Letters: Jul. 28, 1961

The Big Picture

Sir:

Kudos for the story on the Post-Dispatch's Bill Mauldin [July 21]. Although never known for its adaptability to new ideas, the Midwest can be proud of Dan Fitzpatrick's equally corrosive successor. Mauldin gives fair promise of adhering to Joseph Pulitzer's platform: "Always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties."

ROBERT E. YARBER East St. Louis, Ill.

Sir:

Your story did the man and his art full justice. You show graphically why, for the second time in his life, Bill has become a...