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(MRS.) BARBARA J. LANDFIELD Mount Sterling, Ill.
The Big State
Sir: Your cover story on John Connally [Jan. 17] is the first really perceptive look at Texas since J. Frank Dobie shocked University of Texas coeds with classroom stories they probably had originally overheard coming from behind the cattle sheds.
BILL NEWKIRK University of Texas '40 New York City
Sir: Praise be to TIME and Houstonian Sullivan! He and Magnuson deftly and courageously painted the objective picture of "the five worlds of Texas."
As teachers of Texas history, we applaud the accuracy of your research and welcome the invitation to "self-reliance." As citizens, we accept the challenge ahead under the able leadership of our Governor, John Connally.
CARROLL BRISTER & JAMES McTEE Blocker Junior High Texas City, Texas
Unacquainted
Sir: In TIME it was reported [Jan. 17] that Congressman John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin purchased stock in a Milwaukee insurance firm at the "urging" of former Senate Secretary Robert G. Baker. This is an error. It is well known in Washington that Congressman Byrnes does not know Baker and was not associated with him in any transactions.
JOHN L. STEELE Bureau Chief TIME Washington, D.C.
Man of the Year
Sir: The color pictures with your Man of the Year story [Jan. 3] did more to promote understanding and create confidence in Negro abilities than all the demonstrations of 1963 combined.
JUDD H. ROSE Livermore, Calif.
Sir: Thank you for the cover.
LENA HORNE Palm Springs, Calif.
Cold Blood in Cyprus
Sir: In your account of the recent tragic events in Cyprus [Jan. 10], you mention the unfortunate killing of a Turkish Cypriot mother and her three children. Your readers may have formed the impression that they were deliberately killed in cold blood. The truth is that machine-gun emplacements were erected by the Turkish insurgents on the house in which they were living. All four were killed in the breakthrough during the night. The entire responsibility for the tragic death of these unfortunate people rests with those who invited the calamity by using the house as a stronghold to fire on the security forces.
A. K. ANASTASSIOU Director General Ministry of Interior Nicosia, Cyprus
Sir: The murdered woman and her three little children were not Cypriots. They were the whole family of Major Dr. Nihat llhan of the Turkish armed forces, who was assigned to duty at the Turkish military unit in Cyprus. Armed Greeks broke into their home and shot Mrs. Murvet llhan and her three children (aged two months, five and seven) with automatic weapons. Turkish Cypriots only fired upon Greek terrorists in Cyprus during disorders and did not burn homes of innocent people, as did the Greeks.
NECATI ZINCIRKIRAN Managing Editor Hurriyet Ankara
Sir: Your readers may condemn this picture, but they must realize that this is reality all over the world. Let all men look at this picture and the murder of our President and pray that we will some day come to our senses and live in a world of peace.
H. CRAIG CURRY Mitchell College New London, Conn.
Bombay's Boundaries
Sir: As an Indian, I have violently disagreed with you.