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Sirs: In your vivid summary of H. R. Knickerbocker's remarks on the U. S. S. R., you refer to the relaxations enjoyed by tired Proletarian Dictators on the tropical beaches of the Crimea as "nude mixed bathing" (TIME, Dec. 22) This is perhaps partially true. But it would be a mistake to lead the sensitive readers of TIME into believing that a Soviet bathing beach is sort of glorified American bathing beach (with couples all jumbled up together) minus those essential superficialities, such as bathing suits, on which our great civilization is founded. The most popular bathing beaches...
Soloist Garland Sirs: On p. 24, Oct. 13 issue of TIME, you print picture of and refer to Elmer Ambrose Sperry, 36: "After he and his teacher had flown together for only three hours the pupil went up solo, record brevity for civilian flying...
Beaverbrook strategy had completely failed. Mr. Baldwin had again been "lucky," according to his friends, but Mrs. Baldwin is well known to refer at such times to "Divine Providence...
...refer to an editorial in the CRIMSON last week in which some one of the editorial staff backed up, with slightly muffled and forcedly ambiguous statements the grading of Boston debutantes by "Audacious" of the "Tatler." An editorial is usually representative more or less of several on the staff rather than the private outburst of one prejudiced student. Therefore, is it one writer or many who have the cynical opinion of the debutante and therefore the ladies in general...
...whom you intended to refer bears the name O. M. Bodenhamer . . . and to have stated that he was given the "bum's rush" was probably using a term far below the dignity attached to one who only recently headed that magnificent group of Americans, the American Legion. I think you owe him apology, and should correct his name. No "Bodenheimer" was ever given the "bum's rush" and, most likely, "Bodenhamer" should not have been so accused...