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Scribner's SC Commentator 654 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK, N.Y. January 20, 1943 - Dear Fellow American- At the suggestion of a friend I am taking the liberty of writing you about Scribner's Commentator, I felt that you would be interested to discover that one magazine exists in this confused land of ours which has the courage to speak out in behalf of common sense. I say courage because the editorial policy we have adopted - the policy of thinking of America first and Europe second is not a popular one with the "Go To War Crush Hitler Now" minority who make the loudest noise and wield the most pressure these days. Frankly we had some publishing doubts when we first lashed out on our campaign for reason. We were advised by every imaginable New York pressure group to desist. One prominent publishing executive warned us that if we ran a piece favorable to Lindbergh it would put the magazine out of business because “America thinks of Lindbergh as a traitor." But we went ahead. As one of our directors said, "If this country has fallen so far that war-mongering playwrights are hailed as patriots while a . Lindbergh is denounced as a foreign agent the soonér we find oif about it the better." A few newsdealers disliked our display us. A few people have we cancel their subscriptions. Amawian tha AAA ntdtig whe ~ Fitittows ica, -the BO210 SivVizZeEn Woo resides dat ever-incr Ge ing numbers as one looks outside the great metropolitan areas, is backing us 100. eee Sean [oa ay £5-26201-62 b1¢