Letters, Oct. 1, 1979

Connally Power

To the Editors:

The office of President and the responsibilities of the U.S. call for a man who understands power—how to use it and how to deal with others who wield it.

John Connally [Sept. 10] personifies power better than any other candidate of either party.

Dwight Eckerman New York City

Didn't the U.S. get a bellyful of Texas political wheeler-dealers during the presidential term of Connally's late buddy, Lyndon Baines Johnson?

Art de Desrochers Monitor, Wash.

Dynamism may beget polarity, but the lack of leadership begets a malaise among the electorate. With...

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