Smart, Tough and Quick

To the Editors:

See here, fellows, it's hard enough to find a job without having to compete with millions of smart, tough, quick, good-looking women [Jan. 5] too.

John Berkeley Chicago

So you've become female chauvinist pigs. It's about time.

Steven Freedland Miami

By Juno, you're not suggesting that a dozen Women of the Year equal one Man of the Year?

Ronald E. Pepin Colchester, Conn.

Do twelve Women of the Year mean that it takes twelve women to equal one man or that one man can create more problems than twelve women?

Benn T. Kershaw Upper Darby, Pa.

The Cop-Out of the Year. TIME has disgraced itself by bowing to the pressure of women's groups. Rather than wait for a year when one woman has truly affected its events, TIME jumps the gun and picks a dozen second-rate.

Todd H. Smith National City, Calif.

Your twelve crowned princesses were just the last nail in the coffin for a year that was not much of anything or anyone.

Gerald P. Wiggin St. Paul

Your story should have said WOMEN OF THE YEAR IN THE U.S.A. We have them as good all over the world.

Sergio Pruneda Mazatldn, Mexico

I must say that I deeply resent the statement in the article on Women of the Year that nurses are helpers rather than leaders.

We are no longer handmaidens to the Male Chauvinist Physician but independent practitioners and innovators in health care.

Deborah Shpritz, R.N.

Head Nurse, ICU Mercy Hospital

Baltimore

Why was my profession (wife and mother) overlooked when TIME made its selection? We have been known to make a contribution or two to the strength of this country.

(Mrs.) Anita Nelson Columbia, Md.

It was interesting to note that the author of the article on Women of the Year was male.

(The Rev.) Mary Burton-Beinecke Bennington, Vt. ... and another man coordinated the reporting and edited the story. It looks suspiciously as if TIME had women do the work to compile the cover story but still had men "put it all together." Why did your effort stop short?

Robert Carmean Morgantown, W. Va.

Tripping with Ford

The recent run of articles on our President's bumbling style [Jan. 5] portray Mr. Ford as a bigger-than-life buffoon. What person has not tripped over his own feet or tied his tongue in knots over a simple statement? Does the nation want God hi the White House?

Laura M. Roman Greenwich, Conn.

The "Jerry Ford joke" is just the tension releaser this country needs.

Bill Bowser Shelocta, Pa.

Have you seen the "Jerry Ford doll"? You don't wind it up--you help it up!

John J. Lyons Chicago

Would you rather have as President an unindicted co-conspirator and income-tax cheat, or someone who falls down a lot?

Richard George Downers Grove,Ill.

At last! I've found an explanation for President Ford's clumsiness.

Simpson's cartoon shows a barefoot

President with the toes on his left foot backward. While this obviously contributes to his awkwardness, it clearly makes it easier for him to put his foot in his mouth.

John McKerlie Arva, Ont.

Nixon was beaten down by the peasants' freshly fashioned plowshares because his lust for power was too strong. Ford's doom appears to come from the very gentleness of his ways. What do we want?

John Garrett Los Angeles

Why is it that when Ford took a fall on the ski slopes, it got national coverage, while when Kennedy took a fall with some young lady, everyone but the public knew about it?

I would rather have a clumsy President than one who thinks affairs of state have something to do with sex.

William H. Bird Boulder, Colo.

Any man over 60 who can handle the trails at Vail as well as President Ford does, and then be attacked by the media for being uncoordinated and clumsy, deserves the support or, at least, the sympathy of those who wish they could do as well.

George F. Duffy Stanfordville, N. Y.

Recycled by Mother Teresa

I met Mother Teresa in Delhi where she had opened an orphanage a block from our school. Her sisters would ask our priests for the old cotton cassocks "they were going to throw away." We thought they would be bandages or dust cloths, and were surprised to find them meticulously repaired and worn as a basic garment beneath their saris. The collar of the old Jesuit cassock is clearly visible in your cover picture of Mother Teresa [Dec. 29].

John H. Lane, S.J. Chicago

Images '75

I feel your photograph of Aristotle Onassis [Jan. 5] represents a gross invasion of privacy.

The Peeping Tom sensation of looking at any person, once alert and vital, now unguarded, ill and unaware of the camera, is repugnant. The end of life, at least, should be private.

Celia Huston Atlanta

Five Easy Pieces

TIME has not been known for its reluctance to drop the other shoe. In your piece marking the 40th anniversary of the DC-3 [Dec. 29], you say, "Dwight Eisenhower hailed the plane as one of the five pieces of equipment that did most to win World War II." So--may we know what the other four are?

Aaron P. Pratt Jr.

Windsor, Conn.

The bulldozer, the Jeep, the 2 1/2-ton truck and the amphibian duck.

Scott v. Amundsen

In Mr. Golden's excellent article [Jan. 5], as in most accounts of polar exploration, Scott has been highlighted for his South Pole expedition in 1912. I think it is important to remember, however, that Amundsen was not only the first to reach the pole but that all members of his party survived the expedition. Scott and his men perished.

Scott has gained special attention because of his flamboyant personality and the stirring account of that last, doomed expedition. Amundsen, a more methodical man, accomplished his feat earlier, with less notoriety and no loss of life.

Richard B. Weininger, M.D.

New York City

Dr. Weininger was the scientific leader at the South Pole station, 1966-67.

For Cynthia Gregory

I have just finished reading "Gregory Bows out" [Jan. 5], and I believe a response is called for.

For balletomanes the world over, Cynthia Gregory's retirement is a tragedy. Many believe she has never been fully appreciated because she is American born, rather than Russian.

To say that lately Gregory had little to complain about is unjust. Raymonda came into being because of, first, Rudolf Nureyev's opinion that Cynthia Gregory was ideal for this role; second, Gregory's own formidable artistry; and third, my desire to underwrite this production in memory of my late husband. American Ballet Theater did not, as you state, mount this ballet especially for Gregory. The company's management simply allowed it to happen. It would be far more accurate to say that Cynthia Gregory made Raymonda possible for A.B.T.

Mrs. Isaac Arnold Houston

When the Skunk Fits

Even if conserving oil is the reason for the revival of fur coats [Dec. 29], I still feel fur looks much better on our natural wildlife. Nobody fits a skunk coat better than the skunk himself.

Peter James Brooks Utica, N. Y.

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