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With reference to "The Saar" in your Nov. 1 issue: "German since 1915 . . ." I presume 1915 is a simple misprint. The date should read...
...True, the uneasy scientist who casts his lot with military-sponsored research is in a dilemma conceived in the unresolved conflict with his military counterpart [TIME, Nov. 1], but must he not hold himself accountable for an equal portion of this deplorable spectacle? Americans have a weakness for making heroes of all who "arrive"-movie stars, football players, etc. It is indeed regrettable that only a few so acclaimed can weather the strain without becoming stage-struck prima donnas. Generals and scientists are not exceptions . . . Many scientists now feature themselves as authorities on international and domestic politics, industrial and governmental...
...TIME, Nov. 1, appears at its worst in "Speak Low" when it reviews the books on foreign policy by Adlai Stevenson, George F. Kennan, Charles Burton Marshall and F. S. C. Northrop ... To say that these books are noteworthy "not because they are good, but because they are so bad" reveals a fantastic presumption that TIME knows more about foreign affairs and how this country should act in foreign affairs than these...
...Happily I noted your article and pictures [Nov. 1] dealing with Southern California's No. 1 enemy-smog . . . Beguiled by the false claims, multitudes of health-seekers from all over the country have flocked to California-only to discover that its sunshine is as phony as the cowboys and sophisticates one sees at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. When not obscured by total smog, the sun shines through a haze similar to the one produced by burning charcoal. Its effect on animal and plant life is also well nigh the same...
...your fine articles on Billy Graham [Oct. 25] and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale [Nov. 1]. Dr. Peale attracts thousands with seven psychiatrists and his Pollyanna Gospel. What lady would want to "relax and be a bag!" Graham faces the facts of life and preaches the Gospel with hellfire. It wins the respect of millions. I'll take Billy Graham. (THE REV.) JOHN R. STEVENSON Burns Presbyterian Church Burns...