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.- Understandably perturbed by the House Foreign A'f~w»<
*^8frs call for a “mutual and verifiable^
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"‘■if^eze’* of U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons, President
‘ Reagan warned that communism remains “the focus of
*. evil in the modern world.”
^ ' The'committee’s action came as thousands of arms con-
:,"tM supporters marched outside the nation’s capitol. The
peared willing to leave the conduct of foreign policy up to
the president; at least as long as his moves did not pose a
- •4hmt^involving the nation in military action. ”
Supporters of the resolution predicted it will win fun
House approval but face determined opposition in the
ed opposition in the
Senate. The resolution does not yet have the force of a
congressional ultimatum, hut it does urge U.S. and Soviet
arms reduction negotiators at Geneva to work on bringing
s about a freeze.
! ^'President Reagan used Cold War language in criti-
1 cizing the House panel’s resolution, warning against
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“simple-minded appeasement” in the nuclear arms race.
In a hard-line speech to evangelical leaders gathered in
! Orlando, Fla., Reagan declared it would be wrong to
\ “ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses
j of an evil empire to simply call the arms race a giant
| misunderstanding.”
Interim Security
Clearances OK'd
sies that of people never
Wear about because these devel-
opments don't make newspaper
headlines or get mentioned on
television.
Nevertheless, many of these
seemingly inconsequential hap-
Si i5ffllngs that only
communities which they hap-
pen are more * interesting than
some of the topics that get top
news billing.
For example, Bessemer, Ala.,
citizens are frustrated by the
most recent of Justice Depart-
ment decisions affecting their
voting rights.
After seven years, 2,219 citizens
in seven Bessemer neighborhoods
will continue to be barred from
voting in city elections. It all be-
gan in the late 1960s when the city
of Bessemer annexed 45 neighbor-
hoods without getting Justice De-
partment approval under the 1965
Voting Rights Act.
When the neighborhoods reap-
“Simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking
{ about our adversaries is folly,” the president empha-
; sized. He said the issue is not simply the arms race but “a
l struggle between right and wrong, good and evil... the
J truth is that a freeze now would, be a very dangerous
{ fraud, for that is merely the illusion peace. The reality iS
J that we must find peace through,^r$t$jii.’’
f President ’ Reagan urged Americans to speak out
WASHINGTON - The swelling
Pentagon budget has led to a dou-
ble edged problem: the need for
greatly increased security
clearances for employees of
defense contractors.
These security investigations
are time consuming and expen-
sive; that’s one part of the pro-
bfei
1 against those who would place the U.S. in a position of
• military and moral inferiority. “I would agree to a freeze
\ only,” he said, “if we could freeze the Soviets’ global de-
\ sires.”
1 A freeze at current levels,
bTem.
The other is more serious, ac-
cording to the General Accoun-
ting Office. To keep delays from
stalling essential programs, the
Pentagon has been issuing
thousands of interim security
clearances that allow people to
work on classified projects
without full clearance. Last year
alone, there were 11,000 interim
clearances given. GAO security
experts say this is a “risky” prac-
employees fought their way in
through the blizzard, only to be
told — those of them who made it
to the office — that they were be-
ing sent back home because of the
snow. Gridlock developed as
cars skidded into each other, ran
out of gas or into snowbanks and
were abandoned. Public transpor-
tation came to a virtual halt.
The cost of towing away aban-
doned cars in the district alone
came to some $22,000. The cost of
retrieving buses was even more.
The total cost of the fiasco is in-
calculable. But at least no one can
say the administration was cod-
dling federal workers.
», Reagan believes, would be
< virtually impossible to verify. He also is convinced it
■rwould delay modernization of allied nuclear forces and
gjgmove any incentive for the Soviets to negoti$|e arm§, tjce^ . ^ ^ t with
?Whit?Se^rces sai^the"president'came out
^winging in a strong bid to seel his defense policies at
Shorne and abroad. Tl\ey acknowledged his rhetoric at-
tacking the Soviets was sharper than any he has used
j^tlyWSpffi-essed hrfelt compelled toget the at-'
PSfffbn lie heeds to drive home his points about national
>flefeiise and the Soviet threat. _
4J^Pouse:.committee resolution undoubtedly.ap,-.. Qifice.repoVt'‘r"ecom-
-glauded in Moscow, as well as by the White House arms mended canceling SPS-49, and
control demonstrators, but w.e doubt it Will have any ef- Congress agreed. Funds were
feet on the ultimate outcome of the Geneva negotiations,
except to make them more difficult for U.S. diplomats to
manage.
million backup radar system fipr
its air-defense escort ships. The
radar is called SPS-49. Govern-
ment auditors say it not.only.
doeSK’t have any added capability
over present radar systems, but
is actually inferior in some
respects. A secret General Ac-
Federal Law Being Defied
The new law that cuts off federal education assistance
to students who refuse to register for the draft is being
undermined by some of the nation’s prestigious colleges
and universities.
