Date
Sirs:
In TIME (July 13) you stated that Peggy Anne Landon had never had any dates till she entered the University two years ago. I wonder if you haven't been mistaken in this statement. When I was a senior in Topeka High School, one of my best friends dated Peggy Anne.
DICK BROWN
The Lake Hubert Minnesota Camps Lake Hubert, Minn.
Co-Ops
Sirs:
Your article on "CoOps" [TIME, July 13] ... is a splendid example of able and accurate reporting as well as showing quite an able understanding of what it is all about.
The convention and celebration at Glenwood, Minn. . . . was a huge success. There were about 3,000 people in attendance. Had the country press in Minnesota given this any publicity there would have been fully 10,000 people there for this gathering. Ninety percent of the country editors in Minnesota are living back in 1880 (mentally) and should be plowed under along with Secretary Wallace's surplus cotton.
The reporting of this gathering in TIME also shows that your organization is wide-awake and has a nose for news. None of the northwest metropolitan newspapers that came to my attention gave this convention and celebration any notice whatever, either before, during or after the gathering. Practically all of the northwest newspapers are reactionary and, like Lot's wife, are looking backward. The Hoover era to them means happy days never to be forgotten and they sigh for their return.
Some excuse might be given the Twin City papers for taking no notice of this gathering as they have many things on their minds. Mr. Jones of the Minneapolis Journal is up against stiff competition from the revitalized Minneapolis Star which seems to be running away with the northwest's newspaper show. . . . Mr. Murphy of the Minneapolis Tribune is interested in many things and . . . appears to be too busy to notice a changing social order. ... St. Paul papers exert little influence in Minnesota and are not a factor. . . .
F. B. GRIFFITH
Alexandria, Minn.
Sirs:
... I want to express our keen appreciation of the very fair and informative article in your July 13 issue on the subject of consumers cooperation.
There was more concise, accurate information on the subject in a comparatively short article than I have seen in any other popular publication.
L. C. RAVLIN
Secretary
Evanston Consumers Cooperative
Evanston, Ill.
Sirs, A red letter to TIME for an accurate, authoritative of the co-operative movement in the U. S., and for recognition of the movement's newsworthiness. But TIME overlooked what is already one of the most significant phases of cooperatives, a phase that will one day be the dominating factor in helping the rural population retain a larger portion of its income.
I refer to co-operative cold storage lockers. They were first introduced on the Pacific Coast some five years ago when a group of alert farmers decided to preserve their own meat, fruit and vegetables the year round on a budget they could afford even in depression times.
Since then the movement has spread rapidly. In Iowa, for example, the first installation was made three years ago. It attracted visitors for miles, and operated its first year successfully. Now there are 50 locker plants in operation in that State.