The Three Christs of Ypsilanti - Milton Rokeach [137]
Enclosed is 25 cents, a symbol of my esteem for you, and to show you that I love you like a father loves a son.
Cordially,
O. R. Yoder, M.D.
This letter, like the many others in which Clyde and Leon were mentioned, was not delivered during the regular group meeting. We took this precaution to assure that conflict would not be generated among the three.
April 21
My dear dad,
Thank you for helping me in the triangle of the 3 Christs. . . .
I certainly am thankful to you and potent-valuemiocene for helping me in warding off the ills of Dung and Benson. Thank you! And I am thankful for not my being in the net of Benson and Dung, concerning Christ!
Yours very truly,
Joseph Cassel
April 24. Joseph tells an aide that he is tired of hearing how many Jesus Christs there are, that he is the one and only—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
April 25
Dear Joseph:
This is to acknowledge your letter of April 21. I am very glad that the potent-valuemiocene is helping in what you call “the triangle of the three Christs.” You say though in your letter that it is helping you ward off “the ills of Dung and Benson.” I only wish to say that there are no ills emanating from Dung and Benson really, and furthermore Dung’s real name is Leon Gabor. He is a mental patient in this hospital as is also Benson and, of course, as I have said many times you too are a mental patient and I am working always to improve your physical and mental health since I love you like a father loves a son.
Sincerely,
O. R. Yoder, M.D.
April 25
My dear Dad,
This is in answer to your letter of April 25 …
… Yes, potent-valuemiocene is helping me in the triangle of the three Christs. Yes, there are no more ills emanating from Dung and Benson. Everything that you write in your letter in regard to Dung and Benson is true. So I’m not to worry anent Dung and Benson anymore, and I want to thank you in your helping of improving my health, mental and physical.
It is only a matter of belief, thinking that there are ills emanating from Dung and Benson. There is nothing wrong, as far as I am concerned …
Yours very truly,
Joseph Cassel
May 4. We have cut off the potent-valuemiocene to determine what the effect will be on Joseph. The effect is immediate.
My dear dad,
Excuse if I am bothersome, but I must write this letter to you. Dr. Donahue, my ward doctor, has cut off my potent-valuemiocene medicine, a medicine which you yourself have prescribed. What am I to do? This medicine was very good for neuralgia. Having neuralgia in the shoulder, cheek, et ceteraes, it was doing a tremendous amount of good! Can you do something anent this? Please answer me.
Yours very truly,
Joseph Cassel
P.S. . . . I don’t see why I am not allowed to use this medicine, when it is doing a tremendous amount of good! Of course, I am God, and I am at end of the campaign, and the whole works has had some effect on making me sickly for a while, but with all this medicine I am getting well, which is good. Potent-valuemiocene was giving me a great value, and I certainly hate to lose it. So why can’t I take back this medicine? I will continue to work as God, for the hospital, the English, the civilizations … the people of this world—I work for all! …
May 5
My dear dad,
I am awfully gleeful for your having reinstated my medicine. I also want to thank you, endlessly, anent your taking so much interest in me. . . .
Thank you very very much for my having gotten my medicine back!
Yours very truly,
Joseph Cassel
May 10
Dear Joseph:
… In your letter of May 4, you seem to imply that you are still in an English stronghold. I think we have had a discussion about this on an earlier occasion. This is a mental hospital supported by the taxpayers of the State of Michigan, and when you say “I am getting better mentally and physically” I suppose that you mean that you are now more realistic about the fact that it is an American hospital and not an English stronghold.
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