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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 13, 1992                   TAG: 9202130550
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A10   EDITION: METRO 
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HAITIAN EDITORIAL WAS IRRESPONSIBLE

YOUR EDITORIAL Feb. 4 attributing racial overtones to the return of the Haitian boat people to their country is both asinine and irresponsible. One wonders if you would be so compassionate if you resided in South Florida and faced thousands of these people swelling the rolls of the welfare systems of already-strained community budgets. Or have you forgotten the impact of Castro's castoffs on the city of Miami? ROBERT F. FREIS ROANOKE

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