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I wonder exactly what Mr. Billy Graham meant by the "high standard of Russian morality" [June 29]. Can the constant watch of Big Brother induce genuine virtue? If Russian people are intrinsically on a higher moral level than the British people, how is it to be explained that Russian troops cruelly misused women in the countries they fought and occupied? Did they leave their "moral purity" at home?
As a native of Vienna, I have lived through the years of foreign occupation; in all fairness to the British, I must concede that the conduct of their people was by far more morally agreeable than that of their Russian counterpart.
MRS. ROBERT ANDERSON East Lake, Ohio
Sir:
Reduced to its simplest form, Soviet morality is a negative morality best understood in terms of the rape of Berlin and the maiming of Budapest.
W. E. DUDLEY Santa Rosa, Calif.
Little Lather
Sir:
The headline over an article on President William C. Pels of Bennington reads "Fels's Naptha" [July 6]. Maybe that's the way they spell Naphtha at small, rural, private Bennington, but it wasn't the way they spelled it at small, rural, private Bryn Mawr. Have I caught TIME napphing?
ELAINE EWER
New York City
¶ No. The soap manufacturer dropped
that h long ago.—ED.
Politics v. Religion (Contd.)
Sir:
"Religion should not enter into politics" [June 29]. Such a statement was surely put down by a hand acting independent of any rational influence. If religion should not enter into politics, it should not enter into economics or any other aspect of our society. In fact, we should not have religion at all, for if our religion does not influence our society, we are all hypocrites without convictions. On the other hand, if our elected representatives are to serve our interests, they cannot be in opposition to our religious views.
I do not say that a man's religion should always be a deciding factor in respect to his political eligibility, but I most certainly do say that we, as conscientious voters, cannot disregard such an important aspect of a candidate's qualification.
LARRY BROWN
Glendale, Calif.
Sir:
It is the Catholic Church—and only the Catholic Church—that throws the question mark into the campaign of Catholic candidates.
DEE SMITH
San Diego
Sir:
It is indeed a pleasure to know that there are some people with sense enough to view this so-called "battle" with an open mind. I am a Catholic, and I know that if I were to vote for a presidential candidate, his religious affiliation would not in the least affect my vote. I believe, and I am quite sure my opinion must be shared by many, that a man's political shrewdness is a thing that is governed by his own knowledge and education, and if this person is capable of doing his job, he will do it regardless of his religious beliefs.
HERBERT JOSEPH ACORN
Great Kills, N.Y.
The Reasons Why
Sir: