EDITORIAL WRONG ABOUT NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN VOTE.(MAIN)

Byline: ROBERT B. TOMPKINS Long Lake

Your Oct. 15 editorial ``Test ban test'' chastised the Republican Senate leaders for not finding a way to postpone a vote on the ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty. I disagree with your conclusion that the Senate's petty politics has made a dangerous world more at risk of a future nuclear catastrophe.

I'm with most Americans that want to see a lessening of a worldwide nuclear threat. However, I don't feel the actions of the Senate will make any difference in that regard.

While certainly timing in life …