Friday, Apr. 06, 1962

Paradox in Argentina

Sir: I must congratulate you on the accuracy and completeness of your cover story on Argentina [March 30]. I was born in Argentina and came to the U.S. a little over three years ago, but I've kept myself in formed all the time about the political move ments in my native country. You should emphasize a little bit more that the present Peronista Party's leaders are actually using Peron. As one U.S. official put it: "They are far too ambitious to want him back." NELSON FAY Hollywood

Sir:

I am only 17, but I think someone should speak up for a great man.

I had the honor to be in Argentina and meet President Frondizi last year. I still can't understand how a country could turn against a man who has done so much for it and back a dictator who was ousted years ago.

RICHARD UPTON Fort Worth

Sir:

I have read many good articles on Frondizi, but none as enterprising as your cover.

As one who has spent many years in Argentina, it strikes me that the most harmful legacy left behind by this Mussolini-styled dictator is the uprooting of the moral and civic conscientiousness among the people and military of a country that enjoys all the qualifications to sustain a democracy. This will be the cause for a continued weak administration and corrupt politicians.

PETER POLAR San Juan, P.R.

Bigger & Bigger Sir: TIME is to be congratulated for the ex cellent cover story on cities [March 23].

Naturally, I was pleased and most grate ful that Houston was chosen as one of the five cities to receive special attention, and, of course, was highly honored to join the other distinguished mayors on the cover.

But of even more importance was the illuminating article depicting the great prog ress being made and the challenge that we all face to meet the problems of urbanization.

Certainly there is no greater challenge in the years ahead, other than the overriding issue of war or peace in our times.

LEWIS CUTRER Mayor Houston

Sir:

You state that Houston's Mayor Cutrer is the only mayor to oppose the federal Urban Affairs Department. I believe that if you will check the record carefully, you will find that Los Angeles' Mayor Yorty has also voiced his opposition to the department.

LAURENCE GOULD JR. San Marino, Calif. Reader is wrong. Says Mayor Yorty: "I certainly favor such a department." -- ED.

Teddy & Eddie Sir: While watching Eddie McCormack and Ted Kennedy [March 23] drive by us (in separate cars) in the St. Patrick Day's Pa rade, I asked a local labor union president what the smart politicians were doing about the state Democratic primary. His terse re ply: "Leaving town." Boston SPENCER J. SCHEDLER Sir: In Massachusetts you can't see the forest for the family trees.

(MRS.) RUTH MANLEY POWERS Boston What's Wrong with Fargo?

Sir: In your article on the cardinals [March 30], one caption reads, "Mass was sung for Cardinal Muench of Milwaukee." That should read "of Fargo." Muench was Bishop of Fargo from 1935 to 1959, when he became a member of the Curia in Rome.

What's wrong with Fargo ? Newsmen won't let us have Roger Maris either, even when he claims it as his home town.

THOMAS P. KILFOYLE Fargo, N. Dak. TIME has always hailed Maris as coming from North Dakota.

Cardinal Muench was born and raised in Milwaukee and was consecrated a bishop there in 1935. He was bishop of Fargo 24 years but spent most of that time as Vatican representative to West Germany. -- ED.

Arise Dissent Sir: I have as good a sense of humor as the next man, but when you quote me directly as saying that I was not interested in how many Senators came to the preview of Advise and Consent [March 30!, I must respectfully request a correction. I arranged the private showing in Washington and was particularly honored by the great number of Senators and their wives present.

OTTO PREMINGER New York City ^ Preminger's quote, "Never mind how many Senators, I'm interested in the Robert Ken nedys," had earwitness corroboration. -- ED.

No Reaction Sir: We students at Bayside High School have a lesson in chemistry for those at the Uni versity of Arizona [March 30!. The cor rect formula for conservatism should read: Au + EhO-- >No Reaction.

JOEL BRODSKY Flushing, N.Y.

Onward with Vanderbilt Sir: I have read with great interest and appre ciation your article about Vanderbilt Univer sity [March 23]. Thank you for it most warmly. Our alumni and friends will be proud that the institution received this at tention from TIME.

You can tell that individual who did not want to share a foxhole with me that I have gotten out of worse places, and I might get him out with me.

HARVIE BRANSCOMB Chancellor Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn.

Chancellor Yanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn.

Sir: The story called attention to the importance of supporting our private universities.

Those of us opposed to federal aid to education had better put up or shut up.

W. F. SANDERSON Vanderbilt '39 Dallas, Texas Sir: The undersigned faculty members of Vanderbilt's Divinity School do not consider its almost ten years of integration to be token desegregation. Colleagues absent during spring recess would undoubtedly agree.

Sir: The undersigned faculty members of Van derbilt's Divinity School do not consider its almost ten years of integration to be token desegregation. Colleagues absent during spring recess vould undoubtedly agree.

W. FINCH A. L. FOSTER J. GLASSE H. GUGGISBERG F. GRISHAM V. HARRELSON J. P. HYATT L. H. SlLBERMAN L. E. KECK R. E. SLEETH Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt has three Negro students doing graduate work, one more at the Law School, nine oiit of 141 students] at the Divinity School. Vanderbilt has no Negro undergraduates; recently students voted 862-661 against admitting qualified Negroes.--ED.

Help Abroad

Sir: days, I lived on corn and dried milk that Americans sent us as a famine relief.

Please, TIME, convey my hearty thanks to all Americans. I hope that some day I may come to the U.S. and learn how to be kind.

St. Andrew's College, Minaki MARTAN HGALOMBA I Dar es am now Salaam, back at Tanganyika school. During my holi Salted Formula Sir: The unfortunate death of the infants in Binghamton Hospital [March 23!, who were fed a formula with salt instead of sugar, shows the need for new nursing routines.

I should like to propose a simple but ef fective procedure: nurses should taste the formula first. Primitive mothers always taste and chew food before administering it to their offspring.

(MRS.) PAULINE FABRICANT Highland Park, Ill.

Sir:

If U.S. mothers could use their breasts for something more than a sex symbol, the trage dy of Binghamton would not have happened.

ROBERT G. VAN ALLEN Gloversville, N.Y.

What's in a Name?

Sir:

But for great minds like Mr. Willson's [March 23], the fan magazines would be forced to print stories like the following:

"WALDEN CASSOTTO'S NO WALLFLOWER," SAYS THAT "LIVING DOLL," ALEXANDRA ZUCK (Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee).

IS LARUSHKA SKIKNE ANOTHER GABLE? (Laurence Harvey) .

THE NIGHT CONCETTA ANN INGOLIA WENT INTO HER DANCE (Connie Stevens).

WHAT SECRET IS GLAMOROUS SMYLLA BRIND HIDING? (Vanessa Brown).

DOROTHY CHILD Portland, Ore.

Sir: TRAX COLTON With regard to your article on name changes of Hollywood stars, I want to thank you for mentioning me; but when you say I have not been heard of since -- that is not quite true. My name was featured in Marriage -Go -Round: James Mason, Susan Hayward, Julie Newmar -- Trax Colton.

Los Angeles ^ Reader Colton (born Louis Morelli) can also be seen playing a poor shepherd in It Happened in Athens. -- ED.

Bull in the Plaza Sir:

Poem to the Book Review at TIME: You will keep hiring picadors from the back row and pic the bull back far back along his spine you will slam sandbags to the kidneys and pass a wine poisoned on the vine you will saw the horns off and murmur the bulls are ah the bulls are not what once they were The corrida will end with Russians in the plaza Swine, some of you will say what did we wrong? And go forth to kiss the conquerors NORMAN MAILER New York City

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