the official labour movement seems to hate communism as much as it
does fascism or maybe more. I take no part in politics at all and take a
narrow view that under any system I shall be unfree to be an educa
tional reformer.
It is good to hear of your Peter and his progress. But whether he is
born to carry a rifle twenty years hence depends on you and me and
other fighters. That is the only cause that really matters at this time in
history.
Well, Reich, all the best. I like to hear that you also are tired of
neurotics. I've had 25 years of them (including myself) and feel that
my tiredness of them means that I am no longer one of them!
Orgonon
Rangeley, Maine
My dear Neill:
•••June 15, 1945It is difficult to say what happened in Scandinavia with our
co-workers. They seem to be in great trouble, and mutually antagonistic.
Such an interruption of contact as that which has been caused by this
war is always bad. Philipson himself behaved very peculiarly. I had sent
several manuscripts to Sweden and did not receive any answer. We shall
have to wait until Raknes, Nic* and others write, in order to know
what is going on. According to my opinion no congress could take
place, unless preparations had been made. I think you will agree with
me that, first, messages from all concerned should be awaited. I am
expecting an answer from Philipson. You don't seem to be enthusiastic
about the idea of a convention in Summerhill. I can understand that
you would not like the disturbance.
Did you have word from Hamilton, t of the Hamilton School in New
York? They like your books, and are enthusiastic about the sex
economic standpoint in education. How about a trip to New York, my
dear Neill? I think that you will like Hamilton very much. He is going
through vegeto-therapy with me.
- Nic Waal, Norwegian psychiatrist, friend and student of Reich's in Oslo.
t A. E. Hamilton, known as Tajar, and his wife, Eleanor, known as Ranger,
together ran the Hamilton School, first in New York and later, as the Hamilton
Farm, in Sheffield, Mass.