Letters, Feb. 5, 1973

The Time to Rise

Sir / Bull's-eye! The crisis in Congress is indeed the issue for the decade [Jan. 15]. America's survival as a democracy will. I believe, largely depend on the strength of the pressure applied by the media, and direct citizen action toward correcting congressional impotence. The federal legislature has too long been on its knees to the Chief Executive.

It is high time for some real eyeball to eyeball contact.

RICHARD A. W ATKINS

New York City

Sir / Although I enjoyed your story on Congress. I found Correspondent Neil Mac Neil's...

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