POLITICS: Pennsylvania from PROSECUTOR to POLITICIAN
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JULY I, 1977 VOL XIII No. 13 50 cents
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One of Jimmy Carter's ace cards in lateral Commission, can hardly hold an his drive to the White House was his intellectual candle to Henry Kissinger. image as a successful businessman. Car James Schlesinger's once super-heated ter,. the prosperous peanut farmer, reputation in this city has suffered would tame the federal leviathan with enormous attrition as the Administra thoroughgoing reorganization, zero-based tion'S energy program has been revealed budgeting and tough-minded management. to be both ineffective and politically unsalable. In all fairness to Schles In his firs.t months in office, Car inger, his problems are in many ways ter has demonstrated a fine feel for the traceable to the President's imposition public pulse on such issues as pork bar of an arbitrary April 20 deadline for rel spending, nuclear nonproliferation unveiling the Administration's energy and U.S. support for human rights. In program. This same presidential compUl his choice of issues and his skillful sion has plagued numerous Administration use of political symbolism the Presi domestice initiatives, including the dent has established a strong hold on econo~c stimulus package with its ill the electorate. Yet the same Jimmy fated tax rebate proposal and scheme to Carter who benefits from his perceived use general tax revenues and huge em role as moralist and visionary is now ployer .tax hikes to bailout the Social increasingly revealed as an incompetent Security system. as a manager and implementer of poli~ cies. A con~ensus'is growing among vet eran Washington observers tha~ Carter's White House staff---by far the largest and most lavishly paid in history---may be the weakest since the Harding Admin istration.
Carter's six top aides outside the foreign policy and energy area are all Georgians with little previous national experience. Although bright and some times politically agile---witness Jody Powell's ability to explain away the foreign pOlicy flaps generated by Car Carter's compulsive personality and ter or Andrew Young's loose verbiage-- the political naivete of his aides under few of the aides have much comprehen lie many of the WhiteHouse's current sion of political Washington. While problems and undermine its policies. Midge Constanza, for example, is theor For example: etically of equal rank with the Geor gians, her major accomplishment to date 1. Inept Congressional Relations. has been pushing through $400,000 a Clumsy as the White House's congression year in raises for White House staffers. al relations appear, they sparkle when compared to the performance of depart Zbigniew Brzezinski, while perhaps mental counterparts. Members 6f House the brightest foreign policY academic Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill's staff have Carter rubbed shoulders with at the Tri- privately conceded that they got far bet- ter service in obtaining information 4. President Carter's Reluctance to from the Ford Administration. Hear Dissenting views from any but a_ Handful of "Old BOX" Georgians. Most 2. A Chaotic Talent Recruitment Pro analyses of the dOwnfall of the Nixon cess. Nearly six months after Carter as Administration have focused on the sumed the Presidency, numerous federal "chip on the shoulder" personality of agencies are still headed by acting ad the former Preesident. Carter suffers miniserators. In many instances, pro from neither the insecurities nor the spective nominees who have not yet been paranoia that afflicted Nixon, yet in sworn into their posts have exercised some ways he seems even more averse the full powers of their office-to-be. than Nixon to dissenting advice. Car Hence, millions of dollars in expendi ter's closest advisers are even more tures may be subject to legal challenge. geographically concentrated than the Democrats who contrast Carter's recruit southern Californians ar~und Richard ment effort quite unfavorably with that Nixon. President Carter reportedly of the Kennedy or Johnson Administra tunes out or shunts aside advice con tions point out that Carter aides made tary to his inclinations. Onlya much less use of personal interviews. tiny handful of staff members who Instead, they relied much more heavily were battle-tested with him in Geor on sifting resumes. Unsurprisingly, gia can risk being "no-men." The re the result was often appointees with sult is that staff members often fear glowing cr~dentials but less luminous to advise the President that he may administrative acumen or political sav be mistaken when he sets an unrealis vy. tically short deadline or considers casually unloading a forei~n policy 3. Tensions Gene~ated by the First bombshell. Lady's Insistence