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 technical data is not easy to do without making inaccurate simplifying generalizations or else becoming tedious. You have done an excellent job.—Crayton M. Crawford, 306 Russell Avenue, Greenville, South Carolina.

Dear Sir:

Before I indulge in criticism, I would like to say that as a less than ardent fan of science fiction, I believe your magazine is of the best quality. Your stories seem to be much more logical and scientifically substantiated than the usual run of science fiction, which usual run usually runs into nausea. I am science editor for our local paper here at the University of Texas, have had a more than average amount of training in science and I think I may speak with some authority.

Now for the criticism. Happily, the criticism I have in mind does not refer to the logic used by your authors or the basis of your stories in science. Rather, it has to do with certain implications as regards the present controversy in the Armed Forces. Certain men in both the Navy and the Air Force are looking BRASS TACKS