Correspondence
Will John Q. Public stand for this? oEl Salvador President Jose Napoleon Duarte is trotting the globe seeking support for his newly elected government. If he gets some from Moscow, maybe...
...You do not wind up making American Express commercials when you lose an election in Nicaragua...
...We have also advocated that such continued use must be properly restricted to assure workers' and consumers' safety...
...We have repeatedly advanced the fact that EDB is the only viable and approved fumigant for citrus against tropical fruit flies...
...Havender that EPA and Mr...
...Recent results indicate that gamma radiation is effective in killing the Caribbean fruit fly eggs and larvae, but it also results in severe damage to "Valencia" oranges when stored at the recommended temperature of 34 degrees...
...The articles on Jesse Jackson o(TAS, May 1984)were something of a revelation...
...EPA officials apparently did neither trust nor believe the Florida citrus industry's promise to search diligently for substitute treatment methods, or to use EDB judiciously and safely...
...Efforts are underway in Florida to eradicate the Caribbean fruit fly through the release of sterile males...
...The articles are well-written...
...We have continued a vigorous research program on irradiation since the fall of 1981...
...In January 1984, the Florida citrus industry was forced to switch to methyl bromide for fruit shipped to California or Texas in spite of the reported damage it caused to oranges and tangerines...
...Required Reading The July 1984 copy of TAS arrived just in time for me to make William Tucker's piece ("Black Family Agonistes") required reading in my summer Minorities course...
...He was 52...
...In 1982, the ACLU went on record as opposing any work requirement as a condition of eligibility for welfare...
...One quibble, which is really a compliment: It would have been a bonus if Antony Flew could have given us more detail in his review of The Discoverers...
...Among the manifold attributes of God, we must not forget sense of humor, mp.j...
...Those who did the selling were, by and large, white professors, social workers, professional "activists," and bureaucrats...
...The trouble is that we Europeans obtain most of our information about the States from Newsweek and Time (both peculiarly anti-British) and this results in a rather low opinion, however unfair, of America...
...I recommend this elegant treatment to all sourpuss liberal hypochondriacs and insomniacs--YUK...
...Whenever I experience severe melancholia or insomnia I simply dig out some old issues of TAS and read Current Wisdom and the Continuing Crisis and laugh myself into dreamless slumber (no hangover, except sore belly muscles...
...and the departments are clever, informative, and even amusing...
...For example, our scientists have suspected that the recommended dose of EDB may be too high and persisted in calling for a reexamination of the dose/fly mortality relationship...
...Tucker's argument that the ACLU would stand in,the way of any substantive reform of the welfare mess is quite right...
...While it is no doubt true that AFDC in the 1930s contributed to disruptive family patterns, the big damage did not occur until the 1960s...
...The 4th is one national holiday that has escaped federally-mandated transformation into a three-day weekend...
...Given this cast of mind, it is evident that the effects of welfare on child development and family solidarity (mentioned by Tucker) are of no interest to our civil libertarians...
...If he gets some from Moscow, maybe Congress will lighten up on the death squad criticisms...
...Bernard Lester Executive Director Florida Department of Citrus Lakeland, Florida...
...He has very well articulated to your readers many of the points which the Florida Department of Citrus has repeatedly presented to and discussed for years with EPA officials and the Scientific Advisory Panel...
...E. Simon Chair in Political Economy Center for Strategic & International Studies Georgetown University Washington, D.C...
...The 4th of July fell on a Wednesday...
...However, Americans no longer know how to celebrate anything by themselves...
...We agree with Dr...
...The only thing that matters is whether those eligible for welfare are on the dole, experiencing their rights and enjoying the fruits of state paternalism...
...We have constantly pleaded with EPA to permit its continued use until a substitute is found...
...Ruckelshaus have acted hastily under the heightened media EDB-scare...
...O'Rourke Literary Liberals Congratulations to Peter Shaw for " L i t e r a r y Lies of Respectable Liberals" (TAS, June 1984...
...The only change in procedure is to increase fumigation time by 15 minutes...
...In spite of the negative feedback from EPA, we continued our search for new methods and to improve the use and handling of EDB...
...At least you can't call me periphrastic...
...This therapy is timeless and has already been paid for, which appeals to my Vermont Yankee frugality--only one trouble: The treatment is habit-forming and one needs ever larger doses...
...More restraint should have been exercised by EPA, even under mounting pressure to properly assess the risks and evaluate the alternatives...
...Kevin M. Cosgrove, M.D...
...A single day off in the middle of the week didn't give most of us time enough to make it to the Epcot Center, so the nation's birthday was skipped this year...
...Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward led the way with their article in the Nation (May 2, 1966) urging everyone to get on the rolls so we could bankrupt the system and thus provoke a nationalized program of welfare...
...Robert M. Pollet Aylsham, Norfolk United Kingdom I have long...
...Unfortunately, severe chilling damage has resulted from fall and spring shipments and great losses were incurred...
...Bronx, New York The July issue is first rate...
...Finally the facts about Kathy Boudin & Co...
...But with the constant threat of reinfestation by the Mediterranean, the Mexican, or other fruit flies, there is a need for a reliable standby fumigant or treatment method to assure continued" movement of our fruit to the market-place...
...Cold sterilization, developed and approved-by the USDA and accepted by Japan as an alternate to EDB, has been widely used by the Florida citrus industry during the 1983-1984 season...
...enjoyed an excellent and inexpensive substitute for psychotropic and hypnotic drugs...
...eFormer Weatherperson Bernardine Dohrn has discovered a more efficacious method than pipe bombs for destroying the social fabric of America...
...in Eugene H. Methvin's review] are virtually unknown in Europe...
...William A. Donohue Chairman, Division of Social Sciences LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Fan Mail Just a fan note to say that your excellent Review has finally arrived on the wild shores of this ancient county (via Encounter...
...Paul Craig Roberts Wm...
...We hope that a lesson has been learned to avoid repeating the old saw "Decide in Haste, Repent at Leisure...
...It is, without doubt, the most honest, clearheaded article I've seen addressing the conditions which negate black progress...
...Having said that, I'd like to comment on Tucker's assertion that AFDC in the 1930s ruined black social patterns...
...Liberals have not only politicized culture for ideological ends, they have done the same thing to academic scholarship, all the while pretending that they are the salt of the earth and the custodians of objectivity...
...He maintains that the tragedy occurred because blacks "trusted the system...
...Henry Heatherly Lafayette, Louisiana Florida and EDB I have read Dr...
...But our requests fell on deaf ears...
...oAnd Jim Fixx, author of the Complete Book of Running, died of a heart attack while jogging...
...The real shame of the matter is that the welfare binge that took place in the sixties occurred at a time when the nation's unemployment rate was 3.5 percent (and only 4 percent among blacks...
...She passed her New York state bar examination...
...William R. Havender's article "Cancer Scare of the Month" in the June issue of The American Spectator...
...I assure you my thought has changed indeed...
...Carry on...
...Havender's arguments were clear, concise,and convincing...
...Their vigilant watch over our rights does not extend to moral depravity...
...Blacks, although they trusted the system, were in fact sold the idea that they deserved relief and were entitled to pay without work...
...We have not given up on irradiation, however, and will continue our research effort to ameliorate its effects...
...oMeanwhile, the Sandinistas cannot find anyone to run against them in the Nicaraguan general elections...
...the book reviews are of high quality and are about books of importance and of interest...
...All-in-aU this is an extraordinary issue...
...Research by the USDA has just been finalized proving that less than half the recommended amount of EDB is required when the fruit temperature is 65 degrees to achieve the necessary degree of fly mortality...
Vol. 17 • September 1984 • No. 9
