LETTERS Man of the Year?

Sir: How many other appreciative people have nominated Federal Judge Harold Medina as the Man of the Year?

GEORGE A. GRACE

Oklahoma City, Okla.

P:So far, 75.--ED.

Sir: Man of the Year? Who else but Captain John Crommelin?

PAUL D. GRAF New Haven, Conn.

Sir: There is one man who will be remembered as Man of the Year for many, many years. His name: Cardinal Mindszenty.

NATHANIEL RUTHERFORD

Cincinnati, Ohio

Sir: I nominate Dr. Ralph J. Bunche . . . for his great contribution toward international understanding and world peace.

W. E. GIBSON JR. Marion, S.C.

Sir: . . . Dr. Edwin G. Nourse. Too bad that more important people do not share his alarming insight and perspective regarding the present state of affairs.

RICHARD R. BECK Cambridge, Mass.

Sir: ... In a year of confusion and crisis, Sir Stafford Cripps emerges as the man who, for better or worse, did more than any other person to dislocate the economy of a major portion of the earth.

BERNARD K. FRANK Portland, Ore.

Sir: . . . Tito, incontestably . . . LEON E. NEFF Tucson, Ariz.

Sir: A man who has courage enough to stand up for his convictions . . . Robert A. Taft.

HANS A. BERLINER Long Beach, Calif.

Sir . . . Admiral Louis Denfeld . . .

R. R. BARONDES Hollywood, Calif. ' Sir: I nominate, not for Man of the Year but for man of the era, Albert Schweitzer. He has taught us anew that man does indeed live by the spirit, and that we can all live purposeful lives in an age which Spengler, Toynbee and Sorokin have characterized as decadent.

F. ALDEN SHAW Detroit, Mich.

S.R.O.

Sir: I am struck by your item that South Pacific will take in $3,000,000 [in a year], while the speculators will take $8,000,000 from it [TIME, Oct. 31].

Here's a suggestion for the manager of some theater to try: there are no tickets; there are half a dozen windows, open an hour before the show. You pay your money and walk in, and that's all. Why not ? UPTON SINCLAIR Monrovia, Calif.

Would Novelist (Lanny Budd) Sin clair be willing to stand in line all day to see a hit show? -- ED.

Favored Farmers

Sir:

Concerning "the U.S. farmer, the nation's most favored man" [TIME, Oct. 31]:

TIME forgets the capital investment required, plus the average eleven-hour work day, plus the high accident rate, plus the many years required to gain the necessary knowledge, plus the risks due to uncontrollable climatic conditions . . .

Perhaps the leaders of the nation have learned from the past that the economy of our nation is partially dependent on the purchasing power of the farmer, and are more concerned with national welfare than with vote-getting . . .

J. F. PARISO Minerva, Ohio

Sir:

. . . I'm a farmer, and if your consumer-biased articles help defeat future farmer-giveaway programs and rid the farming industry of the leeches, the inefficient marginal producers, I say good work. Let's give farming back to the farmers . . .

DAVE PORTER

Clinton, N.Y.

Sir: The U.S. housewife may be harassed, probably will be, from here on out, over prices demanded of her at the grocer's counter. But this is not the fault of the U.S. farmer . . .

Who wants the Brannan Plan for Agriculture, and who will get the benefit, if & when we get it? In neither case is it the American farmer. It is those groups who would feed themselves on the taxpayers' money . . .

S. L. WORLEY Scottsboro, Ala.

Sir: ... If farming is in such a favored position amongst U.S. opportunities, why don't more individuals, especially those of your staff who consider it so, hop into the field and make a quick fortune? . . .

_. . ." _,. RALPH E. DUNKEL Circleville, Ohio

Deceptive Appearances

Sir: ... I was amused to see that Edward L. Doheny's five grandchildren owned a company called Los Nietos, which, you explained, means "the relatives" [TIME, Oct. 31]. Nietos means exactly what Doheny apparently intended for it to mean: "grandchildren." The Spanish word for "relatives" is parientes-which looks like "parents," but the Spanish word for parents is padres. In Spanish, as in many other things, you can't depend on appearances . . . Sometimes the results are appalling. Think of the American girl who wanted to say in Spanish that she was embarrassed, for example, and used the word embarazada, which means "pregnant." Your boner at least "hit the hammer with the nail."

R. S. BOGGS

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C.

Prophet & Philosopher

Sir:

May I ... express the deep respect of my organization for all the members of your staff who worked on the industrial design cover story [TIME, Oct. 31].

In working with many of the largest corporations in the world, I imagined that I knew everything there was to know about condensed intelligence and lucidity. Your people add to my respect for the high level of professional integrity and skill in this country RAYMOND LOEWY New York City

Sir:

Your issue of Oct. 31 is an excellent sample of what is wrong with the U.S. today. Your cover and feature article are devoted to Designer Raymond Loewy, prophet of a world of mechanized madness, instead of to Philosopher John Dewey. You are to be congratulated, however, on your excellent coverage of both.

TED P. GOODIN Oklahoma City, Okla.

Sir:

TIME'S statement that John Dewey's progressive education has led to an emphasis on creative thinking in our public schools is suffering from too great a desire to make his birthday happy. His ideas have led to the very opposite. The present American high-school student is an intellectual dolt who thinks that knowledge is gained through memorizing facts . . .

C. H. COTTER Canonsburg, Pa.

Sir:

. . . The progressive education which has stemmed from the inspiration of [John Dewey's] experiments at Chicago has produced a generation of sloppy-minded youngsters who can neither read nor write. His take-what-you-like educational system, with its repudiation of the discipline that comes with difficult study, has turned loose a citizenry that is an easy prey for demagogues .. .

EDWARD P. J. CORBETT Omaha, Neb.

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