Man of the Year?
Sir:
For Man of the Year I nominate Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who has sacrificed his well-earned rest, his popularity and his health to serve his country and the world.
RUTH A. PUTNAM
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sir:
Naturally, the Man of the Year is President Harry S. Truman.
TED HASBROOK
Green Bay, Wis.
Sir:
. . . Count Folke Bernadotte, Christian gentleman, who gave his life in promoting peace . . .
WILLIAM S. MILLER
North Little Rock, Ark.
Sir:
. . . Jan Masaryk . . .
BETTY F. SMITH
New York City
Sir:
. . . There has risen to fame a man of qualities so outstanding in his profession that any age would be proud to own him . . . I nominate Laurence Olivier.
R. W. EDWARDS
Roselle Park, NJ.
Sir:
. . . The American Voter . . . showed that he had a mind of his own and courage to do what it dictated.
MARK A. LAZAR, D.D.S.
Newark, NJ.
Sir:
. . . David Ben-Gurion . . . the rallying point for the defenders of the young democracy who . . . were responsible for making the first major United Nations decision a reality.
KLAUS NETTER
Syracuse, N.Y.
Sir:
. . . Lou Boudreau, outstanding baseball player-manager for the World's Champion Cleveland Indians . . .
ROGER S. GREENBERG
Detroit, Mich.
Sir:
. . . HENRY A. WALLACE, A MAN OF COURAGE AND STRONG WILL, WHO HAS LED THE FIGHT FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY.
LIEUT. HAROLD K. THOMPSON JR.
Quantico, Va.
Sir:
. . . The only possible choice, the shriveled-up little brown man of India who lived as an incarnation of the Christian gospel and died as a rebuke to the rest of this world's gods.
ROBERT H. HAMILL
Burlington, Iowa
Sir:
Man of the Year will certainly be Harry S. Truman--and with him Harry Bridges, John Lewis, Phil Murray, Allan Haywood, Dan Tobin, Charley Binaggio. God help us!
A. F. MUELLER
Indianapolis, Ind.
Sir:
. . . Chiang Kaishek, for his valiant efforts to preserve that immense piece of humanity.
THEODORE R. COTE
Londonderry, N.H.
Sir:
. . . Mao Tse-tung, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party . . . whose success caused so much anxiety and joy . . .
M. S. Wu
Geneva, Switzerland
Sir:
. . . The American farmer. Having fed the world by pulling another bumper crop out of the magical hat, he has now proceeded to elect himself a President.
HARLAN L. CLAPP
Oaklyn, N.J.
Sir:
. . . J. Howard McGrath, pilot and strategist of the victorious Democratic Party . . .
JAMES F. CANNING
Boston, Mass.
Sir:
Why not Drew Pearson, for the many good reasons pointed out in your own cover story [TIME, Dec. 13]?
RANDOLPH FELTUS
New York City
Sir:
. . . For starting the ball rolling in the direction of rational and statesmanlike /'politicking" (at home anyway) . . . our great ex-President, Herbert C. Hoover.
JACK D. EALES
Sioux City, Iowa
Sir:
. . . The one man who throughout 1948 has had the greatest worldwide influence (for good or evil, according to one's point of view) is undoubtedly Joseph Stalin . . .
R. H. EAMES
Boston, Mass.
Sir:
. . . Albert Schweitzer. Here is the transcendence of nationalism, ambition, and worldly power in the service of those who need him, with an influence greater than that of statesmen and educators and soldiers . . .
RANDOLPH C. MILLER
Berkeley, Calif.
Sir:
. . . General Lucius D. Clay . . . he so judiciously and fearlessly carried out his duties in Berlin that his actions are tangible proof to the world that we mean what we say and cannot be bullied by a scheming Soviet Russia.
(MRS.) MARGARET K. BENTLEY
Jamestown, N.Y.
Sir:
President Truman--Man of the Year through the courtesy of Senator Taft and the 80th Congress.
MATTHEW PENNER
Chicago, Ill.
Sir:
. . . I nominate a unanimous All-American, Doak Walker of Southern Methodist University.
JERRY DORBIN
Lomita, Calif.
Sir:
. . . For serving the cause of freedom and humanity and causing the creation of the State of Israel, Menachim Beigin, commander of Irgun Zvai Leumi.
MAURICE RIFKIN
Philadelphia, Pa.
Sir:
. . . J. Parnell Thomas, who, with his House Committee on Un-American Activities, has done the most in the usurpation of civil liberties by government this year.
PETER ROSENBAUM
Haverford, Pa.
Sir:
. . . George C. Marshall . . .
WILLIAM F. KUYPER
Fort Thomas, Ky.
Sir:
. . . Citation.
PEDRO TESO
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sir:
. . . Harry S. Truman. He fooled all the people all the time.
JACK FORBES
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Sir:
. . . After reading your [cover story] on Tallulah Bankhead . . . I unhesitatingly nominate as Man of the Year: her leading man, Donald Cook.
ABRAHAM GURVITZ
Boston, Mass.
Sir:
. . . The top leaders of the Russian hierarchy, for showing us so clearly the face of oppression.
N. RIVES RUTHERFORD
Cincinnati, Ohio
Sir:
. . . Laurence Olivier . . .
ERNESTINE F. KELLY
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Sir:
. . . I'm very happy to vote again for Harry Truman . . .
FRANK RUDOLPH
Los Angeles, Calif.
P: With these and 102 other nominations, TIME herewith declares the polls closed. For TIME'S Man of the Year, see next week's issue.--ED.
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