Letters, Mar. 21, 1960

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Sir:

I would like to commend you on the fine and enlightening article, "Birdbrained." Though one may not agree with all that the National Council of Churches of Christ does, to infer that it or the Revised Standard Version of the Bible is Communist is, as your article well pointed out, silly.

TOM WILBANKS

Western Theological Seminary Pittsburgh

The Good Old Days

Sir:

Your review of Nina Epton's Love and the French [Feb. 22] mentions ladies of that nation in the 14th and 15th centuries who were able to stand candlesticks on their high-Laced bosoms.

I have a near-octogenarian friend who maintains that when he lived in the Sydney suburb of Balmain as a youngster, he was fascinated by the family's female servant.

This well-endowed young woman, when preparing to meet her beau, would stand the candlestick on the said protuberances whilst combing her hair. In those days, both skirts and hair were long, and, apparently, other statistics were in like proportion. At any rate, my old friend refers to them as the good old days.

IAIN MCDOUGALL

Sydney, New South Wales

A Breakdown

Sir:

Your "Anatomy of the Electorate" [Feb. 29] has further convinced me that the older, wiser and more educated a person becomes, the more inclined he is toward the philosophy of Republicanism.

CHARLINE ATKINS Denver

Sir:

The minority Republican Party cannot reverse the trend of its decreasing percentage of the total registration unless it changes its name. As a former Republican State Central Committee chairman (California, 1950), my experience and observation have convinced me that an indestructible prejudice against Republicanism is deeprooted. The Democrats' propaganda has placed a label of big business and selfish interest on their opposition party, while selling themselves as the only champion of social welfare and prosperity. This false impression is a dishonest appraisal of the differentiation between the parties' principles and accomplishments—but it sticks.

I do not advocate a third party, but a coalition of voters with common convictions, men and women of both major parties joined together under a new banner, balanced against the remaining left wing of the Democratic Party.

PHILIP L. BOYD Riverside, Calif.

Sir:

Regarding your article, "Anatomy of the Electorate," could you give me the breakdown on religion, comparing North and South ?

JIM DUNHAM Findlay, Ohio

¶ There are about 24.6 million Protestants in the South, 5.1 million Roman Catholics and 395,000 Jews. In the West, the figures go 6.1 million, 5.1 million and 494,000. For the rest of the country, the breakdown runs 30 million, 28.7 million, 4.4 million.—ED.

Understanding a Problem

Sir:

You have performed a distinct public service in presenting "The Race to College" [Mar. 7]. This is a forceful presentation of conditions as they are. TIME'S prestige and wide circulation will bring the situation to the attention of many parents and pupils who need to understand it.

ROBERT W. COPE

Supervising Principal Schwenksville Union School District

Schwenksville, Pa.

Sir: