The Wall

Sir:

On my desk, unopened, is TIME for Aug. 31. The dramatic impact of the cover painting, "The Wall," has shaken me to the depths, and I had to write this letter before I read the story.

My heartfelt thanks to the fine artist, Artzybasheff, for capturing the tragedy of East Berlin in such a moving manner.

(MRS.) MARGARET LOKEY Tishomingo, Okla.

Sir:

Artzybasheff's cover: Pulitzer Prizeworthy.

STEPHEN W. RULE St. Louis

Sir:

You refer to the Berlin Wall as "ugly." Those who have seen the Warsaw Ghetto Wall would disagree with you. Built to German specifications, it cast a taller shadow and was uglier by far. It signified extermination for all those inside, as opposed to the Berlin one which merely restricts travel.

Those who have not forgotten the past too quickly should not begrudge the Germans a wall of their very own.

GEORGE TOPAS Lakewood, N.J.

Sir:

Why didn't the U.S. sentries assist the bleeding refugee who was trying to escape from East Berlin? It embarrasses me to know we had full authority to assist this poor man and failed to do so.

MRS. ALBERT CHABAI

Albuquerque

Sir:

As the first anniversary of the Great Wall passes, it still stands as a monument to freedom and heroism instead of the symbol of slavery the East German Communists meant it to be.

ROBERT CESTELLI Rochester, N.Y.

Caltech & the Government

Sir:

"The Universities & Federal Money" [Aug. 24] correctly states the values as well as the problems associated with federal support of research.

However, you create a false impression when you state that the U.S. Government supplied 83.6% of Caltech's "operating income" in 1958-59. This figure was obtained by lumping together the campus program with the very large budget for the off-campus Jet Propulsion Laboratory. When one considers only our campus operating budget, the Government's share is only 40%. The same situation applies to the other universities you mention; namely, Johns Hopkins and M.I.T.

The universities that operate large off-campus enterprises are doing this as a service to the Government in supplying important research activities essential to Government responsibilities. It is incorrect to give the impression that we are almost fully Government-supported.

L.A. DuBRIDGE President

California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calif.

I Was Framed

Sir:

Thanks for the mention and keep spelling my name right [Aug. 24]. Thanks also for pointing up that the ragtag, bobtail Atlanta racist newspapers are against me. I have a diploma from the grand jury which says I did no wrong.

Come and see me when I take office next January.

MARVIN GRIFFIN Atlanta

Sir:

Don't kid yourself. Nor make Georgia's voters appear as ignorant or backward as your article would have readers believe. "Mudslingin' " Marv has about as much chance in a popular vote race as the proverbial snowball.

RICHARD A. DIAMOND Columbus, Ga.

Cloture

Sir:

In your article on the filibuster staged by Wayne Morse [Aug. 24], you state that under President Wilson's angry urging, the Senate provided cloture could be invoked by two-thirds of the Senators present and voting. If I am not mistaken, the Senate rule provided that cloture could be invoked by two-thirds of the entire Senate whether present or not.

ART ZIMMERMAN University of California Berkeley

>The 1917 ruling required the vote of two-thirds of the Senators present and voting to invoke cloture. In 1949 Rule XXII was amended, making cloture more difficult by raising the necessary number to two-thirds of the entire Senate, whether present or not.

In 1959 the rule was revised again: at present limitation of debate requires a two-thirds vote of Senators present and voting.--ED.

Better Informed Sir: Apparently New York's Representative Charles E. Goodell needs to become better informed on area redevelopment before contradicting President Kennedy's statement that 400,000 persons are now receiving retraining [Aug. 24]. According to Representative Goodell, "the number being retrained is exactly zero." According to an official report of the State of West Virginia, there were, as of June 30, 1,127 persons being retrained in 13 counties of this state under the area redevelopment program.

CLAUDE J. DAVIS Director

Bureau for Government Research West Virginia University Morgantown, W. Va.

The Army's Choice

Sir:

We the soldiers of the United States of America think that it's about time someone put the "critics" in their places when it comes to judging Jacqueline Kennedy.

To say the least, she is a very beautifully proportioned woman, and we are very proud to have her as our First Lady and representative to the world.

The critics condemn her for water-skiing and wearing a bathing suit in public. If their wives looked like her, they would be very proud to have their wives in bathing suits.

Jackie is a young and beautiful woman, yet they want her to sit around like an old bag who can't move for fear of breaking a leg or something. We don't think they realize what a hit she is making with the world by being herself and not acting as if she were some sort of semideity.

We hope she continues to do as she has done and the critics mind their own damn business.

PVT. STEPHEN MEIGS PVT. JESSE ESTLOCK Fort Dix, N.J.

Watchful Waking

Sir:

Although we consider it not altogether cricket, jumping the gun on Jeff's death [Aug. 24], we are grateful for the warning.

Our group, which had a reception on Penny and Jeff's wedding day, was suitably attired in black to watch As the World Turns on the day Jeff died.

JEAN HAYES Oklahoma City

Sax Giant

Sir:

I thought you would like to know how much I enjoyed the article on Coleman Hawkins [Aug. 31], the elder-statesman saxophone player. Though he has been playing tenor for nearly 40 years, "Bean" has always kept up with the youngsters as well as his contemporaries. I cannot recall a time in his long career when he could honestly be accused of "saxual senility."

The only place where I differ with your editor is the sentence "When Stan Getz and his cool tenor made the scene in the late '403, Hawkins was Out with the Ins."

Actually, the first crack in the dam was when Lester ("Pres") Young introduced a new school of vibratoless tone and long, extended solo lines. Young was Hawkins' strongest challenger, and it was Pres who begat Getz and the cool school. Most musicians consider Hawkins and Young the two great tenor influences.

JOHN B. MACBRIDE New York City

A Constant Source

Sir:

My sisters and I were so pleased with your article, "Lost Chords" [Aug. 31]. We have watched for many years Mrs. Mary Doehler overcome many problems with courage, intelligence and humor, and we have seen her continuing success in her esophageal speech training.

Besides her now-famous classes at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, every Wednesday night Mrs. Doehler drives to Providence, R.I. and holds another class. Every Saturday afternoon she drives to Manchester, N.H. for yet another session.

Mrs. Doehler is a constant source of inspiration to us. You see, she is our mother.

(MRS.) DORIS DOEHLER SMITH Chambersburg, Pa.

Fun with Sophocles Sir: Those of us associated with the Chester A.

Arthur Elementary School are pleased with your reporting of Christopher Speeth's work with the neighborhood children [Aug. 24].

The dedicated group, under Mr. Speeth's dynamic leadership, worked night and day to make a debris-filled, dilapidated building into a theater. They dug into their pockets to buy needed materials, and subsisted primarily on sandwiches. To add to the problems, articles valued at over $600 were stolen from them--personally owned items which they had lent to enrich the program. Car damage in excess of $800 was sustained by one of the volunteer teachers.

It was a rewarding experience today to see five youngsters sitting on a doorstep obviously having a gay time. Upon inquiry I discovered that each had a script of the play currently being produced and was enjoying himself by learning parts other than his.

This is merely a small indication of the impact Mr. Speeth and his group have had on our children.

JEFFREY OTIS JONES

Principal

Chester A. Arthur School Philadelphia

One-eyed View

Sir:

Many thanks for your article and pictures on the America's Cup would-be defenders and the challenger [Aug. 24].

Ten million one-eyed Aussies trust that the matches to come will follow the precedent of the Davis Cup and show that the Australia's Cup has been misnamed these in years.

WAYNE J. DONALDSON

Perth, Australia

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