Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Charron, Marie, 1917-2007" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1968/March/18 (#02)

Series:    

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Charron, Marie, 1917-2007"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "Sorry my note crossed with the returning mss. last time. I was a little worried because the mail"

Contents:  Charron's sons - Merton praying for one in Vietnam and one entering the military - "the Government does not really have a right to draft people for wars like this which are not really for the defense of the country" - "should be fought by a professional army" - "Those who are involved in it have all my sympathy"

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Charron, Marie, 1917-2007:"    1968/March/18 (#02)