Washington's Sousa
Sirs:
In the June 1 issue of TIME, under Letters, one of your correspondents speaks of J. Edgar Hoover as the only man of distinction born in Washington, D. C. What about the internationally known John Philip Sousa?
For years I have been endeavoring to correct, through the columns of The Etude, the ridiculous stories that Spusa's name was not Sousa, that he was born in Italy and his name was John Philipso and that when he came to the U. S. he added the initials U. S. A. to the initials S....