Hayakawa Never Lost

A small correction to Beverly Beyette’s story on June 7 (“Going in Style”): (It says) “Hayakawa told an interviewer after losing to Pete Wilson in 1982. . . .”

In 1982, I completed my one term in the U.S. Senate and having reached the age of 76, I decided it was time to retire and rest. I therefore announced that I was not going to run again. Some weeks thereafter, Pete Wilson decided to run for my Senate seat because I was not running.

I did not lose to Wilson. I have never lost an election in my life.

S.I. HAYAKAWA

Mill Valley