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A Message from the President RIPON FEBRUARY, 1970 VOL. VI, No. 2 ONE DOLLAR A Message from the President t a time when many young people fear that their ideas ~ cannot have an impact on American politics, the members of the Ripon Society have effectively proven otherwise. • By thinking long and hard about public problems and by arguing its positions in a vigorous and reasonable manner, the Rip­ on Society has notably enriched our political dialogue. Its research on issues such as revenue sharing, welfare reform and the draft has ~ade an important contribution to the evolution of national pol­ I ICy. As you may have noticed from time to time, your conclusions usually arouse opposition as well as support. But that is not a bad thing, for intellectual controversy is essential for social progress. Neither the Republican party nor the American government can be effective in the 1970's unless they are vital and venturesome in­ stitutions, always receptive to the new ways of looking at public problems. That is why the party and the government welcome Ripon's impatience with the tired approaches of the past and its readiness to explore ideas "whose time is coming." I have followed with interest the impressive growth of the Ripon Society since I first met with a delegation of its members shortly after its founding. To all who gather tonight to hear my good friend, John Anderson, I extend my warm greetings. And I offer sincere congratulations and best wishes to the members of the Ripon Society as you celebrate your seventh anniversary. Richard Nixon Text of a telegram to Ripon's Seventh Anniversary Dinner Washington, D.C. January 17, 1970 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS TH E RI PO N SOC I ETY I NC fa CI Republic:cm research cmd , • policy orgc:mizcrti~ ...t- members are young business, ac:adeJDic aDd ~ men cmd GUEST EDITORIAL women. It has national headquarters in Gambridoe. Massac:Ilu­ sells. Chapters in eleven cities. National AssoCIate members throughout the fifty states, aod several affiliated groups of sub­ Congressman John B. Anderson, Melvin Laird's suc­ chapter status. The Society fa supported by chapter dues. individ­ cessor as third ranking Republican in the House, was ual contributions and r&V&I1ues from its publications and contrac:t the principal speaker at Ripon's Seventh Anniversary work. The Society offers the following optione for cmnuczl c0n­ tribution: Contributor $25 or more; SuatCliDer $100 or lII0I'&; Dinner. Part of his remarks addressed the dangers fac­ Founder $1000 or more Inq)1irles abOut membership and chapter ing the GOP; he feels the most profound threat is a organization should lie aCidressed to the National Executive policy of exclusiveness. To govern (and be reelected) Director. the Republicans must move to make their party safe for diversity. -3 NATIONAL GOVEJlIfIIfG BOUD Oiilc:.ra ·Josiah Lee Auspitz. President POLITICAL NOTES "J. Eugene Marana. Chalnnczn of the Board "Christopher T. Bayley, Chainn_ of the Executi... e COIIIIDlttee "Howard F. GUlette, Jr., Vic:. President STATE SPOTLIGHT "Robert L. Beal, T...... lUllr "Frank E. Samuel. Jr., Secretary The Sooner State is a political paradox. The GOP Boston Pbilade1phicl holds most of Oklahoma's higher elective offices but ap­ ·Robert Gulick "Richaid R. Block pears dangerously vulnerable in the 1970 elections. Martin A. Linsky Paul Niebanck Michael W. Christian Roger Whittlesey Stephen Jones focuses on the Governor's race, outlining Cambridge the spotty record of the GOP incumbent, Dewey Bartlett "Sam Sherer Seattle and the three Democratic hopefuls nipping at his heels. Howard L. Reiter "Thomas A. Alberg Marc Glass Camden Hall -6 Chi_go WUUam Rodgers "Harold S. Russell John A. Bross. Jr. WCIIIIdacrt_ Benjamin C. Duster "Patricia A. Goldman SPYING, THE CIA AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGY Dallas Stephen E. Herbit. ONeil D. Anderson UnCIa Ie. Lee Agentry and gadgetry - the balance in the spying Howard L. Abramson Robert A. Wilson trade has shifted to the latter. Robert D. Crangle ex­ Hca1ford At~e plains the historic development of full-time, peacetime ·Nicholas Norton ChrIStopher W. Bea1 Alvin Dozeman Richard E. Beeman espionage, the phasing out of the agent, the phasing in William S. Glazier II Robert D. Behn of equipment from the U -2 to the MOL, from computer Loa ,fLnqa. Thomas A. Brown translators to delicate seismographs. The CIA and its "Melvin H. Bernstein Richard M Conley Edward H. McAnifl Ralph B. l:':arle. Jr. sister spy outfits spend a pile on all this gadgetry, and Richard J. Ward, Jr. Carter G. Ford the author examines how the public and Congress can New Hcnrell Emil H. Frankel obtain better surveillance of the agencies whose job it ·WilIiam E Craig "Lee W. Huebner Paul C C!apra Philip C Johnson is to "read other people's mail." -7 Willicnri H. leffress, Jr. William 1. Iei1berg NelW York W. Stuart Parsons "Richard Zimm ..r Thomas E. Petri Robert L. Musser "John R. Price. Jr. YEAR AFTER POLL RESULTS Judah C. Sommer ""Peter J. Wallison Ripon readers have definite opinions - and they un­ Ex·OiiIc:Io At Large burdened themselves on resident pollster Ralph B. Ear!e, "Clair W. Rodgers. Jr., National Executi.... DUec:lor Jr. You may not have given Agnew an F or supported Michael S. Lottman. Edltor of the Bipon FORUM Lindsay as the great white hope .