Never Forget
To the Editors:
I was worrying about how I would remember the fever of Watergate. I was afraid I would forget, and it is something we should never forget. Perhaps All the President's Men [March 29] should be rerun at regular intervals as a constant reminder to keep our guard up against its ever happening again.
Karen Leffler Harrisburg, Pa.
I nearly fainted with ecstasy when I saw the cover. It's about time that
TIME had male sex symbols in place of voluptuous women.
Margaret Grant College Station, Texas
TIME, TIME, TIME—don't you understand yet? We are glad Nixon is gone. But we are achingly bored with your chest-thumping self-righteousness.
Thomas Smith Missoula, Mont.
Your article on All the President's Men affords a renewed view of the mentality of Mr. Nixon. The dangerous moods that he portrayed in his last days as President show Americans how thankful we should be for people like Woodward, Bernstein and Bradlee. As bad as the press might appear at times, its vigilance is a blessing.
Gilbert Marcus Chicago
Those egomaniacs, Woodward and Bernstein, reap millions from a tragedy their newspaper helped create.
(Mrs.) Doris H. Taylor Butler, Pa.
Your article omitted a unique item.
Redford, Hoffman and Warner Bros, have made the film available for opening-night benefits to foster such organizations throughout the country as the Citizen Action Fund, the Environmental Defense Fund, Scientists for Public Information and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
These groups practice the message of the film: that citizens and the press in a democracy must hold their government accountable.
Joan Claybrook Washington, D.C.
I am angry and horrified that Robert Redford would stoop to make a name and money for himself from a movie, and not consider the misfortunes of the few who have paid dearly because of the mistakes of others.
How do you think the Hunt family feels about All the President's Men while my father is rotting in jail? Howard Hunt's ordeal has been a painful one. He has suffered and lost everything. It's a pity that Mr. Redford did not have the foresight to see that this film will also be at the emotional expense of my father's family and other families as well.
Lisa Tiffany Hunt Kyle Hurley, Wis.
I thought these men were hard-nosed investigative reporters, not gossip columnists.
Judith Sch wager Hoffman Estates, III.
Overeducated
You concluded your informative article on jobs [March 29] by charging that the increasing number of highly educated people aggravates the job situation making it more difficult for non-college people to obtain employment. One hears the strange term overeducated.
Surely citizens in a democratic society cannot be overeducated any more than participants in a vigorous athletic event can be too healthy.
George Huber, Director of Counseling
Santa Fe Community College
Gainesville, Fla.
"College for a few and trades for the many" should be our motto. We have too many useless college graduates to feed now. A smart fellow with a good trade is never pictured holding rejection slips and mooching food stamps and unemployment checks from his uneducated fellow taxpayers.-
William Bemis Seach Quincy, Mass.