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{ -lé- 1 bat simply out of his sense of outrage against this clever undermining of soune al, moral and intellectual valees. + One of Dr, Barzun's paragraphs (p. 29) discussing ‘'The Family of is as follows: . ‘Whatever is formed and constituted (the work scems to say) whatever is adult, whatever exerts power, whatever i va teristitally Western, whatever is unique or has a name or embodies the complexity of thougi#t, is of less interest and 8 char worth than whet is native, common, and sensual; what is repeated, ... This last quotation was noted by Dr, Russell Kirk, in sharp criticism o: ‘The Family of Man' in the National Review August 15, 1959. hen we called this book to the attention of the Service Committee pnereinbefor referred to at the November, 1939 meeting in New York, those present scemed greatly surprised and gave us the impression that they cidn know of the cxistence of the book or that it was being distributed by the S Coramittee. We gained the impression that it would be discontinued, As late as the spring of 1959, the book was still being distributed, as anno AFSC News Letter, New York City Office, March, 1959. True enough; the State Department is spending the people's oncy to send the pictures in "The Family of Man‘ on a world-wide propaganda tour and book is being diligently promoted by communist publications and by UNESCO Gc Arne should this piece of materialistic propaganda be urged upo: people by the Service Committec, best known of our Quaker organication