Man of the Year

Sir:

I think it should be Imre Nagy. Let us just hope that he is not honored posthumously.

JENS BORNHOLT Bremen, West Germany

Sir:

The unknown Hungarian youth who, wagering his life and shedding his blood, showed us that a freedom-loving heart is mightier than a tank.

A. J. ROOSLI

Basel, Switzerland

Sir:

. . . Nasser. With the considerable assistance of our own State Department's extra-sized umbrella and his brazen Kremlinfamy, he's ignited in the Middle East the spark of World War III.

SIG GREENBERG Brooklyn

Sir:

Sir Anthony Eden. He seems to be the first man in history who put the U.S. in its place--for good measure, he did the same to Nasser of Egypt.

GEULAH AHARONI Zahalah, Israel

Sir:

. . . John Foster Dulles . . .

TED HUGGINS San Francisco

Sir:

Who else but the U.N.'s Dag Hammarskjold?

SOPHIE CHRISSOVELONI New York City

Sir:

Adlai E. Stevenson. Now that he has gone down to defeat for his second time, he still remains the man who will not be forgotten by Americans and peoples of other nations for a long time.

CHARLOTTE M. LEVY Youngstown, Ohio

Sir:

Victor Riesel: symbol of courage, devoid of fear.

ELIZABETH HAMM Los Angeles

Sir:

Inescapably, as in 1944, Eisenhower.

NORMAN D'EVELYN San Francisco

The Winners

Sir:

Congratulations on your election issue. It is a classic. Our copy of this issue came in the mail just about 24 hours after the same election returns were published in our local papers. Thus, in approximately 26 hours, you edited, printed and had distribution started on this sensational issue.

LYNN B. TIMMERMAN

Pompano Beach, Fla.

Sir:

Your smug claim to omniscience is so damn nauseating. Eisenhower-Nixon's re-election meant that "a new political generation had come of age with promising concepts of how Government ought to be run." I'm happy to be associated with those apostles of error in Government affairs: Adlai Stevenson, John Kennedy, George Kennan and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. A pox on you . . .

VICTOR LISTER Leominster, Mass.

Sir:

Your cover is terrific. Is it possible now to get a reproduction? I would like this cover picture in my office to add to Ike's picture of years ago.

PHILO A. STATION

Hagerstown, Md.

Sir:

You certainly did a wonderful job of cosmetic beautification on Nixon's profile. Are you already grooming him to look like the President?

CORINNA MARSH

New York City

Sir:

I am very favorably impressed by your Nov. 12 cover. Without detracting in any way from the President and Vice President--don't you feel that every citizen of this country is also a winner because we have, excluding Missouri, elected a team who put principles above political expediency?

PAUL WILLIAMSON

St. Louis, Mo.

Sir:

Do all TIME employees face the White House when saying their prayers?

J. H. HEDREN Osseo, Minn.

Sir:

What a relief that Commander in Chief Eisenhower has annihilated Slander in Chief Stevenson.

ALBERT F. HARDT Williamsport, Pa.

Shaking Like a Keef

Sir:

This one I can't pass up. TIME, Nov. 12, says, "Estes Kefauver, by staff count, shook the hands of 5,595 auto workers in one hour at a Flint, Mich, factory gate." By comparison, our Multigraph running top speed at 6,300 impressions per hour goes Bang! Bang!

Bang! Estes couldn't shake the tail of his coonskin cap half that fast, let alone his weary hand.

WILLIAM BERG

Los Angeles

Sir:

Kefauver must have averaged about two-thirds of a second per hand. Did they file by him, or did he run down the line? I move we send him to the Olympic Games. He is bound to win some event hands down.

JEROME M. COWLE Chicago

P: TIME'S researcher has been sentenced to 5,595 handsprings.--ED.

The Conspiracy

Sir:

Please allow me to thank you for your enlightening Nov. 12 survey of how Britain, France and Israel got together, thus dealing a moral blow to the atrocious aggressors and corruptionists of the free world.

ADIB F. TABRI Cincinnati

Sir:

Your magazine has often handled news of England with a sneer, and for the past year, the sneer has become a snarl. Your article "The Conspiracy" hit a new depth of prejudice. You use supposition, ridiculous insinuation and obvious malice to come to an appalling conclusion . . . This is not a time for separating the free world, but a time for strengthening our alliances.

