VOL. IX, No. 8

APRIL 15, 1973 FORUM 25 CENTS The President and the Party While the newspapers are full of The Senate has already sustained that defeated Brown. Before the GOP stories about the growing battle be­ the President's veto of the Vocational caucus, U.S. Rep. Dan H. Kuykendall tween the Republican President and Rehabilitation bill, with the Republi­ (Tenn.) commented: "Every time a the Democratic-dominated Congress, cans supporting the White House 31- story mentions that Bud Brown has little attention has been paid to the to-10. But it appears that it was not the White House blessing, he loses lack of solidarity within the GOP's so much a question of priorities as, in more votes." own ranks. Whether it is over such Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott's This estrangement can be traced to policy questions as funding priorities words, "that unless [Republicans} use last fall when President Nixon failed and "executive privilege" or such po­ our power to sustain the veto, we to make as many personal appearances litical affairs as Richard Nixon's lead­ wouldn't be taken seriously by the with GOP candidates as Republican ership of the party, the GOP is sharp­ Democrats." leaders desired. Further, U.S. Rep. Sil­ ly divided. And, it is not so much the The White House's assertion of vio Conte (Mass.) recently revealed traditional split between the GOP's "executive privilege" for presidential that the White House told Bob Wilson conservative and progressive wings as assistants in the Watergate investiga­ that he should not attempt to defeat between the Republicans on Capitol tion has also brought out GOP in­ 55 Democratic congressmen, mostly Hill and in the White House. dependence. Senator Scott has said he from the South, who were friendly to­ The President's efforts at limiting will not "interfere" if Republicans ward the Administration. the federal budget, to control taxes on the special Senate Watergate Com­ Finally, despite the well-publicized and inflation, are supported, in prin­ mittee want to subpoena presidential pledge from the Administration's con­ ciple, by GOP congressmen. The Re­ counsel John W. Dean III or others. gressional liaison, William E. Tim­ publicans on the Joint Economic Sen. Howard H. Baker, Jr. (Tenn.), mons, that there would be more White Committee, for example, unanimously the committee's ranking Republican, House contact with Capitol Hill, GOP voted to back the President's $268.7 believes that at least some testimony congressmen still have little access to billion budget ceiling. by Dean "would be essential to the in­ the President or his key aides. When But GOP congressmen are quite in­ vestigation. " Sen. Peter H. Dominick introduced the "Better Schools Act" for the Ad­ dependent of the Administration on Sen. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (Conn.) ministration he did so "as a matter of questions of priorities. When Agri­ has been the most vocal Republican culture Secretary Earl 1. Butz appear­ in demanding that Dean testify, but courtesy; a courtesy which I might add was not extended to any of the minor­ ed before a Senate subcommittee to others include Senators John Tower ity members of the subcommittee in explain that the executive branch had (Texas) and Norris Cotton (N.H.) the form of a request for suggestions, to decide what low-priority programs and U.S. Rep. Philip Crane (Ill.). to cut, Sen. Henry Bellmon (R-OkIa.) advice or guidance with regard to any exploded: "That's the same as saying Another slap at the Administra­ part of this legislation in its formula­ that you know more about what's low tion came last month when House Re­ tion stages by Administration officials." priority than we do and that really publicans elected Robert H. Michel Republicans like Bellmon, Baker, burns us up here." (Ill. ) chairman of the Republican Tower, Cotton, Crane, Michel, Kuyk­ At the end of the last Congress, the Congressional (Campaign) Commit­ endall, and Dominick are not candi­ tee. After last November's election, the President pocket vetoed several bills, dates for the White House's 1974 two of which, the Older Americans White House asked U.S. Rep. Bob Wil­ Charles E. Goodell Republican Radi­ Act and the Vocational Rehabilitation son (Calif.), the 12-year chairman, to clib Award. In fact, all are solidly step down in favor of Clarence "Bud" Act, Congress has passed again by bet­ conservative Republicans. There will, ter than four-to-one. Senate Republi­ Brown (Ohio), though Wilson resist­ of course, be times like the vote on the cans voted for the Older Americans ed these pressures until early March. Vocational Rehabilitation veto when bill 