Letters, Jan. 21, 1957

Inaugural Preview

Sir:

I was amazed to notice how closely this year's official Inaugural Medal resembles TIME'S Nov. 12 cover. I wonder if there is any connection between the two.

MICHAEL GRADY Chestnut Hill, Mass.

¶ None. President Eisenhower decided on this year's medal before TIME'S Nov. 12 cover appeared, the second time in history that the medal has shown two profiles (the first: Taft and James S. Sherman in 1909). For the resemblance noted by Reader Grady, see cuts.—ED.

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