Letters: Dec. 15, 1967

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Sir: You speak with approval of racial pride—a concept which is both ludicrous and vicious. If a man need take pride in the color of his skin, it is obvious that there is nothing else he can take pride in. You speak with approval of a list of black activities and organizations, ignoring the fact that if "whites only" student groups are justly condemned, changing The color makes no difference. Racism is racism and consists not of condemning a certain race but of believing that such a concept as "race" has any meaning.

BYRON VON KLOCK New Haven, Conn.

Covering the Story

Sir: I cannot believe your staff would have intentionally permitted a completely unfounded slap at the Kansas City Star in the story on Primitive Garcia [Dec. 8]. The story says, "Though both Kansas City newspapers virtually ignored the affair. . ." and then proceeds to give two women the credit for stirring public attention and contributions. The Star and Times coverage consisted of 19 stories (seven on Page 1), two editorials and 45 inches of letters in our public-mind column.

RICHARD B. FOWLER President

The Kansas City Star Kansas City, Mo.

>TIME apologizes for ils oversight.

Nominating Convention

Sir: It is impossible for me to nominate one Man of the Year, so I'll have to name two: Dr. Norman Borlaug, the agricultural scientist who has developed a dwarf wheat that can give mankind a 20-year respite from famine; and Dr. Alan Guttmacher, head of Planned Parenthood-World Popu lation, which hopes to avert this famine by curtailing population growth.

ROGER BERGERE Miami, Fla.

Sir: For his unpopular but efficient performance in his final year as Secretary of Defense of the U.S., during which he successfully perpetrated his "own" war, I nominate Robert S. McNamara.

JOHN G. DEZEK Madison, Wis.

Sir: Man of the Year awards to the four patriotic Intrepid defectors for demonstrating the basic difference between democracy and Communism: putting one's conscience and morality above the dictates of the Johnson Administration.

ED WEBER Akron

Sir: The Negro soldier in Viet Nam.

DAVID NEWSOM Washington

Sir: Astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee.

H. H. HAMMER Manhattan

Sir: Cleveland's Mayor Carl Stokes.

RUTH E. ALSTON Philadelphia

Sir: The Beatles.

MICHAEL E. FRANKEL

Interlaken, NJ.

Sir: Mrs. Mao Tse-tung.

DR. JAMES KRITZECK Notre Dame, Ind.

Galled by the Gaul

Sir: It is time to recognize that De Gaulle—not France but this man—is the most virulent enemy that the U.S. has today [Dec. 1]. For diplomatic reasons, as a nation we can perhaps do little but as individuals we can do much, because the French are businessmen. No patriotic American should even think of visiting France until De Gaulle is removed. And let us refuse to buy wines, perfumes, jewelry, clothing—anything that comes from France, until that happy day when France is released from this dictator's grip.

TREVOR E. HODGES Towson, Md.