Letters: Feb. 28, 1964

Second Nation

Sir: The Russians are great "copycat" people and feel that such methods will overcome their shortcomings. Your cover story [Feb. 21] points out so well that Russia is not "No. 2" in the world but a "second-class" nation. We are so far ahead of them that they'll never catch up under their system of government.

ADOLPHUS W. HAWKINS JR. Richmond

Sir: I visited the Soviet Union in 1960, saw many outstanding material things, and found the Russians one of the friendliest groups of people in all of Europe. The one thing that made...

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