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. . . If Cardinal Mindszenty was so "easy" a conquest for Communism, why was it necessary to break his mind and health? . . .
MARYDELL LATORRA Boulder, Colo.
Sir:
. . . What are intelligent people to do with such rhetoric as "Protestantism in the main . . . first unleashed the ideal of freedom and set it singing in the hearts of men?" Are we supposed to forget Moses and Israel?
(RABBI) STANLEY R. BRAV Cincinnati
Bleats from the Guard Sir:
. . . I hate to think that I and thousands of other National Guardsmen have in the past and will continue to waste our time, two nights a week in many cases, numerous weekends, and two weeks' summer camp in a "militarily obsolete organization" [TIME, Nov. 5]. If I had only known this, I would have devoted more time to earning a living and enjoying my family.
(CAPTAIN) ROBERT F. PAVIOUR N.Y.N.G. Rochester, N.Y.
Sir:
. . . When Army units left the Hawaiian Islands for Korea in 1950, they were armed in part with equipment taken from Guard units here at the last moment. The same has happened elsewhere in the U.S. If that equipment had not been maintained by Guardsmen who put in much more than their required one night of drill a week to keep it in shape, it would not have been available for the Army . . . We are in the Guard because we know that only with a ready mobilization force can the U.S. be a world power, and we will remain until someone points out a better way to maintain such a force. We resent your adverse generalizations.
LT. COL. THURSTON TWIGG-SMITH Honolulu, Hawaii
Benign Revolution?
Sir:
TIME, Nov. 12 reports on the "revolutionary" teacher-training plan which the State of Arkansas, backed by the Ford Foundation, is instituting in its teachers' colleges. To the private and independent schools, the Ford plan is not "revolutionary," but their standard teacher-training method, carried on for years. These schools demand from their teachers expert knowledge of subject matter, and have found that well-educated graduates of liberal-arts colleges can readily acquire teaching techniques by working directly under an experienced teacher. Both "master teacher" and principal supervise these "internes."
Every aspect of the beginners' work is covered—classroom practice, lesson-planning, presentation of material, assignments, grading, examinations. Help is always available, but these internes are constantly encouraged to develop their own methods. Usually this combination of freedom with direction is wholly successful . . .
BEATRICE CONSTANT MARVIN Columbus School for Girls Columbus, Ohio
¶ The Ford Foundation's plan may be nothing new to U.S. private schools, but as a statewide plan applying to all public-school teachers, it still seems revolutionary.—ED.
Of Mice & Women
Sir:
The new drug which stops pregnancy in mice by "resorbing" the fetus may be called a contraceptive by some. If this plan is to be used on humans, I call it murder . . . Let Dr. Goldsmith take heed of the countless thousands of murders he will be responsible for if he puts his new "contraceptive" [TIME, Oct. 29] in the hands of the people. Why must our scientists use their brilliant minds . . . as tools of the devil? . . .