Letters, Dec. 27, 1943

Face of the Tiger

Sirs: "It is Claire Chennault's face that stops a man . ." (TIME, Dec. 6).

No less a man than the Prime Minister of Great Britain was stopped by this face upon meeting him for the first time at the White House in May 1943.

Answering a direct question by President Roosevelt . . . Churchill said in substance, "My, what a face, what a face; I'm glad he's on our side."

My authority: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

ALFRED R. ROCHESTER Seattle

Lugubrious Cow

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