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New Republic
1220 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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To the Editor: 

	Your criticism of the {\it New Yorker} not
printing letters to the editor is mere jealousy of that
magazine being the leading maker of intellectual political
opinion in the United States.  Not permitting any back talk
is essential to its role of providing political guidance and keeping
its readers happy.

	Most of the {\it New Yorker}'s readers want clear
unqualified statements of what they should think free of
confusing controversy.  They need to
know what views are ok to express at liberal cocktail parties just
as much as they need to know what kinds of dresses and
whiskies are appropriate.

	Corresponding information on what opinions are in
style at Texas
barbeques is furnished by the {\it Reader's Digest}.
The fact that these magazines have circulations vastly
larger than those of any old-fashioned opinion magazines
shows that Mr. Shawn has the right idea --- doesn't it.


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Sincerely,

John McCarthy    
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New Republic
1220 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036