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...Things In Secaucus...
...reading the Aug. 11 issue of TIME, I came across an insane article entitled "Moonbeam McSwine's Fate" which [was] about my home town, Secaucus, N.J., of which I and many others are very proud . . . Our town has had nothing to be disgraced about compared to the disgrace you have wrought...
...residential section of Secaucus is not bedraggled and certainly isn't huddled on a hill . . . the town of Secaucus is spread out with the pigs occupying only one section, not all around us as you claim. I wonder if you know why our meadows are "trash-filled"? The sole reason is that our neighboring towns dump all their refuse there instead of disposing it in some other...
Needed: Chanel. Driscoll drew an angry reply from one Henry Krajewski, 40, prominent Secaucus pig farmer and candidate for the presidency of the U.S. on the "Poor Man's Party" ticket (TIME, March 17). He scoffed at Driscoll's assertion that pigs could be raised daintily. "Sure, millionaires can do it," said Krajewski. "Doris Duke did it in Somerville. They tie perfume bottles on the pigs, but the average farmer can't afford such luxury." Furthermore, said Krajewski, it wasn't just Secaucus and it wasn't just pigs. The industrial areas near the Pulaski...
Agricultural experts, getting into the argument, explained that it was indeed possible to raise pigs free of undue smells, even without the perfume method, by 1) feeding them grain rather than raw garbage, and 2) giving them lots of room and air. In Secaucus the pigs get garbage, from New York's best restaurants, and are as tightly packed together as the customers at these restaurants. How Governor Driscoll and the forces of daintiness would deal with the problem remained to be seen. Meanwhile, Henry Krajewski had the last word. "Now the smell is in the ground," he said...