Letters, Feb. 20, 1956

Buttons to Push

Sir:

TIME produced an excellent summary of the race for the "ultimate weapon" [Jan. 30]. It frightens me to speculate on what can happen when the pushbutton pushers get something to push.

DALE R. TAFT

Providence

Sir:

I was thoroughly disgusted at the nature of your story. This country claims to be working for peace. Do you call this peace when you refer to missiles as "the birds of war"? Atoms for peace is a current project; why not a rockets for peace program? I am a senior in high school and...

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