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2 THE CUERO RECORD Sat.. February 21, 1987
‘It's OK, kid. Everybody does it
Homer Berner
couldn't Imd am scats tin
crow.-22nd and bean Hat——td hrs mothrt dibcovewd
crow, 23rd
people out
Our 50-year haggle for an embassy
Jack Anderson
U.S. ambassador to the
Soviet Union, William C.
Bullitt, a new embassy site
—‘‘Reaching agreement
on conditions of construe-1
“Even now the axe is
laid to the root of iha
trees: every tree therefore
that does not hear good
fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire.**
-Matthew 3:10 ,
tnev tol
n.irr. -Hr
XX I..it
iangii.ige
mother took him to his
first thcalei production
OK, kid." he said „
“L verybody does it
Johnny wa. caught and '
62,000-member “Committee to Cap the
National Debt” to consumer advocate
Ralph Nader. State legislators wishing to
co-ordinate introduction and ratifica-
tion of the “.Congressional Pay Amend-
ment’* in their states may contact the
Committee by writing: 3385 Arden Way,
Sacramento, CA 95825. ......" ' '
Our Constitution is a living document
that has preserved our liberties for near-
ly two centuries. What better way to
celebrate its 200th birthday than by
finishing the job our Founding Fathers
started? The American War. for In-
dependence isn't over. Not just yet.
I oward a New Emoassy in
Moscow: An Historical
Perspective of Soviet-
been stolen and collected
$2'’ "It’> OK. kid," she
.ignitleant I fie second, however, is verv
ielevatu 1 he text reads:
"No hiw, varying (he compensation
■ m< ic p.ipul ti than (he people who
iv them Still, one must consider
'iv'ie.m 'aiuujnalic" pay raise
rin v.uh .i yer lain amount of awe and
house ot cards during a
windstorm,” the report
noted. “The haggling over
conditions grew so
acrimonious that both
sides ... considered giving
up the negotiations.”
Height was a major stick-
ing point.
I h • j!cs:dime almost
llnmys to a longjorgotten < onstitu
".’nal \niendincfrt passed by the Con-
.. ■■ ba k m U’KU (biit. never ratified by
:lit states), the automatic pay raise scam
■imv soon come to an end
'Alien the original Bill ol Rights were
i-h a hitr odmed and passed by the Cop-
n> ss. tfiete were not ten, but rather
-•'vc amendments All but the first two
rati'icd bv the states and became
lust '-‘u amendments to out Con-
in 3
pre-
building
from the
almost ready to move in-
to. In stark contrast,* the
new American embassy in
Moscow is a hollow shell,
at least six years behind
schedule with cost over-
runs topping $100 million.
Here are highlights
from the report on the
U.S.
tempt to build its dream
house in Moscow:
—The quixotic quest
began in 1934, when Josef
Stalin promised the first
ve seen
out of
Jimguiti through the yeats, but the
•fl’ uiuressional pay hike fiasco is
I he ' r t amendment passed had to do
th le.ippottionnient and no longer is
Il'S OK.
I Vf.RYBODV
When Johnny was 6
Rcpiesentafive.s, shall take effect, until
in election ot Representatives shall have
• met vened "
Had that amendment been ratified,
automatic" pav raises would be un-
constitutional. Congressmen would have
to vote for their raise and then face the
voters back home before they could ac-
cept it.
XX hat makes This .more than an in-
»eresting historical sidebar to the current
government’s at-
approae heel by an up
pvKldssman who ottered
test answers tot ST 'll s
yeas old, tie was with his
lather when thev were
caught speeding His
father handed the officer a
$5 bill with tus.driver's
license. “It's OK. son,"
his lather said as he drove
oil. “I vetvbodv does it."
XX hen he was X, lie w.is
permitted to sit in a family
seminar, presided over bv
his uncle, on how to shave
■potntsfoH an income tax
return “It's OK. -kid."
his __ uncle said
“Everybody does it
Kremlin ano with a view
of Red Square. But the
embassy’s prime location
American Negotiations.” in J he I Cflin H.il.ls.. “Epr irritated Stalin, wfjo "Ire
quently complained that
he woke up mornings see-
ing the British Union Jack
and the American Stars
and Stripes outside his
windows.” He insisted
that the Americans move,
and in 1953 they did, into
a new, Soviet-built office
building well removed
from the Kremlin. The (ion was like building a
British Embassy stayed
put in its elegant digs
across the Moscow River
from the Kremlin.
-"We quickly
outgrew" the new em-
bassy, the report notes,
and the Soviets were also
cramped in the old czarist
Guest Editorial
the next five years, we
negotiated with the
Soviets on quality
assurances on construc-
tion materials, permission
to use foreign (including
American) laborers
duty-free import of con-
struction materials ... and
Soviet demands that we
use a Soviet company to
construct the new
building,” the report
states. The fruitless haggl-
ing was called off in 1939.
—The Americans
wound up
dilapidated,
revolutionary
directly across
same time grab the oppox
ing end by the sluti so the
official didn't set’ if "It’.
OK, kid." the coa-h said
“Everybody docy it
XX hen he was 16. )"•
look fn> first Xunmict job
at the neighborhood
supermarket„ Hivi.i'K1'
ment was to put mm-ipr
tomatoes in the bottom ot
the boxes and the g -oil
-sori nop-*where"^tev:
Th show “it's ok.
kid," the store manager
chool. His-aunt said “1 verybody docs
1*41 1 (. AW, chairman debate is the absence of an expiration
.rrnii<<‘ io (Hi' the \ationul Deht clause. In modern history, amendments
to the C (Mistifution usually contain a
time perrod. c.g. seven' years, during
which the passed amendment must be
ratified by three fourths of the states.