•• But you should be Michael F. Brewer. Political ~r mildly surprised at the average-Riponer's opinions on Howard L. Reiter. Research DUec:lor the past and the clouded future. -15 'Natlonal Executi... e Committee :Member "Past President or Chcdnn_ of the Board THE RIPON FORUM is I?ublisbed monthly by the Ripon BOOK REVIEW SOCl8ty Inc.. 14a Eliot Street. Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts 02138. Secon~ class postage rates paid at Urban Dynamics, according to author James Hester, Boston. Massachusetts. Contents are copyrighted © 1970 by the Ripon Society. Inc. Correspondence addressed to the Editor is is the product of an MIT professor and an IBM com­ welcomed. puter. These Improbable parents have foaled a compre­ In publishing this magazine the Ripon Society seeks to pro­ hensive model of the life cycle of a "typical" U.S. city. vide a forum for fresh ideas, well-researched proposals God for a spirit of criticism, innovation. and Independent fhinkinq within This model is to be used as a tool by policy makers. Mr. the Republic<m Party. Articles do not necessarily represent the Hester evaluates the import of the book and comments ofinion of the National Governing Board or the Editorial Board on the trend of extending systems analysis Into social o the Ripon Society. unless they are explicitly so labelled. planning and policy evaluation. -17 SUBSCRIPTION RATES are $10 a year, SS for students, service­ men. and for Peace C<;nps, Vista and other ... olunteers. Ove~ air mail. SIO .xtra. Ad... ertising rates on request. REPRIVATIZED FOREIGN AID Edltor: Michael S. Lottman When is foreign aid not foreign aid? Perhaps when Aaec:late Edlton E... elyn Ellis government (and the taxpayer) don't pay the bill. A Tec:ludc:a1 Editor. John Woodman model agricultural development corporation in the Mexi­ Contributorsl Christopher W. Beal. Duncan K. Foley. Philip C. can village of Heujotitan may mark the new departure Johnson. William D. Phelan, Jr., David Omar White. in "foreign aid" as private and profitable investment. C1rc:u1atl_ Dept.: Joanne BlDg John Simmons describes how it all works and the 'prac­ Correspondents tical application to all of third world agriculture. -19 Mrs. Barbara Mooney. Cona. Douglas C. Watson. Mhanesota Magq!e Nichola. California John E... ans, MJaaouri Alex 14. Hebmeyer. No. Calif. Arthur F. McClure, II, Misaouri James F. McCollum, Jr.• Floridcr William Harding, Nebraska 14A ELIOT -23 Cullen Hammond. Georgicr Charles O. Ingraham. N_ York MichClel McCrery. IdahO William K. Woods. Ohio Blaine EdwCll1!!1 Idcrho Stephen Jones. Olda1tomcr Ben Violette. lIIU101s Eric R. Blackledge. Oregon LETTERS -28 J. Ieenneth Doka. IDdlcma Richard Ober, Jr., Pennaylvanlcr aurton Southard, IDdl_ Donato Andre D'Andrea. B. L Terrence Dwyer, Iowa Bruce M Selya, Rhode Island gary Scott Nuruey. X­ William H. LinCier So. C-lfaCI 1969 ANNUAL REPORT Henry Bemste~l Lo~ Stanford M. Adeistein. S. D. William A. Merrul. Maa. T. William Porter. Texas Don Fowler. McdDe Robert R. Murdoch, ~cr National Executive Director Quincy Rodgers re­ Terrence Dwyer. Mic:higan W. Stuart Parsons, WfaCusla views 1969 and charts 1970. Includes a complete finan­ cial review since 1965. -24 GUEST EDITORIAL John B. Anderson I Making the GOP Safe For Diversity Lest we become complacent as the party in power, pluralistic, as our nation's needs and concerns are it may be well to point out now that there are shoals many and varied, so must we preserve the party's re­ ahead, . dangers which could threaten our unity and sponsibility to speak to all those needs and concerns. effectiveness as a political party capable of governing We want the South, but we want the Northeast too. the United States of America. The first such danger We want the Holtons and the Bushes, but we want is sectionalism. the Lindsays and the Sargents as well. Our challenge We have heard a good deal in Washington these is to make the Republican Party safe for diversity. past few months about the so-called "Southern stra­ There is a second shoal which we must avoid, tegy." There may be a short-sighted few who see an and that is the danger of po1ariza.tion in our body Emerging Republican Majority based on writing off politic. Some political commentators have become ac­ one or more sections or groups within our country. The customed to calling the Democrati~ Party the party of charge has been made that the Nixon Administr~on, the young, the poor and the blacks.
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