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...Your enlightening cover story on Martin Luther [March 24] has erased the picture in my mind of the wild heretic and replaced it with one of a man with great faith, strong convictions, and quite human weaknesses. TIME has helped dispel some of the interdenominational prejudice that must be abolished before ecumenism can be a reality...
This comes to the heart of the problem. For all the lip service the President may pay this week to his nonmilitary programs in South Vietnam, he will be unable to dispel the impression that he is preoccupied with military victory over the North. What success in the North specifically means in terms of ending the hostilities in the South is unclear. But as long as the United States maintains a military policy north of the 17th parallel which has become open-ended--and utterly destructive of any prospect for peace talks--the conflict in the South will continue...
...dismay with the government will, perhaps, be difficult to dispel. Yet the Institute, with free rein to invite just about anyone in government and to set up just about any kind of program it wants, is in a unique position to try. One effort perhaps should be to invite as honorary associates young and imaginative newcomers to the federal and state governments -- officials like Senator Mark O. Hatfield, or Mitchell Sviridoff of New York City's anti-poverty program -- who can give students an idea of the possibilities and excitement of politics and public service. The Institute could also...
...unlikely that the Institute's independence of the government, and its refusal to give credit course in either the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or the Kennedy School, will dispel many of its critics. For many, the idea of the Institute serving, in Neustadt's words, "as the research arm of the Kennedy School," will be repugnant. It will evoke cries that intellectuals are compromising themselves by maintaining contacts with government officials and concerning themselves with the constraints that operate on policy-makers...
...post that pitted him against Inspector James G. Fisk, the department's articulate chief of community relations. Fisk had toiled to heal the wounds of Watts, sending white-Negro police teams into ghetto schools, running workshops for gang members, assigning patrolmen to walk around meeting people and "dispel stereotypes." On the test scores, Fisk beat Reddin by a hairline half of 1%. The city's five police commissioners nonetheless picked Reddin for his overall depth and breadth. As deputy chief, Fisk will expand his community-building efforts...