Nominations Are in Order
Sir: The Man of the Year for 1966 is Mr. Richard M. Nixon, who led the Republican Party to victory on Nov. 8 and restored the two-party system in the U.S.
JAN KUNCIR Flushing, N.Y.
Sir: Bishop James A. Pike, for his 20th century pilgrimage in a search and battle for historical and theological truth v. the superstition and paganism of the Middle Ages.
VIRGINIA L. COPE Cincinnati
Sir: I suggest that enigmatic leader of enigmatic China: Mao Tse-tung. Not for being so often openly in the news. But for being always predominant in the minds of all those who are in the news.
T. H. SCHAAP Vlaardingen, Holland
Sir: President Johnson, U Thant and Ho Chi Minh. Each for different reasons. I. S. MENON, M.D. Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Sir: Everett Dirksen.
HELEN BOYD CHRISTAL Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Sir: Attorney General and Senator-elect Edward W. Brooke from Massachusetts.
MRS. DAVID CHEN Bedford, Mass.
Sir: Our Gemini astronauts. They made us proud to be Americans.
ALICE CORVINO Pittsburgh
Sir: Rhodesia's Ian Smith, who has kept his nation unflinchingly stable throughout this turbulent year.
JERRY LERMAN Toronto, Ont.
Sir: How about the Beatles and the Mod set?
ANDREW COOPER Allentown, Pa.
Sir: Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, who has presented the world with an image of the ideal woman.
VANALILA BHABSAR Ahmedabad, India
Sir: Stokely Carmichael has had more effect on the news of this past year than any other individual. You have not appreciated his greatness. I trust that you will realize his importance by naming him Man of the Year.
RALPH TYLER University of Illinois Urbana, Ill.
Sir: God. For somebody who has been on the skids and even reported as dead, his publicity this year has been tremendous. Also, I'm anxious to see him on your cover.
CECILY COWAN Greeneville, Tenn.
Contemplating the Chancellor
Sir: Your cover story "Renewal on the Rhine" [Dec. 9] was excellent and will contribute to the understanding between people and nations. Again, TIME has shown its superiority in reporting world events. You did a great service to the United States and its ally Germany by not following the recent general trend of poisoning the readers with new prejudice and hatred.
E. MUELLER Milwaukee, Wis.
Sir: Twenty-five years ago the United States, Poland, Soviet Union and United Kingdom lost a total of 9,800,968 men. The Jewish people lost over one half their numbers: 6,000,000. Have we forgotten? Germany evidently has, in view of the election of Kiesinger as Chancellor.
The Chancellor says he quit the party and became an ex-Nazi. Ex-Nazi or not, the world cannot take a chance; there is too much at stake.
PETER J. MOLAY Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Sir: Unlike virtually all other reports on Germany and Kiesinger by the various news media, your favorable account was a pleasure to read. It helped to offset the effects of 20 years of tongue-lashing.
REINHOLD A. AMAN Austin, Texas
Man for the Mountains
Sir: Please tell Mr. Winthrop Rockefeller to move over to Kentucky when his work is completed in Arkansas [Dec. 2]. We could use a "shining knight" too.
MRS. GENE KORTE Lexington, Ky.