Man of the Year?
Sir:
For Man of the Year -- Princess Elizabeth's new baby !
DULCIE M. SMITH Marblehead, Mass.
Sir:
. . . Harry Truman, of course.
BEN SHARA Montreal, Canada
Sir:
Laurence Olivier . . .
H. S. EVERETT Chicago, Ill.
Sir:
. . . General Lucius Clay . . . He embodies what I like to believe America is in Europe, firm, patient, quite capable and basically tough.
GEORGE T. F. RAHILLY, M.D. Forest Hills, N.Y.
Sir:
Golfer Ben Hogan -- for his superb mastery of his work, for his pleasing modesty . . .
R. B. JOHNSON Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sir:
. . . John Foster Dulles, for his bipartisan contribution to the foreign policy of the U.S., a worldly statesman. . .with moral conviction.
IRA SMITH San Francisco, Calif.
Sir:
. . . Time will show the Man of the Year (1948) to have been Robert Maynard Hutchins . . .
FERD S. SAKS Chicago, Ill.
Sir:
For his clarion call for a return to spiritual values in the individual, in order that our people may have "the balanced qualities of spirit, mind and body," I nominate Charles A. Lindbergh . . .
ROBERT C. BYERLY Pasadena, Calif.
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. . . Louis Bean, who predicted President Truman's victory, in his book How to Predict Elections.
J. A. VAWTER Tacoma, Wash.
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. . . The most powerful single force toward Reason during 1948 is ... who but Eleanor Roosevelt?
R. W. COOKE San Francisco, Calif.
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. . . Judge Goldsborough, tamer of John L. Lewis . . .
H. G. BURNS Lakeview Heights, Mo.
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Earl Warren . . . 1948 brought him to the front in national recognition of his sterling character and abilities . . .
CAROLINE M. SHAW Sacramento, Calif.
Sir:
. . . Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the youngest nation in the world ...
M. MORETSKI London, England
Sir:
. . . Sir Laurence Olivier . . .
MRS. RALPH HASKINS Westfield, Mass.
Sir:
Harry S. Truman, unquestionably.
ELEANOR C. WATERHOUSE Pasadena, Calif.
Sir:
. . . Senator Robert A. Taft . . . who was courageous enough to undertake to save the U.S.A. from socialism . . .
G. O. LOWE Indianola, Iowa
In All Fairness
Sir:
After reading your Nov. 15 article entitled "Fair Trade," I think that, in all fairness to those of us who support fair trade and the Miller- Tydings Act, you should print the following:
1) The insulin selling in Washington, D.C. for $1.65 is priced at absolute wholesale. (Obviously, this sacrificed profit must be regained elsewhere; my guess is that it's in the prescription department.)
2) Many fair-traded items do not insure a gross margin sufficiently large to cover operational expenses.
3) Without fair trade, big business could and would destroy little business by underselling. With control of retail outlets, big business could establish its own monopolistic prices, both wholesale and retail.
4) Most manufacturers of brand products support fair trade and the Miller-Tydings Act.
G. W. YOUNG Shelley, Idaho
Lesson for Limpers
Sir:
With regard to the story on Marine General Smith and the 27th Infantry Division at Saipan [TIME, Nov. 22], I disagree with your comment that "Howlin' Mad's running battle with the Army serves little present purpose."
It seems to me that this case should be investigated in a manner as thorough and impartial as possible. With our armed forces limping towards unification . . . investigation might disclose a worthwhile lesson in methods of training . . .
JOHN H. RONAYNE The Bronx, N.Y.
Rather Be Right
Sir:
In your Nov. 29 discussion of the Republican dilemma, you say [in effect] that "Old Guardism" might just as well curl up its toes and die . . . -
What happens to us? ... Like Southern Democrats, we've no place to go ... We don't like regimentation and state socialism. Labor should be made equally responsible with management . . . Controls on economics do nothing but distort the natural function of economic laws.
But why go on? We "Old Line Republicans" have said the same things for years. Why not? We still believe we're right. Let's not hunt up new principles. Let's die with the good set we have now!
BARBARA REESE Charlestown, N.Y.
Fascinating Face
Sir:
Boris Chaliapin's Nov. 22 painting of Tallulah Bankhead is the most fascinating face that has appeared on a TIME cover. It portrays perfectly the heartsickness of modern civilization . . .
FRED J. CARDINALI Hammond, Ind.
Sir:
. . . Mr. Chaliapin has managed to pack so many of Miss Bankhead's essential characteristics into his drawing that by the time I reached the story I was under the impression that I had read the whole thing a few minutes before . . .
VICTOR KENDALL New York City
Sir:
. . . Thank you, TIME, for your phlegmatic yet human review of Tallulah, the actress, the individual, the uninhibited . . .
FRIMIE FRENCH-PERSIAN Arlington, Va.
Sir:
I THINK YOUR ARTICLE ON TALLULAH BANKHEAD WAS THE MOST DISGUSTING AND DEMORALIZING ON AMERICAN YOUTH I HAVE EVER READ.
DOROTHY V. ANDERSON Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Love that cover! Love that article! LOVE TALLULAH!
LEE SHIELDS San Francisco, Calif.
Impression-Eraser
Sir:
We're extremely grateful for your mention of our product in Business & Finance [TIME, Nov. 8].
However, we wish that TIME had a built-in "impression-eraser"--like the SoundEraser now available for use with our equipment. In comparing our dictation instrument with that of one of our competitors, your editors gave the complete price for the SoundScriber System, whereas the price given for theirs was for the dictating unit and did not include the transcribing unit . . .
R. W. DAVIDSON The SoundScriber Corporation New Haven, Conn.
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