Letters, Nov. 1, 1954

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Detroit

Sir:

Regardless of the company he is in, Mr. Brando belches or scratches as the need arises, yet he hates to eat lettuce "because it was so noisy." I am sure a few extra loud belches should drown out that noisy lettuce. This makes everybody happy—girlfriend and lettuce growers.

C. ORSTYNOWICZ

South Bend, Ind.

The Backward Look

Sir:

Re your picture of Ava Gardner at her premiere of The Barefoot Contessa [TIME, Oct. 18]: I am the photographer with upraised camera just behind her ... I was standing on the sidewalk when Ava was rushed . . . into the lobby to face the photographers ... I had only time for one quick potshot of her luscious shoulders.

CLARENCE E. HOUSMAN New York City

¶ Herewith, those shoulders.—ED.

Wayward Editor

Sir:

Your Oct. 11 report on my appearance before the Jenner Committee was, to say the least, rather incomplete. You state, for example, that 53 times I declined to answer such questions as to whether I am or have been a Communist. However, several of my refusals were on such questions as: "Where does your wife work?"; "Name your relatives" . . . You also fail to mention that on several occasions, when I attempted to answer questions, particularly leading questions, Senator Jenner brusquely interrupted with demands for a flat yes or no.

Other . . . omissions include the fact that Senator Jenner refused me the courtesy . . . of reading a brief statement of my views; my posthearing press conference, which was attended by a TIME reporter, at which I denied that I am or have been a Communist.

JOHN W. POWELL

San Francisco

¶ Editor Powell took refuge in the Fifth Amendment 53 times when asked pertinent questions about his Communist record under oath. Asked at the posthearing press conference, "Are you a Communist?' , Powell equivocally replied: "I've never belonged to the American, Chinese or any kind of Communist Party."—ED.

Homage

Sir:

We are all indebted to TIME for its description and amazingly faithful reproduction of the true Last Supper, set forth in your issue of Oct. 4. The reports that have seeped out from Milan on the successful progress of the restoration by Mauro Pelliccioli now seem to be authenticated. All Western civilization owes to this brilliant restorer its grateful homage for the fidelity of the work accomplished and his faith in the commission undertaken . . .

JOHN RICHARD CRAFT

Director

Columbia Museum of Art

Columbia, S.C.

Animal Crackers

Sir:

You people are all wet when you use the word tiglon [TIME, Oct. 11]. The correct word is liger ...

RAY F. BOHN

Downey, Calif.

¶ A liger is another breed of cat, i.e., the offspring of a lion and a tigress/ — ED.

Racial Flare-Up (Contd.)

Sir: