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editorial statement attacks the Com-
munist Party, as your magazine does,
the hand of Trotskyism and its Fascist
alliesare clearly visible.
I am a class-conscious worker, Trot-
Ikyismand all it stands for is abhorrent
to me. Remove my name from your
mailinglist and save me the nauseating
experienceof receiving any more copies
of your vile publication.
Yours truly,
the scientific method that was just get-
ting a foothold in other areas beside
the exact sciences. . . . Your review de-
serves a large reading public. . . •
Sincerely,
FREDERICKREUSTLE
Van Myck Avenue
Congregational Church
Jamaica, N. Y.
First Issue Reactions
John Dos Passos:
I'm very glad you
are starting up the PARTISANREVIEW
again. Something is certainly needed to
keep a little life in the left, which is
rapidly merging with the American
Legion. It won't be long now before
the boys are selling Liberty Bonds and
pinning the white feather on anybody
who doesn't enlist for the next war for
democracy.
Delmore Schwartz's story is dandy-
and Macdonald's analysis of the
New
T orker
is real social criticism. Con-
gratulations-and good luck.
Igna<.io Silone:
Jt' suis
a
present tres
occupe par un grand travail (Ia con-,
tinuation de
Bread and Wine),
mai3
sitot j'aurai un peu de temps je vous
enverrai quelque pour votre revue, pour
laquelle je vous fais tous mes souhaits.
Louis M. Hacker:
I want to com-
mend you for the courage, intelligence
and high literary qualities of the
PARTISANREVIEW.It serves a necessary
function and I am sure it will win the
support from intelligent people which
it so richly deserves.
Edmund Wilson:
I thought the first
number of the Review was very good.
~he only thing wrong with it was the
proof-reading, which you really ought
to watch in the next issue.
Nathan Asch:
I thought the first
number of the Review was swell. ...
The reviews are the best in any Amer-
ican magazine....
Whoever wrote the
comment at the end did a damned good
job. I'd like to see this department en-
larged, and doing what the
New Torker
does, except dealing with life and not
whimsy.
Andre Gide:
Tous mes voeux de
reussite pour la PARTISANREVIEWdont
votre letter m'apprend les projets aux-
quels je m'associe de tout coeur.
SOL RUBINSTEIN
New York City
P. S. I just noticed that my garbage
pail regurgitated.
And
Three
More
Permit me to be one member of the
Communist Party to congratulate you
on a very distinguished editorial job on
PARTISANREVIEW.There has been a
greatneed for a magazine free from or-
ganizationalsterility and I hope it will
havethe great success it deserves.
I admire your purpose in putting it
out and your courage in stating your
principles.
Sincerely yours,
RONALDLANELATIMER
New York City
I have just had the pleasure of read-
ing through the first issue of the Re-
view.I particularly like your Editorial
Statement-in fact it is a classic under-
statementinsofar as it refers to the bit-
ternessand venom that the C.P. will
heap upon yoti.
The cover suggests what the con-
tents should be-P.R.
(Proportional
Representation). If you can achieve
that in a literary and cultural magazine,
devotedto a revolutionary ideal, you're
goingsome. But-it's worth the try.
Sincerely,
BEN B. NAUMOFF
Labor Research Front
New York City
Nothingis more heartening to me than
to see the rise of a more critical spirit
when so many people are going with-
out reflection into one of the extreme
camps.It disturbs me especially because
this new fanaticism is the rejection of