on Playing an Extra Constitutional Role. Without question The last President with as narrow Rosalynn Carter is a shrewd and highly a group of political intimates as Jim intelligent individual and a major in my Carter was Warren Gamaliel Harding. fluence on her husband. Mrs. Carter's Carter's Georgians seem somewhat more active ~nvolvement in White House pol high-minded than the "back-porch boys" icy making and her conduct on her re~ of Marion, Ohio. Yet, it is doubtful cent Latin American tour have under that Powell, Jordan, Watson, Eizenstat, scored her determination to shape Ad Lipshutz, and Moore can provide the in ministration policy. Despite the warn tellectual balance to Carter's own com ing of White House lawyers that her ac pulsive messianism. tions would violate federal anti-nepo tism rules, she has insisted on running Moreover, their boss seems unable the Mental Health Advisory Commission. to deliver on the promise of efficient Mrs. Carter's involvement in adminis management that attracted many to his tration political maneuvering has sug banner in 1976. As some have belatedly gested to some that she does not appre realized, Carter did not make his econ ciate the distinction between being an onomic way through a highly competitive activist First Lady and being a Co-Pres business~Carter made his fortune in ident. Her tough-minded political style the peanut industry, one of the most has already earned her the appellation controlled and heavily subsidized sec "the Iron Magnolia" among many veteran tors of American agricu~e. If we in Democrats. While Rosalynn Carter may sist on management acumen and consistent liken herself to Eleanor Roosevelt, to leadership from our President, Carter is outsiders she is beginning to resemble likely to fall short. If symbolism and Eva Peron. good intentions are enough, we may al ready have the best ••
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James Thompson did it last year in vania candidate in a multi-candidate Illinois. Now Richard Thornburgh hopes race. to do it next year in Pennsylvania. There seems to be a market for politi In addition to splitting the metro cian-busting prosecutors for governor. politan Philadelphia vote, Specter and Butera have additional problems. Spec Thornburgh established an enviable ter has the advantage of Philadelphia record as a crime-busting-U.S.Attorney GOP leader Billy Meehan's support, but for Western Pennsylvania before he the disadvantage of losing campaigns for moved to Washington to head up the D.A. in 1973 and the Senate in 1976. Justice Department's Criminal Division Butera hails from a county which already in the Ford Administration. Two deci- boast Sen. Richard Schweiker{R) and GOP I sions made by the Carter Administra National Committeman Drew Lewis, who tion may have inadvertently boosted was the party's losing gubernatorial Thornburgh's gubernatorial stock. One candidate in 1974. Lewis has been men was the selection of Pittsburgh Mayor tioned as a possible candidate again Pete Flagherty(D) to be deputy attorney for 1978 but he is currently backing general. Flaherty was a possible gub Butera. In a race where corruption is ernatorial candidate himself. The sec sure to be a prime topic of conversa ond was the elimination of Thornburgh tion, a bill Butera introduced about as a possible candidate for director ten years may haunt the Montgomery Re of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. publican. The legislation enabled Bu tera's contractor brother to proceed Thornburgh has several distinct ad with a development over adverse local vantages for a GOP gubernatorial candi rulings. date. The most important is his reputa tion for scrupulous prosecution of crim Thornburgh's connections with Heinz inal activity. The administration of and GOP National committeewoman Elsie Gov. Milton Shapp has been beset by an Hillman of Allegheny County will off unending series of scandals, embarras set the impact of Butera's· 1.and Spec- . ments and indictments. The two latest ter's allies. With the Republican were the Federal Election Commission's State Committee deeply in debt, money and Justice Department's investigations will be a chief concern for any candi of Shapp's handling of 1976 presiden date. Butera has already begun the tial campaign contributions. At about search for cash and so has Thornburgh. the same time, House Speaker Herbert Specter has been content to let a com Fineman(D) was handed a two-year jail mittee boost his candidacy. sentence for shenanigans involving medical school admissions.
Shapp's legal.problems appear to have effectively torpedoed any possi bility that he would move up to an ap pointment in the Carter Administration before the end of his term. Such an appointment would allow Shapp to retire gracefully and elevate his chosen suc cessor, Lt. Gov. Ernest Kline{D).
Thornburgh's second advantage is his base in western Pennsylvania. The oth er Republican candidates currently being mentioned come from Central or-Eastern Pennsylvania. The most prominent are former Philadelphia District Attorney Arlen Spector and House Minority Leader Robert Butera of ~lontgomery County. Sen. H. John Heinz' 1976 primary victory over Specter and George Packard illus trated the power of a Western Pennsyl- G0V. MILTON SHAPP Other possible candidates have faded attributed to voter name confusion. somewhat. U.S.Rep.E.G."Bud" Shuster was a possible conservative entry from south Back in Philadelphia, Mayor Frank central Pennsylvania, but he has taken Rizzo (D) has refused to give up his may himself out of the race after testing ernatorial amb1tions despite the fiscal the waters. He cited family 'and time problems faced by the city and the de considerations, but he too was concerned feat of his candidates for district at about tpe GOP's ability to raise cash. torney and controller in this spring's State Senate Minority Leader Henry Hager primary. Rizzo lost a friend in Harris has expressed interest as has former burg when Fineman was convicted; his Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Presi~ present pleas for additional state dent Judge D. Donald Jamieson. Jamieson school aid will meet less receptive ears is considered more interested in a 1979 Philadelphia's scandals were effective mayoral run in the city. Discussion of ly swept into the Delaware when Shapp former Transportation Secretary William eliminated the special prosecutor in Coleman has faded, but there are two vestigating the city's politicians. For possible locker room entries: Penn State mer U.S.Rep. William Green, the party's football coach Joe Paterno and golfer defeated 1976 Senate candidate, may be Arnold Palmer. the only Philadelphia Democrat who could disassociate himself from the Kline is the Democratic frontrunner city's troubles. but he could be seriously challenged by former State Auditor Robert P. Casey, ,Meanwhile, notes the Pittsburgh Press who ~as a frequent critic of the Shapp Sherley Uhl,"Republicans sensing the ki1 Administration before he returned to his are especially active." He concludes law practice in 1975. While Kline would that Thornburgh "appears to be the Repub be handicapped by his associations with lican most likely to succeed in mobiliz the Shapp Administration, Casey might ing GOP leadership support, including be nindered by the potential candidacy monetary support." Justice may be good of State Treasurer Robert E. Casey. The politics in Pennsylvania. • latter's election in 1976 was largely POLITICS: AHorne, Generals WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR The country is full of ambitious Montana's Robert Woodahl, both Republi state attornies general who would like cans, failed to make that leap in 1976. to run for governor in 1978. Among the In Massachusetts, Democrat Robert H. more prominent are California's Evelle Quinn lost the gubernatorial primary J. Younger(R), Florida's Robert L. Shev in 1974. Another former GOP attorney in(D), Idaho's Wayne Kidwell(R), Iowa's general was wiped out in Maine's gener Richard C. Turner(R), Kansas's Curt T. al election the same year. Schneider(D),Maryland's Francis B. Burch(D), Nevada's Robert List(R), Being an attorney general can be a South Dakota's William Janklow(R), political asset. Missouri's John Dan Texas John L. Hill(D), and Wisconsin's forth(R) won election to the Senate and Arkansas's Jim Guy Tucker(D) won Bronson C. LaFollett~(D). Others, like Massachusetts' Francis X. Bellot a House race in 1976. Two of the na tieD), Rhode Island's Julius Michael tion's most famous former attornies son (D), Minnesota's Warren Spannaus '(D) , general hail from Massachusetts-- and, North Carolina's Rufus Edmisten(D) Sen. Edward Brooke and Ambassador El are more interested in running for the liot RiChardson: Missouri's other Senate. senator, Thomas Eagleton (D) , also served as attorney general, but only Next year may turn out to be the four other senators held that post: year of the attorney general---in some New York's Jacob Javits(R); North Car what the same way that 1976 was the olina's Robert Morgan; and Vermont's year of the incumbent in Congress. But Robert Stafford. You could spend a -being attorney general and getting a long time searching for a current gov lease on the statehouse are hardly syn ernor who once was an attorney general. onomous. Virginia's Andrew P. Miller There is hope for ambitious denizens (D) learned that lesson June 14 when he of that office, however. Former Min lost the Democratic primary to underdog nesota Attorney General Walter Mondale Henry Howell. utah's Vernon Romney and (D) has qiven them a role model •• easily defeat President Ford here in RIPON: Up dale 1976 and the younger moderates such as State Rep. John Savage and State Sen. Paul Coverdell, the unsuccessful Repub I NEW YORK I The state of New York lican congressional candidate in teh City machine politics was summed up in 5th C.D. this spring. Cook ran for the a recent article in the Village Voice by same seat against Andrew Young in 1972. Jack Newfield and Paul DUBrul:"There was a great moment in the City Council 10 r NEW JERSEY I Former U. S. Rep. ~ years ago, when Dominick Corso of Brook eph Maraziti(R), who was defeated by lyn got so frustrated in a debate with Democrat Helen Meyner in 1974, was nom a reformer that he blurted out an exis inated for the New Jersey Assembly in tential truth: ryou think it takes guts the June primary. Maraziti's ouster to stand up for what is right?' he asked. from Congress was due to a combination That doesn't take guts. What takes of payroll indiscretions and his blind guts is to stand up for what you know defense of Richard Nixon on the House is wrong, day after day, year after JUdiciary Committee. year. That takes guts!' Despite this confession, Corso went on to his reward for services render, and is now a Civil I KANSAS I The r.ace for the Dem- Court judge in Brooklyn." ocratic gubernatorial nomination has focused on Attorney General Curt Schneid ~ and State Sen. Burt Chaney after for I GEORGIA I "Politics is still mer Democratic State Chairman Robert L. arithmetic," Rodney Cook told Georgia Brock took himself out of the race re Republicans at the state party conven cently. Democrats are also focusing on tion in Atlanta May 20-21. That Cook, the 5th C.D. seat now held by U.S.Rep. a former state legislator and Atlanta Joe Skubitz, who announced his retire city alderman, knows the equations of ment earlier this year. A crowded Re winning in the discipline of political publican primary appears likely. 'The arithmetic seemed to be the key to his GOP's margin in the six-member House election as new state Republican chair delegation slipped a notch last year man. Cook's reputation as a party mod when Democrat Dan Glickman ousted u.S. erate probably did not endear him to Rep. Garner Shriver in the 4th C.D. the mostly-conservative Republican Wichita attorney Dave Crockett, 32, faithful in Georgia. What they did has a bead on the-seat, but Glickman like enough to give him a surprisingly will be tough to oust. George Van Riper, easy victory was his background in put a former aide to Sen. Jacob Javits, was ting together votes in diverse politi recently appointed executive director of cal terrain and winning elections-- the Kansas GOP. Note: An article in something Republicans in this state the June 15 FORUM misspelled the name haven't been doing a lot of lately. On of Kansas GOP State Chairman Jack Ran the surface, the election of the state son, and located Gov. Robert Bennett's GOP leadership this year seemed to re home in Jefferson rather than Johnson flect a definite trend back to the cen County. ter of the political stage. In addi tion to Cook, the convention elected a young black minister from Fort Valley, I TENNESSEE ! Adopting a code of James Webb, to the number two post of ethics for the Tennessee Senate turned first vice chairman. Webb won with a into something of a plague when State pledge to build the party in a number Sen. Halbert Harvill(D), 83, suggested of areas where both blacks and Republi that the Ten Commandments be substituted cans are unorganized and powerless. for the proposed code. An extensive This year's Georgia GOP convention was debate ensued on whether the command thinking less of philosophy and more of ments should be voted on separately or political realism, however, The elec as a body. The commandments eventually tion of Cook and Webb symbolized not so were adopted as an addition to the pro much an increased influence for party posed ethics code rather than as a sub moderates as a realization by the del stitute. Despite near-unanimous sup egates of the importance of broadening port for the Ten Commandments, some the party's very weak and narrow base senators worried that the Senate might of support. Cook won with the backing be tested by allegations of cursing or of both the hard-line conservatives of prevarication. Said one senator:"I'll the kind that eniililed Ronald Reaqan to bet it won't be many years, if this I I goes unchanged, before some jealous (D) unless Providence Mayor Vincent wife or some jilted lover comes up here "Buddy" Cianci makes-the plunge. and files an official, sworn complaint Based on a recent poll, however, Cian accusing someone of adultery. -If that ci would be more inclined to either happens, the Ethics Committee will- have challenge Gov. -Joseph Garrahy(D) .or not choice but to investigate." seek reelection. Garrahy is a