A New Europe

Sir:

We are very grateful indeed for the hope ful and optimistic view that is reflected by your article on the "New Europe" [July 13].

The French-German reconciliation as dem onstrated by De Gaulle and Adenauer last week was the necessary first step on the way to European unity. Their achievement places the two statesmen next to their predecessors, Briand and Stresemann, but the "New Europe" will grow beyond her two grand old men.

What Europe's youth is looking for is a truly New Europe united by the values of her common heritage, based on the principles of democracy, strong enough to fulfill her historic task: to overcome the dreadful divi sion of this Continent.

KLAUS ZlRKEL Secretary European Federalist Students' Association Munich SIR: TIME, JULY 13, PAGE 32, FOOTNOTE: "THOUGH NO PRIME MINISTER IN MODERN TIMES HAS BEEN A BACHELOR." TUT TUT, TIME, YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR.

BEAVERBROOK LONDON

sb Well, sir, it all depends on whether one considers 1911 "modern times," -- ED.

Two Colors of Apartheid Sir: A heartfelt thank-you for a brief but conspicuous outline [July 6] of apartheid. It is possible that by the time you receive this, your correspondent, Lee Griggs, will be packing his bags at the invitation of the South African government and moving elsewhere; for to criticize, censure or write about South Africa's policies in an unfavorable way is tantamount to treason.

Because of these laws, I left South Africa two years ago. They did not affect me physically, for I am white, but the mental anguish was more than I could stand, since I spent much of my time in police stations trying to locate my African workers who had been ar rested for pass law offenses; the experience made me more frustrated and more aware of the treatment of blacks under apartheid.

(MRS.) JOAN BRICKMAN Portland, Ore.

Sir: Your two columns on apartheid are factual and truthful. As a white practitioner of apartheid, or, as we prefer to call it, separate development, I agree with the implication that it is wrong, oppressive, unjust, immoral -- but necessary.

There is no alternative. We are outnumbered more than 3 to 1 and cannot permit even the first step toward social integration while continuing to deny political rights and power (one man, one vote!) to the blacks. We have no intention of voting ourselves into a white minority in a black South Africa. Rather will we divide our enormous country between us, and separate ourselves geographically, politically and socially. As racial majorities in our respective areas, we shall also be able to be as democratic as any other country with black (or white) minorities.

J. Ross Johannesburg

From the Corps

Sir:

Your reporters discovered things about the work of the Peace Corps volunteers overseas [July 13] that even I didn't know. Congratulations to you for doing such a thorough job, and thanks for your objective analysis of the Peace Corps in action abroad. After all, what we do over there is what counts.

ROBERT SARGENT SHRIVER JR.

Director Washington, D.C.

Doctors on Strike

Sir:

Those who think the Saskatchewan doctors [July 13] wrong in striking are those who think that, in the final analysis, the doctor has no right to determine the conditions un der which he will practice medicine.

Let JFK try that with the railroad or steel workers and then listen to Americans yell about inalienable individual liberties.

But the doctors, of course, are a different matter ; everyone knows they must serve without question. Why ? Why, because they are so much more valuable. Therefore they shouldn't be allowed any inalienable in dividual liberties ! ROBERT H. ENGEL New Haven, Conn.

Does the FDA Count?

Sir:

Your article [July 13] about our publication Calories Don't Count accorded to a Food and Drug Administration release the acceptance it should normally merit. Un fortunately, this release contained misleading charges and innuendoes.

Commissioner Larrick, in referring to criti cism of the book's major premise by various writers, failed to state that there is also very considerable dissatisfaction with conventional doctrines relating weight control to calorie control; he failed to state that there is indeed respectable scientific evidence supporting Dr. Taller's theory.

Does the FDA think that it is serving the public interest when it condemns as false a concept of obesity control merely because it -is contrary to the preponderant conventional beliefs? We believe that much of the tremendous success of the book is due to the satisfaction of readers with the results they obtained through following the dietary regimen recommended in the book. We consider that we had an absolute right to publish a theory of diet by a reputable physician.

