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LETTERS TO THE EDITORS THE U.S. MAILS Sirs: There is something to be said for your story ("The U.S, Mail Mess,” Nov, 28) ~particularly since it would not have come to my attention had the magazine been delivered to the addressee instead of me, a nonsubseriber! Romans A. Warp Biltcrica, Mass. Sirs: My copy of Lirr arrived one day car- ly this week. Harey D. Corcratt Chambersburg, Pa. Si Why not be fair and admit that over 99", af the nation’s mail ix properly and expeditiously delivered > Cursirk R. Day National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 24 Low Angeles, Calif. Sirs: Whatever flaws the postal service has, the ea of converting it inte a private corporat n't the solution. Trying to deal with a corporation on pay mat- ters and fringe benefits without the right to withhold our se Irving to argue with a robber who has # gun at your heud, Date Warwarunr Arlington, Va. Sirs: What better six-cent bargain is there? First-class mail is the only direct ben- efit that so many of us tax-paying con- sumers get from the federal govern- ment. Now, in the interest of efficiency and profit, we are told that we must give up this “subsidy” while other segments of our sociely continue to receive theirs. Josirn J, Gio Santa Cruz, Calif. ‘Sirs: Has anvone stopped to figure the in- crease in postal rates Wf the system is tumed over to private enterprise? The system runs in the red now, so the rates would have to be increased at this point just to break event Kern M. Mekovan Fort Worth, Texas en with abolition of bureaucratic “yhoe-leather-and-pigeonhole” meth: ods. a new postal system may under- sMandably grind to a halt if somethi is not done to contain the Niagara of ik” or unsolicited, unwanted mail now choking private mailboxes. J. DrLanty Washington, D.C. Sirs: What the Post Office Department needs most 1s a good public relations department to inform the public the service is not as bad as most magazine and newspaper editors seem to think is. Cart Lo Kirk Letter Carrier 241 East Camden P.O. Camden, NJ. MORATORIUM Sirs: 1 wish EP had such strong faith in hs mankind that | could join the r of the peace demonstrators ("The Me atorium--a View from the Inside, Nov, 28). But that is a luxury item ¢ can't afford, Yes. a large percentage of people the world over are “beautiful, soft ‘n’ different” (to use their phrase- ology). but FT can't believe that wars are going to disappear from the face of the carth on this basis. There will al- ways be power-hungry demagogues around to take advantage of such na- iveté. | am afraid the peace movernent is an attempt to buy time for winch we will uhimatels pay an extraordinary Prive: Rose Makin WoxG Goleta, Ga. SPIRO AGNEW Sirs: ‘Two pages of Spiro Agnew (1 Did It on My Own Nov. 28) and eight i the Moratorium. Your publication is fast becoming a glaring example of what the Vice Pres- ident ts talking about. Gary D. Coortk Ferguson, Mo. Sirs: wey Protests have become so common- place and “‘newsy” that the American public has become overly tolerant of their existence. Mr. Agnew’s thought- provoking exposition refreshes our minds by reaffirming protesting’s basic nonconstructive thrust, its negative im- plications and the prevalence of hope- ful alternatives to such efforts. Kexorick B. Met rost Minneapolis, Minn. Sirs: If Mr. Agnew fears the men on the barricades, | fear the police state: the Weimar Republic was destroyed from the right, not from the left. Loeyar tie C, RaMPros, Salt Lake City, Utah Sirs: Liberal tendencies can be excused. Even the absence of any really conser- vative commentator on the national networks could be forgiven. But the philosophy of despair in which you Eastern intellectuals of the news media are drowning yourselves is too much, Your obsesston with filth is too much, Your reporting of the lowering of the 1. TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION: Change of aduress, billing, adjusiment, complaint, renewal—address: LIFE: SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, S4t North Fairbanks Ct., Chicago, Hl, 60611, Charles A. Adams, Vice Pres. Attach present address label in space at right, This will help us identify you quickly and accurately. 