Letters, Oct. 15, 1956

The Good Man

Sir:

There have always been exemplary lives, like Mr John D. Rockefeller's—masterfully portrayed in TIME [Sept. 24]—which show to what heights of ethical and spiritual perfection man is capable of ascending.

ENRIQUE AVILA

San Diego

Your story on Rockefeller read like the officially approved biographies of Henry Ford and Mary Baker Eddy. TIME used to be an organ of sharp, witty criticism rather than a cliche-ridden apologist for a spiked version of the American Dream.

JOHN R. TOWNSEND

Minneapolis

Sir:

Let us suppose that you were the victim or a holdup man,...