Declaration of Independence

Sir: President Eisenhower's Declaration of In dependence on foreign policy [Nov. 12] appeals to me as the most profound expression of our generation for world peace. Granting the difficulties to be encountered before the dream can become a reality, here in the simplest, most direct language are expressed the basic principles on which any lasting world peace must rest.

A. EDWIN SHINHOLSER Sanford, Fla.

Sir:

President Eisenhower's declaration does typify the Administration's policy of inertia in foreign affairs, which has prevailed too long. The President's faith in the U.N. is to be applauded, but his failure to adopt a progressive approach toward making it a more effective body is lamentable.

R. WAYNE Montreal

Sir:

It seems that the U.S. is not aware of the danger of using "freedom" without restrictions, and all this is based on a mixture of emotional and naive attitudes of the American people. There is great danger that this overemphasis of "freedom" will bring more anarchy to many national peoples in Asia and Africa and broaden a vast field for Communistic activities.

PAUL C. COFFIN Velm, Belgium

Five Free Days

Sir:

I was not shocked by the Russian Communists' brutality in Hungary. Those of us who have had contact with them and their victims in Europe know full well the demonic barbarism that characterizes their actions. The thing that shocks and shames me is the inaction of the free world during Hungary's five free days. As soon as it was clear that it was a popular uprising against tyranny, and that travel was possible in the areas under the control of "the rebels" (actually Hungarian patriots), the U.N. should have sent in neutral teams (perhaps Swiss) with U.N. banners declaring every city, town and countryside neutral and free territory under the jurisdiction and protection of the U.N. at the request of the Nagy government. The defeat of Hungary is not only a defeat of a brave people but a defeat for the free world.

GENE MADEIRA Guayaquil, Ecuador

Sir:

The U.N. is but a monstrous building -- as useless as if it was an empty shell.

F. T. WENMAN Kumasi, Gold Coast, B.W.A.

Sir:

Around the clock, Radio Free Europe and the Voice of America pipe words of encouragement to the people behind the Iron Curtain, urging them to throw off the yoke of Communism. But there was no action in Hungary. We stood idly by and watched heroes die. I cannot help believing that now these words, without our backing, were the cause of as many deaths in Hungary as that of Russian rifles. Will the people of the Communist satellites ever place their faith in us again ?

(A/iC) DAVID Z. PIPER U.S.A.F.

c/o Postmaster New York City

Sir:

Is there not a man living in the free world who is willing to lead a liberation army of "volunteers" into the satellites?

ESTHER RAWDEN Meriden, Conn.

Sir:

At a moment when Soviet monsters were grinding out the sparks of freedom in mutilated Hungary, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was smilingly shaking hands with the Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. at a celebration marking the anniversary of another occasion of Soviet brutality. Does that reflect favorably on the wisdom and judgment of a member of our most august and revered governmental institution?

WILLIAM G. ANDREWS Ithaca, N.Y.

Two-Way Canal

Sir:

Your articles on the Suez situation are the most lucid and the most courageous I have seen anywhere. When the news of the French-British-Israeli attack on Egypt first broke, I, who have always been an Anglophile, was enraged, and I was as disillusioned as though my best friend had betrayed me.

E. N. CLARK Alexandria, Va.

Sir:

There is much criticism and condemnation, by individuals and our press, of the recent action of England in Egypt. Whether the act was right or wrong, do we critics always remember that the reasons why England believed she had to do what she did, are not all inside the British Isles? If the act was wrong, do we condemners always remember that twice now Britain has held off the enemy and so given us time to realize at last that we could not buy our way through wars and would have to fight them? Could one reason for our criticism and condemnation be the fear that now even England can no longer afford us an opportunity not to have to fight?

WILLIAM FAULKNER Oxford, Miss.

Sir:

I believe your views on the Middle East to be unrealistic and even naive. The intervention in the canal could have been handled better, but surely the petrol rationing that is taking place here and in Europe should convince even the most starry-eyed idealist that this waterway will be vital to Europe for at least the next ten years. It can never remain at the mercy of Nasser or any other purely national figure.

G. P. CHRISTIE Bearsden, Scotland

Sir:

You've penetrated the dark and brought out the Anglo-French conspiracy. The conspirators stabbed not only Egypt but the English, French and, in fact, all the peoples of the world, which may yet touch off World War III.

A. R. S. PARBATIE Caracas, Venezuela

Sir:

Your Nov. 12 article "The Conspiracy" was a masterpiece. Anybody who has ears to hear or eyes to see should now be in a position to correctly evaluate the nature of our two precious allies. Now, more than ever, it is time that the whole question of foreign aid should be drastically (even agonizingly, to quote Mr. Dulles) reappraised.

ALAN JOHNSEN Wyomissing, Pa.