nl.ce, indecisive politician who might be vulnerable to a challenge from the I OREGON I Gov. Robert Straub (D) more dynamic Cianci. Earlier this is con~Edered vulnerable next year-- year Garrahy refused to junk his lim -if, the right candidate emerges. He had ousine, saying,"I have no qualms a bad legislative' session this year, about riding around in a big car." but so did the l~gislature. State Sen Both Cianci and Garrahy have fiscal ate president Jason Boe may be the only woes---Cianci with a multi-million Democrat willing to challenge Straub. dollar city deficit and Garrahy with Senate Minority Leader Victor Atiyeh; an unredeemed pledge to lower the the GOP's csndidate against Straub in state's sales tax. In either state 1974, is again a_candidate. He may be wide race, Cianci would benefit from joined by House Minority Leader Roger' the absence of, an Italian name in top Martin. They both will'keep a watchful state offices. Pell could face seri eye on former Gov. Tom McCall. The ous intraparty opposition regardless maverick progressive may stay aloof in of Cianci's political move.: His the primaries, wait for the dust to set toughest opponent would probably be tle and then run in the general elec Attorney General Julius C. Michaelson tion as an inaependent. The GOP's ace, (D),who has won a reputation as a may be Secretary of State Norma Paulus. utility-fighting consumer advocate. She and State_Treasurer bucked the Dem Pell has already begun preparing for ocratic tide in last_faIl's election. such a challenge. Less likely is a Her surprisingly strong vote has been campaign by maverick U.S.Rep. Edward complemented by a strong performance P. Beard, who recently organized a in her first six months as secretary blue collar caucus in the House of Rep 'of'state. Meanwhile"Portland Mayor resentatives. Beard is an unpredictable Neil Goldschmidt and Attorney General force in Rhode Islan~politics, but he James Redden will be keeping an eye on has Internal Revenue problems. ,He has Straub's political pulse and pondering trouble explaining how.he gave away the a Democratic primary. proceeds of a political fundraiser to charity without keeping records. As a result, the Huey-Long-style populist I ALABAMA' I The Alabama House of may be confined to the House. ~epresentatives-and a reporter for the Birmingham Post-Herald are locked in a I NEW YORK ,I Gov. HU9h :carey. (D) momentous legal battle. At issue is a pulls some perplexing political pranks new dres's code wh.ich requires reporters but he confused everyone when he nom to-wear coats and ties (for males) or a inated former U.S.Rep Peter Pe¥ser(R) "suitable dress or blouse and skirt" to head the state's Public Utill.ties (for females) on the House floor. Commission. Peyser, who opposed Sen. James Buckley(R) in last year's Sen ate pri@ary, had recently switched. tPENNSYLVANIA J ~ough he had little , from the ~r.p to the Democrats so hl.S l.nput in 1::h,echoice of Richard '"Filling to nomination did not please State Sen succeed the_~~te Richard Frame as state ate Republicans who had to confirm GOP chairma:n,. Sen. Richard'Schweiker has Peyser~ Nor did it please Democrats r~deemed himself_with'stqte Republicans who would have preferred someone with after his vice presiqential bid last more prominent partisan cred)ntials. year. According to the Philadelphia Nordid itnlease consumerists or edi Bulletin ,- L. S'tuart Di tzen, "Today, s. torialists who criticized Peyser's Scfiweiker is in good standing with Penn lack of utility expertise. But Carey" sylvania'!eaders and he still has the is not accustomed to su~undane con strong support of the state AFL-CIO al siderations so the appointment made has though he said he is shifting his sense. Peyser i!;l.: said to be consider polItical ,ideology to "!:~E! conse~tive.n ing a~e against u. S. ~el2.' Bruce Cap uto-(R) in'1978 and another Senate race - in 1980. I RHO~ I!LA@ _ " J The G()F will have a ha tl.lllE!" cominq up wi th a strong candidate aqainst Se!:l. Claiborne Pall Riolo THE SUMMER HEAT~--~ENEW TODAY 1 -- - - FAIR PLAY FOR FROGS~ BOOI REVIEW: FROGS. - DV Patr:Lc:La M. 'L~nes - Fair Play for Frogs by Jerome R. Waldie But Frobish is unimpressed. "Why dis': and Nestle J. Frobish (Harcourt Brace sumulate?" he queries. "If your goal in Jovanovich: New York & London, 178 pp., life was~to protect and advance the cause $7.95.) The FORUM is not in the habit '-o-f frogs, as you so righteously assert, of publishing book reviews. But as a you would have intrQduce~ legislation to consequence of the FORUM's longstand outlaw the use of gigs which, -as you' ing association with Nestle J. Frobish point out with scarcely suppressed rel and due to the importance of the sub ish, really do a job on a frog, sn~ckety ject, an exception has been made.} Shick, snickety snack."
