Letters, Apr. 11, 1932

License Seeker

Sirs:

In your issue of TIME dated Feb. 22 you state in your article called "Fiddler Growing Up" on p. 40 that "Yehudi Menuhin is 15," you continue to say on p. 42, "He demanded an automobile license, too, last spring, got it in California by taking a test on San Francisco's busy Market Street."

For the past year I have been demanding a license of my father, and as yet I have not been able to obtain one. Will you please tell me how and in what State I, who am over 15, am 6 ft. tall, and weigh 160 lb., might legally obtain a driver's license. I feel that I am a competent driver and would be willing to take a test anywhere and in any State, and also I would cherish it as my most treasured possession. . . .

JAMES J. DAVIS JR.

Washington, D. C.

Senator's Son Davis could obtain an operator's license in any of 27 States— Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming— but still Junior Davis could not operate his car in Pennsylvania or the District of Columbia.—ED. Add Washington Streets Sirs:

For many years I have been a subscriber to and cover-to-cover reader of TIME, and at last find an opportunity to write you. In your issue of Feb. 29, p. 36, third paragraph of last column, you mention that Rome, Perugia, Florence, Budapest and Berlin were renaming streets for George Washington.

PLEASE ADD BERGEN, NORWAY.

Although the street has not yet been designated, I have a communication from Bergen's mayor informing me that the city council has decided to take this step in commemoration of this year's celebration. I believe this will be the first street in Bergen named after a foreigner.

On Washington's birthday, the local broadcasting station devoted the evening to an American program, consisting of a short address by the undersigned, a talk on George Washington by Professor Visted, and a 100% American musical program, beginning with "The Star-Spangled Banner," and including "America," "The Red, White and Blue," and "Old Black Joe," et cetera.

I understand there was a tree-planting at Oslo and that a street in Hamburg, my last post, is also being named after Washington.

E. TALBOT SMITH

American Consul Bergen, Norway

Fork-Wise Prince

Sirs:

In TIME, Jan. 25, you state that the Crown Prince Asfaou Ouossan, 15, in England, speaks no English, attacked bacon & eggs with a spoon, etc. Wrong again. Your information "spells" French-like. The Prince's name is "Asfa Wassan" in English. He is 16, speaks English (likely better than any English prince speaks Amharic). American quite fluently, French better, interested in many things other than bicycles, and is quite familiar with the use of knife & fork. ERNEST WORK

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia