Correction

Sir:

I was greatly distressed to see that in a story on Brazil entitled "Land of No Divorce" (TiME, Sept. 10), the name of Dr. Francisco Campos of Rio de Janeiro, onetime Minister of Justice and Interior, was mentioned in connection with an incident in the story.

That information did not come from this bureau. It is well known in all of Rio de Janeiro that Dr. Campos was in no way connected with the incident.

FRANK WHITE TIME Inc. Rio de Janeiro

P: TIME, misinformed, regrets that it used Dr. Campos' name in an incident in which he had no part.--ED.

City in Terror

Sir:

On behalf of the 8,000,000 Bantu who do not (possibly cannot) read quality magazines, I would like to shout bayete! bayete! to TIME, Sept. 3 for putting its blunt finger on Johannesburg, South Africa's sorest spot.

Anyone who has lived there, and is honest, knows that the "native" is no less human and peculiar than the average Lett, Finn, Parsee, Mongol and Persian; not to mention American, Briton or Russian.

However, let us not despair. The policy of apartheid is already beaten--by the sheer fecundity of the Bantu.

LARRY FINN

West Vancouver, B.C.

Sir:

. . . All that Mr. Campbell says is only too true . . .

EILEEN DALTON Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, B.C.A.

Sir:

. . . Obviously the vast majority of your readers will be outraged by racial discrimination which you have portrayed--but what results do you expect? This American public opinion which you arouse can do nothing constructive. Quite the contrary, a condemnation by Americans of a South African internal affair can have a decidedly unpleasant effect; and still without improving the lot of the South African Negroes , . .

C. J. CAREY New York City

Sir:

. . . It's time we cleaned our own backyard before we criticize our neighbors.

P. G. GELLER Montgomery, Ala.

Sir:

. . . Your coverage of late happenings in dynamite-laden trouble spots (i.e., South Africa, Islam, etc.) is most commendable, and one sure sign that everybody with "pull" is not asleep--although the vast majority of our leaders and publications seem to be held fast in the arms of Morpheus.

RONALD H. BAYES Umapine, Ore.

Sir:

. . . The people of South Africa . . . undoubtedly do in some cases take advantage of, and abuse, the native, but on the other hand, what would the natives do if the white man pulled out? ... They would rapidly revert to the jungle again, and go back to their old tribal warfares, and the rapid killing off of their own kind.

What the solution is, I wouldn't dare say . . . all I can say is, that for sure, the present situation is full of dynamite . . .

F. CLIFFORD EVANS Seattle

That Gardner Girl

Sir:

Glamour, sex, Ava Gardner, et al.! Oh, boy ! Just what Hollywood needs! . . . Half the world in slavery; U.S. morals in a questionable and precarious position, amply aided by Hollywood; and TIME [Sept. 3] says what Hollywood needs is GLAMOUR! Where, oh, where, is your sense of values?

RITA HOLACHEK Milwaukee

Sir:

Have you descended to the level of the Police Gazette in ... inflicting the shameless Jezebel's doings and sayings upon us, your readers? . . .

(MRS.) L. C. MARSHALL Los Angeles

Sir:

. . . Your glorification of Ava Gardner's "glamorous life" and escapades with domestic and imported dandies . . . should give incomparable aid to the ideals of teenagers, who dream of the "fashionable existence" dramatized so eloquently in our modern novels, comic strips, and the busty belles of our movie industry.

TAYLOR MEASOM, U.S.N. c/o Postmaster San Francisco

Sir:

You quote Producer William Perlberg as saying, ". . . Would you want to go to the theater and pay money to see the girl next door?"

I'm wondering if Miss Gardner would let me pitch my tent outside her window, as there ain't nuthin' like that in my neighborhood.

WILLIAM P. WEST Williamsburg, Ky.

Sir. . . You could do a great service in these hectic times if you would say that Ava needs a darn good spanking . . .

MARY SEYFARTH Charleston, W.Va.

Sir:

Miss Ava Gardner's picture on the cover rescues my soul. She does it with clean hands . . . and no damned red varnish on her nails. That gal just can't have anything but good sense . . .

BURNS R. ROBBINS Boston

Sir:

Re Barney Duhan, the cop who discovered Ava Gardner: he is such a handsome fellow that I'm certain if Ava saw his picture she would send it to MGM.

