Letters: Jul. 4, 1983

L.A.'s Immigrants

To the Editors:

Your article "Los Angeles: America's Uneasy New Melting Pot" [June 13] seems to be concerned more with myth than with fact. Hispanics are not a sleeping giant, as the media like to portray us. We are intelligent, hard-working people who seek to advance through cooperation, not through intimidation. If we are indeed giants, it is in our will to succeed. We are giants in our humanity, giants in our love for our country and our commitment to the culture that binds us all.

Esteban E. Torres U.S. Representative, 34th...

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