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Your report on the membership appeal for the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, which I signed, totally misrepresents the appeal. The appeal supports "an ever-expanding opportunity for individuals without regard to face, class, sex or ethnic origin; an ever fairer distribution of the fruits of the country's vast wealth and productivity; a sustained effort, through compensatory action, to give those who have by birth and back ground beef disadvantaged a full opportunity to compete as equals in American life a sober but spirited assumption of America's share of responsibility for the establishment of a more secure international...
...TIME'S story "King of the Cocos" [Sept. 25] was fairer and more complete than most of the recent journalism I have read on the subject. As the sister of John Clunies-Ross, I have been distressed by sensational stories of "slavery probes...
...Israel. I think there are some other factors that may be behind what I hope will be a temporary defection of the Jewish vote (see story on page 12). I've been a leader, for example, in the reform movement in the Democratic Party which calls for fairer representation of various minority groups in the Democratic Convention process. This has resulted in more blacks coming in, more Mexican Americans, more women, more young people, and I think some Jewish voters may have seen that as a kind of threat to their position within the councils of the Democratic Party...
JAMES O'HARA. A little-known liberal Congressman from Michigan, O'Hara, 46, chairs the Rules Committee. His task: to steer toward delegate approval far-reaching changes intended not only to make future conventions fairer, but to divest them of both the boredom and the hoopla -long-winded speeches, planned demonstrations, conscripted marchers...
...light of the fact that Harvard has not reduced its contribution to graduate aid while outside funding has declined drastically, it might be fairer to say that it is the federal government and the foundations--not Harvard--which are tightening the noose on the Graduate School...