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Sir / A cursory glance reveals at least 69 lawyers on TIME'S list of "200 Faces for the Future." Let's hope that these up-and-coming lawyers will be working for reform instead of defending one another in future Watergates.
STEEN TOFTE
Waterloo, Iowa
Sir / Of particular interest to me was the conspicuous scarcity of military personalities on your list.
In essence, it seems that perhaps the uniformed military is not relevant to the goals of a nation.
Interesting...
MICHAEL G. KELLY
Lieutenant, U.S.N.
Danville, Calif.
Sir / This is my nomination for Asinine Article of the Year Award. Your choices may have been young agewise, but your "touchstone" for gauging their "social and civic impact" reflected the very old, male, white, elitist standards that have produced the leadership crisis you deplore.
JUANITA B. WHITE
Richmond
Sir / We will not be led into the future by the Establishment flunkies you give in your list of 200. Emerging leaders will most certainly be dark horses.
KENYON B. DE GREENE
Woodland Hills, Calif.
Sir / While I was flattered to be included on your list of rising young leaders, there were a number of inaccuracies in the description of me. I do not recall that I have ever written anything at all on divorce and celibacy, and my position on abortion cannot be simply described as "for it." I am in favor of legalization of abortion during the first trimester, but also hope that most women will not, on moral grounds, make use of the freedom that they are given legally.
DANIEL CALLAHAN
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Sir / Lowell Weicker, the "state's most highly regarded G.O.P. officeholder"—ha!
Not by anyone I know.
SYLVIA L. WEISS
Bethel, Conn.
Sir / I was disappointed to see that you named Senator Kennedy among future leaders.
I feel, as do others, that he has shown the type of character we are trying to get out of our Government, not in.
CAROL CRUNK
Mobile, Ala.
Sir / Lowell Weicker? Yes. Ralph Nader? Yes. But Barbara Walters? Ye gads, TIME. Take me to your leader.
FRANCES FINCH WEISER
Cambridge, Mass.
Sir / Dan Rather smart alecks the President of the U.S. on nationwide television and is selected by TIME as one of 200 young Americans who can assume leadership roles. Many people have lost their jobs for much less.
CARL BARTLOW
Canton, Ohio
Sir / The omission of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson of Chicago from your list of 200 rising leaders is puzzling. A number of years ago, TIME ran a coyer story on Jackson [April 6, 1970], hailing his accomplishments. Since that time, Jackson, now 32, has grown in stature and popularity.
ALVIN F. POUSSAINT, M.D.
Boston
Sir / How dare you omit Baltimore Councilperson Barbara Mikulski in your litany of leaders? That oversight will come back to haunt you.
MARCELLA SCHUYLER
Baltimore
Sir / Ripon Society President John A. Cairns would be a worthy addition.
JOHN E. BREITER
Mahtomedi, Minn.
Sir / The omission of 40-year-old Senator John V. Tunney of California is absolutely incomprehensible.
HAL ROSS
Los Angeles