Forum, Apr. 28, 1975

The Babies Left Behind

To the Editors:

I was one of those for the war in Viet Nam, but as I slept last night under a soft, warm blanket, I thought of the children of God in Viet Nam under their blankets of stinking death, hunger and abandonment [April 14], and I wondered there in the dark if lightning would strike.

Gary V. Heesch Oregon City, Ore.

That the "baby lift" is another facet of our emotionalism with respect to South Viet Nam is undeniable. But that it is being used by the Administration to manipulate emotions in favor of the President and against the...

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