After Breakfast

Sir:

In your April 16 "Guest at Breakfast," I get an uneasy feeling reading (and even rereading) how Washington Post and Times-Herald Publisher Graham's "men of good will were embarrassed by the Hiss case." Does being "men of good will" necessitate defending Hiss against Nixon before the facts were in (like Acheson and Stevenson), and then, after Hiss was proved a perjurer and traitor, continue attacking Nixon because he "used the subversion issue as a political weapon"? Maybe such subtle Ivy League logic is too refined for us coarse Westerners; maybe that's why New Dealish defenders of the common man, as Graham plus A.D.A. plus Stevenson, are rightly distrusted by the common man.

J. S. ELMORE Denver

Sir:

As publisher of this influential newspaper, the Washington Post's Phil Graham realizes his great power and responsibility and aims higher with dreams of greatness, independence and institutionalism for his paper. To further this lofty and noble purpose, he hires Herblock to defame the President as a perplexed boob, the Secretary of State as a smug humbler, the Defense Secretary as a predatory capitalist and the Vice President as a bestial figure crawling out of the sewer.

DAVID C. BAILEY Asheville, N.C.

Sir:

As one who gets a greater lift at breakfast from Cartoonist Herblock than from her cup of coffee, I wish to express appreciation for TIME'S excellent and informative story on Philip Graham.

FRANCES MCCONNELL Washington, D.C.

Sir:

We were very pleased with the fine cover story on Publisher Graham, and we are all proud of the progress he has made in the newspaper field. However, we would like to challenge the statement: "To this day the Post runs 15 syndicated columns . . . more than any other U.S. paper." The Miami Herald is publishing 30 syndicated columns, twice the number the Post is now publishing. I am sure that Phil Graham will not mind relinquishing this record to his beloved Miami.

GEORGE BEEBE Managing Editor The Miami Herald Miami

Sir:

Unexplained is how Graham is going to preserve the "continuity of fundamental principles" when he has been brainwashed by Frankfurter.

T. H. TRACY New York City

The Campaigners (Contd.)

Sir:

Adlai Stevenson's efforts to "copy the Kefauver technique" [April 9] look like a clear case of nervous prostitution. A man with dignity can't just shed it like a coat when the weather gets hot.

RICHARD A. HOGE Philadelphia

The Shores of Parris Island

Sir:

I noted with extreme gratification that you did not join hands with the large majority of the American press and even some members of Congress in the condemnation of the U.S. Marine Corps on account of the Parris Island tragedy [April 23]. Perhaps these forgetful individuals do not remember the overflowing volume of praise that was heaped upon this heroic organization during World War II and Korea.

JOHN W. BRESLIN Yeoman First Class, U.S.N. Bethesda, Md.

Sir: