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THF DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
Friday, May 28, 1976
Friday
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Untimely Remarks:
Goldwater Angers Constituents
Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your
children, that the liberty of the press is the paladium of all the
civil, political, and religious rights. *
—Junius
Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., has In-
curred the wroth of many of his constituents
with untimely remarks.
By Paul Harvey
I am privileged to read some of Sen Gold
water's mail.
Nothing clandestine — it’s just that the writers
frequently send copies to my attention
He's hearing from home folks that he should
keep his mouth shut.
His home base constituents in Arizona are
particularly displeased with Goldwater’s in-
temperate remarks about Richard Nixon and
Ronald Reagan
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BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE OTHER, DON YARBOROUGH!
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APPLAUSE IS a terrible narcotic I've seen it
destroy men. Sen Joe McCarthy died from an
overdose.
The insatiable appetite for applause hires
politicians and other performers to try to top
themselves with each new utterance
It lures used-up retirees out of retirement to
advertise anything for anybody just to see
themselves again on TV.
Sen. Barry Goldwater, prior to 1964, was
America's most respected conservative
spokesman.
Even those who did not subscribe to his political
philosophy — and certainly would not vote for it —
nonetheless respected his lifelong allegiance to
political fundamentalism
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Bay SCANT
It’s Not Over
THE IGNOMINY of 1964, when he received only
about 10 per cent of the electoral vote, left Sen
Goldwater at first bitter, resentful to friends he
felt had deserted him. Then, after a period of
pouting and self-pity, a whopping vote of con-
fidence from his Arizona home folks returned him
to the Senate and he felt some better.
But he never really got over that shattering blow
to his ego in 1964
Now the Senator has learned that the formula
for national recognition in any year is to say what
the New York-based news media wants to hear.
Now he knows that he can make the front page
and get reinvited to NBC’s Today if he will say:
"Dick Nixon should have done us all a favor and
stayed in China.”
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Generally, when you win an election
the worrying is over.
Not so, for Don Yarbrough, of
Houston, the candidate who appeared
to have won the Democratic
nomination to the State Supreme Court
because many voters mistook Yar-
. brough’s name for that of Don Yar-
borough, who made strong but un-
successful races for governor in 1962.
1964 and 1968.
THE DEMOCRATIC nominee is
being hit on two fronts.
-First, Republicans, who did not field
a candidate in the May 1 primary, are
still checking to determine whether
they can come up with a write-in op-
ponent for Yarbrough in November's
general election.
Second, a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit
claims he and another man gave
Yarbrough money to buy stock in one
bank and that Yarbrough used the cash
to purchase control of an entirely
different bank.
IT SEEMS one of three things can
happen: One, Yarbrough can succumb
to the public pressure of the day and
refuse the office: two. Republicans can
mount a strong and successful write-in
campaign: and three. Yarbrough can
see it through and take a seat on the
Texas Supreme Court.
Frankly, we would prefer that the
latter doesn't come to pass. If it does,
however, let's hope the remainder of
the court can offset whatever
detrimental effect, if any, Mr. Yar-
brough may generate.
NOW SEN GOLDWATER knows he's “news,” •
nationwide, if he will criticize conservative
Reagan's position on Panama as reflecting "a
dangerous state of mind."
That phrase comes awfully close to some of the
cruel implications of the Goldwater opponents of a
dozen years ago when they sought to raise
questions about his "mental stability."
But if the senator has discovered the formula for
instant national attention, he has also irritated and
alienated a large number of his home state
Arizona constituents. *
Letters to the Editor in Phoenix and Tucson
papers reflect this displeasure, as does the
senator's mail.
AND AS DOES this fact: After the Ford cam-
paigners had used recordings of these Goldwater
remarks about Reagan in their campaigning in
two states. Goldwater fired off a letter to party
headquarters, demanding that they cease and
desist and insisting that he is supporting neither
candidate until after the nominating convention
“I voted for you for President, Senator, but
every time you open your mouth I’m more glad
that you didn’t win.”
That paraphrases the essence of most of the
letters I have seen.
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Czechoslovakian Living Standard Rises
YARBROUGH, who has never been a
judge, is being sued for $700,000 and
says God told him to run for public
office, has been the center of con-
troversy since upsetting Judge Charles
W. Barrow of San Antonio.
Some attorneys have suggested that
Barrow should run in November as an
independent candidate, but state law
forbids an unsuccessful candidate in a
party primary from filing for the
general election.
Office Premium
The cost of running for office is
zooming out of sight — at least beyond
the vision of the average citizen in the
22nd Senatorial District.
