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"All Politicians are Equal, hut... SOlRe Politiciuns ore More Equal than Others." CONTRIBUTOR NOTES John Anderson ("The Cost of Controls," p. 4-5) for some months. The rest of the magazine is pretty is chairman of the House Republican Conference. Ralph self-explanatory so we won't go into it, but maybe you've Thayer ("The Search for the Perfect Policy," p. 6) is been noticing some changes in the FORUM in recent a member of the FORUM Editorial Board and director months and wondering about them. Well, the FORUM of the Urban Studies Institute of the University of New is again moving to a new format. In May, you will be Orleans. Thomas A. Sargent ("Anglo-American Rela receiving the new Ripon QUARTERLY, devoted to tions," p. 7-9) is a FORUM contributing editor who an in-depth exploration of policy and political issues. is presently director of Ball State University's London The FORUM will continue to appear semi-monthly as Center. Charles Percy ("Responding to Watergate," a newsmagazine. All for the low price of $15 ($7.50 p. 9) is the senior senator from Illinois who has been for poor college types). Well, more about this new openly and honestly exploring the presid~tial waters arrangement later, because we're already late. db . • MARGII RELEASE BREED'S HILL - Leggie was rp.captured the other day. Both he and John Mitchell were on the inside pages of the New York Times. It's not like the old days when Leggie and John shared the front page. The headlines for both this time were smaller. For Leggie, the caption was, "Youth Who Escaped 20 Times is Seized." Leggie, my erstwhile friend the juvenile delin quent (who is no longer a juvenile but still rather delin quent), had escaped the previous week from juvenile court. It was all my fault, I guess. Of those 20 escapes, two were from me. I guess you could call them numbers 17 and 19. Leggie was in juvenile court for transfer to an adult correctional facility. He had already been in prison, been released to my custody, evaded my eternal vigilence, and been recaptured a week later. That was back in December. (See earlier FORUMs for earlier gory details about the strange career of Leggie.) The state tried to pin a charge of escape from an adult institution on Leggie, and when that didn't wash, they laundered the charges in juvenile court. There, Leg gie was sent back to prison. I wasn't present, but I can just imagine how those three guards felt as Leggie jumped out the court window. Leggie can be as elusive as Howard THE RIPON SOCIETY, INC. ~O~i:P~~~:Z';:~~h':: members are young business, academic ana professional men and Hughes some days. women. It has national headqUarters In District of Columbia. The headline in the New York Times read, "Boy, 16, chapters In fifteen cities. National Associate members throughout the fifty states, and several affiliated groups of subchapter status. With Record of Escapes Poses Problem for Connecticut." The Society ts supported by chapter dues, Individual contribu tions ana revenues from its publications and contract work. Leggie's next capture was also in the reclusive Howard THE RIPON FORUM ts pul:>ltshed semi-monthly by the Ripon Society. Inc•• 509 C Street N.E., Hughes' tradition. He was hiding in a closet in a barrel Washington. D.C. 20002. Second class postage rates paid at Wash ington. D.C. and other malUng houses. COntents are copyrighted under some clothes. Said a police spokesman, "He's a half © 1974 by the Ripon Society. Inc. Correspondence addresSea to the pint, but he's wiry and a fighter, and he fought every inch Editor ts welcomed. In publishing thts magazine the Ri~n Society seeks to pravide of the way." a forum for fresh ideas. well-researched proposa1s and for a sptrit of critictsm. innovation. and Independent thinking within the Re That's Leggie; he likes to tough things out. I don't publican Party. ArtIcles do not necessartly represent the opinion 01 the NationCxl Governing Board or the Editorial Board of the think Leggie would resign either. It would be a matter Ripon Society, unless they are explicitly so labelled. SUBSCRIPTION RATES are $15 a year, $7.50 for students, serv of pride . .. regardless of the evidence. Icemen, and for Peace Corps, Vtsta and other volunteers. Overseas It's like my friend Truck said when he read of Leg air mail, $3 extra. Advertising rates on request. Please allow five weeks for address changes. gie's capture. Truck has known Leggie since they first Editor: Dick Behn Editorial Board: met when they were six (Leggie had just stolen a bike). Robert D. Behn, Chairman Tanya MeUch Robert H. Donaldson Robert G. Stewart Truck used to live in the apartment in which Leggie was James Manahan Ralph Thayer Contributing Editors: Clifford Brown, Glenn Gerstel!. William A. apprehended, so he is familiar with the layout. Koelsch, Daniel J. Swlll1nger, Joslcth Lee Auspltz, Richard W. Rahll, John A. Rehfuss, and Thomas A. Sargent Said Truck on reflection, "I knew that barrel was up Assistant Editor: M. Victoria Golden to no good." Technical Editor: Evely%! LaBan Art: Leslie Morrill and Annie Greene In other news today, Special Watergate Prosecutor Advertising Mano:ger. Deborah Bowen Leon Jaworski . . . db Sto:fl AssIstant: Nelson Millet dent Nixon are divisible. The Republican National Com mittee now has a responsibility to act at its April meet EDITORIAL ing, as Congressman du Pont says, to "give the Demo· crats and independents a re:lson for voting Republican." The following proposals should be considered by the MEMO TO THE RNC RNC: President Nixon is a Republican. The Republican 1. If the President is not going to provide all Party nominated him three times for the presidency. necessary documents to the House Judiciary Commit· CREEP did not nominate him; the GOP did. The Pres tee, then the RNC should call for his resignation. ident's elevation to his current office is a Republican 2. The RNC should call on Republican candidates responsibility just as much as the President is ultimate to limit the size of individual campaign contributions. ly accountable for his subordinates. The voters need tangible evidence that Republicans are Repeatedly, the President has said he has a re not being bought and sold in 1974. Several Republican sponsibility to preserve the office of the presidency. So incumbents have already announced they will limit con· does the Republican Party, which also has a re tributions to a maximum of $100. Such self·limitations sponsibility to preserve the GOP. The party would like will obviously be tough on candidates raising "start· to forget the President and the President has indirectly up" money for direct mail solicitations. The RNC, suggested that the GOP forget him, advising Repub therefore, should examine the feasibility of a revolving lican leaders in Chicago that the GOP should concen loan fund which would make available short· term loans trate on "local issues" this fall. But the Republican to Republican candidates in order that they may begin Party cannot pretend that the President is a distant, "start· up" operations without large cash contributions. third cousin, twice removed whom the GOP met brief 3. The RNC's policy of emphasizing small giver lyon his way to the White House. True, the Republi contributions to finance its operations should be Re· can Party was not involved in Watergate, but that's publican policy. Last year, according to RNC finance like the landlord saying, "I didn't do it," when the director Robert Odell, the RNC raised 83 percent of tenant calls to say the basement is flooded. its $5.4 million revenue from contributions of $100 or In the past, /arty leaders preached long and hard less. The average contribution was about $22. The RNC that voters woul not blame the Republican Party for should direct Republicans to place similar emphasis Watergate. A Gallup Poll of party leaders shows many on their own fundraising. Voting Republicans who still believe that Watergate will not be the paramount seek to avoid future Watergates will have to be remind· issue this fall - despite three straight congressional de ed that small contributions are the dues the Republicans feats in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio. More re must pay for civic virtue. cently, party leaders have shunned television interview 4. The RNC should direct every Republican can· shows rather than confront additional questions on didate to make full disclosure of campaign contribu Watergate. Insensibility, however, is no more construc tions. tive than denial of complicity. 5. The RNC should issue campaign guidelines The Republican Party IS in such desperate shape to party candidates which stress issues over public rela· that it can no longer afford the luxury of politics-as tions. The 1974 Republican campaign must be substan· usual. Unless it charts a new course, the Republican tive, not slick. The party will have to eschew slogans Party is going to be decimated in November. The GOP and 30·second TV spots in favor .of debates and posi. must be able to say something more constructive this tion papers. The RNC should urge top party leaders fall than, "Not me. And anyway, the Democrats do it like Howard Baker, John Connally, Gerald Ford, too." As the "Party of the Open Door," the GOP has Charles Percy, Nelson Rockefeller, Elliot Richardson, been a failure. Republicans have been going out, not and William Ruckelshaus to diverge from the usual in the door. It is time the party looked inside the door, round of speeches and press conferences in favor of saw the mess, and started liousecleaning. The voters see more extended, in.depth conferences with local party the mess in Washington, but someone has to take the officials in which they use their expertise to help local lead in the cleaning up. candidates develop Republican solutions to the nation's U.S. Rep. Pierre "Pete" du Pont has seen the mess problems. too, and he told a recent Republican meeting in Wil 6. The Republican National Committee should mington, Delaware: urge Republican candidates to account for expenditures "There must be a Republican response to the crisis made by the offices they hold. There should be no pub. in confidence, and to Watergate - both on the na lic confusion about the use of discretionary funds avail· tional level and here in Delaware. We, as a party, have able to congressmen, governors, and other officeholders. to take firm, effective, clear action so that when the man In addition, congressmen should make public account· on the street asks himself, 'who has done something ings of private "newsletter" funds used to publish about crooked politics?' the first answer that comes to constituent reports and pay for other office expenditures. his mind is the Republican Party. In other words, it 7. Finally, the Republican National Committee is going to take positive action to save our party and should urge Republican candidates to run "accountabili· our country - not just an apology, denial, etc. of ty" campaigns. Candidates should explain to voters Watergate, and a plea to get it over with and 'Let's what they expect to reasonably accomplish in office and get on with running the country.' The Republican Par request voters to evaluate them on these goals at the ty in Delaware and nationally cannot duck the issue; end of their terms. after Michigan, the Democrats are going to cram it It is about time the Republican Party took respon· right down our throats." sibility for President Nixon and the governmental reo Vice President Ford has backed away from some sponsibilities that its candidates seek. The GOP must of his more strident comments in recent speeches and be accountable; it should be the first to acknowledge seems to realize that the future of the party and Presi- that it is. • April, 1974 3 last three years to bolster their con made even less of a proportiunate con fidence in controls. In the year previ tribution to the overall rise in the COMMENTARY: ous to the original freeze in August first half of 1973 than they did during of 1971, the consumer price index Phase II. NATION rose 4. ') percent. Since then it has The fundamental truth is that our .tveraged a 6.5 percent annual rate of current inflationary difficulties stem increase, and in the last six months primarily from excess demand, supply the rate has been nearly 10 percent. shortages, and world-wide commodity The This evidence is rarely considered inflation .