National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, “Open Letter to the American People on American-Soviet Friendship”

 

Corliss Lamont, ‘Open Letter’ (2)

 

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Open Letter to the American People on American-Soviet Friendship

Introduction by Corliss Lamont

New York: The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1943

Sorokin was one of the signers. His Russia and the United States was published in 1944.

Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) was an American socialist and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. He was Chairman of The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, which was founded in 1943.

 

— posted by Roger W. Smith

      May 2023

Author: Roger W. Smith

Roger W. Smith is a writer and independent scholar based in New York City. His experience includes freelance writing and editing, business writing, book reviewing, and the teaching of writing and literature as an adjunct professor at St. John’s University. Mr. Smith's interests include personal essays and opinion pieces; American and world literature; culture, especially books and reading; classical music; current issues that involve social, moral, and philosophical views; and experiences of daily living from a ground level perspective. Sites on WordPress hosted by Mr. Smith include: (1) rogersgleanings.com (a personal site comprised of essays on a wide range of topics) ; (2) rogers-rhetoric.com (covering principles and practices of writing); (3) roger-w-smiths-dreiser.site (devoted to the author Theodore Dreiser); and (4) pitirimsorokin.com (devoted to sociologist and social philosopher Pitirim A. Sorokin).

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