Letters, Jan. 29, 1945

Fearful? Anxious?

Sirs:

Why the characterization of Roman Catholic population statistics as startling? (TIME, Jan. 8.)

Has TIME some fear or anxiety about the matter?

(REV.) FRANK J. B. FLYNN Detroit

¶ TIME is neither fearful nor anxious about the great Roman Catholic Church, but thought (and thinks) the disproportion between the Roman Catholic percentage of Boston's population (74.3%) and the U.S. as a whole (16%-plus) a noteworthy fact. — ED.

What Is It?

Sirs:

TIME says: ". . . as British as the Marble Arch, mutton pie, or Boxing Day" (Jan. 8). English-born and educated, I am curious about the item "mutton pie." What is it? It sounds...

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