Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Bentsen
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> c:: � cc - -J c:: � c:: � > Q.. 0 u Unlike.· ..-quickly � the House � three terms to forsake the ;�512.�00 salary in o h �es of 'i. both men re1:aLll>;-w1•'" ma·king money, ,, , '·· .' , . dition to �'•n•l1.r·:a, F r the a _ . fr. o Jl�-1�: ye rs fn n_ai:J.:y�di!i a su�·�w.)cte JUSt that. : ;,. , HoustoJl he;.· d1d, �,810n ·;If&�·' .•. parlayfng· a eb�rik af. the �whicli·hi' said <: family mon�y into an insur- .rieed··a• Connecticut · ance . omp_any n - c � �.tn -?:li�e BUSh; �( � . · . · ng and - · . ·>vestment �,s.aVJ . . · cc)�ti.�,e �;.;Jloy_ : ... ..""'. �-.... . com arid' a __ ; -, '· , 7 : _ · •�;:1� plex personal Uoydt". : u estimated at $2.3 <: Pre d n · ne be si ent Nixo ·. lion in 1971. (The hold- President· Spiro.Agn ew. ,�gs were placed in a blind . f .) :··. · ••. J ,:_:.�,:; -�,�:�-:<'t��:�=.:-��;;,;.��(1.,. 19'Ut'. �,ltlje.�age Gf 4�. d · Bents · >VIto .: SaYs ,_ iffi,; ing their."idioll:t gica!>.m�o�j ••4._.,. e always .- �(- goalS. tor ity," Bents1en j!itj;elf;" re-eq�x:ed��politics from the . • . a 1>@�(-1:'· i!_:· . :/: elected . ·.� assing�-.�e.;chali ce;. to vate greeting ·· · me gciv�mor, be�se. House'·· .: .,, .-· ,as� felt friend: recalls, he ·· But ·aenise�. was , ���iloesn't hilve the· action f ilJg. . ...waflt." He went straight he plunged· ::into a the President's office. ·' te b�ttJe;:_!MhBen�n · ne ws conference; o.:;���J�,:i!?���;:�tjof�JU:ow•erill,\t� even . IJU\•Wfitiled b1m said, he regaroed his· auld nof:Wiri.':;.:::�;;: �·'·f::.- tion with "some amazement : 's firrttargetwa's'tn�um- · and some amusement," 'an4,.: ''OIIIDlllea .,..1 Ralph Yarborough, the · deelared firmly,- "I am coni- � � -of Te�';_u�al� anc;l-- :ing·���;�_part'p_f tlle lo� �*-f;ll� labor�&�ed�iebamna� , opposition, not as part of Senatt Labor and the Nix forces." ���the · on • R._ . . j Welfare -CoDIDUttee. , m tf�lic"'·· He equally fli'm. ·- ' · l was · : as a s ugfest.'·:·even by :provingbe was not going�.to an s . st dard .· · . · be a · traditionat southern. . ntsen"s campaigri fea:"' senatOi.'He-'voted to chang� . 'd a series of television ' the cloture rule and make it · SpOts ·that · cited Yarbor- · easier to end filibusters. , · . ough's support for. the Viet- .• After aninspection trip to niun Moratorium protest Vietnam, he abandoned his march and the presidential c:amp�gn bawkishness and �didac:v �f �en,:J. Me>.;,. began,v..o�. wi� the Dem . earthy, his-opposition to tbe ocratl� maJority for end-the Supreme Court nomination war reilolutrons� He shocked iOf Clement F.. Haynswor:th bis Te� 'aerospace constit- and G. Harrold Carswell uents by opposing the super ;and a vote against the sonic transport (SST). and school prayer amendment generally scattered his votes ,iin·each instance, Texas vot· in a way that defied easy ers were asked: Did Ralph categories. · (Yarborough represent you? "A lotof Democrats really _. In contrast to the free-for- want to win in 1976," B.,ent �all with Yarborough, Bent· sen said the other day, �an�: . tsen's general eleCtion cam- they realize-lwe can't fwi:n;. '""'-"·-·�re!i!)oriSe '"paign without center tl' •• 5 . . �, S• Y Joyci M:; �ntsen is called a different breed o( ----"-· r care�tj.st n.ow tb� ee ��4:�, . �· �����ll��·r:� ; generation ago when.�he-!w!ls"'.'·' li. .:: . . • · · re- · ..in the House. Pittsburgh. loeal . · of Some His goal w.a11;not disguised porters figured; Bentsenwas he'd• done to_. '.last November when some· anxious · not tO. off�nd bis . He's._just a .... .,_ ..._ '- . � 1,600. people . sat do\V#: ;in . '.host;-'" Alie'gben.Y·>{�owit)r-; {. �iie.'·s .... �Houston for "An' Evenilig Commissionq , L e on a r ct· negattve ,,;;:.;..,..,_:.::t� . ·with the Bentsens" The vis- StaJ.sey. a local Democratic has plainly been �ers were. ·.sens. powerhouse who lias no lik- · by biS year of. ���- Humphrey and ing for F1aherty;; aut Bent- ' and tentative �<. : _ , . a. '• e 1 E. Talmadge and sen..said later it W(t.S iust . ar . . •u•,u··•·"'-"�"" .. '.. · . a-head �uests-in- "slip-up" on his part. . _IJUljOr_ ,.,. · �'Texas •· oil, construe- The advance man and -- a bigger Staff f . _· · �: j�g and insurance chief promoter of Bentsen's · ms. . .. ·��;,.W,usa scattering of la- presidential quest is Ben Pa- : • He will not �bor·l �ers. and such old- lumbo, a brassy but effec- .. formal decision -�tlin· as e poll. tical names Abe tive 36-year-old New Jersey nextyear, and a WtlR.,llmte , ��-Thomas G. Corcoran pol, recruited'from the staff - soclate says, UitY;��an ShiverS-gave of Sen: Harrison 'it. Wil- ·run _ if he thinks �Ben·Sifu· a $375,000 political liams Jr. (I)-N.J.). diculous." The �kittl�'fttr 1974, the· biggest of But · backstage at Bent- romplicated by the semi-declared sen's Senate office is a real his own S e nate �D�m.oeratic aspirants. Texas operator, Loyd Hack· up for brabs in most of the others ler, who was a staff assist- most of his Texas .. Democratic swarm, ant in LBJ's White House think he can win the f � a::: � -QO -J a::: � a::: 5 >- � u ~ I !- / 9c /6 - 5 -- t'1/W (j ljI �� I .. - WASHJNGTON Wed: Nov. 21,173 .., POST ._<- - - •• ' . � • . !.��. • . � . I ;.;.. ..,.f ��: - { � � _-,:. ... ·-· , - -r -. �-- - �- '0 '!..,. ..:.� �-) ·-. - --- •-..:.-. -� -- .. ·r.;;.*':'"''�O: J'<"".'l:.'\: ·-.. � Bentsefi�jjL� \ Pia� '76 . SotmdingtJ United Press International ' Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen ·Jr. (D-Tex.) said yesterday he plans to test the political waters during the next year to . . - see if it is feasible for him 'to ·-/· � seek the Democratic presiden: .t.t§!:no.�iiiattot].,..in; 1:�·.���r Ask�d- 4 on •' the NBC· TV "Today Show" about ·whether . . he would seek the presidency, Bentsen said he planne� to spend the next year campaign ing f o r Democratic senators and helping them .- to raise money. : · ·�hen at the end of the 'year we'll see how we've done� and' then decide whether it is· a re alistic thing or not to do," he said.. "! know the place where a ma.n· can do the most for his country is right down at. the. Whit!! House . . ·. so we'lllook at it ·then and decide what should be done." Bentsen said he had· no · in . terest in being a candidate for 1 Vice President .. Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen and his wife, Beryl; after the -Texas Democrat announced his candidacy for President. ·-: ·.,,. ., ' � · .. r-->. ,..JI_. By DavidS� national" campaign including a 'repre. . ing jobs"-a reference to his 16-year . Washm.gton Post Staff W!'1ter . sentative number of primaries."· but business career in-. Houston, sandwiched said he would also file for re-election Sen. Lloyd _JL Bentsen Jr., a million between three terms in the House ami to the Senate in Texas. aire. yesterday became the fifth Demo· a return to politics in the 1970 Senate The most conservati\·e of the declar'!d crat to announce his presidential nom race. Democratic conten ders by mo>st yard ination. Faulting the Ford administration as . sticks. Bentsen declared that "the para having ··bounce d from crisis to crisis," . __ , In a formal declaration and press mount rssue is economic recovery, and the tall. gray-haired senator said. bis ·:-. conference in the traditional setting of that· means jobs." own "blend of private and public ·ollf.-.- the Senate Office Building · caucus He said he was the only_ one in the· room, Bentsen pledged an "energetic, field ''who has the experience of crea- See BENTSEN, AS, Col. 1 :·it..:�,..'<�i �?� •. ,:.�·�- .• , � \' I t;?:. .l•'• r-:'\t� I L . \;·���� - � ��;,; ;j: � ':PI- � l ' '� - ,. . -� ,. ·? f�_ - t�t��� : ��S:\ "·..: ·-:: ..:·· ------...-.;_�,.,._l_.,��-��---;.;.J:tJ·-c. �;::��·(:·��� . �-:-� .!-,._ -\ S� t �-:·:f -�-. .. '�'-- - . i ; ooks, Washington and non- Y bor . Ralph ar ough in an ex· l : N vie oin , ashington wp ts and ceptionally bitter primary, and : egislative as well as admi nis- then went on to defeat Repub rative experience, is what is ,: . lican George Bush, now «¢-' : ·equired of the nation's lead- . voy to China, in the ge�u��:�:�.l �r.ship in the last half of this i election. Then-Gov. 'John :: urbulent decade." "" . .. - C�ll! �gn- �on!lallY'� a ���If:. l Bentsen has q�y � " � as · n :t ng an Wld'eclilred can_dl:. of �Jie �e� m·· both.races. } I ate foi;. an a· e .. · �, mo�;� � �, us"·:. BentSen's ,Personal f(lrtiLID4!.ol ng h's·position as chall'man of was estimated at $2.3 million : Democratic Senat�i�l he . when he came to the Senate. . . :S.mpaign Commtttee to viSit He said his holdings . have n e 1 nore tha 30 stat s. He said been in a blind trust since �· 1e had found "strong suppor· t h en but he voluittee'red : .... " b in all.the major states, u� make his · tax ... "'''""!l .. !clmowledged. · that.. most of c, .Jqi;C.;;tJ��':, : nore than tl min'lon he � t ·aised. sin� OctOber of 19'73 , . .te-.e. llec'I\IOtt. � tas com� from fellow Texans. l same he · at the ·.,; He ·�. �owledged an· is for the presidential �; de!ltity/problem, .. but::.. . said noDilhatioD.. Bentsen said he IVi.th a smile .that 'q�'find a few as 'followulg ·a· pt'ecedent e& ' w . �ore })eople in atlllorts:�ng. tablishe.d by:.-Joht! Na� Gar· ·· e . ·a quizzica loo a m . a an Lyndon . l Jt t· . '�·�.- s- r ner d B . Johnson 'l I were someone they ought: Despite their.,., example, Bent- · . ·. . · : :0 recogniztt." . 1 sen disclaimed' any interest in I Bentsen_foU.�� Rep. M oms vice '' . ithe ·ptesidency:, · ft. Ud� ·of �o�; fo_ !1Jler1 :H e tOld_rilpO� he.did f} . Jmnny er ov Cart of _Geo�·.expect h s.wealth or s Sen. Fred i � . ;;.Pa, former Rams j backgrou11d to 'be hSJmE�rs· 'Jf Oklahoma an �e� H�nry d nationa:l:political succes�. Net ·:v.t J s n ack o of Washingtonmto 1 ing that Kennedy."$!d1'-Frank: · .,, Democratic field that is ex·! lin D. Roosevelt "were. much ,; Jected·to riumber more than a e e 1 w alth r and yet. related to H zen by time i o the tbe first pri�j the needs CJf peoplE!,u Bentsen )nary arrives V.t�r�fro�now. tsaid: "It doesn't make any dif. ,1 The announ me cere ce nt - i ference to the people of this � nony in the Senate caucu!l! country if you pronounce the ��a , om where John F. Kennedy 1 word 'Cuber,' or 'crick,' or :md • a host of other hopefuls 'yo -all.' " � made u ave their deb�ts, I As for his ties to the oil ln ���.owed ��gns of the organJ,za-.f11�-�tlletr''·�td;--r--am --:1onal sk1Il that have made' the senator who introduced Bentsen an effective senator · legfslation to take the deple- f 1 n the eyes o his peers. , tion allowanee. away from A dozen family members, in-t major companies."· He a d :Iuding his wife n t)J.ree! however. that it should :hildren, found the ir way to tained for the small inde Jlace-marked chairs in the lent ooerators. :ront of the room. A floral dis- I Nevertheless, the Texas Jlay, a water carafe and tw o: are recognized as a problem �oblets were centered pre-· by the Bentsen organization : sely i on the green-baize cov-: which is one reason its top � ered table behind the le�tern. i rung is made up of .. :;· �" •·The caucus room was .filled1 aDs. Ben L. Palumbo. a ,. . ::' �h supporters from Texas, 1 Jerseyan hired from the :. · ding many e ·mtu memb rS of of Sen. Harrison Wi���'U ,�{.� �.;-;-;tle state's congressien� dele. Jr rn.N.J·),J�oc�·lP�rlll;� � a�d· � '·· r-� Ji!f�on, _from �r stat.:S: to (A \l'heY cheered his wtdely �c- ai • .. . ':,-··· · ted . , 81Ul()Unce1Ji �;�. -'�.: · ent. wiU.t>,en· p ID.;,- .o ._.,. •- 1 _ i' _..,,II . "\ titSen\·�� shown·· a':�r : �-. �., �-.;.))_':]_'�!;\�--:�··,·. �.::·_·· :!�1n-Pf!J,�s·Jb�, . ·,.,:, f· . . . �• t a. folk . I hero;:.'s�n.� _.. •-• ' . . . Jiberiil 1 ;;:...�:(: . . • ! : . lialpti- ·Yarborough in an "�· { . \: -� 'or national politics since, h:s ,.fi .. ,. . ' . . __ \' fjt,·�· \ '. • ' .�:_;jili'�'- =:-�: i :.· WantS to Boo�' aentse.1 } . ' ., , .'· L •: I . • • �1 ;, . ,! � . ,oll��i !:;-�/ and a good speaker. He does not sound . :t He is tall good-looking By THOM ANDERSON that should fielphim in too much like a Southerner. something · . w Morntilg Ne s State Editor I playing other parts of the nation. COUM,BIA ·-- He looked a lot like Ralph Bellamy · across the C�rolina Roosevelt in appearance from .::r�: ·' .Franklin D. . nes and at� :: . �- : and careful enuniCiatiOti of of fabulous suec��s in busi . .::Coliseum floor and in his slow He has a background � ·• ·. •. ·� .... � � ,. House of �p- ·· member of ttie U. S. ' l· I' one _ time was the youngest _ words. 1 · .'""··· "'. t s tha( ' •. . sounded a lot like FOR. too. reassuring his listenei' resen'tatives. ;,�·_; •'19't ft� : fj finishe� and that the main thing we need is I' 1' r the �ountry. is not , confidence that we are gomg to come out of our problems•with � ��om uns at,iiE'n. He came back aner retireme politics fu � I ·:. the economy and self-doubt. proving his��r to · · ; Ralph Yarborough.an influential Texan. draw votes. ,,�· ,-,��.,:: �:�: ' ("-•" Analysis-· · from not only has a big· a no · \ He· also comes Texas which for but has H hig help a national c ·' i'' r i - ·:l . . .;:,:•: ·:·.�o';,_.::,c.; • .•.. t Nation Is c 0 n fide nc e : . ;.' ':t·1· ... �:. : : (�e noted they r�cent�'ly left ..a billion dollars worth of equipment · in the field as they fled advancing enemy forces. ··What makes us think they wouldn'� leave another billloil'? \\. :''.:--;.::,.,· . " \ · • . 1 .. . '·: He said Vietnam was a·tragic effort. but perhaps indonesia .·is a f�eesbciety todaybecause of the U.S. presence in Southeast ; 1'(.\'!ia. :: :: .�\ ·1'. � ; ·? ·' �' · . ' •r · : r ol.p aradoxes of the U. S. being the richest ' . ' . . ' '· I , .. , H ; . , and most successful nation on earth but doubts sounded a lot like FOR telling the nation It had nothing :to . � fear but fear itself. · · ' The senator had criticism for Presiderit.Ford bn economic tis. time we start acting like the great and successful our assets: time. in policy say.ing his call for a tax increase in ttie fall and a cut in na that we are: time 'to acknowledge . · on who January shook the confilj_ence of the business commlmity: · short. to balance the ·books and seek a true perspective . ·.we are." � • He called the foreign policy of the nation "a personal foreign S poli<·y" in which Se<...-etaryof tate Henry· Kissinger wears too Americans in the past have always risen to the occasion when i\ i many hats · "'. times are tough. he said. listing the mer c11n Revolution. loss ·; . · ' ' ·' of the nationalcapital in the War of 1Rl2, the Civil War. and the . The Foreign Service Great Depressi n·. needs to be moved back out front in ? . · foreign policy. B.entsen said. and Canada afid Latin AmeriCa • .. ,• 6 ,. need to be given more attention will respond to' present problems ' . He predicted Americans �. � ...... de s who , .. and overcome them "if they are summoned by le11 r h d Ask� about Vietnam and possibility s�ak frankly; leaders who are unfrctid t� d_emctnd ii r sar _ of the Congress going, _ _ are wtlhng to nsk trymg . With a pres1dent1al call for more aid. he said that the U.S: nflces in clear terms: lectders who .. been lacking" in support for the South Vietnamese bUt some new idea� ; . ' ' . COMPOSITE of key Indicators of future ecmwmic activity rose In June to 98.3% of the 1967 average from a revised 96.!1% in May, the Commerce Department reports. (See story on �e 3.l of the Middle? Lloyd Bentsen Tries· To Please All Sides • • • He Sees Balance as Critics By NORMAN C. MILLER Btof! Reporter THBof WALL STREET JOU'R.'<'"• WASHINGTON-Sen·. IJoyd Bentsen is moothly polisbed Texan who travels a :otis, zigzag path that keeps him close .te political center. His pragmatic approach has been uccessful iD e Texas,wh re the Senator says is private polls show that 70% of the voters pprove of biB performance. Now the ·eaitbly, one-time Insurance tycoon thinks is self-described "moderate politics" hich offers something for just about every g interest group and party faction-will take him the fallback candidate the I;>emo :-atic Party can raHy around once all the .her presidential hopefuls kill each other :t. Obviously, the :14-year-old Senator aying a long shot, perhaps aiming . dealing his way onto the ticket as "e&idenUal nominee. But In a field in ) one but GeQrgeace Wall Is running emocratic professionals aren't writing .e chances of a contender who: -Already has raised over $1.!1 million to -wer his campaign, putting him behind ly Gov. Wallace and Sen. Henry the money game, and tar ahead of 1er declared candidateS. · .,.Has· aa excellent' chance of 3\.:big TelUIB �U$ as a �;In'a brQkere ·arjciprte. · . �rata . · · sa:� •"::' lias m&Jlaged to vital � �:��s:e:y&. LMWlc �mea·.. �u.:-: proposalS ror:.· oos�IS· eaka Jlcs price decontrol Of oH Slid ,·gas. ;: Some since he en tsen advocates permanent income tax cuts pri- i the Senator's presidential am manly for low-income persons, but he also vate his political balancing act. "So , ;:- favors cutting capital-gains taxes. He sides demands one. "What do you expect do? all the other with labor and other liberals on the need for What do you think public-service jobs and expanded public dates are doing?" works, but he votes agal.n.st food stamps for Seiling the Pr08 strikers and for relaxing job-satety regula Creating an image of moderation tions. He votes against busing to desegre essence of the Bentsen political· �Lr'"-""'" gate schools. but he favors extending fed ' Unlike some other little-known candidates, eral voting-rights protection to the Mexi- Sen. Bentsen makes no pretense of expE�·t can-American minority. ing to break out of the pack and sweep · · Sen. Bentsen denounces Henry Kissin I primaries. He is concentrating on ··sel:: � ger's "outmoded" diplomacy. saying there's' the party pros" on the idea that he would ;5 , too much emphasis on Russia and China. i an "acceptable and electable altenMt:·. co ._, but he ajso says he would continue detente· they could turn to as the candidate oi J. c -J efforts while spending more time improving kered convention. says one Bentsen aa,·:; relations with Europe, Latin America and Thus, in a party often rent by pa��:or cr Canada. He takes potshots at the Pentagon. warfare, Sen. Bentsen sees his bland ]::: opposing some projects like the Trident sub ; rather bloodless politics as an ultimate cr marine. But he basically supports increas- · traction. ;5 ing defense outlays. Bentsen is having some suu The question this neatly balanced ....,,...,,a••"" , for example, a varied grou � raises is. what does Sen. Bentsen fundame · Democrats-including leade� 0 tally stand for as he seeks the Presiden state party's often warring conse!""· W The Senator's answer: "I approach no · liberal wings-announced their SJ[['' with some preconceived ideological Texan. "Sen. Bentsen possesses J-.c point. I ask will It work? Will it be of thoughtful and practical leade�s�,:p tive? Will it be equitable? Can we our nation so desperately needs,·· t.hc it?" leaders declared. stump, Sen. Bentsen denounce::; EmtwhOe Conservative trickle-down" economics. He also thinks this pragmatism is ex -�elJU[HLcan need now is an economic equiva nt politics. "I think people are tired war." he declares. "We can do · rned off by ideological solutions," he battle to rebuild our cities, to re 1.-- . e other (Democratic) candidates . . public transportation, to explore ·:. ing to move into the middle," he new sources of power. The list . r�th a small smile. "I don't have to. I'm endless, and the jobs are there. ready there... • 1 by the millions." 1-< • Mr. Bentsen wasn't always in the middle. subsidies for public-service jobs he ran a stridently conservative pri lie works wouldn't be inflationary. ry campaign to upset the liberal incum- I ntsen contends, because industrial .il' t, veteran Ralph Yarborough. Since is so slack -that the overriding t''' n, however, he has successfully courted more fiscal stimulus. Although ny labor leaders and other liberals who implies vast spending increases, first were bitter about the Bentsen tactic 11970 tells an interviewer he has in tli tying Mr. Yarborough to Vietnam war ri- I " increases 4<1 �ers. �� : "Basically, I think Bentsen has made a ;.";t)' lf9td record in the Senate," says Oscar )!)@�Savings Credit ':!:! lf::4Izy, a state senator and prom Bentsen program also involves Texas liberal. Mr. Mauzy cites Mr. expensive tax reductions. He tsen's advocacy of voting protection haiFJM) 'Dillrted a $13 billion package ot per Mexican-Americans and a tougher minim tax cuts tor individuals. He Income tax on the rich as evidence that rents an annual ta.'C credit of establi'�hing "educational sav- Senator is "willing to fly in the teeth of • . Texas political establishment." . llCCOUJlts (which he also estimates wo g:eli_�rate $9 billion a year more for But some Texas liberals remain hostil uJif mor ing by thrift institutions 1. He to Mr. Bentsen, arg>.ling that his balanc � ;.� adv�a'�rply reduced capital-gains voting pattern reflects cold-blooded cal taxes;for long-held assets and a quadrupling tion for political advantage. "As soon of permr.;sible capital-loss tax deductions to decided to run for President. he stimulate investment and capital liquidity. trying to balance his votes so he would look; 1 Thus. while Sen. Bentsen has advocated like a nice moderate," says Billie Carr. the repeal of about $3 billion of business ta.'C liberal Democratic national committee breaks and has voted to eliminate the oil de woman from Texas. ''I'm afraid of some pletion allowance for the major oil compa body who is in nobody's camp. It means he · nies, he in tune with big busine isn't committed to anything, and a person t:ere-slts � wealthy oilmen back with no commitment is a dangerous person � i���� wnMn�_JYo:r"�Bentsen long was am to put in office." business '"'''aLlll:> lliiJt,�l�� ,of" In Washington, Mr. Bentsen's Senate col makes decisions much like a computer. "H · big and expanding govern Plea.�e Tun& to Page ll3, Column 4 }· e cites his bu.. Candidaks hat in hand, The cook. who II";Js not ho�t_UJ.Hla;ijCJJ.j�Jscnsl. Sen. LLOYD 1\'1. BI�NTSI•:N idc "fieri, prcp;m:d llei.\l"l'Cil r\1· S�,. died �tcps up to lhe 1971l presi 211f a 111 :n:, por "ons of �am s_ w l!i t)lw r.:o plc's!r:slntc u ·d �- 111 omclc •.en <'II I" . · •. 0 1 (L dential ring 1\·lond;Jy. lie is I Ill lf'I I S. N 'I f II .>11 9 pa·scn IS \\"Ill Ill .. //ness. to gi\"e il a len 1rK!1��lf'J"Ito�� , 1 1n s 81. expPcted whirl. � on, a l"h 1rl1'r Ill :111 Tn- .') II"Vil;cd bl lwrt hus- · [/!Jill The 54-vr:;n·-old T'-'\" ·�·- t:'.. .., :.:.. _;l '. �- . .__' -• •.'· -· - ' -_- i- -- :-_ fo s r"'7 ,.:_. ;::.... 0::: � 0::: co ...... --.i a:: l4J J- a:: .::f� Prllmil\YLaW�·,1., xas Go�ernor Sign� ! . ;:5 >- . a.. lf {i_!i:Jn'i976, 0 Expected to Favor ents � By Bo Byers front, denounced the new iaw 1972 national convention call: soecinl to The Washinaton Post - as a winner-take-all measure for selection of dcle:;;ates on: ' · , I the basis of proponiur.al. AUSTIN, IVIay 20-Texas that will unfairly ben fit � st en th of Presidentiai con : . D l t da Bentsen of i r g _ _ - ' Gov o ph Briscoe , o y because h s fa- - · ' - j .· · ten ders m t 11e11· s tate. s1gned a bill esta·bhshlng a status m Te xas. - vottte-son . . The Texas 1 1 so prov1_d. es1 aw a , en sen n ste throu o t · presidential primary election B t I si d gh u a procedure for electinfl un- the controversy surrounding expected to help U.S. Sen. I . commi,tted delegates. · '"' ! passage of be bll t a s t t- w� All delegates committed to Lloyd M . Bentsen !D·Tex. � 1� a I . ) _ _ ll . , erroneous to ca - 1 t wmner . . contender would be pledged ' wm the hon s share of Texas take all He sai d the· public 1 ·- . -. by aw to suppor t h'1m un t'l1 a f · . delegates to the 1976 Demo- was being misinformed. I ter the first ballot. Their re- 1 cratic National Convention. T I he practical effect of the Jease from that pledge would� wi e to assure a he The law,' which provoked an-1 Iaw ll � ll t , depend on the i_nciir·atcd. delegates �� eac o the states I strength of the candidate on: gry criticism from liberals, � � · , . 1 3! senatonal dtstncts to the progressive balk>ts. . wtll apply only to 197 and ex- 1 - presidential contender .who is __ . � _ .- ______- p1r.e automatically In 1977. high man in the Texas Demo I - A Texas Senate majority in· cratic prima_ry election. Re- : publicans w1II choose theIr :1, sisted on: the self-destruct _ _ delegates by congressiOnal IS· provision,· which- liber�ls, : �- tnct. ' helped tack on to emphasize elegate candiates will 11 their view that the measure D a p- was designed strictly for Bent- pear on the ballot with the sen's benefit. . name of their presidential cnn- entsen end o d se the 1 ,b.ll didate on the same line (in, I B r , 1 old aced type The dele t t1 sponsored· by legislators who b -f ). ga e tlw t:: worked closely with the sena- candidates winning mos to the a-Il tor's staff on the original votes will be elected n I . tiona! convention a la • I house draft and ter rom- . � i promise when the measure These· district elections wil opposi- d i r�n into stiff senate determine 75 per cent of '/ Texas' national 1 t1on. conventionr a Texas - delegates. I Bentsen said delega 1 i tion chosen by primary elec- The remining 25 per cent ' :lion would im·olve more peo- j will be chosen by state co11-,/ :pic in the election process vention by district caucuses in: ·than did the old system of pre- accord with state and national! 'cinct. county- and state conven- party guidelines. · ! tions : . Liberals th reaten to carry[ t ' i Critics. with Democratic ��a- the contest to the national� , tiona! Committeewoman. Bil\ie i convention. claiming that the the fore- . iCa rr -�f Houston in selection process violate.; a '" .. '' 0 PoliticsPerry by . ' ,j' ( , 0 ·Bentsen Unlimbers A Competence Pitch By James M. Perry versity ol Tex:1s •oi cou rse • . became president r Sigma Ntl. He got his law rw '" Pu "· '''•:u·rr1.1 o "' �P� · " �-,j) degree in 1942. just in time to join the ... ;:• One Marine diert. a il Jicky to point out got to sit on the o, hat luck. more boards of directors han careful plan Of companies like .in;2. gave us our Lockheed and con c • � �· ·reat victory. It tinental Oil. · •orked. and that·s :1e Mayaguez even for Texas was . ' teamed slowly in one of the toughest. ' 0 ' the path or the dirtiest races any ambodian gun body can remem oats. The econo ber. Bentsen. ot lY is a shambles. course, won. Then JUth Vietnam. he beat Nixon's ambodia, and favorite young Re aos have all publican. George •lien to the Communists. Hopes we Bush in the general election. He came ad nurtured for a peaceful settlement ro washington <�(rain in t97t ::1nc1 he·s 1 the Middle East have evaporated. had a good first term. nd now. as the dog days of summer He's probably the most etticient sen Jproach, tempers all over urban Mor in Washington. When he first,got merica have begun to rise. there. he hired. a management· corisul- ...... :.t-.:. "So give the man credit.'' says Sen. t�nt tn rn�Vo "" . .,fr ,..#.-;� coon�a remdldate:; for manual. e ser:- ce . for President have trted Th l requests from back horne - I are m a • put bl g 4lldleb -every afternoon . in this space. "We dld something :It 4 atr mat! - �ack w�e;; a:s •;;e �-- ann:te.,.: rnnllett. ___ . s�cl::ll• ·· Ben -�.:.t! . \ � ... : rig:Jt. wen said i<�st .u :n ua J ·-�:n.:e .-,usun. The case work- back from ade sma!: ers a:e ex :i': tiew Phil :pt ir. ;n T as. not-as always in t.'1e plane. "and r·m damn �appy J=rivate Washing!on. ''It's more effi and the past-:n.. �bout it. for the President .. ctent. says Bentsen. "because most c.ountry . of the trouble people are having is with Bentsen is the competence candl Federal agencies in Texas. Besides ng c&te. He's the cool. smart, calculati you can hire more people in exa ro; .. T s Texan who says he can make things the same amount of money . run again. If he can make the Ameri He's one of the smartest too. He can people believe that, I say, he can knows about big business because he·s be elected President by acclamation. been a very big businessman himself. It Tale puts him a leg up on most of his col A Classic Americans, we are told. have never leagues, who wouldn't know a flow been so alienated. They trust hardly chart from a parking ticket. His biggest Ctnybody. least of all the politicians. legislative success has been the pension ··what makes them maddest." says reform bill that got through the Finance Bentsen. "is the failure of government Committee principally because of Lloyd Bentsen's expertise. That was smart tll work." politics too. People remembered how For Lloyd Bentsen. things have al Y1lhoo conservative he'd been when he ways worked. It's a classic American was in the House, and they remem tale. His grandfather. Peter. an immi bered how he beat Ralph Yarborough, a grant from Denmark. settled in the Rio Texas liberal hero. Now. leaders of the Grande Valley before World War I. and AFL·CIO in Texas go out of their wav up to Pete Carnie!. the boss in Phila Lloyd. Sr.. and Elmer. his two sons. s phia. at a cocktail party for Lou H is to say they to introduce Bentsen. their old nemesi . took it from there, which who's trying to beat Frank Rizzo for It was easier at political rallies. And. as Sen. Henry made a Texas-size bundle. mayor in a Democratic primary this the Jackson's relations with AFL-CIO for Lloyd, Jr .. born in Mission. in M. the chieftain George Meany have s:Jured. week. Thanks in part to Palumbo, Valley. in He went to the Uni- 1921. Bentsen's by curious coincidence have c :ol. diffident. well·spoken Bentsen · ripened. seems to get along famously with these old "dese and dose" pols. "I like A Well-Organized Campaign them." Bentsen says. "I really do.·· e Bents n's Presidential campaign, I doubt he really does. but he'll get not surprisingly, is well-organized too. along with them if it means getting �� Among other things, Smith rrom � J. c. along towards the nomination. Lloyd . Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has developed a Bentsen is a very determined man with computerized critical-path method a very certain idea of who he is and ICPMl for the campaign, b'gosh. CPM, what he wants. and how to get it: developed by DuPont researchers. al He is not your ordinary rabble }CJ�' ��f�f·.,i:;.:: l' ws all the thousands of sequences of rouser. Forget those Texas stereotypes: '.' :, Ctny process to put a computer: be in this is another kind of person. He's the g warning lights are flashed whenever " 0 0 ccmpetence candidate, and we'll be , ' "' � one sequence unfinished.· is able to judge how competent he really ComPac, a computer firm handles is by how well he does running for the ' the CPM data. The computer has also nomination. been supplied with the names and back If he's as smart and as able as he .. ., � ,, o' � ground of all the thoYsands of people thinks he is 1 and as I suspect he is l. we the Bentsen campaign has contacted. may have something worth taking a . ·. Demographics and voting records for lo:Jk at here. Imagine: a politician who '< ':' the last decade for each of the major 18 works. states the Bentsen campaign intends to crntest have alSo been computerized. {j .. Other experts have been hired too in cluding Victor Fingerhut, a media con When You're New Yorh City Bound sultant. 11�e It is quite probable that he has made millions out of the operation of the insurance company, which was founded in 1954, or thereabouts, with Bentsen family vendor's lien notes, and some cash raised from sale of stock in the company at $10.00 per share. The name of the company was Consolidated American Life Insurance Company, -organized in the State of Texas via the Insurance Commission. The proof of the pudding of whether or not a man is a good businessman is not whether or not he has made a personal fortune. The proof of the puHding is whether or not the minority stockholders in his company have had a good investment. Consequently, if the stock which minority stock holders o�rchased in 1954 at $10.00 per share has now increased in value, or sufficient difidends have been paid thereon to give a fair return on the $10.00 per share investment, then truly he would be a good business man. The way to find out is to locate a stockholder who purchased minority stock in Consolidated American Life Insurance Company at the time of its organiza tion in 1954 (records available at Texas Insurance Commission) and trace such investment through all the mergers and orhter reorganizations which have taken place since organization. Then see what you can b�y the exact invest ment for tod¥KY today. The next step would be to determine if dividends have bean paid to minority stockholders in amounts sufficient to account for any lack of increase in value of such investments, or decrease in value. Reliable information indicates that such an investigation will reveal that no dividends have been paid on the stock since organization; and that you can now buy over the counter for $600.00 the investment the original minority stockholders paid $1000.00 for. Can the Taxpayer s expect better treatment from a President of the United States than the same man accorded minority stockholders in his company in private interprise? . - •,J,_ ]·.'_ [ ·':. .:.. � ;,�--. ' · .. ·• .. i, · ,l; .-.. · . IJ ··� . :�: . iWASHIN�io-N: rt�: . rost-�> � �� ;t,; -''. . . -,ndtn.- ;., . · ,;-, ' � . , :t.:";. ,- ' . ., .•, ·.1· .. . .. :. t'lf�;i�e,i . _ . ·, iJ;��L'. . , · · ;\.·�fApplaulled· b�- . . ·· .:. ·:·:···�i. Go't< Br "<·..t, ifc� 6e.· · , .·.:·� �.· . . .., ·�� .� .:�· �· : � ·.Y �Te�as c:GoF · . Dolph:.;Bii�oe ':·· · ... :.-· ·:wednesday •. ·;·eaffirmei:J ' ·'fils · ... .,. · ' · : su!>porc·or� ·the�- presidential . . candictacv:'of .. _Llovd . Berit�en:·Ji-: · :Seii, 1.:\Cj.'·.· [n:Te:li' ar{ct_ sai�\' it ,\Vas."absolutely,� incorrect" .l · Uiat ·, .he· - .thought: . Bentsen'-. '� shotdd conceritratEi:on his re-� · : election · .:· . campaign for the Sen�.c· ate in 1976.•. · . · . .. · . '., • .. · ·· · ··-� . :\ Briscoe. inade. ihe· comments: to Texas reporters before leav-'i ing. th� .-National ; Governors Conference in Xew -Orleans. e was responding to a .Wash 1:. ington.·Post report big ·that morn ih·af.said .. ·�to :judge 6Y:;pri :_vate'. , -. . . : . .� l2�'14t/' I �jf ·· ...... f��JilENEW YORK TIMEt}�:tJJift�f.il!�JllWARY � 0::: Bentsen of Texas 5th Democrat in Race � co - -.J By CHRISTOPHER LYDON 0::: Spedal to The �ew:York Tlmes lJ.J 17- J- WASHINGTON, Feb. 0::: Senator Lloyd Millard Bentsen ;:; of Texas is the fifth Democrat 1976 > to enter the Presidential Q., race. 0 w "The l>aramount issue is economic recovery," the 54- ._year-old insurance millionaire _told a holiday crowd of Texas :.well-wishers and reporters to- day, "and that means jobs �. at decent wages with a ·chance to fully develop one's talents." . Jn, a 1,000-word statement, . deU��;ered in the Senate Caucus ·aoom and later thi"s afternoon " ' in Houston, Mr. Bentsen pledged ·.·'tO restore the meaning of America's two great promises: rtunity at home and moral eadenhip." But he offered only general ' outlines of programs and avoided appeals to particular constituencies within his party. "His greatest strength," said Lloyd Hackler, his administra tive assistant who plans to leave politics for private busi ness next week, "is the fact that there's no front-runner out there." Mr. Bentsen's declared rivals for the Democratic nomination next year are Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington, Representative Morris K. Udall of Arizona, former Gov. Jiminv ' Carter. of Georgia ana former The Now YortTimostGeorta Tam .. Continued on Page 15, Column I Senator and Mrs. Lloyd Millard Bentsen in the Capitol \ I .I -···- ..r� -··� . / . - , \rormer White Hou� ap�fti� Mr/•' ments secretary. , for a s Senate term in: that he was not· distressed Mr. Bentsen said that �e ha :Texas next year, under . the the observation - m : , :found "strong support al- same state law that perm1tted: ,.mQSl�LLcl���-l::ui � ENTERS 1976 RlCE'..t\ won i most all the major states I've Mr. Johnson to run- for : a:: i been into." His aides pointed Senate and the � s: co Continued From Page 1, Col. for evidence to a number of in 1960. . ,.__. I second-echelon figures in Dem- . . guess a!l that leaves me 2d Place Ruled Out -J Senator Fred R. Harris of Okla-' ocratic politics who came to i represent 1s the people;· Washington said. homa especially for th He said that he would runj > [;; in a "representative selection" Having qu!t the ouse afte; i- Fo�er Gov Terry Sanfo announcement. Among them !f : . were Andrew Miller, the Attor- f what could be more than 30 three terms m 195:>, Mr. Bent- a:: N�rth lh I of Carohna �as said. ney General of Virginia; c. J.' tate Presidential primaries next! sen returned to politics in 19711 ;::5 Will he announce h1s cand1da McLinn, a black state \egisla- ear. It would be physicallyiwith a sharp but shortlived in the spring, and Gov. Geor tor from Ohio; Njck Venezia, n� financially impossible, hei con�rvative image. He defeat· E;: C. Wallace of Alabama, ·a De treasurer of the New Jersey a1d, to run m all of them. He· ed, m turn, Senator Ralph W o ocrat who has run for Pres Democratic Committee, and aid that he had not decided,Yarborough, a Texas libenl u dent before as an independen John Klas, the party chairman hether he would run in the; largely by associating the 1 n has inmr.ated that h� ;...; eage in Utah. traditional opener in New: cumbent with the unrest of 1 to run ag�.in. Senator Bentsen _said that he;Hampshir.e. rthe nineteen-sixties, and then1 But Mr. Bentsen's backers was m the campa1gn "for thei Asked 1f he would accept the1George H. Bush, a moder;ne• see a lack of Democratic lead- duration," and added, "IjVice-Presidential nomination atiRepublican. ership de�1ite the expanding wouldn't have entered this race!the DertJQ<;r,atic convention, he/ In the Senate, however, lie Sh0Uli1 '·' list of Presidential entries. They unle� I �bought I was going1 replie�)� : : say not:." i seemed to choose . symbolic .�escnbe the Senator as an ap- to wm rt.' He also announced,( Re�ding ��qu�:,�ivotes carefully to build a repu :pealing contrast, not only to :better-known candidates, but also to public stereotypes-a ,Southerner who has not been 'associated with racial conflict, a Texan who wears busine!s J suits but not cowboy hats and ,:does not sound like Lyndon B. ::Johnson. . · ,· a: profit;s t� o,n Mrs. Robb Attends tatiori as a flexible ra pOrt,' Win� I �- b t e is· a oppgs e supersonic, the oi!industry, he �aid, � t They also say that he He . . ac- wants a "plowback provt�I'JD moderate-to-conservative Dem transport, for example, and \ _ _ . ith the let com ames rem� ocrat who disagrees w elerated develqpment of the i that wo�ld � ; Mr. _ m Pentagon more often than �· the1r earnmgs explo;r&,• .• nl: submarine. \V_est ; Jackson does, a Senator who new energy. 'f>He said today, "I suppose!tlon for spent most of his adult life ttieft's something to be sa.id for --.- outside Washington-a man, in Support 1n Texas _. _. ·�avmg (the death penalty] as a short, who might unify the etei'ren to crimes." Sped &I to Tho :>ow York Ttmos ·; · ·: ' . Democratic party .because of ,_ .OD South 17-Gov, military aid to . AUSTIN, Tex., Feb .. all the things he is not. Vietnam and Cambodra, he Dolph Briscoe and Lieut. Gov: So far, however, even after tidect· with the opponents of William P. Hobby Jr. ;ave · exploratory travels through trestdent Ford's request for a warm support today ·to �Mr . . 30 more than states last year, , on . of Presidential aspira· �pplemental appropriati Bentsen's · most of Mr. Bentsen's visible $3()0-million. "At some pomt, tions. support has come from Texas- 1we have to draw a line,'' he The two leading Texas Dem� . --notably from the Houston busi [said. ocrats issued unsolicited state· ness community and the more I On energy and oil policy, an ments to the press. Mr. H�bby conservative wing Texas . of 'especially sensitive subject in said that Mr B� r_nsen "brmg.s Democrats. 'Texas, he said that he favored to this race quahties and quah Mr. Bentsen's announcement eliminating the depletion allo:"-·· fica.tions too.l?ng absent on the reception this morning drew , ance for the "major" compames national poht1cal scene. prominent members of Texas's . on all production. foreign and Mr Briscoe called Mr. Ben� House delegation, induding doemstic but not for inde- sen "a new star on the han ·kpresentative Jim Wright, pendent 'drillers. He can sup· zon." W. R. Poage, Omar Burleson, Bob Casey and George H. Mahon, as well as many figures like Mr. Hackler, who were (Josely associated with the late .President< Johnson. . Jobnson'a.- � �gh- ' Charles�--�- was � Ja:et''Valenti,the f�. �(� /J�t� > Q:; � ...... CX) ' -J Tex.lj Q:; I 41 ,. Kissinge i .. l ac ·::·. wears ''lhree hats" to run a: · -�: ._�. �one-man" foreign policy. and . -� ·:o: � :it is �time to surrender two at,· :; ��-� > '" ...; !them. � 0 Bentsen. a potential candi u date for the Democratic presi dential nomination, made a broadside criticism of Kissin· ger's conduct of foreign affairs ._, in a speech prepared for deliv- . -� at Georgetown University. .· ,. , t ery ; ... i!, . AJperican foreign policy, ��- \ Bentsen, said, "has befome _ �.- dangerously constncted . . .. . · \ ¥\ , with an undemocratic empha-j z;_,_._:> 't sis on secret diplomacy, per-] ;.;��� l. sonlil negotiations and one- f:� � man authoritarianism." · f ��j-!� \ entsen s a i d K i s s i n g , ·· ·, · D B e r wears one hat as Secretary-"'.C ·. .. : san foreign policy. Bentsen· . .. · said: But he added. "bipartisan ::.�' · is oot a Secretary of State, op-' _ �.ting in secrecy, making deals, and then coming to Con gress and saying, 'accept this or take the blame .for failure.' "The failures in Cyprus. in the Far East. in the Middle East, in Latin America. in Canada, in Europe" and in "the inter-relationships of the world's economy," said Bent sen, "are not congressional failures. They are failures of a p�licy conceived and executed :1 �--�--�-. ��";.�!�h����I-;�:,� e · ,. · ··. :�. ""} Kr ss." ·- � -_:.. :·. . . : . : .. / . ., . ·�.. '! .: ... ·"' ·:.- .,t.��� - • • • �-�. c��::.. jj . ' � .::. '" i97S �-THE NEW YORK ii�-�jj��,;f:S:iRuARY2J, Li: -� -�-'·- ····· __ :__ :;;;:;���:.��:�t(;;;�:.:;��t.:��:c':.>"'-' tien/:'� --_,_ · Mr��lelf Also Runs Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, an Insur ance millionaire from Texas, has be come the fifth Democrat to enter the 1976 Presidential race. Unfamiliar to most Americans, Mr. Bentsen stands to the right of the party's mainstream. · Of his decl The New Yort TIIIHis/Goorge -nmn Senator Uoyd Bentsen and former Senator Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma-only Mr. Jackson is well known nationally. Like some of these candidates and others held likely to declare in the coming months, Mr. Bentsen may in fact be aiming at the second. spot on the ticket. (His denial of any interest in the Vice Presidency is viewed widely as the standard dis claimer.) Some professional politicians are skeptical about whether some or even any of the announced candidates will survive a relentless series of state primaries that begin in March and con tinue through June, 1976. For the moment, at least, Senator Jackson is considered the front-runner. But the contest in h t e primaries· and in the convention itself is likely to be un usually sharp. The impact on the Re- . publicans of Watergate an_d economic distress has made the Democaattc·· nomination the.most __.J1eslrable one-in . . -� -· · . .:; ..·.. .. !atrn Jslanb Abuanrt STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. D_, 66,825 SUN. !i�7l.� FEB 171975 f#"- decldes _ . I. -. . i�;A · of Indiarui",·former ' RF ll.Y�.P�.. \ .. · .. --� � . Sanford of North Gov.1iJ� . WAsHING - caroi.ina;_._ · numberof (AP) Sen; a others. · L l oyd M. Ben . , a A t,�.:1. natixe Of Mission in�tb:l Grande Vall!!Y. i �wealthyY than Texan tangible wJ�h'political more . Rio Bentsen wa elected to HOU$e . sup�rt, is becoming the fifth s the �at the age Of 'l!· but r�tired in e wide-open moved to formal entry th years later and 1976. where he entered , hemocratic presidential·· Houston . _ race. ' business. . ! Lin- i ma .. He becam�.presidentof .'- �ntse'ilplanned hi s for l c in _Co�oli_da�; � l�rge fi- • . announcement today a� a pair o ti n press conferenCes ·and re-· nanctal ms tuti and i of holding r o - .· ceptions an in � here d Ho�to� h�Id se;.rr :lo ==� ·. Tex. \ · · · I"_ • .. , · _ a whea,��'"'*�� �.··...... He chGSe holiday, . lllg �i�,;..,_""'J�tii--thiYrm·Senate� -" . few other news eventswere.Ji. · . ·race...·"A",� .. .,�- ketyto occur, to ann� biB:� Senate· · ,;:'Caucus: e�ndidacy in the Room, a traditional ·- lauiiching r ntial p ' pad for eside · . c n dida . . a tes . , Under a Texas law j1 1960 for passedin the late Lyndon B. nt n Johnson, Be se will be able : to rtin for �! both the presidencythe Senate and re-election to · k.tn 1976. ·· ftF In thepast 18 months, hisBent f"i,en.has takenadvantage of ::-·.J9b as of 1974 -Democraticchairman Senatorial the Cam-. -�·Jl.8ign Commit tee to travel �'-dely while ef- making little , bi e interest iri the :ftj;t = d bis I � ency. i e more has raised than $1 lion;, much of It ��,���from L . rgeA;.,JV .. . ,c:-Aliiba�.. " �����!:�-�,��··(!filfui? anc[Sen;,.He �--. :1\t. Jack�-:� ·�to . i Democrats·as a fDoderate · ---·----:7'·�.�:"-- · . �"A's)'jlc)�'l'J5ertam1er-.-he·IS- �n--�. ·· bla[l� · 1 ,...... _,�(:smooth,. articulateand �J �- The � ear- l 5 y o d freshman �'Dem crat is a o fo rm er ?.member of h and a ;successf¥1 t e House 1 businessman. • In bemming.a f�rmal caridi . Jackton, Bentsen joiils .:;:.n�:p;.pfaul'n::t D-Ariz., c K. Uda!I, Bentsen Ac/Js His Hat to Democratic ., . ( � ..