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had for one dollar in a small paperhack book
entered the White House.
short-lived. Senator Kennedy
a suspected drug pusher must first obtain a Government for you. You’ll find that Dan
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the Customs vessel and take or boat engine noises.” After- withdrawal from the Suez
ward, bullet boles were found pocket. Egyptian snipers have
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by William F. Bucklev
search warrant. To get the warrant, he must • Smoot has done a remarkable job of suggesting
demonstrate “probable cause” to a judge and what can be done about burgeoning big govern-
he must specify in advance the nature of the ment. And if enough Americans will take the
evidence he is seeking. Procedures such as these time to understand the problem and work for
provide essential safeguards for the funda- its solution, our plunge toward totalitarian rule
mental rights of all, but they are being broad- will be reversed.
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LORIS, S.C., SENTINEL.
left, and - it might at thia be knows what he means by :
attachment be added - the that, or, for that matter, that
fear of those who believe that John Maynard Keynes would
the United States’ attachment know. All that is really left to
to Israel has got to be the meaning of that word is:'
re-thought in the light of the a conviction that a central
-______ _ ____ ___ mented with everything. Sev-
political personality, the reso- er al years ago he said be too
lute ill-will of the Democratic was a Keynesian. I doubt that
vantage of his older brother husbandy and the free mar-
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last year skipper fired two warning INTELLIGENCE DIGEST:
ran an undercover U.S, Cua- shots with his pistol.” Every- Sources close to the Geneva
toms ship out of Cuban one on board the Customs peace talks say the Arabs and
waters. ship ducked below decks as Israelis won’t likely reach a
The skipper of the Cuban the chase began. — disengagement until February
craft, brandishing a pistol in “Sharp noises were heard,” at the earliest... The Egyp-
the swashbuckling style of toe deciares the Coast Guard tians, meanwhile, havelworn
blackboards who used to sail report, “but they could not be to make the Israelis pay for
the Caribbean, tried to board definitely determined gunfire every day they delay their
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Scoop Jackson has working
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But the Customs crew in the boat’s hull.
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nounced by U.S. Secretary of
State John Hay. .
In 1095, the Russians sur itsinadeg
rendered the Manchurian city to Capito
of Port Arthur to the Japanese, hearings, the f<
In 1959, Fidel Castro entered aides.
not seriously touched by does. So that, under the
charges of graft and corrput- circumstances - and discount-
ion. Whatever Mr. Nixon did mg for the moment the
or didn’t do to favor or to competition - the chances of
hurt milkfrmers and IT&T is Senator Jackson would appear
not seriously thought of as to be greater than ever. That
having affected the economy is why, for instance the
or brought it,to its low estate, trendy “New York Magazine”
And it is not now clear whom can run a cover story entitled
the people would blame if “The Inevitability of Scoop
deficit spending were pubicly Jackson.”
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Work Committee
2. Significantly, the choice the balancing, or the imbal-,
of the moment is not only a ancing, of the nation’s books
Repubican, but a Republican Nixon has sought to do that -
selected as Vice President by unsuccessfully.
Richard Nixon, whose name Economic conservatives are 7
is anathema to the majority entitled to conclude that the
of the voters. This suggest Administration has been alto-
that the mandate of 1972, gather too good-natured on
such as it was, is not eroded the matter of deficit finan-
along with the confidence in cing, which is now called
the man elected. That Repub- “full employment economy,”
licanism - or more precisely a euphemism insufficiently
stated, anti-McGovernism - is skewered in recent critical
-till preferred ta America, literature. .
Many things have gone wrong 3. Thus Ford’s advantages
in the past 12 months, but in virtue of being relatively
none of them is associated unknown, and in virtue of his
with that which might not identification with a conserva-
have been George McGovern tive Administration may be
ducked for cover and made a By dumb luck, the Ameri- ten and Egyptian commandos
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consider, the American people Would they blame President:::
would at this moment choose Nixon on ti* grounds that all:32
Gerald Ford over Edward basic economic policy is:32
Kennedy and Henry Jackson, casually thought to be the;:;
Concerning this and its impli- responsibility of the Presi-:3:
cations, a few observations: dent? Or would they blame: 3:
1. There is always a little the Congress, which after all:
glamor in toe unknown. Of voted the deficits, and in
the three gentlemen, only dramatic recent cases, at-
Gerald Ford can be though of tempted to override Presiden- 3
as unknown. Senator Kennedy tial vetoes?
has working against him not This much is certainly,
only Chappaquiddick, but that dear, and that is that the
anti-dynasticism which is em- Nixon Administration has no 2
erging in toe colleges and real line in economic policy,
universities, as the scholars Beyond a few sentimental ,
rewrite history to the disad- presumptions in favor of
run for freedom. With a cans had their shrimp outrig- have attacked Israeli outposts.
