Letters, may 12, 1952

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... A terrific lesson in democracy or how it should not function!

PAUL UCKER

San Francisco

Steel Seizure

Sir:

I ... wonder why the President's action [in seizing steel companies—TIME, April 21] was so "unreasonable." What else could he do?

He had the alternative of letting the situation drift—workers go out on strike, management closes its door, and the end product disappears from the nation's economy at a time it is vitally important to everyone.

The President seems to be the wrong man to be called an intemperate usurper of private property who should be impeached for his action.

HARLAND RYSON Chigago Royal Housewife

Sir:

Quite some years ago you published an article about former Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands in which you used the German word Hausfrau. I protested against this . . .

In your April 14 issue, in the article about Queen Juliana, you again use the German word Hausfrau.

May I again protest . . .?

LEONARD H. FABER Bogotá, Colombia

-I TIME, still in Dutch, apologizes to Huisvrouw Juliana.—ED.

A Greater Destiny?

Sir:

And now has come the time when General Eisenhower must leave his European command ... It may be said truthfully that many of us, be we Italian or British, sometimes resent the feeling of playing second fiddle to the U.S.A., but never have we resented General Eisenhower, for the man he is or for what he stands for . . . He leaves, we hope, for a greater destiny.

The foreign policy of President Truman and Dean Acheson has marked a new era. But let not those who follow this Administration underestimate or belittle the potential power and influence of this Continent. In all likelihood, the fight with Communism will be decided here.

DEREK WHITING Beckenham, Kent, England

Sir:

. . . The specification for our next President can simply be stated as the best suited to match against Stalin. If this contest were poker, Truman might be a good possibility for us, especially if he had General Vaughan to deal from the bottom of the deck for him. If the contest were one of rolling the pork barrel, Senator Taft would be a good candidate to stake our lives on. If, on the other hand, we were to match Stalin in coon hunting, our man from Tennessee would be an excellent choice.

Stalin's game, sad to say, is ... WAR, hot or cold, depending on the skill of the players . . .

Of the candidates . . . there is only one [who meets] the specifications . . .

A. HUNDERE San Antonio

Fainting Folly

Sir:

... My advice to Dr. Mossadegh [TIME, April 21] is to stop his fits of weeping and fainting and come to a suitable agreement with both sides to put his house in order instead of whining to the U.S. for help in his folly.

D. G. WOOD

Tolworth, Surrey, England

Cookie-Cutters

Sir:

It is a dark day, indeed, when an educator the stature of President Conant of Har-imes up with the Blanshardites and nts to the rise of private and denominational schools as a menace to "our democratic unity" [TIME, April 21] ...