Jerry Lewis’ MD Telethon
In response to “An Open Letter to Jerry Lewis: The Disabled Need Dignity, Not Pity,” Opinion, Sept. 1:
Ben Mattlin’s bitter, critical diatribe against Lewis and his work for the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. is abhorrent. In keeping with this hateful spate, he demands a financial accounting, not because such an accounting is a legitimate requirement, but because after all the money Lewis’ telethon has raised, “why has it taken so long to find a cure . . . .”
Well, get in line--right behind cancer. Lewis does a marvelous job. Regardless of Mattlin’s physical problems, his real handicap is an ungrateful heart.
ELLEN CLARK
Pasadena
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