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————— [ as An Editorial: The Tragedy of fed Kennedy Sasa permanently and irrevocably. As a man-who aspired to the Presidency and ther fore to be the - could she have been saved ? No one will ever know. It is a ¢# “Phis letter was delivered in the offices of 99. XF Frade | Aesociatiort, Gua, - . ARE a temas ete re ae caaneateinihademaaidscaMadtbiadeeat eee _ouly 25, 1969 bE — P.G, BOX 3295 b7c HOUSTON'T TEXA a tain nies The Presidential image of Ted Kennedy has been shattered, ...o. Commander—in=-Chief of the Armed Forces he committed an unpardonable sin for a Leader. In a dramatic life-and-death . situation....... he panicked! Was it shock or was it cowardice? You be the judge! By panicking he sealed the doom of a lovely young woman who was left to die alone, without adequate help, and who drowned sometime during an interval ofnine unreported hours to rescue authorities. . Had adequate help been sought by him or his two lawyer companions, within a half-hour, an hour, two or more hours after the accident, mattér of record however that air~pockets in submerged hulks ° saved many a life in World War ITI. 4 THE TRAGEDY IS THAT MARY JO KOPECHNE WAS ABANDONED BY ANOTHER HUMAN BHING WHOSE INSTINCTS OR MOTIVATION, CONSCIOUS OR SUB- CONSCIGUS, CHOSE TOSAVE HIS OWN SKIN OR mO PROTECT HIS FOLITICAL IMAGE, RATHER THAN SUMMON ADEQUATE AID. " T don't remember!’ I was confused and in shock!", Granted!, but he remembered well enough to telephone HIS LAWYER and to change his clothes before reporting the accident to the police. | By panicking he sealed his own doom as a leader in the Senate and as a Presidential candidate. To spare his friends and colleagues in the Senate further embarrasment he should vacate the post of Majority Whip voluntarily. Americans’ can forgive an ordinary man who panics under stress, but they cannot countenance this weakness in any candidate for President who will be in charge of the NUCLSaAR PANIC BUTTON! When the chips were down, .. Ted Kennedy failed himself, Miss Mary Jo Kopechne, his family, his OG his Pasty the Senate and the Nation. pry p> LOS a | C2 ot Ne oc | in Justice to All, he should stop trying to impose his owsonal and family-dynasty ambitions on the American people. Ay ; U.S. Senators Roth were also we este 2A | on Gr AURRAR 2 id 2989 Sacesher witn editorial: 3 distributed “hationally tO the editors of Newspapers and Magazines in 50 States. af, BTk Contras &s Mes vs Ed. thal TF teem em so ey ~ apt - ENGORUES Ty - _ ty —~ " i i , . ; , wl fo meee ‘ret ae