Thank you for this account of the sinking of the Titanic; it never should have happened (“A Forgotten Journal Reveals . . . How I Survived the Titanic,” John B. Thayer, PostScript, April 8).
This section reminds me of The Post in the early 1960s. The paper was a more literate publication and one that could greatly inform the peruser.
Perley Thibodeau, Manhattan
I don’t know if I missed the essence of this feature story.
In the synopsis of John B. Thayer’s book, great effort was made to describe every inch of the Titanic with incredible statistics. Yet an omission renders the entire story totally meaningless: How many people died when the Titanic went down? And how many were crew members?
Here’s what we should have read: There was a total of 2,223 who sailed, and 1,517 died, including 832 passengers and 685 crew members.
Morris Resner, Edison, NJ
I bought the paper because of the “How I Survived the Titanic” headline, thinking the article was about the movie.
I sat through that monstrosity 15 years ago, and now my wife wants to see it again in 3D.
Zebo Garrett, Staten Island
ID fraud or fiction?
“Identification Please” (Editorial, April 9) is incorrect. All the examples cited, including entering our building, accept multiple forms of identification.
TSA will allow Social Security cards, student IDs and expired IDs — all forbidden under prohibitively restrictive voter photo ID laws.
Betty Jones, born during an era of segregation, was barred from the hospital and has no birth certificate. Despite having another state’s photo ID and voting since 1956, she’s banned from voting.
These laws don’t prevent fraud, they prevent voting. The Bush administration’s investigation into voter impersonation found no cases.
The real fraud is the dirty tricks, like calls falsely telling black voters to stay home because their candidate had won or flyers telling Hispanic voters to vote on the wrong day.
It’s the elderly, young, disabled and people of color whom these laws rob of a fundamental pillar of our democracy, the right to vote.
Leila McDowell, Managing Director of Communications, Advancement Project, Washington, DC
Job security afloat
The hiring practices of the International Longshoremen’s Association should be kept as is, with the exception of Mafia involvement (“On the Waterfront,” April 12).
It is this same hiring practice that has instilled drive and pride in our union members who have run shipping in America into the new millennium. I know I will work that much harder to make my dad proud, but will the next person?
V. Teutonico, Jersey City
Date the bad boy
Shame on The Post for printing what Adam, the 27-year-old actor looking for a future date, said about his biking (“Meet Market,” April 8).
It seem that he is proud of the fact that he bikes against traffic. Does he thinks that makes him a real New Yorker?
So many people, including myself, are completely disgusted and frightened by rogue bikers who do not follow the rules of the road.
I wonder if he was the person who knocked down a senior citizen friend of mine.
Bunny Abraham, Manhattan