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Pn +] Biblieet-ctraracters that ‘Steinbeck might have used df he knew of them, for instance; Lot and his wife, and all the progenitors of the Semitic peoples who were polygamists and each had several wives which was not prohibited by local law or custom. Saul was a king at a time when kings ruled autocratically and when a king had power of life and death over his subjects. The Hebrews, however, had a control over the kings, namely _ that there were prophets, holy men who were regarded by the people as being the voice of God. Saul was bawled out by a prophet when his conduct became too oppressive, After all, if we admitted King Saud, a descendant of Ishmael, probably way back an Edomite, and housed him in Blair House as a guest of the nation, we would surely have admitted Saul, The precedents are against Steinbeck, Also we admitted Haile Selassie - of Ethiopia, a descendant of David by way. of Solo n aid the Queen of Sheba, . ‘4 . No, he objects to David as a revolutionist, w m vid was not at all because he was obeying the of God, which cannot be said of Lenin of Trotsky who denied God. David killed Goliath and saved his people which was a very proper thing to do then as now. Thereupon David and the King's son, Jonathan, be- came pals, But it was the Lord’s intent that David should rule and it is so clearly stated. And one reason was that David was a very holy man who wrote many psalms, some of which have come down to us to this day and which are read at all Jewish and Christian . religious services. : « - awe : It is perfectly clear that of John Steinbeck’s firet five, four could have come into the United States and would have been received either by President Elsen- hower or John Foster Dulles. The fifth, whe killed his brother, Steinbeck can keep for himself, 7