Glorified General?
Sirs:
. . . Your article on Rommel is full of slurs at the British—and could well have been dictated by Goebbels. How can we achieve unity within or without while you glorify the Germans? . . .
TRUDY LANCASTER Los Angeles, Calif.
Sirs:
Congratulations on your story of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. It was timely, fact-filled, and nicely written.
You no doubt will receive some criticism from people who will say you are "playing up" or "idolizing" enemy officers.
I, for one, think you are doing America a great service by providing military men and civilians alike with a true picture of what we must be prepared to meet if we are to be successful!
HERBERT H. BROWN Long Beach, Calif.
Plans
Sirs:
THE DAY THAT YALE CONCEIVES AN ORIGINAL IDEA WILL BE COMPARABLE TO JULY FOURTH. YALE ONLY ADAPTED THE SO CALLED YALE PLAN
[compulsory undergraduate registration for the armed forces or war industry; TIME,
July 27] AFTER CAREFUL STUDY OF THE PRINCETON PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN IN EVIDENCE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. SUGGEST THAT YOU RECONSIDER THE REMARK TO THE EFFECT THAT YALE HAS SCORED A CLEAN BEAT ON ITS FELLOW COLLEGES.
G. H. LINEAWEAVER III Princeton '46 Haverford, Pa.
¶ Yale's beat was clean. Her plan is compulsory; Princeton's is not. But Freshman Lineaweaver can sign up if he wants to.—ED.
Leaders Wanted
Sirs:
Michael Griffin in his article, "What is the matter with the people?" (TIME, July 20) has hit the nail on the head. . . . Believe me, the people are getting pretty dam' tired of selfish interests, political skimeroodle, and red tape. We want action, not oratory; sacrifices, not parades; victories, not flag waving. And we want it not after the elections, not next week, not tomorrow, but now! . . .
I keep telling myself we are at war. Beyond the difficulty of getting fuel for the coming winter, of constant reminders in the form of patriotic appeals at the movies, on the radio, on the billboards, and in the newspapers . . . there is little else to bring home to the average American just how serious our predicament is. ...
I feel, and there are millions like me, that we've got to take the pill without the sugar —let there be more confidence in Washington that the nation will live up to its honored heritage of being able to take it as well as dish it out. If we can't take it, it's time we learned.
COLLEEN MCFARREN Portland, Ore.
Sirs:
What is the matter with the people?
They're sick unto nausea at the caliber of leadership they are told to follow. . . . Sick of being talked down to. ... Sick of not being given credit for knowing there is a job to be done, a willingness to do it and a rather intelligent idea about how to go about doing it. Sick of so damned much talking.
S. L. LANHAM Carmel, Calif.
Sirs:
. . . Mr. Griffin bluntly stated exactly what is in everyone's mind these days. . . .
People down here are pretty sick of hearing what's coming. No one I've talked to thus far would mind any sacrifice in order to win the war. But their Congressmen don't seem to realize this. Once again the people are far ahead of Congress. . . .
RICHARD KLEIN Lawrence, N.Y.