The Morse Code requirement should be done away with entirely;
opting instead for increased written exams. Morse Code is
outdated, slow, hard to learn for many, and is a major reason
many engineers refuse to join the amateur operator ranks. As a
former talk show host on more than 70 radio stations, for almost
7 years, dealing exclusively with amateur radio(Ham Radio & More
Show), I am fully aware of the disdain by the quiet majority of
hams against the CW requirement. We should vote against the
International Treaty that requires it; joining New Zealand, Great
Britain, Canada, and others; and we should abolish the
REQUIREMENT here! It will always remain as another mode, which is
what it is, another mode of communications, not more or less
important than any other! I suggested an easy route for hams
which received 100's of letters agreeing with, called WOG, the
Written Only General.  It was simply to get a General Class
License, the current system was fine or an applicant could,
instead, pass the written General, Advance, and Extra written
tests to bypass the code requirements. Whatever the case, CW
knowledge does in no way at all, assure a good operator, only a
good CW operator. And, forcing CW only serves to keep amateur
radio away from it's intended goal of pushing the envelope in new
technology; not living in the past.

Thank you