Nominations & Decisions
Sir:
Re Negro Lawyer Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court's decision on the segregation issue in public schools [TIME, May 24]: You state that this decision ''was the victory of a lifetime" for Marshall. In view of the long fight, the courageous stand and the far-reaching effect of the verdict itself ... I nominate him as the Man of the Year.
(THE REV.) CHARLES C. WALKER
First Congregational Church Little Rock, Ark.
Sir:
The blow just dealt to the South by the Supreme Court is equal to none since the Civil War . . .
ANNA A. DUDLEY
Worcester, Mass.
A Southern Violet
Sir: Re Candidate Linder and his thundering bombast at Atlanta's Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies [TIME, May 10]: My forebears came to Georgia from Virginia, having emigrated from England about 1650 ... I am a "real" Southerner—a statement I make with some pride—and in the next breath I say I am embarrassed and saddened by the words and actions of individuals like Tom Linder. I offer my poor apology for them to the rest of our good Americans—Northern, Western, or wherever else they may be ...
L. F. COLLIER Atlanta, Ga.
Sir:
We were ashamed and embarrassed by the vituperations of Tom ("Shrinking Violet") Linder. We thought his kind died "four score and nine years ago." We of the famed 82nd Airborne Division, who have fought and worked beside many of Georgia's higher-class citizens—notably Negroes—are inclined to believe that Linder is the "immigrant of lower standards" .
THREE PARATROOPERS
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sir:
I am sorrowfully forced to admit that humanity's experience during its unceasing and glorious march across the thunderous pages of history should impart to the citizens of our great Republic this enduring truth: "Never underestimate the power of a cliché."
A. A. DANISH
Denver
Boar v. Coon
Sir:
Your May 17 cover article on Ray Jenkins, one of our favorite East Tennesseans, was highly appreciated in this section . . . You referred to him as the "Terror of Tellico Plains," which reminded me of another Tellico terror: the wild boar of that section, which, pound for pound, is the fiercest fighter of the mountains. Both terrors are scrappers, and with no disrespect to Ray, believe you will note a remarkable likeness in the jut of their jaws [see cuts] . . .
I suggest to Mr. Jenkins that he use the boar as his symbol in his coming bout with Senator Kefauver, who uses a coon as his . . .
JACK JOHNSON
Knoxville, Tenn.
Portraits on Request
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