After reading Sherry Jensen’s nasty letter in your July 15 issue, I feel I must reply.

The great, great, great President Abraham Lincoln wrote:

1. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich

2. You can’t strengthen the weak by weakening the strong

3. You can’t bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift

4. You can’t lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down

5. You can’t (promote) the brotherhood of many by inciting class hatred

6. You can’t build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence

7. You can’t help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves

Let’s think about these principles when we go to the polls in November!
Gloria Holtz
Westlake Village