(3 of 3)
When Oscar Levant placed her "just this side of vulgarity," he was on the wrong side, and by a mile.
FRED GRESPAN Kitchener, Ont.
Sir:
I once met Mrs. Pamela Mason at a miserably bourgeois party (nobody even stripped), where we were the first to leave. Unfortunately, I was totally unaware of Pamela's views about sex, with which I enthusiastically agree. My hope now is to meet her again.
FRANK DE BRUIN VALERIUS Toronto
Spitting a Hair
Sir:
Re your story on the Welsh town called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch [March 9]: How do you pronounce it?
GLENYS WALDMAN Secane, Pa.
Sir:
A native starts with unrecognizable noises that then degenerate into spitting, mouthing and breathy sounds as if he were trying to get a hair out of his mouth, but unless a visitor insists, everyone just says Llanfair P.G.
EDITH MOORE JARRETT Fillmore, Calif.
Budget Battle
Sir:
In your sententious piece on the budget battle [March 16] you ignored the expansion of consumer demand through 1) increased life expectancy plus pensions, dividends, social security, etc. giving older citizens a more active role in the marketplace; 2) near-universality of installment buying which offers increased facilities for buying consumer goods, housing and education.
THAYER WALDO Mexico City
Of Tillich & God
Sir:
I am glad that you gave Professor Tillich such a careful hearing [March 16]. I cannot agree at all that Tillich is "dangerous." For the rank and file Tillich has no message.
(THE REV.) WILL DOWTY (RETIRED) Church of the Holy Comforter Angleton, Texas
Sir:
Mr. Tillich has sounded a clarion call for all Protestants. His trilogy of Being, Existence and Life are reasonable symbols for the complex of engagement in life, which many of us have had the guts to face and plumb outside the protective rituals of the church.
ROBERT ERNEST SMITH St. Paul
Sir:
In one sense he is like the peace of God, for he passes all understanding.
(THE REV.) A. CULVER GORDON United Presbyterian Church Paterson, NJ.
Sir:
The smug condescension of the caption, "A Theology for Protestants," on your March 16 cover will, I trust, get something nailed on the church door—preferably your hide. I suggest you do a piece on our order, the Society of St. Martini. It has a ladies' auxiliary called the Gibson Girls, and much interesting history, miracles, art, and all that.
J. RAMSEY Racine, Wis.
Sir:
Professor Paul Tillich's treatises on theology are like cold, cloudy nights with occasional glimpses of a changing moon. In contrast, Billy Graham's sermons are like cloudless days with the unchanging sun giving dependable light, comforting warmth, and assurance of everlasting life.
S. E. ANDERSON, TH.D. Chicago