Letters, Jan. 28, 1935

Friends (Cont'd)

Sirs:

I wish to applaud with a thunderclap Richard Waller of Le Luc, France, for introducing his splendid idea of creating a family of "Friends of TIME," to guarantee TIME two new subscriptions for every one canceled by saucy letters [TIME, Jan. 14]. . . .

This is my subscription to the "Friends of TIME."

LUDVIK KRECMER

Kearny, N. J.

Sirs:

. . . Reader Longwell's letter (TIME, Jan. 14) of objection and cancellation intrigued me to such an extent that I looked up the Dec. 3 issue to see what terribly immoral or obscene article, with illustration, I might have overlooked Having found the offensive article and reread it, I still fail to see any justification. TIME reported facts. . . .

Having denied to his household the weekly pleasure of reading TIME, do you suppose that, ostrichlike, Reader Longwell will conclude that there are no such things as "strippers" and that what he read in TIME was all a bad dream?

STUART ATWOOD

Watertown, Conn.

Sirs: I nominate for TIME'S 1935 Goody-Goody, 1st Lieut. W. F. M. Longwell, Corps of Engineers, San Juan, P. R.

What is the Army coming to? ...

VERNON E. SANFORD

Millbury, Mass.

Sirs:

... If this is a fair example of the kind of man in the Army at the present time, the Secretary of War should investigate. . . .

WILLIAM H. GORSTINE Rochester, N. Y.

Sirs:

... I am enclosing 50¢ and asking that you kindly enter my application as a charter member of Mr. Waller's proposed club.

W. W. WILSON

Phoenix, Ariz.

Sirs:

A pansy for Reader Longwell, an orchid to Reader Waller. You may have MY 50¢ by just saying "when."

VIOLET G. OWENS

St. Louis, Mo.

Sirs:

I hasten to endorse the idea of "Friends of TIME"—Society for the Combating of Bigots, it might be called (TIME, Jan. 14). I herewith pledge my contribution to offset the Army man's popgun shot fired down Puerto Rico way; it gave me a hearty laugh. . . .

W. L. B. DUNBAR

New York City

Sirs, Please insert my name in the place left vacant by Ex-Subscriber Longwell, 1st Lieut., Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, San Juan, P. R., whose profession is legalized murder but whose morals and ethics otherwise seem impeccable. C. A. SPICKLER

Yardley, Pa.

Friend Spickler's subscription to TIME is gladly accepted. To the volunteer members of "Friends of TIME.'' hearty thanks for their enthusiastic loyalty. However, TIME, astonished that readers took Subscriber Waller's proposal seriously, cannot permit its friends to shoulder its burdens. All money sent for such purpose is being returned.—ED.

Foxy Teacher

Sirs:

Accept the humble congratulations of a schoolteacher and long TIME subscriber on an excellently written No. 1 article in America's No. 1 magazine.

Especially impressed was I with the particularly well-drawn simile of President Roosevelt [TIME, Jan. 14] "saddling" his "colt." "Expert political horseman" indeed is our country's President.

WM. HANNAN