Calling Soviet Leader a Cowboy

I, and surely many other thousands of Americans, wish to disassociate myself completely from the recent remark of a presidential spokesman (Marlin Fitzwater) who called Gorbachev a “drugstore cowboy.”

If our men in Washington are upset (and well they may be) over Gorbachev’s psychological and actual lead in negotiating toward a peaceful world, then let our leaders come forth with some meaningful unilateral moves, rather than childishly venting their frustration by means of undiplomatic, not to say rude and crude, remarks.

DOROTHY KILIAN

Pasadena