Letters: May 4, 1970

Quite Right

Sir: As both a native Southerner and a Republican, I deeply resent the President's implication that Judges Haynsworth and Carswell were the best our area could offer. In fact, they were simply second-rate candidates and were quite rightly rejected by the Senate.

(MRS.) MARY K. GUNN East Chatham. N.Y.

Sir: Well, I'll be damned! The system does work!

DAVID R. GINSBURG North Hollywood, Calif.

Sir: There was a death on Capitol Hill. The name of the deceased was Political Expediency. The only survivor was Hope.

JUDITH LIPP Fredericksburg, Va.

Sir: So Carswell has been defeated...

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