Royal Hunt

To the Editors:

When I was little, I dreamed of marrying a prince. After reading about how the press pursues the Princess of Wales [Feb. 28], I realize how nice it is that my prince is a pharmacist.

Dalene VandenHoek

Grand Rapids

No wonder Diana refused to pose for pictures on her recent skiing holiday with Prince Charles. She is constantly hounded by reporters who will print anything and who call her a "spoilt brat" and a "monster." These terms more accurately describe those who refuse to give the Princess a moment's peace.

Kelly Fitzgerald

McAllen, Texas

Journalists have traditionally been sycophantic toward bluebloods, giving royals far too much uncritical press. Diana is charming! But seeing that charm incessantly on American magazine covers now cloys.

Charles W. Page

Louisville

From the day they are born to the day they die, members of the British royal family live off the working citizens of their country. The Queen and her family should not object to the interest they generate. The people have a right to see what they are paying for.

Richard Arnold

Burnaby, B.C.

Diana, royalty or not, needs privacy once in a while.

Maureen Gallivan

Camillus, N. Y.

The press should have more consideration for life within the palace and stop trying so hard to prove that the fairy-tale marriage is not perfect.

Stephanie Kram

Baltimore

Before he married her, Charles asked Diana to consider whether "it would be too awful." The Princess was not born in the spotlight; she chose it.

Emily Glickman

New York City

Your article on Queen Elizabeth's visit to the New World erroneously refers to her in its subheading as H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness). The correct abbreviation of the Queen's official title is H.M. (Her Majesty).

Austin C. Bray Jr.

Austin

Early Start

Campaign '84 has begun because the press gives the politicians the exposure they want [Feb. 28]. One reason American voters are apathetic is that we are sick of hearing about the election for two years out of every four.

Murray Abrahamson

San Francisco

You call the early declaration of

Democratic presidential candidates

"Opening the Silly Season." I want to

know as much as possible about these

people whether they are Democrats or

Republicans. That is the only way to

make an intelligent choice. For some of us

this is a serious and enlightening season.

Lowell McDonald

Olympia, Wash.

Doctor Bills

The article on spiraling Medicare costs [Feb. 28] was indicative of our inability to diagnose the underlying problem. No government-financed medical-care plan in the world save our own is based on service provided by private practitioners who are paid by the Government. The only affordable and practical method is for the Government to educate doctors who will then give a certain number of years to providing free care at nationally owned facilities.

H. Jackson Dorney

Miramar, Fla.

Price shopping by the patient is impossible in most cases. Professional services can only be judged after the treatment, and prices vary depending upon skill and experience. Americans need to be more inquisitive about what they are being billed for, and hospitals and physicians should be more forthcoming with this information.

Arnold H. Zweig

Studio City, Calif.

No Squealing

The letters you have published on the "squeal rule" [Feb. 28] have opposed it. The issue is not whether teen-age pregnancies will increase under the conditions set down by the regulation. The question is: Who raises the children--the parents or the Federal Government?

Bill B. Boykin

Wichita, Kans.

Proper Bedfellows?

It is refreshing to read about how the Mafia helped locate the abducted Brigadier General James Dozier [Feb. 28]. When a man's life is at stake, does it matter what source is used to save that life?

Bette Amsler

Santa Monica, Calif.

Turning to the Mafia is like praying to the devil.

Cecelia A. Welsh

Northport, N. Y.

Right Time

The arrest of Frank Wills [Feb. 28], the man responsible for the discovery of the Watergate breakin, suggests that we place greater value on a $12 pair of shoes than on our democratic institutions. How else do you explain a twelve-month jail sentence for the theft of sneakers, and lesser penalties for the attempted theft of our highest institutions?

Ian R. Walker

Princeton, N.J.

The Watergate conspirators were admittedly misguided and wrong. But it is ridiculous to justify Frank Wills' crime as anything less than what it is. He is a convicted thief who was sentenced to twelve months in jail by a state court. This has nothing to do with how much time others do for different crimes.

Lester F. Lind

Hydro, Okla.

Leveling Lever House

In this age, when we value our cultural heritage, it is unbelievable that anyone would propose razing Lever House [Feb. 21]. To destroy one of the most important buildings to come out of the International Style and replace it with a trendy structure is stupid.

Thomas Grant Whitcomb

Minneapolis

Lever House was the first building I ever noticed for its architecture. The structure possessed the glamour that New York City exuded. With all the look-alike buildings that have been erected, why tear down the most innovative of the lot?

Marcia Kirstein Fitzmaurice

Dallas

If Lever House is outdated, then it should be torn down. The city must stay up-to-date if it is to create new jobs and bring in more tax money.

David D. Latimer

Indiana, Pa.

Lever House belongs not to real estate speculators but to architectural history. Despite its problems, the building succeeds in making us aware of what you call "our unfashionable past." It is cold, aloof and arrogant, but so was the character of the International Style and of the corpo rate patrons of its day.

Rafael A. Crespo

Professor of Architectural History

San Juan

Farewell, M*A*S*H

Most TV programs are populated by voluptuous females, lonely police officers and superhuman doctors. M*A*S*H [Feb. 28] dared to break stereotypes and tradition. It was intelligent, enlightening and enchanting, and brought class into our living rooms.

Vinnie Senatore Pratt

Totowa, N.J.

I am sad to see M *A *S *H end. I feel as if a family member has died.

Barbara Blamble

Baltimore

We laughed at M*A*S*H until we cried, and cried until we laughed. It was a beautiful show.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Brown Mills

Old Forge, N.Y.

I cannot mourn the passing of M*A*S*H, a program that often portrayed the American forces as lovers of war and all U.S. military actions as wrong.

Kate Steel

Springfield, Mo.

M*A*S*H did irreparable harm to our military and our country. The program took a serious situation and turned it into a farce. Viewers ate it up because it was funny.

William L. Gage

Williamsport, Pa.

Eleanor and ERA

In Hugh Sidey's column "Taking Notes for History" [Feb. 28], Eleanor Roosevelt is said to have been against the ERA. It is true that for a while Mrs. Roosevelt opposed an Equal Rights Amendment on the ground that it might overturn protective legislation for women. But by the mid-1940s, the former First Lady had changed her view. From that time on, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch supporter of an ERA.

Christine A. Lunardini, Lecturer

Department of History

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