A Nomination
Sir:
Being a daily reader of the New York Times and an admirer of Scotty Reston's editorial ability for some time, I thoroughly enjoyed your cover story [Feb. 15]. TIME and the Times are the major sources with which I keep up with the world.
ROGER A. KENNEDY Cheshire, Conn.
SIR:
YOUR RESTON ARTICLE TREMENDOUS. WHY ALL THIS NONSENSE ABOUT STATE PRIMARIES AND FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD BALLOTS AT CONVENTIONS ? WHY NOT ELECT A MAN WHO HAS ABILITY, EXPERIENCE, INTELLIGENCE AND INDEPENDENCE ? TIME IS NOW TO MOBILIZE YOUR READERSHIP AND ELECT RESTON PRESIDENT AND BARBARA WARD VICE PRESIDENT ON A TWO-WORD PLATFORM: "NO DOUBLETALK." WALTER WANGER LOS ANGELES
Sir:
It's all right to put Scotty Reston on the cover (he has been my favorite columnist for years); it's all right to put polka dots on his necktie; but it's all wrong to smear them on his face and make him look as if he has leprosy.
M. I. KELLY Atlanta
Clear Vision
SIR:
HAVE JUST READ YOUR EXCELLENT ARTICLE "CONTACTS IN THE EYE" [Feb. 8]. YOU PRESENTED THE SOUNDEST TREATMENT OF CONTACT LENSES I HAVE SEEN. COUNTLESS PERSONS SHOULD NOW BE AWARE OF GET-RICH-QUICK OPERATORS.
GEORGE W. MASTEN JR. CHAIRMAN
COMMITTEE ON CONTACT LENSES AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION ST. LOUIS
Sir:
I have been wearing $33 Japanese contact lenses for over two years in my daily judo practices without any discomfort or dislodgment.
JOSE I. ESTRADA Hamburg, Germany
The Barricades
Sir:
After being introduced to Correspondent Frank White by the picture in the Publisher's Letter [Feb. 8], how many readers turned a few pages and again saw Correspondent White just outside the insurgent barricades?
THOMAS J. FOLLANSBEE Enfield, N.H.
Sir:
Regarding your Feb. 8 article, "Three Who Defied De Gaulle," you refer to Pierre Lagaillarde as regarding himself as "anti-Semitic." To an American this would probably be interpreted as being anti-Jewish, whereas in Lagaillarde's frame of reference this might be interpreted as an anti-Arab sentiment, since they too are a Semitic people. Please clarify.
JULIUS MENACKER Chicago
P: Lagaillarde is both.--ED.
A Descriptive Word or Two
Sir:
I want to tell you how happy I was with the article in the Feb. 1 issue [SHOW BUSINESS]. It was very gratifying.
I did notice that there was a slight error, which I do not think you will mind my calling attention to. It concerns my African name, and if I may, I would like to spell it correctly for you.
Zenzile Makeba Qgwashu Nguvama Yiketheli Nxgowa Bantana Balomzi Xa Ufun Ubajabulisa Ubaphekcli Mbiza Yotshwala Sithi Xa Saku Qgiba Ukutja Sithathe Izitsha Sizi Kkabe Singama Lawu Singama Qgwashu Singama Nqamla Nqgithi.
The reason for its length is that every child takes the first name of all his male ancestors. Often following the first name is a descriptive word or two, telling; about the character of the person, making a true African name somewhat like a story. This may sound most unusual to Americans, but it is the custom of my people.
MIRIAM MAKEBA New York City
P: Freely translated, the descriptive word or two in Miriam Makeba's name say: "There is a saying that after dinner, the Xosa kick the dishes."--ED.
Well Done
Sir: Your favorable review of the motion picture Journey to the Center of the Earth [Feb. 15] has been read with mixed emotions.
I was pleased and happy to find that you had so many good things to say about it.
But, since I directed the picture, I felt keen disappointment in that I was unable to discover any mention of the director's name, nor, in fact, could I discover any mention of the direction. I must assume that had you mentioned either, you would have done so in words as praiseful as the others which had gone before.
There have been occasions in the past when you have dealt with me unkindly, and your unkind cuts have been read by myself and my closest friends and relatives and many of my dearest enemies. It seems a shame, therefore, that when an opportunity arose to write "well done"--or at least "medium well"--you failed me.
HENRY LEVIN Beverly Hills, Calif.
