Letters, Feb. 9, 1959

Aftermath in Cuba

Sir:

Nothing will convince me that democracy has at last arrived on the Cuban scene. Fidel Castro and his entourage of pinko opportunists are only adding another act to the Cuban tragedy. Batista and Prio were not much as practitioners of freedom, but I'm sure most Cubans and Americans were shocked to hear dictatorese spout from the hirsute hermit so soon.

R. PLUM Fairmont, W. Va.

Sir:

The roar of self-righteous voices raised against the "horrors" going on in Cuba is being heard from one end to the other of the country....

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