MAILBAG:

In response to Dick Lewis’ peevish accusation that I was in high dudgeon over Lenard Davis’ letter (“Ideologies aren’t necessarily pure,” Sounding Off, Jan. 1), quite so, as I am always in high dudgeon when confronted with liberal revisionist history.

In particular, Lewis seems vexed that I mentioned the Cold War and the Soviet infiltration of our government. He follows with the preposterous notion that I have “uncovered a mountain of evidence” when, of course, I said there is a mountain of evidence available to anyone who wants to put forward the slightest effort in researching the matter. Lewis begs for a bibliography. Perhaps, sir, the effort fatigues. Allow me to assist. The following books are available at bookstores and online:

“Witness” by Whittaker Chambers; “Early Cold War Spies: The Espionage Trials that Shaped American Politics,” by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr; “Early Cold War Spies — Haynes and Klehr, Venona” by Haynes and Klehr; “Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies,” by M. Stanton Evans; “In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage,” by Haynes and Klehr; “The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America — The Stalin Era,” by Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev; “Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case,” by Weinstein; “Alger Hiss’s and the Looking-Glass Wars: The Covert Life of a Soviet Spy,” by G. Edward White. Those are a sampling of the many volumes I’ve found detailing Soviet infiltration of the U.S. government.

You will no doubt find these edifying, Lewis, and I am certain many come on tape.

DIANE EWERTZ

Costa Mesa

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Costa Mesa Senior Center has problems

I am not the only one who complains about the [Costa Mesa Senior] center, just the only one willing to write to you. Some have written, but not as much. Others are afraid or do not want to get involved.

After hearing many people complain, I decided to do something.

If they had answered Wendy Leece’s question last spring, all this would have gone away.

So they brought it upon themselves.

My complaints are just part of the problem.

The large problem is why is the center failing. They live in a dream world.

The classes have gone down from eight to five in number. Membership is down, and funds are down.

The live people in the center are so small in number it is embarrassing. The number at lunch is so small. Other center members in Orange County are surprised at the attendance when they visit.

I have never written letters to any paper before so you know how strongly I feel. I want no glory or fame.