PETER SCHWED Executive Editor

Simon & Schuster, Inc.

New York City

Requiem for a Genius

Sir:

Your memorable article on William Faulkner [July 13] showed an understanding of Faulkner both as a personality and as a writer--an understanding that has been grasped only by a few of our literary critics.

NORMA RIDLEY Tulsa, Okla.

Sir:

Faulkner is the greatest American writer of the 20th century. The Bear is considered by some to be the finest piece of American writing since Moby Dick. Beside him, Hemingway was a little boy with a popgun trying to act tough. The article on Faulkner was fine for its length, but in place of publishing a requiem for an American genius, you gave your readers a mild human-interest story about another peculiar Southern writer.

D. A. COWLEY Boston

No Discount on Enterprise

Sir:

I thoroughly enjoyed your article on Eugene Ferkauf [July 6]. As a small businessman I was very inspired by the potential still left in this country for an enterprising and imaginative person.

RICHARD P. BACHMAN Mobile, Ala.

Sir: If, as you report, discount buying has increased consumer spending, then the phrase of the '60s might well become: "Are you spending more now, buf enjoying it less?" WILLIAM GREEN Glensick, Penna.

TV Across the Sea

Sir:

With Telstar [July 20] a success and live television from Europe now a reality, will we be having Khrushchev's boot-stamping speeches on summer reruns?

RALPH HERREW Los Altos, Calif.

Sir:

The recent launching of the Telstar satellite, permitting American television programs to be directly broadcast to Europe, will be viewed by future generations as being of as much benefit to European culture as was the sacking of Rome by the Goths.

ALLEN J. POTKINS New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Outdoor Man

Sir:

Dr. Edward C. Crafts was in no way responsible for the alleged lack of diligence in uprooting illegal uses of mining claims in our national forests [June 8].

As Secretary of Agriculture from 1945 to 1948, I came to know and appreciate the fine qualities of Dr. Crafts. Since January 3, 1949, I have been a member of the Senate and a member of its Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. As such, I have had dozens of occasions to consult with Dr. Crafts on matters pertaining to recreation and the national forests, and I know quite a few of the considerations which Secretary Udall had before him when he selected Ed Crafts to be head of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.

With this background, let me assure you that there was nothing in the record of Ed Crafts which precipitated his departure from the Forest Service and his transfer to the Department of the Interior.

CLINTON P. ANDERSON U.S. Senate Washington, D.C.

sb Senator Anderson is right. Dr. Crafts was not responsible for the outcropping of curious fauna in national forest land.--ED.

Read, Read, Read

Sir: Your fine coverage of the National Education Association convention in Denver [July 20] leads me to predict that next September a new reader (and teacher's guide) will be on the shelves, to wit: Dick and Jane Visit Denver.

See the principals and administrators.

See the principals and administrators sit as officers and committee chairmen.

Oh ! Oh ! Oh! See the big Union man! Run! Run! Run! See Jane join the NEA.

Wouldn't it be fun to join the NEA? Wouldn't you like to be an administrator too ? Wouldn't it be fun to visit Denver (expenses paid--from teachers' dues) ?

GUST SIAMIS Los Angeles

Sir:

I really think the whole world is out to bully poor, defenseless (?) Larry Siegel, yourselves included.

The originator of Fun With Hamlet and His Friends, he seems to merit no credit for his authorship, for you dutifully neglected to mention his name. Alas, do not despair; you are not the first. The New York Herald Tribune did likewise, and Mr. Siegel threatened that, if credit was not given where credit was due, due, due, he would sue, sue, sue. Before he issues you a similar warning, give a funny guy credit for a funny (ha ha ha) book.

BARBARA G. HANSON Greenwich, Conn.

sb See Larry Siegel.

Give him credit, credit, credit.--ED.

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