reason is that politics belong essentially to the little men, the haters, the
power merchants. Damn the lot. Fertig [Finished].
Yes, use the material as you like.
A most pleasant surprise to know you are on a book on children. The
demand for your books grows apace, alas, mainly among poor students
who can't afford to buy them and implore me to tell them where they
can be read in public libraries.
I think that your vital decision to stay in Maine will have a big in
fluence on you personally. I take it that Peter will go daily to Rangeley
school.
September 27
Your letter with its news from Baker and his senator came and I
waited to hear from McIntosh before writing you. His reply came
today ...
"I regret to have to inform you that it is now determined that you are
inadmissible under the Immigration Laws and regulations, and a visa
may not, therefore, be issued to you." Signature Clarence J. McIntosh,
Vice Consul. Mein Gott, there must be no connection between the
London office and the State Dept if Baker can get such optimistic news
from a senator.P.S. I'd like to publish the story because it may be McIntosh was in
touch with our own Home Office, and if I am on their undesirable list
there, I'll be interned if a war comes. I want publicly to declare my
position.Orgonon
Rangeley, Maine
My dear Neill:- ••
October 3, 1950I must leave the decision as to whether to publish the story
of the refusal of the visum or not to you, since I am not too thoroughly
aware of your situation in England. I myself shall write up on this
story among others, using it as an example, in Children of the Future.
To my mind, this was a Catholic action and has nothing to do with the
constitution of the U.S.A. I suggest that you correct your first statement