European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 06, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse I 2-. 5s5�" one principal objective of Noel s present life in Germany is he says to study the mentality of nation caught Between conflict on either fellow workers have accepted Noel As one of themselves although at Lirtie they were suspicious of him. Noel Hopes to become a full fledged bricklayer. I renounced my u. S. Citizenship continued from Page 6 a curtain with a Young married couple for forty eight Marks a month about. One third of my salary. I suppose when work is finished on the Hospital i shall have to look for other billets but i Donot think this will happen for four or five years at least my Only immediate plans Are to remain in Kassel for at least one or two years after which Ido not know what i shall do. I might go to Russia and keep go ing East to China. During my. Visit to India i became interested in Asia. Had a great admiration for Gandhi and at one time his thinking had som influence on me until i lost interest. One of the books i prize most highly Isa copy of his autobiography which i acquired in philosophy " other than Gandhi s has attracted my attention very Little. I read one Book by Jean Paul Sartre but thought it so Sill that i have never tried any existentialism since. I feel i probably havea certain sympathy with Bertrand Russell but i would not flatly say that i was an anarchist. It depends what answer to last week s Puzzle to mob aos aaa Vaasa Aam Aarau a aaa Asaata Kaaa subs a aaa a aaa Aetna is i i my is it Iqua Maas a Traa Dukj Sqq aaa Kaaa Anaa aaa mania aria Ren a jred7lcjaltel in Der e is it Ianna in is it a it in Kaaa Caara aaa Kaaa of Laski Cia aaa a aaa Nua a ii i1 ii mini i Iii l r 10 it i a it in in ies is Ian a a aaa a Una Kaaa Aana Seq Esq Qadi Iii i Maaia Kaaa a aaa a aaa Kaaa please Start sending is meant by anarchy. True anarchy is a state so perfect that each individual can do what he finds necessary to fulfil his ego without inter Fering with others. But other meanings Are often attache to the word. At any rate i am not atthe moment concerned with propagating any do not know enough. I wish i did. What i have done has been a personal gesture not a crusade for others. I a bewildered that people have taken such an interest in suppose it was my fault they found out. Indirectly tipped them off myself. Mail and packages Fromm Mother in America were taking so Long to arrive that i wrote to an american James Alexander Ramsey and asked him to let me use his Apo number to receive these. Ram sey is Denali fiction officer in greater Hesse. I did no know him personally but i had read his name in the triennial review of my har Vard class 44.it must have been in de Cember that i got a visit froma military government officer who told me what i had done was illegal i said i was very sorry and he asked me a few questions then left. He came Back again ten Days later but since then i have not heard from my. But it must have been in this Way the news got got my first visit from a reporter on february 17, and Ever since photog Raphers. Reporters and movie news reels have not ceased coming. I did no mind the first Day but now i am afraid it May influence my fellow worker against me. They have accepted me quite naturally until now. As just an other assistant Brick layer. I should not want to antagonize them for i mean to learn the Trade and of once i enclose �3 in Money orders or trav Elers Check no other currency accept Able for a six months subscription. Name Street state country Muff to. Craif Rufen opt. Jot. Tiv stars and Stripe tolf Apo tit uts. Army. Only document of identification Noel has is acknowledgement of his renunciation and surrender of passport. Become a regular .bricklayer.meanwhile, i go on tanking in the Hope that one Day i can write some thing a series of essays perhaps which will help Mankind to understand its own problems. I have no recipe for happiness forthe average Man except that he seek to learn and be honest with himself. It believe if every Man sought to be completely honest with himself and would try More to get to know his fellow human beings he would find his rewarding his self created happiness just As a Man finds his own punishment when heroes evil even if the Law imposes none. I know that i am trying to do this and i feel much happier for it. But it is not an easy philosophy to Only real Way of propagating it is to set the example. Children cannot be taught in schools to be self scrutinize singly honest if they Are surrounded by evidences of evil and dishonesty on All sides. Yet in a better world it should be possible. I think once the great East West conflict is Over and i am certain it will occur within the next Twenty five years the foundations will be Laid for an entirely new world with higher cannot go backwards in intellectual Progress but in order to make proper use of our intellectual Progress to Lead the life of happiness or Good Ness or fulfilment we May have to go backwards in material civilization. Wended to Start from scratch again in our 22 form of society for s teaching of the brotherhood of Man is Amon the greatest teachings that the world has Ever seen Butin order to achieve it we need to Start again from a Point where All men Are materially equal and equally have to struggle for existence. This will happen i believe once the great conflict is Over. There will not necessarily Bea bloody world revolution but so much will have been destroyed that each individual Wiir have to play his Partin materially providing for himself. This Wilt take care of one of the greatest prob lems which faces Mankind today that of filling Man s Leisure time in order to keep him from fulfilling his ego by committing evil. Men do not commit evil for the Sake of evil. They commit it because civilisation has left them unsatisfied and they seek satisfaction i whatever ways they can. In primitive life the Only evil committed was of the purely self preserving Type with intellectual civilization this has taken an intellectual turn often buried in psychological inhibitions. Satisfaction of the mental ego is the new Type of self preservation which civilization has imposed upon us. At today there Are new. Barriers Between Man and his primitive self. At the same time there is no corresponding Opportunity for him Tofu fill himself creatively spiritually or intellectually Man needs to self respect and throw off his frustration but in order to do this he must first feel he is playing an Active share in part which women should play in the world of course is different fro that of men. Physiologically As Well As psychologically woman was created for child rearing. That is Why i believe the family should be matriarchal not Patri i have no intention of marrying for that reason. The Small family unit built around the Man s egos against the brotherhood of Man and aids in creating barriers Between visuals just As frontiers create them tween nations. Of course i do n of Trinkall these changes can be achieved in a few years. But i believe that world Union May possibly be achieved within \ this generation world Union or world annihilation and other changes will follow As a natural sequence. I am not sure of this. I m sure of Only a very few negative things. I have no plan faction nor do i recommend my per Sonal temporary solution for anyone else. I certainly do not think that the world has a Chance of recovering its feet by this reconstruction rebuilding and return to the old Way of life which people talk about. We have reached the Point where we must Start again and Start differently. Weekend Marchis
