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My hope is that Mr. Herter’s appointment reflects the U.S.’s maturing judgment in the type of individuals it selects to conduct and carry out governmental affairs. It will be to our credit to have more appointees with some of Mr. Herter’s attributes such as “undeviating interest in the arts” and “unflagging courtesy and willingness to listen. . .” ROSARIO QUATROCHI Park Forest, Ill. Sir: The appointment of Mr. Herter as Secretary of State is the logical path that we might expect our present, incompetent Administration to follow. The profound irony behind such a move is that the Administration now in office has precisely defined its and Mr. Herter’s condition: sick! MICHAEL HOOLIHAN Washington Diagnosis Sir: I was delighted to read about Dr. Lovshin’s conclusions concerning the “pooped” mother in your April 20 issue. I have things relatively easy since I am under 30, but as the mother of a 2½-year-old, a 17-month-old and a four-month-old, and as the foster mother of two turtles, I’m certain that I do qualify for this category. I have never heard my malady described so aptly. MRS. RODMAN A. SHARP La Jolla, Calif. Sir: I take exception to the remark by Dr. Leonard Lovshin that “How many children a woman has makes little difference . . .” As the mother of seven, I find there is seven times as much work and worry, seven times as much noise, and I get seven times as tired ! GEORGIAN A M. KENNEDY Gallup, N. Mex. Sir: All the wives I know spend half their tough, 16-hour workday kaffeeklatsching. ELIZABETH SCOTT Salt Lake City Sir: Dr. Lovshin has forgotten one thing: that tired mothers are tired having to look like M. Monroe and act like M. Hari. MRS. ALFRED BILGRAI Los Angeles Sir: Does the doctor speak from experience as well as from the research he has done? How many in his family? MRS. FRANK KEY WELL Santa Ana, Calif. ¶ Dr. Lovshin has a wife, a son (17), three daughters (15, 11, and 7). a pup, a cat and a parakeet (see cut). Says his wife: “Certainly I’m pooped.”—ED. Gas on TV Sir: The frightening thing about the censorship of the Playhouse 90 drama, Judgment at Nuremberg, by the eliminating of reference to extermination in “gas oven” \[April 27\], lies not so much in the censorship as in the awful realization that the person or persons responsible for this idiocy can be and are employed in policymaking positions in a major American industry, and can and do make decisions of this kind. (THE REV.) P. MALCOLM STEWART Holy Trinity Church Ukiah, Calif”. Sir: Thank you for helping us decide whether to purchase a gas or electric range. Our new electric range will be delivered Saturday. JULIE BEST DREW Indianapolis Right Framiscle at the “hungry i” Sir: Enjoyed your April 27 article on Larry Adler. My husband and I saw him at the “hungry i” in San Francisco, and were interested to note that the audience, composed mainly of young people, was enthusiastic about his jazz and blues, but it took the classics to bring down the house. VIRGINIA MERLO Los Angeles SIR: APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR STORY ON ME. HOWEVER STRONGLY OBJECT TO USING WORD TAWDRY TO DESCRIBE HUNGRY I. IT IS ONE OF THE RARE NIGHTCLUBS WHERE THE PERFORMER IS RESPECTED BY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ALIKE AS AN ARTIST. LARRY ADLER SAN FRANCISCO Sir: May I point out a typographical error in your story on Larry Adler, quoting my explanation of how to play the harmonica? Your text read: “All you have to do is move the left framiscle on the portisduble from hardistack with the muscles, using a frammisanic embouchure . . .” This should have read “right framiscle on the portisduble from pardistack with the muscles.” I hope that aspiring harmonica players have not been attempting an impossible technique. LEONARD FEATHER New York City Odd Inquisition Sir: An appreciative chuckle over your story on Senator Kennedy \[who met with 51 Methodist bishops and answered questions on his Roman Catholicism—April 27\]. But regret that this feature of a semiannual meeting of the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church was described as an “odd inquisition.” Panel quizzes (Meet the Press, Face the Nation, et al.) regularly bring out sharper interrogation via TV networks. How many show producers courteously furnish the “quizzed” with an advance list of questions? Bishop Oxnam’s innovation sounds like an intelligent and highly effective method of gaining firsthand information on matters of real concern. L. CULLEN Los Angeles Sir: If the U.S. is to continue its traditional separation of church and state, we had better re-examine the ramifications of electing any more Methodists to high office, what with Oxnam et al. running around Washington like a medieval College of Cardinals selecting a new king. R. A. FONTAINE Lieutenant, U.S.A.F. Verdun, France Sir: We are the Junior Tribal Council of Holy Rosary Mission of Pine Ridge, S. Dak. In our civics class we have been studying the government of our tribe, state and nation. When a man is asked to pay his taxes or to serve in the Army, no one asks him about his religion. No one should ask him about his religion when he runs for office. People should simply ask: “Is he the man for the job?” JOSEPH NEW HOLY President Oglala Sioux Reservation Pine Ridge, S. Dak. Sir: Can you imagine the furor if a group of Roman Catholic bishops should subject a Protestant candidate to a formal questioning of matters concerning his faith! The howl would be heard from Washington to Rome. ELIZABETH VOLK Wilmington, Del. The Veterans Speak Sir: I regret that the time has come when I must register my disapproval of your April 27 article on veterans’ benefits, called “Tailoring the Dole.” When the word “dole” is used, it is, to say the least, unkind. It places a stigma on all veterans who are receiving compensation or pension, regardless of the circumstances in a particular case. I can find no fault with the general reasoning: veterans as a class certainly do not expect the Government to keep them, but many have come to the place where their health is impaired and they are no longer employable. These veterans do need help. P. M. MOORE (Veteran, World War I) Aitch, Pa. Sir: Veterans’ benefits and interest on the public debt are both a delayed cost of war and should be considered together. Many of us will refuse to get excited about veterans’ benefits until they exceed the yearly interest charges. We will meet the problems of 1985 in that year and not in 1959\. It is fortunate that pension legislation rests with Congress and not with TIME or the Administration. FORREST GROVES American Legion of W. Va. Gassaway, W. Va. Siempre Fidel Sir: Now that Fidel Castro has talked to Vice President Nixon, Secretary of State Herter, 18 Congressmen, has charmed the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and has been interviewed on NBC’s Meet the Press \[May 4\], he has accomplished exactly what he set out to do: get U.S. Government approval and the approval of the people of the U.S. for his coming invasion of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A. M. EARLE Charleston, W. Va. Sir: Let us hope that our administrators are fully aware that Fidel Castro is going to cause the American hemisphere more trouble than it has seen since World War II. LARRY HAMILTON Oklahoma City From Electro to Circe? Sir: Your April 27 article on Buick failed to mention an important reason why Buick took a sales nosedive. For years every ten-year-old kid could identify Buick’s Special, Super, Century and Roadmaster—and so could the average man on the street. Our Automobile Topics Magazine recently interviewed 100 men on the street, asking them to identify the Le Sabre, Invicta and Electra; only 15% identified them as Buick models. Sad part is the cars are excellent. Floyd Clymer Publisher Automobile Topics Los Angeles Sir: If I bought an Electra—which I would not even consider—how do I know that next year it will not be renounced for a Ulysses, a Circe or a Spacehound? CHARLES W. MOORE Anaheim, Calif. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6806619/letters-may-18-1959/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6806619/letters-may-18-1959/"},"headline":"Letters, may 18, 1959","datePublished":"1959-05-18T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T23:20:46.894Z","description":"The New SecretarySir:Your April 27 article on Mr. Herter was a genuine tribute, as well it should be. 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