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¶ It is Reader Kelly that has seen the rump of his mount. Majideh was taken to the Homestall Stud Farm in Sussex, England in 1953 to be covered by Migoli, and returned to Homestall in 1954 to drop her foal. Since a horse is considered to be bred in the country where it was foaled, Gallant Man is English.—ED.
McClellan for President?
Sir:
A superb encomium to Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas. He did not need a silver spoon to find success; he did it with a $5 Bible and hard, conscientious work. He is doing an excellent job in Washington and we should elect him President.
CHARLES C. WINNING III
Baton Rouge
Seattle & the Senator
Sir:
Your May 27 description of Seattle as a city ashamed is a lie, and your buildup of Senator McClellan is disgusting trash. Compare the working man's lot in Seattle to that in Arkansas, and you'll see that McClellan is the one to be ashamed. Apparently this whole investigation is staged to drum up public support for Mr. McClellan's repressive labor-legislation goals.
RODNEY VEITSCHEGGER
Seattle
Sir:
You say that the "backers of the Seattle Symphony were happy to negotiate with Beck for Teamsters' sponsorship of a radio program featuring Conductor Milton Katims." Station KXA conceived the idea of such a program; it was offered for sponsorship to many Seattle business firms; subsequently, the agency handling the Western Conference of Teamsters' public relations made arrangements to sponsor it. The "backers of the symphony" did not have anything to do with the program nor did they negotiate with Mr. Beck. Mr. Katims did not have anything to do with the Teamsters Union.
JOHN H. DUBUQUE
Station Manager KXA
Seattle
¶ Reader Dubuque is technically—but not wholly—right. The actual negotiations were not between Beck and the symphony, but between Beck's press agents and the radio station. But the symphony board formally approved the arrangement, and Conductor Katims submitted to publicity pictures with Dave Beck's off-key concertmaster, Frank Brewster.—ED.
Heartbroken
Sir:
Some months ago, your "Fats & Heart Disease" in Medicine [Nov. 12] nearly nullified for me one of the great pleasures of life, eating. As if this were not enough, your May 27 article, "The Heart at Work and Play," comes desperately close to making life not worth living at all.
JOHN J. HARRINGTON
Worthington, Ohio
The Republican Split
Sir:
The conservatives in both parties have joined hands to ridicule the most completely honest man the White House has seen in several generations.
DAVID H. CARLSON Portland, Ore.
Sir:
Glory be—I never thought I would live to see the day when myopic TIME would realize as it did in its May 27 lead article that President Eisenhower is sadly lacking in political stature, conviction and political ability. My own guess about his future place in history is that he will suffer from comparison with President Grant.
FRANK F. LEE
Riverside, Calif.
Sir: