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A difficult question concerning the genus is to decide whether two spaces in the same Mislin genus have the same Lusternik-Schnirelmann category. This question was settled in the negative by \textit{J. Roitberg} [Topology 39, No. 1, 95-101 (2000; Zbl 0933.55004)] for infinite CW complexes. For finite CW complexes the problem remains open. In [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 131, No. 2, 637--645 (2003; Zbl 1010.55003)], the author proves that \(|\text{cat\,}X- \text{cat\,}Y|\leq 1\) if \(Y\) is a finite simply connected \(H_0\)-space in the genus of \(X\). In this paper the author considers the Eckmann-Hilton dual problem. Let \(X\) be a finite, simply connected CW complex with the rational homotopy type of a suspension, and \(Y\) and \(Z\) in the Mislin genus of \(X\). Then, \(Y\) is a retract if \(X\vee Z\), and therefore \(\text{cat}(X)= \text{cat}(Y)\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 1005.00038].