Reagan's Romp

To the Editors:

The American people have voted [Nov. 17] for a new hope and a new vision, without limits--a strong America economically, militarily and morally.

Jeremiah F. McSweeney

Mullens, W. Va.

Well, we survived a President Nixon. I guess we shall survive a President Reagan. I hope.

Sid Cohen

New York City

For this ailing nation, the election was a catharsis. I feel hopeful and encouraged. On with the recovery of America.

Imogene Chapman

Helotes, Texas

President Carter did not lose, the public did. The fat cats and the poll cats delivered us a dead fish.

Mrs. Waldine Wilson

Frankfort, Ky.

The message the American populace has given to Mr. Carter and the Democratic Party is obvious. Equally obvious, however, is the message to Mr. Reagan. We the people say, "You'd better do things right."

Thomas H. Ruch

Barrington, Ill.

Reagan is our clown prince, and we are his foolish subjects. Don't look now, America, but the whole world is laughing. Maybe he deserved an Academy Award for his startling performance, but he certainly didn't deserve to be President.

Shavawn M. Berry

Seattle

Your story "Anatomy of a Landslide" tells why Carter was smashed. He offended a special-interest group: Americans!

Lewis Allen Frank

Washington, D.C.

Next time someone preaches that "every vote counts," call him or her a fool, a liar, or simply naive. I waited in line 1 1/2 hours at my neighborhood elementary school to vote for a candidate who, three time zones away, had already conceded defeat. What a patriotic dilemma! Should I stay in line and vote anyway?

Rosemary Twohey

Vancouver, Wash.

Hatchet Job?

Laurence Barrett's pre-election piece on Candidate Ronald Reagan [Oct. 20] was a slick hatchet job, and you know it. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves for printing it disguised as an objective look at the man.

Greg W. Smith

Toccoa, Ga.

Your story on "The Real Reagan" did it. Why didn't you just editorially endorse him? Barrett glosses over Reagan's fatal flaws so handily that the "real" Ronald Reagan came across as the answer to all our problems.

Ina MacLean

Vestal, N.Y.

Voices of Experience

At last we hear the voices of experience! Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford [Nov. 10] clearly educated us in the responsibilities of both the President and his constituency. In a society searching for yes and no answers to every question, it was good to hear these men define the solution in terms of goals rather than polls.

Robert C. Pettyjohn

Franklinton, Ky.

It is an insult to your readers to think that they give a damn what Richard M. Nixon feels should be done in this country. To dignify a man who disgraced the presidency and used every means possible while in office for his own gain is objectionable to most of your readers.

Morris M. Kling

Louisville

I don't know when I've read an article that sounds as sensible as Ford's assessment of the job of the President, and of the Veep as well. I hope President-elect Reagan was listening.

Beatrice A. Parker

Beverly Hills, Calif.

Gerald Ford urges use of the Vice President as Chief of Staff. He argues plausibly that Congress would respond more favorably to an elected official in that position. But should the Chief of Staff be a man who is almost always chosen to balance a party's ticket? A Chief of Staff must be able to mesh with the idiosyncrasies of President and staff.

David C. Watts

Augusta, Ga.

Science Plus

The establishing of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics for gifted students [Oct. 27] is a good idea but not a great one. What would have been great would be a North Carolina School of Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. There are many gifted students whose gift is not scientific.

Virginia B. Laire

Joppa, Md.

Buying American

Your article concerning the American automobile industry's battle to limit imports [Oct. 20] was right on target. The founders of these auto companies based the development of their businesses on the American system of free enterprise and the values of competition. These are some of the very same people who under different circumstances decry the intervention of Government in the business realm.

Mauri Schwartz

Redding, Calif.

In the article on the United Auto Workers fight against Japanese imports, you say that to impose restrictions on foreign products "is not the way to cure the ills of the American auto industry." What would TIME--or, for that matter, Ronald Reagan--do that would benefit the automakers more?

Joseph T. McKeown III

Youngstown, Ohio

To deny consumers in this country the right to buy quality, fuel-efficient cars at a reasonable price is unAmerican. Foreign automakers are busy filling the demand for such cars, while Detroit clamors for more protectionism.

Robert F. Corner

Rapid City, S. Dak.

No Fizzle

You report that our new show That's My Line [Oct. 13] is a remake of our classic game show What's My Line. You also report that That's My Line "fizzled." You are mistaken on both counts.

That's My Line is about as similar to What's My Line as a French poodle is to French bread: the names have a lot in common, but the things they describe do not. That's My Line is a prime-time "reality" program; What's My Line was a game show. And CBS has ordered this "fizzled" show as a new prime-time series, to begin shortly before Christmas.

Jonathan M. Goodson

Goodson-Todman Productions

Hollywood

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