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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. 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