(Ed. Note-The Crimson does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed in printed communications. No attention will be paid to anonymous letters and only under special conditions, at the request of the writer, will names be withheld. Only letters under 400 words can be printed because of space limitations.) To the Editor of the Crimson:

We read with great anxiety yesterday's communication to the Crimson recommending the removal of the Sargent Murals in Widener Library. Such an act, we feel, would defeat its own purpose. We came to Harvard with wavering views on American foreign policy: but the repeated contemplation of these murals has given us so colorful a picture of the sacrifice by which we made the world safe for democracy that we are forever Mr. Sargent's debtors. The quality of the paintings and of the poetry beneath has been many times profaned, but we can scarcely imagine a finer reflection of the spirit with which our soldiers with one embrace clasped Death and Victory. From our point of view this is genuine art, since it has the happy faculty of satisfying both its admirers and detractors. Its admirers can always turn to it with the sure knowledge that they can recapture the exaltation of those years. Its detractors can rest assured that it will help many others, as it has helped us, on the path toward relentless isolationism. C. Avery Dulles '40   David Simboli '40