30-to-9 and for Vocational Re­ There was little to distinguish the White House will win all the Re­ habilitation 35-to-2, while in the Brown from Michel - both were even publican votes necessary; but if the House the GOP supported these meas­ members of the Chowder and March­ Administration continues what Senator ures 113-to-65 and 118-to-50 despite ing Society, the club of the GOP Dominick has called its "cavalier at­ the clear promise of another presiden­ House establishment - and it was the titude," it will often find itself with­ tial veto. affliction of Administration support out essential Republican support. RDB political efforts. And despite White House protestations, most Republican leaders were unimpressed with the Ad­ EDITORIAL ministration's efforts to build the GOP. Complained In­ diana's national committteeman, 1. Keith Bulen, "You can't even get a telephone call returned from the White Richard Nixon, it should be remembered, was once House unless you're a Southerner. They don't care did­ a partisan Republican. He earned the 1968 Republican dIy-damn for us or for the state chairmen either." presidential nomination on the campaign trails of 1964 Richard Nixon's re-election campaign was based not and 1966. In those years, when the GOP was so sharp­ on the new realities of "strategic politics" as defined by ly divided over the Goldwater candidacy, Richard Nix­ the pollsters, campaign consultants and direct mail spe­ on traveled the country as "Mr. Republican" sparking cialists who are hired to elect one candidate - and one campaign rallies for GOP congressional, gubernatorial candidate only. For Richard Nixon, they determined and senatorial candidates. that if he was to win the necessary Democratic votes Further, Richard Nixon began his political career in 1972, he should stand, like Eisenhower, above the at the bottom running for Congress, then senator, then partisan battles. Their strategy required that he build vice president, then president - and then, in a step a non-partisan coalition - and if that meant that other down that maintained his party credentials, for governor GOP candidates ",:ould have to go it alone, so be it. of California. He was not like Ronald Reagan or Nel­ Before, the Republican Party was an asset, but as son Rockefeller, Charles Percy or Francis Sargent, all an incumbent President with the party's nomination Republicans who because of their finances, personality secure, the rules of "strategic politics" dictated that he or luck did not have to work their way up through the ignore those whose support was guaranteed, and con­ ranks. Nor did he seek, as these Republicans did, to centrate on those non-Republican voters whose sUPp"<>rt project a public image that was above the partisan fray. was needed. The result was that the goal of a umfied Rather, Richard Nixon was a sharply partisan politician Republican campaign - unattainable under Eisenhower who came to symbolize, to the press at least, the worst or Goldwater - was never realized and the hope of of overly partisan politics. responsible party government died, for four more years. But party politics is not without its virtues as David As the leader of the Republican Party, Richard Broder, reporter and columnist for T he Washington Nixon needs to develop a legislative and administra­ Post, wrote in The Party's Over. This book is a brief tive program that will help build the GOP - that will for "responsible party government" with political par­ give the party the mandate from the people to exer­ ties defined as the "central instruments of self-govern­ cise some responsible party government. But this cannot ment." To Broder, "the governmental system is not be a program unilaterally handed down by White House working because political parties are not working," and aides to GOP congressmen; the Republicans on Capitol the parties "are suffering from simple neglect: neglect Hill have more than made it clear that they will not by Presidents and public officials." be, in Sen. Peter Dominick's words, "the passive and grateful recipient of OMB's set of priorities." Neither Broder was particularly critical of presidents who can the policies be developed without the ideas of the ignored their parties - Lyndon Johnson for his con­ Republican governors, nor the political priorities estab­ sensus politics which "saw no constructive role for pub­ lislied without the aSsistance of the individual members lic debate in the formation of national policy" and of the Republican National Committee. Dwight Eisenhower whose second Administration was "a holiday from party responsibility." Wrote Broder, The President is' the leader of the Republican