This anthology is a compendium of authentic and original documents authored by Abraham Cohen of Ossining, NY, during the years 1963 - 1987. A study of these documents throws light on the bilateral relationship of a citizen vis-a-vis the Press and give a unique glance into the mentality an eastern European immigrant Jew in American society of the Twentieth Century. Copies of the original anthology exist in the Ossining Public Library, Ossining Historical Society, Westchester Historical Society and the Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff, NY.
Original Title
The Citizen Registers - Here's What I Think. page 97
This anthology is a compendium of authentic and original documents authored by Abraham Cohen of Ossining, NY, during the years 1963 - 1987. A study of these documents throws light on the bilateral relationship of a citizen vis-a-vis the Press and give a unique glance into the mentality an eastern European immigrant Jew in American society of the Twentieth Century. Copies of the original anthology exist in the Ossining Public Library, Ossining Historical Society, Westchester Historical Society and the Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff, NY.
This anthology is a compendium of authentic and original documents authored by Abraham Cohen of Ossining, NY, during the years 1963 - 1987. A study of these documents throws light on the bilateral relationship of a citizen vis-a-vis the Press and give a unique glance into the mentality an eastern European immigrant Jew in American society of the Twentieth Century. Copies of the original anthology exist in the Ossining Public Library, Ossining Historical Society, Westchester Historical Society and the Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff, NY.
Here’s what I think
amen ay
| -Your views
America just marking time.
As Americans, we are/all behind “(relations plaiform for them: It took
President Carter in Seeking'release of "weeks to put through a watered-down
the hostages ia Iran. But so far all we resolution in the U.N, Security. Council
have aceomplished is to.give the Aya- .-( and,a decision was. delayed for Wald-
tala a great propaganda opportunk helms return,
ty. It is now two months, since 50 ss
Amneticans were locked up under con”. “Tk seems that all we are doing is
ditions about which we do not know... stalling and giving these murderers
We did see them at the beginning time and a chance to fabricate accusa-
blindfolded with hands tied, but of late tions. against this country and con-
we see them unbound and more or~ demn our government and "the
| Toso normal President. Sometime when offering
| But we do not know i this wal be the ober cherk al one gts is another
permanent or if it is just for propa- Oe ed Me a eee
anda purposes. We ald see’ Young < “ the Soviets. Everyone knew all these
| man talking on television, but the para tly ea est
whole work! Knew that his 1s were ae te vert Orin
| sentea. ‘any disturbance. in any part of the
‘One of our Congressmen went over | World. but we did. business with the
| ewice™ and” all he achioves ie to fvOwed liar Gromyko, Now even
strenghten their position, ‘The three President Carter has found out that
Sirenghten their Posie rae acet Chairman Brezhnev did not tell the
Chretmas services and Rev. Coffin. truth. It is a fact that during all the
wractically justified their stand. U.N, Years the Russians were getting a
Becerotary” General Waldheim went — foothold in any part of the world
thane tod a second time and the mad Where they could do harm and block
oor aad act wen gant hima. Ow merchant fleet and oil supply we
meeting. But on his return he had — ™erely overlooked it I hope the
| something good to say about their @Wakening is not too late.
| demands |
All the while, we stand helpte: 33 Pera
and are providing te biggest public Gsinng |
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MAY pe 4
The ‘Big Lie’ clouds arms sale
1 don't recall whether the phrase
originated with the Communist Big
matter of record that the sale of planes
to israel was promised by the two pre-
| Brother or in the Hitler era, but it vious administrations. The statement
would seem our administretion now dat no pressure will be exercised |
also has stooped to fts use. The slogen, again: cl in peace negotiations |
the Big Lie, meaning it is co big and un
believable that people will not believe
itis a lic
ake the matter of s
latest sophisticated planes to Egypt
and Saudi Arabia, Sadat threatened
that if peace negotiations fail he sill
fight to the end. Saudi Arabia was a
articipant in the 1873 Oetober war and
it is common knowiedge that should
war break out it will he either an active
participant or give military aid to
Egypt, Jordan or Syria
President Carter and Secretary of
State Vance state that supplying these
‘vo nations with the latest war planes
plying the
has by
tion, Bul Secretary Vance, answering
questions before a Congressional com:
mittee, states emphatically that the
planes sale is a package deal and if the
Congress should block sale to one party
sutomatically stop the sale to
Ti this is not arm twisting,
shade of the Big Lie, am sorry if 1am
forced to be blunt, but Teall ‘em xs 1
‘em. T would much rather hold
them in the esteem their rank enti‘les
them to.
A.COHEN