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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 19, No. 8. July 1, 1955

[Letter from C.B. to Salient Vol. 19, No. 8. July 1, 1955]

The Editor, "Salient."

Dear Sir,—Thank you for giving me the right to reply to Mr. O'Brien—though I must confess I had taken that right for granted. Some comments on Mr. O'Brien's comments on my facts:
1.If IUS has been making "desperate efforts" to get the Yugoslavs back in IUS "in the last year or so," IUS policy must be at least "a year or so" ahead of any noticeable changes in the "party line."
2.If every reader had access to all the facts, and not just what it pleased the daily press to publish, they would certainly be able to judge the origins of the Korean war.
3.Similarly, concerning the Czech crisis of 1948.
4.Thanks to Mr. O'Brien for the admission about Slam and Pakistan. He quotes me quite out of context on "pet organisations." I am quite aware of the Latin American cases he cites, and others, too. All the representative student groups in that quarter of the world also retain their link with IUS.
5.I apologise to Mr. O'Brien. But I have checked with several others who heard him speak at Congress, and he distinctly stated that the Ford Foundation met "all expenses" of the Istanbul Conference.
6.Count again. Mr. O'Brien. And in countries where the social pattern precludes equality of opportunities in education, what hope is there that students will be imbued with the spirit of democracy?
7.The rest of my arguments go unanswered.

C.B.

(We cringe beneath your avuncular whip, "C.B."
1.The "bad manners" are in your favour.
2.It was intended that you should reply to Mr. O'Brien's final article.
3.It is correct that "Salient" asked for the original IUS article.
4.Oral continuations of the debate, between readers and yourself, do not concern "Salient." The statement was made referring to further contributions to the discussion through our columns, by correspondents other than yourself or Mr. O'Brien.
5.The editorial remark about Congress motions has not been disproved.

The correspondence is now closed.—Ed.)