MRS. R. J. LANGUEDOC Valois, Quebec

Sir:

One can allow for your Nov. 12 criticisms of Sir Anthony Eden. His action in the Middle East has deeply disturbed us also, though not all into disagreement. Of all the journals which have kept me informed of Middle East events yours perhaps comes first, and strange as it may seem to you, has helped convince me that Sir Anthony was right to do as he did.

B. DAVIES London

The Middle East

Sir:

You have been brainwashed by the Arabs. As for instance, "Israel's armed forces carried out a smashing blow in the Gaza Strip in reprisal for acts of individual Palestinian refugees who had crossed the border to their former holdings." Are you naive or are you a plain Israeliphobe? Mr. Editor, I never subscribe to a paper that lets Walter Winchell or Joe McCarthy air their views, and this goes for your Middle East correspondents. Louis B. BALL Long Beach, Calif.

Winchell & Son

Sir:

Your most recent poke at my father [Nov. 5] was totally uncalled for, and touches a lower level than usual, even for TIME. His news "checks out" as correct far more often than your slanted reporting.

WALTER WINCHELL JR. Nakwur, Kenya Colony British East Africa

The Tragedy & Anguish

Sir:

While the average American has been worrying about the problems of a new house, payments on a car and if he can afford a new washing machine, the average Hungarian has been doing things that are beyond my imagination. The comparison haunts me I can't help feeling that we've let the human race down a little, and yet, what could we have done? The tragedy and anguish of th Hungarian voices on the radio was unforgettable; t he text should be hung on ever American mirror, so we could read it.

JOAN REMINGTON Houston

Sir:

America may look askance at France and Britain for their North African show of force but has it forgotten why Hungary is under the bloody Russian boot today? The American people may detest colonialism, but they voted four times in a row for Roosevelt am his cohorts of so-called liberals, who did more to establish Communist colonialism in the West than any other influence outside Russia. The thought was denounced as immoral at the time, and those who saw in Russia the danger of the future were branded as fascists and almost traitors.

RAYMOND B. YOUNG JR.

St. Cloud, France

SIR:

PLEASE ACCEPT OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE IIN OFFERING SO MUCH PUBLICITY FOR THEIR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

DR. LASZLO ACSAY

HUNGARIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL NEW YORK CITY

Fat Under Fire

Sir:

Your Nov. 12 article "Fats & Heart Disease," in which you quoted Dr. Normal Jolliffe, implied that a relationship between dietary fat and heart disease has been fairly, firmly established, yet raised the question "How great is the effect [on heart disease of fats in the diet?" While there may be a relationship between a high level of diet and fat consumption and the incidence of heart disease, there is broad lack of understanding on the relative amounts of fat in various foods. For instance, an 8-oz. glass of whole milk contains between 8 and 10 grams of fat Only about 10% of the calories available in the American food supply comes from the fat in milk and milk products.

MILTON HULT

National Dairy Council President

Chicago

SIR:

DID TIME CHECK THE ORIGINAL CAPE TOWN REPORT IN THE "LANCET" AND REALIZE THAT THESE ENTHUSIASTIC COMMENTS WERE BASED ON ONLY EIGHT SUBJECTS WITH OBSERVATION PERIODS AVERAGING ONLY TEN DAYS? THE STUDY WITH THE TEN EGGS WAS ON ONLY TWO SUBJECTS. WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE FOR STATEMENTS THAT "THE PROPORTION OF FAT HAS GONE UP FROM 31% TO 41%, AND THE PROPORTION OF SATURATED TO UNSATURATED FATS HAS INCREASED STILL MORE SHARPLY"? IF THESE ARE CHANGES MEASURED BY RETAIL SALES OR AVAILABILITY OF FATS THEY PROVE NOTHING CONCERNING CHANGES IN FAT CONSUMPTION. FATS MAY WELL BE CONCERNED WITH ATHERO SCLEROSIS BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT QUITE AS SIMPLE AS YOU INDICATE.

FREDRICK J. STARE, M.D. DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

SIR:

WE HAVE SEEN THE TELEGRAM SENT TO YOU BY DR. STARE OF HARVARD. WE CERTAINLY HOPE YOU CAN FIND IT POSSIBLE TO PUBLISH HIS COMMENT.

NORMAN DRAPER AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE CHICAGO

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