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- LETTERS, Page 6Treasures for Trinkets?
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- In his column "Why I Voted for a Used Car," Andrew Tobias
- made his point very well: Americans are using land, buildings,
- etc., to pay for foreign trinkets that will be worthless in ten
- years (BUSINESS, Nov. 6). Selling control of Rockefeller Center
- to the Japanese for $846 million is the latest deal in the rush
- to trade our country for ready money. During the Depression, men
- like John D. Rockefeller had faith in America. When ground was
- broken for Rockefeller Center in July 1931, there was immediate
- work for 75,000 people and employment for about twice that many
- in related construction trades. Now we've disposed of that
- symbol. What is next, the White House? Must we be such
- moneygrubbers that we sell our national treasures?
-
- Nancy Lynch Ventura, Calif.
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- In exchange for Manhattan, the American Indians received
- trinkets; for Honda Preludes and Sony camcorders, the Japanese
- are getting piles of paper money. I'd rather tool around in my
- Prelude than watch inflation and foreign exchange rates reduce
- my dollar to scrap paper.
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- Roderick Hsiao Washington
-