Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...call the Electoral College "an undemocratic anachronism" [Jan. 28]. It is, indeed. The founding fathers gave us a republic, in which the franchise was entrusted to qualified voters, not a democracy, with the franchise in the hands of the unqualified mob, which they mistrusted. Benjamin Franklin, when asked what kind of government the framers of the Constitution had devised, replied, "A republic, if you can keep it." If we were wise, we would keep...
...read with a great deal of satisfaction the article on the Supreme Court of California [Jan. 21]. I have not always agreed with all of the decisions of the court, but I have always admired the aggressive manner in which it has constantly striven to keep our law in tune with modern life. It is a source of deep pride to me that I have been privileged to appoint six of the seven members of the court...
...free men of any generation your cover story on Spain [Jan. 21], was an affront not worthy of TIME'S reasonably impartial standards. The tortured many who fought fascism in 1937 would turn in their unmarked graves to see Franco against a background of a green tree...
...your Jan. 28 issue I am quoted in an article concerning the Peace Corps. It is quite accurate-as far as it goes...
...Being a member of the Ocean City, Md., marlin fleet, I was very glad to see your story on commercial long lining [Jan. 28]. However, your article states that a pair of charter-boat skippers roared out and carved up the long lines with their boat propellers. These lines were in fact pulled up and cut with knives-and anything else handy-aboard considerably more than two boats. In the light of what long lining will do to sport fishing, I would consider it unwise for anyone to set one within the operating range of our fleet. MITCH MIORANA Ocean...