Letters: Nov. 1, 1963

Great Britain's Great Politics

Sir: As an American studying in London, I found the recent prime-ministerial crisis intensely interesting because of its profound implications and its sharp contrast with the American processes of selecting a governmental head.

Your excellent article [Oct. 25] acutely illustrated these differences and their implications.

To me it is utter folly that one should criticize Lord Home's appointment on the basis that he is an aristocrat and therefore has little knowledge of, and even less compassion for, the problems of the laborer. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the unquestioned champion of the...

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