�. ' ' I WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. cited his business and political speeches of Secretary of Stell'! ill 1960 for the late Lyndon a in i , J;Joyd 1\f. Bentsen Jr., background, cluding three Henry A. K ssinger Bentsen B. Johnson, Bentsen wjl! be wealthy Texun with more terms in the House. said, "We must have a fore1gn I able to run for both the "money tha!l tangible j}Olil!Ciir "I b li ve th blend of pri· policy which gives as much e e is e e w ce s presidency and r -el ctiol!__�o su ort da beca111_�_ IIi 1974 D · 2.-17- 7S -._ . .;JA.e- �"r ��.�;,rJ:'r��J.J · �;f.�!.:":/�'::.:�--�;��;-•. ��t�'":'-: . .. ------�------· - \� · ...... �-tl:t:i;1*�5ii�of< .,'f1�',\,;t3l>!if;'?�;,;l:'''?. I<\ . ., �.. - . ._ .,.. ��.� -.. ..:;;\.:.rJt:.'/J,..���- ,.;· \ . . -� OJ4t N.rw!i-�tnttntl FORT WAYNE. IND_. D. 78,484 1975=>-- >- l -�A � . N 1 \ 0::: - � Bentsen CD ..... -J �ill 0::: Throw t...J r- 0::: ; ;) Balin R� .. ... ':: rt."'-' · • < .a > �.lf5 1�• i Q.. )'::�_-By 0 DAVIDs.BRODER' .�--;, . u . -.. L::A Tlmes-Post-Newsday Service .,_ :, · w Asm,"fGTON - Sen. Uoy� - . N, ·:t.7!ltsen Jr. of � ��· Texas has d� · to enter the Democr�tie_.-, - Wallace fs expected. ,�dential race and is to-:.-� · seeki��.... , a . ; gain in Texas if ; idential � . ��;..,_�) ·,_ prim _ --··".' _., ary PI hili. ; . e Ben ...• .,.,...... is - l:l�_·. 1 not . . state as . a test of p�l!! ···-.1' . . stre� ! �lliifUn as a ;With Alabama ' '0> regional :'.;� Gov. George Ci:.� : ·aa�Jiis ma ��� .Wallace, nagers concede D, and ·other .:halle-·o;. he:__must esta � _,' rngers. blish his ability beat Wal1-ac � . . '-'. e in order to s-- f _Washington . be tak-. -, sources Cl�e f:Q-_,_ en as a serious, ...... contender. . �the senator told The . .--�;··� Washington,_ Christian s .p 0-s ald the plan for t Tuesday that Bentsen:·· primary a...-. \-vould had been disc announce his candi�acy':; with ussed-�' Texas Gov.. .in· six or eight' Dqlph Briscoe1.. I weeks. Meantime,;.. D, who fs s ,, / George upportfng Ben Christian, an A�tin Pre tsen for · P?"!,o;. sident, but adde I liticaJ adviser Of Bentzen d, "I don't�;� ), S, SaUl: !mow it the gove a bill to give rnor wm Texas a preside� .mend it reeolJ'b>;o., I as part .of his own tial primary "will probftb]y,,..,. pro,.:_,, ! - . • ��;,_;· :emerge soon after the .start t:(,. . - 'E?�, the :.::: � Harde legislative session" in sty, Briscoe_ mi�"'• �Press.. ricre •�r:.:; January. . · tary, said ·"the� t�:� not committed" � Bentsen has been touring ,,_ . to. the... ,_. ·�but ft. coul -tbi.� ·country as an undecl d buiid ared presi<-"", �- fas"t .w � dential hopeful hen the for more than a bac 1� year, � k." Cbristfan � but Tuesday's disclasure"' -. �;are -saw was pretty good" �- the first definitive a. PrfJna�.-;• word,,· · ;Will be passed: that he has dec ' ': ided to run. The PlOposaJ under At the same time discussionr: It wall· would place the learned that Primaryon representatives of-. 1, 1976, th Mar n. . e same day th Henry M. Jacks<>_n, at Texas · ]).. voters nomina -Wash., are te candidate negotiating ·ror· tt».-:. Congres s for":· ·purchase s and for the of network te� off one state:.· __ · ice up in 197 '' time tor a Jackson aJinounce,o 6. ment '" That WOuld the first week. in mean Bents FebnJ-.,, might be o en � ary. n the ballot twi day - ce that . once as a Two candidates - candidate fo Rep. Mor- . nomination- r'·· ris Udall, to the Sen K. D-Ariz., and Gov. again ate and w ·JimmY.: as a Preside Carter , D. of Georgia ten ntial con. nave ann - · der. ounced·- alread , y and . Texas has ex�Sen. Fred R. Harris, never repeale D-Okla.,·' law d the_. is scheduled it passed to announce in 1960 to allo on Jan. . Lyndoh Joh w �� . ll. nson.to run election for re--.:'' to the · The Bentsen Cam s Senate at the p's decisioik.:� �e tim� he .";,' to seek the first w� . presidential : V1ce-Pres1d running:.toJ: .:: orimary ent. . in Texas . is the first · � . · 'step � But it is not :�-�ii iri the certatn · Texan's strategy tbat _ .defuse to-.... ,- - �--have. the · the challen�e of .cype of; Wallace. ·..,, �-� In 1972, rl'iiT�aryin wbicb. th · · · -· when Texas c�. its" e delegates by . 1 �es-are: a cau :���: listed on , , j,��n c� . ! :,·-,r-..v.:..� . syst · em, Walla<;t :�.�-·52-- votes, Sen. �� j • · �:� ·- D-S.D., 41; Ja� . ' -· "'.·�-.. �:� c��-'' - ...... dates thieF····_ >;!·;,,, lrlantart �tatt !N'tlUi DOVER, DEL D. 21.852 SUN. 25,348 . OtiC 5 1974 � __ . . __ .. , FPi"isidential Ciitf r Gfe- .. ------. i- -·-· -- - - Bentsen�. .,. --- -- 0:: .. -- . LLJ . J- 0:: ..,.,_. "'{' : ln.vites ·;. r�- - w 4,000-to His Reception . >- �;::;·.'! � �"/ - K.-\:"JSAS-:'tiT\' 1 API �iti gets serious here today. Htitel lobby. convention business in Houston afiit 8 ;s..•p. Lloyd l\1. Bentsen Jr. of The wooing of delegates headquarters. Both have became president of ·a fi- -• ;;l;exas. rated the least bv at least five potential booths at convention hall, nancial holding · :,known of the major presidential hopefuls starts hospitality suitesand people He i� known in_the :;Democratic presidential in earnest at the party's working the delegations, for hiS suave style /ifoi;ltenders. hopes to make �:harter conference.. ta,�ing up the- budding-� business �.,, - ' f)t�\'.b ��u�est splash �t. this Udall. . · Jackson and ca1ididacies. Bentsen-.- takes m..;.d.;...ftt•• ,·· · &�ee� s par.ty mamcon- Hentsen were scheduled to l$en�sen, 53, is serving his �itions'o.imost �-,,Dio:t1 ft'v.enhon. bring their embryonic • first term in the Senate. unannounced � ,, The Texas millionaire has �:ampaigns to the midterm terms in randidacy )s · ·ll.c:J[l�IM !_.,imiited all -t. OOO delegates, convention lat� today, deciding ·consi�ed Wc \J;q�ttal las i'il.ornilt�N' l'lll ll DALLAS, TEXAS D. :!66.667 SUN. 310,530 -- Wuhfngtan .Burttau ot The News tions before. •the new l mi _limited previcusly ·limHless . fied, said he i t $3,000. fN I WASHINGTON - Sen. becomes contributions to And Cl!l a stre!l'uous e 1 cc e effective. he voluntarily ite Lloyd B nt n has adhered h Bemsen ca:mo'IU!l!n · ::; e s , D-Texas, has "THERE IS NO un by t demonstrated a " firm Hmit to that all his organization to raise der existing law," argued limitation in and fund raising since then." before Jan. 1 but -chat f:5 commitment to the Bentsen's spokesman� Bent open Carter based his comment people are inquiring a a sen is out of the city and . � spri . . . (and) firm ad on �M ;:5 t a New York Times story making . contributions here to could not be reached for e the letter" of the that said Bentsen and Jack- they are be n told Be:-5e::l nc commen . . . son c i g -existing campaign spending t were trying to raise will a ept . no.· ndiv 1 � � "Sen, Bentsen hus �n c i law, a Bentsen sp esm n ·"more rhan $500,000 each ccntribution of more �i O ok a the · r vin ·· _u the forefront of d e of· $3,o0o. i .before the end ths year, ' for campa gn reform legis < said. partly through, urgent last- _ rt The comment was made lation," hei continued. "In Ca er, who has an- chance appeals. for $3;000 o� d fie will All response to criticism 1913 he authored the amend n e seek &:; gifts from individuals and . wmn , from Georgia Gov. -ment crat(c · pr�§idept!� < , sa1d Jimmy (which. $6,000 from C1luples." nommmoii, noo te�i !Car er who the cepted-) to the·was not ac- sa1d on t on ': Vi's10n mte.rView: � • Meet Sen�te ver- · · show the Press" television: SENTEN'S spokesman, � program that Ben se moni';.llf''llfe.:.recently-enacted while h€ t an4 atmPaiP:refOrm biH whiCh !who sked to be identi- i · n s�ators · ofis anythingnot.accusiilg'tl !f' Sen. Henry lckso , D-.· · · · · · . . a not J n Wash., were co mit in "a their efforts are " m t g the . •travesty" of ·the new ca .;·. · to same· back:in-thng PrE!Si dE'tll spen in law whmc N:�on did :. paign d g i h ·when· ne· ra idly '· takes effect Jan� 1. p la;ted large sun.,s acc:un�l new law will limit · · That i of'-"·'u"''•" ':. . Continued from Page lA ate and again as a pri!siden · who was· press secretarv to tial contender . . President Johnson and a .Tex as has never repealed : strategist in Bentsen's 1970 the ·raw it _passed in 1960 to - -' senatoriatc.. ampaign. . ailow Lyndon Johnson to run . , . "It will be verv difficult for for re-election to the Senate at :. him to have a locked-up the same time he was running delegation under any rules. for \·icl' prl'sidt'nt. ,. but a primary is probably the But it is not certain that , best way for him to show his Texas will have the type of. presidential primary in which strength ." the candidates' names are Briscoe listed on the ballot. ' Bentsen's advisers a re Christian said the-plan for a · di\ided ori thl' desirabilltv of·' primary had been discussed : holding a direc("' beautv �on� · with Texas Gov. Dolph Bris tesl" ' :preference \"Ote� and th·e · coe .. who _is suppprting likelihood. is that such a vote . be Bentsen. but added, "I d on 't woul .•. :: ' ": ·· : ... . ·' . . ' r . . -r '.,\.;THE -.· ; ': '";' � . � · NEW YORK TIMES ·Bent'�en·Hits:sitz.shy·:Vote Trail Her .. . �·� ,B .. MA CE ARROLL \ tws·· executives and emph - 00 speeches, and visited� · . � · ri : · · �. · y . · . 'sized his belief that "the mam states. ··Senator loyd � Bentsen, the · . L M ! . will "It was 36 states," Mr. : th rust 0 f effort,· . be Texas Democrat. who �as l . _ am ·...... : ?'Y sen ended. · · v v . . logged ·.200,000 m1les traveling i question� !n ol mg the. econo . · Electea as Umted States ...· · . · · through 36 states in the last'my."· : .. . . v . • · �- ;·: ; . · presentati e at· the age of 27 . year as a' pre-Presidential oandi· I'· A 'practical• sort; �he, soug�tj from the Rio Grande. Valley. be,-: dde e ·date, a d a f�w; more mil s:oufthe supremelv·practiCal three t_enns, ,then w�\ ·· C_1ty Mr:\?erved New :y'ork s slu s at · 1 n sh - � 1 's· o: n · ;' � i d :tT el ,� n s . - E a fr en . s h mto u es before return�· it · . d . hi . . . \ � . 'tered··st'reets.yesterday, .endmg 1 _spo . · . · f _ _ fo ,to'poht1cs to,de ea t�Ralph Y�� . at a arty'p u 'on by._Meade,H:: part� r__ ry1� las n ght wa at · - � t .�. i �: !�ri>u�h. a m�n revere9 .!if�.... • , ,. �s1to ·� ·�rook:J 1fl. -P��_ o- th�. Ea- " st. .,s � e- . apa ent f or: ·· · _ _ · ·p _ hberal, e��b!Ishril�t; f ·. ·· ·,·. e . � · :_ . Clraticleader,. . :: ·, .� -._.. : Kenn th Kmgm, a�, .. .form�r.Democ a�c-.:.nomma�Ion::· ·t:J!e _ . _ _ . 1 r _Ktjj. _ . _ _ _ · _ "Just few."qt:.�is n _ _ . r. .. ' .· .. ' meeting � - Sen t : : ' \; : ' a: Cou Ci ma� Mr::. �posit().. said a o . ; . ;�� .·X.', . Mr sen·sa d. · l . · : fiiends,". : �� J ·:� · ' was not endors_mg �--Bel,lt- . That, al�ng w1th his:bLisme' SI!; : E jhe . making_ troduc- bankmg Mr. sposit1o--:-who.ha,� a1sen. s1mply m · �nd sup�rt,· esta J;For · · · . � yea the � r �in.l974 to pomt tions. I h_shed Mr. Ben�n m ·the n� · - . '·" his control o the De , hint of · tiliat f. rner Without· a boredom, t10nal news med1a as a con . . . aatic 'pci�y· in �he��CouritJY.s Mr. BentSen: 'said� uirve ·been ative-which he says he is�·n��- · . , . �t Oemocra�ic •· ounty :� going like this all the time." "I'm not an extremist :on f:=IJile . er . quest n t was und, JO -� · 1 He has turned up as a host either end of the poliltical opportu,m�Y:· _ acc�rdmg to spee- . lrumsel� at such gatherings as trum," Mr. Be�tsen said.: H� . . local politic�!:·.. t�. sh.. .ii ,ga"V: e' can���*�:;';tl . . · ��·" ··'tll �···"Jln:·lie . · ':· · · · . · 'r1·· 3·�·· · · · • · -H1·�·,.·E"fi·�·<'>·�-. . ·• · P"a l . Yesterday, guided· by � , .! . · ...... · B funeral d1- \ : ·. . . · ... ·.. Sheehan· a oston ·. ·:, :,....- •. · advanc� I ·. ":. ·· ' , ·i"'·' . rector t�rned political · . .. � .. · . man one of a cadre the Sena�r : .. : •. : . Bentseli · · has been building, Mr. , , ;·• .'i become for him -: - · > �·- "' - put what has . · in · · �. a typical· day_ sin_ce, soon after .. . -�·1. · . . · winning election m 1970. he cfe.. , . · t the . ·: cided o make a race for · . io for Democratic · no minat n President. · -� · Senator Bentsen sat throUizh ii . ':• :� : :� ,:; I •' . -... • : · · :; gently . • , broadcast interviews, j · ·.< : . •. .r .;_'· . .., turning the discussion toward tJ ...; · . . need for �-•··: the Democratic party's .·· N.,';;·':' · ''«" ··'. "a man who can appeal to the · . v. · center," to which he�a,dded.,�. -· . ' · · . ;, .. - .. _:; .�·an lcan do·it." ·.,· . :·· ·· '· . d . i · .. ��- ·· - .i A busi� l ( . . : ... � . . ·:.J judicious man·with.a .. <.�·- · . ' .tJess ack ro\lnd and a readyj; ,· · b g :•':. · ·• · ·eommand of ·economJ.C statlS:I.: · }iCs; . he ·met privately: with' '.:· ' '·: .. :· ·:· . .·.: ·. · . .·· · . ... : By FRANKL here last week of! stayed in Albany and his aides n .. mn,.,.�,t;,. Presidential! and political strat�sts say ;:... · >;y·_:� ct: __ ,_ ,,____ ,, provided ammunition that's where· he'll stay for at 1Amelf�:'3! '!least · supporters of Governori SeMtilrr Bentsen, who was the first six months of � referred to as- "Benson" more cc . Carey who argue that the Gov-: his administration, and prob ...... emor, while admittedly a long: than once, had to cancel Wed ably longer. -.I shot, has at least: nesday's entire schedule here at None of these Carey aJlies ct: as much a.nii prob- . the last minute to lrttend a !aim to have any inside in- News ably a bette� , Senate Finance Committtee ormation on the Governor's ct: Analysis chance of winning; meeting in Washington. He tentions but most of th'eiD· � a spot on thel other members of the commit4· resume he would welcome the;; � tee had been criticized for residential or Vice-Presiae�j l De mocratic na-! > tiona! ticket next yeu- as last: absence from a committ nomination next year. ::·· · : CL· ; s visitors. One of them,' meeting tlhe day before. "I don't expect Carey to nm 0 u ; Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, On Thursday, the Senator for the national ticket," sai4·: is scheduled to announce his seemed like a lonely figure af an adviser, adding: "Jt's very candidacy today in Washington an East Side cocktail partj'! simple; he has to be an exeeJ>. � the two others, Repre ostensibly in his honor. N8W lent Governor and then a nomi� Morris K. Udall of York politicans there speot nation might come to him.'" • , . and fonner· Sen�tt91' most of the time taJkilig to one ; "If he does well as GovetDor'· R. Harrisf o Oklahoma. another and seemd to find ij he can't avoid being a � ··· ': ·already made themsel'ie$ difficult to make even smaD date," said a high Carey _- · � �I.I.JU�'Ii!Ll·'Y avaDable for the D�i talk . .with the Texan in thm istration official,· ticking':.iff . • � · · ·.·1 · nominat1 - midst. such -political plusses.:�::,., ' : ... AIJ,three were politickini: Representative Udall, whoi �ortheasterner, Irish Or ··• 'i�,?,York last week amhf was booked into a TV talk' �t .the Rockefeller organ '1eit:tepid reception here is aii'i show as a last-minute replace lZ:ati()n, goOd·Oil Watergate·re-: ·:<.!k:ation of their strengtb.1 ment for Senator Bentsen, fGnils. a brokeied convention,/ '·'SY,ha ve a long way to go traveled through the snow from &:bli-state delegation.'' . . a downtown appointment to a: ·ciace on the ··Jational ticke · ' �-;:: Rose Favors Caution 'I .n second plrlce. Central Park West studio only' ....'!.. ..,. ;. : lead� � · Rose, the Liberal to arrive too late_ t r Political Waters for 1976i ,'f, � Speeches, Travels and I'dectings A rei • Designed to Surmount Uniamiliarity, �-:: · Jackson Lead and Texas Origin . ·-'· � �;, R •. PPLE�r:t Jr. /. S;..teU.J to Tht :\t �-- Oct. . .,.,.,n Arpcal �ROCHESTER 1'\rom , ' !2-Word that ,far:. hP 11�< ro Lib<:ra!� Sourhrrncr from TrxJs :::ov- a J'_eputation :·or rcn:r;;m u:-.:�r: �:�:.11 �.s was circulat:ng throu�h a !·fc · ;,!'? ;i;,s rc�c:Jr:� cr.nsc;v.•�• : '' t;r:,;. he .1 > r.nment hu:icti:�g her� ye�ter-' ce:1t thnse 11c con-: is si),_ahcrnc:-, (l;;j :ii per by;:_ . ;::r-;rtls. and :s :tr, cr'a��-- Q: e t-: p . sure ;;rou r. �:J rcr cc:-::_ \'ir.ccd ::nth- Southerner �day t11at Sena:or Lloyd i\1- B n ��� "Y man will prove his' · equJ\J,ei.L_).. , _ nas 1-.is ·.,-;10 !1ad not : ::-�' scrved a� � of Texas was comin :o , E.� appeai :he :nor. til.': sen g a·llqerald n tc!P.\·:s:on. ;:1 cDI�l!:J_:; res den t bl"en nom: CD e a pe� re o :1at;�nat the n�mbc:- ; ViL'C P i n�s an ono:n :c conicrencc. p to ''cnorn1nus or: natcd. \in�CO\'C�r. s ...... c It; o�f_er h1s f1Jrty" rcspon. JAN 22 \915 Next year is a presidential And that gets us down election year. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, The Democrats over- the man we've had our eye on whelmingly control Congress. all the time. We think he has But the Republicans still have what it takes - if he can live · the White House. down the impressions made . President Ford is the the national psyche by Lyndon,.,.on ; nation's first unelected Johnson and John Co�nally. #;;i) President. And while he ob Bentsen is not well known viously is a genuine, down-home on the national seen&. He hardly":·"¥'."Jt[ ?:f"� sort of man, he has not shown makes a mark in the public >£'1] t the sort of strong leadership or opinion polls at this point. But� the character Americans like he is smart, handsome, ex- in r their chief executive. perienced in both business and � In other words, he is politics, and he's cool. He comes � beatable next year, especially from a big state - Texas - � so since the GOP nationally is in which is getting bigger all the 1 bad trouble, unless something time. His home Is in Houston. f happens between now and And we notice that con- !,�A:;; election time to reverse the tributions by Texans to his ;��; trend. unofficial campaign now ap ;_ ·.�:: .. :: ·:�:��· .. who have the -�·. But proach million. In the last -::. �-:_·.. Democrats got to beat we-:!c.s $1 clone, more than President Ford? ofwas 19H raised in an effort That's the strange aspect of $500,000to beat the Jan. 1 effective date 1l1 ' i-1� .- : the presiaential election of the new campaign law which �;.;�f�, outlook. Usually the Democrats have a raft of candidates. Not this year. Sen. Edward Kennedy says he's not interested. �:�1��\�!z;h�;f�;��� . . Gov. George Wallace, the nomination, he's rented ...... ;.. . .- an , .: other Democrat the public office in Washington to house knows and recognizes, can't staff members associated with 11 make it nationally. the senator's national effort. I Sen. Humphrey has had his They'll move this . - �i In month. --�r-· chance. So has Sen. Muskie, rt 1,1 � . : although he's �till a possibility. Bentsen Is wo h watching/ · Sen. Henry Jackson is carefully. 1 : · trying to mobilize his campaign ---·---· -·------now, and maybe he can make it . ... But we're unimpressed so far. ; He's a little old for a � . . pn-'sidential contender. Also, he -.. lacks the pizazz so necessary ", . a national leader._..,- in Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia is_ the sort of "fresh personality that's needed. But he has a long way to travel. Governors don't have the national forum provided service in Washington. by We don't see Rep. President. He's too liberal.Udall as Ne\lv ¥orlk Post D. 626,713 SUI'{. 375,60:Z FEB 51975 � lB e_.�- u�!� � �- ,� thJI 'f,l! ,, ..� )._ _ y"to,-�-�- - � i;:�'q,,...,, _�--- -- . ·- w- . "'·;-\:o- · -"'Announce {wAsHiNGTON �>Bentsen �.&l{lbllot��c' �is- - cal.lldidaey -, -·., .. _. '� D.A}..ItY�a��S D. 2.129,901 SUN. 2,948.786 FEB 61975 .:i- ..·. -· .-- ·�.:�2£� '. --·!"o.:·;;- _,. �· ·�,, ,,;,,�:''f HEADQUARTERS \o.J F I '-ti.·. • 7/.jj;, 505 C STREET NORTHEAST WASHINGTON, 0 C 20002 • 202/544· 10� ; , .'7fi:· February 14, 1975 Mr. Char les Kirbo 2500 Trust Co Bldg Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Kirbo: >- During the past year, it has been my privilege to meet thou- S sands of Americans across this nation from all walks of li fe. I have listened to what they ha d to say. I wanted to hear first han d the concerns of our people, to hear about their families, their hopes and asp irations, and their feelings about our country. In town after town and city af ter city, I found a firm and abiding belief in America, in our system of government, and in the prom ise of what ou r people can do. At the same time, I found a feeling of frustr ation with the quality of our leadership and a belief that our nation can do be tter. our people expect good jobs with decent wages; freedom from the str anglehold of recession and inflation, and a reaffirmation of the American credo th at honest wor k can bring individual inde pendence an d financial security. There is one other assessment I tried to make in my travel s: whether as a candi date for the Presidency, I could make a contr i bution towards better ing the lives of Americans, whether there was the su pport in our country for the positions in which I be lieve, an d wh ether that support could mean a realistic candidacy for my Party's nomination. I believe the answer is yes. On February 17, 1975 at 10:30 a.m. in the caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, I will announce my candidacy for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination. I will conduct a po sitive cam paign for the nomination an d the election. I do not plan to be just a voice of opposition. I do plan to offer ideas that will ge t America back on the track and moving once again. I believe the economic difficulties America faces today, both at home and abroad, require leadership which is at once imaginative and honest, unafraid of either new directions or admissions of shortcoming. I hope to meet that test. In the coming months, I hope to have the opportunity to dis cuss my candidacy with you, to� ask for your advice and counse l. �i!�rely, . **THE DE_ft:IVER POST 3:. . exan possibly Richard Daley, the fro� 1948 to 1954, then:t":retired months he has criss-crossed the are determined to gain contr�l of a of del� ���J�"OI:iriliaH Chicago "kingmaker"-appear to make a fortUne in .InSurance nation, speaking at party, busi- substantial number Writer gates to the next Democratic to back his full plunge into the artd banking before belilg elect- ness organization and labor . . .�Sl�i;;rJ.J:E"Gldl:[CIJ[Jlf _ Lloyd . presidential convention. , . . .,., edJo the Senate In 1970; union functions In 26 states. His presidential race. . or h . h All t i� am?unt to P�IJI6ill\'(!H ·· .for t e schedule through the end of the � idea of a The senator's chief aide, Ben :: Ji1 . up · · brow e �?mts,. Ralph Ya�- is even busier. m 1aldlJ;m.ulti.mll Palumbo, says the formal � con edes, Democra�tc "TM senator Is getting better � and nouncement will probably d.on t .ma e Prt!Si G.l. Bill Benefits College-Going Veterans Overriding a presidential veto, Congress last month rallied overwhelmingly to support a Gl Bill raising edu cational assistance benefits to college-going veterans by twenty-three percent. This was a move that has my strongest support. It is estimated that some 4 million veterans from the post-Korean period and another 7 million serving in the Vietnam War are eligible for the increased benefits. The twenty-three percent boost translates into an in $220 $270 crease from the a single veteran now gets to "Reaching The People••• " per month. A married veteran now receiving $261 a month will receive $321. The benefits for a married veteran with a child will go up from $298 a month to Insuring the Privacy $366. . For each additional child, $22 per month is added to the stipend·. Of Tax Returns These increases will be retroactive to last September In 1973, former President Nixon issued an executive in order to aid G I students already enrolled in college. order which opened the income tax returns of our na And although the measure will cost $780 million in tion's farmers to inspection by officials in the Depart its first year, studies have shown time after time that ment of Agriculture. for every dollar we invest in a veteran's education, we Although it was later reversed, it hinted darkly at the get three to six dollars back in taxes. potential for abuse of our Internal Revenue Service. In response to this, I introduced last March the first bill in letters to the Senator the Senate to provide increased protection for the con fidentiality of federal tax returns. To Believe, or not to Believe... Since then, however, there have been continuing rev elations of IRS abuse. Watergate disclosed various in "1 have lost confidence In a lot of our government people stances where the White House misused confidential tax but you are one of those I believe will do your best ...Help returns. And, in 1973 alone, fifteen federal agencies agriculture before it goes broke. " -Max Hanks, Mount Pleasant requested and received tax returns of individuals. With this in mind, I am offering a new and stronger "Yo� wonder why we have lost faith in you and our bill to restore the integrity of the IRS and our tax government in general? Try the three G's and see where system in two ways. they fit: greed, graft and gutlessness." It imposes strict limitations on who is allowed access _ . _ . �::::Roy . C. Beatrice, El Paso to confidential -tax- information--to- reassure- American .. In Support of Workable Programs taxpayers of the privacy.�of their tax returns. And it insulates the IRS from political pressures by "I would not be able to type this letter hac/ it not been requiring that all requests for tax information be sub for the rehabilitation service in this state. Thank you for mitted to the IRS in writing along with the intended what you are trying to do for the handicapped of Texas through the Vocational Rehabilitation Act." use of this information. -James A. Deal, Odessa Our federal system of taxation enjoys wide voluntary public support largely because the American people as "I was glad Congress overrode the President's veto of the sume their tax returns will be kept confidential and Gl Bill. I feel that after these men have given a good part of immune from political misuse. their lives ...when they return to America with little This is a necessary assumption and I am seeking, money no jobs and sometimes disabled, they should re ceive s�pport from the country they fought for." through this legislation, to reaffirm it. -Geoffrey Condiff, Austin "Your efforts to establish a Commission on Federal DO YOU HAVE A NEW ADDRESS? Paperwork ...will not only result in reducing costs for the federal government, but will also aid in the growth of the If you have moved please enclose the address nation's thousands of small businesses who are today having label from this Newsletter and your new address to close down because of crippling additional overhead when you notify my office to help us make the created by burdensome· government paperwork." -Claud H. Vaughan, McAllen change promptly. -y--- �( nifcl) -!Dfafcz -!Dcnafe Yw'I\�IHINGTON. 0 C. 20510 1098.7 XQ CHARLES KlRBO 2500 TRUST CO BLDG. ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Senator LLOYD BENTSEN tl . REPORTS � FROM /�1fii ,_"':""-!. .. " WASHINGTON Achievements Despite Troubled Times Insuring a Speedy Trial Congress has passed legislation I co-sponsored aimed at clearing the growing backlog of untried cases in our nation's 93rd's Record courts and reaffirming the constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial. It insures justice, for the defendant who has every right Impressive to expect his name quickly cleared if he is innocent, and for society which has every right to expect that the guilty be The 93rd Congress was very productive, approving rapidly convicted and sentenced. legislation in such key areas as trade reform, pension Basically, the bill requires that all criminal cases in fed reform and restoring the constitutional balance of eral courts be tried within 60 days of indictment. It permits 30 powers. an additional days between the time of arrest and in· dictment. It took initial steps to revitalize our economy and This would take effect over a seven year period. began a full-scale assault on the energy shortage. When effective, charges will be dismissed if trials are not The 93rd was working during two of the most turbu conducted within the specified time limits. And if courts lent years in the history of our government. A president and prosecutors are forced to dis miss cases under these resigned his office as impeachment proceedings were guidelines, the burden will be on them to explain this to the people. underway against him. And a vice-president also re In passing this measure, Congress is saying to the federal signed and was convicted of a felony offense. courts: Tell us what you need to clear away this backlog of Against these and other unsettling events, the untried cases and we will give it to you. But when we give achievements of the 93rd Congress seem even more re you the tools, we will expect results. markable. Among the significant legislation enacted were the Recession Deepens pension reform bill, which I authored, and a bill I spon sored prohibiting the president from committing U.S. troops to foreign wars for more than sixty days without Economic Growth Congressional approval. Legislation was also passed reforming and tightening Key Weapon the Congressional budget process. As initial steps to breathe life back into our econ Unemployment in our nation has hit 7.1 percent. omy, we set up a wage and price council to monitor This means that over six and a half million Americans inflation, provided assistance to the depressed home cannot find work. building industry, set up badly needed public service According to the best estimates, these figures will jobs and expanded unemployment benefits. continue to grow worse, with unemployment deepening 8 We also passed a comprehensive trade reform bill to to percent in coming months. strengthen our position in international markets. Even the President has finally conceded that we must Other significant legislation passed are the Federal concentrate our energies on battling this deepening re Highway Act of 1973 and the Public Transportation cession and that we must begin immediately. The Act of 1974, the Alaska Pipeline Bill and a measure most effective weapon we can use is the Weapon establishing the Big Thicket National Preserve which of economic growth. Such growth can bring us out of was the first bill I introduced to the Senate in 1971. recession without fanning the flames of inflation. Much went undone, of course. The 93rd Congress We must breathe some life back into the American made only a start in efforts to resolve our economic economy. We must get it expanding again. We must put problems. And stronger steps than have been taken will people back to work and at the same time get the pro be needed to end the energy shortage. ductivity gains we need to keep inflation under control. ·-- - These and other serious challenges face the new 94th Steps can be taken now to restore and maintain a Congress. healthy rate of economic growth. For one, I am proposing $13 billion in tax relief to restore to middle and lower income Americans some of the purchasing power they have lost due to inflation. The bill would save taxpayers money by establishing a $250 tax credit as an option to the personal exemption. Revenue lost to the government would be made up by phasing in, over several years, a tax on our enormous industrial and commercial energy consumption. Along with this, we have to develop a more moderate monetary policy to bring interest rates down and en- · courage capital investment. Above all, Congress and the Administration must work together to restore the confidence of the Ameri PONDERING THE ALTERNATIVES-Treasury Secretary William Simon can people in their government, their economy and provided key testimony at hearings of the Joint Economic Committee which I chaired. Simon has shifted considerably from the administration's themselves. earlier denial that recession has become the numberone problem facing By providing leadership they can respect and by de our country. He now predicts that widespread unemployment will get veloping workable economic programs, I believe we can 8 next worse before it gets better and could hit percent within the several do this. months. " •· � •" '"• ' • • •• ·� i: - ,.. • < • ,._. I ,"•: • -, " ' • • •nr ME F' NATIONAL NEWS , T H U R S D A Y • S E I' T E .\1 B E K :! 7 1 9 7 3 E 1 ------==- Soft-Spoken Bentsen Gains Wide Respect in the Senate designed to get them re conservative. It was widely will help him with Senate elected. This could happen expected in Washington that Democratic Campaign Com to Bentsen-onlY time will he would become a part of mittee work. A number •Jf tell-or he could conceiva· P t others around the Senate > residen Nixon's hoped-for Q.. bly reach for the presidency, ideological majority" when _think he may just be drear 0 �s scme t!':ink he may, and he tu�k o!'fii:C i;; 19':'1. io; cf the r:; ::-es�d�nr:,:.-u � u become singed and tar Arriving in Washington, idea Bentsen denies-and nished in the process, as has he immediately held a news may be using Palumbo i n a often happened to other conference to announce dual role. men. that, while he didn't con a When Bentsen first came But so far, Bentsen looks sider himself liberal, he to the Senate, he hired a good to his colleagues. What wasn't a fascist either, and systems analysis firm to an earns men Brownie points if there was anything he alyze his employee needs around the Senate is hard could be labeled it was and help him work out job work, a certain willingness SEN. LLOYD M. BE:STSEN "moderate" and ''regular descriptions for every func to give and take. a respect ..• "he's a heavyweight" Democrat." tion in his office, which has for democratic institutions, "You know, when I was in since won a reputation as and f01·bearance from exces the House I was one of only one of the more smooth-run By Spencer nich sive showboating. two Texas congressmen who Washin1ton Po!'it Staff Writer nin;:( Senate operations. So far. Bentsen i1as dem voted against the polltax," Although he is little Partisan politically but onstrated these qualities, he said in a recent inter not on policy matters. Bent known to the general public, plus a quiet but articulate view. "The other was Albert sen has often stood with the Sen. Lloyd :vi. Bentsen. the manner of speaking which Thomas, who represented a comes across extremely well President on defense or quiet man from Texas, is fairly liberal constituency in both in person and on televi other substantive issues. But rapidly winning widespread Houston. That doesn't sound sion. and a moderate politi on the Watergate tapes, --tr respect and admiration in like much now, but believe cal stance in which he has the Supreme Court says that the Senate, and may soon me, in those days it wu supported civil rights. Dem the President has to surren become one of its brighter something." ocratic economic programs der those tapes. then he has Democratic stars. Bentsen emerged on the - -w to surrender them." he said. aAd end the ar legislation, Senate Finance Committee Soft-spoken. hard-working, Refusal would be so destruc while looking after the oil this year as one of the persuasive, extremely well tive to our system of govern interests of his native state. strong men in support of organized and sYstematic ment that it could not go un Bentsen startled the South the committee's pension re and known as a follow challenged, he contended. em establishment last year form bill. Those who worked through man. Bentsen, 52, is Bentsen appears to have when, in a move wholly un· with him said they were alreadY being talked about won widespread respect like a junior Southerner, he amazed at his knowledge of among conservative Demo as a man of future leader opposed acceleration of the the technical aspects of pen Trident submarine system. crats. substantial respect ship potential. although he sions. "I did a lot of study He had shocked it even among moderates. and some on it," he said. "And I was has been in the Senate only more when he first came to what grudging, if increasing in the insurance business. 21;2 years. the Senate with a strong but respect. from the party's lib· the banking business and "Probably he is the best fallacious reputation as an eral wing, which doesn't the mutual fund business. " arcb-eonservative, and completely trust him yet. Democratic senator to come Although a freshman, he promptly bucked the most --He makes the right into the Senate in the last has been named chairman of ancient traditions of the moves: he's smooth: so far dozen years," said one Sen the Senate Democratic Cam South by voting to make it he looks good. nut I'm not ate staff man who has seen paign Committee hy !\Iajor easier to cut off filibusters. clear about him yet,'' said them all for nearly two dec· ity Leader Mike Mansfield A close associate of Lyn one Northern Democrat. ades. {D-Mont.)_ He admits to be don B. Johnson and John B. ··rn have to see him more. ing a good poiitical fund "He's the most promising Connally in his earlier polit· How much he gets through. first-term senator in the raiser: "I'm pretty good at ical career, and a sort of How much staying power be Senate-without question." it. I work at it." he said. "As protege of famed Speaker has." long ago as 1960, I was fi said one high-ranking Demo Sam Rayburn during a 1949- nance chairman for the Ken Bentsen disclaims na- crat who asked not to be 55 stint in the House. Bent nedy-Johnson ticket in tional ambitions or the de sen became an insurance identified, lest his praise of Texas." millionaire (his net worth in sire to run for a Senate Bentsen provoke the resent 19"11 was $2.4 million) and in Bentsen is a millionaire leadership post, but leaves ment of other freshmen. long-time lib and he doesn't hide it. He 19'70 tackled the impression his arm He Democratic Sen. Ralph dresses conservativelv but "He's a heavyweight. eral il could be twisted. has made his mark as a Yarborough (D-Tex.) for the he rides around t ow in a "I'm enjoying myself speaker. He carries the ball Senate nomination. big black car with a tele working in the Senate. This intelligently and aggres In a rough campaign phone. He has helped to (town) is the center of the sively. When we're up which polarized the posi hire extra staff with his pri world." he said. adding, "Am '1.\t'\} Bent�;en vate funds, and has recently hit?. h.IV)lf.1 tions of both men. • -...... -- .. --- �-••• , : ... �- .� .. , ag&iia�t we ••• : _.l ••• - Mi�ority Leader Hugh ' Scott in "the' prii-li8rY and th;n form� 'tie t� s;-n."\i,;�i: Vice President? .i ,, (R-Pa.} recently. went on to whip George son A. Williams Jr. (D-N.J.), _But at another __ pow\. '-'-: Attraetive Senate new Bush, now GOP national as an --ad\·ance man" on said: "Everyone in the Sen comers often lose their lus chairman, in the general some political matters. Pa ate knows that the place you ter as time passes, their election. lumbo is paid with monev can influence the destiny of drive and enthusiasm fades It was in these campaigns left over from a Bentse;1 this nation most is there in ud they settle down to a that Bentsen earned an ex campaign dinner. the presidency." comfortable routine merely aggerated reputation as a Bentsen says �.�J- '--�th-{- A�r ! ,, .. i}f! .,' ' 0, 'I 'c(.o j 'o ,, ,, " �, '· · ... :;;-.- �%l�>r �7j������,1�������7��!���!��� . , � �·fl� �·$6Z5,IfJOlJ;IIJffaed,:��:��;�§� ·tBelltSeh aitljs' · · a .. • � _• . WASHINGTON fm - Sen. paign in which Bentsen sent i m u m individual f; J.•lo-y d M. Ben�sen's unde letter to fellOw Texarui:�king· tion limit of $3,000. sup� com: _ft:·· .�J!� r e d campa.Igll for the for DOCurri� campaip finance . �� •• piled •- "tive Jan. �beriiocrattc .residential nomi- byt,�;:!:��{ COm !, 'sets a ., : -��. slightly. more mittee FUDir.�tat::;HO'IIStOn iii" · $t:ooo. ntere was no p� i� coneJed : . . :; $625, 000 d . the last dicated hi! �''$l,oM,804:.84 ��s���;;� · :: ,.,�,. ; limit. months durtDgtlH! entlte:yeai.ii • �1974, the � - The documents, whfell! i} 'ii:J� · ·-· �Deluded Democrat's office said The'· ·•contribUHOml being filed.With the ��lr.yj' y. $27,000troirl:i��-�� of of state In TeXa.s : . • hfa $3, 000 ...... st of the money was family, ,i�ave General · Al'.·rn,mtinl!' , ...... (I "�ed in a fun�-raising cam- �t a� - �'f'- beret i��'\ -�� . :c ln-M:t }' 1" -- . !lJi�;J� .:' -�\ •. - - ··,;, :. i l I '! � DEC 19 1974 MIDDLESEX COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE 306 MAIN STREET WOODBRIDGE. NEW JERSEY 07095 (201) 634·8700 > Ci:: ' � CHAI�MAN CX) ..._ -J Q:: � Q:: 5 .> Q. 8 December 9, 1974 Dear Fellow Democrat: Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas has on several occasions joined us in Middlesex County speaking on behalf of our can didates. We have been following his activities on the national scene with great interest. I thought you might be interested in knowing more about him inasmuch as I believe he has become one of the more im portant national leaders in our Democratic Party; therefore, I have taken the liberty of enclosing several news items con cerning the Senator. G. Nicholas Venezia GNV:vb Enc. · H�.J.j������I�J··���������: :,:J\��:� -Y��t:.i.:il�{�����;{f�-R-' �.-.".-,·�·�··.· ..� . ·. . ___ ,,.._:,.)_._;".:,' . -'�tnt9n a ,, .. . · .. , � ,1, ·.1 � I 9 7 :; : V.J J..dOJ - Q ,,, !{'····�/,?''i-''->r:y,-tit,"' l· .. ,�[. ··"''"y··n,,�h :, , • : . . -- ,, ••• . · · }.��-:_,_�;:__ �-� I. · � ',,_ ' ·'�· �t:,���J}!I j;�:X::-.)�:·::� ��.-��- �-�--;·�::.(:::· i';:?i•: \ . · , .. ·-·�: iullpaigllilig�rwan;•:'CdblHand· LloYd� .. ·L. ·' handh'ap (at least i� �'t··::.tb' aR It Ia 1804). Just Ameila8lilthat •• have been bleiiHd COD·' ally with' D&Ore fldence than probleill' uul bave ze. Intelligence leu lntereetlnl l(arded u tlr c ve aDd more opticmal, tbaD and a a U , other quaUUes in j»oUUclaDL · ;�lits�n.53, the junior senator But today, with eOnlldence hard-eyed Paul w8Dinl, erl an ob Mc .<\m c s may be alarmed' bJ tbe ocratlc presidential vious fact that our problellll iment of self-poe 11'8 be mple ur poUti In the ds o t�oming more co x and o mi t f da s are not. Bent.en groomed, n IIUIJ' bethe thmking c didate far the a too an alarmed effort- person. periority. He dining room. Bentsen'• denting the rug. Is Wilson, was .��(��:����:;� or just light?' secon wrm •. . Grant's d �"n bas acquired a reputation for serious · ristotle IOCiety for their lntelllgence. Bentsen like his A said that the W1J a , all rivals, would ness of purpose and strength of Intel·· p ises famous men reveall the socle· It Is not that a reputation for con· crawl a&oss a burning desert get ra · to,' to led by semng dilrtinctlon on two ty'a values. bave pr sed epicuoua intelllgence Is an Insuperable 'a co,mty chairman's cblll supper. _ with Americans ai (NOT PRINrED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSEI - :·. '.i� '····r�j;f IO.N -,, 1au •-·"''t&''*"·:.�t�x.atn1tn T:tesday, October 1, 1974 * * PAGE 30 �lariann e Means Sen. Bentsen on the run VERMILU)N, S.D. - "1 don't know if I him. Nobody asked for his autograph at the am bei.rig realistic," explained the lean, Democratic reception in Sioux Falls. dignified senator. whose voice bean traces of Gregory Peck and whose style is genuine.: "Don't worry, dear, he's no Lyndon Jy reminiscent of Johri Kennedy, mirius the Johnson," a man assured his bo red wife Irish accent. before the candidate showed up. Sen. Uoyd Bentsen, D-Tex .• was trying But intangibly and privately a lot to tell a University of South Dakota student changed. There · was a spate of telephone why he is interested in being President after calls; offering and hinting commitments. the disasters visited upon the three most Palumbo made _plans to stop his part of the recent previous Presidents. road show and get busy '\"!Lith establishment of a national organization� And it was cleu "I know I am not well known," he said. that whatever reservations Bentsen may "But there is more to life than making have had about continuing had vanished. money. I have made money. Now I want to make a contribution to my country, and So far, Bentsen has not attracted much there is only one place better than the public attention. He has only ·been in the Senate to do that- inside the White House." Senate four years. All he has is a reputation as a political moderate, capable of unifying the party but with few devotees in either He's had the answer ready for quite a wing; an unquestioned lnteillgence, a grac� while, but it's only lately he's been getting ful personality, that undefinable quality the question. called class, a willingness to work. And no regional. accent. This particular exchange took place tw() days after Sen. Edward Kennedy withdrew But he also pronounced George Mc unconditionally from the 1976 presidential Govern his friend and a valuable. commodity contest. And ·suddenly Bentsen's ambition to that shouJd be returned to the Senate. 1n become President looked a Jot more realistic general, his thinking about the current than when he first started trying. He has economic chaos reflects the traditional liber logged appearances in 31 states. al prescription of worrying first about get ting more money into the hands of ordinary At fir;;t glance. not much really changed folk and only secondarily about profits for with Kennedy's retreat. Bentsen traveled businessmen. And he was an early and wil h one associate. his campaign manager, effective supp<'rter of· the Equal Rights Bt>n Palumbo Nobody in public recognized Amendment. ' INOT PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE! f�;, 38 L �-::' ... · - Bentsen Is Busily Testing Political Waters 1· Speeches, Travels and Meetings Are Designed to Surmount Unlcuniliarity, Jackson Lead and Texa& Origin ��< By R.W. APPLE.. Jr. gpodal to Tile� Tort Tl- · � r . .·. ROCHE STER, Oct. 12-Word fea:ed Ralph W. Yarborough He thinks he has reached As he nears tbe seecnO-� i. in a primary, and those . goals, and he Is con at his �. was circulating through a gov ,Mr. Yarbor . effort-the on.;c� >- ough had been venerated by vinced his man will prove his he w1U have to. esta� � � ernment building here yester . Washington liberals as a appeal iJ) the comrng months self with. the day that Senator Lloyd M. Bent pa public-ME" : u .;_,· tron saint of Southern popu· to the "enormous number of sen seems to face w sen of Texas was coming to . t o priri� _;7.· liberals now taking a more problem · �:.: an economic conference. It lism. s... From that start, he has won ·pragmatic view." Like some of . :- �:�;_:,4� might be a good idea, the em a reputation for centrism (rated the young technicians in Sena ployees were told, if they took , . 57 per cent by a conservative tor George· McGovern's early .Southerner FrOm Tgq�:J, a few minutes off to help fill pressure group, 55 per cent by 1972 campaign, Mr. Palumbo First, he isa�s<>UtheinR.�;_, up the little auditorium where a liberal equivalent): He has has an inner fire that the cyn no 20th- century· · Sou�::-" he was to speak. . appeared on national television ics ).\'ill not easily extinguish. who had not first served • "Who is this we're supposed to offer his party's response to Vice President has been � Mr. Bentsen's current opera to go to hear?" one secretary President Nixon on ec onomic nated. Moreovf!.r, be ilt.·a :'tll!llli!. tions are typified by his two listlessly asked another. issues, And he has made more - something that·· excif!!S£ .fa day trip to Boston and upstate "Some Southerner who's run · 150 in 32 · m y Dernocr�ts��ga.�'*'' · than speeches states New York this week. Using ais � . ·;ing for President,'' she was soctations of oll, Ste� � in eight months. a vehicle his chairmanship of ,,[d. don B. Johnson: and"brilsl!WII&·· Vision or' Tactician the Senate. Democratic Cam Jimmy Mr. Bentsen's repif.'·:'J:b "Oh, Carter," replied paign Committee, he built the first know . All of this has been ace om-. think I'm a stereotypei, � J :1e ingly trip around another in .a series plished by Mr. Bentsen's hard: rook like a cow:boy? Do I .-. That incident illustrates the of debates with· Senator WiJ- work, to be sure, but it . has like a erD,�%-!Ji�[��� .;�ajor weakness in the 53-year . lianr E� Brock 3d of TenneSsee. South ; � been made possible n ' old Texan's unannounced cam i large his Republican Opposite num rriiist' paign far the 1976 Democratic measure by the drive and enthu ber, and appearances for Dem .second, he · (;��--: Presidential n'Omination - a siasm of Ben Palumbo, a 37- ocratic candida,tes for the House thelong lead of Senator Henry campaign that will· probably be year-old tactician from New and the State Legislature. M. Jackson of Washington;with made official early next year Jersey who burns ..Jith a vision whom he will be ciriilpeting for But he was · campaigning after Mr. Bentsen weighs the of the Democratic party, Lloyd many of the same' prjmary every minute for Uoyd Bentsen the matter over Christmas hol Bentsen and Ben Palumbo In votes .. . • as well, whether In radio and ·i idays and decides whether his the White House. in· January, a. television interviews, meet� • and hiS;;:itatr chances are good enough "to Mr� Bentsen 1975. . ing with· the editorial board burn up two years _of my life . believe,. although �they�·- re Mr. Palumbo, whose inten of the Gannett newspapers or e " luctant to say so publicly, that on th m. sity, IJnruly hair and· thick a ·speech on energy policy. at Senator Bentsen · has• ·.voted glasses· remind one of former Brandeis University. against the military oftea WeH Known to Pros Representative Allafd K. Low· Whatever the forum, he is enough (including a key vote But the Secretary's vtew of enstein of New "York, was work crisply turned out, the picture against the Trident .missile pro Lloyd Bentsen is not the only A. of the affluent businessman (In· gram) and supported diten way of looking at him, and it ing for Senator Harrison te Williams Jr. · surance, hotels) that he used with to is not of NeVf Jersey sufficient energy con is a perception that to be, He uses his basso voice shared by many Democratic when he met the Senator from vince liberals t!lat he, unlike t and he doesn't Texas. o �ood effect; Mr. Jackson, has left the colcl professionals. The same man have to shout to put a point "I've never been shaken from war behind. who is unknown to most of the across with emphasis. electorate has made himself my conviction that . the Demo Finally, they believe that he well-known indeed to party crat who can win is the one He is one man, with a panel will be more SU<:cesst.ll than heavyweights. who can appeal to the electo of editors, jamming his replies Mr. Jackson and some of his It is no accident, for ex rate n every se i n to questions with economic de i · ct o of the other adversaries in raising ample, that within the last year sa the ther taii-"We can now gasify coal country," he id o money. At a· single fund-raising Mr. Bentsen hls been thP. major for $1.46 per MCF [million cu day, "and that man is Bentsen." dinner in Houston last Novem speaker at diMers sponsored bic feet], which is economically Mr. Palumbo set. out four ber, the Senator netted $365,- by three men named Meade Es sound"-- aad with detailed pro goals for this year: making Mr. 000 for his initial Presidential posito, Peter .T. Carnie! and posals for modifying the oil dt: Bentsen a f amiliar figure to key efforts. Richard J. Daley-the Demo pletion allowance and proVi local officials ih the Democratic cratic leaders in Brooklyn, sions for offshore drilling. arty-the Camiels and Espo Philadelphia and Chicago. p With a pofitical audience, on "It's feasible,''· he said late sitos, but also those like Law last night as he relaxed .with- a Already, Mr. Bcmtsen has ac the other hand, · his speech is and 4 hOurs complished a good deal. He rence Kirwan, the Rochester often marred by clich�s ("Dem Scotch water. aftU . .. "It.'s came to the Senate only four leader, who are less famous; ocrats do things for people, of campaigning Jwlbl DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE 306 MAIN STREET WOOOBAIOGE. NEW JF.RSEY 07095 ':: i 'i \.. i; i � I No. 314 1974 . Are Dem.eerats Beady for I MD? Bentsen Not an LBJ·Texl iL 'a:� ..... -J This is one of a series of march and the presicll 1 articles on potenliaL 1976 candidacy of Eugene J � : Democrtlticcan· vresidential carlhy , his opiiOSitfOll ' t- I! didtJtes. Supreme Court nomi1 i! •ll of Clement F. Ha)'M i3 11 By David S. B roder and G. Harrold Ca >- ·'W'ashln� Post Staff Writer •AI and a vote agatm � !ie .He is . smart, successful, school prayer amen· B r=.t. smooth, well-staffed and In each instance, Texc.� .It· richly financed, and as he ers were asked: Dtd Raipb Yarboroug represent you1 travels the country. in quest h In contrast to the free-for· of the 19'76 Democratic pres- all with Yarborough, Bent· . na · idential nomi tion, Sen. sen's generu election � i.Joyd M.. Bentsen Jr. of pal.gn · against Republican Texas is looldng for the an nominee George Bush was net to a single question: almost g entlemanly. Orgau , Wtll the Democrats, eight fzed�Jabor was mad ·enoUgh years after LBJ, be ready to at BeutSen to threaten a ugh. settle down �.Yith- another write-ID for Yarboro but Texan - LMB? he JDaDaged to quell that re The answer, the Bentsen bellion by underlining his camR believes, is p robably opposition to what he called negative, if the Democrats "the Nixon-Bush recession think of getting another su polleies." percharged mixture of cow With his left flank se� boy charisma and Confeder cured by his advocacy of tra ate corn. ditional Democratic anti· So Bentsen deliberately tight money policies, Bent· plays it the other way - su sen also tried· to turn con· servative sentiment against per-cool, low-keyed , cautious and definitely nQn-cornball. the .conservative Bush. "He One result was the com painted me as the liberal on ment -offered by a half-dozen things like gun control, wel different· people one recent fare reform and open hous weekend in udi es ing," Bush recalled the other a enc rang · Br Bob Burchette-The Washiniton P�•t ing from the Foreign Policy day. "He did it very effec· Association of New York to Sen. Lloyd M. Be ntsen Is called a different breed of Texan. tively, with no mudslinging, a Democratic legislative and it heiped him win." ber of the U.S. House of In 19'70, at the a�e of 49, .fund-raiser in Salt Lake Of major assistance in Lloyd Bentsen. who says Representatives, and be both the primary and the City: "You don't even sound "I've always set goals for came a next door office general electk'l was Bent· like a Texan!" myself." re-entered politics neighbor ·of another fresh sen's longtime friend (and In fact, Bentsen is a very with a bang. man. Gerald R. Ford Jr. Jamaica vacation resort different breed of Texan · Bypassing the chance· to neighbor), ex-Gov. John B. from the Democrats' last Unlike Ford. Bentsen become governor. because, Connally. A political ally of President. The family is of , quickly became bored with as a friend recalls. he felt both men recalls that in ad Danish stock. and when the the House and decided after "It doesn't have the action I dition to fund-raising, Con Bentsens moved to Texas 60 three term� to forsake the want." he p lunged into a nally did a statewide televi years ago,_ they did not be- salary In hopes of · Senate battle that Bentsen S12,500 sion show for Bentsen in . come Hill Country ranchers, making money. says even LBJ warned him which be said "Texas didn't like the Jobnsoos, but part he could not win. need a Connecticut Yankee of the landed artistocracy of For the next 18 years ·in His first target was incum like Bush, just a good sound the Rio Grande Valley. Houston be did just that, bent Ralph Yarborough, the eonservative boy Uke His political career has parlaying a c hank of the bero of Texas liberals and Lloyd .. been of an unusual pattern. family money Into an insur the labor-backed chairman ·When be ·came home from ance company-banking-in of the Senate Labor and President Nixon and Vice WorldWar tJ:,in wblch·, like vestment firm-saving and Public Welfare Committee. President Spiro .Agnew both 19'72 liomiuee George Me· loan compleX and a personal It was a. slugfest, even by campaigned for Bush, but Gov8rn,he flew B-24s out of fortwle he estimated at $2.3 Texas standards. when· Bentsen beat him, · Italy, be was elected as milllon In 197-l. (The hold Bentsen's campaign fea they turned around and wel Judge of b1s home Hidalgo ing� were placed In a bltnd tured a series of television comed the new senator as __ Coanty at 25. Two years trust when be began his spots that cited Yarbor part of what they were �all later, In· 1948, be won elee pretddential quest early this ough's support for the VIet lng their "ideological major UoJi:U tlie youngest mem- year.) nam Moratorium protest tty." Bentsen was Singled out . ' ' · - . . . ·. ':. . ·. .. A,;, · NOll�Texas Iinage in> . .;�<"t�.,�-l.,,._ � . : · -� �� .·•· � �; �::��� �� :� '.. ·. : �! � : -�e cr - };�- �:·.·."-": .--:� onal of UJe_ �ti .:_ a fo a Pri· e e last. summer :._,�-its labor . elected Democr � r xposUt ) -and · : :'· and,bilt c:f.ty vate ·greeting at the· was cho�p give the. Dem- . <-'Oqanizations. He 118!1 wan- ·White tO · :�==�.���b� HoUse. ocrats' resjionse· to. Richard · ·:&{eel klvitatlons to_ the big eratic NaUOJw·' Nixoa's last man WQ'De But B entsen was not buy- economic- liimng 4inners of Cbfcago straight. from speech-a full half hour bo- Mayor hard Daley's Cook lJentsen's ing. He went : _ Rtc - .Pete the President's office to a nanza of prune ume net- County organization, the platfor m is > vi n. news conference, where he work tele sio Ciuniel's Philadelphia organ· His voice is well-placed.:and : said he regarded his recep- With all this, Bentsen-at ization and Meade Esposi- pleasant, his speaking. :stylf a: a�e 53 and still in his first to's Brooklyn organization- tion with "some amazement profes&ional. .-::"- _: � term-has mar the of the patron- and some amusement," and been ked as a b.ig three A s a stemwinder, he.doe: ....J u declared firmly , "1 am com- potential Senate power. But age-an !NOT PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE! • • • He Sees Balance as Byword Of His Presidential Move; Critics See Opportunism By NORMAN C. MILLER 8ttJfl Reporterof THE WALL STRBET JoURNAL , WASHINGTON-Sen. Lloyd Bentsen a qliestlozllhf8��� '::''f' is raisesThe is , what does (smoothly polished travels a cau- Bent;;ell�=:s i�lySestand for as hesen. zJgsag pathTexan who seeks the Presidency; that keeps ...e nator's · l Uous, him close answer·· _._ political center. . "I roa,.... no Issue . some preconceived app > :thet pragmatic approach With. deolo cal Cl.. His has been will i I gi view- 0 successful Texas, where nt. I ask t WO be eff ec u in the Senator it e tablerk.,·., Will it private pol s that e voters tive? Will be qui we afford bls l show 70% of th ft?" .. Can approve his performance. the· of Now Couae •ealthly, one-time insurance tycoon 'ErstwbiJe. rvauve He a lso .:described politics"thinks thinks this Pragmatism his� self "moderate: "I .,.,_,_ ,Peop are is excel Wldch'c)fferiJ some� for just about every lent poUtks. le tired and turned by idt!C)logtcal...... big'' tii�st aDcl party faetkm'"'7will ' otf solutions," be says group_.! ! -rbe other - .--;:-:-:1"-... Man of the M1ddle? Lloyd Bentsen Tries Please All Sides THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Wednesday, July_30, 1975 - To · • • • He Sees Balance as Byword Of His Presidential Move; Critics See Opportunism By C. MILLER NORMANTHE The qu estion this neatly balance Reporter of \VALL STRII:ET JoURNAL . � . d pol'ti Blaf! Lloyd Bentsen is a e� :� �: at WASHINGTON-Sen. does Sen. Bentsen funda �� I , �� �e .> Texan who travels a cau- t �or as h smoothly polished 1 e s eeks the Presidenc .,. a.. · him close to · · tious, zigzag path that keeps The Senator's answer· ap 0 · proach no issYue w'th�. som "I u the political center. e preconceived ideologic I al vie W· His pragmatic approach has been highly pomt. will It wo rk? t effec- the Senator says tlve? I a.sk j successful in Texas, where Will It be equitabl .,.w man ' be � · C we alford his private polls show that 70% of the voters. It?" Now the approve of his performance. ErstwhJie Conservative wealthly, one-time Insurance tycoon thin.ks He also thinks this pragm a ti sm politics" is excel his self-described "moderate lent politics · thin k people every are tired and which offers something for just about t med off "I � by ideological solut " faction-will . ions, he sa s big Interest group and party The other (De mocratic) candidates :r� candidate the Demo t ing make him the fallback '?' to move into the mid all the dle " he dd cratic Party can raHy around once With a sma a ll smile. "I don't h v to rr!al each other � · · other presidential hopefuls ready there." a kill .off. entsen wasn't a is lways in the middle Obviously, the 54-yea.r-old Senator In �e ra a stridently conserv aiming mainly : ? � ative pri: playing a long shot, perhaps a�;0camp aign to upset the liberal incu way onto the ticket as the vice :: m at dealing · veteran Ralph Yarborough. Since hisnominee. But a field in which t presidential n' however, he has su In well, ccessfully courted no one but George Wallace running many labor leaders and other aren'tIs off liberals wh0 Democratic professionals writing at first were bitter about th e Bents en ta contender who: ctic the chances of a ot tying Mr arbo ro · ugh to war has raised over $1.5 million to oters. y -Already VIetnam rl- putting him behind power his campaign, "Basically, th ink Bentsen has made a Gov. Wallace and Sen. Henry Jackson good I only record In the Senate " of the • says scar in the money game, and far ahead Maw: a state senator and prominent0 l other declared candidates. TexasY. libera l · Mr M .1 · auzy cites up , Mr · Ben· -Has an excellent chance of locking tsen a advocacy of vottn g protection as a bargaining for the big Texas delegation Mexican-Am e c · ans and a tougher mlnimwn brokered convention, which many ri base ncome tax on the rich as In a � evidence that the Democrats anticipate. enator Is "willing to fiy In the teeth of the managed to satisfy vital Interests -Has Texas political establish ad ment." both labor and business by balancing .But some Texas liber of labor-backed job-creation als remain hostile vocacy of to Mr. Bentsen, arguing that his ·jllchemes with proposals for business balance; ta.x Voting pattern reflects cold-blooded decontrol pf natu- calcula · tion for oU and political advantage. "As soon breaksgas. and price as he ral decided to run for President, he started trying to balance his votes so he would Tbe Byword Ia BalanceMr. Bentsen's byword look Balance has been like a nice moderate," he says Billie Carr th he entered the Senate In 1971. Thus, since liberal Democratic national � Income tax cuts pri committee advocates permanent Woman from Texas. "I'm afraid of some low-Income persons, but he also � marily for y who Is In nobody·s He sides camp. It means he favors cutting capital-gains taxes. t committed to anything, and liberals on the need for a person with labor and other Withlsn no commitment Is a dangerous person jobs and expanded public public-service to put In office." for works, but he votes against food stamps In Washington, Mr. Bentsen's and for relaxing job-safety regula Senate col strikers 1 eagues to desegre- give him high marks for tions. He votes against busing 1• lntelll- ' fed gence and hard work but say he j gate schools, but he favors extending a pleas- Mexi antly aloof loner who is hard to Is . eral voting-rights protection to the know-"a gray man," In 'the words of one can-American minority. ; Senator e liberal Democrats believe Sen. Bentsen denounces Henry Kissin that h� -: kes declsioiUII diplomacy, saying there's much IJke a computer. "He ger's "outmoded" - . - China, too much emphasis on Russia and but he also says he would continue detente efforts while spending more time Improving relations .with Europe, Latin America and Canada. He takes potshots at the Pentagon, opposing some projects like the Trident sub marine. But he basically supports lncreas- seems to calculate every position In terms' of what It will do for him," says one liberal Senator. "I don't know what he really stands for." Some Bentsen associates readily concede the Senator's presidential ambitions motl· vate his political balancing act. "So what?" demands one. "What do you expect him to do? What do you think all the other candl· dates are doing?" Selling the Pros Creating an Image of moderation is the essence of the Bentsen political strategy. Unlike some other little-known candidates, Sen. Bentsen makes no pretense of expect Ing to break out of the pack and sweep the primaries. He Is concentrating on "selling , the party pros" on the idea that he would be / an "acceptable and electable alternative" they could turn to as the candidate of a bro I kered ·convention, says one Bentsen adviser. nies, he Is clearly In tune with big buslnells Thus, In a party often rent by passionate lntere-�ts. Indeed, wealthy oilmen back In warfare, Sen. Bentsen sees his bland and Texas, where Mr. Bentsen long was a mem rather bloodlees politics as an ultimate at ber of the Houston business establishment, traction. contributed $135,000 In 1974 to help get his Sen. Bentsen is having some success. campaign going, according to a Common ; Yesterday, for example, a varied group of Cause campaign-financing analysis. :Virginia Democrats-Including leaders of Sen. Bentsen, then, has managed to 1 the state party's often warring conservative bridge the Intere-sts ot big business and big and liberal wings-announced their support: labor. His record suggests, too, that he feels ·of the Texan. "Sen. Bentsen possesses the comfortable with big and expanding govern· kind of thoughtful and practical leadership ment, although he cites his business-exectt· · that our naUon so desperately needs," the tlve experience as evidence he could man group's leaders declared. age the bureacracy better. He isn't a poll· On the stump, Sen. Bentsen denounces tlcian who advocates basic changes In the "Republican trickle-down" economics. power structure. In sum, he Is perh.aps best "What we need now is an economic equiva described by a fellow Senate Democrat, who o! lent of war," he declares. "We can do calls hlm "a status quo kind guy." peaceful battle to rebuild our cities, to re store our public transportation, to explore and provide new sources of power. The list Is almost endless, and the jobs are there, waiting, by the millions." Bigger subsidies for public-service jobs and public works wouldn't be inflationary,, ' Sen. Bentsen contends, because industrial production Is so slack that the overriding need Is for more fiscal stimulus. Although his rhetoric Implies vast spending Increases, the Senator tells an Interviewer he has in mind only "moderate" Immediate Increases In deficit financing. Educational Savings Credit Yet the Bentsen program also involves , an array of expensive tax reductions. He has supported a $13 billion package of per manent lncome·tax cuts for Individuals. He would give parents an annual tax credit of up to $250 tor establtshlng "educational sav· lngs" accounts (which he also estimates would generate $9 billion a year more tor mortgage lending by thrift Institutions). He advocates sharply reduced capital-gains taxes for long-held assets and a quadrupling of permtssible capital-loss tax deductions to _stimulate Investment and capital liquidity. 1 Thus, while Sen. Bentsen has advocated repeal of about $3 billion of business taxI breaks and has voted to ellminate the oil de pletion alk>wance for the ma 1or oil compa-_ '' ·.•,l . , P!·���-�:·-;... ; ·-�-- . .. ;·�·.). r . i·l- , -· , . 1� · Norok Evans and Robert il ·' :' +:�;' ·l�ii !•/';.:;:�;;;;!!' ··· . ginia: Bentsen�s . Firs�;i�ig]}:����ke .. · � \' • · ,i, l." \: : · . . . · · · · · Bentsen of Texas, whose . ' Democratic presidential · "Virginiuns we�e im pressedJi}.f :Jfl1n�'s resulted only in dry holes, . . . • , ... . . ·, ,.,Wt : ;. ):·: ; ._ _ . \ . · .. ·· a e i · k ���� - tii&•l8vi:trto m :,�:. :;�n���= moderation; grasp of eco�W:�);i#���:· and•·.:'· .-.J·--· �,, e ' ' ��-�::::Jconventi�:�::le���O� • potential to be �he· firstJJetftdcll��� ��sidential· I Hotel in Rich· . . j, Marshall 1 , ,. . ·'tl; .•. .•, .... RI1/0V ; !e :,en : to si�e ,.. f o flg���s ���=� candidate carry Vir,ginia 'Lyttd,on '·_ ' I " ; ·h····\AI.. tii•A spectrum of th'e state's . : ',.,...... ·�···,·-.! j . . Johns. on." . " . · ' f . , � . " ;_. . '' �� . ,' ! . •':,'· · WI. Actually, he and �th�r:.Virgi$ns '.' mi��(J,���udic�·-�e gov�nm_et;�lfll de were Impressed by Bentsen's,. mod�a· ,: fe� ip��e f�m,ily!,s multi·_mil�lb\t·dol· -��-�Po- , . tion, grasp o.f economic i:B&Qe's <' >. e C,entral .Intelll· , �:Ar_1s�� ·�l'.ia!�t' � , : tentlal to be the first DeJnocratic pr.e�" •• · ·gence•"���cyt;.w�«;A sponl!ort;� , !Jle dentlal ' Candidate to c�y 'Virgli)ia �Sf,t l;est. : :... \ _:, .j , / .. ' ../\V ·;, · , : . :: . · ·.: :·' \ · since Lyndon B. Jobn&on>' · : , �.1,!.811Uons w'-'re· �so raiSed about sin· A footnote: jU tUrn:tngtO.Jir · · · 'Bentsen gllnir out the-,Olson•Jamily when other -. . Tliat uDe-u promises Bentsen a sues tailored I might p for COllij)etitlon . with • c:ases d�yelop, That turned 'out 54 ),toll�,.-�re of the convention dele· Jackson and Gov.. George. W8uaC8.,ofi... . prophetic.' Lastf.;Wednesday, James R . - .• I tak· . sates, wh� election begins. with local the Democratic right. He ))as been C�lstensen, soq' p_fa retire!i marlpe \. Vir.· hard itne is 1 "mas8'meetlDgs" next April. The ing a anti-Crime and poach' ..CPlonel'wb9 colli�tted suicicle in- 1966 •. ' g1Jilagu8ber is not olllY evidence that irig ori \Jackson's national securit¥:is:, . , · · :aft.flJ;:t�lling JU,s·wlf�· be feared be had :_1 Bentsen is· becoming a serious candi· sue by criticizing by,:t 1-:;��i� ,.;:; �; ,' > QC "c?c. � . 'Jfd-· THE WASHINGTON POST Saturday, Sept . 6,1975 _..\ 3 .: ��> � Bentsen's Campaign Chief Quits�',.!, · B)( David s. Broder �sUraJice.and banking ·execU· j Palumbo said last night that I He has also won pledg�s of · , Wa.sh>naton Post Sta.tt Wrtter hve, has been one of the most i "money is tough. but every support from leading Demo- f�;� a succes ful· f�nd-raisers in the candidate has fou d t at " He crats in Virginia and some 1 : Sen. Lloyd :vr. Benesn Jr. !I � . ! n h . : r , ; -T x. l t th ma a r f a ge_ held of Democratic i es er ._.. . .. (D e ) os e n ge o � pres- said the Washington off ce l Southw t n states, including ; . . Ide tial hopefuls had cut two Profession,al s!aff Oklahoma. Some strategi ts · his preside?tial campaign yes- � . . � lU�- I terday amid reports that fi. His most recent offiCial re- members . and two clencal reporte�ily have .counseled hrm . , �£\;� ,_,, · p _ ���x d nancial tr�ubl� are forcing PG!1,filed in July, said � �ad �des, as well. as: six: summer �o �do t ap. pande (avorf.�lti�r:.� i�i- ; that cutbacks m hts staff an d �aiSed mor� than $1.5 million mterns. But he .sa1d those cut- 1te-son" _role and hope �e�, J!;;-:.,� V.v� ' tn. _first b ks \fEll�� �anc� by _the w?uld e erge as a . com��"'�·�? � :' . ·· changes in his strategy. 1974 � the half of �� : � ?l · . . . c . his this year. He ranked third hiring of adq1tional field rep- miSe chotce at the convention,- /:·;, .; : Bentsen announced· that · . cmapaign director, 'Benjamin behind Alabama Gov. Geo rge resen�t,iv�'�; in �. C�ornia, rat�er th�n te�t .his.,�strengtltU� · �lvarua, ,�tate.s ;t�;;;-·,,:- L. Palumbo, had resigned "for C. Wallace and Sen. Henry New :York, Mas· agamst nvals In' .�he�]l� . . a d - . , :: personal reasons." His pre�s M. �ackson (�W�t:in �tal sach�t�, Virginia n Okla he has li�e nabil-al·: b�ed��f:h! · f. , . ·-- ,, · . . , · � ·. .' · . hiS'··campmgn homa. , 1 support. : ·--� ,. . .:: ·,· :;, . secre\ary, Jack Devore, s&d receipts. and In · . · . , . ' , there is ''absolutely no cotinec- treasury balance. . Palumbo·;also said he · Palumbo 38,. a produCt -of : .<;. ·; fun - ''no d sagreements w i h had·the New Jersey Democratic j>oli- . tion between the resignation But other' Democratic d i t , : �!.; and the reduction in the num- raisers noted that Bentsen ap- senator" on campaign strat- I tics who joined Bentsen'���tai_J, ..&. �1� .t _ 1� .�g�; . _ her � people" m Bentsen's parently spent a quarter�mil- egy. B':'r. oth�rs, clo��. to Bent- about �n��· . �\iji�.;@. \':J} ·;;.'i: seeuring sPeak·�. ."t · Washington headquarters. . ' lion dollars more in the first sen saiitthere had been a con- strumental In · · . · � ·. Palumbo, in a: telephone· in- half of this year than his cam- tin uing debate between Pa· ing dates for the �nator :;be- 'l)ig- ·: . terview yesterday, denied that paign took m.-_ His balance lumbo�s: desire for Bentsen to j fore union audiences and : . s , his quitting was related either dropped from $652951 in De- test his strength in key indu - : city Democratic . grolijls.·:.. . - . ' · As a Democratic presidential candidate. publicly held, nonfinancial companies Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen could apparently headquartered in the 10-state South, take the South in 1976 about as unopposed ranked in order of sales volume by The as was Gen. Sherman on his march through SOUTH Magazine in July/ August 1975. Georgia a hundred years ago. And indi The CEO's were asked to indicate their cators are that the Texas Senator could choices to a variety of questions from a - take the South while incurring little Wallace list of 17 potential or campaigning 1976 or Kennedy threat. Democratic presidential nomination This is the case if chief executive of hopefuls (see accompanying tables). ficers of The South's Top 200 Companies The 17 hopefuls or contenders listed are any indication of the region's political are Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, Sen. thinking. The Top 200 is a compilation of Lloyd Bentsen, Arkansas ·Sen. Dale Bumpers, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, Idaho Sen. Frank Church, . .' former Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris, ,_. a· �-.". Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Washington Sen. Henry Jackson, Massa chusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. former c-·-- New York Mayor John Lindsay. Montana r-- · Sen. Mike Mansfield, South Dakota Sen. :· George McGovern, Maine Sen. Edmund r Muskie. former North Carolina Gov. f\>-· Terry Sanford, California Sen. John � t.. Tunney. Arizona Rep. Morris Udall. Former New York Mayor John Lindsay_ ' · · Alabama Gov. George Wallace, and a r ... .- blank was left for executives to fill in panel function. The editor said the 34 per anyo"le else they considered a candidate cent response from the 200 company of r, .. The business executives are opinion ficials is considered a good return. r·. makers as well as decision makers. says In the survey. conducted in mid-July, E . The SOUTII Maga:ine Editor Roy B. Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, a r· � ., t CEt�j)IOIOOS) I· '- � ------ Bain. "'ho surveyed the 200 chief exe perennial presidential candidate, was cutive officers. The editor. in a letter easily out of the front running. to the president or chief executive officer Even though some 25 to 35 per cent of of The South's Top 200 Companies, asked the responding chief executives ind· the company executives to serve on The a preference for Sen. Bentsen, as SOUTH Magazine Editorial Opinion pared to about 18 per cent for Gov. Wall Rep. Morris Udall Panel with the political survey the first Sen. Edward Kennedy is expected by The SOUTH Magazine • Sept/Oct 1975 CEOpinions overwhelming majority to get the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. Further, an even larger percentage of the responding executives indicated they think Kennedy is the Democratic can · didate with the best chance of being :.:,��� elected president. t?�..i'.ox-''. . Non-favorite On the other hand, Kennedy drew the distinction of being the overwhelming non-favorite insofar as southern business executives' willingness to serve him in a cabinet or committee appointment. 0::: YJ Kennedy carried the score of 25 per cent 1- in the "least willing to serve·· category. 0::: But perhaps more suprising was a com 5 ·t> paratively close second in the same cate >- gory by Gov. Wallace with 18 per cent of a.. 0 the responses listing him as the non u favorite candidate for cabinet or com mittee service. Besides that, Gov. Wallace tied Sen. George McGovern, with 21 per cent of the votes each, in the category in which the business executives were asked who they thought least able to surround himself with top quality staff and cabinet. In the same questionnaire, the south Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen ern business executives were asked how they rated President Gerald R. Ford's performance. He was rated excellent by 34 per cent of the respondents, adequate fair by 61 per cent and inadequate-poor Rating the Presidency by five per cent. The business executives Southern business executives think the executives declined to rate President Ford. were asked to give a 1-to-10 numerical president of the United States should be a The question asked: "On a scale of one to rating on 12 presidential qualities of most capable man. rating at least seven 10, how would you rate President Ford?" leadership. Their average numerical re on a scale of one to 10 in a variety of abil The 12 categories above were then listed sponse for all 12 categories was 7.05 on ities. And on that same scale. the same with a blank for a numerical rating. The the 1-to-10 scale. President Ford was southern bu siness executives found company executive wrote across the form: rated 5.96 by the executives on the same R. .,_ .... Gerald Ford falling slightly below their "Unfair question due to his appointment, ' scale. ultimate expectations for a U.S. president. etc." »-·· ...... Several of the business e.,ecutives . . Respected Statesman ,.·;._:. The editor of The SOUTH Maga=ine indicated their feelings beyond merely . . The 12 presidential leadership quali surveyed the president or chief executive marking the questionnaire. For example, ties rated by the business leaders were: officer of The South's Top 200 Companies one drew a bracket around the entire list foreign policy, economic policy. adminis to ascertain their opinions of both the of 17 candidates and wrote: "The sorriest trative ability, domestic policy, fiscal qualities ne�ded by the president and to slate of candidates the party has ever had ,.. -. matters, diplomacy, political party leader rate President Ford. The South's Top 200 to offer this country." The same execu ship, ability to attract top quality cabinet/ Companies is a compilation of publicly tive, given a blank in which to insert staff, quality as a respected statesman, held. nonfinancial companies headquar another candidate of his choice other �� tered in the 10-state South. ranked in than the field of 17. wrote the name of quality to perceive the country's needs, I ability to "sell" country on needed pro order of sales volume by The SOUTI/ former C.llifornia Gov. Ronald Reagan. � ·' ... in But then he suggested that, "If Reagan grams, and ability to work with the Maf{a=ine July/August 1975. ,. ._. .. Congress. The big company executives were does not qualify (since he is not a Demo In response to the question of who asked to assign a numerical value, from crat) substitute Wallace for Reagan." la.-. would best serve southern interests, to one to 10. with one the bottom and 10 the And one company official who indi include busim:ss, Sen. Bentsen received highest possible. on 12 presidential qual cated Sen. Bentsen was his choice for 35 per cent of the respondents' votes - ities. Then the business executives were the candidate who would best serve the top mark by far. Gov. Wallace was asked to rate President Gerald R. Ford on southern interests, then indicated Sen. second with 18 per cent and former North the same scale. The average score of ex McGovern "and most of the others" Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford and former pectation for an American president was would least serve southern interests. Then Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter were third 7.05 on a scale of one to 10. President when he marked Sen. Kennedy as the hope with each receiving 12 per cent of the Ford received a 5.96 by the business exe ful with the best chance of being elected, the favorable responses. On the reverse side of cutives on the scale. executive wrote beside the selection, "un that question, who would least serve One of the responding company chief fortunately." 14 The SOUTH Magazine • Sept/Oct 1975 The Survey Results Our editors surveyed the president or 4. Which of the hopefuls do you think is: McGovern Humphrey Bumpers chief executive officer of The South's -Most likely to get the nomination? 21% 5% 2% Top 200 Companies on their 1976 Kennedy54% Muskie 7% Wallace 5% Wallace21% Carter 4% Church 2% Democratic presidential opinions. The Jackson Humphrey Bentsen Harris 9% Jackson 4% Tunney 2% Lindsay 9% Sanford 4% Udall 2% Top 200 is a compilation of the re 18% 5% 4% Kennedy?% gion's top publicly-held nonfinancial -Least likely to get the nomination? --- companies ranked by sales volume in Lindsay23% Carter 9% Askew 2% 8. On a scale of 1-to-10 (I being bottom and I The SOUTH Magazine. July/August, Harris Tunney Humphrey 0 the top) how effective should a presi dent be in: 1975. The business executives were also I� � 2% (After each presidential quality is the asked to rate the qualities of a presi Sanford 12% Bumpers 5% Mansfield 2% McGovern Wallace Udall average score: the range of numerical expec dent, and to rate President Gerald R. tations was I-to- 10 in each case) II% 5% 2% Ford on those same qualities. Here are Foreign Policy - 6.85 Q:; the results of the survey, with 34 per 5. Which hopeful do you think has: Economic policy - 7.38 t.u J- - cent of the 200 company executives -The best chance of being elected? Administrative ability - 6.92 �-·· responding: Kennedy Wallace Humphrey Domestic policy - 6.80 u :jo_.·. . 61% 7% 2% Fiscal matters - 6.78 1. Here is a list of 17 hopefuls or possible Bentsen Muskie McGovern Diplomacy - 6.54 >- }f�� contenders for the 1976 Democratic Presi Q.. --- II% 5% 2% Political Party Leadership - 6.07 8 dential nomination. In each of the questions Jackson 7% Askew 2% Ability to attract top quality cabinet/ to follow indicate your chu1ce. staff- 8.58 Gov. Reubin Askew (Florida) Quality as a respected statesman- 7.10 Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (Texas) Quality to perceive country's needs- 7.37 Sen. Dale Bumpers (Arkansas) Ability to ''sell" country on needed Jimmy Carter (former Georgia Governor) programs - 7.39 Sen. Frank Church (Idaho) Ability to work with the Congress- 6.78 Fred Harris (former Oklahoma Senator) Average numerical expectation was 7.05 Sen. Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota) 9. Of those 17 hopefuls named earlier, �'-' Sen. Henry Jackson (Washington) which in your opinion consistently rates: Sen. Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts) �:.·. -Highest in 'all 12 categories in Item #8? .· John Lindsay (former New York mayor) '<'-:, BentsenJO% Wallace 7% Kennedy4% - Sen. Mike Mansfield (Montana) Jackson Mansfield Askew Sen. George McGovern (South Dakota) -The least chance of being elected? II% 5% 2% Sen. Edmund Muskie (Maine) Lindsay Carter Humphrey Carter Muskie McGovern .Terry Sanford (former N. Carolina governor) 23% 7% 2% 7% 5% 2% Sen. John Tunney (California) Sanford 16% Harris 7% Kennedy 2% Humphrey Sanford Udall Rep. Morris Udall (Arizona) Wallace Tunney Mansfield 7% 5% 2% Gov. George Wallace (Alabama) 14% 5% 2% (Other, you specify) McGovern Askew Udall -Lowest in all 12 categories in Item #8? II% 4% 2% 2. Of the hopefuls, which do you think McGovern Harris Sanford would:· 6. Which of the hopefuls would you be: 23% 5% 4% Kennedy19% Udall 5% Tunney 4% -Best serve southern interests, to include -Most willing to serve in a cabinet or com Wallace 12% Carter 4% Church 2% business? mittee appointment? Lindsay Jackson Humphrey Bentsen35% Askew 4% Kennedy2% Bentsen 30% Wallace 5% Lindsay 2%' 9% 4% 2% ��--· . Wallacel8% Hwnphrey4% Muskie 2% Sanford Askew Mansfield lo-�-··, Carter 12% Jackson 4% Tunney 2% II% 4% 2% 10. How would you rate President Gerald �::r Sanford 12% Bumpers2% R. Ford's performance as a president? Jackson Carter McGovern r. 7% 4% 2% .. ,..·-' -Least serve southern interests. to include Excellent 34% Humphrey Kennedy Tunney Adequate/Fair r.· > business? 61% � � _.. � 5% 4% 2% Inadequate/Poor 5% Kennedy35% Church 4% Harris 2% �:... � . Muskie 5% McGovern Humphrey Mansfield II. On a scale of one to 10 (one being the i,.•. . I 19% 4% 2% -Least willing to serve in a cabinet or com bottom and 10 the top) how would you rate Wallace 7% Jackson 4% Sanford 2% mittee appointment? President Ford in? Lindsay 5% Udall 4% Tunney 2% Ker.nedy25% Harris 5% Jackson 2% (After each presidential quality is the Askew 4% \Vallace 18% Askew 2% Sanford 2% average score. the range of numerical expec McGovern tations was I to 10 in each case) J, Which of the hopefuls do you think is: Church Udall 14% 2% 2% Foreign rolicy - 6.27 -Most capable of handling the job as Lindsay Humphrey Fwnomic rolicy- 6.21 rresident'' 7'!'rJ 2% Administrative ability - 5.66 Bcntsen26% Jackson 7% Muskie 4% Domestic policy - 5.7!1 Wallacel8% Mansfield 5% Askew 2% 7. Of those named, which do you consider: Fiscal matters - 5.79 Humphrey Carter McGovern -The most able to surround himself with Dirlomacy - 6.00 12% 4% 2% top quality staff and cabinet? Political party leadership - 5.66 Sanford 9% Kennedy4% Bentsen 26% Sanford 7% Wallace 4% Ability to attract top quality cabinet/ Kennedy Mansfield Bumpers -Least capable of handling the job as staff- 6.33 14% 5% 2% president? Quality "as a respected statesman - 6.30 Humphrey Askew Udall McGovern Tunney Udall Quality to perceive country's needs- 6.25 � 12% 4% 2% 28% 7% 4% Ability to "sell" country on needed Jackson 9% Muskie 4% Wallace l6% Carter 4% Bumpers 2% programs - 5.28 Kennedy14% Church 4% Hwnphrey2% -The least able to surround himself with Ability to work with the Congress- 5.91 I Lindsay!!% Harris 4% Jackson 2% top quality staff and cabinet? -The President's average scvre waJ 5. 96 t The SOUTH Magazine • Sept/Oct 1975 15 o.:utives. is former Ne"' York Mayor John Ch'-Opinions Lindsay. with 23 per cc:nt of the response. Sanford and former Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris were �econd with 12 per cent. and southern interests. to include business. M ..:G overn and Carter immediately be Sen. Kennedy was the overwhelming hind them. choice with 35 per cent of the response Kennedy ran up the highest score, 61 and Sen. George McGovern was second per cent, again on the question of the with 19 per cent. But Wallace was third contender with the best chance of being . . with seven per cent of the non-favorable elected. Bentsen was a distant second . . - responses. with II per cent, and Wallace and Sen. ..,�.··,, �� Bentsen scored highest again in re Jackson tied for third at seven per cent. ----- sponses to the question of who is most Of the contenders with the least chance of :;: capable of handling fhe job as president, being elected, Lindsay led the field with a:: he received 26 per cent. Gov. Wallace 23 per cent. Sanford was next with 16 � cc scored second with 18 per cent. Sen. per cent, Wallace third with 14 per cent - Hubert Humphrey was third with 12 per and McGovern fourth with II per cent. -J cent of the response and Sanford was e:: fourth with nine per cent. On the nip Most Willing � e:: . side of the question of who is least capable Sen. Bentsen scored 30 per cent of the � �-!·::·� of handling the job as president. Sen. responses when the executives were asked . McGovern scored highest with 28 per who they would be most willing to serve >- !!;,. !7' .- � cent, Gov. Wallace second with 16 per in a cabi'let or committee appointment. e cent and Sen. Kennedy third with 14 per Sanford was a distant second with II per J/ cent. cent and Sen. Jackson third with seven per cent. On the least willing to serve score, ·:·/ /' Contender Sen. Kennedy scored highest with 21 per Sen. George McGovern When it came to the question of the cent. Gov. Wallace was second with 18 per contender most likely to get the Demo cent, and McGovern third with 14 per with 14 per cent, Sen. Humphrey third cratic nomination, Sen. Kennedy received cent. with 12 per cent and Jackson fourth with an overwhelming 54 per cent majority. Bensten scored a Texas-sized lead in nine per cent. Wallace was among the Sen. Henry Jackson was second with 18 the crucial question of who appears most also-rans with four per cent. On the other �_. per cent. The contender least likely to able to surround himself with top quality end of the question, who is least able to :r.�. get the nomination, in the opinion of the staff and cabinet, scoring 26 per cent of -·· surround himself with top quality statT and South's Top 200 Companies' chief exe- the responses. Sen. Kennedy was second cabinet, Gov. Wallace and Sen. McGovern tied for the dt:bious honor with 21 per cent. Lindsay and Harris were tied in second place with nine per cent each, but Kennedy was next with seven per cent. It may not be surprising to close poli tical observers that Gov. Wallace did not take major honors from among the responses of the business leaders. The Governor has always pointed his cam paign toward blue collar workers and .... �··· what he calls the little man. He has. in re �· .... cent campaign language at least, included '· F'' the country's middle classes. t_ �-..� : ... Speaking r--. Perhaps Bentsen has concentrated �':. . �. / on business and community leaders, traditional decision makers, resulting (:. in his overwhelming popularity among ,. . · . the business executives surveyed. Perhaps, ·· . !l( r �·} still. it is his Texas accent and familiarity ....�• ._-i.�!k with southern traditional concerns that make him popular. Or, perhaps he is popular because he could be expected to present an imprt:ssive image in a na �""-' ...... tional campaign. But the guess of the editors of The SOUTH Maga;ine is that his popularity derives from all those points as well as another major considera tion: the respondents in this survey were business executives. And Sen. Bentsen was himself a successful business execu tive interspersed with his stints in politics. It is most probable that the business executives responding tend to trust a candidate who at least speaks their lan Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumpers guage. (5] 16 The SOUTH Magazine • Sept/Oct 1975 . ::.· . 'Cilhlzgein e�yTrraicarea After Decline in Staff and FinC!-nces . · on aloof By CHRISTOPHER LYDON. Houston insurance million--:- c spicuously from the Special to The New York Times -a ire, started- out· with. ·ample early entiants in the Demo- c: . WASHINGTON, Sept. 7- support front the Texas busi··- �rati Presidential field But . of serious : Benjamin L. Palumbo's sudden ne ss community But the the first signs $650,000 treasury w:ith which strategic• planning are begin· · exit last Friday as director is ear was appear. of Senator Uovd M. Bentsen's he started th y ning to $387,000 June Black Presidential campaign was down to last The Congressional reported to attributed officially to "per- and is now be Caucus will hold its annual $200,000. sonal reasons" · less than dinner here on Sept. 27, at that nobody has Vice President Rockefeller's the end of a two-day work· Washington ye t chos en to aides have scotched a rumor shop on political tactics and e Notes ex p l a in . What· that William P. Ronan, long strat gy . More important, ad ever the reasons, an intimate Rockefeller · p erhaps, the gener the loss of Mr. viser on politics in al o J int Center for in pa ticu Palumbo's p ro motional zeal and transportation r - Studies is planning a De- t oin he up to and his New Jersey-trained -,Jar, was a bcu . to j t cember convention· for · President)-�f� her:e: 3,500 p leaders; savvy in big-city Northern Vice· black olitical ted es ues ex politics seems tG mark a Pf9mp ·;�'by mqwn to define the iss _ they a t.Mz. Ro08n a security pect - i tial · candi- transition in the Texas bou in all Pres den check-�agents. of the Fed- dates to deal with. Democrat's planning. · · era! B:ureau of' Investigation, _ Troubled by a declining • . other New York associates af Sargent Shriver has futally 'cash balance and il lack · Gf · Mr. Rockefeller jumped to the found a campa:ign IIJanager visible popular support, the conclusion that. Mr. Ronan in Richard J. Mu y Bentsen campaign is weigh- rptl . 4:7 was about.to beCome the new ye rs old, an assistant Post· ing a strategic retreat-from a chief of the· Vice President's master General in· the Ken a g�-for-broke · drive in staff, succeeding Ann Whit· nedy and Johnson Adminis industrial state· - primari� man,· "lho- �oved back tG trations.and a widely prai� ne� to an s n ia 5pririg· es E; t lly· n ta . Ma hat n this.Summer Some general manager of the regional effort to become the fretted privately that Mr. Democratic National Conven "favorite son" of the South· R ef . · oc k eller's ,Wa5bington of. tion in Miami Beach in 1972. west. fice was too heavily weighted A protege of the · late Mr . Fre>m the beginning, . already with old retainers Pa l Butler, Democratic pa ty u r '. Bentsen has had conflicting from . :·.� the New Y ork Gover-- chainnan in the nineteen oyd advice from his staff. ll nor's office. fifties, Mr. Murphy has had Ha£kler, his fonner admin- In any event, the - iStriltive . Vioe one joo e>r another in every assistant, saw· Mr. - President's spokesman now e since Bentsen's best . Presid ntial carripaign hope in be� say, Mr. Ronan was only get- 1944 when he was a precinct !.'oming "everyone's second ting routine F.B.I. clearance runner in Baltimore . for oc choice'• and using a bl · of for access. as an occasional Franklin D . . Roosevelt. Mr. Southern-state delegates to consultant. · nomination in Shriver now plans a formal bargain for the e announcement of candidacy brol ti"aledon �ANDIDATES '76 the.economy. A fiscal conser vative, he d£Rlored big spending and of everi objeetec:F -. evenue sharing as a �entsen: No Chasing Rainbows strain on· #� ·· dget. But during the recessiQ¢.> for Govern- This is the second of a series exam the Army. later flew 50 missions over ..• ment inte:'eW eft...unemploy- ·ning the declared and occasionally un Europe as a bomber pilot. and was shot ment. He mtrodac :w;�te 840..:..--· leclared candidates for the presidency. down twice. While on leave. he mar 000summer jobs f, • '""' • " �ouths rlre series began with Arizona Congress � ried a Texas model. Beryl Ann: they and w:ges a revival o ��"(mn �n ·nan Morris Udall ITIME. Aug. 25). have three children. Mustered out as a servauon Corps. the New-;:De- Q::; Everybody's second choice. That youngest county judge in Texas. In pie to work on federal conservaiic)rfpi:o- :} . eems to be the presidential strategy of 1948. he ran successfully for the U.S. jeers around the country. To stuniifate �� � enator Lloyd M. Bentsen. 54. who has House of Representatives. becoming the the depressed housing industry. Bentsen . �'� � >tans of emerging as the compromise youngest member. He impressed a fel has proposed giving a 20% tax credit to:i,.. Jl -J :ominee after the front runners falter low Texan. Speaker Sam Rayburn. who parents who place $250 a year in savings �-' ac nd the Democratic Convention is dead- included Bentsen in his after-hours accounts for their children's higher edu- -..e;. xked. A multimillionaire Texas busi- bourbon-and-strategy sessions. Even cation. The savings institutions would Q::� essman who is not given to quixotic so. Bentsen did not make much of a then be required to use 50% of the mon- (3 ursuits, Bentsen has tried to hug the mark in the House-with the exception ey for housing loans . . tiddle of the road more closely than of a speech he now regrets. During the Surprise and Chagrin. Convinced lny other candidate. A wobble either Korean War. he urged that atomic that there will soon be a critical shortage J the left or the right makes him dis- bombs be dropped on the North Kore of capital. Bentsen has introduced a bill mctly uneasy. ·'Others are trying to ans unless they withdrew from the to encourage more investment. The bill 1ove toward the middle of the party.'' South. "I am wiser today.'' says Bentsen. provides for a scaling down of the 35% e says. "But I don't have to who claims that a member of the capital gains tax. The longer an asset is lOVe. rm already there.'' Truman Cabinet suggested he held. the less it would be taxed when it is Pearly Smooth. The make the speech to try to sold. After 15 years, the tax would be roblem with occupying pressure the North Kore- trimmed to 14%. The bill also increases Je middle so snugly is ans to negotiate. from $1.000 to $4,000 the maximum 1at a candidate becomes, Bentsen retired from yearly write-offof capital losses. ell, middling. Bentsen the House in 1954 to go To reach the middle of the road, JeS little to attract or re- back home and make Bentsen had to move away from hisclose el. Mainly, he tries to '-· money. Starting with a life identification with his home state's larg JOthe with an approach 11.t � insurance company cap- est industry. To the surprise and chagrin lat is pearly smooth and -,...b� �·� italized ·with family funds. of some of his supporters. he voted for a bit soporific. "He dreams q� ��· •" he built a corporate empire bill to abolish the depletion allowance reams but doesn't chase ., including apartment build- for the major oil companies while retain tinbows,"was an early campaign ings, shopping centers, oil.fields, ing it for the independents, which do ogan. The result is a rather colorless banks and a funeral home. Satisfied with much of the exploratory drilling in the 1mpaign, though one that exudes com- his stake. he returned to politics at a U.S. Bentsen has also called for the cre �tence. Bentsen seems all but devoid higher level. In 1970 he challenged in ation of a federal bank to guarantee r' regional or personal quirks. His ur- cumbent Senator Ralph Yarborough, a loans to private industry for the develop 1ne performance gives no clues that he liberal folk hero. The primary contest ment of alternative energy sources. To a Texan. Understated and restrained. wasgrimy even by Texas standards. the conserve energy, he has proposed a gas- � manages to conceal much of the in- candidates swapping insults worthy of a er man from public view. Says a long- saloon brawl. With the backing of Lyn LLOYD & BERYl ANN BENTSEN me associate: "Bentsen is one. of the don Johnson. John Connally and the udest people in public life to get to Texas political-financial establishment, :�ow." Adds Calvin Guest. chairman Bentsen scored an upset victory. That ·· the Texas Democratic Party: "The fall he defeated Republican George "Oblem is to communicate his great Bush. now chief of the U.S. liaison office adership ability. Groups he has spo- in Peking. . :n to often go away without under- Changed Image. When Bentsen anding what he reallysaid." arrived in Washington. Vice President Bentsen likes to say that he speaks Spiro Agnew greeted him as one of the ithout a Texas accent because his fore- "ideological majority" that would sup :ars came from Denmark by way of port the Administration. Bentsen quick •uth Dakota. But his family fortune ly set him straight: 'Tm coming here as :finitely speaks the language of Tex- part of the loyal opposition. not as part His father. Lloyd Bentsen Sr .. and of the Nixon forces." He proceeded to s Uncle Elmer started buying land and change his image by voting with the lib :;elling it in ways that brought accu- erals to make it easier to invoke cloture. tions, though little proof, of shady From then on, Bentsen was tagged as :siness practices. From real estate. the ''unpredictable." Filling his office with rnily:moved into farming, cattle rais- flow charts, maps and graphs, he estab g, oil. drilling, banking. Today Bent- lished a reputation for probing analysis n Sr. !,is worth an estimated $50 mil- of complex issues. He took pride in ex ·n. The candidate puts his own assets posing economic illiteracy, whether $2.3 bullion, all of it currently placed demonstrated by conservatives or Iiber a blirid trusL als, admirals or environmentalists. He Young Bentsen was a quick study won coveted committee assignments: td moved nimbly. At 21, he graduat- Armed Services, Finance, Public Works from the University of Texas law and the Joint Economic Committee. hool. That same year he enlisted in In the Senate, Bentsen has concen- 1E, SEPTEMBE� 29, 1975 THE NATION oline tax that starts at 5!l per gal. and reaches JO!l after five years. Mainly preoccupied with domestic The Good Life matters. Bentsen has demonstrated no particular aptitude for foreign affairs. Generally. he goes along with his fellow At San Clemen Democrats· attacks on detente and Sec retary of State Henry Kissinger. Though The last picture that Ortrei\tkins a hard-liner on defense. Bentsen often had taken of Richard Nixon was at Cal raps the Pentagon for sloppy analysis ifornia's El Toro Marine Base in and wasteful spending.asking: ··can this gust 1974. There. Nixon had posedbrief. country afford a $17 billion-a-year civil ly with the crew that flew him to th< ian defense payroll that is purely for sup West immediately after he resigne< port rather than combat purposes?" from the presidency. Last month Atkin Full Portfolio. Bentsen has raised -the White House photographer dur $1.5 million in campaign funds. more ing the entire Nixon Administratio than any other candidate except George -received a surprise invitation fror Wallace and Henry Jackson. He has also San Clemente to have dinner with P enlisted some impressive political sup and Dick and shoot pictures of them. port. While refraining from an outright Like others who have paid calls endorsement. Senate Majority Leader late. Atkins found Nixon in good sp � Mike Mansfield has said that Bentsen its. He looked bright-eyed and 5 has a full portfolio of presidential qual TECH SERGEANT LEONARD MA TLOVICH showed a touch of the old presiden � ifications. Bentsen has been formally en bearing and vigor and was seemingly c:e. dorsed by Louisiana Governor Edwin termined to demonstrate that the Nixon Edwards and by almost every important ARMED FORCES household had weathered Watergate· office holder in Virginia. He is expected and returned to normality. Atkins'icol to defeat Wallace handily in the Texas "No" to Matlovich or photographs. shown exclusively in primary and to do well in other parts of TIME on the following pages. bear out the South. Since his disclosure six months ago those impressions. But his visibility elsewhere remains that he is a practicing homosexual, At San Clemente. Nixon follows a close to zero. Although he has been cam T /Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, 32. has schedule that seems to be a leisurely ver paigning for the presidency since the fall fought to remain in the U.S. Air Force. sion of his old White House routine. of 1973. he has not been able to emerge which with equal determination has Shortly before 9 a.m.. conservatively from the growing cluster of candidates. been trying to oust him. Last week Mat suited and always wearing an Ameri Bentsen is still so far down in the pref lovich (TIME cover. Sept. 8) lost the first can-flag pin in his lapel. he usually rides erential polls that he is not even listed. round of the battle that he has vowed a golf cart the quarter-mile from his Less than 40% of the electorate know to take to the U.S. Supreme Court if need house to Building A. the former Coast who he is-a statistic that nevertheless be. A three-man board of Air Force of Guard station that serves as his private gives him some comfort. "A year ago. ficers at Virginia's Langley Air Force office. There he makes telephone calls. only 3% recognized my name." he says. Base voted unanimously after a hearing reviews his most important pieces of ··r consider that progress." His chief to recommend that Matlovich be sep mail and has lengthy conferences with political adviser, Benjamin Palumbo, arated from the Air Force with a gen aides about his memoirs. thought that was not sufficient progress. eral (less than honorable) discharge. In • He urged Bentsen to speed up his cam reaching its decision. the panel was Late in the morning Nixon receives paign and try to become the front run asked by the presiding officer to con visitors-who in recent months have in ner. Bentsen seemed to vacillate for a sider only two questions: I) whether cluded Illinois Senator Charles Percy. while and then resumed his deliberate Matlovich's homosexuality interfered former Italian Premier Giulio An pace. Palumbo quit the campaign this with his ability to perform military ser dreotti and ex-White House Aide Bryce month. Saysa politicianwho knows both vice. and 2) whether "most unusual cir Harlow. men: "Benis a crapshooter.and I get the cumstances·· existed that would justify Nixon relaxes during the after distinct impression that Lloyd doesn't keeping him in the Air Force. noons. frequently getting in a round of want to shoot craps.·· The meticulous Half Dollar. After Matlovich re golf on the course at nearby Camp Pen multimillionaire is obviously not ready fused on the stand to ··contract to be cel dleton with his aide. Colonel (ret.) Jack to go for broke. ibate. not to practice homosexuality." Brennan. Pat Nixon. by all visitors' ac Bentsen. in fact. has begun to pay Colonel James Applegate. the Air Force counts. is aglow-buoyant and relaxed more attention to his home state. He is equivalent of a prosecutor. charged that as she oversees Casa Pacifica or putters also running for re-election to the Sen those unusual circumstances could not in her garden. ''I'm loving this place." ate since Texas law does not prohibit exist ··when Sergeant Matlovich says ·1 she told a friend not long ago. him from seeking the presidency at the am going to go out and do what ho With the November 1976 deadline same time. He chose not to attend a mosexuals do.' " The panel apparently for Nixon's memoirs approaching. the gathering of liberal Democratic presi agreed. Their recommendation will be idyllic routine has begun to change. The dential hopefuls in Minneapolis last reviewed by higher Air Force officers. first 200 pages are due at the publishers week. the first of a series of debates to and a final decision on Matlovich's case at the end of this month. and Nixon be held around the country. Nothing will be made by Secretary of the Air has been working asmuch as eight hours dramatic or flamboyant or even very in Force John McLucas. a day. On NBC's Today show last week. cisive can be expected of Bentsen as he At a news conference after the de Julie Nixon Eisenhower said Nixon has pursues his steady-as-she-goes cam cision was announced, a smiling, deter been working on the Water�te chap paign. He wants to demonstrate that he mined Matlovich held up a Bicentennial ters of the book in recent weeks, and can manage the ship of state without un half dollar and observed: "It says 200 she declared that ''he's going ;to write a duly rocking it; he wants fellow Dem years of freedom. Not yet-but it will very candid book." Would we, asked ocrats to feel secure with him rather be some day." Then, with his friends, Hostess Barbara Walters. learn any than excited or inspired. Then. by con many of them homosexuals and in uni thing that we hadn't known before?Said vention ti�e. they may be willingset to form. he retired to the Cue bar in Nor Julie: 'Tm sure you will." tle for thetr second choice. folkto drink beer. 32 't7 ',· j � .. " f r . .,·'' Senator Lloyd Bentsen introduced legislation to protect together in realizing that rape can be treated with sensitivity rape victims from harassment in court: and compassion, that procedures degrading to the victim o a victim's previous sexual conduct should not be used to and encouraging to the criminal can be eliminated, then to attack her credibility as a witness. that degree will our national perspective change to one o a victim's previous sexual conduct should generally be which no longer tolerates the crime of rape and, ultimately, inadmissible as to the question of probable consent; to one in which rape literally becomes unthinkable." o questions on the admissibility of evidence of the victim's A strong supporter of ERA, Lloyd Bentsen is fighting to sexual history should never be raised in frontof the jury or in prohibit credit discrimination against women. He has public. . .,, .· . consistently backed federal day care bills. And he has 0 requirements that other evidence acco,;.pany a victim's supported legislation banning sex discrimination in higher testimony should be eliminated. education and mass transit programs of tlie federal o judges should be required to instruct juries that physical government. evidence of a victim's resistance is not necessary for i conviction. Senator Bentsen has also sponsored a call for a National Conference on the Prevention of Rape and the Treatment of ffi3®mruS]�oo Victims. As he said in addressing a legislative conference on rape: 'To the degree that men and women of good will join LfCID IT l]DIT®�tJ crlJ ®00 lro ' !.��'t?�'f?h·��§tf?·'�-':.�-·,___ , L t·. government programs. And he cosponsored a Senate Resolution in the 94th Congress, directing all Senate Standing Committees to review the laws and regulations of the federal government and recommend legislation to do away with all existing sex discrimination. This sweeping effort to update federal law will, in part, put ERAJ!l.!O effect _ in federal operations even before the states complete its ratification. Senator Bentsen is a strong supporter of ERA. During tt- · struggle to get ERA through the Senate, he consisten � opposed the Ervin amendments and all attempts to weak � or kill ERA. ;:e More recently, he voted to open the service academie� ....1 women. And he has cosponsored legislation to prohibit as: discrimination in the credit industry. � CIC q: We cannot allow rules written by men to say to worr u ss "You can work - unle you demand fair pay. � "You can work - unless you have small children to � : for. "You can work - unless some subcontractor on a govern Senator Bentsen's landmark bill to ment project just doesn't want any women around. protect rape victims from harass "You can spend-but you can't get credit. ment in courtapplies to the District "You can follow-but you cannot lead." of Columbia and all other federal jurisdictions. It can serve as a model for state laws all across the country. Even more than men, women are hurt by the Republican By prohibitingthe brutalizing ordeal that rape victims now Administration's high unemployment policies. As the head experience in courtrooms, these laws will mean that more of the economic growth subcommittee of the Joint victims will report, will accuse, will testify. And more rapists Economic Committee, Senator Bentsen is fighting for a full will be convicted. employment policy: "Unemployment is even higher among As Senator Bentsen said when he introduced his bill: women than among men. And high unemployment means "Any serious and practical effort to deal with the rape even greater difficulties than usual for women who seek epidemic must begin by removing this barrier, which Is advancement on the job: when there are few promotions essentially one of outmoded, man-made, rules of evidence available, women in particular are held back. in regard to trials for rape." "It is important that we write legislation to give women For our society to move meaningfully toward eliminating equal opportunities. But it is equally important that we do the crime of rape, women must play an increased role in not allow continuing unemployment to wipe out the creating new programs and new procedures. That is why advances we have already made." Senator Bentsen has called on the Law Enforcement Bentsen also believes that the creation of a National Assistance Administration to confer with women's groups Health Insurance program is among our highest, and most across the nation on the means of preventing rape and urgent, priorities. Such a plan must include full protection improving the treatment of victims. from catastrophic Ulness, a national program to monitor Senator Bentsen supported the creation of a National hospital costs and physicians' fees, and universal accessi Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape as part of the bility to good health care. He supported the 1974 Health 1974 Health Services Act. The President vetoed this Services Act, which was vetoed by President Ford. legislation. Education is another of Senator Bentsen's high priorities. He is the author of the Bentsen Educational Savings Plan, Lloyd Bentsen was a chief sponsor of the Social Services which provides an income tax credit for money saved for Amendments of 1973, which gave the states full flexibility to post-secondary education. provide day care, family planning, and both hot meals and And, consistent with his long record of support of educational programs for welfare mothers. The but made equal opportunities for all Americans, he introduced these vital social services available to many employed legislation against age di scrimination in employment by people, as well as to the unemployed. federal, state, and local governments. He also supported the 1971 Comprehensive Preschool Education and Day Care Act-and he voted to override the presidential veto of this important bill, which would have provided HEW grants to establish day care centers every where in America. He has supported provisions in major legislation Bentsen including the 1974 Higher Education Amendments and the 1974 Mass Transit Act-to prohibit sex discrimination In for president. Bentsen In '76 Committee, William Lane, Chairman, JaCk Blanton, Treasurer, 505 C St., NW, Washington, OC 20002. A copy of our report Is flied with the Federal Election s Commission and Is available for purchase from the FEC In washington, oc. Photo by Jim Wells. � . Senator REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON Achievements Despite Troubled Times Insuring a Speedy Trial Congress has passed legislation I co-sponsored aimed at clearing the growing backlog of untried cases in our nation's 93rd's Record courts and reaffirming the constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial. It insures justice, for the defendant who has every right Impressive to expect his name quickly cleared if he is innocent, and for society which has every right to expect that the guilty be The 93rd Congress was very productive, approving rapidly convicted and sentenced. legislation in such key areas as trade reform, pension Basically, the bill requires that all criminal cases in fed reform and restoring the constitutional balance of eral courts be tried within 60 days of indictment. It permits 30 powers. an additional days between the time of arrest and in dictment. It took initial steps to revitalize our economy and This would take effect over a seven year period. began a full-scale assault on the energy shortage. When effective, charges will be dismissed if trials are not The 93rd. was working during two of the most turbu conducted within the specified time limits. And if courts lent years in the history of our government. A president and prosecutors are forced to dismiss cases under these resigned his office as impeachment proceedings were guidelines, the burden will be on them to explain this to the people. underway against him. And a vice-president also re In passing this measure, Congress is saying to the federal signed and was convicted of a felony offense. courts: Tell us what you need to clear away this backlog of Against these and other unsettling events, the untried cases and we will give it to you. But when we give achievements of the 93rd Congress seem even more re you the tools, we will expect results. markable. -Among the significant legislation enacted were the Recession Deepens pension reform bill, which I authored, and a bill I spon sored prohibiting the president from committing U.S. troops to foreign wars for more than sixty days without Economic Growth Congressional approval. Legislation was also passed reforming and tightening Key Weapon the Congressional budget process. As initial steps to breathe life back into our econ Unemployment in our nation has hit 7.1 percent. omy, we set up a wage and price council to monitor This means that over six and a half million Americans inflation, provided assistance to the depressed home cannot find work. building industry, set up badly needed public service According to the best estimates, these figures will jobs and expanded unemployment benefits. continue to grow worse, with unemployment deepening 8 We also passed a comprehensive trade reform bill to to percent in coming months. strengthen our position in international markets. Even the President has finally conceded that we must Other significant legislation passed are the Federal concentrate our energies on battling this deepening re Highway Act of 1973 and the Public Transportation cession and that we must begin immediately. Act of 1974, the Alaska Pipeline Bill and a measure The most effective weapon we can use is the weapon of economic growth. Such growth can bring us out of establishing the Big Thicket National Preserve which was the first bill I introduced to the Senate in 1971. recession without fanning the flames of inflation. Much went undone, of course. The 93rd Congress We must breathe some life back into the American made only a start in efforts to resolve our economic economy. We must get it expanding again. We must put problems. And stronger steps than have been taken will people back to work and at the same time get the pro be needed to end the energy shortage. ductivity gains we need to keep inflation under control. Steps can be taken now to restore and maint.:}in a These and other serious challenges face the new 94th -,,_ ---� Congress. healthy rate of economic growth. For one, I am proposing $13 billion in tax relief to restore to middle and lower income Americans some of the purchasing power they have lost due to inflation. The bill would save taxpayers money by establishing a $250 tax credit as an option to the personal exemption. Revenue lost to the government would be made up by phasing in, over several years, a tax on our enormous industrial and commercial energy consumption. Along with this, we have to develop a more moderate monetary policy to bring interest rates down and en courage capital investment. Above all, Congress and the Administration must work together to restore the confidence of the Ameri� Secretary PONDERING THE ALTERNATIVES-Treasury William Simon can people in their government, their economy and provided key testimony at hearings of the Joint Economic Committee which I chaired. Simon has shifted considerably from the administration's themselves. earlier denial that recession has become the numberone problem facing By providing leadership they can respect and by de our country. He now predicts that widespread unemployment will gat veloping workable economic programs, I believe we can worse before it gats batter and could hit 8 percent within the next several do this. months. Ouerride of President's. Veto G.l. Bill Benefits College-Going Veterans Overriding a presidential veto, Congress last month rallied overwhelmingly to support a Gl Bill raising edu cational assistance benefits to college-going veterans by twenty-three percent. This was a move that has my strongest support. It is estimated that some 4 million veterans from the post-Korean period and another 7 million serving in the Vietnam War are eligible for the increased benefits. The twenty-three percent boost translates into an in $220 $270 crease from the a single veteran now gets to uReaching The People••• " per month. A married veteran now receiving $261 a month will receive $321. The benefits for a married veteran with a child will go up from $298 a month to Insuring the Privacy �--�366. For each additional child, $22 per month is added to the stipend·. Of Tax Returns These increases will be retroactive to last September In 1973, former President Nixon issued an executive in order to aid G I students already enrolled in college. order which opened the income tax returns of our na $780 And although the measure will cost million in tion's farmers to inspection by officials in the Depart its first year, studies have shown time after time that ment of Agriculture. for every dollar we invest in a veteran's education, we Although it was later reversed, it hinted darkly at the get three to six dollars back in taxes. potential for abuse of our Internal Revenue Service. In response to this, I introduced last March the first bill in Letters to the Senator the Senate to provide increased protection for the con fidentiality of federal tax returns. To Believe, or not to Believe... Since then, however, there have been continuing rev elations of IRS abuse. Watergate disclosed various in "I have lost confidence In a lot of our government people stances where the White House misused confidential tax blf_tyou are one of those I believe will do your best ...Help returns. And, in 1973 alone, fifteen federal agencies agriculture before it goes broke." -Max Hanks, Mount Pleasant requested and received tax returns of individuals. With this in mind, I am offering a new and stronger "You wonder why we have lost faith in you and our bill to restore the integrity of the IRS and our tax I" government in general? Try the three G's and see where system in two ways. they fit: greed, graft and gutlessness." It imposes strict limitations on who is allowed access --� . �Roy C:B�_ tri�, El Paso r- -- __ ---= _to _confident!!!.! tax. information __to_r:ea ssure_ Amer:ican____ -' j In Support of Workable Programs taxpayers of the privacy of their tax returns. And it insulates the IRS from political pressures by "I would not be able to type this letter had it not been requiring that all requests for tax information be sub for the rehabilitation service in· this state. Thank you for mitted to the IRS in writing along with the intended what you ore trying to do for the handicapped of Texas use of this information. through the Vocational Rehabilitation A ct." -James A. Deal,Odessa Our federal system of taxation enjoys wide voluntary public support largely because the American people as "I was glad Congress overrode the President's veto of the sume their tax returns will be kept confidential and Gl Bill. I feel that after these men hove given a good port of immune from political misuse. their lives... when they return to A merico with little ' This is a necessary assumption and I am seeking, money no jobs and sometimes disabled, they should re ceive s�pport from the country they fought for." through this legislation, to reaffirm it. -Geoffrey Condiff, Austin "Your efforts to establish a Commission on Federal DO YOU HAVE A NEW ADDRESS? Paperwork... will not only result in reducing costs for the federal government, but will also aid in the growth of the If you have moved please enclose the address nation's thousands of small businesses who ore today having label from this Newsletter and your new address to close down because of crippling additional overhead when you notify my office to help us make the created by burdensome government paperwork." -Claud H. Vaughan,McAllen change promptly. �(nifcl) -SJ£a£cz -SJcna{e IJVA!iHINGTON_ D c. 20510 1114.5 TP SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. MR SIDNEY TOPOL BOX 13654 ATLANTA, GA 30324 Polities Looking Toward Texas Chief executives of major southern companies make Sen. Lloyd Bentsen their choice. As a Democratic presidential candidate, publicly held, nonfinancial companies Texas. Sen.. Lioyd Bentsen could apparently headquartered in the 10-state South, take the South in 1976 about as unopposed ranked in order of sales volume by The as was Gen. Sherman on his march through SOUTH Magazine in July/August 1975. Georgia a hundred years ago. And indi The CEO's were asked to indicate their cators are that the Texas Senator could choices to a variety of questions from a take the South while incurring little Wallace list of 17 potential or campaigning 1976 or Kennedy threat. Democratic presidential nomination This is the case if chief executive of hopefuls (see accompanying tables). ficers of The South's Top 200 Companies The 17 hopefuls or· contenders listed are any indication of the region's political are Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, Sen. thinking. The Top 200 is a compilation of Lloyd Bentsen, Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumpers, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, Idaho Sen. Frank Church, former Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris, Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Washington Sen. Henry Jackson, Massa chusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, former New York Mayor John Lindsay, Montana Sen. Mike Mansfield, South Dakota Sen. George McGovern, Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie, former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford, California Sen. John Tunney, Arizona Rep. Morris Udall, Former New York Mayor John Lindsay Alabama Gov. George Wallace, and a blank was left for executives to fill in panel function. The editor said the 34 per anyone else they considered a candidate cent response from the 200 company of The business executives are opinion ficials is considered a good return. makers as well as decision makers, says In the survey, conducted in mid-July, The SOUTH Magazine Editor Roy B. Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, a CEf1WIIOiOOS';�------__,, Bain, who surveyed the 200 chief exe perennial presidential candidate, was cutive officers. The editor, in a letter easily out of the front running. to the president or chief executive officer Even though some 25 to 35 per cent of of The South's Top 200 Companies, asked the responding chief executives indicated the company executives. to serve on The a preference for Sen. Bentsen, as com SOUTH Magazine Editorial· Opinion pared to about 18 per cenrfor Gov. Wallace, Rep. Morris Udall Panel with the political survey the first Sen. Edward Kennedy is expected by an The SOUTH Magazine • Sept/Oct 1975 13 \ I overwhelming majority to get the 1976 ·Democratic presidential nomin·ation. Further, an even larger percentage of the responding executives indicated they think Kennedy is the Democratic can didate with the best chance of being elected president. Non-favorite On the other hand, Kennedy drew the distinction of being the overwhelming non-favorite insofar as southern business executives' willingness to serve him in a cabinet or committee appointment. Kennedy carried the score of 25 per cent in the "least willing to serve" category. But perhaps more suprising was a com paratively close second in the same cate gory by Gov. Wallace with 18 per cent of the responses listing him as the non favorite candidate for cabinet or com mittee service. Besides that, Gov. Wallace tied Sen. George McGovern, with 21 per cent of the votes each, in the category in which the business executives were asked who they thought least able to surround himself with top quality staff and cabinet. In the same questionnaire, the south Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen ern business executives were asked how they rated President Gerald R. Ford's performance. He was rated excellent by 34 per cent of the respondents, adequate fair by 61 per cent and inadequate-poor Rating tnne Ptresidency by five per cent. The business executives Southern business executives think the executives declined to rate President Ford. were asked to give a 1-to-10 numerical president of the United States should be a The question asked: "On a scale of one to rating on 12 presidential qualities of most capable man, rating at least seven 10, how would you rate President Ford?" leadership. Their average numerical re on a scale of one to 10 in a variety of abil The 12 categories above were then listed sponse for all 12 categories was 7.05 on ities. And on that same scale, the same with a blank- for a numerical rating. The the 1-to-10 scale. President Ford was southern business executives found company executive wrote across the form: rated 5.96 by the executives on the same · Gerald R. Ford falling slightly below their "Unfair question due to his appointment, �ak. ultimate expectations for a U.S. president. etc." Several of the business executives Respected Statesman The editor of The SOUTH Magazine indicated their feelings beyond merely The 12 presidential leadership quali surveyed the president or chief executive marking the questionnaire. For example, ties rated by the business leaders were: officer of The South's Top 200 Companies one drew a bracket around the entire list foreign policy, economic policy, adminis to ascertain their opinions of both the of 17 candidates and wrote: "The sorriest trative ability, domestic policy, fiscal qualities needed by the president and to slate of candidates the party has ever had matters, diplomacy, political party leader rate President Ford. The South's Top 200 to offer this country." The same execu ship, ability to attract top quality cabinet/ Companies is a compilation of publicly tive, given a blank in which to insert staff, quality as a respected statesman, held, nonfinancial companies headquar another candidate of his choice other quality to perceive the country's needs, tered in the 10-state .South, ranked in than the field of 17, wrote the name of ability to "sell" country on needed pro order of sales volume by The SOUTH form!!r California Gov. Ronald Reagan. grams, and ability to work with the Magazine in July/August 1975. But then he suggested that, "If Reagan Congress. The big company executives were does not qualify (since he is not a Demo In response to the question of who asked Jo assign �a numerical value, from crat) substitute Wallace for Reagan." would best serve southern interests, to one to 10, with one the bottom and 10 the And one company official who indi include business, Sen. Bentsen received highest possibie, on 12 presidential qual cated Sen. Bentsen was his choice for 35 per cent of the respondents' votes - ities. Then the business executives w�re the candidate who would best serve the top mark by far. Gov. Wallace was asked to rate President Gerald R. Ford on southern interests, then indicated Sen. second with 18 per cent and former North the same scale. The average score of ex McGovern "and most of the others" Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford and former pectation for an American president was would least serve southern interests. Then Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter were third 7.05 on a scale of one to 10. President when he marked Sen. Kennedy as the hope with each receiving 12 per cent of the Ford received a 5.96 by the business exe ful with the best chance of being elected, the favorable responses. On the reverse side of cutives on the scale. executive wrote beside the selection, "un that question, who would least serve One of the responding company chief fortunately." 14 The SOUTH Magazine o Sept/Oct 1975 MY TURN: Richard Reeves �� ; t -[� ' I" The Senate Syndrome ' I, � '• A United States senator and two writers ton Post, Jack Germond of The \Vash between nine sen dressed silently and a little grumpily ington Star-News, Joseph Kraft and the ators and one for for tennis the other morning at 7 o'clock sweet-and-sour team of Rowland Evans mer governor, Nel and walked onto the courts of the Wash and Robert Novak. The mores of that son Rockefeller of ington Hilton Hotel to find another very small place arc illustrated by a New York. The senator sitting alone, lost in his own Georgetown story told by a reporter \Vashington Star- thoughts. The fourth player, Lloyd Bent who claims to have overheard Sen. News felt compelled sen of Texas, looked up, startled for an Charles Percy give instructions to his to report on its front lii'Stant, and said, "Boy, I sure would like wife when they spotted a certain news page that Rockefeller's first three days to be President." paper editor across a crowded room: before the Senate Rules Committee That's · probably as close as anyone "There they arc. You take him and I'll hearings on his designation as Vice Pres will come to confirming the suspicion take her." ident were like a confrontation between that if you shake any senator awake, his The collusion between political re "the heavyweight champion" and a suc first words would be something like that. porters and Presidential-class politicians cession of "bantamweights." Among other things, the last four Ameri is crucial in the years between elections The fact is that, good or bad, Rocke can Presidential elections have pitted -without each 'other's help, both might feller had been doing things for fifteen senators and former senators against have to get involved in government. years while the senators had been talk each other, and senators are among the Politics, of course, is more fun and less ing about the same things. Governors few Americans who have so little to do risky. In the years since John F. Kenne (and mayors) have to raise taxes, han that they can take the time to run for dy pioneered the two-year Presidential dle prison riots, strikes and school-de President. Most of us have to work. campaign, reporters and hopeful candi segregation orders . and sign or veto Except for becoming a national hero, dates have worked out a four-year sys abortion and capital-punishment legisla being a member of the Senate is the tem of expense-account traveling to tion. Senators have to handle the com best route to the White House-perhaps "key" states to meet ·"key" leaders. plex problems of outscrambling each nine of the 58 Democrats in the world's "Why blame us?" said an aide to Sen. other to get twenty seconds of nightly greatest deliberative body are now look Walter Mondale, who was on Capitol news time to comment on what Presi ing up that road. Which is something of Hill between trips. "The press started dents or nations or governors have done. a bad joke if you've had the opportunity this. You guys will do anything to get One of the things wrong with the to see senators in action-if "action " is away from your wives and editors." country is the concentration of network the word for talking, looking thoughtful television in Washington. Every night, WHO WON THE RALLY? on television and energetically, but millions of Americans are exposed to gracefully, avoiding responsibility. It's too true, too true. The press is Sen. Henry Jackson or Sen. Edward Ken The Senate is a comical, comfort_able sued an outraged roar when President nedy or Senator Percy alTering a couple imitation of what the Founding Fathers Nixon refused to campaign in 1972. The of sentences of reaction that make them '.. had in mind. The great national debate roaring about "hiding inside the White sound as if they are on top of the great is a farce, acted out by two or three House gates" took so much righteous issues of the day. senators at a time, gesturing dramati energy that reporters and editors never WHERE ARE THE GOVERNORS? cally at empty desks and glancing into got around to considering a little cover the galleries to see if The New York age of what the Nixon Administration Gov. Daniel Evans of \Vashiugton or Times or vVashington Post is taking was doing in all those marble-fronted Gov. Reubin Askew of Florida might notes. The elders, like a hundred granc buildings along the stately avenues of know more· about the subject, but their dees trailed by a hundred entourages, Washington. media reach is regional at best. There is are wandering from cameo roles at com The "exploratory" trips of Mondale a moderate heightening of national in mittee hearings to National Airport for and others do keep idle hands at their terest in governors at the moment, but quick flights to $2,500 college speeches portable typewriters, even if the pub this too can be expected to pass for the or appearances back home to dazzle the lished results are unread comedy. A few simple reason that it costs too much mon folks with. the glamour that has attached weeks ago, Mondale and Rep. Morris ey and takes too much time to make to them since the television networks Udall, another explorer, shared the plat network news connections with Olympia decided Washington was America. form at a Democratic rally in Manches- or Tallahassee. ter, N.H. The Washington Post reporter I don't want to close on a completely POUTICS IS MORE FUN j: following Udall reported that he "got negative note about the 100 men of the V If it is true that the best government the more favorable reaction, according United States Senate. They arc, in gen is the least government, senators do lit- to several party leaders." The Washing- eral, intelligent, attractive and well-in ..:\. , tic enough harm to be any great threat ton Star-News reporter following Mon- formed men who are articulate across a i'· · to the Republic, except ... except that dale interviewed "party pros" and in- hroa