Bickel Bows to Harbord

Sirs: . . . TIME was very nice to me--much too kind (TIME, Oct. 28). In truth, most of the credit for that press rate reduction between the U. S. and Japan should go to General Harbord of the Radio Corporation. General Harbord was the man who first made the startling suggestion of reducing the trans-Pacific press rate to ten cents a word. It was his constant insistence that finally got the Japanese government to the idea of even going him one cent better. Roy W. Howard, Chairman of the Board of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, in Japan as a delegate of the Kyoto Pan-Pacific Conference, gave the proposition the final effective push that put it over. KARL A. BICKEL

President

United Press Associations New York City

Lovell Praised

Sirs:

In TIME, Nov. 4 under the heading "Sports in re A. J. Booth Jr. you mention the name of Richard Lovell.

There is a man about whom little is known. It would be of benefit to every community to know what he has done for the youth of New Haven, Conn. His is the hand of the skillful potter. He moulds with kindness, understanding and sympathy. From that most delicate and difficult of fabrics he builds youth that emerge as men of merit.

No, they do not all turn out to be halfbacks of fame, but they do become worthy men.

He is above race, creed, religion and politics. No acclaim, no glamour. Just devoting a life to life's noblest work, "helping the other fellow along."

BENJAMIN BRONSON, M. D. Westfield, Mass.

Winchester

Sirs:

Under the heading "Sport" you refer to the present New Haven hero, Albert J. Booth, Jr. (TIME, Nov. 4).

His older brother is no longer in school. His younger brother is in "Hillhouse High School." His father is employed at the "Winchester" Company, not "Westchester."

A. G. ORMSBEE

Winchester Repeating Arms Co. New Haven, Conn.

To TIME'S proofreaders a thoroughgoing rebuke for "Westchester"--ED.

Kreuger's Control

Sirs:

The issue of TIME of Oct. 28, in its "Business & Finance" section, comments on Mr. Ivar Kreuger under the heading "Monopolist" and, at the top of p. 46, states: "In this country, his International Match Co. controls about 75% of all match production in the U. S."

TIME is mistaken in this statement. The International Match Co., we believe, controls no match production in the U. S. It may or may not control the production (in foreign countries) of about 75% of the foreign matches imported into the U. S.

Because of the usual accuracy of your statements and, because your readers generally rely upon your statements as correct, I am writing this so that TIME may, if it so desires, correct the misstatement above mentioned.

H. F. HOLMAN

The Diamond Match Co.

New York City

N. C. Merger

Sirs:

In your issue of Oct. 28th, p. 48, you note the merger of several Atlanta banks into the First National, and the merger in Worcester of three Massachusetts banks, but I believe you have thus far failed to note the recent merger of a number of North Carolina banks, a dozen or more, into the North Carolina Bank & Trust Co. with headquarters in Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, High Point, Salisbury, Rocky Mount, Burlington. Former Governor Angus MacLean of North Carolina, a prime mover in the merger, is chairman of the board.

JAMES MACCLAMROCH JR.

Greensboro, N. C.

Army-Navy Game

Sirs: . . . The crux of West Point's stand lies in ... that with its smaller enrolment it cannot cope with Annapolis unless it can disregard the three-year rule.

If this position is to be accepted, what of the colleges whose enrolment is only equal to or less than that of West Point, but who take on larger colleges without demanding any such concession? The figures given below are taken from the Chicago Daily News Year Book of 1926, but are approximate of this year's strength. With due allowance that certain of these colleges include in their totals the noneligible co-eds and graduate students, the revised figures do not materially affect the situation.

Tiny Swarthmore musters 552 to do battle against Pennsylvania's 12,285. Amherst with 615 tilts her Purple lance against Princeton's 2,412. Williams with 740 tackles Columbia's 32,769. Washington and Jefferson's 776 challenge West Virginia's 2,729, Carnegie Tech's 6,031 and Pitt's 9,304. Plucky little Colgate hurls her 825 against Michigan State's 1,878, Brown's 2,035, Indiana's 5.106, Syracuse's 7,546, Wisconsin's 11,893 and the mighty hordes oj Columbia. There are countless other cases. Princeton and Yale have passed the half-century mark in their traditional classic, but the Tiger, half the size of the Bulldog, has never asked odds.

In the old days the Army asked no odds of its opponents as the shades of Mad Anthony Wayne, George Washington, Custer, and countless others testify. The old days seem to have passed.

E. E. FRANK

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Catwashers Flayed

Sirs:

As a great animal lover I eagerly consume every article I see about them, and wish to protest the printing of such episodes as the one appearing in TIME of Oct. 28, under the heading of "Cat Wash" as unworthy of your magazine's standing. . . .

