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- LETTERS, Page 8More About HUD
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Chad Finer Norwich, Vt.
-