PEARL RIEGER New York City

Sir:

As a friend of that cop, Barney Duhan [see cut], may I put a plug in for him?

He is, to hundreds of Puerto Rican and Negro children in the 24th Precinct area, Barney the cop. He knows each one's name and each one's talent. He gets them into the movies for free, gives Spanish-speaking kids reading lessons in English, takes them on picnics on his own time and expense, and has even found jobs for their parents ... He speaks several languages and he's one hell of a good guy . . .

HARRY STEIN New York City

The Man to Beat

Sir:

Your superbly written Aug. 27 cover story on Dick Savitt fails to read as well as it did, now that the National Singles Tournament is consigned to history . . . Certainly the ailing Savitt cannot be taken to task for failing to put on the kind of display "that brought the crowds out to watch the Tildens, Johnstons ... in their prime." Although his stroking was close to normal, there can be no gauging the toll his infected leg took . . .

Today's arch-protagonist of tennis' "big game" is Frank Sedgman. His brute power and agility, coupled with the classical nature of his stroking style, leave Sedgman at the head of the class and a worthy successor to the Budges and the Vines. He, too, can be beaten (as he was at both Wimbledon and in Australia), but the tremendous potential of his game has always existed. If Frank has truly arrived, he'll be unbeatable for years to come--worse luck for us Americans . . . A. A. FRANKL

Springfield, Mass.

Mrs. Senter's Big Idea

Sir:

In answer to Mrs. Gano Senter [who proposed complete castration for male sex offenders--TIME, Sept. 3]:

I doubt that men were born to be sex offenders. Why not begin at the root of past environments, studying the causes that stimulate these unruly desires?

Mrs. Senter and the Denver Women's Club could begin in the home.

CARL E. BARNES McGehee, Ark.

Sir:

. . . What proof do Mrs. Senter and the Women's Club of Denver have that a man who commits a sex crime is a "wretch [who] cannot control his impulses." This is the belief of the uneducated and the ignorant. I am sure that many psychiatrists will agree that this impulse is one of the minor ones caused by our complex, nerve-racking society . . .

WILLIAM E. HARRIS Austin, Texas

Sir:

Wouldn't Mrs. Senter be wiser to suggest blinding those unfortunates so they could not see our screens, movies, comic books, bathing suits, and some of our advertising?

ROBERT H. CROWE

Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Sir:

. . . From prepuberty, we American males are nurtured on a diet of interminable tribute to womanly legs, eyes, lips, hair, and teeth . . . then a line of morality is drawn over which we dare not pass. Such inconsistency may well result in a dangerous confusion.

This is not meant to condone rape, but merely to point out that a sizable share of the responsibility for such crimes must rest with a nation in which balloon brassieres are the fashion, and girls like Dagmar and Jane Russell can command a larger salary than the nation's President . . .

ROBERT A. LUNDEGAARD Bethesda, Md.

Advice from Abroad

Sir:

I read with no little amusement the fuss stirred up in Newmarket (England) by Mrs. Stocker [TIME, Sept. 3]. Mrs. Stocker is still young--by all standards. You Americans are sometimes perturbed by the growing "anti-Americanism" now to be seen throughout the world . . . What is the cause of all this? It's all so very simple . . .

Until 1939, we were a world power, almost THE world power, and it was always good politics to twist the lion's tail. It raised a laugh all the way from Capitol Hill to Cairo and Teheran. We, in England, could never understand the ingratitude of other people whom we had helped (for their own benefit of course--and our profit), but we were rich enough to shrug our shoulders and let the matter pass. Now there is little fun in twisting the poor lion's tail. Instead, a new game has been invented. Uncle Sam has a nose. If that nose gets twigged, its owner lets out a yell. What fun. That is a sign of greatness, power and wealth.

Long may this last, for our benefit, for the benefit of the fellow round the corner and for your benefit and to the discomfort of the fellows in the Kremlin. You have got just one more lesson to learn from this old country of ours. Take the nose-twigging gracefully. It's a sign of envy, and when we cease to be so-called "anti-American" it will be a sign that you have lost your vigorous health and ability to lead and be great . . .

ERNEST J. BOURNE

London, England

Sir:

. . . Joan Stocker sounds like a spoiled, irresponsible brat, and it might be a good idea to send her home . . .

EDWARD L. ALLISON Tulsa, Okla.

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