I have always been a cat fancier, and pride myself on knowing a good deal about them, and contrary to general opinion cats are very delicate and especially susceptible to colds and pneumonia, and should never even in the warmest weather be bathed in the open air, or exposed to any draft while the least bit wet. So many of them surfer severe aftereffects, as well as torture from extreme fright, which cats who are not accustomed to water always have of being put in it. Give 15 minutes excitement at a County Fair, and set a bad example of animal treatment to all children present. . . .

LOUISE N. KERROTT

Chicago, Ill.

Mann's Last Words

Sirs:

TIME for Oct. 28, p. 18, says "Antioch co-educational since 1921. . . ." Antioch, founded in 1853, was co-educational from the beginning, and prides itself on having been the first college to admit men and women to scholastic degrees on absolutely equal terms. It was and is similarly broad in its attitude toward racial and religious problems. From the time of Horace Mann's death (1859) it has been thrilled and inspired by his dying words: "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."

GEORGE H. SHULL

Antioch, 1901

Princeton University

Princeton, N. J.

Pure Williams

Sirs:

WILLIAMS COLLEGE WAS ENTIRELY EXONERATED OF ANYTHING APPROACHING ATHLETIC PROFESSIONALISM BY THE CARNEGIE INVESTIGATION SINCE YOU FAILED TO MENTION WILLIAMS IN YOUR LIST IN THE ISSUE OF NOVEMBER FOURTH A CORRECTION IS IN ORDER.

CARL S. OXTOBY

Williamstown, Mass.

Also accidentally omitted was Lehigh University.--ED.

Black Diamond's Death

Sirs:

I pick up the Oct. 28 issue of your good mag and see in it a short squib about the passing of The Black Diamond, rogue elephant. In it I note with sorrow a few unTiMEly discrepancies.

The Diamond was not killed with an elephant gun. He was not killed at Corsicana, as your mag would lead one to believe.

Hans Nagel, Houston zoo expert, attempted most ineffectually to dispatch him with a .38 Lueger. His pistol practice only served to enrage The Diamond. Then the beast became a mark for any sharpshooter in the countryside, and in my estimation the sheer weight of lead poured into him bore him to the ground. Moreover, the circus folk were glad to see him go and so expressed themselves.

He was not killed in Corsicana but in Kenedy, three jumps and four days after he had done his sixth murder.

I know, for I traveled with the circus train for three days and was in at the death. . . .

BILL BRYAN

Houston, Tex.

Cotuit

Sirs:

... I trust that you will publish a correction of the error by which "Cotuit" is located on Long Island (TIME, Sept. 30). Of course there is only one Cotuit ... on the south side of Cape Cod . . . and the only real Cotuit oysters are grown in its bay, the waters of which are certified for their purity, and which do impart a peculiarly fine flavor to the bivalves.

CHARLES L. GIFFORD

House of Representatives Washington, D. C.

What To Do ?

Sirs:

I have always adopted the suggestions made in the advertisements which appear in TIME. But the Bristol-Myers Co. ad of Oct. 28 states "Start the day right! Take Sal Hepatica at 7:25." At 7:25 I am on a 7th Ave. express subway train. What to do?

ALBERT GEORGE

New York City

Otis & Co.

Sirs:

... In describing the Southern Bell Telephone issue (TIME, Oct. 28) you stated that the offering was made by J. P. Morgan & Co., and in describing the Hansa issue you stated the bonds were sold through the Guaranty Co. I am wondering, therefore, why no reference was made to the fact that Otis & Co. headed the $60,000,000 Firestone deal also mentioned in the clippings.

T. L. BAILEY

Cleveland, Ohio

Wemyss, Ruthven

Sirs: Some months ago I was interested in reading a brief description--I believe it was in your "Letters" column--of the correct pronunciation of certain names and places in England. The enclosed clipping from the London Evening Standard, with its "duly authenticated Explanatory Ode" may be of use to those of your readers who are contemplating a visit to these shores.

HUGH GALLAHER

95, Piccadilly London, WI

The clipping:

Explanatory Ode All persons who aspire to climb The social stair, be warned in time, And saved from treading unaware Upon a step that isn't there. Each proud and unfamiliar name May prove to be a source of shame, If in pronouncing it you make, From lack of knowledge, a mistake. Great Britain absolutely teems With men and women surnamed Wemyss, And everywhere the tyro strolls There lurks an unsuspected Knollys. He's certain to be greeted glumly Who gives four syllables to Cholmondcley, Or by his ignorance disarms The good intentions of a Glamis. Who'd blame a self-respecting Tyrrwhite, Miscalled, for chiding in a spirit Of gentle protest? And a Ruthven May similarly be forgiven. "Twere justice that my tongue should blister If, having met a Mr. Bicester, I hailed him wrongly; it would grieve a Descendant of the clan of Belvoir To be erroneously addressed. It cannot be too strongly stressed: A shock awaits the fool who wavers Before he says, "Good-morning, Claverhouse." A burden of regret and woe Descends on those who Do Not Know, So I've endeavoured, in their cause, To jormulate some rhyming laws, Whereby the novice can with ease Preserve the starch amenities.