He Argues the Case for the Omitted Name

In Ken Reich’s story of July 20 on Peter Ueberroth, I kept looking for the name of John Argue, the man who ran the Organizing Committee for the 1984 Olympic Games.

I have heard Ueberroth say many times that Argue was the man most responsible for bringing the Games to Los Angeles and anyone familiar with that enduring struggle--such as Ken Reich--would concur in that statement. When everyone else gave up trying to persuade the IOC to grant the Games to a private group--and not a government body--Argue persisted. He urged Mayor Bradley and John Ferraro to let him try one more time, which he did and the IOC relented, awarding the Games for the first time to a private organization.

BOB WOLCOTT

Glendale