Par­ "Finally, and this is a bit ironic, Eisenhower was a ty. But leadership demands more than simply passing shrewd enough politician himself to recognize that his the word as to what will be done next. After the disas­ own popularity and prestige were so much greater than trous fall campaign, Republicans across the country are his adopted party's that he could only damage his own no longer waiting patiently by the phone for that call standing by letting himself be dragged into the role from the White House to go into action. of a partisan." The same could be said, for example, of Leadership requires the solicitation of ideas. It re­ such Republican progressives as Percy or Sargent, or quires the joint development of the policies of the par­ even of Ronald Reagan. But not of Richard Nixon. ty. And it requires that those policies be pursued with both the entire party's and the nation's interest in mind. In fact, in The Party's Over, Broder praised Nixon Republican progressives have long felt locked out as "an advocate of party responsibility in government," of the White House by the President's staff. But in the for Broder argued, "His goal, often stated to associates, last year, that feeling has spread to most Republicans is to use his presidency to make the Republican party on Capitol Hill and indeed to most GOP state chair­ the majority party, the governing party, in America." men and governors. That is why many Republicans are Consequently, the behavior of Richard Nixon during rooting for the axe of the Watergate scandal to fall on the 1972 campaign took many Republicans by surprise. the head of H. R. Haldeman; for Haldeman, more than Rather than campaigning hard for his own re-election any other presidential aide, epitomizes the condescending and the election of Republicans across the country, White House attitude toward the rest of the Republican the Republican Presiclent stood aloof from the partisan Party. battles. In his final campaign, Richard Nixon rejected Haldeman is the national chairman of Richard Nix­ the goal of a Republican majority encompassing GOP on's new New Majority Party. It is this New Majority candidates seeking all offices, and sought instead a "New Party, not the Republican Party, that is responsible for American Majority," which was to coalesce only at the Watergate. It is the New Majority Party, not the Re­ presidential level. publican Party, that is responsible for ITT, Vesco and After the campaign, the term "New Majority" re­ the indifference to integrity that prevades official state­ placed the term "Republican" in major White House ments from the White House. chance to get the nomination, unless One of the leaders on the starting ocrat Salmon defeat the organiza­ he is upset by a former Democrat, Joe block to challenge Wallace is State tion's hand-picked candidate, Luther Canada, a state senator from Virginia Sen. Eugene McLain of Huntsville, a Hackett. Hayes's recent appointment Beach. 42-year-old attorney who is popular to chair the State Board of Education Only one Democrat has come forward among southstate youth and blacks. publicizes the unstated alliance be­ for the lieutenant governor's nomina­ Also, in the event that Gov. Wallace tween Democrat Salmon and many lib­ tion - State Sen. Harry Michael, an does not run for re-election, Lieu­ eral Republicans who have become erudite Charlottesville lawyer upon tenant Gov. Jere Beasley and State alienated by the Republican organiza­ whom it is difficult to pin any ideolog­ Attorney General Bill Baxley, who tion's "Damn them all" attitude. ical tag. won a federal suit to force TVA Though no one is talking openly, Republicans dream of gaining ma­ plants to comply with state air pol­ the GOP is concerned by the Demo­ jority control in the next House of lution rules, might seek this office. For­ crats' organizational strength. With Delegates. To achieve this, however, mer Gov. Albert Brewer could make Salmon gaining in popularity among many Democrats will have to switch the race a foursome. the non-aligned voters and with the over to the GOP. Those crossing over Aside from Gov. Wallace's health very real prospect of Sen. George will be conservatives and will threaten and absenteeism, civil rights may well Aiken stepping down in 1974 after the somewhat tenuous control moder­ be an issue. In early March, the state over 30 years in the Senate, a Dem­ ates now have over the house Repub­ advisory panel of the U.S. Commission ocratic sweep in 1974 is a real pos­ licans. The GOP, long the force of on Civil Rights sharply rapped racial sibility. progress and moderation within the discrimination in Alabama prisons and Gov. Salmon