Atlantic Solidarity
Sir:
I see that American aid will be needed to bail the English and French out of this mess. The money will come from the usual place --the pocket of the American taxpayer. So now we Americans are unpopular over there. Well, O.K., old buddies, if you don't like our peaches, quit shaking our tree.
R. J. ROGERS Indianapolis
Sir:
Who are you trying to kid with your talk of the self-restraint of the British in the face of petrol rationing? For the past few weeks the breath of every car owner of my acquaintance has reeked of petrol. "Oh, it's only a can in case of emergency; might have to visit the hospital, you know." In the interests of whatever is left of Anglo-American solidarity, I think you should warn any of your countrymen who are proposing to come over here to be very careful where they toss their cigar butts.
JOHN H. BASSETT Mitcham, England
Eden & Suez
Sir:
If there is such a thing as universal justice, Sir Anthony Eden would be tried under the same statutes of international law applied to Hitler and Goring, as a war criminal.
MILLICENT SEWELL COLEMAN Van Nuys, Calif.
Sir:
You Americans criticized Neville Chamberlain for talking and not acting; you criticize Anthony Eden for acting and not talking. Do you know what in hell you do want?
JOHN E. RAVEN Managua, Nicaragua
Eisenhower & Suez
Sir:
After reading your recent Letters column, I'm amazed at the number of warmongers we in the U.S. have among us and our neighbor to the North. We elected Eisenhower to help keep the peace; now these rabble-rousers are mad because he doesn't drag us into war.
JIM ELDER New Castle, Pa.
Sir:
Eisenhower's announcement that "We can only act like men" in the Middle East is merely a resounding squeak from the ex-great leader who proved himself a mouse in Hungary.
MRS. ROBERT W. CATZEN Pikesville, Md.
Swallowed Whole
Sir:
Now that Egypt's brash hero-for-hire has unshrewdly mortgaged the Arab world's future to the Russians, perhaps the most concise epilogue to the fateful transaction is A. E. Housman's lament on the demise of another imperceptive youth:
The Grizzly Bear is huge and wild; He has devoured the infant child. The infant child is not aware It has been eaten by the bear.
RONALD M. RALBOVSKY Washington
Byrd Watchers
Sir:
Since you apparently know nothing of Virginia's politics or the - problems of desegregation [Dec. 3], it would be better if you did not further display your lack of knowledge. As for Senator Byrd, the nation as well as Virginia is fortunate in having a man who is against collectivism.
KATE PATTESON
Manteo, Va.
Sir:
In the two decades that I have been reading TIME, I can remember few articles with the wit, irony and sagacity shown in such a unique way as your review of the current situation in Virginia.
WALTER J. GIFFORD Harrisonburg, Va.
Sir:
We Virginians are proud of Harry Flood Byrd. If the recent legislation [against desegregation 1 is his way of setting Virginia and other Southern states back, hurrah! Save your Confederate money, boys, the South's gonna rise again.
NANCY ROBERTS Woodbridge, Va.
Sir:
I find it difficult to understand why Harry Byrd and many other Virginians don't take more pride in their Negro citizens and the progress they have made. I have seen other Southern states, where most of the Negroes seemed dirty and devoid of all social graces, but in Virginia, where I once lived, the average Negro pretty well matched the typical middle-class person anywhere. They are a credit to their state and certainly are not objectionable as fellow students for anyone else's children.
LYNN H. KNAPP
Gorham, Me.
What So Proudly Unveiled
Sir:
Someone should tell Louis Bouche and the directors of the Eisenhower Museum at Abilene [Dec. 3] that our flag should never be draped--not even in a painting.
LAMBERT FAIRCHILD New York City
Sir:
Yes, "the uniforms are all correct," but certainly not the behavior. Where in the world would you see the officers of the Supreme Command with hands in their pockets?
HEDDA SKRABIS Detroit
Sir:
So Louis Bouche "turned out two tired montages cluttered with uninspiring military scenes." I'd like to have been around when Bouche read that crack.
E. MORISON New York City
Man of the Year
Sir:
The Austrian border guard who admitted Hungarian refugees without passport, visa, permit, or investigation and shot the Russian soldier who pursued them.
NORMAN S. GABLE Ardmore, Pa.
Sir:
I nominate Eden for waking up the West, and showing its complete lack of a foreign policy designed to meet Communist expansion, especially in the Middle East.
PHILIP P. B. WARD Toronto
Sir:
The international plotter and toastmaster--Comrade Khrushchev!
JOHAN C. BjORK Oslo, Norway
Sir:
Surely Prince Rainier?
J. COLLINS
Dublin
Sir:
If your readers could vote on it, I bet it would be Ike by a landslide.
BARBARA K. OWEN Chicago
Sir:
Dag Hammarskjold who, in TIME'S own words, is "working for peace with the kind of quiet effectiveness that would win medals in war . . ."
MRS. R. J. CHRISTGAU Minneapolis
Sir:
Danny Kaye--UNICEF's ambassador. His unselfish endeavors brought health and happiness to millions of children throughout the world.
SUSAN E. HETHERINGTON
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Unauthorized Version
Sir:
My attention has been called to a letter appearing in TIME, Nov. 19 under the signature of the Rev. Paul Bernhardt, First Baptist Church, Elmira, N.Y. I did not write any letter to your magazine, nor did anyone on my staff; and furthermore no one was authorized to use our official stationery in expressing his personal opinion on the British-French entry into Egypt.
ROBERT GRAY Pastor
First Baptist Church Elmira, N.Y.
Callas' Tosca
Sir:
TIME'S Nov. 26 review of Maria Callas as Tosca is the final straw. As one who was present at this dull performance, I can testify that Callas looked like Audrey Hepburn, acted respectably and sang like a member of a second-rate road company. Your music critic either has low standards or a tin ear.
JAMES VAN DYCK CARD New York City
Sir:
Callas is dynamic, explosive and colorful but . . . she can't sing very well.
JAMES J. GODWIN Winchester, Mass.
Objection
SIR:
I DO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR SOURCE WAS ON YOUR DEC. IO REPORT OF MY CONVERSATION WITH SIR IVONE KIRKPATRICK, BUT YOUR ACCOUNT OF WHAT HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE SAID TO ME IS INACCURATE, TENDENTIOUS AND UNFAIR TO US BOTH. HE MADE NO SUCH STATEMENT AS YOUR ACCOUNT ATTRIBUTES.
DON COOK CORRESPONDENT NEW YORK "HERALD TRIBUNE"
LONDON ¶ Objection noted.--ED.
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