‘Overriding Democracy’
There is so much talk just now about who’s going to run for President in 1988. I have a suggestion: Instead of indicting Gen. Secord, let’s try to talk him into running for President. He has the intelligence to handle the job, he is an honorable man, he is a loyal American and he certainly knows how to get things done.
JEAN M. BALDWIN
El Segundo
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