Dear Editor
Dear Editor The New Leader welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, but letters should not exceed 300 words. Solzhenitsyn It is not surprising that Soviet customs inspectors are...
...it would only aggravate inflation if we already had full employment...
...I firmly believe that stepped-up spending for useful public works is the best way to end unemployment...
...And though a deficit would add to the Federal debt, this is also no cause for alarm since the debt is owed to ourselves...
...more control of water pollution through sewage disposal plants...
...The recent tax cut and rebate were small steps toward coping with the unemployment problem, much too small...
...Moreover, people tend to see such measures as an omen of the national economic condition, heightening their fear that they may be the next to be laid off...
...The government could create a multitude of jobs through a massive, Federally funded program similar to the Public Work Projects successfully adopted by Franklin Roosevelt to relieve the 1930-33 crisis...
...and, above all, more urban renewal, provided it is accompanied by sufficient lower-income housing developments...
...New York City Gene Shalit Hats off to Marvin Kitman for his award-winning appraisal of the Emmies ("Improving the Art of Self-Praise," NL, July 7...
...Besides, every increased payment of interest on that debt would represent further taxable income from some individual or corporation...
...more homes for the aged...
...By so refusing, he has earned for himself recognition as the Number One Philistine of America...
...I have always considered myself a Kitmaniac, but now I am even more devoted...
...Solzhenitsyn is of the stature of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy...
...Not only would we be furnishing jobs, but we would have something tangible to show for the expenditure involved as well...
...Perhaps such a plan would initially cause an increased Federal deficit, but that would certainly diminish as tax eaters become taxpayers...
...President Ford's disregard of the plight of the unemployed, together with the ineffectiveness of Congress, has led to the almost complete neglect of the needs of an increasingly large proportion of our population...
...Anyway, tax breaks are never likely to be big enough to enable anyone to buy a house or a car, the products of the worst-affected industries...
...In any case, a Federal deficit is desirable when there are many unemployed, for it boosts buying power...
...But it is shameful that President Ford has refused to meet with the Russian author...
...more "scrubbers" for factory emissions...
...If the "serious flaws" of the Emmy show are any indication of the sorry state of television in general, then the wasteland is indeed becoming increasingly vast...
...New York City Peter Kendleberger Employment I found Robert Lekachman's "Yes, We Can Afford Full Employment" (NL, July 21) most salient...
...This, in turn, generates a demand for additional goods and services, resulting in job opportunities...
...Solzhenitsyn It is not surprising that Soviet customs inspectors are instructed to confiscate the works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, as mentioned in Mark Hopkins' "Ratifying Soviet Censorship" (NL, July 21...
...Riverside, Conn, Alfred Baker Lewis...
...We need more mass transit...
...Philistines One and Two have given us a clear indication of their stature by failing to show simple courtesy to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn...
...So they are inclined to hold on to what they get instead of putting it back into the economy...
...Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is now only the Number Two Philistine...
...New York City James T. Farrell Kitman Marvin Kitman's piece on Frank Blair ("Blair Leaves the Air," NL, April 14) was first rate...
Vol. 58 • August 1975 • No. 16