. . ..11 , • -0 ■- .m— rauu >n crackling of gunfire, the gers jutting out from the side. Most of toe incidents have
.Today is Wednesday, Jan 2 jetliner bound trom thezisland Amerisan bombing Cuban boat followed in “hot in the Sr-foot-high waves, been kept out of the newpap-
the second dayo 1974 There ofCretetoAthenswashtjacked Today’s birthday one- pursuit” for two hours. It every time the Cuban crew era, but have been reported in
are 363 days left in the year, and forced to land in Cairo, Todays birthday: Opera broke off the chase tried to board, the outriggers ’the secret intelligence dis-
185 yeprpagpame us
A SUPPORT sadde"Aerssdeeinessad
X the Pacific War began, had been damaged during English proverb. M-PArrlSpisode may < "The cuban captain shouted XSXE
On this date- D,, A- . ;Acc+ have set back the Cuban-A- that he had air assistance on are willing to negotiate a
In 1492,theSpanjards took BrUCe blOSSaL _ _ merican thaw. It certainly the way andthe Americans permanent Arab-Isrel border
Granada from the Moors.-----—......—---------——------ Guard, whose saw the Cuban crew "con- deoe to the June 1987 line
In 1782,4Georgia became the Our national hill keeps shrinking planes nearly became involy- ** but allowing -minor- correc-
fourth sta te to ratify the U.S -eo- -ev""l H ° edf‛in an international inci- possible aircraft.". . tions... In private, Secretary One way or another, Con- tation” they do not want or
, ittution. ._____As a working institution, Congress in 1973 has not had a dent. And on Capitol Hill, After „ the /1twohour. of , State Henry Kissinger gress will soon act on lose their jobs.
In 1900, the open door very good year. It needed to improve mightily its techniques Rep. John Murphy, D-N.Y., pursuit, toe Cubans gave up. refers to - his old North campaign spending reform - Like most Americans, we
policy in China was an- for the conduct of an important part of the nation’s public chairman of toe House Coast A few minutes later, Coast Vietnamese adversary, Le action which they will be able recognize the serious need for
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till for the protracted Ervin Senate committee The details have been swept “* Coast Guard report reminiscences but made no to be on record back home as paigns are financed. That is
ocusof course was on President Nixon and his under a secret stamp, but we charges that the emergency, diplomatic headway in their being solidly on the side of why we applaud the initative
.. . . t , have had access to the calls only servedrevea ltest Paris get-together. Kiss- representative government, taken by those members of
.Hasvana and named D. .Defenderaand promoters of Cngresscan ppintto the fact classified Coast Guard ac- 018 ^ture of (the U.S. ships) inger is relying upon Hanoi’s and solidly opposed ot special the U.S. Senate and House of
ManuelntUruta provisional pwersdidtRoctOmrqngbrntheBbomidinginwcarmokdna, count of misadventure. uncertainty about..President interests. — Representatives who have
President ocubq,____r. that as usual it trimmed a few billion off the‘defense budget. Customs rented a shrimp I.",5. ,,56555 " Iu Nixon to keep the North . ___ introduced campaign reform
In I960, Sen. John Kennedy It can also be argued that the Ervin hearings, often faacinat- boat for undercover work, operatons. /9eb Vietnamese from unleashing Unless the campaign re- legislatio in this First Session
of Massachusetts announced ing and watched by far more millions of television viewers which we have agreed to keep 5 The Coast Guard's acting an offensive. Intelligence re- form” legislation covers “in- of the 93rd Congress,
his candidacy for the Demo- than anyone would have guessed, gained the Senate some confidential. We also agreed commandant. Vice Adm. T.R. ports say the Hanoi hierarchy kind” (non-cash) political ex- However, in our opinion,
cratic presidenttai nomine- freshpointsas an investigating body.^ to omit the name of the vessel Sargent, complained in a consider the President unpre- penditures by special interest these various proposals would
.. _2. . runEneasieno-nngress weresombeizudge simpyaon.a and the date of the incident, confidential letter to Murphy ditble and are uncertain groups, however, it will be no do more harm than good if
was wportedonthefirstsalsof the critics. Time and aginthe PrePdntmame his fairiy Off the Cayo Bahia de Cadiz, that Customs not only blew how he would react. The hetter- evenworse ~ than no passed in their present form.
