(2 of 3)
If America is flooded with comparable and cheaper foreign goods which the consumer will buy in place of ours, industry will suffer losses, be forced to lay off employees, and possibly close shop. The country will be in a poor economic situation. Then our New Frontier wagonmasters will be forced to procure the only solution: federal control of business. America will have taken a giant step toward a welfare state.
THOMAS FRANCISCO
Chicago
Sir:
The average age of the top eight Japanese businessmen you name is 66 years. Here in the U.S., most companies expect their employees to retire at 65 or before. Could be we're losing some valuable talent.
HERBERT SOMMERS
Washington, D.C.
Diogenes, One Rare
Sir:
My thanks to you for what appeared about me in the Feb. 23 issue of TIME.
I always thought Diogenes ran a chain of hamburger stands. Imagine my joy and relief when he was properly identified.
JACK R. GAGE
Governor
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Lyndon's Image
Sir:
TIME'S effort to establish the Vice President as something other than an errand boy had a phony ring to it [Feb. 23.] If the President has expanded the role of the Vice President, it must be classified information. About the only new addition to Lyndon's position is heading the National Aeronautics and Space Council, and, no doubt, the Texan must find outer space rather lonely and cold.
On the other hand, we have the dashing Attorney General flitting from one department to another. Is Mr. Johnson so dumb that he cannot be trusted with the affairs of state? Will Bobby move up to the White House in case of presidential disability? It seems that Mr. Johnson was good enough to win the election for Mr. Kennedy, but he is not good enough to be Vice President.
DON DECKER
Pasadena, Calif.
Sir:
Despite a commendable effort to brush and polish his fading image, it now seems clear that L.B.J. is destined to occupy the obscure niche reserved for U.S. Vice Presidents during the past 173 years.
DONALD B. LEVERETT
Overton, Texas
Campus Concern
Sir:
The recent "peace march" to Washington [Feb. 23] from Harvard was sponsored by "Tocsin," an undergraduate organization committed to the idea of "unilateral initiatives" by the U.S. in furthering the drive for peace. While Tocsin has a large membership, there are surely as many of us, although not so well organized, who are violently opposed to this scheme. We are not against peace—but we cannot support a program that also must entail compromise.
DAVID R. GRAHAM '62
Harvard College
Cambridge, Mass.
Sir:
How reassuring it is that college students recognize that they are the last stronghold of free intellectual inquiry in a time of conformity. Any group that welcomes the opposition and isn't afraid to have its philosophy shaken a little deserves great respect.
SELMA ABRABEN
Miami
Sir:
Regarding the "peace marches," Mr. Chet Holifield is correct when he says: "They just I repeat what they've been told." On this campus, the advocates of the marches dream of not paying taxes for military defense and not serving in the Army.