Letters

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I suggest Eglin [AFB, Fla.] do a survey like F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo., did back in the '50s when residents were complaining about airmen walking on their streets and posted signs: "Dogs and airmen, stay off my lawn" ["Air Force World: Lightning Strikes Twice," September, p. 38]. The base commander advised the mayor and his officials that he was going to pay the troops in two dollar bills and restrict them to the base for two months, to open their eyes to how much the troops contributed to their local economy. Within a month the mayor begged the base commander to lift the restriction, and that was the end of their complaints. Money talks.