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Digitized from Box 23 of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Wash. Post - Tues., 7/1/75 effing Tt Ton·ether; AYOR 'ASHINGTON man in charge of the city's Childrm's Bicentennial Island would provide much Mbicentennial programs, Dr. A. Knighton Stanley, needed playgrounds and amusement areas a plll'fl of has apparently reorganized the cumbersome bureaucracy 'town that is woefully deficient in thin~ foe young created to plan and conduct the local observa~<!e. In t~e .people to do. It also would -serve as a pioneer for play process, he has dismissed the staff of the B~cente~ ~pment and facilities specially designed for physically Corporation virtually immobilized the B1centent1Ull Jlilidicapped children. The park is to be built on 46-acre / Commission' and Assembly, and gathered into. the hai_J.ds Ktngman Island' in the Anacostia River, within easy of city hall control over just _abo~t eve~hing ?avmg •alking of the ample, parking lots at Kennedf Stadium to do with the District's role m ~1ce~te~mal activities. !Most of the structures, such as amphitheaters and grand~ This consolidation promises nothmg m 1tself. It co~es stands, would be shaped from earth excavated and very late in the day. Still, it is no less we~come for bemg tl'umped by Metro when its tunnels were dug. Planning .. overdue. Equally welcome is a promise from Dr. Stanley motley was granted by th~ national Ameri Revolu- of a detailed status report on bicentennial pro~s tion Bicentennial Agency; %oney for wat and sewers which may give us all some better idea. of what lS ~n t1 upected from the Commerce Depart nt's Economic • the works, what is feasible and what IS not at th1s ~elopment Administration. The y has included late date. fl()O,OOO for this project in its b get. The mayor is Without prejudging Dr. Stanley's _report, It _seems to e~ected to raise the balance of t necessary $3 million us there are several things to be sa1d about his efforts from fkarmaceutical and other mterested corpol'ltioDS. to I'IOI"ganize and redefine the District"s role in next Citizens United to Remove light is an outgrowa of year's cel~ration., The first. is tha~ ~e primary respon­ ~ion Clean Sweep, la ched by the mayor in 1971 sibility for local: bicentennial activities has now been (whi~, in turn, was an Q tgrowth of Lady Bird John- placed where it belongs-with t~e local governmeM. IOn'i! beautification eff~). The idea is that the cit 'a In a very real sense, then, the bicentennial is go~g to provide a stern test of the capacity of Mayor Wash1D;gU., De artment of EnvirOnmental Ser ices ll and his administration to conduct the city's busmea nes and other orgahizations help neighborhoOd group und~ the new !home rule powers. '.J!li~ is a~ ~~e more in fforts to clean vacant lots, streets and alleys, plant so because the best of the bicenteimial actlVlties that flo ers, shrubs d vegetables and paint buildings and have been planned or proposed would be well wor:l:L fen es. The pro ram already has produced seven brl t pursuing for the good of the city without a bicentenn~ll spo s around own, including a new park in the 2100 to spur them on. It would be a serious co~men~ary _m.. bl k of Ne ort Place NW. In Philadelphia, which h deed if city hall could not provide effective duectiOJl rogram assisted by the Garden Club o for these projects under such favorable circumstaaC8)1. Am rica, e city has already completed 60 of its " Second it is obvious that a bicentennial should con­ poe et P. rks for '76." CURB does not require h sist of s~me fireworks and festivals. Equally obvious a unt of money, but it does need professional adv: the city must concern itself with the safety and welfare of Ylsitors. What has not been as obvious to some, how­ ever has been the need for projects that would have The Bicentennial a ~ive and enduring impact on the physical, economic and cultural welfare of the city. To be more precise,. a~y­ Is maater-list of bicentennial proje~ts must include activ­ ities that respond