For example, incumbent Tom
Creighton of Mineral Wells and
challenger Alex Tandy of Weatherford
report spending more than $110,000 in
their Democratic primary campaigns.
Creighton defeated Tandy by 742
votes in the election in which Tandy
is contesting the results.
Tandy, who filed his expense report
April 27 with Secretary of State Mark
White, said he spent $68,389.
Creighton’s expenditures, filed April
29, amounted to $42,521.
Public service is a laudable action,
but at a cost of $110.000 for a job paying
an annual salary of $7,200 it sure seems
to be coming at a premium.
Czech citizens are experiencing a higher
lining standard now but pay for it with stric-
ter discipline under the firm hand of their
Communist leaders.
By TERRENCE J ANDREW
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (UPD — A streetcar
grinding through the cobbled city streets looks
freshly painted and well maintained Shoppers
take their pick of fresh imported fruit, sporting
goods, hand-cut crystal and antiques.
Distinctively dull and uniform shopfronts,
devoid of advertising, remind the visitor that this
. is a Communist state, but the Czechoslovak citizen
is enjoying a standard of living he might not have
thought possible five years ago.
Politically, Czechoslovakia has settled down to
orthodox style Communist rule since the abortive
liberal reforms of 1968, but the economy is the
envy of its East European neighbors.
The nation’s Communist leaders have promised
even greater rewards to the consumer, if he shows
more discipline, works harder and produces better
quality goods.
EAST GERMAN tourists throng the stores in
downtown Prague, spending every pfennig of their
travel allowances on household goods, antiques
and glassware.
Many East Germans, Poles and Hungarians
come exclusively for the Czech Pilsner and
Budweiser beers — difficult to buy at home
Austrian tourists are criticized by Czechoslovak
newspapers for smuggling fresh meat, shoes and
baby linen — often half Vienna prices — out of the
country.
This correspondent watched Czechoslovak
customs officials confiscate some 15 pounds of
fresh meat from an Arab resident of Vienna, as he
was about to cross the border to Austria
Expanded trade with the West and with non-
aligned countries means that the Czech consumer
now can buy oranges, grapefruit, bananas. Pepsi-
cola, Mobil and BP motor oil all as a matter of
course, for Czech crowns.
THE CHOICE of goods available to the average
consumer is not wide by Western standards, but it
is greater than before.
Clothing, however, remains generally dull.
"The rising standard of living places increasing
demands on the availability of good quality
footwear and garments on the home market,"
Premier Lubomir Strougal told the recent Com-
munist party congress.
He said public satisfaction "depends in-
creasingly on easy availability of products, in the
desired quality, color, and fashionable designs, so
that people do not have to shop around and waste
their free time.”
It was encouragement for the Czech consumer
that the government has recognized some of the
problems and plans to do something about it.
STROUGAL SAID more use would be made of
market research, to insure industry produces
goods the consumer wants and needs.
Despite continuing production bottlenecks and
erratic supply patterns that seem to characterize
the economies of East Europe, the average Czech
has an easier time shopping than the average
Pole. Hungarian or Russian
It is against this economic background that
Communist party leader Gustav Husak talks of
Czechoslovakia having entered the stage of "an
advanced Socialist society."
The relative boom, by Communist standards,
has made Czechoslovakia a prime employer of
foreign workers in East Europe. More than SO,000
Poles, Hungarians and Bulgarians are estimated
to be working in factories and on special projects
in Czechoslovakia.
Recently, the government signed agreements
covering the employment of workers from
Yugoslavia and Cyprus.
Nevertheless, Husak and Strougal have made it
clear It is the Czechoslovaks who must work
harder and better, to enjoy greater prosperity
Husak said his countrymen can expect a 25 per
cent growth of personal consumption over the next
five years, but 90 per cent of the nation’s economic
improvement must come from higher produc
tivity
National Samplei
What The Nation ‘s Press Is Saying
San Francisco Chronicle responsibilities Damascus has already assumed second arms race in the world.
