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Sir: Anyone like me (a 20-year-old student) who does not go to Leslie Caron's house parties could discern at once that your London cover story [April 15] was not about us. And if it was not about us —the city's total population less 200 or so 20th Century-Fox playmates—it was not about London. Cathy McGowan is not "London's favorite dolly," but London's most unloved moron. David Warner's Hamlet is popular not because some jet-set clique has deemed it "In," but because Peter Hall has concentrated on the aspects of the play most meaningful for the 20th century (as distinct from 20th Century-Fox). Those who converse in the "flip jargon" have IQs of 80 or under; it is not the "basic" English for teenagers. For the year's most ridiculous load of generalizations, you deserve to swing indeed. All of you. And not in London either.
G. D. EDGINTON London
Sir: Why go abroad for the city of the decade? Our own Gary, Ind. [April 29], seems to offer all that London does, and it's more accessible to Americans.
ANN AND TOM RYAN South Bend, Ind.
Rocking to Sleep
Sir: It is sad that TIME has joined the ranks of the hoodlums who throw stones at pacifists. For all your sarcastic and biased reportage of Senator Fulbright's remarks about U.S. power and its use [April 29], you cannot obliterate his candid attempt to counsel Americans on the peaceful possibilities that lie open to us.
ARLENE SARDO Springfield, Mass.
Sir: The "arrogance" that Fulbright attributes to U.S. foreign policy better describes the dishonest, anti-intellectual and embittered attitude of the Senator and his liberal coterie. After slumbering in a deep sleep through 20 years of world history, they suddenly awake to find that facts do not adhere to their theories.
LEWIS A. FRANK Washington, D.C.
Perchance to Dream
Sir: It's a shame that a man of Dr. Leary's intelligence and vast experience has to suffer at the hands of a very narrow-minded society. Thanks for giving him [April 29] a pretty fair shake.
PAT JESSEN Brockport, N.Y.
Sir: Leary is wrong: they didn't use to call people like him alchemists or medicine men. They used to call them nuts. They still do. He is a disgrace to the professions of teaching and psychology. Stop publicizing his antics, and let him attain the oblivion he so richly deserves.
RALPH W. WALKER II Professor of Psychology Jacksonville State College Jacksonville, Ala.
This Is Our FBI?
Sir: Our country guarantees us privacy within a legal framework. The Federal Bureau of Investigation [May 6] is one of the agencies that maintains this protection. It is not only ironic but almost criminal that this agency should maintain a policy that is itself an invasion of privacy. The social habits and private lives of FBI men should be of interest to the bureau only in matters of security.
H. J. KELMAN, H. S. MISHKET Tampa, Fla.
Sir: You mean the security of the nation is entrusted to people who are not considered capable of handling their personal affairs at their own discretion?
J. LONDE
Santa Monica, Calif.