Wit and_letter writing in America The letter~~ontinue to flow---some are forgotten, neglected art forms-- abusive("Dear Frogslayer"}, some pedan- almost. But the arrival of Fair Play tic ("I have consulted my files on your " for Frogs, the collected correspondence activities over the past decade, which of Jerome R. Waldie and Nestle J. Fro will form an important part of my forth bish, heralds a renaissance for both. coming best seller-... ,."), some pleading till hope that some day, when you find For the uninitiated, Jerome R. Wal yourself strolling_down some bucolic die was, 15 years ago, a young, liberal lane and the pleasant cuggarum of the california state legislator. He rose friendly frog delights your year, you to become a'young, liberal California will rethink deeply your present course "'} congressman and even aspired to the gov some exhorting ("Sophistry will get you ernorship of that great state. But the nowhere, Waldie. Only ~epentance for tenacious, unforgiving, unrelenting Fro past sins and dedication to Truth~Beau bish brought him down---Mo Udall tells ty and Fair Play for Frogs. When you _ us so in the introducti6n. are ready to be shriven, I am ready to oblige.")-. - ,Frobish is clearly a crusader search ing for a crusade and he finds it when So, nearly after nearly ten years'of young assemblyman Waldie introduces a correspondence, Waldie repents and says, bill which, in its entirety read,"Frogs II I am ready to be shri vEm. " Frooish for may be taken by using-a slingshot." once is unsure what to do. ("For a mo From that point on, Frobish hounds (be ment I thought I might engage Mr. Sar frongs?) Waldie. In the first letter on gent Shriver for the job, assuming he the subject of frogs(March 20,,1962}, would know what to do ••• ") Finally, Frobish protests Waldie's slingshot Frobish decides that Waldie canat~ain bill: a state of grace if he introduces t~e The frog is, by nature, a friendly omnibus Frog Protection Act of 1971,- -, creature. We do not hear of bands and generously forwards a draft bill. of wild frogs carrying off children. Along with the more ~bvious provisions We do not hear of rabies being caused such as prohibitions on the hunting 9 f by the bite of a maddened frog ••• Rath frogs from aircraft or motor vehicles, er, the frog crouches amiably in his the bill contained an exhaustive set -~f aqueous lair, asking only the opportun cross references to laws providing for ity to go his unmolested way, and giving preservation of other'wildlife (insert in return the pleasant cuggarum of an ing "frog" into such laws where the sub evening to the true nature lover', of jects to be -protected are itemized), a_ which there are many and all of whom prohibition on interstate traffic in de-, vote. vices designed for the taking of frogs, and authority for a National Frog Week. To Waldie's great credit as a public ~..:--. official, he responds---and continues to Waldie resisted this entire campaign' respond to all of the pleas,' threats and ---which at one point included picket insults sent to him in the years that - l±nes outside a testimonial ,gathering follow. First, Waldie protests that his 'to help ,launch his gubernatoria! cam bill actually offered a more humane Way paign. But FrobisB-was triumphant: , of taking frogs---noting that "frog hun California voters turned,down Wald:Le s ters presently 'take frogs by gigging. A bid. " - - ' gig is a three-pronged spear. With barbs. It goes, snickety-snak, a~d is Nestle J. Frobish is the untiring-" pulled out, snackety-snick ••• Horrible!" crusader.;.the little quy who never g~ves.up. Even when pitted against the • The Lincoln Society of Houston was ~ght1est powers in the establishment given provisional status as a chapter he parlays his paltry resources and • of the Ripon