Party in San Francisco

Sir: How can anyone blame Ike for refusing to endorse a G.O.P. nominee for President? After all, it was he who recommended our present Chief Justice. Such a horrible blunder should keep him silent for the rest of his life.

V. C. SILER Ramona, Calif.

Sir: President Johnson is selling this country short by his refusal to tell the American people the truth about the dangers we face with Red China and Russia. Senator Goldwater is a true American who wants to defend the rights of every American. When Goldwater becomes President, the White House will become a place of truth and sincerity.

NICHOLAS KLIROS Lowell, Mass.

Sir: I am disturbed by the large number of letters in your column that imply that if one is not for Goldwater, one's patriotism is somehow suspect. I hope that such a basically undemocratic way of thinking represents only a small number of the Goldwater supporters.

HOWARD C. WOLFE New York City

Sir: If Goldwater wins the nomination, Lyndon Johnson gets my vote, and the Democratic Party gets my registration. My Republican Party will be defunct, and I cannot support a party remade to conform with a man who is not a Republican.

C. G. CAMPBELL Annapolis

Sir: Barry Goldwater represents the first major breakthrough in "political conservatism" since the days of Teddy Roosevelt. Let's rid ourselves of this clique of liberals, Commie lovers, "intellectuals" and spend-nuts; let's extinguish the eternal flame of mediocrity and move up to greatness.

C. RAND Boston

Sir: It is a downright pity to see great Americans like Romney, Ike and Dirksen refuse to speak against Barry. Instead of doing what they know is morally right, they jump on Barry's bandwagon for personal rewards. As a Democrat, I congratulate Scranton and Lodge for giving Goldwater a fight.

RICHARD CONSOLA Boston

Sir: Goldwater's views do not disturb me so much as the fact that his views apparently do not represent the majority of Republicans in this country. I hope that the system by which we nominate a candidate for the presidency has not degenerated to the point where the candidate is chosen irrespective of the wishes of the people who make up the party.

RICHARD SELDEN EATON Washington, D.C.

Sir: Senator Dirksen's nimble leap aboard the Goldwater bandwagon [July 10] is a sad exercise in a politician's descent from statesmanship. We are fortunate that he cannot take back the civil rights bill and the test ban treaty even as he forfeits our confidence and trust.

DAVID L. PASSMAN Chicago

Sir: It is difficult for me, or any other Republican, to believe that Senator Dirksen "fully intends to be on what he feels is the winning side." It is more factual to say that Dirksen is on the side that he feels is the right side--win, lose, or draw.

KURT BAYMILLER Watertown, S. Dak.

Missing in Mississippi

Sir: Your statement that "despite its high purpose, the Negro revolution breeds violence and death" [July 3] must have been welcomed in the South, If the three young men had chosen to spend a less dedicated, more relaxed summer, if Postman William Moore had stayed off the highways, if the Negro girls had slept late and not attended their Birmingham church, and if Medgar Evers had never joined the N.A.A.C.P., there would still be violence and death in the South. There always has been.

ANITA ZELMAN Los Angeles

Sir: I am outraged and disgusted that members of our U.S. Navy are used for the purpose of trying to locate three no-good rabblerousers in the South. Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman went to Mississippi looking for trouble, and if they got it, they deserved it.

MRS. ROBERT W. LISTER Lawton, Okla.

Sir: Would not the people in the North react violently to an equal number of Southern students entering Harlem with a similar purpose? Human nature being what it is, I believe they would. It is time for the Northern press and civil rights groups to take care of their own problems before interfering in those of the South. When will the hypocrisy end?

J. DAVID KELLEY Wayne, N.J.

Key to Defeat?

Sir: The warm and enthusiastic reception that Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy received from the people of "Communist" Poland [July 10] shows that the key to the defeat of Communism lies in Eastern Europe. If handled correctly, the affection that the satellite councils have for Western democracy will spread into the Soviet Union itself.

JOHN J. NEUBERT Yonkers, N.Y.

Scanning Scandinavia

Sir: You managed to bring the whole world of Scandinavia concisely and fully into the pages of TIME [July 3]. You pinpointed the reasons why the number of North American visitors to Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have increased more than three times over in the last ten years: they go, not only for pleasure, but also to observe and study the exciting and, on the whole, remarkably successful Scandinavian solutions for so many of the problems that face all societies. TORE H. NILERT

President

Scandinavian Airlines System, Inc. New York City

Sir: Although I have always been sharply critical of TIME, I must admit you have made an honest and objective presentation of the subject of Scandinavia. You did not spice the story with distortions on Scandinavian welfare schemes, suicide rates, divorce rates, etc. I was amazed at your treatment of sexual mores. It's good to know that it is possible for the nation's largest newsmagazine to report objectively.

ROGER RAPOPORT North Muskegon, Mich.

Sir: I would guess that your picture of the "craggy Scandinavian coast" must be the wild west of Norway, but where?

REIDAR F. SOGNNAES, D.M.D. Los Angeles

-- Wrong guess. It's the western coast of SuderF, one of the FaerFerne, Islands belonging to Denmark.--ED.

