A Letter From The Publisher, Apr. 27, 1959

ABOARD the Atlantic Coast Line's Palmetto Limited at 6:15 one evening last week sat Mr. and Mrs. Christian Herter, bound from Washington for a quick weekend's rest in Green Pond, S.C. Also aboard the train, also bound for Green Pond was TIME Washington Correspondent Harold B. Meyers. Soon after the train pulled out of Washington's Union Station, Meyers handed a porter a note for the Herters, a few moments later was welcomed into their room for an informal interview ("I had known you were aboard," said Herter later, "and I must confess I was...

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