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Sir: You have given one man sole credit for the cultural and industrial rebirth of a state that you describe as being composed almost entirely of boors and rustics. I believe that if you looked a little more deeply into a complete cross section of our lovely state, you would find the intelligentsia to be composed not entirely of Yankees and visitors. Well-educated sons and daughters were returning to Arkansas before Rockefeller. It was no 13-year money miracle. May Rockefeller's administration be successful -but not at the expense of Arkansas.
MRS. DAVID COWDEN Benton, Ark.
Sir: I'm so proud of Arkansas I could bust! Spending a week there prior to the election, I talked with some of my home state's nonurban residents about voting for Rockefeller. Knowing the mountain people's lukewarm attitude toward "furriners," and rich 'uns to boot, I was anything but confident of his chances. I could only hope that my wonderful Arkansawyers would realize what a dedicated and resourceful man they had going for them.
MOLLY J. ROTH Lafayette, Ind.
Sir: As a fellow student with Winthrop Rockefeller at Loomis School in Connecticut in the late '20s, I and other members of the student body observed Win's acumen in political organization and administration. As a result, the Loomis Political Club, of which Win was first elected secretary-treasurer and later president, was most successful during his student days.
Having spent some years here in Washington, I can attest to the need for Win's talents on the national scene. Perhaps he will be the Rockefeller who first obtains the presidential nomination.
DAVID M. KLINEDINST Loomis '30 Washington, D.C.
Statement of Belief
Sir: The central thrust of the report of the National Advisory Council on Education of Disadvantaged Children [Dec. 9] is to praise federally sponsored summer school programs and to recommend strongly their continuation. In pur role as constructive critic, the council reported those aspects of the total program comment could lead to constructive change. Naturally, these are the areas where problems exist. Your readers should know that we stated that "dollars thoughtfully expended on summer schools may be the most productive dollars spent by Title I."
O. MEREDITH WILSON Chairman
National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children Washington, D.C.
R&R
Sir: Repent for not supporting the 1964 G.O.P. nomination? Phooey! If Romney and Rockefeller refuse to repent for following their consciences [Dec. 2], congratulations! I shall never understand why political parties expect their members to follow like blind sheep.
MRS. ROBERT HURTUBISE Athens, Ohio
Sir: If the Republican Party keeps faith with its fine tradition of giving us the best it has, then George Romney should be a shoo-in.
His popular appeal, intellectual capacity, lucidity of thought, succinctness of expression, unemotional objectivity, unequivocal stance and vast experience in domestic and foreign affairs are completely reminiscent of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
HERBERT J. EDER, D.D.S. Detroit
Symphony in Every Pot