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In response to Scott Ferguson's
request for me to clarify my
characterization of Mr. Battle as a
"war-mongering aristocrat", two
points:

1. It was a misprint it was to
have read in revised version —
"cold-warrior aristocrat";

2. It was based primarily on the
fact that the only public speech Mr.
Battle has given in Charlottesville in
the last four years, prior to the
recent electioneering, was an unqualified
(as well as uniformed)
defense of administration policy in
Vietnam (Mr. Battle's Asian-expert
qualifications resting on his position
as Ambassador to Australia).

For reasons I will not bother
enumerating here I intend to vote
for the corporate-moderate Democratic
ticket rather than the feudalistic-neo-fascist-Agnewite-Republi-

can ticket. But I do so with no
enthusiasm and no illusions of
progressive change on the march. I
simply don't want to march backwards.