Nation: Voice of Reason: On Violence

The Bank of America has been a frequent target for the attacks of radical dissenters. In a San Francisco speech last week, Chairman Louis Lundborg, 64, entered an eloquent plea for understanding. Excerpts:

WE all lose by violence, whether we be young, old, liberal, conservative, hippie or square. As a nation, we are wounded by such acts, whenever they occur; and as individuals, we lose one of the foundation stones of all our freedom to live our lives. Sometimes I could weep for the young who have condoned violence in the name of liberal goals, because I know that they will be...

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