It has often been said that the annihilation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was really an act of mercy because by bringing the war to a quick close it spared many lives. This theory is based on the assumpt

letter to editor – NY Times 8-3-1955

The above Word document comprises the text of a letter to editor about the bombing of Hiroshima that was published in The New York Times of August 3, 1955 to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the booming.

The signers were Clarence E. Pickett, Bishop W. Appleton Lawrence, Lewis Mumford, Pitirim A. Sorokin, W. Harold Row, A. Philip Randolph, Orie O. Miller, Howard Thurman, Henry J. Cadbury, A. J. Muste, A. H. Bainton, and Rabbi Isidor B. Hoffman.

— posted by Roger W. Smith

November 2024

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