Sirs:
In a pertinent discussion of Mr. Walter Damrosch's career, TIME, Dec. 21, utters this surprising pronouncement: "the greatest Symphony since Beethoven, the Tschaikowsky 'Pathetique.' "
If TIME were to speak quite casually and parenthetically of "an address by Sen. James Thomas Heflin, the greatest statesman since Lincoln," its error would be no more astounding. . . .
WILLIAM GIRDNER Takoma Park Washington, D. C.
Nine Bigger
Sirs: I agree with Newsstand-Buyer Pope (TIME, Jan. 3) as to only one of his "ten biggest" U. S. citizens namely Chief Justice Taft. The...
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