Letters, Nov. 7, 1955

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Your Sept. 26 story on the prefabricated Indiana school is misleading, although I am sure not intentionally so. The cost per classroom means nothing unless it is made clear just what the cost includes. For example, if a twelve classroom building were constructed for $180,000 and contained, in addition to the classrooms, a boiler room, the corridor and necessary toilet rooms, the cost per classroom would be shown as $15,000 per room. If the building just described included a gymnasium, locker rooms, cafeteria, library and administration suite, in addition to the twelve classrooms, raising the total cost to $360,000, the cost would be reported as $30,000 per classroom unit ... I can't help wondering also where your "average" $37,000 classroom cost was derived from.

E. W. DYKES Canton, Ohio

¶ TIME'S estimate of average classroom cost, including average facilities, was based on figures supplied by the National Education Association.—ED.

Terrible Tempers

Sir:

When you referred to "terrible tempered Governor Lee" in TIME, Oct. 17, you probably did not intend the term as a compliment. It is about time that the rest of us, who still have confidence in the Constitution, display some "terrible temper" in opposing confiscatory taxation, one-world government and slavery to Washington bureaucracy.

GEORGE J. HESS Bunker Hill, Ill.

Sir:

I know very little about the politics and general nature of Governor J. Bracken Lee of Utah, but I am sure that if a national referendum concerning his expressed sentiments about the dissolution or abolition of the U.N. were held, an overwhelming majority of Americans would support them. For another thing, I am positive an equally great percentage would favor ordering the U.S. Government to stop squandering and donating billions of dollars to foreign countries.

JULES M. LIEBERTHAL The Bronx, N.Y.

Pride & Pleasure

Sir:

It has come to my attention that TIME [July 18] erroneously reported the facts and circumstances surrounding the acquisition of President Eisenhower's Geneva residence, the Creux de Genthod, which caused considerable embarrassment to Mr. Andre Firmenich, the generous donor. As a close friend and business associate, I was present during these early discussions, and Mr. Firmenich took great pride and pleasure in offering his chateau to our President, without charge, for the duration of his stay at the Geneva Conference.

CHARLES C. BRYAN President

Firmenich Incorporated New York City

¶TIME'S apologies to Donor Firmenich. The statement that the President's Genevavilla was rented was based on erroneous wire service dispatches.—ED.

Ham & Roses

Sir:

Enjoyed the Oct. 17 article on Ed Sullivan. Everyone, including Ed himself, wonders what it is that he's got; I can sum it up in one word—sincerity. It's something that is about as rare as a rose in December these days.

RUTH SEMMION

Los Angeles

Sir:

Ed Sullivan may have "it," but my friends at our Sunday night parties say, "turn that guy off."

R. B. WHITE

Brooklyn

Sir: