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LETTERS, Page 8More About HUD
In your review of Sam Pierce's performance as Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, you mentioned that President Reagan
said he hoped "the examination of the HUD matter is careful and
fair" because Pierce "deserves no less" (NATION, Sept. 18). You
should have noted that Reagan also praised Pierce for his
commitment to civil rights, his many years of outstanding public
service and his faithfulness in carrying out Reagan's orders to cut
HUD's budget and bureaucracy while promoting self-help programs.
People should know that the person who set Pierce's agenda, his
boss, President Reagan, thinks well enough of Pierce's work to
support his performance as Secretary of HUD.
Theodore W. Kheel
New York City
Your article on HUD reflects the leaderless predicament that
many of us believe permeates Washington. It is all too easy to make
Pierce's executive assistant, Deborah Gore Dean, the scapegoat for
the mess in the HUD barnyard, but Pierce and all such absentee
landlords need to be held accountable for choosing to let their
farms go unattended. Properties left with no one to watch over them
end up in foreclosure and bankruptcy.
Chad Finer
Norwich, Vt.