Letters, may 2, 1955

Man of the Year

Sir:

... I hope I am neither the first nor the last to nominate Dr. Jonas Salk for your Man of the Year. . .

ORRIN RILEY Nixon, N.J.

The Colonel

Sir:

Congratulations on your obituary of Colonel McCormick [April 11]. While I, a onetime Chicago resident, frequently disagreed with the colonel, I admired him with no tongue-in-the-cheek attitude. He was a great individualist; even his enemies admit that his breed of rapidly vanishing Americans is sorely needed in the rapidly spreading regimentation of citizens in these United States, once dedicated...

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