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September 16, 1976

MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT FROM: DOUG SMI~

For your information relative to the nuclear decision paper, Gwen forwarded the two articles attached •

Digitized from Box C48 of The Presidential Handwriting File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

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• _,­ . ' -~------Voice of the people . Businessmen-c. DEAR EDITOR: These progr Gl~DD c. Lee, Publisher • F. Philip, President Leave it to the "ingenuity" have been ll of the American entrepreneur competents 1 to make money on anything become "eaS] Page 6 and everything. highly intellig .; criminal." The businessman d o c t o r The stealin.1 who is first a bussinessman, labeled for · golf player, _and socialite - needy isn't ju Carter-. to the bo tom and on1y incidently a doctor, wolfish entre1 bas waxed fat "on the dollars social progrn Tri-Citians should put Jimmy transportation, a lack of necessary taxpayers believed were going larceny fliehi Carter at the bottom of their list. machinery in the mines and other for the care of the Indigent dollars by .. That's where he puts nuclear obstacles, as the experts were sick. bureaucrats a .,, energy. quick to point out, make generation Businessmen doctors are tidy sum. I Any doubts about his position of sufficient energy from coal vir­ not the only group of bu­ bureaucrats I were dispelled here Thursday by tually impossible. sinessmen who have become Carter's son, Jack. Tri-City leaders who h v e big business for all types of .. a.. •. a "I don't see Hanford booming worked 15 years to turn the American entrepreneurs who under dad," he said. economy of this community around have found the mediocrity Son Jack didn't quite say that if to make Hanford a nuclear ener,:(y and stupidity of tbe ·average Top his father was elected President, center, were shocked at Carter's bureaucratic administrator no the breeder program would be naivete. match for his own superior DEAREDITO --· scrapped. But the Tri-City Nuclear Those who had read his speech ability. I am alwa Council directors and p o 1 it i c a 1 May 13 at the United Nations in In no _ other bui-eau of items like " ~ovemment ia ao m u c --dard' c~ ~-· leaders who heard him speak could New York were not surprised, h -·...... only believe he meant just that. however.. The soeech defined in · money spent with 10 little peared on -you . Jack Carter said nuclear/ower detail his position on nu(:lear accountability and c:ontrol u . Sept. 2. It ~V· ~ there is in our social pro­ . supposedly we ...... ,., plants now operating woul con­ ener~zy . tinue to operate and those under It could have been written by grams for the poor. There ia, commaa •Jir ..., ·- construction would be completed. Ralph Nader. also perhaps. no o t II e r try "went met "'•·~' The 11reasons" Carter cited for operation of 1 o v e r n meli t Perhaps I •'• But beyond that would be deem· too ·---. ... phasis. Research and development keeping U. S. dependence on where there II such a dirt .'humor'. ·-•.. money would be cut and diverted to nuclear power "to the minimum" need for people with In­ have read thj .. telligence and ability there Gwrge killed .. .,. higher-priority projects like solar ran the Nader jlamut of fear of as •.. and geothermal-nuclear would be radioactive wastes to fear of ter­ is In our social programs. adopt the mE ..., .- starved to death . rorists who might steal plutonium •'- __ #- Experts on energy from Exxon, and make weapons. Adele Ferguson Battelle, W~stinghouse and United He added that "beyond these Nuclear -would ·hardly believe their dangers there is the fearsome ears. prospect that the spread of nuclear 1 ...... -. Carter, his son said, proposes reactors will mean the spread of """""···· to supply the nation's energy needs nuclear weapons to many nations." -: Carter proposed in his U. N. Callers, mainly with coal. --...... --...... The nation has great untapped speech . to meet this "fearsome "I believed your comments beheading of -... , coal resources, as Jack Carter prospect" with "international ac­ ,.. on the Olympia scene for a following by t ..... said, but the N a t i o n a 1 En­ tion," demonstratin~ he's as naive long time," said the letter the severed ll -.. vironmental Policy Act, the Clean ab0ut foreign relations as about from the lady in Seattle. "But pole outside t -..... Air Act, t h e uncompromising enerey. since you have spent 10 much nument. ""''... hostility of the no-growth en­ Tri-Citians who vote for Carter time denouncing President Even that -... vironmentalists, inadequate r a i 1 should have their heads examined. Nixon while overlooking the enough for s --- crimes ' . of his Democratic have to be p -... p-edecessors as well as that running the gli : reprobate Ted KeMedy, I'll Pacific to the l Uniust delays dways doubt your veracity as leg anCi all, so -­.. long as your column appears! take one -last c: ... "Where were you when that My theory < -­ There is an old saying that The escape was attempted Aug. issue of tbe N' - "justice delayed is justice denied." 21, 1971. reprobate J o h n s o n was ·-... President? ·Hldinl your bead not changed. -.. It's more than a cUche. , I think Gerl ... Five years .later almost to a lD the sand? You Nlmn at­ ... for fear Nix ... The state Supreme Court the day five convicts were found guilty tacken had better eet eaq~Jt - bimlelf Otbm .... other day dismissed charges of and three were acquitted. up on American h 11 tor 1 • -.. would ·that .... receiving the earnings of a From of ... The trial lasted 18 months and Wilson on, most the The ... prostitute because it took 104 days $2.2!5 Democratic presidents have history? p. ... cost California more than the history bo -... to bring the accused man to trial. million . broken almost every role in .. The state's speedy-trial law re­ same people 1 --... It probably will be several the book. newspapers · a .... quires trial within 90 days after · more years before the appeals are - "I'll wa.s;~ i_f t~e ~ri~es at Nixon would b --- charges are filed. .-1 "' (' i .-1 .,... t

