Letters, Jun. 4, 1956

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I see some very juicy meat for the carnivorous Commies in your report on Louisiana's Bossier Parish school board action. We are still laughing heartily at the Communist Party's difficulties in their attempt to debunk Stalin; however, it becomes a tragedy when American public schools resort to similar "educational" tactics.

WESLEY R. HOSTETLER Delaware, Ohio

Report on Puerto Rico

Sir:

My congratulations on a masterpiece of reporting about Puerto Rico [May 14]. Just one addition: Puerto Rico's tax exemption for the manufacturer is not only "if the industry he starts is a new one for the island and not a 'runaway' from the mainland"; the industry in which he starts can be an existing one in Puerto Rico, but the factory itself must be a new addition—to the whole U.S. economy, not merely to P.R.—rather than a plant relocation that causes unemployment elsewhere.

THOMAS F. HALLORAN Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Mainland Director of Industrial Development Commonwealth of Puerto Rico New York City

Longshoreman

Sir:

You have referred to me as an "ex-convict" in an article written in reference to the Inter national Longshoremen's Association [TIME, Jan. 4, 1954]. I have never been convicted of any crime and resent your reference to me in this manner. It is incumbent upon publishers of magazines and newspapers to report true facts. I am sure that you will be glad to correct this grievous error.

ANTHONY ANASTASIO Brooklyn, N.Y.

TIME erred.—ED.

The Frogman & the Ghost

Sir:

Isn't that British Frogman "Buster" Crabb a strange revenant of that Stephen Crabbe of the 13th century who detected the invisible invasion ship of the piratical Eustace the Monk? He was the only one in England able to see the phantom ship, boarded it, and his companions saw him in the air above the waters, swinging his axe which slew Eustace, until he was torn to bits by demons allied with the traitorous Eustace.

ALFRED VAGTS Sherman, Conn.

According to Military Historian Vagts (The History of Militarism, Landing Operations), the legend of Eustace the Monk grew up after England's naval victory at the Battle of Dover on Aug. 21, 1217 where the defeated French leader Eustace, a mercenary soldier and "master of pirates," was beheaded. His ghost and invisible ship were detected by one Stephen Crabbe of England.—ED.