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EEffiEE3S To THE EDiTORs

FALLOUT SHELTERS Sirs: precedent has been set that will prob- marricds. Part 1| (Sept. 15) is even
Sjrs: Congratulations on }'our treatment ably be on our conscience a long time. more important to parents and teens.
LIFE has performed another out- of fallout shelters. Our countr}'men OSCAR F. SPICER LIFE has attained a high plateau
standing public service with the arti- need such help to have the courage Gettysburg, Pa. in excellence and public service with
cle on fallout shelters (Sept. 15). to face unpleasant realit}'. E\'en ii. these articles.
ED EDMONDSON pacifist should be `ble to support the MISS AMERICA BERT L. CURTIS
House of Representatives shelter program. since its efi`ect ci`n Sirs: Long Beach, Calif.
Washington, D.C. only be to preser\`e life and to i`lle-
viate suffering. You gave Miss Delaware and Miss Sirs:
Sjrs: I note one flau', however. The peo- Utah more space than the new Miss You gave romance a rather hard
America (Sept. 15). I don't think this
I, like many others, held a fatalis- plc in your "Big Pipe in the Bach- is fair at all to North Carolina. or kick in the teeth which I don't belie\'e
tic attitiide toward the fallout prob- yard" are going to be disappointed Mdria Fletcher. You could at least it deserves. Maintain a sober outlook
leni. Your article did much to bring when they try to tune in Conelrad on have shown her in a bathing suit since during courtshii). of course, but have
home to me the fact that my family their portable radio. The pipe is a she won the swim-suit competition fun. Why look Cupid in the e}.e and
very effective radio shield. An}'one
can, and must, be protected. ask him for his credentials? He ma}`
using such a shelter must install i`n RUTH BEST
MRS. ROBERT G. STEELE external anteniia. Burlington, N.C. never shoot that arTo`` at .yoii again.
Sea ford, Del.
Dor` H. GRoss Douc,LAs M. GARDr`'ER
Soilth Hamilton` Mass. Las Vegas, Ne\.
Sjrs:
In your instructions on the proce- > Right.Anaerial isneeded.-ED. Sirs:
dure to follow in case of attack you
seem to assume split-second action Sjrs: One of the most effecti\'e state-
and complete emotional control on ments yet seen. Ernest llavemann has
the part of the population, when it You neglected to tell ils how to siir- succeeded in putting into print what
appears more realistic to assume that vjve when, at`ter ii two-week shelter must pass through (he minds of niany
mass panic would prevent many peo- perjod, we emerge into a \`orld of of the more thoughtf.ul of us who ai.e
ple from reaching shelters in time. polluted livestock` \egeti`tion and involved in courtship-modem sty.1e.
Our efforts should be directed to- reservoirs. RICHARD 8. BARBER
ward a movement to help preveiit BARBARA \\`.ERSBA Ann Arbor. Mich.
nuclear war rather than an indoctri- Vineyard H€`ven, Mciss.
nation in the passive aoccptance of MISCELLANY
m€`ss annihilation. > The vast and complex subject of
hou' to survive af.ter the iiiitial t`all- Sirs:
JANET SCHWARTZ
Madison, Wis. out period \\'ill be discussed in t`u- Ho\\ does the fellow on the strato-
ture issues of LiF[.-ED. cyc[e (Sept.15 ) get on and off without
falling over? His bike ism.t exactl}'
Sirs:
Civil Defense should be replaced PARIAY OF A easy to climb on.
by Civil Offense. People who build PICASSO RICHARD LUCASH
shelters should be taxed loo cents on Spring Valle}'. N.Y.
the dollar with all monies to be used S i rs :
for offensive weapons. I noti`d Don Ful- > Getting on requires the help of a
ler.s Picasso (Scpt. friend (bt'/oit'). Getting off is eas-
ARTHUR RITTMASTER JR. MISS AMERICA ICENTER) ier. He jumps.~ED.
New York, N.Y. 15) on a check ui(h
interest beciiuse ill
JaniLi`r}' 11)60 I (oo EDITORIAL
Sirs:
S i rs :
Who can afford shelters? I've heard i mailedpici`ssoa I read with a sense of shock }'our
check (for Sloo)
that one can't afford not to have one, i`sking jt` he coiildn.t editorial saying that ..Khrushche\
but, as a teacher with four children, send iiie soii`ething must be aware that the American
I just manage from one payday to t`or the check since people are willing to face nuclear uar
the next. I was a great i`dmir- for Berlin" (Sept.15). What is implied
Maybe I should choose a new pro- er of his. About sit is a near-unanimous will or acqui-
fession-cement block building? months later I received m}' check escence to disaster.
RcOER C. JOHNsON back plus my origiiial letter and a LIFE magazine has written highly
Dr{`yton Plains, Mich. drawing (aboi'{7) on the bi`i`k of the intelligent and constructive editorials
check. You Will note ho\\ similar it on the need for world law in settling
Sirs: is to Mr. Fuller.s. disputes. This is a rational approach
In your picture of a we][-stocked JA\. LusH to foreign policy and needed the more
shelter you show a carbon tetra- Philadelphia, F'.1. desperately now that the dispute over
chloride hand-pump fire extinguisher. Berlin has reached a dangerous stage.
This is about the poorest type of ex- WAR ON WAR IN THE CONGO SALLY HAMMOND
tinguisher that one could buy be- Sirs: New York, N.Y.
cause when carbon tet hits heat it
breaks down into hydrochloric acid Your article on tlic Congo situ.i- Sirs: JIM ARNOID GETS A HAND uP
and phosgene (a poisonous gas) and tion (Sept. 15) and the United N:`- Congratulations on your Berlin
shoiild not be used in any enclosed tions forces. crusade agi`inst tl`i` editorial. I suggest that after the crisis SPECIAL REPORT
"hired gun`. policy of Katanga pro\-
area. passes the Allied powers build a liiag-
NORMAN W. LAWSON JR. ince struck me as incredibl}' stiipid. .n nificent new Berlin city similar to Bra- S i rs :
Fort Thomiis, Ky. a world beset by troLibles in which silia within West Germany and move And with a quiet triumph in At-
there is a plenitiide of violence .ind ii old Berlin and its people to it. ]anta. as reported b} Gcorge MCMi]-
I. The carbon tet extinguisher was paucity of stability, the United Ni`- EDGAR M. IIELTMAN lan (Sept.15). a Whole nation quietl}'
for iise outside the shelter where, tions expedition in Ki`t<inga c:`n onl}' Cincinnati, Ohio ex(ends its heartfelt grati(ude to the
be considered aiding the former. It
as O.C.D.M. officials point out, takes more than a little menti`l g.\m- citizenry of Atlanta for their courage
most fires would Occur. For use nastics to underst&nd how siich ii flii- LOVE AND MARRIAGE and determination.
Atlanta` m} hand -and my heart
inside the shelter they recom- grant and unjiistified use of force \\as Si rs :
niend a water, pump-type extin- supposed to insilre the tranquillit}' Part I of "Love and Mi`ri-iage" 80 OIIt (0 y.Ou- M`RG.`RET G. SO\'EY
guisher.~ED. of the Congo. Indeed, a di`ngcroiis should be required reading for all Petaluma. C.alif.

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