Letters, Oct. 9, 1944

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Sirs: We whose men are winning this war in the Pacific want none of your suggestion that Eisenhower might be a candidate for supreme command in the Pacific (TIME, Sept. 11). He may be all right for the sand-lot teams in Europe, now that the Russians have taken on and defeated the best of the German Army, but his record shows beyond question that he can't qualify for the big league in the Pacific. . . .

IVEAGH GARRIGUS

Reno, Nev.

¶That so?—ED.

Singing Tom?

Sirs:

After reading about Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana riding into office on the wave of his hillbilly songs, it occurred to me that Governor Dewey might well use the same tactics. We all know that he has a well-trained baritone voice, but few have heard it. Not that his speeches aren't good. They are over the heads of the average American voter. . . . The great American public does not want thought-provoking logic. It wants entertainment. . . .

So, I suggest that Governor Dewey open a meeting with God Bless America, resounding in true Tibbett style. Then he could follow with a few trenchant remarks. Next, Shortenin' Bread. After ten minutes more of speaking in his resonant voice, he could end with Home on the Range, our President's favorite. A three-ring circus? I wager he would have them standing in the aisles. . . .

LYDIA L. BREUNIG

Indianapolis

Lend-lease Cigarets

Sirs:

There is a rumor snowballing up on this coast that the reason the market has been exhausted of popular-brand cigarets is because they are being shipped to civilian populaces of European countries. Is it true?

DIANA DUNNING

Culver City, Calif.

¶ Who threw that snowball? In the last twelve months Lend-Lease exported six million pounds of cigarets. Typical prewar-year (1934) exports: eight million pounds. Prime reason for the home shortage: increased smoking by both U.S. servicemen and civilians.—ED.

"No Harm in Sleeping"

Sirs:

Your articles on bed rest (TIME, April 24; Sept. 11) will unnecessarily embarrass late or substantial sleepers like Robert Benchley, and also physicians whose patients rebel at badly needed restriction of activity. . . .

Many surgeons have been cutting out complete rest for operative and childbed patients, and the medical men may eventually catch up in learning that a few minutes' activity four or five times a day can be a great comfort—and a life saver.

No harm in sleeping, or even just lying abed, 23 hours a day!

WILLIAM DOCK, M.D. Professor of Medicine Long Island College of Medicine Brooklyn, N.Y.

United States Hotel Architect

Sirs:

In TIME (Sept. 4) you stated that the architect of the United States Hotel in Saratoga Springs was not known. You even surmised that the building had never been planned systematically.

About four years ago, the late William H. Vaughan, a well known architect of Saratoga Springs, showed me the original plans of the United States Hotel. These were drawn by the firm of Vaughan & Stevens, the Vaughan of Vaughan & Stevens being William H. Vaughan's grandfather.

JOSEPH LEBOWICH, M.D.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.