The absence of such a time limit means
that this first proposed amendment to
our federal Constitution may still be
ratified.
In fact, it is currently pending before a
number of states. The recent “Pay-
scarm” is certain to fuel the growing
•H-tb-j ‘h-ts. argtrahly .the worst way / movement, perhaps, rritime th ratify The
amendment in time for the 2(M)th An-
niversary of the Constitution.
During the first three years after its in-
itial passage in 1789, the Congressional
Pay Amendment was ratified by six
states — Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and
Vermont. --
XVhcn Congress gave itself a raise in
1816, the amendment was revived. It
died down, but not before droves of
congressmen (including Daniel XVebstcr)
were tossed out of office by angry
voters. Another congressional pay raise
prompted Ohio to ratify the amendment
in 1873.
More than a hundred years passed
before the next state climbed aboard —
Wyoming, in 1978. Maine ratified in
1983, followed by Colorado in 1984.
The pace quickened dramatically in
1985, as Arizona, South Dakota, New
Hampshire, Oklahoma and Tennessee
added their names to the list.
Last year, the toal.reached eighteen —
of the needed thirty eight — as Indiana,
New Mexico and Utah ratified. It is pen-
ding before California, Rhode Island,
Alaska, Mississippi, Georgia, Illinois.
Wisconsin, Washington, Minnesota,
North Dakota, New Jersey, Montana,
Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska.
The ratification campaign has been
picked up by numerous grass joots
groups around the country, with na-
AweRiCk cypeini'ife, \
awwjshw
WK,DenCAT10N... .
[ ongressional raise
v) stem worst ever devised
an extra $s in her pursy.
“It’s OK. son." she said
SON .... “Everybody does it.
DOI S 11 When he wTs 12. he Hrs coach showed him guaid. Johnny got the those
broke Ins glasses on the how io block and al the scholarship. “It’s OK," theiv
Many happy returns ot
the day to Virgie
Carpenter; Hazel Weaver
and Roy I im Zengerle,
21 st; Michael < Weber
IV, I auric Wendel, Brian
Polzin and Michael
Mayer, 22nd, Judy
Polasck. Patsy Duke and
Jeffrey Dicringet, 2lrjl;
1 aura I ynn Atzenhoffer,
Kevin Koenig and James
------ M'avwyr- 24th ';(hd to Witch fie" was 9.
__ Kassel Lambert, 21 st
A special bnthdav wish
to two very important
people (VIP) (jail Har
R XML X IO, < A. We
o.i :.| hokum and- smoke
li’vi-rlift'd 1 (hF"insii’rancc~nT.’" <■ . ",
When he was IK.
lohnny and a neighboi
applied, toi a college
scolarship. Johnnv a,(. a
.docs u • • -vx/‘( " student ami Jus dian e and a slit" charier ■
XX hen lie was 15, lie neighbor was m the upper arc the same thing.
made right guard on the < percent ol his class but
high .chool lootball team lie couldn’t plav tight ( me a big hug »<» all
'.iiml of man
f<.HI No. nof strong' enough.
It pcm'iass’’ XXcll beyond that.. No.
- ii in- h iv - lirf - is a new , real ion I he
I'tirnaie i olli’ciive nose thumb of the
-I .aile < ongiess establishes a system
-mici winch its pay automatically
lunt’s. unless thev vote to overturn it
hi” ,i yit;,on period I hen, alter the
e u • I'qallv m rtfcit. rhvv cast a
- .imtu-h.' .ot:-,uam.1 it. to please the
. .. >taiv ( hih hask home
I he sheet 'l .autv ol the thing was •
hsfiubed bv onlv one small glitch. I he
floi.se had to un< creinoniotislv adjourn
.md -M-iinpcdc tor the doors short ley
1 - tote ttie waiting period expired, lest
• ime poot freshman congressman ac-
\ « nice' >i|\ Hing the issue to the floor for
embassy five blocks from
the White House.
Negotiations begun in
1963 ended six years later
with an “cxchange-of-
sites” agreement. The
Soviets got their hilltop
location, somewhat to the
distress of U.S. security
experts. Ihe Americans
got a spot behind the ex-
isting embassy “not. as
legend has it, in a
swamp," the report points
out. 1
to vour mother ami me?"
his l.nlit’ ask’d "lor
never rvarnvd anything
like this at home " Hr.
aunt anil um le also were
.ssiiorktd ■ z? -JC'"
It thrie's a11\thing the
it's a kid who .heats ((n
K"*TT JFfCTI W h< '-'’'J'tTs'
caiiglrt.’)
embarrassing details of
how U.S. negotiators were
duped by the Iranians
keep trickling out, we’ve
come across a State
Department study on a
different subject but with
the same theme: how U.S. As Congress is aware,
negotiators get Him- to its intense annoyance,
flammed by their cynical, the new Soviet Embassy
smooth-talking op- on a hill overlooking
ponents. downtown Washington is
The report, prepared
for internal reference and
* for the edification of
select members of Con-
gress* details more than a
half a century of ex-
asperating dealings with a
succession of Soviet
leaders over (he construc-
* tion of new superpower
embassies in Washington
and Moscow. The report,
obtained by our associate
Lucette Lagnado, is sar-
donically titled, “Inching
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Berner, Homer H. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 21, 1987, newspaper, February 21, 1987; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1195463/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.