he could become a member of your organisation, made me think about
and write down thoughts about the so-called dictatorship. If P. firmly
believes that he can get there by character analysis alone, is he thus
hostile to the work? I am sure you will say no, he isn't necessarily hos
tile; he is a co-worker trying in his own way to think for himself. I wish
we could talk this out. Barakanism, the arrogance of ignorance, would
be a danger to any new work, but the others?
My visit to Norway made one big impression on me, viz that none of
your old pupils and co-workers became really emotionally plaguey; that
they drifted because they did not know, feel enough to stand alone.
They retained their personal love for you, and felt to some extent that
your new life had left them out of everything, beginning with the en
forced segregation made by war. They are all good honest folks trying
hard to understand and to work. I feel that they should all be in the fold,
but independent too. In your article last summer you spoke of my
unique position, being in the orgone fold but at the same time being in
dependent, an excellent position to be in. But why can't it apply to all
the others?
Get angry with me, swear at me, call me a victim of the plague, but
also do tell me what standard of loyalty to an idea you expect and de
mand. I can't just fathom it. Hal Wells may be the nasty guy you say he
is, but if he had printed my article and reached a few thousand readers
self-regulation would have made more contacts and converts. I consider
Kingsley Martin, editor of the New Statesman, to be a most reactionary
man about education, but he prints my letters and no one thinks of
him when they read them. It would take more than one bottle of rye
to talk this out together.
Ena and Zoe send their love. Ena complains that she never gets any
news of PEOPLE ... of lIse, Peter, Wolfe (his wife writes Ena that
he is off work).
Orgonon
Rangeley , Maine
My dear Neill:
- I •
October 7, 1951I think two glasses of good whiskey soda would suffice to
clear up our disagreement regarding my relationship to people who call