-- phenomena which controls conclusive. The argument is repeated are helpless to combat and in most ly made that in the absence of COn cases only make worse. Thus, nearly Cost trols the int-lation rate would have 70 percent of the wholesale price rise been much worse, and that if the Ad last year was accounted for by the ministration would have used ,tvaiIa dramatic increases in food prices (lip ble control authority in a more strin 27 percent) and the quantum jump 01 gent and evenhanded manner, the re in fuel and energy prices (up 6'; sults would have been far better. percent). Similarly, international fiber prices rose by 21 percent, metals by Though the first proposition is ob H7 percent, and the t:CfJ/l()lIIi,ft index of Controls \-iously difficult either to confirm or ,dl world commodities by 16 percent refute, .Ittempts have been made to There are numerous reasons for thi, gauge the impact of controls \'ia so· international (ommod ity price illflal ion, by Johll AllderJOIl phisticated econometric modds. These including the oil embargo, the Ull .Ittempts (,()!lsistently show either no After ne.lrly three years of the Il.l u<;ual simultaneous pe.lking of .tIl m.1 impact ,It ,tIl or only a vcry marginal t/()n'~ fir>t peace-timc experiment with Jor industri,tI economies during 197:-\ reduction 111 the rate of wage or price lhe dollar devalu,ltion, .Ind .tn .Ip wage .Ind price controls, the time haj increase from wh.lt otherwise might ("(line for ,I fund.lmental re,hsess!1lcnl-, parent general tlight of spelUi.ttor, have heen the (,Ise. The Wh.lrton from currencies to goods. But wlut ,\llhough it was originally justified as School llIodel, for eXilmple, indicates I:\,er the reason~, It is obvio\lS tlu I [ purely "emergency" measure to deal lh.lt the int-l,ltion rate would have ,vith the 1I1litjue economic condition-; I)een 10,') percellt in the second h,df I)f the >Ullllller of 197 I ('"stlgfLttioll"), "f 1975 r.tthtr lh'ln the 9-') percent .ve h.l\e ,iI1Cl: gOllc tlHdllgh Limosl lctually reglstell'll. While ,lone per, In entire bu,ilwss (y( Ie, so tklt condi . entage IlOint reduction is [,erhaps tions [Od,IY ,m: diallletric.dly opposite ,)f some slight, omfort if considered to thu)c which pre\ ailed three years done, when weighed .lgainst the sup '[go, If ,I'e cannot we.11I the ec.lIlomy ply distortions that contro!s impDse on (rolll .1):ltrDIs now ,It the llIost op the - etonol11Y, it seems Ripon Forum of more tavorable returns. Even prior may only exaggerate the original of the political heat, we may soon to' the Arab embargo, for example, shortage. The current scarcity of re create far worse economic problems the plastic industry in the U.S. was inforcing bars used in construction pro than the present ones. on the verge of breakdown because vides a further illustration. In this There is perhaps no better example extraordinary volumes of petrochem case, shortages were induced by pro of the hazards of heavy handed inter ical feedstocks were being absorbed by duction disincentives resulting from vention than the current dilemma re vorld markets where prices had risen frozen profit margins rather than an garding the mandatory pe~roleum al to three to four times the controlled export/domestic price differential, but location program hastily adopted by u.s. level. The annual rate of plastic the effect is similar. According to Congress last October. One section of feedstock exports increased from $100 the industry trade association, main that measure requires all refiners with million during January and February tenance of controls will produce a supplies of crude oil above the na to $900 million during October and 600,000 ton reduction in 1974 pro tional average to offer, at a set price, November, thereby sharply curtailing duction and consequently the cancella their surpluses to those with supplies supplies available to U.S. manufac tion or postponement of nearly $10 below the national average. turers in 1973. billion worth of non-residential con The primary result, however, has Fertilizer exhibited a similar pat struction. This obviously implies sig been an overall reduction in crude oil tern. Ammonia exports rose 54 per nificant unemployment, but more im supplies because majors with the abili cent in 'the first half of 1973 over portantly, it augurs the prospect of se ty to buy higher-priced oil on the their 1972 level, and overall fertilizer rious interference with expansion of international market must now turn exports rose from 4.5 million tons industrial capacity. around and sell it at a loss. There has in 1972 to nearly 7 million tons be A similar "downstream" impact is also been a reduction in the supply fore controls were lifted last fall. being fdt in the nation's petroleum of products like diesel and jet fuel, In this case, the artificially-induced producing areas. Although incentives due to the fact that many of the shortages contain a double lesson. The for new exploration and drilling have smaller refineries benefitting from the domestic/export price differential ac never been better, a combination of allocation program do not have the counted for much of the shortage, but high export prices, cost increases, and capacity to produce these products at insufficient availability of natural gas frozen profit margins mean that pro the same rate as those which have needed for fertilizer production was duction of pipe casing and other tub been forced to sell their surpluses. also an important contributing factor. ular goods needed for oil drilling has During the coming year, the pre The latter, of course, is a direct re remained stagnant or even declined. dominate share of inflation will again sult of longstanding Federal Power Shortages have consequently become be attributable to severe supply prob Commission regulation of well-head so severe that there are now lead lems in the raw materials, energy, and prices at artificially low levels. More times of nearly one year on new or food sectors. The first category is large over, the resulting fertilizer shortage ders; prices for used oilfield materials ly immune to controls because a large will mean lower farm production and have skyrocketed. Meanwhile, the ur share of domestic consumption is im still higher food prices during the gently needed expansion of domestic ported. Similarly .. the· disastrous results ' coming year. Thus, control-produced petroleum production is being signif of last summer's prize freeze ought to shortages may both feed upon and icantly delayed. be enough proof that any new attempt compound one another as they work If these effects were limited to on to control farm and food prices will through the production process. ly a few sectors of the economy, a only exacerbate shortages and infla The most spectacular example, how judicious program of exemptions could tion. The renewed beef price surge ever, is that of copper scrap exports probably alleviate the worst shortages. during the first three months of which skyrocketed during the July In fact, the disappearance of low 1974 is a direct result of the de price freeze to more than 400 percent profit products is widespread; it in cline in livestock production touched of their 1972 rate. In this case, the cludes paper and pulp, textiles and off last summer. While there may be Cost of Living Council reacted quick apparel, chemicals, and lumber and some case for maintenance of upper ly, exempting copper scrap on July wood products, to cite the most prom ceiling.-type controls on the petroleum 19, and within a month exports had inent examples. In all of these cases, sector due to the embargo, such loose returned to their previous levels. But distortions of the product line mix controls will probably have very little however vigilant control authorities mean that users are getting less physi impact on the overall rate of inflation. may attempt to be, the U.S. economy cal volume for more dollars, the clas Thus, we are now in an economic cannot be shielded from internation sic source of inflationary pressures. climate in which continuation of gen al economic trends without resort to A termination of the stabilization eral controls can do little good but, autarchic trade policies - a prescrip program is not a politically palat if prolonged, may cause tremendous tion for serious international economic able prospect. The public wants ac harm. In light of ,this, a decision this and political disorder. tion, any action, to halt the spiraling month by Congress to extend full con These examples both underscore the cost of living, and will be little com trol authority for another year can impotence of controls in the face of forted by ,theoretical explanations sug only signal the triumph of political excess demand, and suggest, as in gesting that the most direct solution expediency over economic rationality. the case of fertilizer, that the "down may not be the most productive. Yet, Hopefully, that unhappy prospect will stream" effects on consuming sectors unless Congress is willing to take some be avoided. • April, 1974 5 we have no real ability to build a con blamed, even before the action is taken. sensus behind any urban policy. While All this sounds very rational and COMMENTARY: we know more now than ever befor~ laudable until we see that, given the about the nature of our urban ills, our constraints of our system (such as un NATION programs seem only to be able to con willingness to integrate on a regional sistently shift the locus of responsibili basis or abolish obsolete government ty from one level to another while units), the results always seem to end citing the wisdom of every notable up the same: some poor or nearly poor Bearoh forefather from Jefferson to Kennedy are negatively affected by a policy to justify the constant movement. that benefits other poor. Knowing our Somehow a switch in attitude must weaknesses in advance (when in doubt, For be initiated. "Advocacy reporting" in challenge a model on its assumptions favor of policies must become fashion or its data), reporters shred our cal able even if this involves a conscious culations and martyr the decision muting of criticisms. Rather than im maker who is willing to embark on The buing every reporter with the idea that any suggested path. A mediocre poli any given program contains within its cy will often work if supported by a depths the seeds of a momentous scan consensus; only the perfect one will dal or has been launched as pure fol survive apathy or wide opposition. ly, we need to accept some flaws as The search for the perfect policy con naturally concomitant with doing busi tinues. Poliey ness in what might well be the most Thus, America faces a critical decade complex and sensitive environment in which policy analysts search for the by Ralph E Thayer possible in which to operate. Fear can perfect policy and reporters seek to be make us a nation of policy clerks con the first to sniff out the imperfections Several years ago, in a graduate sem stantly checking our ledgers but never known to exist (whether these be inar, the subject of "advocacy report seeing daylight. qualities associated with the policy or ing" was debated. While most par No worthy reporter would publi the policy-maker) . While we need ticipants adamantly spoke out against cize a large story until his facts had great surges of creative energy just to "advocacy reporting," preferring in been checked and he was more than keep the cities running smoothly, we stead objective and unbiased reporting, reasonably sure that his story was fair find funds available to study such pet an older student who held down an and accurate. If our urban population ty items as the location of fire stations. important operational job in the John were better situated, we might well At least that bit of locational incre son Administration made a very tell afford the luxury of undiminished crit mentalism is relatively safe from crit ing point. He said that, "without ad icism of possible policies, since an er icism (assuming the chosen architect vocacy reporting, nobody would ever ror could make some worse off who has other than dubious credentials for get anything done." were not previously in bad straits. But, the job). The nation is now at a point where while great psychic benefit doubtless On the urban scene, I see little hope our efforts to better the domestic situa adheres to those who smother risky for any of the proposed programs this tion cO:1sist as much of responding to but promising proposals by their crit year because we seem to produce critics negative expositions in the urban press icism, nothing is done for those citi in far greater numbers than we en as they do in concretely addressing zens who were the intended benefici courage those who can get the ma the problems facing us. Erroneous or aries of the policy. chinery running. slanted information is not the prob The replacement for the "poverty As I continue to watch cities decay lem. In fact, many cities have devel bureaucracy" of the 1960~s is the and read gloomy predictions of the oped a core of young and talented urban reporters who are perfectly capa ble of understanding and fairly re porting on urban activities. The difficulty is that every new poli cy is subject to scathing criticism even before it has a chance to operate. Never before has the nation had so many talented and eloquent critics. It is not surprising that we face a virtual dearth of promising urban policies. It suburban future, the presence of so is almost as if we feel betrayed by the much responsible criticism as com domestic results of the 1960's and are emerging group of policy analysts pared to our ability to positively face unwilling to be taken in once again. who painstakingly document the con the worsening urban condition becomes We are faced now with a multitude sequences of any possible action. We more ominous. When and if we do of reasons why any given program know in fair detail who will be hurt, find the perfect policy, we had best cannot or would not ever work, and how, to what extent, and who will be hope that it is self-executing. II 6 Ripon Forum quadrupling of the price of oil, and extremes of the other two pa1ties. the miners' overtime ban-strike as prin In one sense the results of the elec COMMENTARY: cipal reasons for the nation's difficul tion were inconclusive. No party won ties. The government could do little a majority of seats in the House of WORLD about commodities or oil, the Tories Commons. With 316 votes necessary declared, but they could stop the in for an absolute majority (the new flationary wage increases demanded by House will have 635 members, but the the trade unions. "Give us strong gov speaker and the three deputy speakers ernment to make decisions for the next are not counted for voting purposes), five years," they said. the Conservatives will have 296, down The Labor oposition did not have from their former number of 323; the same view and refused to allow Labor has 301, up from 287; the Lib the election to be fought entirely on erals have 14, up from 11; and the the Tory issue as to who governs Brit rest, 24, are made up of Scottish Na ain. They ran their campaign around tionalists, Welsh Nationalists, United four principal points: (1) control in Ulster Unionists and Ulster Labor, and flation by controlling prices (but not two independent Labor MP's. Relations wages), pa1tly by a food subsidy pro Moreover, in addition to the alloca gram; (2) end the industrial strife tion of seats, the results were con caused by Tory policies of union con fused because the Tories won a high by Thomas A Sargent frontation; (3) establish a fairer, more er percentage of the popular vote than just and equal society by such measures Labor (38.1 percent against 37.2 per LONDON - Historically, Britain's as nationalizing certain key industries cent), and the Liberals won only 2 recent change of government would ( including the extracting and trans percent of the seats with over 19 mean little to the generally easy flow portation of the North Sea gas and percent of the votes. of Anglo-American relationships. But oil resources) and helping the poor Prime Minister Heath tried to form in fact the election punctuates a pe by paying higher pensions and social a coalition with the Liberals, promising riod of change in the relations between benefits (to be paid for partly by large them a seat in the Cabinet and more America and Britain which has been cuts in defense expenditures); and autonomy for Scotland and Wales. But continuing for some time - namely, (4) renegotiate the terms of Britain's the Liberals, many of whom see them the replacement of the Anglo-Ameri entry into the European Economic selves as the radical alternative to the can "special relationship" with the far Community (and at the end of the re Conservatives, would not permit their less relaxed Euro-American connection. negotiation put the entire matter of leader, Jeremy Thorpe, to compromise. When the National Union of Mine entry before the British people in a So Heath resigned, and the Queen ask. workers fought Conservative Prime special referendum). ed Wilson, the leader of the party Minister Edward Heath to a standstill This P/qgram, and the Labor Elec with the largest number of seats in over the government's Stage 3 anti tion Manifesto in which it was out the Commons, to form a new gov). inflation policy, Heath saw no alter lined, was the product of Labor's move ernment. native but to turn to the electorate to the left after its defeat in the 1970 There is, of course, another view for a new mandate. The Conservatives, general election. That defeat discredit which stresses that the election results therefore, fought the recent general ed Labor "middle-ism", which was were more conclusive than the figures election on the issue of who governs blamed for the apathy of Labor voters indicate. Certainly Edward Heath and Britain - the elected government of who stayed away from the polls in the Conservatives were given a slap the day or a private interest group? sufficient numbers to permit Edward in the face by the voters because of The government also "went to the Heath to win the election. The ariswer the terms" on which the party had country," so they said, in order to ob to how to get more votes was to give fought the election. The British voter tain a new five-year mandate for "firm the voters more socialist policies, and indicated rather plainly that he did not but fair" policies which were needed the 1974 manifesto reflected that de want to engage in a protracted stnig to get Britain out of the admitted cision. gle with the unions. By the same token, economic mess into which the coun At the same time, Labor tried to the voters seemed to tell Labor that try had fallen. The Conservatives in cover its bets during the recent cam ~eywe~e:'not int~rested in any: wild sisted that the country's major prob paign by attracting midd}e-of~the-road eyed radical schemes . for sociiIizing lems - a high rate of inflation, enorm voters through the use of moderate the nation.' . . ous balance of payments deficit, low and "right-wing" Labor Party leaders .As ." Conse,\'vative;.., . MP. .'Nicholas . Rid- growth rate, and continuous industrial like Roy Jenkins' who preached the ley said ontelevisiori after the elec strife - were not the fault of the party's message. The manifesto w~ so tion;"What '. t1:teelectorate has told Tory government but were largely due Cialist. The campaign was moderate. all. tbree., parties is to go away and to factors beyond ,the control of any The Liberals, offering more candi think it all out again and come back . government. . . dates to the voters than at any other with another' electi~n ~;i·n'six to nine The Tories; pointed to the rise in time since 1950, presented themselves months." But for now, the nation has world commodity prices, the 1973 as the party of moderation between the a new, minority Labor Government. April, 1974 7 What will it mean to the United There are at least three areas in the Such arrangements might be 3iChieved States? Labor Election Manifesto which have through a national oil company which First of all, Prime Minister Wilson immediate relevance to the United would be empowered to determine the insists that he is running a Labor gov States: First, the manifesto pledges price of oil to the consumer and con ernment. And his Cabinet appoint that Labor will renegotiate the terms trol oil company profits. Many of the ments seem to bear him out. He has of British entry into Europe to be companies which have the largest con named men to his Cabinet as if he followed by a national referendum on cessions in the North Sea are Ameri had a majority of 100; there have been the results of the negotiations. Wilson can, and therefore this matter will be only a few concessions to the right repeated this pledge during ·the cam of importance to the United States. wing of the party and even fewer to paign, and Callaghan, the new for Eric Varley, 41, a member of the Na those other elements in the House eign secretary, gives every indication tional Union of Mineworkers, is the of Commons on which he will inevita of pursuing this objective. He will new secretary of state for energy who bly depend for votes. probably decline to allow Britain to will be handling the North Sea prob Wilson did not appoint the mod carry out certain already agreed poli lem. erate, pro-European Roy Jenkins to cies regarding the market, thereby Third, ,the manifesto urges a reduc the vital post of chancellor of the ex forcing the other members into new tion in defense expenditures, support chequer, as some predicted, but rather negotiations. What the results of those for NATO but only in the context of to the domestically important Home talks will be, given the present dis the gradual elimination of both NATO Office. The Treasury instead went to array in the EEC, are anyone's guess. and the Warsaw Pact, and British par Denis Healey, former defense secre Second, the manifesto calls for the ticipation "in the multilateral disarma tary, who recently has been stressing "nationalization" of all North Sea gas ment negotiations, and ... the removal the need for higher taxes, particular and oil (which in one sense has al of American Polaris bases from Great ly among the wealthy, to pay for La ready been done, since the resources Britain." Unlike the first and second bor's social programs and who will are "owned" by Britain) and for en points of the manifesto, mentioned have the unenviable task of negotiating suring "that the operation of getting earlier, this was not one of the ma foreign loans to cover Britain's bal jor campaign issues frequently talked ance of payments deficit. about by Wilson. It may, therefore, Michael Foot, a man of somewhat be low on the priority list of the La radical views, has been named employ bor government. Moreover, the new ment secretary, and will be the one secretary of state for defense, Roy who deals with the trade unions. Some Mason, is a moderate with substantial observers feel he will do well be experience' in government and is un cause he has the necessary credentials likely to push for the executionbf and good relations..with the unions to the manifesto proposals. bring some order out of the current chaos among unions, business, and gov There are two rlools of thought ernment. concerning what Wilson will do. Some James Callaghan, former chancellor and distributing [the oil and gas} is Conservatives and Liberals insist, on of the exchequer and home secretary, under full government control with the one hand, that he will have to be has been appointed secretary of ~tate majority public particip3ition." In the more cautious and moderate if he is for foreign and commonwealth rela campaign Wilson promised "a fair to avoid defeat in the House of Com tions. Callaghan will be responsible return" for those companies providing mons and a new general election. On for dealing with the Common Market technological know-,how in the exploi the other hand, many Labor MP's (and and for carrying out the Labor Election tation of the resources, but only in the not just the left-wing ones) insist that Manifesto promise to renegotiate the cont~t of a minority pasiftoo. by the Wilson will put forward Labor poli terms of Britain's entry into the EEe. companies. cies and run a Labor government and ------I wish to subscribe to the Ripon Name ...... 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Labor should COMMENTARY: tional Committee, or those who sent have little difficulty in beginning the them there, must be dealt with justly dialogue with the EEC, which will in POLITICS but firmly. evitably go on for some months. But 3. Make clear that to Republicans the crunch will come when the gov "national security" means a strong de ernment attempts to get through any Responding fense to protect the nation from po legislation for a referendum or a tential attack, not a catch-all to cloak change in Britain's status with the illegal activities or to shield those who market. The majority of Conservatives may have flaunted the law. and Liberals are opposed to Labor on To 4. Reaffirm our party's profound this issue and will work against the wariness of Big Brother intervention government. in our daily lives, whether it comes Moreover, such negotiations with the Watergate in the form of wire-tapping our EEC will add to the already strained phones or permitting Army intelli internal relations and virtually preclude by Charles Percy gence to keep files on private citizens. any meaningful improvement in the 5. Seek an end to the kind of atmosphere between Europe and the Almost every day we hear of the duplicity and secrecy in government United States. Anglo-EEC talks will damage to and even demise of the which helped produce first Vietnam be bound to affect the progress of a Republican Party. I fear that the par and then Watergate. It is time that solution to the energy problem, the ty is being prematurely mourned government began to entrust the peo European Security Conference, the de across the land. Certainly Republicans ple with the truth. velopment of NATO strategies, inter are in for a difficult year, but it will If we do nothing but wring our national monetary reform, trade talks, not necessarily be a fatal one. hands over the burden of Watergate troop reductions in Europe, and the Millions of Republicans have eve in an election year, Republicans will implementation of the European-Amer ry right to be proud of our heritage lose elections from Bangor to San ican declarations of principles. If and every reason to react negatively to Diego. But if we meet the challenge Britain's Labor government pursues its Watergate. Yet our Republican roots and define a constructive Republican manifesto and campaign pledges per are stronger than this current setback. response to Watergate - if we give taining to the EEC, the United States Our task now is to prove to the Amer that response substance by actively sup is going to have to grit its teeth and ican people that Watergate is not syn porting open government, campaign bear some disarray and confusion in onymous with the Republican Party. reform, the rule of law, and respect its relations with Europe. As Republicans, we will be making for individual rights - then the Re In addition, if the Labor govern a serious and costly mistake if we be publican Party can regain the respect ment decides to go ahead with its come apologists for the obvious of and support of tl.le American people. campaign proposals for North Sea oil fenses .whit:h Watergate has come to Let the Republicanal1swer to Water and gas, reduction of defense expen symbolize. The ordeal of Watergate gate be to improve politics and gov ditures, and removal of American continues, not because a few extreme ernment for the benefit of our people Polaris bases in Scotland, then rela partisans are bent on stretching it out, and our nation. II tions between the two countries will but because the Watergate series of il become decidedly chillier. Both coun legal and unprincipled acts continues tries will need healthy doses of un to unfold - acts which are far re derstanding of the other's perspective, moved from the traditional values, point of view, and - most important principles, and beliefs of the Repub - domestic political needs. lican Party. A minority Labor government - Because those involved were carry needing to placate its right, left, and ing a Republican banner, it is espe center - will have difficulty enough cially incumbent upon us to formulate surviving without harassment from a response to Watergate which will Washington. Discreet diplomacy will help preclude such a national trauma accomplish a great deal more in the from repeating itself. As Republicans months ahead for Anglo-American re we must: lations than ill-advised demands for 1. Devise and enact long-overdue unity and consultation. • reforms in the areas of campaign fi nancing and public disclosure by of Raise the intellectual level of ficeholders. The large, covert sums of your community; cash that seem to be at the root of Give a FORUM most political scandals must be elim inated. gift subscription 2. Stress again our primary com To your local library. mitment to the rule of law. All April, 1974 9 be the Republican candidate. Fuller is a lot like Sheehan on the POLITICS: REPORTS' issues. He has more personal assets - including a personal fortune - and more visibility. The son of a former MASSACHUSETTS time? A close caIl in the primary will governor, he is the kind of honest set a pessimistic mood for the cam Yankee that the state has always paign in October and November. If swooned over. His huge Cadillac deal BOSTON - The Massachusetts Sargent looks crippled, it will be all ership has given him advertising ex GOP, which recently has looked less the easier for Fuller to pick up posure, and he is well known on the like the party of Lincoln than the Sheehan's votes, a few of his own, sports pages as owner of the Ken party of Rip Van Winkle, is being and undoubtedly quite a few from the tucky Derby winner, Dancer's Image, shaken awake by the prospects of its losing Democratic side. In 1970, those and as trainer of the former local first gubernatorial primary in 24 years. votes belonged to Sargent. They could boxer, Tom McNeely, who once fought Gov. Francis Sargent (R) has drop easily add up to the 250,000 by which for ·the world heavyweight title. a much more popular Sargent defeat ped from a lofty perch (so that he once Like Sheehan, Fuller's best chance ed Boston Mayor Kevin White. was rated more popular than Sen. Ed is to contribute to Sargent's demise, ward Kennedy (D», but he is still Why are Sheehan and Fuller run but, if Sheehan were to come within relatively popular with voters. Sargent ning? Sheehan met with a few mem an eyelash of winning the primary, lacks, however, the base of any single bers of Ripon in March and essential and if liberal former State Rep. bloc to call his own, even with ly said that the governor has not been Michael Dukakis were the Democratic in his own party. His former commis a very good Republican nor a very candidate, a large number of conser sioner of commerce and development, good governor. The message hit the vative votes would find only Fuller Carroll Sheehan, announced against target. Sargent has done little for the for comfort. party. Until last year, no Republican Sargent in March and will make dam After all the negatives are acknowl sat in his high command. He has all aging, if not lethal, inroads with Re edged, one cannot deny the Sargent but ignored Republican efforts to build publicans. (Sargent's standing with mystique. It is a combination of total in the party was demonstrated in legislative strength. honesty, rugged bearing, a lack of March when he was publicly booed As a governor, he has presided at snobby sophistication, a horse laugh, at a Republican meeting where Vice a time when the state's economy has and a genuine sense of humor. Add visibly eroded. Yet the economy has President Gerald Ford spoke.) up all the rational arguments, but not appeared to be a high guberna Between now and November, Sar when the governor begins to turn it torial priority. He fell heir to an am gent faces three critical junctures which on ... will largely determine 'the election out bitious reorganization of state govern Meanwhile, anti-Sargent GOP State come. ment begun by his predecessor, John Chairman Otto Wahlrab has resigned Volpe. By all rights, "Reorg" should June 1 is one. The Republicans will and been replaced by William Barn have been his meal ticket to re-election hold an informal but meaningful con stead, a Boston businessman. The con by improving delivery of state services, vention which Sargent will enter in servative new chairman is closer to much the same way that Muskie went :educing waste, and initiating spend Ing controls. Sargent than his predecessor, who spent into the 1972 New Hampshire pri two years bucking the governor. But mary. Unless he takes two-thirds or But Sargent's reorganization falls more of the delegates, the whole story short of its potential, mostly because will be the Sheehan "victory." A poor the heart of the plan, a program Sargent showing would send his cam- management and budgeting system, paign into a tailspin. was axed by the governor's own staff June 25 is the second critical date. to fend off a legislative squeeze-play By then, Republican Peter Fuller must over funding. have gathered the 37,500 signatures Sheehan wants to portray himself necessary to enter the governor's race as the friend of the economy as well as an independent. If Fuller, now as the social and fiscal conservative. without any political organization, can Unlike Sargent, he is anti-gun con collect that many signatures, he will trol and pro-death penalty. He comes be formidable. If he cannot, then down hard on an important local is he too will have a strong independent Sargent can breathe a little more easi sue, state aid to cities and towns. streak. ly. Sargent hasn't delivered promised aid Sidelight: Massachusetts State Rep. The third date is the September 10 to relieve the property tax, and he has Thomas P. O'Neill III (D) is seek primary; the key question again will be signed bills that impose extra costs ing the Democratic nomination for the quality of Sargent's performance. on local budgets without providing lieutenant governor. O'Neill, son of How much damage will Sheehan, Ful state support. Homeowners are be House Majority Leader Thomas P. ler, and Democrats Michael Dukakis coming upset. With a near-perfect O'NeiIl, Jr., is the favorite for the and Robert Quinn have done by that campaign, Sheehan could conceivably nomination. • 10 Ripon Forum ~.~ ,o\~~~n"'!t~~~~ Jw:Ii a:.n,.~ u;.,~%~ ~;~- ~. ~~. 'ANTIQUE MOTOR NEWS is an *MEXICO'S WEST COAST MAGA· ,WEEK END FLYER. The News· HAM RADIO is the largest. inde· NEW LETTERS - Specialist in *A IIUlnthly journal of Rock Cui· invaluable guide to finding cars. liNE - Be the one who knows magazine of Flying Fun. 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Glenn Beall of Maryland, Mark Hatfield of Ore moderate Republicans who through conviction or gon, Jacob Javits of New York, Claiborne Pell of Rhode through party loyalty to a Republican President con Island, Richard Schweicker of Pennsylvania, and Edward tinued to support Administration politics. Republican Brooke of Massachusetts (82). Pell, the only Democrat to progressives, who have often felt like a beleaguered join over 13 Senate Republicans with a rating over 80 minority within a minority in Congress, are likely to percent, did well because he consistently joined Republi find their ranks swelled as moderate Republicans with can progressives and conservatives in supporting a free similar views feel free to identify with them. In ad market approach toward agricultural production. Interest dition, it is likely that the Watergate scandal and the ingly, James Buckley of New York finished with a 73- related activities that are working mightily to discredit percent rating largely because he made common cause with the Nixon Administration may create a stampede of the younger Republican progressives such as Taft, Percy, many regular Republican congressmen to manifest their and Mathias on such free market issues as farm subsidies independence from the Nixon Administration and to and wage and price controls. identify on a number of issues with congressional pro &oring 100 percent in the House were John Del gressive Republicans. At the moment, the suggestion lenback of Oregon, Alphonzo Bell and Paul McCloskey of such a trend is largely conjecture, yet it may be of California, Garry Brown of Michigan, Silvio Conte of possible to validate this occurence.. in about a year from Massachusetts, John Erlenborn of Illinois, William Frenzel now when the Ripon Ratings for this year's congres of Minnesota, Stewart McKinney of Connecticut, Henry sional session have been prepared. Smith of New York and Charles Whalen of Ohio. Also This year, the 1973 Ripon Ratings suggest that the scoring high at 93 ~ere Edward Biester of Pennsylvania, trends predicted a year ago have developed among Repub John Culver of Iowa, Paul Findley and Thomas Railsback licans in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. of Illinois, Edwin Forsythe and Peter Frelinghuysen of These trends have resulted in a fairly broadly-based and New Jersey, Donald Fraser of Minnesota, Frank Horton yet philosophically coherent working coalition of congres of New York, Richard Mallary of Vermont, Charles sional Republicans. Mosher and J.W. Stanton of Ohio, and William Steiger Republican progressives have for many years been in of Wisconsin. At 92 were William Broomfield, Marvin a pivotal swing-vote position; yet in the 1973 congres Esch and Philip Ruppe of Michigan, Margaret Heckler of sional session, they have appeared for the first time capa Massachusetts, Robert McClory of Illinois, and William ble of developing an approach that will significantly shape Widnall of New Jersey. the Republican congressional strategy. In the Senate this Votes were selected for inclusion in the determination trend is markedly evident; 32 of 43 Republicans drew of the Ripon Ratings if they met one or more of the fol scores of 50 percent or above in the 1973 Ripon Ratings. lowing criteria: Only 25 of 57 Senate Democrats scored 50 or above. Re a) Expansion or preservation of civil liberties and in publicans averaged 62 percent; Democrats averaged 48 dividual autonomy against encroachment by gov percent. ernment and by powerful quasi-governmental in In the House the party differences in the ratings were stitutions such as corporations and labor unions. not so divergent, reflecting perhaps the somewhat weak b) Attainment of equality of opportunity for Ameri er position of Republican progressives in this body. Yet cans regardless of race, nationality, religious be here, an interesting trend with significant portents was lief or sex. first noticeable: Republican House members from southern c) Devolution of governmental powers to governments states did relatively better than their Democratic colleagues closest to and most accountable to the individual from the same region. Republicans from the 11 states of citizen and privatization of policy execution as op the former Confederacy compiled an average score of 43 posed to bureaucratization. percent as compared to 34 percent for southern Democrats. The nationwide House averages by party were 58 percent d) Maintenance of sound fiscal policies in both the for Republicans and 51 percent for Democrats. Since the domestic and international economy and consistent South is likely to be a significant area for further Republi opposition to wasteful spending. can gains in the coming decade, this indication of a more e) Resistance to excess concentration of governmental broadly-based southern Republicanism is a welcome devel powers in a single entity and a parallel insistence opment for progressive Republicans. The philosophical di upon candor and openness throughout govern vergence is particularly evident on economic issues on which mental and quasi-governmental institutions. traditionalist southern Democrats cling to protectionist and f) Internationalism in foreign policy and consequent anti-competitive approaches, while many southern Republi- development of multilateral approaches as opposed 12 Ripon Forttm ------,. to interventionism or isolationism. control system and other rigged market approaches which g) Preservation and improvement of the environment have only served to generate shortages and exacerbate in and development of policies concerning population flation. While the Nixon Administration has never deep growth and natural resource consumption that will ly believed in the economic politics it was pursuing, con insure the possibility of a decent existence to fu gressional Democrats have responded with astonishing eco ture generations of Americans and foreign nationals. nomic illiteracy to control failures wi.th such approaches as h) Reliance upon and expansion of free market mech rollbacks, freezes, and other disastrous solutions. Sadly, anisms and consequent opposition to producer sub the present serious inflation may produce a strong increase sidies, unnecessary regulatory mechanisms, and in economic demagoguery to ,the long-term detriment of protectionist international trade policies. the American economy. To avert this, articulate Republi Economic issues have loomed especially large in the can progressives and conservatives must begin to inform test votes used to compile the 1973 Ripon Ratings. This the public of the dangers of the King Canute approaches is in recognition of the bankruptcy of the wage and price advocated by so many Democratic liberals. SENATE VOTE KEY 30 - An amendment by Sen. William V. Roth (R-Del.) 453 - A bill sponsored by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey to open to the public all committee meetings, in (D-Minn.) to authorize $1.2 billion in funds for cluding legislative mark-up sessions, unless a rec foreign aid in fiscal 1974. Vote YEA. D-29 right, orded vote detennined otherwise. Vote YEA. D-21 25 wrong; R-25 right, 17 wrong. right, 25 wrong; R-17 \light, 22 wrong. 478 - Vote on a joint resolution to limit the President's 37 - An amendment by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (D authority to commit U.S. anned forces without a Maine) encouraging cities to develop and improve declaration of war, specific statutory authoriza mass transportation by allowing them to eannark tion, or a national emergency created by an at up to $850 million from the Highway Trust Fund tack upon the United States, its territories, pos for these purposes. Vote YEA. D-26 right, 25 sessions, or forces. President Nixon vetoed this wrong; R-23 right, 19 wrong. legislation October 24, 1973; therefore a two 55 - An amendment by Sen. William Proxmire (D thirds majority was necessary to override. Vote Wis.) to freeze prices, rents, wages, salaries, in YEA. D-50 right, 3 wrong; R-25 right, 15 wrong. terest rates and dividends for six months follow ing final passage of the bill. Vote NAY. D-12 right, 482 - An amendment to the National Energy Emer 36 wrong; R-39 right; 0 wrong. gency Act by Sen. Floyd K. Haskell (D-Col.) to 73 - A substitute amendment by Sen. Henry M. Jack require the President to implement gasoline ra son (D-Wash.) to freeze prices, rents, wages, tioning no later than Jan. 15, 1974. Vote NAY. salaries, interest rates, and dividends for 180 days D-12 right, 38 wrong; R-36 right, 2 wrong. from enactment of the bill, to an amendment of 487 - A motion by Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D-La.), fered by Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.) to the to table an amendment by Sen. James L. Buckley meat and poultry inspection bill to roll back fann (Cons.-N.Y.) to repeal the Economic Stabiliza prices to the April 2, 1973 level. Vote NAY. D-5 tion Act of 1970 which authorized wage--price con right, 36 wrong; R-34 right, 1 wrong. trols. Vote NAY. D-4 right, 44 wrong; R-22 right, 16 wrong. 172 - An amendment to the agricultural bill by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) to provide for 493 - A motion by Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) to table reserves of food and food grains. Vote NAY. D-29 an amendment to the National Energy Emergency right; 23 wrong; R-39 right, 2 wrong. ~ct by Sen. Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) to limit pub lic transportation of school children to the school 176 - An amendment by Sen. James L. Buckley (Cons. nearest theH-r ~omes in order to conserve fuel. N.Y.) to provide a transition period at the end Vote YEA. D-34 right, 16 wrong; R-14 right 23 of which direct supplementary payments to fann wrong. ' ers wotrld be terminated. Vote YEA. D-3 right, 50 wrong; R-ll right; 30 wrong. 530 - A motion by Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) to table amendment to the Social Security Bill by Sen. 177 - An amendment by Sen. Charles Percy (R-Ill.) to Jesse A. Helms (R.-N.C.) to direct the President delete provisions prohibiting the importation of to require elementary and! secondary students to dairy food in quantities exceeding 2 percent of attend the appropriate school nearest their resi the total, preceding year's annual consumption. dency. Vote YEA. D-32 right, 19 wrong; R-16 Vote YEA. D-9 right, 45 wrong; R-14 right, 26 right, 21 wrong. wrong. 184 - An amendment by Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) lim iting subsidy payments to $20,000 per individual producer for the 1974-1978 crops. Vote YEA. D-25 HOUSE VOTE KEY right, 20 wrong; R-20 right, 17 wrong. 187 - An amendment by S.en .• ..charles McC. Mathias, 10 - A resolution setting up a select committee com Jr. (R-Md.), to terminate the national acreage posed of 10 memben; to be appointed by the speak allotment program at the end of the 1973 crop er of the House, the number and optimum size year. Vote YEA. D-4 right, 46 wrong; R-13 right, of the committee, and the committee's facilities' 24 wrong. authorizing $1.5 million for this purpose. Vot; YEA. D-l66 right, 32 wrong; R-1l6 right, 59 wrong. 273 - A District of Columbia home--rule bill sponsored by Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton (D-Mo.) providing 27 - A resolution authorizing members and staff of the for an elected mayor and ll-member city council House Banking and Currency Committee to travel for the District of Columbia. Vote YEA. D-41 for investigation and studies. A classic junket right, 7 wrong; R-28 right, 10 wrong. vote. Vote NAY. D-14 right, 204 wrong; R-117 376 - A motion by Sen. J.W. Fulbright (D-Ark.) to re right, 0 wrong. commit to the Senate Foreign Relations Commit 61 - A motion by U.S. Rep. H.R. Gross (R-Iowa) to tee the bill creating the Board for International recommit the Peace Corps authorization bill to Broadcasting and providing for continued federal the House Foreign Affairs Committee with in support for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. structions to report the bill back with a reduced Vote NAY. D-33 right, 17 wrong; R-36 right, 0 authorization of $60 million for Fiscal 1974. Vote wrong. NAY. D-148 right, 49 wrong; R-90 right, 83 wrong. April, 1974 13 ,82 A resolution to provide for.. consideration of a. viding thatJegal researc:i'l .obliga~iolls sha.ll be un joint resolution to create an Atlantic Union dele dertaken by the corporation directly and not by gation to participate 'in convention of countries the 'regional aid centers. Vote NAY. 'D406 l'Ight, from the! North Atlantic Treaty Organi:<:ation. ·102 ,wrong; R-35 right, 145 wrong. Vote YEA. D-139 right, 84 wrQIlg; R~58 right, 126 258 An amendment. to the Legal Services Corpora tion wrong. Bill by U.S. Rep. Wilmer Mi:<:eli' (R-N;C.) pro 93 An amendment to the Widnall amendinent to pro hibiting the use of funds for" legal assistance vide for a rollback of rents to the Jan. 10, 1973 of. the corporation in school desegregation pro level. Vote NAY. D-70 right, 151 wrong;. R-155 ceedings. Vote NAY. D-106 right, 102 wrong; R-44 right, 22 wrong. right, 119 wrong." . . 95 - An amendment by U.S. Rep. Peter A. Peyser l'R 260 - A motion by U.S. Rep. WayneL.. Hays (D-Ohio) N.Y.) to provide for a food price rollback to the that Committee of the Whole report. tt,le Legal March 16 level. Vote NAY. D-128 right, 93 wrong; Services Corporation bill back to the House with R-175 right, 8 wrong. the recommendation that the enacting clause of 110 - An amendment to permit city officials to use the bill be deleted. Vote NAY. D-175 right, 35 Highway Trust Fund monies for mass transit sys wrong .R-35 right, 145 wrong. tems. Vote YEA. D-120 right, 101 wrong; R-70 329 An amendment by U.S. Rep. Silvio O. Conte (R right, 114 wrong. Mass.) to' delete from the Agriculture Bill provi 116 - An amendment by U.S. Rep. Alan Steelman (R sions for subsidies to Cotton, Inc., a quasi-public Tex.) to provide that the appointments of the organi:<:ation that 'promotes the cotton industry. present director and deputy director of the Office Vote YEA. D-110 right, 113 wrong; R-131 right, of Management and Budget be subject to Senate 49 wrong. confirmation. Vote YEA. D-6 right, 206 wrong; 452 - A motion offered by U.S. Rep. Silvio O. Conte . R-124 right, 57 wrong. (R-Mass.) instructing House 'conferees to insist 145 - A second vote on' an amendment to the United on House language which limits the federal farm Nations Environment Fund authori:<:ation by U.S. subsidy to $20,000 per farm and bars federal pay Rep. Chalmers P. Wylie (R-Ohio) to substitute ment for cotton acreage allotments after Dec. 31, an environment fund authori:<:ation of $5 million 1973. Vote YEA. D-112 right, 105 wrong; R-119 for fiscal 1974, to be used as the President may right, 55 wrong. specify. Vote NAY. D-128 right, 85 wrong; R-70 512 A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Charles C. Diggs, right, 107 wrong. Jr. (D-Mich.), to grant home rule to the District 254 - An amendment to the Legal Services Corpora of Columbia. Vote YEA. D-204 right, 27 wrong; tion Bill by U.S. Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) pro- R-139 right, 47 wrong. 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N.Y. x x x x x v x v v x v x x x x v X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 v v v -. .... x x x v v x V 81ll Ka)'kntdaIl, Tema. V v v 0 0 x v x x '"38 X v x x v v x 0 x x X v x 0 v .">/13 z..-_ "Il2 v 16 Ripon Forum Democrat to Republican. An earlier Feld poll show ed Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke leading Controller Houston I. POLITICS: PEOPLE Flournoy, 52- 22 percent, for the Republican guberna torial nomination. • James S. Graham, a 26-year-old California Re • Sen. Charles Percy (R-Ill.) brought down the publican, has filed a suit challenging California's win house when he addressed a recent fundraising dinner ner-take-all primary. Attorney Graham's suit against in New York City for Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.). Percy Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and the Re told the audience that only a fundraising dinner for publican State Central Committee cites Sen. George Javits could attract persons from such a broad ideo McGovern's 13.5 percent win in 1972 when the South logical range. In fact, said Percy, he could think of Dakotan was awarded the entire state delegation. The only one other time when so many viewpoints, were Democratic National Committee recently agreed to ban represented in one room: when Nelson Rockefeller winner-take-all primaries. That move may have se dined alone. The former New York governor l'!'port rious consequences for the GOP if legislatures move edly blushed. to accommodate this Democratic policy and thereby change the structure of Republican presidential pri o Speeches before the Bull Elephant Club, an or ganization of Republicans congressional aides, are nor maries as well. Similar legislation has been introduced in the California legislature. mally off-the-record. But when Gov. Ronald Reagan • If (R) addressed the organization recently, one guberna R!'publicans attending Lincoln Day dinners torial remark was widely quoted. Reagan was queried in Fehruary detected a theme similar to the one Presi about the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst. The California dent Nixon struck at the Lincoln M!'morial February governor said he felt persons accepting the ransom food 12, they can probably trace the source to the Repub were "aiding and abetting" the kidnapp!'rs. Reagan lican Nation.!1 Committee. Despitc George Bush's ef went on to suggest that it would be nice if an "epidemic forts to spparate the party from Wat!'rgate, his com of botulism" affected the food in question. According mitee's materials for Lincoln Day speakers linked the to a Reagan spokesman, the remark was sllpposed to two R!'publican Presidents: "What happpns if we look be a joke, but not even the BulJ Moose Elephant Club hack a hundred years plus a decade? There was also was infatuated by Reagan's iII-timed sense of comedy. another Repuhlican President, one with a stovepipc hat Reagan's remarks arc rpminiscent of some of the equal and gaunt stature. In looking back, we do so in shame, ly unpresidential gaffes made by the former Vice Pres for here, too, was a Presillent suhject!'d to the most ident Spiro Agnew. Certainly thc nation treasures its vitriolic and "av.lge attacks. Think of the worst epithcts sC!1se of humor, hut presidential aspirants might be - they "icre uscd against Abraham Uncoln. But this wise to remember that the \Vhite House is not a tent giant among American Prcsillcnts never wavered for stop on the v April, 1974 17 As we all know, the ever-cautious Republican is reluctant to spend hard-earned dollars on those less deserving than himself, if for no other reason than from fear of en LETTERS couraging the Bread-and-Circus Syndrome (see Schafly, Phyllis: Pass the Poverty, Please, for a more careful study of this dangerous malady). If our Republican is Health Care reluctant to spend that dollar, it must of necessity follow In his State of the Union message President Nixon that he is also reluctant to raise the dollar through taxes. brought up the subject of health care. With his usual Having established the fact that any "True Repub lowly bow to the Lords of the American Medical Associa lican" balks at raising the taxes of all the people, one tion, Nixon commented we should be sure doctors work wonders why he would be so ill-advised as to raise the for the benefit of the patient and not for the government. taxes only of his fellow Republicans. This deed is par For several years now the Nixon family itself has ticularly reprehensible as it comes without notice and enjoyed the benefits of socialized medicine paid for by with no explanation (even Barry Goldwater couldn't ob the taxpayer. The President's physician is a doctor in ject to a 67 percent jump in taxes if the tax collector the U. S. Navy. He works for the government. If the gave him a logical reason for the increase). Nixon family needs hospitalization, it has access to gov Tea was tossed into Boston Harbor for less than this, ernment owned and operated hospitals where the doctors and as modern-day Minutepersons we ought to be pre all work for the government. Has anyone heard the Pres pared to rise up in protest. Remember the ditty from ident complain of inadequate medical care in all these the Revolution, entitled "Chester": many years? Has anyone heard of his insisting on sub Let Tyrants shake their Iron rod, stituting the supposed benefits of private enterprise med And slav-ry clank her galling chains, icine for the socialized medicine with which he is pro We fear them not, we trust in God vided? New England's God forever reigns. A few days after the President's speech, his Secre New England's God was a fiscal conservative; let us bear tary of the Interior, Rogers C. B. Morton, became ill this in mind as we assemble on C Street, N.E., to de with an inflamed optic nerve. Did Morton rush to a pri mand an end to "Taxation by misrepresentation." Death vate phy'sician or to a hospital where he could enjoy to Tyrants! the alleged benefits of private medical practice? Certain RICHARD L. CLEVELAND ly not. Instead he went to the Bethesda Naval Hospital, State Representative a government installation where the doctors work for Northfield, Vermont the government. Editor's Note: Apparently, State Rep. Cleveland does not The last time Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona was approve of the price increase in the FORUM. Personally, hospitalized, he went to Walter Reed Hospital. This hos I am not quite ecstatic about the idea either, but Cleve pital is a government owned and operated medical facil lan:i's protests seem a bit hypocritical from a represen ity of the U. S. Army. Its doctors work for the govern tative of Vermont, which had the temerity to erect the ment. The senator had the hospital compute the cost of Bennington Monument to commemorate a Revolutionary the services provided for him and chose to pay for them. War battle which was actually fought in Hoosick Falls, We already have a 'system of socialized medicine in New York. Moreover, the good burghers of Vermont ex the United States, but it is a system from which the tort 50¢ per gullible tourist to ascend that edifice - average citizen gains no benefit. A select group of priv and even then, one only gets halfway to the obelisk's ileged office-holders has opened the doorway to the pub summit. By contrast, the Bunker Hill Monument (which lic till and has provided for itself the benefits of soc~al at least is in the right state and the right hill) only ized medicine at the taxpayers' expense. The only thmg charges 10¢ for the privilege of ascending to the very top tile American form of socialized medicine offers the rest of the monument. Since the two monuments are approxi of us are hypocritical homilies from these sa;me privile~ed mately equal in height, it might be added that rugged Bos politicians on the supposed benefits of private medical tonians still walk to the top of their monument while care. If private medical care is so superior, why don't Vermont tourists are escorted by elevator. db they choose to use it? RUSSELL E. WARNER The New Right Chapel Hill, North Carolina In their conceptualizing of "The Old Right versus the New Right," Clifford Brown and John Elwood shed some Under the Fiscal Chestnut Tree interesting light on the current political situation. How In this day of Watergate and other diversions, one ever, to relate these political data to the emergence of hesitates to write of conspiracies. It appears, however, a new political ideology, and to discover and compare that there is a conspiracy afoot (or awash or ahoof or two artificial ideological categories, may be nothing more what-have-you) on C Street N.E. in our nation's capital than an interesting intellectual exercise devoid of true to keep abreast of the non-inflation which the President political significance. One does not have to agree entire and his multitude of Good Humor boys assure us is under ly with Daniel Boorstin to view skeptically the impact of control. Now, mind you, I have nothing against inflation political thought on reality. per se; it's as American as honesty in government. A There seem to be three comments worth making about little judicious inflation is good for the Puritan Ethic; it the Brown-Elwood analysis. First, it really tells us noth encourages us all to work a little harder just to stay IS Ripon Formrl fodder for meaningless debates. But a serious political force? Hardly. It is the people of New Right thinking who are the only conservative political force to be reckon 14a ELIOT STREET ed with. If "there are still many businessmen who believe in a laissez-faire capitalistic economy," let's have some • At the Chicago Ripon annual meeting in February, names. Or is it even possible empirically to test this ob the following new officers were elected: Robert L. Fried servation, when those businessmen who mouth the laissez lander, president, Hal"l'y E. Estell, vice president, and faire rhetoric may only be propagating a Platonic myth Paul C. KImball. secretary and treasurer. to shroud their own behavior? .. February 13, at the first in a series of monthly is To realize that some New Left thinkers are enun sues luncheons sponsored by the Boston-Cambridge Chap ciating Old Right thought may also be an interesting ter, John VeranJ. Consumer Affairs secretary, spoke on irony. However, it may be one of those ironies so com the energy crisis and the effect of the oil crisis on Massa mon in political theory as to no longer be ironic, much chusetts. less important. • At a recent meeting of the Nashville Ripon Chap A third comment worth making about the Brown-El ter, Bon Reitdorf, executive director of the Tennessee wood analysis is that it over-emphasizes the importance Republican Party, discussed the prospects for Republicans of ideology to current political reality. Even if there were in this year's elections. Reitdorf characterized some of a few political figures in the corporate or government tl?-e Republ!can legislative candidates as "dogs" that even world who could fit the Old Right mold, how could we his pet carune could have defeated. However, he does feel be sure that ideology was motivating their actions? More that GOP has no fears on the gubernatorial race. over, isn't the value of the New Right label somewhat mitigated when we discover that virtually all powerful THE RIPON SOCIETY INC. Is a Republican research political elements are part of the New Right? Might it , policy organization whose not be wise to divest this majority faction of ideological members are young business, academic and professional men and motivation, and simply label it the "Establishment" - women. It has national headquarters in WaIihlngton D C ~ ters . in fifteen cities. National Assocfate me~ throughout an entity simply motivated by the maintenance and en the fifty states, and several affiliated groups of subchapter status. richment of its own power? 'l}le Society Is supported by chapter dues. individual contribu Without much apparent ideological motivation in hon!, and revenues from Its public:ations and contract work. The S,?clety offers the following options for annual contribution: Con existence, perhaps Brown and Elwood should not persist tributor $25 or more, Sustainer $100 or more; Founder $1000 or in analyzing which values conservatives are trying to more. Inquiries about membership and chapter organization should preserve, whether they be freedom, security, or the bal be addressed to the National Dll'ector. ance of power and decentralization. I suspect most politi NATIONAL GOVERNING BOABD cians have instinctual attitudes underlying those values. *Ronald K. Speed. President Therefore, it might be preferable to use the sociological *Patricia A. Goldman, Chairperson of the Board • Paul F. Anderson. Vice hesident. Chief Financlc:d OScer definition of "conservative" as "resistant to change" *Robert H. Donaldson. Vice President. Research rather than rely on political theory for our signals. Util *Anne-Marie Borger, Vice President. PubUc Information izing this definition, it is easy to realize how the Old *Richard Carson, Treusurer Rightist of yesterday can be the New Rightist of today. ·Werner P. Kuhn. Seaetary Resistance to change will preserve a status quo always Boston - Cambridge Pittsburgh favorable to the existing power base. Martha Reardon Murray Dickman Martin A. Unsky James Groninger JOHN HOLCOMB Bob Stewart Bruce Guenther Director of Urban Affairs Chicago Public Affairs Council *Jared Kaplan Seattle Washington, D.C. A. Richard Taft Tom Alberg_ Tomas Russell Mason D. Morlsset Detroit Washington Karen Brewster *Jonathan Brown Stephen Selander lUck Carson Murder Mary E. Low Willie Lehwtch In the article, "Vengeance and Vomit," (January 15 Hartford AI Large Nicholas Norton FORUM), James Manahan omitted some facts regard Stewart H. McConaughy *·Joslah Lee Auapitz ing murder in this country. ··Chrtstoper T. Bayley Augustus Southworth Chrtstopher W. Beal Murders have gone up 56 percent per 100,000 in Los Angeles Robert L. Beal habitants from 1960 to 1970, and the number of offenses Mark Pierce Peler Berg has increased 76 percent. During the 10-year period, Thomas A. Brown ··Michael Brewer Edward McAniH Clifford Brown 1960-69, 561 police officers met death at the hands of John Calms felons. Of the 741 known offenders involved in these Memphis Ralph Qapr10 murders, 75 percent had prior criminal arrests and 54 -Unda MIller ·-Bruce Chapman Harry Johnson. Jr. Pamela Curtis percent of these offenders had been previously charged Jerry Katz Robert W. Davidson for a violent crime. One-fourth of the murderers were A1 Fe12enberg on probation when they killed the police officer and 19, Minneapolis Larry FinkelStein Ann O'Loughlin Glenn GersteU or 3 percent, had previously been convicted of a murder. Elayne Hansen **Howard F. Gillette. Jr. Manahan's statement that "there is virtually no evi Jim Manahan Bema Gorenstein dence that the death penalty serves as a deterrent at Nashville **Lee W. Huebner all" must be challenged, because the failures of the death Leonard Dunavant Bobbl Greene :talberg penalty as a deterrent can be measured, not the successes. Dru Smith William J. :talberg BUI Gibbons Ralph Loomis How do you measure the successes? The books are full Juchth R. Lumb of crimes where the defendant used a toy gun or un New HIIVen "J. Eugene Marana Melvin Dltman Tanya Mellch loaded gun, or where the defendant stopped short of Frank L. Huband Don Meyer killing. The reason is that he did not want the chair or Jeffrey Miller Mark OlSon gas chamber. These facts are conveniently omitted by Thomas E. Petri New Tersey *-John R. Price. Jr. Manahan from his "bleeding heart" narration. John Brotschol *-rohn S. Saloma m The news media have been permitted to observe ex Harry !Cline *Danlel J. SwUlinger ecutions, and facts regarding them have been published in Nancy Miller Leah Thayer New York *Chrts Topping many states. I have been sitting in the courtroom week Martha Ferry --Peter Wallison ly, monthly, and yearly since 1947, and before that had Edward Goldberg R. Quincy White reported many military courts-martial. My heart has long Lewis ll. Stone Lyndon A.S. Wilson since ceased to bleed for the hard-core criminals. Ex-Officio At Large Twenty-three states have reinstated the death penal "Richard W. Rahn. Mcmaqinq Director "Michael F MacLeod, National Director ty. California voters, by a 2-1 majority, indicated that *Richard Zimmer, Policy Chairman they wanted it reinstated. This is one arena where the Robert Gulick, Counsel liberals are going to lose. Max Richburg, Counsel ·National Executive Committee Member ROY E. VOELKER _·Past President. Chairman of the Board. Dr Chafnnan of the Court Reporter Executive Committee Oskaloosa, Iowa April, 1974 19 part of Wallace's appeal results from the fact that "he has never had a definable program, but he is master of DULY NOTED: POLITICS of double talk ••." Curiously, Wallace is more an ad vocate of a set of feelings than set of programs. • "Washlngton Report from Your Congressman," by • "Senate 'Antl·Ashe' Bill May Elect New Member," Barber B. Conable, Jr. March 6, 1974. Criticizing the by William Bennett. Memphis Commercial Appeal, Feb hypocrisy of congressmen who advocated oll price roll ruary 17, 1974. Tennessee State Rep. Victor Ashe (R backs knowing the inpracticallty of such action, U.s. Knoxville) has irritated some of his legislative colleagues Rep. Barber Conable (R-N.Y.) writes, "The rollback is with his allegedly abrasive tactics. So when it was rumor not a large one. It will save a few cents a gallon at the ed that Ashe was considering a challenge to Republican outset. If the embargo ends soon, it will be wiped out State Sen. Brown Ayres, Senate legislators decided to re quickly thereafter by the higher prices we will have to vise constitutional requirements a little to block the elec pay for the foreign oll which will command an increasing tion of anyone who is not yet 30 years old by election share of our market. And worse, we will have to pay day. Under the past vague constitutional requirement, whatever the foreigners want to charge us for their oll Ashe would be 30 next January and thus eligible to run because we have discouraged rather than encouraged an and serve. Ayres himself did not participate in the anti increase in our domestic production. The government can Ashe maneuver; he "reportedly was somewhat apprehen spend the taxpayers' money on research, and it should, but sive when he learned that bit of business was afoot, be the new techniques and new energy sources the research cause Ashe is an indefatigable campaigner, a door-to makes possible would be more expensive to apply and door specialist who, should he put his might to it, might nobody will use them unless they have some prospect of possibly vend sand dunes in the Sahara." The proposed getting back their investment through adequate prices. legislation was logiCally tagged the "Victor Ashe Birthday There it is, unpleasant as it sounds:. higher prices are a Bill" necessity if we are ever going to balance supply and de • "Is Bes1gnatlon the Answer to Watergate'?" Human mand again and emerge from the shadow of Arab black Events, March 16, 1974, "It is not critical at this junc mail. FORUM Editor's Note: In the vast wasteland of ture," say the editors of Human Events, "whether or not congressional newsletters, Conable's missives stand out the President is being unfairly dogged by liberal enemies as monuments to erudition at variance with the usual (he is) or even whether or not he is guilty (we don't political pablum. know, but there are many who would agree with Jeffrey • "Dodging Campaign Reform," by David S. Broder. Hart, who, in a recent column favoring Nixon's resigna The Washlngton Post, March 13, 1974. Analyzing Presi tion, wrote: ' ... I would support Nixon against McGov dent Nixon's proposed campaign reforms, Broder was ern if Nixon were running from Sing Sing'). What is brief and unusually blunt: "They are a sham." Broder is critical is whether Nixon's continuation in office will critical because Nixon raised the "red herring" of taxa bring the Left what it desperately desires: the destruc tion without representation" to argue against public fi tion of the Republican party and a veto-proof Congress nancing of campaigns, and because he failed to deal realist that will control the destiny of this Republic. We are not ically with proposals that would eliminate the role that saying that Watergate will necessarily produce the dis "cause" groups (such as the American Conservative aster envisioned by many Republican professionals - Union and the National Committee for an Effective Con thougb. the signs are not particularly good at the moment gress) play in raising campaign funds from small con - but the problem must be faced by serious Republican tributors. Broder has long argued that "the pending pub law-makers who value the GOP philosophy. Ana if they lic finance proposals deserve and need much more search find in the affirmative they must then do what is neces ing scrutiny - for their effects on the whole political sary so the Republican Party and its 1972 mandate will system - than Congress has given them." He is disturbed still be viable entities after November of this year." that the President "not only missed the opportunity, be • "Many Congressmen Set Up 'Newsletter' Fonds distorted the debate - as he has done so often by em~ as 6. Means of Raising Extra Expense Money, by Dan ploying cheap rhetoric on Watergate issues instead Of Thomasson and Carl West. Memphls Press-Scimitar, Feb dealing with the serious substance of the question." Con ruary 7, 1974. "Scores of House members are amassing cludes Broder, "It is hard not to think that the Nixon so-called 'newsletter' funds to defray costs of political campaign reform proposals are simply a mischief-maldng and official business without having to account publicly device for obstructing legislation or justifying a veto." . for the money's sources or expenditures. The practice is • "Lack of Primary Battles Hurting GOP," by Corne similar to the widely publicized $18,000 fund put to lius Dalton. Boston Sunday Advertiser-Herald·Amer1can, gether in 1952 by wealthy backers of then-Sen. Richard February 24, 1974. ''There is nothing wrong with the Re M. Nixon," writes Scripps-Howard reporters Thomasson publican Party in Massachusetts that a few good brawls and West. "Whatever the fund's form or name, the chief can't cure. That admittedly is putting the problem too reason for raising the money remains publication of the simply. But there isn't any doubt that the lack of con congressman's newsletter which can run as high as $5,000 tests in Republican primaries has been a significant factor a printing. But a survey by Scripps-Howard Newspapers in the steady decline in Republican enrollment in the revealed the funds also are used for a variety of other state. Some Republicans are upset because Carroll Shee expenses including food, liquor, newspaper subscriptiOns, han, former state commissioner of commerce and devel travel for congressmen and their staffs, telephones, char opment, plans to challenge Frank Sargent for the party's itable donations, club dues, radio and TV tape recordings, nomination for governor." Dalton argues that party pri postage, and even picture framing." The reporters cite maries will stir up interest in the GOP, a quallty which one Democratic source who estimated that 40-50 percent the party badly needs. "Voting in the Republican primary of the House now have such funds and 60 percent will is sometimes like voting in Russia - none of the candi have them in the next year or so. dates has an opponent." • ''Why Are They Quitting: Hoose Dropouts," by • "Wallace: Looking to '76 •••" by Clayton Fritchey. Paul R. Wieck. New RepubUc, March 23, 1974. House Washlngton Post, March 13, 1976. FrUchey contends that retirements this year may surpass the record of 46 set Gov. George C. Wallace is aiming for the 1976 Demo in 1952 and 1972. Already, 38 congresspersons have de cratic vice presidential nomination and that Sen. Henry cided to quit, including many ranking members. Wieck Jackson, if nominated, is willing to accommodate the argues that bitterness with the workload, the harassment, Alabama maverick with the number two sPot. Wallace, and the frustrations contribute to the decisions of rank in the eyes of Fritchey, is fuzzing his image toward the ing members to bow out. Notes Wieck: "When this year's Democratic center more than the Democratic center is primaries get under way, the involuntary retirement rate moving toward him, but still Wallace would be an anath may go higher as voters, annoyed by Watergate, shortages, ema to the bulk of the party. " ... no disinterested Dem and inflation, strike out - wisely or blindly. If that ocratic leader that I know of, nor any national political happens, Washington will see a lot of young fresh faces, writer, believes Wallace has a chance of winning the 1976 something (U.S. Rep. Howard Robison) thinks is all to nomination. There is a simple but definitive reason: His the good. And for the select group who are high up but nomination would kill the party as it has been constituted are leaving voluntarily there's a reward: 'Ever since I since the advent of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New decided to retire,' Robison says', 'people couldn't be nicer Deal more than 40 years ago." Fritchey point out that to me if I'd died.' " 20 Ripon FO'fllm