THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, October 14, 1995             TAG: 9510140019
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

WE NEED A LEADER FOR ALL OF US

Regarding columnist Molly Ivins' ``We'll let Powell be presidential until his hat lands in the ring'' (Perspectives, Sept. 28):

If General Colin Powell decides to run, it won't be as a black man or a white man but as a man for all people.

This country wouldn't be in such a mess today if every candidate could run like that. Ask not what you can do for me but what I can do for my country.

Let's put less time on race and more time on the important issues. And try to get this country back on the right track. It will take all of us, no matter what color we are.

LOTTIE M. JONES

Norfolk, Sept. 28, 1995 by CNB