Pendleton and Civil Rights

Your editorial misses the mark. Pendleton was chosen because his philosophy is congruent with the Reagan Administration.

He has worked very earnestly to carry out his responsibilities in dismantling the civil rights programs enacted over a 20-year period.

Don’t expect the Reagan Administration to “set aside” Pendleton and his policies. He has gone out on a limb doing his job just as Ann Gorsuch Burford did at the Environmental Protection Agency and James Watt did at the Department of the Interior in their roles as point men for Reagan.

When sufficient hue and cry is heard against Pendleton’s policies, he will be allowed by the Administration to hang himself with his own rope (just as Burford and Watt were) until he resigns.

Sometimes it’s tough working for such a nice guy.

J.W. FIELD

Goleta