campaigned on a plat­ house, could overnight become a bul­ highway employment. There was no form of property tax relief tied to a wark of stand-patism and reaction. response nor official denial. Indeed, form of capital gains tax on prop­ A tip-off on how many Democrats Gov . Wallace, who called the legis­ erty sales. The Republican leadership, will switch will come this fall, when lature into special session in 1965 to while approving the tax relief, has those Democrats planning to switch declare HEW school racial guidelines turned down the capital gains provi­ seek a half-way house by running for "null and void in this state," has been sion. An informal poll taken on town re-election as independents with the remarkably silent this year on HEW so­ meeting day by State Sen. William thought in mind of organizing with cial service cutback guidelines, spend­ Doyle shows overwhelming voter sup­ the Republicans next January. Sup­ ing his time at the National Governors port for the capital gains tax. The Re­ posedly, this approach will be more Conference raking "welfare abuses" et publican leadership in the legislature palatable to the voters than an out­ al. appears to be more interested in play­ right change in party affiliation prior Barring a major relapse, Wallace is ing politics than in developing a pro­ to the election. • expected to run in 1974 for a second gram of its own. term on a platform of "welfare abuse, The only Republican leader who high taxes, and crime," and, if re­ seems to have grasped the importance ALABAMA elected, continue his 1968-vintage plat­ of the changes in Vermont's voting form into 1976 presidential politics. pattern is former Attorney General MONTGOMERY - Ten months But he must first overcome a treadmill James Jeffords. Jeffords, while a mem­ after being wounded by five bullets, the of doubt in Alabama. No prominent ber of the state senate in 1966-68, health of Democratic Gov. George C. Republican seems really interested in helped develop a Republican alterna­ Wallace is now a state issue for 1974. taking his job. • tive to Democratic Gov. Phil Hoff's And a number of aggressive Demo­ program. He has repeatedly asked Re­ crats are lining up to challenge his re­ publican leaders to develop a positive election. alternative in this session of the legis­ In February, Montgomery AdvertiseI' lature. His suggestions have so far publisher Harold Martin joined News­ MONTPELIER - Vermont's Re­ been ignored. The Republican leader­ week in questioning the Governor's publican leadership, still not quite re­ ship, still living in its Alice in ability to govern the state in a semi­ covered from its loss last November Wonderland world, appears to have invalid condition. State Sen. Richard of the governor's office, received an­ learned nothing from the 1972 elec­ Shelby (D-Tuscaloosa) summed up other jolt recently; former Republican tion. At this writing, Jeffords is the the spreading doubt about Wallace: Lieutenant Gov. Thomas Hayes was only Republican with a state-wide con­ "It has been obvious to thousands of appointed chairman of the State Ed­ stituency who is well respected by both people that this state is leaderless, but ucation Board by Democratic Gov. Republicans and non-affiliated voters. no one, including myself, spoke out Thomas Salmon. He has given no indications what, if and said so." Whether the 53-year-old Hayes was elected lieutenant gover­ any, role he will play in 1974. Much chief executive can triumph in a pri­ nor in 1968 with organization sup­ of the immediate future of the Repub­ mary runoff with the same attacking port. By 1970, Hayes had broken with lican Party will ride on Jeffords's de­ fervor he used to narrowly knock off the organization over the issue of Viet­ cision. Gov. Albert Brewer in 1970 remains nam. As a gesture of protest, he ran After the 1936 Democratic sweep, a big question. The "black bloc in the 1970 gubernatorial primary and FDR's chief political adviser, Jim Far­ vote" is larger than ever, Brewer-type was overwhelmingly defeated by in­ ley, said, "as goes Maine, so goes Ver­ moderates have increased, and Wal­ cumbent Deane Davis. By the time the mont. .. That statement may turn out lace's presidential race last year left 1972 election arrived, Hayes was work­ to be as true in 1974 as it was in a $190,000 debt. ing behind the scenes to help Dem- 1936.