• . . ~ 15c ·- Carter would slow •tgton growtb at Hanford By JIM PHILIP Herald Political Writer Jack Carter said Thursday he presumes Hanford would benefit more under President Ford 'than his father . c. The "I don't see Hanford boom­ to per­ Indian ing under dad," Carter, 29, ty. The said in a Pasco interview before going to Richland to airliner speak to the Tri-City Nuclear uld be Industrial Council directors. ··ascs in "But it won't become defunct. sed by hiiacked "There will always be a 1izc de- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) place for nuclear research - Authorities negotiated to­ and a need for nuclear fuel," trd dc­ day with hijackers holding an he added before explaining to gle per­ Indian Airlines jetliner with at TCNIC his father's stands on .s. Pre­ kast 78 persons aboard at La­ nuclear power and the liquid lr both. hore and demandmg fuel so metal fast breeder reactor i.l ex­ they could go on to an unspeci­ program. ;Jt indi- fied destination, the govern­ He said in an interview that r those ment said. President Ford is a more avid The Boeing 737 carried 77 supporter of construction of passengers and seven crew nuclear power reactors and 1rd de­ that some researeh money of the members when it was hijacked on a domestic flight over India now going to the breeder ,ncome, program would be shifted to md $2.­ early today and flown to La­ hore, Pakistan, about 180 miles studying alternative energy Jsly, it sources, such as solar or 000 for south of Islamabad, officials said. Six passengers who be­ geothermal power. he tax Carter said he didn't know people came ill were reporJed re­ leased. what impact his father's Aitsan Ahsan, information of­ policies would have on the li­ ficer for the Province of Pun­ quid fast breeder reactor jab, said the passengers were planned at Clinch River or the $647 million Fast Flux Test The famous Carter smile was flashed in Pasco being looked after well and had Thursday as Jack Carter, son of Democratic been provided with lunch. He Facilit .1t Hanford. But he later told TCNIC he presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, greeted a ~a king said those released had re­ gathering of Democrats, including Bill Shaffer of ceived medical aid. assumes that the FFTF will lS or b e completed, s i n c e it's Richland. (Herald photo by Bob Woehler) rown He told reporters at the La­ hore airport the hijackers' na­ already two-thirds complete. warned of potential brownouts "embraced ... Ralph Nader." "Dad does not feel the and unemployment problems Jill1Cllt tionality was not known but Nader "has haunted me they wanted to fly to some breeder program is useless. if nuclear and coal plants are every place I've been," said I the He wants to shift emphasis." , ones country in Africa. not built as fast as possible to Carter. "Dad empathizes with "I don't like what I heard,'' meet energy demnnds. ' some of the things that Nader • rd g one TCNIC director said after c not The directors also pointed has done. As a businessman, Inside today Carter left. out t h a t environmentalists [0\~11- Dad knows there are some "He's not anti-nuclear," oppose tearing up land to get limitations. He will look to c 're e Carters don't share mari­ Carter said of his dad. "My goes the coal. "By the time you get things from a c c n s u m e r juana views. Page 12. father's not afraid of nuclear the coal we need, we'll be viewpoint." · 'V er e Catholic bishops 'en­ energy. He knows you can froze dead," said Ron couraged but not t o t a II y " make it safe." Robinson. 