A Letter From The Publisher, Apr. 16, 1973

COVER Subject Sam Ervin is unlike most of the politicians that Correspondent Neil MacNeil has covered during his 24 years in Washington. "He has never been a publicity hound," says MacNeil; "he has never run a mimeograph to shoot off a daily barrage of press releases, hoping to get his name in print. Yet as a raconteur and one of Washington's hardest workers, he has always been well known to anyone dealing regularly with the Senate." Now, as chairman of the select Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair, Ervin is becoming equally familiar to the public. For this week's cover story...

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