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...Manchestei, N H Helen McC Bainbridge...

...Dear Editor Bureaucracy It seems the press is our only weapon in the fight against government's mindless and cold-blooded bureaucracy For this reason Richard J Margolis, in focusing attention on the economic plight of tiny Cesar Chavez College ( Payments to the Past, NL, August 5) has performed a genuine public service He reminds us vet again that the inhumane rationalization of modern life, which over half a century ago Max Weber both described and detested, is achieving its apotheosis in the United States Milwaukee Stanley Gerard Detente Zbigmew Brzezmski s A U S Portfolio in the USSR9' (NL August 5) was 1 timely reminder that true detente requires much more than wishful thinking The Nixon-Kissinger policy may go a long way in propping up the Soviet economy and strengthening the Communist dictatorship, yet how it will benefit the United States or help ease global tensions remains to be seen So far, at least, m the arrangements that have come out of the much-vaunted relaxation of hostilities the American people have received a great deal of icing for their troubles, but very little cake Surely, we should take a hint from Aleksandr I Solzhenitsyn, a man Henry Kissinger clearly prefers to ignore In his Letter to the Sonet Leaders, the exiled Nobel prize winner made a point of appealing to the self-interest of the Kremlin bosses, knowing them to be hard-headed practical men Hopefully, with Nixon out and Gerald Ford in, America's foreign policy planners will stop pursuing chimeras of kindliness and return the Ship of State to a realistic, and therefore less foolhardy, course Chicago William T Zablecki Presidents A number of commentators have made the comparison between Harry S Truman's accession to the Presidency and Gerald R Fold's, but Henry F Graff's ' The 'Ordinary Man' as President" (NL, September 2) is the only piece I've seen that actually attempts to carry the analogy through It was an informative analysis, and Graff s personal anecdotes on his experiences with various Chief Executives were totally delightful I might add that as someone who has long required glasses, I especially approved of his scornful remarks about Presidents who try to conceal the fact of their weak eyes from, the American public But now, of course, the vital question that someone must answer is Does Jerry Ford wear eyeglasses...