Dartmouth College and Yale University are among the
institutions that will grant financial assistance beginning
July l to students who lose federal aid for refusing to
register.
’? Even hs he made known the intent to assist draft
registration evaders, Dartmouth College President
David McLaughlin declared his school “would never en-
courage any undergraduate to break the law.”
But encouraging law breakers is exactly what Dart-
mouth, Yale and other misguided colleges are doing in en-
suring that those who refuse to register will not suffer the1
consequences of their actions.
Such defiance of federal law by respected institutions of
higher learning is indefensible.
Neither a student, nor a citizen, nor ap institution may
pick and ^choose which laws to obey and which to
disregard. Those who disobey a law must be prepared for
the legal consequences.
Indeed, colleges that shield students from the prescrib-
ed penalty of refusing draft registration are abetting their
felonies. WotlTft thiese institutions reward a student who
commit&F&fibery( op murder!Refusing to register for the
draft certainly is not in the same heinous category, but
the principle is the same.
eliminated from the 1982 Defense
Appropriations Act. Unfortunate-
ly, Congress didn’t spell out its
elimination order explicitly in the
legislation itself, only in its report
accompanying the act. So the ad-
mirals argue that they weren’t
actually forbidden to go ahead
with SPS-49. They’re switching
funds for it from other programs.
WINTER IN WONDERLAND:
It’s no secret that Washington
was a disaster area on Feb. 11,
the day of the city’s third-biggest
snowfall in living memory, and
that the disaster was caused
largely by the decision to call the
capital’s thousands of federal em-
ployees in to work that day.
What is still a mystery, though,
is what led Donald Devine, direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel
Management, and Craig Fuller,
an assistant to the president, to
make the decisions against the
earnest advice of the Weather
Service and District of Columbia
transportation officials.
One guess is that the White
House Was still smarting over
criticism of the decision a week
earlier to give the city’s federal
workers two hours off for a Wash-
ington Redskins parade.
At apy rate, the poor federal
FUNNY FRITZ: Sen. Ernest
(Fritz) Hollings. D-S.C., may
bring a needed leavening of
humor to the Democratic
presidential campaign. Some not-
so-earnest Hollings quips:
— President Reagan’s favorite
economy theory: “Surprise-side
economics.”
— The Kemp-Roth tax cut:
“Economic laetrile.”
— On Defense Secretary Cas-
par Weinberger’s globetrotting to
arrange U.S. arms sales: “He’s
like TV’s Paladin: Have gun, will
travel.”
— How many White House
aides does it take to change a
llghtbulb? “None,” says Hollings.
“They like to stay in the dark.”
Today In History
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Leon Brown
Fred Hornberger
FredHartmon ...
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Saturday, March 19,
the 78th day of 1983. There are 287
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On March 19, 1920, the U.S.
I the Treaty elver-
s' second time.
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In 1917, Alaska’s territorial
legislature granted suffrage to
women.
In 1962, a cease-fire in Algeria
ended seven years of we
ween the French and nat
In the North African colony.
And, In 1974, Conservaf
Republican Sen. James
of New York called on Presi
Nixon to resign In the wake of the
Watergate scandal. i
my took control of practically all
of Lebanon south of the Litani
River.
One year ago: A federal jury in
Denver found Procter & Gamble
negligent in putting Rely tampons
- blamed by some for toxic shock
syndrome—on the market.
Today’s birthdays: Lynda Bird
Robb, the daughter of former
President Lyndon Johnson, is 39.
Author Philip Roth is 50.
Bible Verse
Five years ago: The Israeli ar- j.
“For It Is written, Aa I live,
saith the Lord, every knee shall
vow to me, and every tongue shall
confess to God. So, then, every
one of us shall give account of
himself to God.”
Romans 14:11,12
plied for annexation in 1975, seven
were turned down by the Justice
Department. Despite the fact the
neighborhoods are now 47 percent
black, Justice Department offi-
cials have decided their annexa-
tion is still illegal. These people
will continue to pay taxes and re-
ceive city services without having
therijpittovote.
Bessemer Mayor Ed Porter
was quoted as saying: "If history
has.taught me correctly, this is
what the Boston Tea Party was
all about, right?”
Bessemer is not the only com-
Civii
an agreement that calls
for banning distribution otBmm
in publics________
1 The agreement ended a long'
and bitter debate over the consti-
tutional separation of church And
state. It prohibits Gideons Inter
national, which has been handing
out free Bibles to school children
since the 1940s, from doing so in
the future.