to the needs and the hopes of black Coming citizens in less advantaged sections of the commuldty. In the debate over the content and the emphasi,t of the total endeavor, everybody is going to have to . be accommodated to some degree and nobody, doubtleu, will be entirely satisfied. In this spirit, we would like to uumerate some of the bicentennial projects that appear to us to have s_pecial merit, not, only in them­ eoofdination and follow-up. For example, there is little selves but in the balance that, collectively, they would point in planting flowers that won't grow in this ar a· bring to the total effort to give next year's celebraticdl raking up trash that is not picked up by the .city's san teal meaning to all the people in the nation'.g capital. U® trueks befor the inds scatter it- again; or lett In s01ne cases, it should be noted, work on these projecU flowers wilt or be smothered for lack of atcnn is tljeady under way. weeding· The J su Wash. Post - Tues., 7 '1/75 House Republicans Give Ford In his conduct of the pres. an approval rating of 5 per ideney, Gerald !R. Ford is in cent. GOP REACTIONS TO FORQ PERFORMANCE troQQle with his own party Democrats in the House, sqpported on major pol­ as one might expect, disap. QUESTION: Do yo approve or disapprove of the way N. ~ prove of Mr. Ford's policies President Ford s handled _f<, ~~- 0 Icy tuues by only a baie ma­ on every, major issue by the followi roblems: (J~ ll a jority of Republicans. overwhelming majorities - $l In the House of Repre­ energy, inflation, income tax All Republican's 67'-~ 28 J .entatives this year, the Re­ rebates, recession and unem­ Southern Republicans 65 29 6 ployment, aid t South Viet­ publican minority has dem­ All Republicans • " 56 29 13 · nam -and d estic social INFlATION Southern Republicans" 41 47 6 onstrated a consistent unity, programs. T eir average is TAX REBATES All Republicans 47 52 l supporting President Ford 82 per cent ·sapproval. Southern .Republlcons 12 82 6 on most crucial tests of RECESSION& The Rep blican disaffe All Republlcqns 57 28 15 strength against the lop­ tion may significant UNEMPLOYMENT Southern Republic.;.ns sided :O,!Jlocratic majority. 41 47 12 the GOP r resentative are AIOTOS. VIETNAM* All Republicans 38 53 9 But in the privacy of an reflecting opular p tical Sauthem Republicans 47 47 6 opinion survey conducted by attitudes hich OOMESTI~ All Republicans 63 24 13 The WMhington Post, the among Rep blica SOCIAL PROGRAMS Southern Republicans 41 24 29 House -p~blicans reveal a home distri ts. hese are 'Quos-atl<od -locoiiOptoolfNou- different assessment of the same people, after all, Percents their party's President. On Mr. Ford led for nearly a 'l'he Wr.ehlnston Polt 1 broad policy questions, a dec.ade as Repuillican floor majority of Kepu"*QIRlt .u> leader port from members qf his Ford's case, the majority s prove of Mr. Ford's ap. In regular public-opiruon own party, even when the approval seems less striking proach on four. On the aver· polls, a political leader often opposition and independentl thaJt tbe minority disagree­ age of all six issues, he gets draws overwhelming sup. are against him. In Mr. ments. --------------~------~ On Mr Ford's ill-fated ef· approve his policies on all fort to continue aid to South but Vietnam. Eastern Re· Vietnam, Republicans in the publicans like his tax rebate House disapproved, 53 to 38 proposal {wnich so many per cent. A majority also other Republicans don't ~agreed, 52 to 47 per cent, like), but they are not terri· with his proposal for income bly enthusiastic about any­ tax rebates. thing else. The levels of support on Conservative Republicans the issues where a majority give the lowest marks to of House Republicans do their leader. Liberals and agree with Mr. Ford's moderates in the GOP sup­ qproach: port the President bf 60 to 70 per cent on all isstte~ but ~DI.. Vietnam. The consertati'fes =r• give him less than a major­ • rro~rams ~ ity on four areas: infl*ion i tax rebates, the recession r Ford scores worst and aid to 'Vietnam.