SIR—Saddam Hussein will never be contained as long as he is able
to exploit hypocritical positions within the United Nations
Security Council. You correctly observe (November 15th) that
France and Russia seem more concerned with financial security
than with physical security. But the United States (along with
Britain) is also maintaining a hypocritical position: it is no
good accusing Iraq of ignoring UN resolutions and threatening
dire consequences when, for political and business reasons, it
continues to offer succour to other flagrant “ignorers” such as
Israel, Turkey and Indonesia.  Martin Sheridan   Welfare to work
SIR—Your article (November 1st) on Wisconsin's welfare-
replacement initiative, “Wisconsin Works” (W-2), is generally
accurate. But you misrepresent one important component of the
programme. You state that W-2 tries to “make benefit feel as
much like work as possible.” This is only partly true.
Participants who end up in community-service jobs will
experience some of the features of regular wo