Five Little Words
SIR:
TIME STUMBLED IN ITS COMMENTS ON "THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL" IN ITS BOSTON SHOWINGS. I NEVER WROTE ANY SCENE IN A MOTEL, LET ALONE ONE BEING PUT ON THE STAGE. FURTHER, YOUR IMPLICATION THAT A FOUR-LETTER WORD WAS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE IT SHOCKED AUDIENCES IS ERRONEOUS. A THREE-LETTER WORD, A FOUR-LETTER WORD, A FIVE-LETTER WORD, A SIX-LETTER WORD AND A SEVEN-LETTER WORD WERE DELETED FOR VARIOUS REASONS. THE THREE-LETTER WORD WAS GOD. THE FOUR-LETTER WORD WAS LOVE. PERHAPS TIME'S READERS CAN GUESS THE OTHERS.
DANIEL TARADASH
PHILADELPHIA
When in Rome
SIR:
TIME QUOTES POPE JOHN TO THE EFFECT THAT "THE CHURCH MUST MAINTAIN ITS RIGHT AND DUTY TO ADVISE LAYMEN ON HOW TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS" AND "LAYMEN MAY NOT ATTEND NON-CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICES" [Feb. 8]. WHY CALL PROTESTANTS BIGOTS WHO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING CATHOLIC LAYMEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
P. T. TOBIN NEW YORK CITY
Sir:
Perhaps these rules are acceptable to Rome. This for sure: "The Rules for Rome" are not acceptable here. We can't play the game of democracy without freedom of political thought and expression. It is the prime rule and the most cherished. Without it, the game is ended.
M. DONALD CARDWELL
Bordentown, N.J.
Mixed Marriage
Sir:
The only trouble with the romance of Warren Sutton and Dorothy Lebohner is the prejudice of their smalltown, small-minded elders. If Mr. Lebohner were to look around any large city, he would see many successful mixed marriages. I have been the husband in one for four years. I, my Negro wife and our children are perfectly happy.
Let Warren and Dorothy get married if they're in love. But they'd better not settle in that small town where people print in their college catalogues the fine principles that they don't have the guts or the decency to live by.
H. FRANKLIN KISSANE
Los Angeles
Problems to Solve
SIR:
SOMEONE DREAMING IN SUGGESTING GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE STUNNED BY PLANNERS' FORECASTS, ALTHOUGH MANY ALASKANS STUNNED BY TIME'S UNFORTUNATE STORY [Feb. 8]. WHAT OTHER STATE IS VIRTUALLY WITHOUT BONDED INDEBTEDNESS WHILE MAINTAINING MODEST SURPLUS WITHOUT GENERAL TAX INCREASE IN THREE YEARS? AS ALL STATES, ALASKA HAS PROBLEMS, NOW HEIGHTENED BY THEIR EXAGGERATED PORTRAYAL.
WILLIAM A. EGAN
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
WILLIAM E. BELTZ
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
WARREN A. TAYLOR
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE JUNEAU, ALASKA
Scripture & Law
Sir:
According to Theologian Otto Dibelius' past interpretation of Romans 13 [Feb. 8], God sanctions the "powers that be" because of his plan. This justifies the murder of Jews and "worthless life" by the all-powerful Nazis.
By the same reasoning, the ever increasing growth of powerful Communism must predict God's plan for suicide.
MRS. LOUIS SIGEL
Dallas
Sir:
Otto Dibelius would do well to peruse the rest of Romans 13, especially Verse 8: "Owe no man anything save to love one another: for he who loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law."
N. G. MARKO Belmont, Mass.
Rich Man, Sick Man
Sir:
In reference to your cover story on Humphrey [Feb. 1], it is interesting to think that for so long the Republican Party has been thought of as the party for big business and the wealthy. But of the five candidates most discussed as Democratic presidential candidates, only one is not a millionaire, and Senator Humphrey seems to be running last.
JOE W. REDBURN
Los Angeles
Sir:
The Democratic leaders who so vehemently attacked our beloved Ike during his illness should have their attention called to the physical handicaps of the hopefuls.
Symington had a nerve severed to correct a stubborn hypertension. Kennedy has suffered from a severe spinal condition. Humphrey had a calcified lung. Johnson suffered a severe heart attack at the prime-of-life period. If Morse can be included, he was kicked in the head by a horse.
JOHN H. GUNTHER
Clifton, Va.
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