Forum, Jun. 2, 1975

Refugees: The Uncertain Welcome

To the Editors: It is disillusioning to realize that a majority of the American public never objected to wasting $150 billion killing off Asians they did not know, in a war they did not understand, but now react violently to spending a few hundred million to save the lives of some of that war's victims. Any amount for death but not one cent for life, right?

Kay Byrne Charlotte, N.C.

While it is part of our civil religion to aid the hungry and to welcome refugees from all over the world, it is a religion we have...

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