BRITON HIDDEN

Hundreds of messages have been received by the publishers of TIME since BRITON HADDEN died. The expressions printed here reveal the appreciation of his character by a group of men who knew him and who had already come to understand his genius.

WILLIAM LYON PHELPS: "Unspeakably shocked and distressed by the death of Hadden I have always had the greatest respect for his ability and character and the warmest affection for him personally. He has left a great name in American journalism."

JAMES ROWLAND ANGELL, President of Yale University: "Briton Hadden's death is a great loss to American journalism, in which he had already made a brilliant record, giving promise of a still more brilliant future."

JOHN BERDAN, Professor of English at Yale: "It was such a short time ago when he was writing his Yale News editorials and was soon to be discussing anxiously the new magazine TIME. Whatever he did, he carried through to its triumphant conclusion, sacrificing himself to his work . . . But what we shall miss is not his work, but himself; not what he did, but what he was."

DAVID LAWRENCE, President of the United States Daily: "He was a great editor. His genius was coupled with an extraordinary personality. He leaves behind indelible impressions of a man never too busy to be kind to others and never too absorbed in his own taste to see the changing picture or the world around him. He helped to found a great magazine which will be a monument to his memory."

ROY W. HOWARD, Chairman of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers: "The death of Briton Hadden robs American journalism of one of its greatest promises. His youthful viewpoint struck a new note and a wholesome one. His co-workers will carry on the success he helped achieve, but the task will be heavier despite their determination to make good his absence from their ranks."

EARNEST ELMO CALKINS, President, Calkins & Holden: " TIME Newsmagazine, original, individual, independent, sometimes cocky but never dull, copying no other pattern but creating its own form and a language to express its unhackneyed viewpoint will always remain a monument to Briton Hadden's uncompleted life no matter what heights it eventually attains, as he had the vision and courage to offer us a new attitude toward the day's news. We could better spare an older and less vivid editor."

FRANK R. KENT, Vice President of the Baltimore Sun: "The death of Briton Hadden is a real loss. To have conceived the idea back of TIME and to have successfully put it into effect was a constructive achievement and a public service.

LANGHORNE GIBSON, Vice President of Life: "All of us here at Life extend our deepest sympathy to you and your organization in your great loss. Brit was a great fellow and a great publisher. May your magazine always serve as a fitting monument."