. This may seem farfetched to you, but that is that Frank does for people, he gives them a vision and sence of Destiny! For myself am still on publications..My associate Bill Mundt, formerly Stae Adjutant of the Ameriica Legion is a topping fellow. He has two sons. One of them Bill is fighting with theMarines in Korea, has been given four stretches in the front line, wounded twice and dcorated twice. He tells of very low moral amongst the troops, manly because most of them hav no idea whi they are fighting the war. It is a sad stae of

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13 affairs when people are prepared to die and yet they dont know what they are doing it for. I thank God for M>R.A. and the training you have given me, thhat if the time should come that I have to fight that I shall know what I am fighting for! Everywhere I go in America I find thatit is yhe same story Wht are we fighting in Koorea? It is the point that mmacarthur streessed in his Washington Address & the Chiefs of Staff on Capital Hill find it an attittude of mand hhard to deal with. As regards my own health, I am feeling fine. .the heat in Miami was overpowering, but the air up here is braceing.I am sorry to hear abouut Aunt Rosalies refusal to read Peter Howards book. Tell her that most of the publishers here in America have grasped the chance of publishing itand it sold 50,000 copies before the day of publication in Britain.. You are right, one cannot force this on anybody.They either want it or dont want it Lets hope there will come a dia when they will want it. Meanwhile llet us turn our attention to the people who are huungry fio it NOWfor the average person is beginning to realise the true condition of their country..such things as the exposure of crime in high places by the Krfauver Commission..It is easy to be like an osterich with its head in the sand preending all is sweet around you, but when facts such as thhese are prduced and made official, it takes a pretty unrealistic and thickskiinned osterich to continue as he is. I sometimes feel like in Rome we shall suddenly waye up one day and find we have not empire, and the things we have set so much store in as a nation is just not thereunless we take ACTION NOW! I must finish now. Greetings to all. Look after yourselves. Affectionately youurs, Norman.

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