1 Lee also asked where Car­ e col­ satisfied' by Ford's stand on But Carter said his father Replied Carter: "Dad is an ter was getting h i s in­ South abortion. Page 4. would emphasize other energy environmentalist, but h e ' s formation for speeches on ( 1 8 e u.s., Britain to urge West­ sources, primarily, coal, and practical. He would choose a nuclear power. . gc on ern investment in black Rho­ fill the gap until alternative warm winter over a pretty He pointed to a speech by h~r in desia. sources can meet energy de­ field." Carter in which the pr~den. e Information calls put mands with nuclear power. Glenn C. Lee, TCNIC tial candidate opposed start­ mmon extra burden on Pasco police. Nuclear power is his father's secretary, asked Carter. ing up a $1 billion atomic > and Page 13. last choice, he said. whether his father would waste reprocessing plant in io act Sections 2 ______Pages 34 Carter said the . U.S. has consider repealing <>r amend­ South Carolina and opposed mally <:burches ------.10 available 300 years o f ing the Environmental Pro­ futtu·e reprocessing p 1 a n t s eould Classified ------22-34 mineable, clean-burning coal. tection Act and Clean Air Act until further determinations mt. Comics __ ------8 Carter also said his father Desert Living ______5 "so we can burn the coal." are made about w a s t e t im­ doesn't believe private in­ Carter said no. He said he management. Y that Editorial __ ------6 dustry has instituted adequate Entertainment ______7 expects a national s t r i p "That will kill nuclear : that safety standards. mining bill to set guidelines. power," Lee said. fast. Markets _ ------'-- 20 Safety standards proposed Carter promised Lee be Obituraies ______21 TCNIC Director T o m m y )3sant by the Democratic nominee Ambrose said nuclear power would find out who wrote the . But Sports ------14-18 include placing reactor cores is needed to meet energy de­ speech and who provided the 1g in Tv Jog ------21 below ground level, sealing mands. "You can't bring on speech\Witer with the in· ; face \Veatber ------2 structures that house nuclear coal fast enough." formation. don't plants, standarizing, p I a n t Sam Volepentest, TCNIC Carter also promised to design and locating power executive v i c e president, take back information pro­ Weather plants at isolated sites. asked Carter why his father vided by TCNIC to his father. Fair tonight and Saturday Carter's son said he expects but with increasing high nuclear plants now under Jth of clouds Saturday. High in the construction would be com­ >a trol 80s. Lows in 40s and lows 50s. pleted and future Screen pass blocked Winds variable 5 to 15 m.p.h. ones carefully scrutinized. BANGKOK - Kissing is expensive as well as bad for ad on Chance of measurable rain "If there's any de-emphasis health under new legislation passed in Bangkok today. pherd near zero through tonight and on nuclear power and the Prompted by concern over cleanliness and hygiene in 10 per cent Saturday. High people that de-emphasize it public places, the municipal council has adopted a resolution t h e Thursday 81, low this morning are wrong, what are we going forbidding movie-goers to kiss. !I this 41. High a year ago 91, low 47. to do?" asked TCNIC director Defenders will be fined 500 bhat ($25) each time they are with Normal for Sept. 9, high 83, Gene Hintz. caught. The same legislation restricts smoking in theaters low 54. Details Page 21. Hintz and other directors and buses to specially designated areas.