• the last year, any racial disturbances in Virginia, or next door in the Dis­ POLITICS: REPORTS trict of Columbia, will hurt Howell as would any court decisions favorable to VIRGINIA disparate personalities, between whom blacks. there is little love lost. An unspoken, but still very real is­ Howell, although not as fiery as he sue, will be Godwin's health. A Jan­ RICHMOND - Virginia's politi­ once was, still arouses crowds with at­ uary operation to remove several non­ cal situation, which . in recent years tenthn-getting rhetoric that generates malignant intestinal polyps, plus a no­ has been at variance with the national inordinate amounts of press coverage. ticeable palsy, has created some con­ scene, has taken a very unusual twist His slogan, "Keep the Big Boys cern that he might not survive a four­ in this year's gubernatorial contest - Honest," is not only aimed at his fa­ year -ferm. If Howell is successful in neither major party will field a can­ vorite targets - utilities, banks, and forcing Godwin into TV debates, his didate. Instead, the voters will choose large corporations - but also at God­ palsy may hurt him in the same way from two former Democrats, both run­ win, who sits on the boards of and that Nixon's five o'clock shadow on ning basically as independents. Mod­ is sympathetic to the interests of the the 1960 TV debates hurt him. erate Republican Gov. A. Linwood "Big Boys." Howell's campaign will Headless tickets have caused great Holton cannot succeed himself. also be marked by progressive stands concern in both parties about the other Former Gov. Mills Godwin (1966- on the many issues that will face the two state-wide races - lieutenant gov­ 1970), an ally of the late conservative Commonwealth during the next four ernor and attorney general - and the Democrat, Sen. Harry Byrd, Sr., is years. local elections for the 100 seats in the seeking conservative support, and the Godwin, in contrast, will run on House of Delegates (of which the Re­ Republican nomination or endorse­ his record as a fairly progressive gov­ publicans now hold 25). The 40-man ment, in trying to keep independent ernor (progressive in the sense that senate is midway through a four-year Lieutenant Gov. Harry Howell out of Virginia did a lot of catching up term this year. the Governor's Mansion. Godwin did during his term). His heavily financed A gaggle of mostly-conservative Re­ announce that he would run as a Re­ campaign will probably rely heavily publicans are seeking the lieutenant publican if he gets the Republican on media advertising. Recognizing this governor's nomination while no Re­ nomination, something he did not have year's political realities, any positions publican seems inclined to take on the to say in order to get nominated by he does take will probably be much popular Democratic attorney general, the GOP. more conservative than those he took Andrew Miller, who is seeking re­ Howell is a populist-oriented Nor­ in 1965 when he needed black and election in preparation for his 1977 folk lawyer who battled the Byrd ma­ moderate support to defeat Holton's gubernatorial bid. chine when he was a Democrat in Vir­ first bid for governor. Leading Republican contenders for ginia's general assembly. Godwin, a Although he will inherit the Re­ the lieutenant governor's slot are State one-time FBI agent, hails from South­ publican organization, it is doubtful Sen. John Dalton (son of two-time Re­ side Virginia, the heartland of the whether Godwin will get much benefit publican gubernatorial candidate Ted now-decimated Byrd machine that con­ from it since his own campaign or­ Dalton, and heir to much old-line Re­ trolled Virginia and its politics from ganization probably will not work that publican support in Western Virginia) the twenties to the mid-sixties. closely with the GOP nor are large and Richard Obenshain, the conserva­ At this time, Godwin is given the numbers of party workers going to tive state party chairman. Although edge in the race because of the fer­ get enthusiastic about working for him. Obenshain has not yet announced his vent backing he will get from conser­ If Godwin does not make any mis­ intentions, a draft-Obenshain move­ vative Republicans and the many dis­ takes and can run the quiet, faceless ment has been active since March. affected former Democrats who left campaign he wants, he will probably Heavy-handed support from wealthy their party last year after a liberal take­ win. Howell, however, will quickly arch conservative Stets Coleman (who over tied closely to the McGovern and effectively pounce on any Godwin put $200,000 into last year's victori­ movement. goofs. In speaking out on the issues, ous campaign of conservative U.S. Howell draws his support from Howell may succeed in goading God­ Sen. William Scott over the then in­ blacks, intellectuals, the white work­ win to do likewise. Godwin's probable cumbent moderate-liberal Democrat ing class, and other residents of Vir­ stand-pat positions