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~-----=""~,..---~----------.-~.,..: i ""'4 • 4: I Politics 1-3 Commentary 2 -3 Duly Noted 4 NOV. 1, 1974 VOL. X No. 20 50 Cents U.S. Rep. Cliffard Carlson (R) and POLITICS: REPORTS Democrat Tim Hall. And in the 3rd C.D., the economy and Nixon have GOP crats a clean sweep of the nation's ten made freshman U.S. Rep. Robert Han largest states. rahan (R) vulnerable to defeat. Republican prospects now appear Republican veterans like U.S. Reps. The probable have become possible. particularly grim in California, New Wiley Mayne (R-Iowa), Roger H. The possible have become unlikely. York, and Massachusetts where they Zion (R-Ind.) and Vernon Thomson And the unlikely have become impos will not only lose gubernatorial elec (R-Wisc.) are in danger in the Mid sible. tions but face substantial losses in con west. In Arkansas, even the Argentine That is the Republican condition. gressional races as well. A loss of 10 Fireball will probably be insufficient Even the unbeatable Republicans· are seats in those three states alone is not cause to replace U.S. Rep. Wilbur running scared. The scared Republi impossible. Mills (D) with Republican Judy Petty. cans are dying of fright. Illinois is another potential disaster In Kansas, Sen. Robert Dole (R) is What is particularly distressing is area despite the continuing scandals in trouble. It may take a miracle to the probable fates of the GOP "bright and indic.tments which have rocked keep lawyer-obstetrician William Roy lights" who gambled in a year when. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's politi from replacing Dole in the Senate. Republican gamblers kept their money cal machine. Four currently GOP seats Colorado Sen. Peter Dominick (R) has at home. In Tennessee, Republican could easily go Democratic. In the race similar troubles with Democratic Gary gubernatorial candi~e LaMar Alex to succeed U.S. Rep. Harold Collier, Hart. The once "vulnerable" Dem0- ander appears likely to be buried in a former Cook County State's Attorney cratic Senate seats in South Dakota, Democratic tide. Like his Republican Edward V. Hanrahan (D) may beat Connecticut, North Carolina, and In counterpart in California, Houston State Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R). In the diana now seem virtually impregnable. Flournoy, Alexander is widely ac 10th C.D., freshman U.S. Rep. Samuel Notable as one of the few bright knowledged to be the more knowledg H. Young may well be ousted by for spots in the otherwise dismal Repub eble, more experienced candidate. But ~er U.S. Rep. ~bner J. Mikva (D). lican picture is the Republican oppor in 1974, even excellent Republicans In the 15th C.D. district being vacated tunity to win the South Carolina gov running against mediocre Democrats by GOP House Whip Leslie C. Ar ernorship. That opportunity developed are underdogs. In California, Democrat ends, it is a close race between former in spite of Republi- .n organjqtional J~ Brown is an anathema to most of difficulties which have been tran his party's professionals. His imperious scended only by the ineligiJ:)ility of the are not particularly amenable to waYs This issue of the FORUM is Democratic candidate ~ in the the press either, but Brown will win. abbreviated in order to devote Democratic gubernatorial runoff. Suc In Tennessee Ray Blanton is a· party more time and attention to pub cessful nominee Charles "Pug" Ra hack compared to Alexander, but he lishing a post-election issue 01 the venel has been replaced by defeated and California's Brown both apPear to FORUM as comp"~ely and aspirant U.S. Rep. William Jennings have the Democratic and independent quic:k1y as possible. Beginning Bryan. The ensuing confusion among rank and ~e support necessary to win. with the November 15 issue of the FORUM, the newsletter will the Democrats may provide an opening Another indication of the depth of switch from a ~ to a type for GOP State Sen. James Edwards. Republican difficulties is re.flected in a written style. ThiS change is being Before Ravenel was ruled ineligible recent Detroit New! Poll. It showed undertaken largely to economize because of his failure to meet state res Democrat Sander Levin leading Re on printing costs. Subscription idency requirements, even Republicans publican Gov. William Milliken, 45- prices have never c:avered the bulk admitted the Charleston Republican 43 percent. Levin has pulled even with of the FORUM's costs, and the was now having trouble getting his Millik::'l in traditionally Republican change to a typewritten style has campaign together. been to t&e best outstateareas and now appears to in made produce be possible product for the least p0s The magnitude of the impending position to accomplish what he was sible money. We hope this duU1ge national Republican disaster is such narrowly unable to do in 1970: defeat will also speed delivery of your that only Democratic imbroglios of Milliken. If the able and progressive subscription. South Carolina proportions can boost Milliken loses, it may give the Demo- Republican hopes. • not necessarily the best solution to the Almost every political leader seems to problems of school segregation, but in have one eye on the streets and another COMMEITARY: Boston it is now the "law of the land." on his political ambitions. Some of the most virulent supporters For decades, politicians have allowed BUSIIG of law and order noW' seem to be ethnocentrism to eclipse equality. The equally vociferous in their opposition city's. political structure has been dom to the orders of a federal judge. inated by an all-white city council and Not only have the people become an all-white school board who have Bi8otr,. selective in their adherence to legal appealed to their own neighborhood norms but their leaders have become power bases and shortchanged the edu crass and cowardly in their statements cation of black children. Judge Garrity on the issue. Their positions have did not produce this time bomb. It has In ranged from demagoguery to silence. been ticking for a long time. The city Statements of elected leaders have has never faced up to the fact that it bordered on contempt of federal court is a city, not just a collection of iso Boston orders. lated neighborhoods. Responsibility has never been a hallmark of Boston poli Boston's troubles can be perceived ticians. as problems of community control and What is both ironic and reassuring by Dick Behn consciousness. The city's neighbor ana about Boston's troubles is that Boston's hoods are strong and proud. Too often, Robert Stewart often-maligned Police Department has they are also racist. The racial balance provided the rare instanCes of leader of Boston's school system is a matter Civil Rights used to be an emotional ship which the city has witnessed. In of de jure segregation. The city's issue. Men and women, black and many instances as opposed to busing school board has traditionally abdicated white, marched because they believed as the demonstrators, the police gen moral leadership on racial questions; that integration was better than segre erally kept order and upheld the law Judge Arthur Garrity;s court orders gation and love was a better basis for while the politicians and educators are understandable in the light of that social comity than hate. mouthed platitudes and pietudes. moral abdication. As a city, Boston has Now· busing is an emotional issue. The violence in Boston has been not dealt with its racial problems. The Men, women, and children march ugly this fall. But still uglier is the city of Frederick Douglass and Wil through the streets of Boston to pre complicity of political leaders who liam Lloyd Garrison is now the city of serve a segregated school System. Men place politics above probity. • and women, children and adults, black Louise Day Hicks and Raymond Flynn. and white, display their hatreds as em The city is also a textbook case in Behn, FORUM editor, and Stewart, blems of racial pride. how civic and political leaders fail to Ripon vke president for publie'ations, Busing is a complicated issue. It is exercise their moral responsibilities. both live in the city of Boston. November I, 1974 Average Number IActUal number 01 01 copies each copies 01 Bingle STATEMENT OF OWlOmSHlP. MlUfAGEMENT AlfD CIRCULATION Issue during the Issue published (Act 01 Auguat 12, 1970: SectIon 3685. Title 39. United States Code) prec:edin9 twelve nearest to 1. Title of publ1c:atlon: Ripon FORUM. months filing date 2. Date 01 filing: October 1. 1974. a. Total number 01 copies printed (net press run) 3,500 3.400 3. Frequency 01 Issue; Twice Monthly. b. Paid circulation. 4. Loc:ation 01 known office 01 publication: S09 C Street, N.E •• Wash 1. 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