Magazine Time is not out of line in selecting Mohammed Mossadegh, Premier of Iran, as the “Man of the Year” in 1951. Most of us wouldn’t have thought of this distinguished man of Iran as a candidate for the mythical title, simply because we have a considerable number of prominent Americans upon whom we would have conferred the honor. We are a bit jealous that way, thinking as we do, there are comparatively few foreigners who can measure up to our really great men. But Magazine Time takes a new tack in selecting Mohammed Mossadegh, considering him to be the personification of the spirit of the “Little Countries” which are under the domination of some of the “Bigger Countries,” and which are seeking a complete independence in all categories of national integrity with no strings of any kind attached. The Premier of Iran translated and interpreted the aims and ambitions of all small nations into a realism which scorched the principle of paternalism for profit in the practice of governments with vast colonial interests.