Man of the Year

Sir:

My car, TV set and refrigerator are all paid for. I have lived with my first and only wife for over 32 years. I therefore, modestly but confidently, nominate myself.

LYLE WOODS BRYAN

Warrensburg, Mo.

Sir:

As the Hungarian freedom fighter won TIME'S nomination for 1956, I suggest, for 1960, it be the Negro freedom fighter. He fought for equality in the South, political freedom in the new nations of Africa and for just freedom in the Union of South Africa.

JOHN DAVID POLHEMUS

Reading, Pa.

Sir:

Permit me to be the first to nominate the character who crawled out from under a piece of brotchen just long enough to take a quick look at Wiesbaden and have the unmitigated gall to depict the true life of "Americans Abroad" [Dec. 5].

(MRS.) IDA M. DULANEY

Army Dependent

Friedberg, Germany

Sir:

The Rev. Lloyd A. Foreman of New Orleans. The courage and dignity displayed by him during the recent school integration fight [in New Orleans] should be an example to all of those who believe that this is the land of the free and the home of the brave.

JOHN W. MERRILL

Whittier, Calif.

Sir:

I suggest you give Mr. Dag Hammarskjold the honor he deserves.

DANIELA JONAS

Tel Aviv, Israel

Sir:

For Stupidest Man of the Year: Belgium's Premier Gaston Eyskens--the man who unleashed the barbaric horde at Leopoldville in July 1960.

D. J. GUBBIN

Tilehurst, Berks., England

Sir:

Your man is Fidel Castro. He has brought Communism to our front door, is now exporting same to countries in South America.

RICHARD G. MALONE

Suffern, N.Y.

Sir:

As any fool can plainly see, it is Nikita Khrushchev.

WARREN SNYDER

Evanston, Ill.

Sir:

Ike.

JOSEPH N. FEINSTEIN

Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Sir:

Like it or not, Patrice Lumumba.

DONALD C. McCoy

Chicago

Sir:

As one reader who doesn't care a hoot who gets first to the moon, I nominate the U.S. scientists who have done most in 1960 to improve man's condition here.

H. A. ADAMS

Chicago

Sir:

Pope John--for his efforts to unite Christianity in the struggle against Communism and to help the U.S. to a better understanding of the faith of your President-elect.

JOSEPH MCMAHON

Limerick, Ireland

Sir:

President-elect John Kennedy.

FARID SADIK

Taibeh Nathanya, Israel

White House Guests?

Sir:

Will someone please tell Mr. Sinatra, and his ring-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding, ding ding middle-aged cheatniks to keep their pizza-pickin' paws out of the White House? If American prestige is as low as Mr. Kennedy claims, Mr. Sinatra and his friends will certainly not improve the situation at home or abroad.

MRS. WARREN KENEFICK

Chamblee, Ga.

Norman Mailer

Sir:

TIME'S assurance that the critical reputation of Norman Mailer has declined since The Naked and the Dead [Dec. 5] needs correction. Many critics and fellow writers feel that Mailer's work is of continuing significance and brilliance and that he is one of the few young writers who have not "fallen hard."

JAMES BALDWIN ROBERT LOWELL

JASON EPSTEIN NORMAN PODHORETZ

LILLIAN HELLMAN LIONEL TRILLING

ALFRED KAZIN WILLIAM PHILLIPS

New York City

The Mongol Hordes

Sir:

Your description (Dec. 5) of the Wiesbaden area is one-sidedly accurate. The other side is bigger and longer. Sure, there's an active social life. We must keep busy. Do you prefer that we exploit the reputation of American womanhood by engaging in quiet prostitution and Gasthaus lounging, or should we keep active in scouting, P.T.A., women's clubs and civic activities? The women's club I belonged to adopted a German orphanage; we delivered food to German refugees living in the basement of bombed-out buildings--so dirty that the average American woman would have vomited at the sight.

(MRS.) LOUISE T. BECTON

One of the "Mongol Horde"

Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Sir:

. . . Mongol hordes! Please! My wife is now calling me Genghis ! . .

KENNETH NELSON

Panama City, Fla.

Small Colleges

Sir:

Your interesting list of 50 unknown but good colleges [Dec. 5] did not include the one that stood next to Kalamazoo which was mentioned as having 3.67% of its male graduates taking Ph.D.s in chemistry and biochemistry. We find that King College had 3.60% of its male graduates taking this degree. When an institution as poor as this one stands fourth in the nation in comparison with Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Reed, Haverford, and Swarthmore, one is bound to call this an indication that our program is not wholly unsuccessful.

R. T. L. LISTON

President

King College

Bristol, Tenn.

Sir:

Thank you for your recognition of the small colleges. Wagner of Staten Island was really small when my husband and I attended it over a decade ago. I am unique in that I earned an R.N., B.S., M.A. and Mrs. all from that one small school. You see, college is not wasted on women; Wagner gave me the most important thing in my life: my husband.

AURORA J. RUFOLO

La Jolla, Calif.

At the Movies

Sir:

Can't you do something about your movie critic? He belongs on one of those small, arty magazines--not on a popular, large-circulation magazine.

PAULINE PHILLIPS

Mobile, Ala.

Sir:

Your fine review of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring approaches the film from the only possible angle--that of the myth that it is. It could serve as an example to other reviewers, too, many of whom fallaciously judge films (and books and plays) on the basis of what they are not, rather than what they are.

SUSAN HEIMANN

New York City

Sir:

Re your review of G.I. Blues: I am a Presley fan, and I have 5,000 pictures of him. He is a very good influence (he does not smoke or drink), and his music has kept many of my friends off the street at night because they all love to dance and find his music the best to dance to. In other words, I wish you would kindly refrain from criticizing "The King."

ANNETTE CONANT

Quantico, Va.

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