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Role to Play-Sir: I do not know on-what basis you reach the conclusion in your essay "The Future of Black Leadership" [April 4] that "Roy Wilkins, despite the 450,000 membership of the N.A.A.C.P., has lost more ground than any other leader, with the decline of integration as the principal issue and the loss of the N.A.A.C.P.'s traditional adversary role...
...Sir: You correctly pointed out the reasons why white liberals yearn for the Martin Luther King image rather than that of Malcolm X-self-interest. And your statement that "white Americans are well advised to provide every ounce of help they can" is in the same vein. What you only underscore in a parenthesis ("whites really choose black leaders") and in a reference to "white racism" is the much deeper problem. The crucial difference between King and Malcolm was that until shortly before his death, King was saying "Look, whitey, move over and let us have some of what...
...Sir: TIME'S account of my college lectures [April 11] recorded that I laugh at my own jokes (and I do), but neglected to mention that audiences laugh with me, and louder. TIME'S account recorded the opinion that I was unfair to students; it neglected to mention that I often am given standing ovations by students. TIME recorded that I am no longer considered a liberal; it neglected to mention that I was given honorary degrees at two liberal colleges this year (Rollins and Ursinus). TIME recorded, regretfully but with unquenchable hope, "Capp so far has never...
...Sir: Last summer I was asked, as a consultant, to see a child with chronic lead poisoning. The pediatricians of our staff were speculating about the source of the lead and supplied the pat answer of paint chips, which the child's mother agreed she saw him eating. The pediatricians' answer agrees with all of the literature. But the literature, including your article "Deadly Lead in Children" [April 4], does not contain one of the most likely sources of today's lead poisoning in children...
...Sir: In your article on astrology [March 21], you included a description and picture of a white witch-Dennis Boiling (Antares Auriel); I am that person. Apart from slandering the great witch mother and high priestess Sybil Leek, the article was a wretched anathema...