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...Rewards of REAP...
...Your article "REAPing a Budgetary Whirlwind" [Feb. 5] states that few urban Americans have ever heard of REAP, Rural Environmental Assistance Program, which you describe as a "classic case of an originally worthwhile program that has outlived its usefulness." I do not believe that your attempt to acquaint the American public with REAP reflects our experience with the program in Nebraska...
...Nebraska, soil runoff is still our most serious water pollutant, and dust is our No. 1 air pollutant. Through REAP, the likelihood of devastating floods has been reduced, public recreational opportunities have been provided, and the program has contributed significantly to increased productivity in agriculture, which in turn gives the American consumer relatively low food costs...
...perhaps the most important benefit stemming from REAP is the continued maintenance and improvement of the productivity of this nation's land and water resources for future generations...
Over the years, through bad shows and worse, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals has become talented in at least one area--self-promotion. As the Pudding has aged it has branched out, trading on its name and Harvard affiliation to reap ever greater unwarranted prestige. Be assured that when the Pudding publicists tell you that their is the world's third oldest theatrical organization, they want it translated as third best. By shrewdly playing up this single fact to the uninitiated, it can raise its stock without raising its standards...