In this response to a 1952 sermon of Rabbi Lamm reported in the New York Times, the author referred the "American race." That language might reveal something interesting about the times. What do you think?
"Dear Sir: I was shocked, as was no doubt the whole American race, at your article in the N.Y. Times, about Hymns and Religion on T.V. and Radio under commercial sponsorship. There would be no Radios or T.V. without commercial sponsorship – and as for Religion on the air or anywhere else, we can't get too much of it as Christians. Of course Russia has your ideas too...

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