Letters: Mister's Cuffs

Sirs:

I beg to inform you of two untrue statements printed concerning the Secretary of the Navy in the last number [March 11] of your magazine.

His cuffs are not detachable; and in the nineteen years that I have been his son, I have never yet addressed him as "Mister." . . .

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS JR. Cambridge, Mass.

Dashes

Sirs:

I wish to enter a protest against your use of dashes in your Letters columns when you delete profanity. I approve the deletions, but I see no good reason why you should pique the...

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