-5: wheat to the Soviet Uni on. numerous vetoes stick. The war-makig issue aside, Con- states the Coast Guard report, the cover on the shrimp boat U.S. ambassador to Australia, reform at all. Their provisions would re-
.Five years a&o: • Greek areas exhibited almost no bold initiatives. In thejenergy “ " i ■“ * " i
field, the Senate had a major bill of its own. But when the
lawmakers recessed for Christmas, they were toying with a
watered-down version, and only a late show of House resis-
tance kept the matter unresolved and deprived Mr. Nixon of
a broad fuel control bill tailored to his wishes.
the shrimp boat "violated but brought “acute danger to Marshall Green, has been _ ., strict certain selected areas
Cuban waters (and) a Cuban the men embarked in that called home for an extended , prooenozme."ash of campaign support while
vessel was dispatched to vessel.” stay. The reason is State ington Post recently address- leaving others relatively un-
afrestthv.s.crmt... "The Customs ship's "mode Hepartment irritation over edthatpoint:, "I access to sx. ety5 .
“The crew aboard the of operation might (mistaken- Tade Minister Jim carirns' (ot cash) “ Twelve years ago, Justice
(Cuban) vessel was motioning ly) have been interpreted to anti-American remarks. Our euminqted “ * Poen4 Hugo Black in his dissent in
to the Americans to turn their be that of an anti-Castro State Department sources be- advantage for one candidate IAM v Street said: “There '
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these factors are probably and . over.tosothers,
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_ efforts to thwart the political,
A wave of the future: automatically enhances""the eoonomi.andaideological,
MYA cooking with garbage movencemanpomoee
The energy crisis is “the most phony crisis ever inflicted city for the campaign,” he uue.umr- . AnE
upon a modern society,” claims Ralph Nader - said. — — “* Stuaton continues t
Society, says the consumer advocate, wastes 40 per cent of . worsen.
_____ its energy. So how can there be a crisis? This, of course, means the The use of compulsory uniaf
OPTED TO RUN *-Nader is a man who never minces a word or pares an ex- bosses of Big Labor who have dues for political purposes
After a whispered confer- aggeration. Yet a recent item in the news makes one wonder, in their warchests tens of seriouly jeopardizes our sys
ence, the Americans decided pThecity of ElEajongCalifzis going tosbuiid a Solid Waste millions of compulsory union wn or representative govern;
to ty tonorcape. Thezingreed Eageunnatrasconttuetmnnctrntr,tcsetcrmpieqndr,8s, dollars with wich mhey buy ment dt
^5 ""T ” will cost 131 million, which is peanuts compared to what it and sell political manpower sen's political freedom and
caught, they “would throw willdo. " 5 . and publicity would be vir- outrageously violates the ba-
their radio and U.S. Customs Initially, it will convert 300 tons of trash daily into burna- tually unchallenged in the sic rights of workers whooif
•___________■ ble fuel, including low-sulfur oil. Eventually, it will process political arena They would be money is beine ---1 we
board to prevent the Cubans LOW tons of trash a day into enough fuel to meet the needs of uncontested . al”th ewhile believe that toer/canbe no
nein "h "het . S2miflion cAn do this for 30,000 people by 1975, what lmaking a mockery y the --- 4 ■— —
a few billion do for 300 million people even sooner? political . urMtioim of toe
" te suddenly hear certain segments of the econo- estimated sixteen million
“Hold on now. Let's not rush into anything. Th*, wageearners who must pay stop
is not as bad as all that.” ubn officials fon ireorenen- ing i
ton Merry-Go-Round
by Jack Anderson
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One can argue for or against the proposition that sufficient
evidence exists to warrant impeachment proceedings
against the President. The reality is that, after the public
outcry which followed his firing of Archibald Cox as special
Watergate prosecutor, the House did decide to undertake the
preliminaries involved in those proceedings, and it has
“We think a cautious driver is made about as much progress as a glacier in the Arctic,
the finest thing infhe world and Yet the modest hopes implicit in even the sparse
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say slow driver, we aren’t outer, and sfar, in the most literal sense, they haven't We represent the Armed
refarrin to someone who figured out what to do with it Meantime, each passing Forces of Cuba. You are
te sneed limit or month sees them engulfed with more and more complex in- under arrest. Follow us to
drives few miles per hour formation whichtheyaprear unable to digest and act upon, land."" For emphasis, the
One Senate aide said that body this year had around WO ekinner WAvad ■ a mm
below it We mean the driver roH calls votKasagainst some 400 a few years back. While a wavoo a ” mm.
