Show J Letter To The Editor Dear Editor I feel it very appropriate to be writing a letter to Points West as an open letter to President Reagan in support of his visit to Many students on this campus were not born when the United States entered the war with Germany Because of this they perhaps do not understand the measure of statesmanship statesmanship statesmanship statesman statesman- ship that Reagan is attempting to demonstrate There are deep wounds throughout the world from all the past and present wars I feel we all meaning all countries have deeply transgressed at some point in our histories So every country in the world is on trial as the President goes to Could not Germany call on the whole world community to adopt the day of President Reagans Reagan's visit to as a world holiday of begging forgiveness forgive forgive- ness for all the horrors perpetuated in all the wars of the world This first holiday will pay a special homage to the he Jews whose position as victims has indeed been the longest and cruelest crudest and most ongoing in the worlds world's history as we know it This would be a symbolic gesture for all those who have suffered The word could come to mean in all languages of the world the greatest efforts one is willing to tomake tomake tomake make to beg forgiveness and love one another in peace Bonnie Vail 4 jn- jn ii i x |