Letters, Oct. 31, 1955

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As a native Montanan . . . I was thrilled to see your recent pictures and article. Regardless of the cost, the Lewis & Clark expedition was a huge success. Recent discovery of records of the expedition . . . reveals the cost of the enterprise to be considerably higher than the oft-quoted "$2,500," an amount that actually represents only the initial appropriation by Congress . . .

The actual total expenditure was $38,722.25, still a bargain, even in the early 1800s. An itemized account of the expenditures may be found in an article by Grace Lewis* in the Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society (July 1954).

GERALD A. DIETTERT
St. Ann, Md.

Lines for Two Players

Sir:

. . . You have devoted 92 lines of the Oct. 10 Cinema section to a busty English vaudeville actress called Diana Dors, explaining in unnecessary detail the color of her lawnmower and second-hand Rolls-Royce, yet in your Milestones column you give only a scant nine lines to the memory of America's greatest young actor, James Dean, who was killed in an untimely accident . . .

J. BOLAND
Alton, Ill.

Big Hand

SIR:

THANK YOU FOR WONDERFUL OCT. 17 REVIEW, "DEALER'S CHOICE: THE WORLD'S GREATEST POKER STORIES." SURPRISED, THOUGH, AT NO MENTION OF WONDERFUL STORY, "LET'S GET RID OF THE RIBBON CLERKS," BY ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN, TIME'S RADIO-TV EDITOR . . . TIME HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND WILL REMAIN, THIS DEALER'S CHOICE.

JERRY D. LEWIS
PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIF.

Ford's Gold Elizabeth

Sir:

It was with considerable disgust that I read of the Ford Motor Co. permitting its pressagents to promulgate the concept of limiting the sale of the new Continental car to humans with pedigrees [Oct. 10]. The whole thing is un-American—for shame!

CELIA MICHAEL SUMMER
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sir:

Please pass this on to Billy Ford: I was born in The Bronx. My father came to this country third-class steerage; although my mother was born in Philadelphia, her parents came over to this country third-class steerage too. Unfortunately I cannot trace my family tree too far . . . However, we do refer to our six-month-old daughter as "Her Royal Highness . . ." If this does not meet his specifications, he needn't feel badly because we can't afford a silly little thing like a $10,000 car anyway. And if we could, I wouldn't want to be high-pressured into buying the thing simply because the Ford Motor Co. is willing to throw in power steering, power brakes and power windows.

MRS. SIDNEY ISAACS
Freehold, NJ.

On With the Goffes

Sir:

I was somewhat surprised to read in your Oct. 3 review of John Goffe's Legacy by George Woodbury that "Uncle Ody" was the last to bear the name of Goffe. "Uncle Ody" had a son, John Goffe, a grandson, George Washington Goffe, and a great-grandson, George Crosby Goffe. The latter was my father. I have been bearing the name Goffe for some years now, as has my brother Frederick . . . I must protest the implication made in a magazine with your circulation that my brother and I are figments of our own imaginations.

LEWIS CENTER GOFFE
Litchfield, N.H.