The Press: DEAR SUBSCRIBER

Every week from Washington, D.C. scores of Multigraphed "news letters" flow out, full of capitalized warnings, uncheckable rumors and cryptic prophecies on political and economic things to come. Last week in the Nation, Associate Editor Robert Bendiner (TIME, April 17), with tongue in cheek, put out his own news letter. Samples:

"DEAR SUBSCRIBER:

Look for RISE in unemployment . . . directly related to increased joblessness . . . There will be NO WAR with Russia this week . . . Pulp shipments from Siberia to Moscow are 37 per cent less than required for...

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