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Armenian Genocide
Regarding the article "Turkish
Observers" (Aug. 7, page MO), it
stated that Temple Israel hosted six
Turkish religious leaders at Shabbat
Unplugged services. The visitors
were among 12 delegates of the
Diyanet Isleri, or Religious Affairs
Office, the highest Islamic authority
in Turkey. The delegation came to
America as part of the International
Visitor Leadership Program spon-
sored by the U.S. Department of
Justice. The program gave the visi-
tors a chance to better understand
the role of religion in America,
according to the article.
I am all for trying to make good
relationships. But the visitors were
high religious officials in Turkey, with
Islamic training, who came to us for
understanding.
This is appalling; they need to
go into the Turkish archives and
research the past. Turkey perpetrated
genocide in the 20th century. It has
continued to deny that the Armenian
genocide took place. For Turkey to
understand anything about Islamic
outreach, it must accept responsibil-
ity for what it did to the men, women
and children. The genocide massa-
cred 1.3 million Armenians in 1915
because Turkey thought they were a
threat.
Twenty-five years later, Germany
perpetrated the Holocaust. My
grandmother, who came to this
country, was the only survivor of her
whole extended family. Growing up
as a young child, I could not even
begin to tell how this would affect
everyone.
Turkey continues to deny the
Armenian genocide, when most of the
survivors are no longer with us. This
denial is a cancer that will continue to
grow unless the truth comes out from
the Turkish government. If it feels
there is nothing to hide, then let the
world see the Turkish archives.
I am proud to be Armenian, but reli-
giously I am a Jew by choice. My eyes

are open and very sensitive to creating
a safe, protected life for our children
so that these mass murders do not
happen again.

Marilyn S. Weber

Northville

Foreign Vs. Domestic
We note that a member of our com-
munity wrote to the Letters column
expressing dismay over purchase of
foreign cars ("Buy American:' Aug.
21, page A8).
I would like to remind everyone
that only yesterday, the liberal intel-
lectual community was crying in
their coffee over global warming. We
were told only draconian increases
in Corporate Average Fuel Economy
(CARE) would save us.
Let us not forget it was Japanese
firms, notably Toyota and Honda,
that for years have been committed
to quality, excellence and value in
small cars. It was Toyota that started
the hybrid electric revolution with
the Prius, which I consider to be
the most outstanding automotive
engineering achievement of the last
10 years.
I believe America deserves better
than be told we must have ever-
higher fuel economy to save us from
global warming, then have the same
intellectuals suggest we forgo such
outstanding fuel-efficient cars as
the Toyota Prius or the European
SmartCar by crying gloom and
doom over lo cal employment and
economic issues.

Alex Kovnat

West Bloomfield

Correction
The story "A Calculating Effort" (Sept.
4, page A9) misspelled or incorrectly
listed the names of Shane Mally, co-
owner of Mally A.C.T. with his father
Michael, and the name of his mother,
Helene Kauffman-Mally. Many A.C.T.
in West Bloomfield is raising funds
to purchase graphing calculators for
Detroit Mumford High School.

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