Letters: Sep. 23, 1966

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Bobby's Credentials

Sir: Senator Kennedy's less than subtle, self-emulatory campaign and his image-making political antics disgust the rational, intelligent voter and remind one of Abe Lincoln's familiar quote: "You can fool all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time"—or can you?

At least TIME [Sept. 16] didn't slobber over him.

MARIBEL P. AGULLO Rocky Point, N.Y.

Sir: Why do you insist on fobbing off Robert Kennedy's political strength on some sort of mystical personality cult? The fact is that no other living man can show credentials of experience and accomplishment equal to his at his age—even fuller and more distinguished than John Kennedy's at the same age.

L. NICHOLL

Claremont, Calif.

Sir: It is obvious that Senator Kennedy believes in deeds, not words. I don't know about sounding like Bugs Bunny, but he certainly has enough kids.

JEFF GRAY New York City

Sir: Taking a second look at David Stone Martin's cover portrait of Senator Kennedy a question came to mind. Would Bobby be flattered by a picture which makes him look like a young Everett Dirksen?

MICHAEL ROSENBERG Chicago

The Guru & the Guards

Sir: Your cover story on that nut house called China [Sept. 9] was a splendid piece of political writing. Mao Tse-tung has gone even beyond Stalin, his patron saint and political guru, in villainy. No political leader in history cuts such a ridiculous figure trying to stamp his aging image on the hearts of nearly 800 million people.

The resistance he has met shows that freedom still flickers in Red China. As hard as Mao and Piao try, they will not be able to quench this smoking flax of freedom, for this idiotic brand of totalitarianism can never ever establish itself. IVAN SASSOON Calcutta, India

Sir: Target the Red Guards overlooked: their atomic-weapon development facili ties and the work of foreign devils like Newton, Einstein, Faraday, Mendeleyev, Leibnitz, Gauss, Huygens, Kirchhoff. There, indeed, is a monument to the West that any sane man would like to see at the bottom of Lake Baikal. If they do a really thorough job long enough, they will be walking to work and working at night by the light of blazing pine knots, even in the Celestial City.

REID WATSON

San Diego

Sir: China's Red Guards baffle me. They order a candy shop to drop "Happiness" from its name, but allow it to continue in operation and to some extent sweeten up a nation determined to become the world's No. 1 sourpuss. Now try to explain away capitalistic cavities from that Mukden milk chocolate.

DANIEL M. PEARSON Bethlehem, Pa.

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