will then probably William Spong) has hurt Obenshain ginia's rapidly growing urban areas. cost him votes among urban conserva­ across the state. Many feel that too Moderate Republicans, furious about tives who, much less concerned about much conservatism is being pushed last year's conservative takeover of the the conservative-liberal dichotomy at down their throats and that, from the GOP that has led to this year's hand­ state and local levels, will lean toward standpoint of practical politics, Dalton over of the GOP nomination to a re­ supporting the man who will work for would bCing far more votes to God­ tread Democrat who vigorously fought providing adequate urban services. An win than would Obenshain. Godwin, the development of Virginia Repub­ endorsement of Howell, which is a while friendly with Coleman, does not licanism, will quietly support Howell, possibility, would also help him. need his money and is probably leery or at least not work for Godwin. Race will, as usual, be an underly­ of too close an association with him. The gubernatorial campaign will not ing issue, but expressed in terms of For that reason alone, Godwin may put only shape up as a liberal-conservative law-and-order and busing. While ra­ a kibosh on Obenshain. battle, but also as a clash between two cial feelings have cooled somewhat in At this time, Dalton has the best Whether the gulf between the President and the GOP can be bridged without the resignation of Halde­ man is unanswerable. Certainly it would help solve the immediate tensions between the White House and the Republican Party. But the resignation of any sin~le presidential aide is no cure-all. Rather, the problem In the end will only be solved if the White House changes its attitude, if it seeks a real partnership with Republicans at all levels. The President must accept the leadership necessary to build a Republican Party based, not on temporary and expedient grounds, but on long-term public policies that combine financial responsibility with numan compassion, on governmental1?rograms whose costs and benefits and measures of effecnveness are openly debated by the Re­ publican Party and the American people. The Ripon Society hopes that the second Nixon Administranon will not be another "holiday from party responsibility." We invite the White House - aft~r it has cleaned up its internal problems - to rejoin the Republican Party and to help Republicans at all levels build a responsible partisan majority. •

Observer survey of Senate Republicans, the 43 GOP sen­ ators were asked to respond to five questions. Twenty­ four responded, either in personal interviews, by phone, DULY NOTED: Watergate in writing, or through aides. Not all <;>f those participating answered every question. By a margm of 14 to 8, the Re­ publicans said they thought the Republican Party had been damaged by Watergate, but most thought the dam­ • "Republican chieftains bridle over Watergate. Monl­ age so far was slight. By a margin of 12 to 7, they said tor survey shows leaders across nation, worried over '74, they believed that President Nixon had not been dam­ urge Nixon to clear up mess," by Godfrey Sperling, Jr. aged, but several said he might be in the future ... The The Christian Science Monltor, April 7, 1973. "The Water­ most surprising answers concerned two questions. One gate affair is stirring up a surprising amount of anti­ asked whether the President should allow White House administra tion feeling among key Republican leaders in legal counsel John W. Dean III to testify on Capitol Hill. every section of the United States. A Monltor survey of The other asked whether Nixon is doing all he should GOP leaders in half the states and in every geographical to make the facts about Watergate available ... Of 18 region finds that a number of state chairmen and na­ Republican senators responding to the question about tional committeemen are very upset over what they see Dean, 14 said he should testify and 4 supported the Pres­ as the administration's misbehavior or over what they ident's decision. Of 19 responding to the question about view as the administration's failure to clear up the Water­ whether Nixon was doing all he should, 12 said no and 7 gate charges - or over a combination of both ... In s0!lle said yes. The responses followed no clear ideological lines. states, particularly in the South where the Republican Among senators who said the President had not done all Party is struggling to gain numbers, leaders said taa t he should labout Watergate were liberals such as Bob Watergate is hurting their recruiting ... A large number Packwood of Oregon and Charles Percy of Illinois and of the leaders said that the Watergate had finally be­ conservatives such as James Buckley of New York, Nor­ come a major political issue and that, if it continued, it ris Cotton of New Hampshire, Carl Curtis of Nebraska, could be most damaging to Republican candidates in William Scott of Virginia and John Tower of Texas." 