HIGHWAY TO HADES

By Jonathan Fairbank

Mr. J. Fairbank is Editor-in-Chief of the FAIRBANK REPORT.

The following are recently culled newspaper headlines about the Los Angeles Metropolitan area:

**The LA Metro has the largest number of murders and the second highest murder rate in the United States.

**The LA Metro has the most congested highways and freeways in the United States.

**The LA Metro has the worst air pollution in the United States.

**The LA Metro has the largest number of illegal aliens in the United States.

**The LA Metro has the largest number of illiterates and the highest rate of adult illiteracy in the United States.

Can Los Angeles be far from collapse?