READERS RESPOND

When John C. Cozad, a Kansas City lawyer and former University of Missouri regent and Missouri Highway and Transportation commission member, spoke to a Chamber of Commerce meeting recently, he generated considerable response with his thoughts on affirmative action. His talk was reprinted on the Perspectives page Aug.7. Readers were invited to submit responses. Here are three responses that take exception to Cozad's remarks. No one provided a defense for the position that affirmative action is immoral.