HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOMELESS

If Martin Sheen's Hollywood acquaintances and Mitch Snyder's acquaintances in Congress show up to sleep on the city's heating grates on March 3 {Personalities, Feb. 11} , where will the homeless people sleep? Will the participating members of Congress open their homes for the night? Will those who come from California put up the homeless in local hotels? I am thankful that Mr. Sheen and Mr. Snyder are working to help the homeless. But instead of traveling here, maybe the Hollywood people should simply send to Mr. Snyder's shelter the money they would spend on their trip and spend their time publicizing the plight of the homeless to the people in their own communities. Maybe the members of Congress should spend their time convincing their colleagues to transfer some of the hundreds of billions of dollars in the military budget to positive, socially oriented needs. LEMOS JACKSON Washington

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