Society at the Society's few friends into the appearance of glo annual meeting. The chapter is led bal power. He claims victory in the by Bill Hubbard, assistant vice presi end. Here.is a hero we can all hope dent of the Bank of the Southwesti to emulate and perhaps do •• Bob Sobel, a Houston businessman, 'and Jim Beall, a Rice University senior. Contri~utor Note: Patricia M. Lines is • New <;>fficers <;>f the Illinois chapter an ass1stant professor at the Graduate are A11ce M. Wh1te, president; Leland School of Public Affairs University J. Badg r, vice president; Patricia of Washington. ' A. Ferr1s,7 treasurer; Fred Louis III secretary, and Peter V. Baugher chair man. The Chicago-based chapter' now ha~ units in Peoria, headed by Michael BOI 226 Charleslown. Mass. Ma1bach and John Sahn, and Springfield headed by Chris Atchison. Chicago Al-' derman gennis Block, the GOP candidate • U.S.Rep. Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (R-Del.) for. mayor, was the chapter's speaker spoke at the District of Columbia at 1 ts May 3 mee'ting. ' Chapter's April meeting. Sen. Robert packwood(R-Ore.) spoke to the group's • State Sen. Victor Ashe(R-Knoxville), May 23. Serving as auctioneers at State Sen. Ray Albright{R-Chattanooga), the chapter's annual political auction and State Rep. Brad Martin (R-Memphis) at the Capitol Hill Club May 3 were were three of Tennessee's top ranking U.S.Reps. S1JYiaConte(R-Ma.) and Bill legislators in a survey of votes in Frenzel. Auctioned items included-a- the 1977 legislature recently released Tam-o-shanter from Sen. S.I.Hayakawa, by the Memphis Chapter. one hour's flight in an airplane per • John Trubin, campaign chairman for sonally piloted by Sen. Robert Staf State Sen. Roy Goodman's New York ~, a doubles tennis match with Rod City mayoralty campaign, was the and Carla Hills, and an original photo speaker at a June 22 meeting of the graph by Sen. Howard Baker, Jr. Serving New York Chapter. Among the chapter as District of Columbia Cnapter offi membet.s involved in his campaign are cers for 1977 are William Ehrig, presi John Steele,' ~campai9n director, and dent; Kathy McDonald, executive vice Phil Weinberg, campaign treasurer. pr~sident for operati?ns; ~dell Taylor Tanya Melich is directing the cam paign of Arch Gillies for Manhattan Fleeson, vice president for administra councilman-at-Iarge. Reelected tion; Ron Fisher, assistant vice presi president and chairperson of the New dent for administration; Tina Marts, York Chapter for another year were ' vice president for program; Steve An Daniel Cochran and Phyllis Weinberg, derson, vice president for membership; respectively. alex Bocast, vice president for co~ munications; Sue Allen and Vivian Lev • We didn't say it. The Wall Street in, vice presidents for issues; Liz Journal did in an editorial June 14: Dalrymple and Dan Hall, vice presidents nAs Congress discovers that the Pres~ fo~ politics; Steve Livengood, secre ident's sweeping energy plan was tary; Debbie Ehrig, treasurer, and stiched together with bailing wire, Fred Kellogg, counsel. Waring Part he responds by taking press conference ridge is an NGB representative mld auc swipes at the the 'inordinate influ tion directors were Debbie Ehrig, Mark ence' of special ,interests and making Harroff, Jay Smith, and Carol Ann WOOds. speeches against. the oil and auto com panies. He sends his press secretary, • Ripon National President Glenn Ger JOd Powell, out to give ziegler-like stell appeared on the NBC-~ program n per1 ormances, fo' example, referring nThe Loyal Opposition June 19. to the liberal kepublioan Ripon Soci • Washington Post columnist David Bro etyas 'the ripoff society.,n ~ was the District of Columbia Chap te~'s speaker June 27.
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