THE CITIZEN REGISTERS Here’s what I think 14 Reagan used right name for Iranians Every American heart skipped a beat watching the hostages on tele vision and every American felt ashamed and partially guilty to see them still imprisoned in iran, Al- though it was good to know that they are alive and seemingly well, they did ot appear at all normal. Somehow, most of them appeared listless and spoke mechanically. ‘We almost know now that no.deal will be made by this administration to free them. When the good things of the Carter administration are listed; certainly the matter of the hostages will not be among them. This was botched up. There was no reason to prolong their detention this far and now the Iranians are getling more brazen than ever and insist we get down on our knees and beg. It is something to consider that originally the hostages were grabbed by. the revolutionary. students. The official government did_ not take re- sponsibility for the act. There was, in faet, no stable government at that time. Now, supposedly, there is an elected government and the prime Iminister has the nerve to announce that fie wants $24 billions in ransom, And the world Keeps quiet, Nobody takes the trouble to. pro- test, neither individual nations nor the UN. With friends like theso who neods enemies, What kind of world are we living in? How can a governinent lake hostages of a peaceful nation and shatnelessly demand ransom and the world merely look on? This same lime minster" was in tis country fore the U.N. not so long ago. How ‘would he have liked it if we grabbed him or any of his countrymen who had the narve to demonstrate in front of the White House and hold thom for ransom or for exchange. Pethaps we should have done it. So now matters are left for the Reagan administration and Mr. Reagan called the Iranians by the right, name—bar- barians and kidnappers. We hope that the Good Lord will give him the Knowledge and courage to deal with these burbarians kidnappers. ‘A. COHEN 23 Forest Ave. Ossining