1974." Sperling quoted numerous Republican leaders in his survey, none of whom were identified. One Midwest state chairman reported, "Watergate is the biggest issue THE RIPON SOCIETY INC Is a. Republican research and of all in this state, bigger than inflation. If the issue con­ , • pobcy organization whose tinues, it is going to hurt those running for office all members are young business, academic and professional men and the way down to the local level." women. It has national headquarters in Cambridge. Massachusetts, chapters in sixteen cities, National As~ociate members throughout the fifty states. and several affiliated groups of subchapter status. • "Bugging Backlash, The Watergate Affair Is Dam­ The Society is supported by chapter dues, individual contribu­ aging the GOP, A Jonrnal Poll Finds. Majority of Amer­ tions and revenues from its pUblications and contract work. icans Think Much Remadns to Be Told, Want Probe to THE RIPON FORUM il! publis~ed semi-monthlr by the Continue." The Wall Street Jonrnal, April 6, 1973. "The Ripon Society, Inc.. 14a Ehot Street, Watergate bugging affair could create a serious political Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138. Second class pestage rates paid at Boston. Massachusetts. 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''To one critical question - how their voting choic(!s of the National Governing Board or the Editorial Board of the might be affected should such high-level officials tUfll Ripen Society. unless they are explicitly so labelled. out to have been involved - 71 percent say it wouldn't SUBSCRIPTION RATES are $10 a year, $5 for students. service­ men, and for Peace Corps, Vista and other vdlunteers. Overseas affect their votes. But a significant 29 percent say they air mail. $3 extra. Advertising rates on request. Please al10w would be less likely to vote for Republican candidates five weeks for address changes. in next year's elections. Nearly one out of five of the key Editor: Dick Behn independent, or 'swing' voters, whose ballots determine Editorial Board: Tanya Melich many elections, say they might turn against Republican Robert D. Behn, Chairman Ralph Thayer Robert H. Donaldson candidates; and two out of 11 Republican voters say the James Manahan same." Contributing Editors: Clifford Brown, Glenn Gerstell, WiIliam A. Koelsch, and Da.,iel J. SwiIlinqer • "GOP Senators Call for Full Disclosure on Water­ Circulation and Copy Editor: Judith H. Behn Art: Leslie Morrill and Annie Greene gate: They Hold Nixon Blameless, But Fear Party Harm." Editorial Assistants: Deborah Bowen and Victoria Golden The National Observer, April 7, 1973. "In The National • The Better Schools Act of 1973, The Nixon Ad­ ministration's proposal to consolidate some elementary POLITICS: PEOPLE and secondary education grant programs through rev­ enue sharing, was introduced in the Senate last month by Sen. Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.). The ranking Re­ • The outcome of the Republican gubernatorial publican on the Education Subcommittee, Dominick primary in New Jersey between Gov. William T. Cahill said he introduced the bill "as a matter of courtesy; a and U. S. Rep. Charles Sandman may hinge on Dem­ courtesy which I might add was not extended to any ocratic voters. Because of a successful challenge to the of the minority members of the subcommittee in the old, party registration laws, voters will be able to choose form of a request for suggestions, advice or guidance between the Republican and Democratic primaries. Lib­ with regard to any part of this legislation in its for­ eral voters may choose either Cahill or State Assembly­ mulation stages by administration officials ... Having woman Ann Klein (D), while conservative voters may not been consulted in advance of submitting this pro­ be torn between Sandman and State Sen. Ralph De posal, I am confident that the same cavalier attitude Rose (D). Public pronouncements by Raymond Bate­ will insulate these Federal officials in general, and OMB man, the former state senate president who is the Cahill in particular, from any shock at my comments. I seize campaign chairman, and F. Clifton White, who is run­ this opportunity to indicate my disinclination to being a ning the Sandman operation, indicate that Sandman passive and grateful recipient of OMB's set of priori­ will