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President's woes
have precedents
There has never been a This was done, Congress explained, “in ship household effects,” the GAO report
time in the history of the republic when recognition of the current epidemic of notes. '
American diplomats overseas have been in worldwide terrorist activity and the courage
greater personal danger. In the last three and sacrifice of employees of United States Gerald Lamberty, president of the American
years, 21 members of the U S. Foreign Ser- agencies overseas, civilian as well as Foreign Service Association, pointed out that
“in spite of these supposed benefits, the
- Government housing. Foreign Service department still has to put pressure on
otherwise terrorized while serving their personnel stationed abroad “may be furnish- Foreign Service Officers to serve overseas
ed without cost” quarters in U.S.-owned or these days.” Before the rise of terrorism, he
rented buildings Furniture, equipment and said, most Foreign Service people preferred
foreign duty to a Washington posting.
WASHINGTON
Footnote: Informed of the GAO fact sheet,
vice have been killed in line of duty. Others military.”
have been shot at, bombed, kidnapped and
Apparently because he Is pursuing a more conser- government,
vative foreign policy course during his sixth year in of- But this is also a time of fiscal restraint,
fice, President Reagan is encountering increasingly when Congress is looking for any means to
Most or ati ^SS2^^lSSS'l!£!i At present, danger pay is
There is precedent for these developments. Most or all Accounting office t0 compj]e a comprehen- being given to Foreign Ser- !£at 8 stlc».ing 'ts n0?,e "? bc act vitles of
of Reagan’s predecessors have had to battle Congress Sjve jist of the “benefits and allowances” 7 6 6 . the executive branch, but the roles-were
over both foreign and domestic policy. However, he may that Foreign Service personnel are entitled VIce Personnel in Only five reversed the other day. An aide to Rep.
• be in more difficulty than some past presidents because to. Zorinsky. a member of the Foreign Rela- Countries: Afghanistan "St*!" afrilnCh
the complexity of foreign policy problems facing the jKESTEEfE <^ere the American am-
nation and the free world. over the years were a waste of money g baSSador Was kilJpd in But an FBI agent turned up later at the con-
It should also be remembered that President Reagan overtheyears were a waste of money. Udbbduor was Killed in gasman's office and tattled on the staff,
is serving his final term, which could provide his op- . lheQt?£ 1979), Colombia, El telling Solarz when and where the luncheon
ponents what they consider stronger reason for raising documents for months, andhave finally com- Salvador, Lebanon and l0"g “ TW
objections to administration policies. „ pieted an 86-page “fact sheet” for the Uganda.
The president narrowly managed to salvage the hotly- senator. Our associate Lucette Lagnado got CONFIDENTIAL FILE: Can the Olympics
contested arms sale to Saudi Arabia, and he is being an advance look at the report. heal the four-decade split between North and
rebuffed in efforts to Win approval of his $100 million aid Although the auditors scrupulously avoid- maintenance are provided. When govern- South Korea? We’ve had reports of highly
reauest for Nicaraguan rebels a Droiect he tagged as ed judgments, one way or the other, on the ment quarters aren’t available, the secretive exchanges of VIP visitors between
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urgent five months ago. presented a “legislative history” of most of
Also, his defense and foreign aid budgets have been them that explained when and why Con-
considerably reduced by Congress, and his program for gresses dating back to 1901 had seen fit to
furnishing covert aid to besieged Angolan Rebels is in provide the various perquisites. Here is a
trouble. So is his bid to impose strict sanctions on South sa,mpuling of ^ t!’an l00 aliowances'
Africa for its continuing aparthied policies. wh,ch the GA0 broke down ,nt0 65
Observers agree that most of the president’s congres-
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Seoul and Pyongyang recently, suggesting
that the two Koreas want friendlier relations
before the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A
member of the North Korean politburo, Ho
Dam, has been spotted in Seoul, while the
head of South Korea’s intelligence agency,
Chang Se Dong, has been to Pyongyang.
According to the GAO’s legislative history,
this practice began in 1901, in a deliberate at-
tempt to make Foreign Service careers
possible to “men of merit who were not
wealthy.” It recounted congressional
visitors who were dismayed to find
. . . ... Danger pay. This is granted to HAVE YOU NOTICED how quickly the price
sional trouble could dissipate quickly if Republicans “employees serving at a post where civil in- ■ Z u r f H t f a h . of gasoline has been going up at the pump
carry the November elections. If he should lose control surrection, civil war or warlike conditions !i0nUr^ntafjv™..iated t0 fllW hlS country s lately? It’s truly marvelous the way the oil
Of the Senate, or if congressmen supporting his hard-line exist” and may not exceed 25 percent of the p companies can respond so fast to an increase
rWi<5inn<! arp reiepteH hv voters his foreian nolirv employee’s base pay. At present, danger pay - Layette shipment. When a Foreign Ser- in price of crude. Nothing like the slow drop
1 , , ejecieu y vuieia, ms iuic g pu cy jS being given to Foreign Service personnel vice employee has a baby overseas, “ship- in pump prices when crude was plunging a
would be damaged. in only five countries: Afghanistan (where ment of a newborn’s clothing, equipment and few months agg^They had to get rid of their
There is also the matter Of the president’s abandon- the American ambassador was killed in furniture may be authorized in an amount inventories of high-priced petroleum, the oil.
ment of the SalUII arms control agreement with the 1979), Colombia, El Saivado, Lebanon and not to exceed 250 pounds ... if American or barons explained then. What about the inven-
Soviet Union. Large numbers of congressmen are trying Uganda. other suitable layettes are unavailable at the tories 0f low-priced stuff now? We wonder.
to force him to change his mind by denying him funds hrTJl fssig|»fd ” Lacking specific congres-
* iu * ,, . .UJ 1#vwr ,, . broadened the scope of danger pay by stating sional authorization for this allowance, the
for weapons that would violate the 1979 pact that was that “the presence of non-essential personnel State Department “believes such shipments
never ratified by the Senate. or dependents shall not preclude payment.” may be made under its general authority to
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^WASHINGTON — “Give me six lines written by sorship will eventually have poiiticial censorship.”
A landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision
the most honorable of men,” Cardinal Richelieu
proclaimed in the 17th century, “and I will find an provides a tightly drawn definition of obscenity. It
excuse to hang him
Now, more than 300 years later, a U.S. govern- “patently offensive” description or depiction of
ment commission appears intent upon reaffirming specified sexual conduct, an interntional appeal to
the French prelate’s sage observation that aHy “prurient interest” and a general lack of “serious
human expression can be deemed antithetical to literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”
the public good if its hostile critics embrace a^rhe commission, considering itself the guardian
suitably negative attitude. j of the public’s morals, has clumsily attempted to
That dubious task is being undertaken by tVe Aty expand and extend that definition — to the point
torney General’s Commission on PornographyXan where it has verged upon designating appropriate
11-member panel dominated by men and women sexual behavior for the nation’s citizenry,
who apparently believe that censorship is the The commission’s apparent disregard for
remedy for everything from salacious thoughts to established legal standards is illustrated by its call
sexual violencp. ; for a ban on sexually explicit telephone call-in ser-
The commission, formed a year ago by Attorney vices. When the Federal Communications Coin-
General Edwin Meese, will issue its final report mission attempted to take similar action last
early next month — but enough already is known autumn, it was stopped by a federal court because
about its work to conclude that it has ill-served the of the constitutional issues involved.
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Among the panel’s' many misadventures has led to the purchase of “Young Girls in Bondage”
been the premature, unauthorized disclosure of and similar publications, field trips by the commis-
substantial portions of its final report. The conclu- sioners to peep-shows,, and file cabinets bulging
sions have provoked harsh criticism from dissen- with accounts of truly grotesque and bizarre sex-
ting commissioners, social scientists, civil liber- ual practices,
tarians and others.
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From The Baytown Sun files, ment at San Angelo. reports, Joe, J^idt president of
this is the way it was; Rudy Vallee, famous singer, is the board of trustees.
50 YEARS AGO coming to Sylvan Beach for a 20 YEARS AGO
Parents of boys with air rifles five-day engagement starting Baytown City Council awards
are asked by the school board to July 8. Brown & Root a $170,538 contract
help curb vandalism. John Hill 40 YEARS AGO ’Tor extending Garth Road from
McKinney, school board presi- Ed Churchill drops out of the Park to Decker Drive,
dent, says windows valued at Precinct 2 Commissioner race, Reginald Brewer becomes
several hundred dollars have leaving the field of candidates to assistant vice president0 of
been broken since school let out incumbent Hugh May. Morris Citizens National Bank & Trust
for the summer.
S.P. Larkins is installing offi- M.J. Fletcher,
cer for the joint installation of Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mary Beth Young leave on a bu|
Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge 321 Busch Jr. are living in Houston tour of eastern states and Can-
and Goose Creek Lodge 1192. until September when he will ada.
J.C. Battle is worshipful paster enroll at Texas A&M.
at Cedar Bayou and E.Q. Camp
at Goose Creek.
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What the commission has not acquired, however,
is any appreciation for rights protected by the Con-
stitutions. Thus, it apparently intimidated 7-
Eleven stores and several regional drug store
chains into halting the sale of Playboy and Pen-
thouse magazines.
The findings were preordained because a ma-
jority of the commission’s members long have
been shrill critics of real and imagined por-
nography.
The panel’s chairman, for exaple, is Henry E.
Hudson, a prosecutor in suburban Virginia who has
Teachers Peeev Tilton and devotecl much of his career to cracking down on Invoking the authority of the nation’s highest
“massage parlors,” theaters specializing in X- ranking law enforcement officer, the commission
rated films and “adult” book stores. coerced those stores with letters saying it had
There is good cause to hold such establishments ‘‘received testimony that your company is involv-
IW “Seflate ” I in low esteem, but their products, services and ac- ed in the sale and distribution of pornography.”
S.L. Knowles, president of the retires from Ento'sSS are’ ta ,protect*<i *> “* a11 "S.depressing, but there is one piece of
•Quack Shack teen center, warns Chemical Plant. »enttotheConstiOi lion got* news: me commission will go out of business
Revised totals on the High- that no one without a member- „erv,n Rmmubamu * assign. by‘cK
iands transfer election for ship card will he admitted to the ed as project manager of L
annexing Highlands into the dances. fuels control center at Humble’s
school district are 313 for and 150 30 YEARS AGO Baytown Refinery,
against. Tom Murray is back at his
r A:R. Booth is elected junior sports desk at The Baytown Sun ■
j vice commander of the Texas after a trip to California.
Department of Veterans of For-
eign Wars at the state encamp- Hospital will add 18 new beds,
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Orton and others on your staff
for the excellent publicity they
provided for the reunion ac-
tivities of the Robert E. Lee High
School classes of 1941 and 1942.
Hie reunion activities were a
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 201, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1986, newspaper, June 24, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154486/m1/4/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.