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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	zAugust 21, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Mike Royko
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Chicago Sun-Times␈↓
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Chicago, Illinois

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Royko:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        After␈α∂you␈α∂saw␈α∂through␈α∂Teddy␈α∂Kennedy,␈α∂I␈α∂didn't␈α∂think␈α∂you␈α∂would␈α∂be␈α∂taken␈α∂in␈α⊂by␈α∂Jerry
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Brown.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Since␈αit␈αhas␈αbecome␈αdi≠cult␈αto␈αexpand␈αgovernment␈αprograms␈αby␈αincreasing␈αtaxes,␈αthe␈αsome
␈↓ ↓H␈↓people's␈αthoughts␈αhave␈αturned␈αto␈αredirecting␈αthe␈αpension␈αplans.␈α I␈αdon't␈αknow␈αhow␈αyou␈αfeel␈αabout
␈↓ ↓H␈↓your␈α∂pension␈α∂plan,␈α∞but␈α∂I␈α∂am␈α∞a␈α∂college␈α∂professor␈α∞and␈α∂my␈α∂own␈α∞retirement␈α∂fund␈α∂is␈α∂the␈α∞Teacher's
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Insurance␈αand␈αAnnuity␈α
Association.␈α I␈αrecently␈αread␈α
in␈αthe␈αpapers␈αthat␈α
it␈αis␈αthe␈αlargest␈α
stockholder
␈↓ ↓H␈↓in␈αExxon,␈αowning␈αone␈αpercent␈αof␈αthe␈αcompany.␈α This␈αfact␈αleaves␈αme␈αwith␈αsome␈αhope␈αthat␈αwhen␈αI
␈↓ ↓H␈↓retire in another 13 years, I will actually get a pension.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Jerry␈αBrown's␈αstatement:␈α␈↓↓"It␈αis␈αtime␈αto␈αredirect␈αthe␈αvast␈αpension␈αfunds␈αof␈αthis␈αnation␈αto␈αmore
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓socially␈αresponsible␈αobjectives.␈αThere␈αare␈α$650␈αbillion␈αin␈αdeferred␈αwages,␈αearned␈αby␈αthe␈αworking␈αmen
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓and␈αwomen␈αof␈α
this␈αcountry.␈α This␈α
is␈αthe␈αsingle␈α
most␈αsigni≡cant␈αsource␈α
of␈αinvestment␈αcapital␈α
for␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓decade␈αof␈α
the␈α'80s."␈↓␈α≡lls␈α
me␈αwith␈α
terror.␈α Stewart␈αBrand,␈α
the␈α␈↓↓Whole␈α
Earth␈αCatalog␈↓␈αdilettante,␈α
visited
␈↓ ↓H␈↓my␈αlaboratory␈αonce,␈αand␈αI␈αhave␈αread␈αsome␈αof␈αhis␈αproposals,␈αand␈αI␈αthink␈αhe␈αhas␈αa␈αgreat␈αtalent␈αfor
␈↓ ↓H␈↓wasting␈α
other␈αpeople's␈α
money.␈α While,␈α
I␈αam␈α
an␈α
enthusiast␈αfor␈α
space␈αexploration,␈α
I␈αthought␈α
Brown's
␈↓ ↓H␈↓California space program proposed to spend money without any clear objective.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Please␈α⊂leave␈α⊂my␈α⊂retirement␈α⊂money␈α⊂with␈α⊃the␈α⊂management␈α⊂of␈α⊂Exxon,␈α⊂etc.,␈α⊂and␈α⊃don't␈α⊂help
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Governor Moonbeam redirect it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        As␈α
for␈α
the␈α
rest␈αof␈α
the␈α
speech,␈α
it␈αassumes␈α
that␈α
the␈α
United␈αStates␈α
is␈α
responsible␈α
for␈αpoverty␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓world␈α
over␈α
and␈α
could␈αcure␈α
it,␈α
if␈α
only␈αAmericans␈α
weren't␈α
so␈α
sel≡sh.␈α The␈α
United␈α
States␈α
can't␈αcure
␈↓ ↓H␈↓poverty␈α⊂in␈α⊂the␈α⊂world␈α⊂any␈α⊃more␈α⊂than␈α⊂it␈α⊂can␈α⊂police␈α⊃the␈α⊂world.␈α⊂ Blaming␈α⊂the␈α⊂United␈α⊃States␈α⊂for
␈↓ ↓H␈↓poverty␈α∪is␈α∪the␈α∀out␈α∪for␈α∪politicians␈α∀the␈α∪world␈α∪over␈α∪who␈α∀can't␈α∪bring␈α∪themselves␈α∀to␈α∪encourage
␈↓ ↓H␈↓productive␈α
investment.␈α
 Where␈α
this␈α
has␈α
been␈α
done,␈α
as␈α
in␈α
say␈α
Singapore␈α
and␈α
Taiwan,␈α
people␈αare
␈↓ ↓H␈↓climbing␈α∞out␈α∞of␈α∂poverty.␈α∞ Brown's␈α∞speech␈α∂plays␈α∞into␈α∞the␈α∂hands␈α∞of␈α∞politicians␈α∂in␈α∞non-developing
␈↓ ↓H␈↓countries, who want an external scapegoat for their own failures and irresponsibility.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓αMr. Mike Royko␈↓ ¬bAugust 21, 1980␈↓ 
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science