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ever meet all needs or wants. Does Mr. Herring really mean that government, representing all the people, must never change its priorities?
Every one has an opinion on America’s national obligations in the defense and social areas. Note that a large, bipartisan majority of the Congress agrees with the President that defense spending must increase and that spending for social programs must be brought under control - before recent unbridled growth in ‘‘entitlements" destroys our national economy. The debate centers on degree, on fine tuning at the margin.
Mr. Reagan won election by a considerable margin on a platform promising to do precisely what he is proposing - over President Carter's different program. Would Mr. Herring have the President betray the electorate and his commitments?
Mrs. Carney’s points are well taken and correct. Mr. Herring's effort to convince your readers to' the contrary, through the use of "red herrings” (with a small “h”, of course) fail, logically and factually.
JOHN L. MAROCCHI
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