French President Valery Discard d'Estaing to restore order, Syrian President Assad has the The main race, of course, is the nuclear one —
made a strong and favorable impression in most to lose from continuation of the fighting largely between the Soviet Union and the United
nuand during his visit to the Unitart 'between Christians and Moslems). Not for the States. The second one is the sale of conventional
States last week with one exception His offerto first time, an Arab leader has learned to his military arms to nations around the world, a
send "several regiments of French troops to sorrow that radical factions, once so useful in contest in which the United States is clearly the
Lebanon to keep the peace does not arouse glad campaigns, against Israel or "Western im- leader . _
cries of approval in this country perialism, can without notice turn against their According to the U.S Arms Control and
No doubt the offer seems plausible enough in political mentors. Disarmament Agency the actual value of
Giscard's mind, by reason of the special Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are continuing their worldwide transfers of conventional arms in 1974
relationship France had with Lebanon from 1918 effort to patch up relations between Syria and exceeded $8.4 billion. But, according to Defense
to 1946 under the old League of Nations. But that Egypt, and thus remove some of the inter-Arab Department figures, U.S. foreign military sales
semi-colonial day is past, and putting French tensions that have allowed radical forces to orders reached $10.8 billion, though not all of the
forces into Lebanon now would undoubtedly capitalize on the Lebanese chaos. A scheduled arms have been delivered yet.
embitter rather than pacify most Lebanese, meeting of the two countries' prime ministers America, expected to receive some $7.5 billion
however benevolent the motives and effective collapsed a few hours before it was to have worth of orders this year, has abandoned the
the methods of peacekeepers convened last Wednesday policy of arms grants and now stresses cash and
Whether intended as an offer or a threat, credit sales, a move which helps the nation’s
Now York Times / France’s willigness to intervene in Lebanon economy u , .
President Giscard d Estaing s strange offer to gives the Arab leaders another prod to stabilize But the moral question of arms sales remains
dispatch "several regiments” of French troops the Lebanese situation by their own efforts - or " k
to Lebanon on 46 hours’ notice seems to have face ■ broader, internationlized conflict. ‘ St. Louis Globe- Democrat
jolted the feuding Lebanese leaders — which Baton Ratios La morhine Advocate As might be expected, Congress is turning no
may have been exactly what was intended * " eager handsprings to investigate accusations
With Syria's close ties to Lebanon and the There is a rising controversy over the so-called that powerful Rep Wayne L. Hays, chairman of
the House Administration Committee, has kept a
27-year-old woman on his official payroll for his
personal pleasure.
Rep. Frank Thompson Jr., New Jersey
Democrat who heads the accounts subcommittee
under Hays, says be just might ask the 64-year-
old veteran congressman about the story told by
blonde Miss Elizabeth Ray, but not before
Thompson returns from a trip to Europe in mid-
June.
Hays is not your sverage congressman and is
no one to be trifled with. Miss Ray, by her own
account as quoted in the Washington Post, is one
to be trifled with in return for a 614,000 all play,
no work assignment on Rep Hays' staff
Hays has a right to defend himself against the
charges of Miss Ray as effectively as be can. but
Congress has an obligation to investigate the
matter thoroughly
The Justice Department should come alive and
look into the matter also. The feds have spent
enough time poking around into the past of
political figures elsewhere. Washington appears
to be where the action is.
Morristown* Tenn., Citizen Tribune
Clarence M. Kelley, director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, haa taken a giant step
toward repairing the damage that has been done
to the FBI’s image byhis forthright
acknowledgment that there were abuses by the
agencies in the past.
His statement ... some dispataches said,
followed a vigorous internal debate at the FBI
over whether Mr. Kelley should make such an
acknowledgment, even though there have been
massive disclosures of violations of the taw and
the rights of individuals.
But Mr. Kelley decided to go ahead, saying in
his speech: “We are truly sorry we were
responsible for instances which now are subject
'3 such criticism (about harassment of militant
political groups and other such activities). We
need to make it clearly understood that we
recognize errors and have learned from them.”
It was the first time since he took over that Mr
Kelley has acknowledged abuses of power during
the years that the late J. Edgar Hoover headed
the FBI — and, in fact, an apology has been a
rare occurrence emanating from FBI
headquarters.
But, as the present day director said, some
things were “clearly wrong and quite in
defensible" even if they were undertaken in the
name of fighting subversive elements and
preventing massive disruption during the protest
days of the early 1960s ..."
Asked after the speech ... why he decided to
break with the past and make his statement, Mr
Kelley said he haa found in law enforcement
that if you make a mistake, the beat thing to do is
acknowledge it and try to start anew. He said it Is
also his experience that the public will support
an approach of that sort.
This is the proper attitude for any public of-
ficial, but la especially good for an agency, like
the FBI, which needs the support of the public
and the cooperation of individual citizens in
doing its necessary job Americans, we think,
will welcome Mr Kelley’s words and look for-
ward to the FBI and other units of government
i ollowing his standard.
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