who ... instate on chugging lot were 2 ■
But this may be a tempora- does not have the background
ry situation. The principal to emerge as a convincing
uncertainty of the day is economic doctor. But Jack- 1
economic. The record of the son, whose image is of the
Nixon Administration here is industrious New Dealers,
read at 39 or 35 miles issues re
while traffic backs up wereill-L_________
w No doubt men The old cry Wed to be that lawmakers needed more staff
folks believe 60 ffi-d trdeveistthastaerkrrr prW mrore aides
dvancing thecause of always be let aside to handle the service-station aspects of
ta it has never been the job — dealing with constituents’ queries and complaints
I before. But we urge Most lawmkers are said to be poor office managers. .. ... .
» think that driving 25 Worse stili,‛ost go to the Senate or House floors not only investigative credentials over-
■ hour below the speed uninformed tait lacking in the seal and fire needed for the board to -------- - --- .. .
eood safety pracficeto spirited, crackling debate that ought to enliven a Congress from discovering the fact that 30,000
Jd^way pelroiman sigyslinorosaitsarrrperpowerrafe ingheasthroublingdays they were United States could"
thinks of the idea. We no fodder an institution well led and commanding loyalty, 7^1177 ry
for 535 separate egos ' Ateethmnno"botldme-mho
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Belmont, Massachusetts - What category of nals exceeds concern for law-abiding citizenry.
Americans do you suppose constitutes the in the enforcement of administrative or
largest body of lawbreakers today9 Murderers? bureaucratic law, however, no such procedures
Drug pushers? Sex deviates? Auto thieves? need be followed. A typical example of abuse
No! None of these. by bureaucratic rule can be found in the
According to the latest statistics available, 'enforcement of mandates ordered by the Occu- -
- the largest number of lawbreakers today are pational Safety and Health Administration
American businessmen. Their crime is their in- (OSHA). Compliance Officers from OSHA need
ability to comply with the huge body of no warrants, no evidence of “probable cause,” J
regulations and “guidelines” written by federal and no court orders to search any part of any «
bureaucrats. These edicts - virtually controlling employer’s place of business. OSHA has even I j
America’s productive arm - assume the force ruled that the giving of advance warning of such 5
-of law whenever the mushrooming bureaucracy searches is itself a punishable offense. I I
publishes them in the Federal Register They Armed with a mountain of regulations and I |
are not even seen by Congress. More often than standards, OSHA officials are empowered to i l
not, the regulations being violated have never levy fines, to compel purchase and installation I I
been seep by the amazed and confused “crimi- of new and expensive equipment, and even 1 1
nals.” IAmerican businessmen are guilty of to shut a business down. Disbelieving owneis I I
anything. It is that they long for the day when must either pay the fines and do as ordered, ’ f
government will leave them alone. - or they must go to the trouble and the ex-
While federal screws are being tightened over pense of filing an appeal. The fact that they |
productive Americans, other federal agencies must appeal to OSHA itself indicates further (
have recently secured remarkable leniency for that*something is seriously wrong,
the perpetrators of violent crimes. Furloughs Our brief mention here of the contrasting
for drug pushers, parole for murderers, permis- treatments accorded to productive 'Americans I
siveness everywhere, and procedural handcuffs and to suspected and known criminals outlines
on the police are now commonplace. All the only a portion of the tyranny developing in the
while, the harassment and fines meted out to United States. There are so many federal
businessmen and employers get progressively regulatory agencies that no one ready knows 1
worse. The trend, in fact, is reminiscent of the either their tdtal number or the number of
systematic deterioration which ultimately led reguhtiont that already exist. But each regula-
to law enforcement procedures common in tion and each agency is effectively transforming -
Communist-controlled countries. the most productive citizens into real or poten- -
; in a Communist state, during the period tial enemies of the state. If allowed to continue, H
when control is being solidified, government, this process will inevitably result in total rule II
officials become extremely tolerant of com- by a bureaucracy not at all unlike the Soviet II
mon criminals. At the same time they aim system.
their guns at and severely punish anyone who The time to stop this accelerating trend is I
' disobeys the"economic or political commands now. A thorough study of the problem can be II
Don Oakley *
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