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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	TDecember 22, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Patrick Buchanan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓New York Times␈↓
␈↓ ↓H␈↓229 West 43d St.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓New York, N.Y. 10036

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Buchanan:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αentirely␈αagree␈αwith␈αyour␈αsuggestion␈αthat␈αthe␈αRepublican␈αParty␈αand␈αconservatives␈αgenerally
␈↓ ↓H␈↓should pursue the working class vote, and I have a speci≡c suggestion:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α_next␈α_time␈α_the␈α_coal␈α_miners␈α↔demand␈α_a␈α_raise␈α_in␈α_pay␈α_for␈α_underground␈α↔miners,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓conservatives␈α↔should␈α↔support␈α⊗it.␈α↔ There␈α↔are␈α↔only␈α⊗150,000␈α↔underground␈α↔coal␈α↔miners,␈α⊗their
␈↓ ↓H␈↓productivity␈αhas␈αincreased␈αenormously,␈αand␈αthe␈αcountry␈αcan␈αwell␈αa≥ord␈αto␈αpay␈αthem␈α$100␈αper␈αday.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓We␈αwill␈αknow␈α
their␈αpay␈αhas␈α
gotten␈αtoo␈αhigh␈α
when␈αthe␈αminer's␈α
union␈αstarts␈αdemanding␈αthat␈α
college
␈↓ ↓H␈↓graduates stop applying for jobs as miners.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        At␈α∞one␈α∞time␈α∂the␈α∞main␈α∞class␈α∂issue␈α∞was␈α∞division␈α∂of␈α∞the␈α∞pie␈α∂between␈α∞labor␈α∞and␈α∂capital,␈α∞and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓conservatives␈αtended␈αto␈αsupport␈αcapital.␈α
 Now␈αthe␈αissue␈αis␈αbetween␈α
labor␈αand␈αcapital␈α-␈αon␈αone␈α
side,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈α
people␈αwho␈α
don't␈α
work␈αat␈α
all␈α
or␈αwhose␈α
jobs␈αdepend␈α
on␈α
the␈αpeople␈α
who␈α
don't␈αwork␈α
-␈α
on␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓other.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Many␈α
conservatives␈α
have␈αpointed␈α
out␈α
that␈αthis␈α
is␈α
the␈αway␈α
the␈α
sides␈αshould␈α
line␈α
up,␈αbut␈α
some
␈↓ ↓H␈↓concrete gestures towards the working class will make a big di≥erence.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science