Letters: Jul. 8, 1966

Everything's Jake

Sir: I don't want a Jew in the White House, or a Protestant, or a Catholic. What I want is a man of vision and courage; a man who sees the world as it is today, not as it was 20 years ago; a man who is fired with passion, not for his party, but for humanity—a statesman, not a politician. If Sen. Jacob Javits [June 24], who happens to be a Jew, fulfills these requirements, I would be delighted to see him in the White House.

LILLIAN KLINE

Fall River, Mass.

Sir: I might as well vote for Jacob; I have voted for every Tom, Dick and Barry the last 20 years.

E. P. KEARNS

Winter Park, Fla.

Sir: Somebody showed me where you got some nameless guy, they most always are when a writer needs a quote, saying about Marion Javits wanting the Senator to see Hugh O'Brian and Columnist Jimmy Breslin! before taking a trip to Viet Nam. Marvelous. Now let's see. There was a third name there that Marion Javits kept yelling at her Jack to talk to before he went to Viet Nam. I think if you would call Marion Javits she would tell it to you. I think you ought to print the third name, too. Marion Javits' idea of whom he should see before going to Viet Nam was Actor Hugh O'Brian and Columnist Jimmy Breslin! and Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce! Beautiful. Let's be complete now. It doesn't hurt being complete. All your guy has got to do is type three more words out. Clare Boothe Luce.

JIMMY BRESLIN

New York City

Bed, Breakfast & Benny

Sir: One wonders whether De Gaulle has read Don Quixote. I think he has. Its influence on him has obviously been great—almost as great as that of all those books about knighthood on poor Don Quixote. The re-enactment of the Inn scene is first class: Don Quixote de Gaulle, encountering the Kremlin's "Bed and Breakfast plus Extras" sign, surely exclaims to his faithful servant, Sancho Couve de Murville, over the wondrous castle before them, and says that surely De Gaulle must receive tributes from the lord of the castle, and in turn pay homage to the beautiful lady therein.

K. MILNER

Madrid

Sir: It's a bust! It doesn't resemble De Gaulle at all: it looks like Jack Benny.

MARGY DOWNS

Bethesda, Md.

Heroes All Around

Sir: TIME'S belief that Sergeant York was the only hero to emerge from World War I [June 24] is unfortunate. Haven't you overlooked T. E. Lawrence, whom Winston Churchill called "one of the greatest beings alive in our time"?

R. ALAN JONES

Cleveland

Sir: Truman's epic 1948 campaign against the overwhelmingly favored Dewcy was heroism in the American tradition.

HIRAM A. HANSEN

Cincinnati

Sir: You have neglected the greatest hero of our generation: Dr. Tom Dooley.

TOM ROWLANDS

Huhbard, Ohio

Sir: Audie Murphy.

PHILIP A. CAPEN

Greenfield. Mass.

Sir: Arnold Palmer.

J. RICHARD HILBOKY

HARRY A. DISHONG

Johnstown, Pa.

Host with the Least

Sir: Gauche, immature, graceless, unable to assimilate its squalling minorities, New York is a sad choice for host city to foreign guests. The Feisal fiasco [July 1] should make it clear that this brash, mannerless city is the last place to demonstrate the U.S. at its best.