The New Army
Sir:
Again TIME did a valuable service to the public with its cover story on General Lyman Lemnitzer and the United States Army [May 11].
WALTER L. KNECHT Yellow Springs, Ohio
Sir:
Congratulations to General Lemnitzer. It appears that the Army is finally adopting the training standards used by the U.S. Marine Corps for years.
MID/2C H. S. McCLOSKEY New Orleans
Sir:
It was interesting to read Sergeant Leonard T. Berry's complaints [about coffee breaks, automatic dishwashers and the fact that he can't get men to parade].
Why not go along with him and take away the automatic dishwashers and potato peelers, along with, of course, nuclear weapons, missiles and other useless innovations? He should be very pleased to have all the men he wants for parades, and their bows and arrows or muskets slung over their shoulders.
STEPHEN A. KROFLICH Columbus
Sir:
Having been a member of the 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead) prior to separation from active duty with the United States Army in September of 1958, I have my doubts about the effectiveness of Staff Sergeant Nolen's telephone report of trouble on the Iron Curtain border.
One well-placed missile in each of the casernes (camps) would destroy most of the tanks, trucks, Jeeps and other equipment not already inoperable from an excess of paint and polish and an absence of proper care and maintenance.
BERNARD KAHN Elmsford, N.Y.
West Germany Reconstructed
Sir:
May I compliment you on your wonderful coverage and the beautiful photography of spreading West Germany's wealth [May 11] ?
CURTIS BERMAN New York City
Sir:
The picture layout on West Germany was magnificent. Pierre Boulat, in his picture of the Kurfuerstendamm, has captured with a camera what the impressionists were conveying on canvas.
MARCIA YOUNG
Berkeley, Calif.
Sir:
Germany, a nation which for centuries has been largely responsible for all the trouble and wars in Europe and whose many citizens' hands are still soaked with innocent victims' blood, has received gifts and loans for their shameful acts from a country that stands for freedom and justice.
TAD KROL
Chicago
The Heroine
Sir:
In the May 18th issue you mentioned the gallant rescue of Albert Kogler, following the shark's attack, by Shirley O'Neill. I think we all would have said that it was the greatest exhibition of courage we had ever seen. Her kind assures America of a better tomorrow.
BOB HEDGES Washington, B.C.
Sir:
Shirley O'Neill has edified a nation. The parents of Miss O'Neill have every reason to be the proudest people on this earth today.
CHARLES D. SHIELDS Washington, B.C.
Congress & Labor
Sir:
Your commentaries in the May 4 issue on the nation, Congress and labor were received with sincere interest. You have this reader's wholehearted endorsement of the emphasis placed on an "overdue" labor bill to curb union corruption, which certainly has been instigated not only by the adverse elements of foul play but also by Big Labor's unyielding policy of not letting a contract year pass without demands for more material benefits from management.
DAN M. ROCHELLE
Greensboro, N.C.
Sir:
Would that we had many more "diehards" of the same caliber as Senator Barry Goldwater. Outside of our Southern Senators, he is one of the very few who have the intellectual, moral and political courage to repeatedly challenge that motley and unholy assortment of left-wingers--"liberals," labor bosses, socialists, professional friends of man --who call the tune for the majority of Senators.
S. J. LEWIS JB. Augusta, Ga.
Sir:
For its agility at jumping through hoops when ordered to do so by the labor union bosses, the U.S. Senate, with the exception of Senator Goldwater, has ably earned the title of the gutless wonder. The chief gymnast is Senator Kennedy.
A. P. SAILER Sellersville, Pa.
Lofty Pursuit?
Sir:
Shout ole for Matador Baron Clements Jr. [May 4]. I have put him on my Must-See list.
(T/SGT) RHONWINKLER U.S.A.F. Lockbourne A.F.B., Ohio
Sir:
If I had a son whose sole aim and purpose was to dress up in fancy clothes and torture dumb animals, I am sure I would bend every effort to interest him in some loftier pursuit--flagpole sitting, for example.
RUTH WALLACE Williams Bay, Wis.
The Bogus Issue
Sir:
Your May 11 article [on problems of the newspaper publishers and the printing-craft unions] is one more shocking and disgraceful example of what should be the greatest concern of all Americans--the values of many which go under the label of "shrewd business." You called this union "featherbedding" wasteful. Why featherbed your adjectives? The correct word is robbery.
JAMES H. PLATT State Teachers College Kirksville, Mo.
Sir: The reset law, which you refer to as "bogus," has been in I.T.U. contracts since 1871 for the simple reason that the majority of publishers have recognized the fairness of it during all that time. The ads were paid for in full by the advertisers who bought space for them. Why shouldn't the printers be paid, too?
ANNE C. WINGERTSZAHN
Member Local 9, I.TU. Buffalo
Sir:
Again labor takes a slap in the face from TIME. I am sure that the shop steward was joking and there was a more serious reason for the pressman's working 26 straight hours. I have worked 35 straight hours--28 of them on overtime--and was thanked by the employer for getting out his publications and for subjecting my body to such a strain in his interests.
HARRY BATES Secretary-Treasurer
Santa Monica-Venice Printing Pressman and Assistants' Union No. 429 Los Angeles
Space Explorer
Sir:
I would like to commend TIME on its excellent report on Space and the Radiation Belt, which featured the contributions of my brother, James Van Allen [May 4]. I can attest to the accuracy and sharp insight of your staff in regard to the personal aspects of this story.
MAURICE W. VAN ALLEN, M.D.
Chief, Neurology Service Veterans Administration Hospital Iowa City, Iowa
The Governor Speaks
Sir:
In your story on Puerto Rico in your May 4 issue, the implication is made that upon accepting that a plebiscite be held on commonwealth-statehood-independence status, after opposing that additional plebiscite for seven years, I have changed my mind as to the fact that statehood is economically a complete reality for Puerto Rico. My acceptance of an additional plebiscite now is based on the following fact: the constant debate on status, which is unreal to most Puerto Ricans but which may seem real to persons outside of Puerto Rico, is approaching a point where it is beginning to do harm to our economic development program. The debate is spurious and it should be ended. Therefore, I have stated that I would support a plebiscite if all concerned would agree in good faith to accept, this time, the decision of the voters, and turn their attention to other issues of real and great importance to Puerto Rico. I am entirely confident that commonwealth status would be once more overwhelmingly endorsed by the Puerto Rican people.
Luis MUNOZ MARIN Governor San Juan, P.R.
Sir:
We Puerto Ricans have earned statehood, deserve statehood and want statehood.
ELISEO CASILLAS Lajes Field, Azores
Wayne Morse v. Clare Luce
Sir:
Congratulations re quality of Luce v. Morse coverage [May 11]. I must say that you bent over backwards to be fair to Senator Morse.
SAMUEL F. MORROW Zelienople, Pa.
Sir:
Your reporting of the Clare Boothe Luce incident was deplorable.
STEPHEN POSNER
New York City
Sir:
Your collection of excerpts from journalistic lodge brothers, accompanying the slanted Morse v. Luce report, is a tired echo. As another "Destroy Morse" launching, it hit Oregon waters in a gurgling demise, the Morse stature rising higher than ever above the ripples.
BERNARD P. KELLY Medford, Ore.
Sir:
Re your Clare Boothe Luce story: Button your shirt, your heart's falling out. ALLAN W. LEISER WILLIAM A. HERTZBERG Huntsville, Ala.
Sir:
As an Oregonian, I am ashamed; as a woman, I am outraged; but as a citizen of the U.S.--aware that the future of our country must lie in hands like these--I am deeply and bitterly frightened.
DORIS J. MARSH Cottage Grove, Ore.
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