2. TO ORDER A NEW SUBSCRIPTION: Check box F and we form at right for your address, Mail 10 LIFE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE at the address given above. Subscription rate: U.S., | year 38, Canada, 1 year $9.75. 3. TO WRITE ABOUT EDITORIAL OR ADVERTISING CONTENTS: Address: LIFE, Time & Life Bldg... Rockefeller Center, New York, N.Y. 10020. L-M9s human spirit to the animal level is too much, Your outlook on life—more than your political philosophy—is bad- ly in need of repair. Hoc T. MATTIEWS Dallas, Texas MUSIC REVIEW Sirs: Tom Prideaus, a weiter I generally admire, really blew 11 in his review “The Rise of the Self-Love Song™ (Nov. The songs he refers to, notably, Gona Be Me, are not narcissistic ego irips, but, on the contrary, represent a very real contemporary desire for the discovery of a meaningful identity and existence in an often chaotic and con- tradictory world Davip W. HasMond Costa Mesa, Calif, Sirs: Tre Gotta Be Me isn’t self-praise at all, but a simple and plaintive cry for freedom of expression. “To thine own self be true,” said Shakespeare. Would Prideaux damm that as hedonistic? Howaxp Jay FRIEDMAN Tallahassee, Pla. Sirs: There is a song from my childhood that started out, “I love me, f love me, I'm wild about sweet me.” That was 45 years ago, and the dixe may have been years older. Old stut?, xelf-love: mere re- vival, but amusing article. J.D. Hauer Tempe, Ariz. PUTNEY SWOPE Sirs: You've done it again! Glorified and glamorized an obscene, vile movie as though every good American loves it ("Robert Downey Makes Vile Mav+ ies," Nov. 28). When Downey gets his Christ film made (you say it will be vile, offensive and blasphemous). all of us know who will give it a nice spread. Sorry, [ won't be reading that one. Donatp VorLKer Columbus, Ind. Sirs: When one considers the indignities man has heaped upon Christ in the past 2,000 years, it seems likely that He will also survive one of Downey's cinematic onslaughts. Myarir F. Tee Carbondale, Ii! Sirs: We of the P.C.A, are not only proud of our work but we are proud of our facilities. It makes us cringe a lit- tle, therefore, to read of our headquar- ters building on 92nd Street (not yet 20 years old) being described as “a moldy warehouse.” It is just not true, Wu tia Maret Administrative Vive President AS.P.CA, New York, N.Y, MOVING? PLEASE NOTIFY US 4 WEEKS IN ADVA Sa preserenn-— {CUT YOUR OLD t $41 North Name______.. New Address. _ City —__________State ____.-------- - COVER AND ATTACH OVER THIS AREA Fill in your new address below and mail to: Court, Chicago, Ill. 60611 AFRICAN ANTELOPE Sirs: Thank vou for the article “African Antelope” (Dee. $2. John Domuinis’ photographs of these beautiful, free creatures were pleasing te the seul as well as the eye. Mes. R. Li stinkatas Carpinteria, Calif. Sirs Absolutely beautiful. The fragile ger- enuk has beauty beyond my vocubu- Jary, but they are all so tender and ative. We must save these pictures because in fifty years these animals will probably all be extinct. Lixos Drusmonn Kansas City. Kan COLUMN Sirs: Joan Didion’s “A Problem of Mak- ing € ections” (Dee, 5) is a work of rare courage, For. on an individual plane, she bas articulated the dull pain of the confusing apathy that alflicty so ined by daily expa- 5 1 news of “alleged” war at Myla, of one third of college stu dents on drugs of privation and vie olenve im the ghetto, and of violence, we are benumbed: nothing seems te matter, And yet, small comfort that it anight be to Joan Didion, it does seem to mat: ter to her that nothing matters, Maybe that is a beguining. Tana Sian to Stanford, Conn Sirs: Between Joan Didion and me it is still a missed connection; she comes through pretty murky. One thing is for sure, she is not your average housewile worrying about stubborn stains in the kitchen sink. James McGratit New York. N.Y. Sirs: Strange fruit for Lave, the family magazine, that page by Joan Didion, with its dark perception of the “amor- al vacuum out there just beyond our eye's range.” And when we ture to the Mylai massacre the darkness grows so that we begin to question the very idea of moral man, FRANKEIN Cist Phoenix, Ariz. Sus: Mrs. Didion’s article keeps you awake nmhts; nt. tke her, se barely glued together yet so devastating. J suggest you give hee the Trt-Lire Building Richagh Dunst Cambridge, Mass. FOR COMMENT oN THE MYLAI MASSACRE (DEC. 5) SEE PAGE “6 LABEL FROM MAGAZINE ewe owen nnne -- od —Zip Code