outspend Cahill by at least 2-1. However, recent ties devoid of any congressional input." On the House Sandman congressional testimony favoring construction side, the ranking Republican on the House Education of a deep water oil port off northern New Jersey (be­ and Labor Committee, Albert Quie (Minn.), refused cause the water there is allegedly so polluted already) to even introduce the Administration's bill, and the may have cost him heavily. Sandman is backing a suit White House had to get U. S. Rep. Alphonzo Bell by party maverick James Quaremba to eliminate the (Calif.) to do so. The Better Schools Act is given little organization's preferential ballot position from the pri­ chance of passing in 1973. mary ballot. Because of the strength of county organi­ • By a vote of 31-14, the Ohio Republican State zations in the state, a successful Quaremba suit could Central and Executive Committee elected Kent B. Mc­ seriously injure Cahill. Gough to succeed the retiring state chairman, John S. • Corinne "Lindy" Boggs had little trouble win­ Andrews. Andrews, who held the party post for eight ning the Louisiana congressional seat held by her years, will become the Washington representative for missing husband, former House Majority Leader Hale Owens-Illinois, a Toledo-based company for which he Boggs. She defeated her Republican opponent, attorney worked before joining the Ohio GOP organization. The Robert E. Lee, by more than 4-1. new chairman was the longtime chairman of the Allen • In the race to unseat Oakland, California's Re­ County GOP and was considered neutral in the party publican mayor, John H. Reading, is Black Panther feuds between Sen. Robert Taft, Jr. and former Gov. Chairman Bobby Seale. Seale and two other liberal can­ James A. Rhodes. At the last minute, Taft backed Mc­ didates are critical of the Reading Administration for Gough's opponent, Robert E. Hughes, the 44-year-old being too conservative. Seale's chances of victory are co-chairman of the Cleveland GOP. McGough, a 55- not rated high. year-old insurance executive, said he would work with • A report issued on March 19 by a group of 14 all segments of the party. House Republicans criticized a slowdown in United • Nebraska's State Central Committee has elected States arms control efforts. Led by U. S. Rep. G. Wil­ Lexington insurance-real estate man William E. Barrett liam Whitehurst (R-Va.), the report suggested that to succeed Milan Bush as state GOP chairman. Bar­ the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency should be rett was elected after two other Republicans, State Sen. fully funded and called for a permanent ceiling on such Gerald Stromer and Rex Haberman, decided not to strategic armaments as heavy bombers and anti-sub­ contest his election. Barrett is closely identified with marine devices. The 14 congressmen called for new U. S. Rep. Charles Thone, who may be building for a White House initiatives at the Salt II talks and warned 1976 Senate primary battle against former Gov. Norbert against the Administration's increasingly immobile pos­ Tiemann. In the gubernatorial scene, Gov. John J. Exon i tion in the talks. has run out of the budget surplus left to him by Tie­ • California Attorney General Evelle Younger mann and is developing budget problems which may says Republicans will have trouble raising money for endanger his re-election chances. The two top Repub­ their gubernatorial race next year. "When the Presi­ lican contenders remain unannounced: Lieutenant Gov. dent's people came through last year, they were ruth­ Frank Marsh, who appears to be developing a wide less - they twisted arms and took all the loose change," base of popularity in the state, and GOP National Com­ Younger told a meeting of Sacramento reporters. "The mitteeman R. L. Herman, who may prefer a senatorial Republicans who have money to give for political pur­ or congressional race to the gubernatorial job. A third poses gave within the last year as much as they in­ possibility, State Sen. Richard D. Marvel, is also making tended to give for the next ten years ... The Demo­ gubernatorial soundings. crats didn't think they had a winner. They saved their money." RIPON • An excerpt from recent debate on drug legis­ lation in the Vermont legislature: "People who use FORUM marijuana blow smoke into each other's belly-buttons and carry on acts of homosexuality." The speaker, Re­ Published semi-monthly by the Ripon Society, 14a Eliot Street, publican National Committeewoman and State Sen. Cambridge, Ma. 02138. Second class Madeline Harwood, is sponsoring legislation for stiffer postage paid at Boston, Massachu­ sentences for drug offenders. setts.