Bubble-Ho, Pretty Boy
Sirs:
It was with great delight that I viewed myself in People (TIME, Oct. 7). However, just so my many acquaintances in show business won't think I've gone Hollywood, I believe it would have been nice to let them know bubble baths are not a weekly or daily occurrence with me.
I had to take this one for my current role in Roy Del Ruth's It Happened on Fifth Avenue. Any bubble baths I take in the future will be governed strictly by whatever salary a producer wants to pay me.
VICTOR MOORE
Hollywood
Fizz Peach
Sirs:
You aver (TIME, Oct. 7) that Wisbech rhymes with fizz peach. Not so. I've been stationed in the neighborhood [Cambridgeshire, England] for several, months, and can authoritatively state that it is pronounced "whiz bitch." What's the matter, do you think bitch is a nasty word?
MARSHALL E. DEUTSCH New York City
1% No, but in this case it does not fit. Natives of Wisbech say "Wizz-Beach."—ED.
Veterans & Citizens
Sirs:
As a veteran of 21 months service in the Pacific and a member of no veterans' organization, I want to register my contempt for ex-Legion Commander Stelle's demagoguery. His declaration that "the veteran comes first and the citizen second" reflects the state of thinking on which the bulk of the world's troubles rest. It is the condition of mind which seeks good only for self.
On the other hand, the words of General Bradley deserve the greatest recognition. "As Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, I owe a solemn duty to 17,000.000 veterans who fought this country's wars. And yet, I am positive that the huge majority of these veterans will support me in my conviction that I owe an even more compelling duty to all Americans and to the nation in which they live." . . . This attitude might well serve as a basis of thought for leaders all over the world.
GLENN E. TINDER JR.
Claremont, Calif.
Genus Homo
Sirs:
That was quite a buildup you gave Mr. Jackson in reference to his latest book, The Fall of Valor (TIME, Oct. 7). Shame on you !
John Grandin is an even more sympathetic figure than the Don Birnam of Lost Weekend fame. For Birnam, there was hope—and Alcoholics Anonymous. For Grandin, nothing. I have traveled extensively and have met many souls kindred to John Grandin. For them, there is nought but continual suffering —unless they choose to become the recipients of the total disgust of their fellowmen. . . .
Yes, John Grandin is a pathetic figure and may God bless Charles Jackson for bringing him and his predicament into the limelight. . . .
JAMES KENNEDY
Dayton
From the Podium
Sirs:
Never have I been so mad as I was when reading [Orchestra Conductor] Rudolph Dunbar's letter (TIME, Oct. 7).
The man says your article on him was "not only untrue but vulgar to the extreme." You did not even have the courtesy to reply, merely "Conductor Dunbar herewith sees his letter, but no apology." Are we readers expected to naively assume that TIME cannot err?
XT _, , O.t MARTIN M. BRUCE New York City
Sirs: