Georgia Without George
Sir:
You head your May 21 article "Georgia Loses" and admit that Senator George is a great statesman and Herman Talmadge is the overwhelming choice of the Georgia voters for Senator; with Statesman George as ambassador to NATO and ex-Governor Talmadge as Georgia's preferred Senator, it is hard to see how Georgia loses.
ROBERT S. DUGGAN JR.
Atlanta
Sir:
A Senator is a mirror of his respective state. That includes the future Senator from Georgia, Herman Talmadge. Why is it that Georgians prefer that hick wonder of callousness, ignorance and narrow-mindedness to a true American gentleman ?
MARIA RAMSPOTT Rehoboth, Mass.
Sir: You refer to Camilla as the county seat of "the bottom of Georgia's backwoods." May I also point out that it is the peanut capital of the world, only 24 miles from Moultrie, the watermelon capital of the world, and only 28 miles from Thomasville, where President Eisenhower goes to shoot backwoods birds, who doubtless appreciate the honor bestowed on them ?
ANN WALDRON
Lakeland, Fla.
The New Navy
Sir:
In a world ringed with crisis it is reassuring to read "The U.S. Navy in the Atomic Age" [May 21] and to be able to take off our hats respectfully to a great service--our Navy--ever mindful of proud tradition and accomplishment but never too steeped in the past to change with the times to best serve our nation.
RICHARD A. VELZ
Richmond, Va.
Sir:
No Navy man will question the praise given Arleigh Burke in your fine article; however, I think the statement that "Burke was a long time changing Airman Mitscher's prejudice against surface sailors . . ." can justly be questioned. Pete Mitscher was not only a great air commander but a very rugged sailorman; before becoming a flyer, he had had experience in many types of surface craft. There has always been close union between flyers and nonflyers in our Navy; here was one of the great differences between our naval air arm and the British. During World War II, when a British carrier visited San Fancisco, a curious American officer asked the carrier's "Number One" (who was not a flyer) if the two branches understood each other's problems. Did they get along well? The British commander replied: "I hate the bloody crates, and I despise the bastards who fly 'em!"
HARVEY HAISLIP
Captain, U.S.N. (ret.) Claremont, Calif.
Sir: You should be taken to task for not giving out with the story prevalent in the Fleet concerning "31-Knot Burke." While commanding a division of destroyers, the admiral somehow got off course and ended up in a minefield. When asked by his immediate superior what in hell he was doing over in that minefield, he calmly replied: "31 knots."
(YNC) C. O. MYERS, U.S.N.
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco
Sir: Lieut. Gordon Gray Jr. no doubt appreciates the new speed record title you have bestowed upon him, but again he may not, for such a record is nonexistant. Gray holds the 500-kilometer closed circuit speed record and not the 50-kilometer speed record, which does not exist.
(JOC) H. C. VARNER, U.S.N.
Naval Aviation News Washington, D.C.
Trouble with the Phillies
Sir:
Enjoyed your May 28 story on Robin Roberts; there's one pitcher that's worth a thousand words.
JEAN VENTURINI
Cincinnati
Sir:
When I saw how Henry Koerner had wrecked my favorite player, I nearly had convulsions. Please don't do it again.
JONATHAN SCOVILLE West Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
All Philadelphians know of the low esteem in which they are held by the New York press --which pleases us no end. But you can't publish so-called portraits of our Robby on your cover and say such nasty things about our Phillies and their fans without getting a few brickbats in return.
EDYTHE KINGSLEY BEACH
Philadelphia
Sir:
I am delighted to have another Koerner-covered TIME. Besides admiring Koerner and Shahn, I think it enhances the American scene to have their art outside as well as inside your magazine. Then too, you make it possible to reverse the adage--and so to judge the book by its cover.
HAZEL OSBORN
Chicago
Behind Freud's Door
Sir:
After seeing my picture of Freud's historic analytic couch in TIME [April 23], I thought you might be interested in the story behind the series of pictures which I took of Freud and his apartment in Vienna in 1938. Shortly after the Anschluss in Austria I was approached by a good friend, Dr. August Aichhorn, a close collaborator of Freud's, to make a photographic record of Freud's apartment in order to make it possible to establish a Freud museum as soon as the storm had passed. Heavy ransom was paid to the Nazis for Freud's safe-conduct out of Austria and for the removal of all his belongings, and no time could be lost in starting the assignment.
I decided to work early in the morning, taking into consideration Freud's daily routine. One day Freud changed his schedule and ran into me. He appeared alert and vivacious, much younger than his 82 years. I had to leave Austria in a hurry shortly thereafter, and I left the pictures and negatives with Dr. Aichhorn. After Aichhorn's death my negatives were sent to Miss Anna Freud, who kept them and handed them back to me in 1954 in London.
EDMUND ENGELMAN
Elmhurst, N.Y.
Final Returns
Sir:
Is there some sleight of hand in your report on the Indiana primary election results (May 21)? You say that Vanderburgh
County, "which has backed every presidential winner since 1896, gave Ike 15,129, the Keef 12,550." Yet I read in the papers that, in final returns in Vanderburgh County, 22,007 people chose Democratic ballots, and 17,752 chose Republican ballots.
WARREN PARKER
New York City
Vanderburgh County's (and Indiana's) choice for President was Dwight Eisenhower. A final canvass in Vanderburgh County, completed five days after TIME went to press, gave Ike 15,223 votes, Kefauver 12,572. The figure on "Democratic ballots" refers to the total votes cast in a congressional race involving local issues and seven candidates; many voters failed to indicate presidential choices.--ED.
Storm over Cyprus
Sir:
Your May 21 article concerning the Cypriot-British dispute was magnificent. Karaolis and Demetriou are heroes in the eyes of all freedom loving people of the world.
NICHOLAS HYDOS
Gelnhausen, Germany
Sir:
May one point out that the two executed Cypriots were criminals, not heroes? It is high time America tried to understand the other side of the picture instead of lending her support to murder and terrorism, which at other times she professes to abhor.
BERYL M. GOLDSMITH
Wembley, England
Sir:
The solution you present in the May 21 issue is a satisfactory one under the circumstances, which will preserve the Western unity as well as the interests of Great Britain and the rightful demands of the Cypriot people for self-determination. It would be wise for the American Government to support your recommendations.
(REV.) DEMETRIOS J. CONSTANTELOS
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Perth Amboy, N.J.
The Evil Eye
Sir:
It is with extreme disappointment that I read the May 21 article on television reporters. We admit that in our field, just as in newspapering, we have reporters who are discourteous and who may sometimes ask ridiculous questions. These are not monopolies of either medium; happily, they are in the minority among both TV and newspaper reporters.
HAROLD BAKER
President
Radio-Television News Directors Association
Nashville
Sir:
Having worked in all three news media (newspapers, TV and radio), I'll admit there's a lot to what you say. However, your article was restricted to incidents in just two areas, Chicago and Los Angeles, and you place the blame on the TV reporters themselves. Many times the TV "reporter" is nothing more than an extra announcer. He's probably a good announcer, but, for some vague reason, many TV stations expect the same man that sells cars, furniture and diaper services to do a job he cares very little about. When experienced newsmen staff a TV newsroom, I don't think the questions will be "vapid."
DICK RICHMOND
WRIT Milwaukee
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