Rulings like the one stemming
_ from the Warrensburg case would
their’*' uot be so disgusting to Americans
if members of the American Civil
Liberties Union, or any other per-
son, were compelled to read the
Bible or participate in any other
American religious practice or
custom.
It Is disgusting when foreign-.
ers, who are ih our country by
permission, challenge our way of
life. It is even more disgusting
when our government agrees with
them.
This gives me an opportunity to
say again how important I believe
it is that we elect everyone who
serves in public office, especially
members of the judiciary, from
the precinct level to the Supreme
Court.
If we are going to be forced to
live by their edicts, then we
should demand to see their names
on the ballot.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: I am in-
debted to the Republican Study
Club for some of the foregoing
material. Editorial comments
are mine.)
From Sun Files
CRYSTAL BALLGAME: In the
risky business of forecasting
federal deficits, some White
House experts read the economic
entrails better than others. So far,
President Reagan’s oracles have
the worst record in recent history.
A report by the Joint Economic
Committee listed projected vs.
-actual budget deficits for the past
20 years. The forecasts came
closest to reality during President
Johnson’s big-spending ad-
ministration; his seers were
ttsaally by only slew
billion dollars.
The 20-year average miss was
$23 billion a year - an average
that the Reagan team has boosted
considerably. Their best predic-
tion was $65 billion off; their
worst, $116 billion.
Evidently chastened by this
record, White House budget-
deficit forecasters were extreme-
ly pessimistic this year. They
may not be any closer to the truth,
but at least people will feel better
is the deficit isn’t as bad as the
prediction.
1943: Carl Mann Named
Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 and 30 and
20 years ago;
MARCH 19,1943
Carl R. Mann, Baytown resi-
dent for 15 years, is elected ex-
alted ruler of the Tri-Cities Elks
Lodge. He succeeds Henry ft
Sadik Sr.
Henry James Davis Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Davis, reports
to the U.S. Naval Training Station
atFarragut, Idaho.
.. ■ fcraer,mayor,
of Pelly, will be a candidate for
re-election.
Scott McGuffin, son of Mr., and
Mrs. R.N. McGuffin of Crosby, is
enrolled in the gunner training
school in the U.S. Naval Training
Station, Great Lakes, 111.
MARCH 19,1953
J.W. Pyle says he will not seek
re-election to the school board.
Walter Rundell, dean of Lee
College, will succeed Lloyd T.
Jones as president of the Baytown
Rotary Club. Ted Lyman will be
vice president. Officers will be in-
stalled in July.
MARCH 19,1963
Sam Alford, newly-appointed
member of the Texas Local Draft
Board No. 63, is pictured on the
front page with other draft board
members Frank Broyle Sr., Dr.
L.D. Victory and R.D. Martin.
Eari Lively, candidate for city
councilman, says he would favor
a bond issue for capital improve-
ments only if no hike were neces-*
sary to finance the improve-
ments.
Three-fourths of the books at
the new Sterling Municipal Libra-
ry are checked out, reports Hank
librarian,.
Ken Hineman is installed as
president of the Jaycees. Gary
Garner is Vice president; Tom
Campbell, secretary; Randy Wal-
lace, treasurer.
Humble Oil & Refining Co. will
open its new 44-story building in
downtown Houston with a series
of open houses starting this week-
end.
Jan Musick, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B.A. Mustek, wins the
“most spirited” award from her
pledge class in Alpha Tau Chap-
ter of Delta Zeta sorority at the.
University of Texas.
H.H. Rosser, candidate for
school trustee, says he is opposed
to federal aid for schools.
Readers' Views
Special Olympics
To The Sun:
The Baytown Parks and
Recreation Department would
like to take this opportunity to
thank all of the Baytown area
citizens and organizations who
agauh, came through by
volunteering their time to make
the second annual Baytown
Special Olympics Track and Field
Meet a success. By watching the
expressions on the faces of the
athletes as well as the volunteers,
this was obviously an act of love,
not labor.
With over 300 athletes, ranging
from ages 8 to 63 participating in
the meet, every volunteer was
greatly needed and appreciated.
Without such caring and sharing
people, the Baytown Special
Olympics could not be possible.
Mary Kay Carter
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment.
Church Women United
To The Sun:
On behalf of Church Women
United in Baytown, I wish to ex-
press appreciation to The
Baytown Sun for the excellent
newspaper coverage given our
organization’s activities and
especially for the coverage of our
Child Care Center’s 25th anniver-
sary. This was indeed a milestone
in the history of CWU, and we are
grateftu for the publicity given
this special event.
Ida Griffith,
President
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