Letters, May 9, 1977

Genetic Genie:

Monday, May 09, 1977

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    The Essay, in its efforts to "protect" the 400-an-hour labor of Taiwan and South Korea, totally ignores the cost to America in terms of welfare and unemployment expenses plus the soaring property taxes in the many communities losing their sole industrial base.

    Also, what of the dignity of the skilled American shoe worker, whose efforts and experience entitle him to a share in the American Dream?

    Robert S. Brody Andover, Mass.

    Why should I pay $25 or more for an American-made pair of summer sandals that, come September, will be just as worn out as the $6 or $7 Taiwanese-made pair I plan to buy instead? How can the American shoe manufacturer want me to feel guilty about bypassing his product? It's he who should feel guilty, not I.

    Alice Leahy Calumet Park, Ill.

    Nixon v. Abrahamsen

    As I read your article about the psychobiography of Richard Nixon [April 18] I thought: Wouldn't it be fun if someone did a similar analysis of David Abrahamsen in an attempt to discover why he really wrote Nixon vs. Nixon?

    Judy Eckhardt Grand Forks, N.D.

    Wouldn't a study of this nature have been of more benefit if it had focused on the presidential candidates at the time of the primaries and revealed the inner motives of those seeking to lead the nation?

    Patricia Canavan Milton, Mass.

    Do you suppose it ever occurred to Abrahamsen that Nixon mashed potatoes without leaving any lumps for the same reason that others of us do—we do not like lumpy mashed potatoes?

    Mrs. Robert Beach Henton Olivia, Minn.

    When one considers the numerous homicide trials in which the defense has a psychiatrist or two to declare the defendent insane and the prosecution has an equal number of psychiatrists to declare the same defendent quite sane, how can anyone possibly take any psychobiography seriously?

    Mike Franklin Cleveland

    Abrahamsen's Nixon vs. Nixon should have been called The Brutal Assassination of a Man!

    Elizabeth Mason Monticello, Ind.

    Long Live the Seniors

    I applaud your article on Super-Seniors [April 18]. My 83-year-old grandfather decided two years ago that he would like to play tennis, even though it had been more than 50 years since he had held a racquet. He is now an avid player, has won trophies and has pursuaded many of his peers to take up the sport.

    I respect my grandfather immensely for his ability to enjoy life, yet I do wish he would quit beating this 22-year-old on the tennis court.

    Linda R. Wright Worthington, Ohio

    Very inspiring. It is good to know there is more to the ripe years than yogurt and Miami.

    Tom Greenwald Westport. Conn.

    Name Game

    On the question of renaming an independent Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard [April 18]: I beg Mr. Buchwald's pardon, but as a summer resident of Nantucket, I much prefer Nan's Vineyard to Martha's Tucket.

    (Mrs.) Marie Sussek Montclair, N.J.

    Marathon Man

    I must defend Pheidippides. You stated [April 18] that in the Boston Marathon, "even the stragglers do a good deal better" than he did in that "no one has ever expired."

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