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Tuesday, March 21, 1995     Page: 10A

Editorial on Surgeon General nominee Foster overlooks the evidence
   
Once again The Times Leader on the same day in which an article containing
accurate facts which are antithetical to its editorial (Feb. 15), goes ahead
and prints the editorial anywayYour editorial, “Foster doesn’t deserve the
treatment he’s getting,” misses the mark completely, and its thesis is exactly
opposite of the true issue at hand.
    No one doubts your appraisal of Dr. Foster as a warm, kind, sincere,
respected and upstanding physician and human being.
   
The fact that he was involved in one, or was it about a dozen, or was it
700, or was it 39 abortions; or that he sterlized, without their consent,
mentally deficient women is not the issue.
   
Sandy Grady’s article on your opinion page covers the issue. The guy was
not honest.
   
The White House was not honest, Donna Shalala was not honest and The Times
Leader is not honest by trying to imply that he came off well on the
“Nightline” program.
   
Ted Koppel did not try to make Foster look bad. He didn’t have to.
   
Foster did it to himself.
   
Alan R. Townsend
   
Wilkes-Barre