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This is just not so. My claim was that a negotiated peace would have "found considerable favor in many parts of the country."
"Many people . . . sensing the weight of opposition against Britain, thought privately that peace on any terms that did not offer actual humiliation was preferable to taking the brunt of the ferocious German assaults that would presumably grow worse."
To prefer peace is not capitulation. And although to my own knowledge many people did feel like this, they were not the majority; and they were not England.
Capitulation was never contemplated. To suggest that it was—and to credit me with the suggestion—is, I feel, unfair both to the living and to the dead.
JAMES LEASOR
Radlett, England
Franc Talk
Sir:
I was astonished to see your quotation from National-Zeitung's article on Trujillo's Swiss ventures [Nov. 23]. We did not say that the Trujillos brought $800 million to Switzerland but between 400 and 800 million Swiss francs, which is less than a quarter of the sum you mentioned.
WERNER MEYER
Economic Editor
National-Zeitung
Basel, Switzerland .
Candle in the Darkness
Sir:
In Adlai Stevenson's eulogy for Mrs. Roosevelt, he said: "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness," which I believe was a paraphrase of "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."
Can you tell me the original source?
BOB YOUNG
Whittier, Calif.
— An ancient Chinese proverb, it is also the motto of the Christophers, a Catholic-sponsored organization.—ED.
The Ultimate
Sir:
The ultimate in airport design [Nov. 30] will come in a few years when a stretcher will pick us up in the airport parking lot, where we lie down holding a magnetic encoded ticket that enables the conveyor system to switch us through the checking-in procedure and onto the plane. Then we can say to the fellow on the next stretcher: "Remember the old days when we had to walk nearly half a mile?"
Meanwhile, the rest of the world laughs at our idea of vigah.
B. A. THUNMAN
Stamford, Conn.