Give this peddler a break. (D. Pendleton's problems in getting peddler's license in New York City) (column) From: National Review | Date: December 31, 1990| Author: Buckley, William F., Jr. | COPYRIGHT 1990 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Give This Peddler A Break Eveveryone who has access to the public square receives communications from people with special problems, begging for public attention. A lot of these gentry are criminals or paranoids: a dangerous number are con men, some so successful as to engage the fervent advocacy of editorialists who live to rue the day they were had. But--here goes--I give you the complaint of Mr. "D. Pendleton," as he asks to be identified. He is 54 years old, he is black America...

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