Letters: May 19, 1961

Man in Space

Sir:

After all the national acclaim for Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. is recorded in history, America now awaits an announcement from Secretary of the Interior Udall: "After all, President Eisenhower and his Vice President conceived this plan. They started it; they, I suppose, in effect handed it on to the President."

RICHARD H. RYAN

Phoenix, Ariz.

The Young Man's Troubles

Sir:

We Americans seem to have an infinite capacity for doing the wrong thing. The recent fiasco in Cuba is a perfect example of the folly of sending a boy to...

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