Letters, Oct. 25, 1943

Taft for President?

Sirs:

GO FIND YOURSELF OUT SOMETHING ABOUT CHARLES P. TAFT BEFORE DISMISSING HIM AS FAMED DO-GOODER (TIME, Oct. 4) .... HE IS MY AND COUNTLESS OTHERS' HOPE AS FUTURE PRESIDENT.

H. L. MCCARTHY

Highland Park, Ill.

> Readers with better memories than Reader McCarthy's know that Charles Phelps Taft II, son of the President, has had his share of TIME mentions—as "a bright young man" (Jan 8, 1934), "a socially conscientious progressive" (June 28, 1937), a "topflight layman" of the Episcopal Church (Dec. 8, 1941), etc. Many a reader will recall hearing...

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