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I hope these people stay in the minority, they have an aura of Redness about them.
KENNETH L. GUSE JR. '65
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, Ind.
Sir:
If a mature student government had existed at the University of Chicago, it would not have been necessary for students to stage a "round-the-clock sit-in" to present their views to the president of their university.
ERNEST U. GAMBARO
Rome
Victim a Victim?
Sir:
TIME, in its review of the movie Victim [Feb. 23] is correct in saying that "homosexuality is a serious neurosis that attacks the biological basis of life itself." I would dispute, however, the parenthetical assertion that the neurosis is "often curable." A left-handed person who learns to use his right hand is ambidextrous, not righthanded.
DAVID PASCAL WRAY
New York City
Sir:
I commend you for presenting reports on Victim. It is one thing to sympathize with the tragic problem homosexuality poses; it is quite another to be faced with the arrogance that often characterizes it in our society.
HENRY F. WlNSLOW SR.
Baltimore
Sir:
Congratulations to the critic of Victim, who placed the reason for its immorality where it belonged. The public is alerted to fight the diseases that kill individuals, but asked to overlook and even condone an aberration that can rot a whole segment of our society. This is hardly entertainment.
MRS. CHARLES MCCARTHY
Waban, Mass.
Johnson Impeached
Sir:
In your review of Stanton: The Life and Times of Lincoln's Secretary of War [Feb. 23], your reviewer writes, "In large part, it was Johnson's attack on Stanton that led Congress to try to impeach the President. The attempt failed by one vote."
The House of Representatives did impeach Andrew Johnson. To impeach means to charge with a crime. What failed by one vote was the attempt to convict Johnson of the charges. The Senate, which has the sole right to try impeachment cases, acquitted President Johnson by a vote of 35 to 19, just one vote short of the required two-thirds majority.
GEORGE JOHNSON
Wausau, Wis.