Sir:

When you see a pirate preparing to scuttle you, the obvious thing is to try to stop him in time. Eden glimpsed the Jolly Roger at Suez, and the enormous amount of Russian equipment already captured in the Middle East proved him right. Whether or no the evil day has been averted, it may possibly have been postponed.

H. S. GALLIMORE Mandeville, Jamaica, B.W.I.

Sir:

Don't stir up the mud. Help us on both sides of the Atlantic to see and think clearly. Sir, there is only one war: Christendom v. Communism. The present controversy in the Middle East is but one reflection of it. Every statement that blurs the issue is a blow for Communism. Confusion favors Moscow.

H. W. S. HARRISON Holt, England

Greatness or Recklessness?

Sir:

Your Nov. 19 article on Sir Anthony Eden tries to demerit the greatest statesman and diplomat in the world. History will show who was great and who was so inept and so wanting. The latter will not be Sir Anthony.

A. ASSHETON-SMITH Montreal

Sir:

Despite any good intentions for his country, Eden, via his appallingly reckless policies, has foisted upon an already troubled free world another onerous, odious potpourri of perplexities, anxieties, and fears.

HOWARD BRUCE HENDRICKS Lansdale, Pa.

Sir:

The bully of the colored races, Britain, once again has had her own way, but will she be able to pick up the pieces this time?

J. M. GREENE Melbourne, Australia

Sir:

Hitler and Benito passed to history with the tag "war criminals." What is the name for these two fools -- Mollet and Eden -- who set the world on fire?

M. MEJIA San Francisco

Post Mortem

Sir:

Ike won the popularity contest, but the Democrats were judged by the electorate to be the party entrusted with the administration of the Government as is evidenced by the Democratic majority in both houses.

LEWIS W. MORGAN Alton, Ill.

Sir:

Concerning those extra TIME election-issue covers: I should think they would make collectors' items, that I, for one, would like to collect.

WILLIAM J. McCAULEY Kearny, N. J.

Sir:

Now let us say "Goodbye, Mr. Quips."

ED DREWS Los Angeles

A Certain Charm

Sir:

Regarding the mural paintings I designed and executed for Johns Hopkins University: Your Nov. 26 article is good; it has wit and a certain charm in proving that a work of art can be approached without verbiage. The artist who accepts a commission to paint monumental works for a public building assumes a responsibility not only as a creative artist, but as an interpretive artist, because it is his job to communicate to the best of his ability what the building stands for.

LEON KROLL New York City

Testaments & TV

Sir:

Not long ago, a movie queen shocked even the godless with her "God is a living doll." Now, a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church comes out with, "Television is a blessing . . . Radio is like the Old Testament . . . television is like the New Testament, [both] being the most spiritual symbols of truth," etc. What trash coming from the spiritual guide of millions of faithful! Let Hollywood be the heaven for this television star.

H. COCHABAMBA Clemson, S.C.

Fraternity, but Not Equality

Sir:

Regarding Northwestern University's chapter of Psi Upsilon and the depledged freshman, Sherman Wu [Nov. 12]: As an American and an N.U. graduate, I am outraged at the arrogance of Psi U and at the university for allowing such a disgrace to occur.

JEAN H. CARROLL Sandusky, Ohio

Sir:

Noted with interest the depledging of a Chinese student at Northwestern University [Nov. 12]. Thought you would be interested in the pledging of a Chinese-American student at Mississippi State College for Women. Now what does prejudice have to do with geography?

CARLETON ANDERSON Jackson, Miss.

Sir:

The Psi Upsilon Fraternity has shamed its university and disgraced its country before the whole world.

UPTON SINCLAIR Corona, Calif.

Castle & Coops

Sir:

Architect Eero Saarinen's description of the castle at Brandeis University as "Mexican Ivanhoe" [Nov. 19] reminds me of Sinclair Lewis' equally unkind characterization of modernist structures as "glass-fronted hen-houses." The castle (see cut) was designed by my father, Dr. John Hall Smith, founder of Middlesex University, to house the classrooms and laboratories of its School of Medicine. More befitting the medieval grandeur of our castle are the lines of Wordsworth:

And this huge castle, standing here sublime I love to see the look with which it braves, Cased in the unfeeling armour of old time The lightning, the fierce wind, and trampling waves.

C. RUGGLES SMITH Director of Admissions Brandeis University Waltham, Mass.

Writers' Camp

Sir:

That "struggling boys' camp" run by Mrs. Lowney Handy [Nov. 12] should be burned to the ground and all the books by both Gerald Tesch and James Jones thrown in for good measure.

A. ARTHUR FARBER Hartford, Conn.

SIR:

THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEF AND SUBTLE REVIEW OF MY BOOK. NEXT FALL YOU WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO RIP BOOK TWO APART BY A BORN-BAD WRITER.

GERALD TESCH TAMPA, FLA.

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