![]() ![]() They include the most repulsive term for black people. In one sentence he used more racial pejoratives than Churchill used in his life. His own diaries are not lacking in racist language. Amery was a good and decent man, but excitable and fiery. ![]() Supposedly Churchill said Indians and their religion were “beastly.” This is actually hearsay, from the diaries of Leo Amery, Secretary of State for India. The petition mentions a popular Churchill “quote”-which has only one source, and no other occurrences. I would be glad to send you a copy of the book for the school library. Arthur Herman, Pulitzer nominee for Gandhi and Churchill, wrote: “ Absent Churchill, the Bengal Famine would have been worse.” Attached is a chapter from my book, Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality, which explains Churchill’s actions in detail. ![]() In the midst of a world war, Churchill scoured every grain source from Iraq to Australia, which helped bring an end to the 1943-44 famine. In 1943, Churchill ordered the new Viceroy, General Wavell: “Every effort must be made, even by the diversion of shipping urgently needed for war purposes, to deal with local shortages, the hoarding of grain for a better market.” He also urged Wavell to ease the strife between Hindus and Muslims: “ No form of democratic Government can flourish in India while so many millions are by their birth excluded from those fundamental rights of equality between man and man, upon which all healthy human societies must stand.” (Italics mine.) Indian grain did feed soldiers (most of them Indian), but it did not come from famine areas. The petition argues that Churchill “stole grain from India to feed soldiers in World War II.” Nothing of the kind occurred. I would be glad to participate with your committee or students by email or Zoom if they wish to examine this question further. They prove that he is not guilty of the charges in the petition reported by Caitlyn Peetz in Bethesda Magazine. The Hillsdale College Churchill Project has a digital reference to all of Winston Churchill’s 20 million published words-books, articles, speeches, private papers-and 60 million words about him in biographies, documents and memoirs. A hard copy of this is in the mail, but this digital version offers links which may be of interest. Updates from local residents are welcome. RMLĭear Superintendent Smith: I write in opposition to the petition to rename Winston Churchill High School. After gathering 1500+ signatures there has been little news of the petition. Jack Smith, Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools. State Senator Cheryl Kagan (’79) serves in the Maryland legislature. Jeffrey Allan Kemp (’77) was an NFL quarterback his brother Jimmy Kemp (’89) played in the CFL and is president of the Jack Kemp Foundation. It is a distinguished school whose alumni include two sons of the late Jack Kemp, both of whom pursued their famous father’s sport. Founded in 1964 as Potomac High School, its name was changed the following year to mark Sir Winston’s passing. This is a reply to a July petition to rename Winston Churchill High School, Bethesda, Maryland. ![]()
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