Umat Kumas says there was no Armenian genocide (letter, April 20). Doesn't he know that the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a U.N. study (1985), 40 U.S. states (including Mass.), the European Union Parliament (1987), a U.S. filing with the International Court of Justice (1951), countries such as Canada and France, and the scholar who coined the word "genocide," Raphael Lemkin, all say that Turkey committed genocide against Armenians in the 1915 era? Perhaps Mr. Kumas has been listening to the national Anti-Defamation League, which has long conspired with Turkey to deny the Armenian genocide and defeat Armenian genocide resolutions in Congress. The ADL's lack of moral credibility has led Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Needham, Newton, Westwood, several other cities, and the Mass. Municipal Assoc. to toss out (www.NoPlaceForDenial.com) the ADL's alleged anti-bias program "No Place for Hate." Like a recurring nightmare, the ADL is back. Clear Channel Corp. in Stoneham is giving the ADL free space on 100 billboards to promote its "anti-bullying" program. The real bullies are the ADL and Turkey, which bullies its ethnic and religious minorities, journalists, and dissidents. The ADL anti-bullying program has the same problem as "No Place for Hate:" its sponsor is hypocritical and lacks credibility. Students and parents deserve better. Clear Channel should replace the ADL logo on the billboards with names of other Massachusetts anti-bullying programs. And why does the ADL get 100 free billboards while the PeaceofArt.org group must pay Clear Channel for two billboards about the Armenian genocide? Does Clear Channel have the same double standards as the national ADL? For more, Google my article "Anti-Defamation League the Big Bully on the Block." David Boyajian Belmont

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