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OPINIONS
Gainesville Daily Register
Thurs., May 26,1988—3A
William Buckley
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Five years ago: President Re-
agan condemned the killing the day
USS Nimitz off Florida.
Friedrich Hebbel, German author
Ten years ago: The first legal cas- and dramatist (1813-1863).
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peachment trial of President An-
drew Johnson ended with his
Schaufelberger in El Salvador, but
said the death would not change
U.S. policy toward that country.
One year ago: Former PTL
leader Jim Bakker told ABC’s
“Nightline” he had made a “ter-
rible mistake” in turning control of
the ministry over to the Rev. Jerry
Falwell, and accused Falwell of
misleading him.
Today’s birthdays: Actor Robert
Morley is 80. Actor Peter Cushing is
75. Singer Peggy Lee is 68. Actor
James Arness is 65. Sportscaster
“Not only am I going to leave the act, I'm
going to write a book about it. 1‘
Gainesville Daily Register
Donald W. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board
Nowhere is the cynical
adage: “Do as I say, not as I
do” more applicable than on
Capitol Hill. Consider the fol-
lowing examples:
• Congress, which has
mandated tough equal-em-
ployment and affirmative-ac-
tion statutes for the private
and public sectors, is not gov-
erned by these laws.
• The lawmakers created
the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration to
bird-dog private employers
for hazardous working condi-
tions. But Congress is exempt
from OSHA regulations.
• Congress is considering
an increase in the federal
minimum-wage level that
could cost private employers
millions of dollars. Yet, there
are no such wage floors for
the more than 15,000 persons
who work on Capitol Hill. In
fact, workers in the House
folding room are frequently
required to work 70-hour
weeks at low pay under
sweatshop conditions.
• Michael Deaver and Lyn
Nofziger face jail terms be-
cause their lobbying activi-
ties violated the Ethics in
Government Law. But con-
gressmen and their staffers
who become lobbyists and do
the same things are safe be-
cause the law does not apply
to them.
• The executive branch —
but not Congress — is re-
quired under the Freedom of
Information Act to disclose
information. Nor is Congress
charges against him, falling one
vote short of a required two-thirds
majority.
On this date:
In 1865, arrangements were made
in New Orleans for the surrender of
Confederate forces west of the Mis-
sissippi.
In 1969, the Apollo 10 astronauts
returned safely to Earth after a
successful eight-day dress re-
hearsal for the first manned moon
landing.
By The Associated Press ino opened in Atlantic City, N.J.
Today is Thursday, May 26, the Five-thousand people flooded Re-
147th day of 1988. There are 219 days sorts International Hotel Casino’s
left in the year. gambling floor after Gov. Brendan
Today’s highlight in history: T. Byrne snipped a bright orange
On May 26, 1868, the Senate im- . ribbon.
acquittal as 35 senators voted guilty before of U.S. naval officer Albert
and 19 not guilty on each of the
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Consumers, manufacturers can live with Sharp ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision in Court ruling that a manufacturer of elects to specify that his product ercial practices have the effect of Sharp will decline in the general sponsored a bill that would codify
the Sharp case has got everybody a product could not dictate the price cannot be sold for less than a given driving the producer out of busi- market and people will shy away the 1911 ruling, but which would
arguing about the prudent reach of at which that product could be sold, price, his rights as a manufacturer ness. from its products. make it enormously difficult for a
antitrust law. The philosophical This “vertical restraint” is for- extend down the line to the cost Critics take the position that the producer to deny to a retailer future
premises of the principal con- bidden on the grounds that it charged by the retailer to the con- The reasoning of Sharp before the consumer is wise enough to know right to handle the producer’s
tending parties (Is it OK for a amounts to price control and is an sumer. Now the law (or, rather, the court was to the effect that what it is that he is giving up when goods. The Reagan administration
manufacturer to specify certain invitation to act in restraint of court) argues that this is an in- authorized dealers lived up to he finds a product $100 cheaper at threatens to veto the bill on the
conditions of sale. Yes, says the trade. — . vitation to the cartelization of commitments to purchasers which one store than at another. He is giv- grounds that it imposes hardship on
ourt i no, say th ecritics) are m- Now that proposition is based on commerce and forbids the exercise are of importance to the survival of ing up that tender loving care that manufacturers that could drive
sufficiently explored. the notion of the supremacy of the of any such putative right to the Sharp’s good name as a manu- Dealer A will give him — but he is some of them out of business.
What the court said m the Sharp consumer in the market. In theory, manufacturer. But what then hap- facturer. If Dealer A sells a Sharp quite happy to give it up in exchange How to adjudicate between these
case was that when Sharp Electro- the consumer’s interests and those pened was that the manufacturer product on the assumption that $100 for what he now gets, a $100 dis- two contending positions? On the
mes Corp, was approached by one of of the manufacturer are identical: was able convincingly to isolate of a salesman’s time is going to go count. And then you get the highly whole, it is time to restore respect
the retail outlets that handle its The one wishes to buy the most at certain other vertical restraints into counseling the purchaser on sophisticated consumer who seeks for property rights. After all they
goods with a complaint against the the cheapest price, and the other, that were thought reasonable, most how to use the product and keep it in to have it both ways. He is called, in are worth nothing unless the owner
practices of a competitive outlet, desiring to sell the most, is pre- recently that which Sharp sue- working order, then that $100 must the trade, the “free rider.” His trick succeeds in selling. The terms of
Sharp had the right to examine that pared to bring the marginal price cessfully argued before the court. be added to the basic cost of the is to become fully acquainted with that sale are best left to the manu-
complaint and to decide to termin- down to the cost of producing the The supremacy of the consumer product. If Dealer B lowers his the complicated product using the facturer. If his terms are too stiff
ate furnishing its products to the incremental product. tends to dominate theoretical talk price by $100 and refuses the pur- salesman’s time at Dealer A — and then the retailer will lose interest in
delinquent retailer. But a case can be made that ap- on the subject. But there are those chaser the kind of attention necess-, then go off to Dealer B actually to his product. The consumer will be
It was in 1911 that the doctrine peals to property rights. It would who point out that the consumer is ary to ensure his happy use of the purchase the product. the beneficiary so long as there is
was handed down in a Supreme say, roughly: If a manufacturer not going to profit at all if comm- Sharp product, then the name of Sen. Howard Metzenbaum has competition.
—----Where to write------
U.S. Rep. Dick Armey, 514 Can- 20515.
non Office Building, Washington, U.S. Rep. Charles Stenholm, 17th
D.C. 20514. District, 1232 Longworth House Of-
State Rep. Richard F. Wil- fice Building, Washington, D.C.
liamson, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, 20515.
Texas, 78769. U.S. Senate Lloyd Bentsen, Room
U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, 1230 240, Russell Senate Office Building,
Longworth HOB, Washington, D:C. Washington, D.C. 20510.
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Paul Harvey —Letter--
We are dependent on the telephone
" “Paint The Town” project.-
There’s an urgent telephone A hundred travel agencies in 15 backup service for some cus- 1 appreciate a newspaper that
message for you from Hinsdale, Ill. suburbs are dying.... tomers, but many of those went out. covers the good things in the com-
An insignificant business on a And the people may as doctors One carry-out pizza restaurant, munity.
Hinsdale side street has been gutted and hospitals and pharmacies are receiving no phone orders, has had Also, special thanks goes to local
by fire and you can’t imagine the out of reach.... to lay off 12 drivers and three order merchants who donated the paint
resultant chaos. A car dealer can’t run a credit takers. and other materials used in the pro-
The heat from that fire has check withouta telephone... - You have to be in the middle of ject.
scorched half a dozen mu- Restaurants can’t order this — as I have been — properly to
nicipalities thereabouts and supplies... appreciate the magnitude of the TotheEditor:
crippled businesses and industries Holiday Inn, Oakbrook, had to disaster. Some phone-dependent There is a fine line between good
nationwide...because it was a tele- send 80 employees from its reserv- businesses will not survive this journalism and exploitation The
phone building that burned and we ation headquarters to Memphis and time-out. Register surely crossed that line in
have become that dependent on Raleigh, N.C. This is not the first fire in a tele- reporting the Sharon Wilson
telephones. Brokers are going broke, with up phone switching plant; it happened tragedy. Is nothing sacred in the
And because most computers to 90 percent of their clients unable in Brooklyn in 1987 and in New name of journalism?
interconnect with phone lines, those to reach out and touch. York’s Second Avenue station as Your reporting invaded a family
connections died in the fire. Bell officials now say it may be long ago as 1975. So we have been with a very special kind of grief
When residential users lose phone the middle of June before tens of warned. You were not satisfied to report the
service it’s an inconvenience; when thousands of phoneless customers But a close-up experience with facts. You invaded their home and
businesses lose thier phone service are back on line. the far-reaching paralysis resulting printed very intimate articles that
it is a disaster. Until a few days ago the high-tech from a fire in a single building has were found by your reporters Emo
One small cab company is losing equipment handeled 3 % million re-reminded many of us of our tionally you stripped this familv
$1,000 a day; nobody can call in. calls a day. Only a few of those can nation’s vulnerability. bare. Weren’t the tragic deaths
Florist shops live for holidays; be-rerouted around the blackened While we hear frequent expres- enough for them to bear 7
florist shops in that area .were mass. sions of anxiety about the atom Sharon Wilson’s family has our
altogether cheated out of Mother’s Police and fire departments have bomb, our nation could be rendered sincere sympathy We pray that the
Day • had to set UP emergency reporting militarily impotent by a handful of Lord will give them comfort in their
Salesmen, unable to make stations; inefficient, at best. terrorists with incendiary gernades sorrow.
calls.... Cellular phones provided a they could carry in their pockets. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Krahl
-----History today
In 1977, George H. Willig scaled Brent Musberger is 49. Opera
up the side of the South Tower of singer Teresa Stratas is 49. Singer
New York’s World Trade Center, Stevie Nicks is 40. Actor Philip
using equipment he designed and Michael Thomas is 39. Country
built himself. (Willig was arrested singer Hank Williams Jr. is 39.
at the top of the 110-story building Former astronaut Sally K. Ride is
after climbing for 3%2 hours.) 37. Actress Genie Francis is 26.
In 1981, 14 people were killed Thought for today: “It’s incred-
when a Marine jet crashed onto the ible how much intelligence is used
flight deck of the aircraft carrier in this world to prove nonsense.” —
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subject to the National Labor
Relations Act that allows em-
ployees to form unions.
How does Congress justify
this blatant double standard?
The routine defense on Capi-
tol Hill is that the Legislative
Branch must be protected
from inter-governmental con-
flicts. This flimsy argument
would have us believe, for ex-
ample, that a vengeful presi-
dent might set his Justice De-
partment on lawmakers to in-
timidate them. The
lawmakers also contend that
they are kept on a short ethi-
cal leash by the voters.
Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio,
cut through this baloney when
he characterized the congres-
sional attitude as “the rank-
est form of hypocrisy.” Rep.
Henry Hyde, R-Ill., punctuat-
ed the point when he said:
“Congress would exempt it-
self from the laws of gravity
if it could.”
There are two proposals
before the House that could
curb congressional privileges.
One bill would place legisla-
tive workers as well as em-
ployees in the judicial branch
under the the protection of
federal civil-rights and em-
ployment laws. A second
measure would impose on de-
parting members of Congress
and their staffs the same one-
year lobbying restrictions
that apply to persons leaving
the executive branch.
Not surprisingly, neither
bill has a prayer.
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30 years ago
Pete Campbell, former
Gainesville High assistant
football coach, has resigned as
head mentor at Laneri High
School in Fort Worth. Ca-
mpbell, brother of Jim and Dan
Campbell, has been head man
at Laneri for the past five years
and his Micks have compiled an
enviable record in all phases of
the sports picture.
The Rev. A. Foy Thomas,
pastor of First Methodist
Church, was elected
secretary-treasurer of the
board of pensions Tuesday at
the North Texas Conference be-
ing held in Dallas. Mr. Thomas
has been serving on this board
in the past and he was
authorized to act as agent for
the conference’s homes for re-
tired ministers.
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At the movies: “Johnny
Trouble” starring Ethel Bar-
rymore, Cecil Kellaway and
Carolyn Jones, playing at the
State Theater. Double feature
at the Hi-Ho Drive-In Theatre:
“Hot Rod Rumble” and “Cal-
ypso Joe.”
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