Sir: I am here on a holiday visiting American relatives, and read your Scandinavia article. Why do you deceive your readers into thinking we Swedes are capitalist? We have been Socialist for many years. As for having a living standard higher than yours, I never see at home the poverty, filth and lack of hope I see here in the U.S.

BERIT ENGSTROM St. Louis

Sir: Having been a regular visitor to Scandinavia for 15 years, I am appreciative of your article. However, the article failed to give due recognition to Norway, the country that has been our closest ally from a military standpoint--as well as a land offering more cultural, scenic and commercial attributes than were depicted. You failed to mention that Norway's unemployed totals about 2,700, or about 1/15 of 1 % of the total population. Norway gives benefits to its workers as yet unheard of in the U.S., but industry still competes in world markets.

D. F. NUGENT JR. Wellesley, Mass.

Detecting Diabetes

Sir: You are to be commended for alerting the public to the opportunities now available for earlier detection of diabetes mellitus [June 26]. The technique used by the Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland is an excellent method. It is difficult, though, to screen large numbers in this manner, and it should not be a substitute for the best method of discovering if one has diabetes: having a blood-sugar test done by the laboratory of one's own physician.

JOHN B. BRYAN, M.D. President

Michigan Diabetes Association Detroit

Scrupulous Advice

Sir: Houston Police Chief McGill's shocking statement that "naturally we would like to talk to a person before his lawyer does, because we know that many a lawyer is unscrupulous and will advise his client to say nothing [July 3]," displays so egregious an ignorance of the fundamental concepts of Anglo-American criminal law and the constitutional safeguards underlying our accusatorial system that I would not have believed it possible from a man in his position.

LEO KEARNEY O'DRUDY JR.

Barstow, Calif.

Poets of Persia

Sir: Ghalib and Mir [June 26] are to the Urdu language what Shakespeare and Milton are to English. They are names to conjure with in the Urdu-knowing countries of India and Pakistan. Describing them as "minor Persian poets" is a rank inexactitude.

M. AKRAM KHAN Hyderabad, India

We Think We've Got It

Sir: An axiom in show business seems to be that it doesn't, matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right--or, as in my case, as long as they spell your father's name right. In spelling my father's name A-a-r-o-n C-o-p-l-a-n-d [July 3], you were slightly off the mark. Actually my father spells his name I-s-i-d-o-r-e M-i-1-l-e-r, and he sired not only me, Joan, but a brother (a playwright), who spells his name A-r-t-h-u-r M-i-1-l-e-r. Miller is our family name, and Copeland is simply a name I chose upon deciding on a theatrical career. I would be most grateful if you would make note of the above correction, both to quiet Mr. Copland's nerves, and to set my dear father's suspicions at rest.

JOAN M. COPELAND New York City

Agnes on the Burtons

Sir: I was there at the Burtons' poetry reading (but not with my bathing suit under my dinner gown), and I felt exactly like Agnes [July 3]. Poor, fat Elizabeth Taylor trying desperately to be an actress! She belongs in films but surely not in front of an audience. Richard Burton's voice is truly great and he is a great actor. But please do tell Elizabeth to stay off the stage and remain in those big color extravaganza movies where she looks so much better and doesn't have to act.

HELEN MOORE Garden City, N.Y.

Dear Agnes: Gosh, I'll bet your school paper thought your letter was the coolest, real TW3. But gee, Agnes, to us alumni it was dullsville, collegiate, bah, bah, bah. Like when I shell out jack for a news mag, I want to know what's really going on, see? I mean like I just want the facts not a Hedda Hopper field report. So turn the column back to Daddy, baby, and enjoy your vacation. Love,

JORDAN NELSON New York City

Harlow the Actress

Sir: So Jean Harlow [July 3] "could not act," eh? I wonder if your book reviewer ever saw Bombshell or Redheaded Woman or Dinner at Eight or The Girl from Missouri or Red Dust or Beast of the City or China Seas or The Public Enemy or even Hell's Angels! I wonder, in fact, if your reviewer has ever seen any Hollywood films made in the '20s and early '30s; if he had, he would not have singled out Jean Harlow for "refusal to wear a brassiere." That was standard practice. Nor is he up on his clinical psychology. Nymphomania is not something girls have "bouts" of. You either got it, or you ain't. The details of Jean Harlow's short, unhappy life may not be savory, but that is no cause to sully her image as it remains to us on the screen: that of a vibrant and beautiful woman with more temperament and talent than a carload of today's pneumatic wonders.

DAN M. MORGENSTERN New York City

Poster Art

Sir: I was astonished that the article La Belle Epoque [July 10] made no reference to the current exhibition of posters at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre. The exhibition will continue until Oct. 5.

RENE SALANON Chief Curator Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris

Maids in America

Sir: As an English secretary, I cannot agree with anybody who says that we are overpaid or that we take jobs away from American girls [July 10]. I have found that here in New York you can only earn what you are worth and not a penny more, that you must be prepared to cater to your boss's every whim, make the coffee, order the lunch, wipe the catchup off his tie, sew the buttons on his jacket, and generally be the head cook and bottle-washer and be "personable" at all times. My dear editor, in England they do not call this a "secretary"--this is a "maid." American girls don't want these jobs, and I don't blame them.

DORIS HURST New York City

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