Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 103, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1985 Page: 4 of 46
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Compromise will win in the end
Pancho Villa was considered a Mexican Robin
Hood by some people and a robbing hood by
others. But none can deny he was a major figure
in Mexico’s revolution.
Now, thanks to the American Film Institute,
long-lost combat footage of some of Villa’s revolu-
tionary battles have been preserved and
presented to Mexico.
The film was discovered last year in a San
Francisco basement, where it had been stored for
40 years. It had been shot by an American free-
lance photographer and contained scenes of
Villa’s raid on Cuidad Juarez, fighting Mexican
government troops at Ojinaga and attacking the
U.S. border town of Columbus in New Mexico.
The nitrate-based footage had deteriorated, and
the film institute restored and copied it in a $30,000
National Archives project. Now a copy has been
presented to Mexico.
Pancho Villa, were he alive today, would have
loved the publicity. He took American
newspapermen and photographers along with him
when he went into battle. He was even believed to
have launched attacks to conform with their
newspapers’ needs and deadlines.
In years to come, historians on both sides of the
border will be able to use the film for research.
Pancho would have liked that.
By ALAN MILLER
We caught Susie staring at the
evening news on the boob tube with a
glazed expression the other night.
She’d been up watching the all
news station covering the House
debate on the new tax reform bill,
and House Speaker Tip O’Neill had
just gaveied the bill’s passage.
When we could catch her eye we
asked her what she thought ‘86
would bring. We mentioned that
some of the commentators had in-
dicated the new tax bill would "soak
the rich and give more to the poor.”
She looked at us like we’d lost our
marbles, and said columnists and
politicians had been saying that ever
since the first tax bill was passed.
Mumbling about the Whiskey
Rebellion and the Boston Tea Party
to refresh our memory.
Susie allowed between munches of
puppy chow that it was a little amaz-
ing to her that most politicians and a
whole flock of writers keep talking
about Reagan being all washed up,
what politicans in particular like to
call a "lame duck.” She allowed as
how if Reagan was a “lame duck”,
he sure seemed to have enough
quack left to have a big chunk of the
American public still behind him.
We reminded her that the Senate
bill had to act on the tax bill. And
that if Reagan didn’t like what he
saw, he would probably veto it,
right?
Susie allowed as how the
Democrats could take credit for the
bill that just passed the House. After
all, one of their boys, Rostenkowski,
wrote it. But the Republicans could
say, it wouldn't have passed without
our vote. And Reagan could say, the
Senate needs a bill to look at. We’d
just as soon look at what the House
has to offer, whether It’s a
Rostenkowski bill, or one written by
Bruce Springsteen.
We wondered if the conservatives
would jump ship because gpRy
thought Reagan had done them
wrong. Susie allowed as how the con-
servatives know where their bread
is buttered. They will squall and
moan and say Big Business is going
to the poor house, but in the end,
compromise will win the day.
We reminded Susie that she had
been a quick learner as far as
housebreaking went. Did she think
Reagan was a fast or a slow learner.
She kind of rolled her eyes and
reminded us that for twenty years or
more, Reagan had been billed as a
"B" actor who only talked from
three by five card notes. That he
spent more time drooling over his
bubble gum card collection then he
did paying attention to the affairs of
state.
Then she stared us down and said
Reagan seemed to handle himself
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The espionage case of Samuel Loring Morison,
sentenced in Baltimore recently to serve two
years in federal prison for stealing classified
documents, raises fundamental questions about
secrecy in government. Congress should explore
these questions and provide some answers.
Morison is not a spy. Yet the court found him
guilty of espionage. While employed by the Navy
as a civilian intelligence analyst, he gave to a
British military journal classified photos taken by
a U.S. satellite of a Soviet aircraft carrier in a
drydock. His lawyers said he did so because he
felt his fellow citiznes had a right and need to
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pretty well with the Russian top
brass at Geneva. That he hadn’t
blown up the world as yet, and
despite what the press might say, he
seemed to be hangin’ in there.
We wondered who she thought
might run against the Republican in
1988. She allowed as it was kind of
hard to look 14 years into the future.
(Dog’s age you know.)
Geraldine Ferraro? Probably not.
Still has problems with the Justice
Department, and besides, her
pollsters indicated she couldn’t beat
the incumbent Republican Senator
from the State of New York. Out of
the picture.
Ted Kennedy? Nope, Susie says.
There’B still that bridge on Cape
Cod, and Mary Jo who was killed
when Ted ran off same. People may
not know how to spell Chappaquid-
dick, but they sure remember what
happened there. Besides Ted allows
as how he doesn’t want to be Presi-
dent, he wants to be a public ser-
vant. Susie said Ted had also been
polling the electorate, and the South
would have sent him packing in a
New York minute. Susie allows that
Ted would have been a spoiler and in
her view, the Democratic race in *88
is up for grabs.
She also said by ‘88 it’s con-
ceivable the Republicans might be
looking for young blood to throw into
the lists. Maybe George Bush isn’t a
walk on. How about Jack Kemp?
Great football player. Blow dry hair.
Pretty fair Congressman. Good look-
ing. Quite an actor. Oops, maybe
that was a bad comparison.
Susie allows as whoever runs, on
either party, had better look good on
television.
So there it is. Susie's view of ‘88.
The beginning of the Presidential
campaign. A tax bill that will worry
some, and be ignored by most A
crack at the deficit until Congress
amends the legislation to suit their
spending habits.
And a Congressman worrying
about what’s happening elsewhere
in the world, when moat of what
needs fixin’ is right under their nose.
The only previous time the government has used
the espionage law for disclosing secret informa-
tion to the press was the Pentagon papers case.
That case against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony
Russo was dismissed for government misconduct
before trial. They had made public a classified
history of the Vietnam War.
The editorial pages of The New York Times, the
Los Angeles Times and other newspapers have
criticized the Morison prosecution and expressed
the hope that the conviction will be reversed on
appeal. They believe legitimate inside sources of
news about the federal government will be dried
up by fear of prosecution if Morison is sent to
prison.
The American Civil Liberties Union provided
Morison with lawyers and is pressing the appeal.
But leading organizations of news editors,
publishers and reporters have not yet decided
whether to join the Morison defense. Their reluc-
tance is justified.
This country does not have an Official Secrets
Act, like Britain. Congress has refused to enact
one. Except for prosecution under the Espionage
Act, there are no criminal penalties for disclosing
government secrets. The civil punishments can
involve loss of job or demotion. Are such civil
penalties sufficient to protect the integrity of
classified information?
The question needs to be addressed by the Con-
gress. Defense and industrial secrets are more
vital to national security than they have ever been
in peacetime. They must be protected. This can be
done without impairing freedom of the press.
On the other hand, the Pentagon papers should
have been published. Their publication did little
or no harm to national security. They were im-
properly classified. We must defend our open
society against attempts to deny the public infor-
maiton that the public needs to know in order to
vote intelligently on public? issues. If national
security is used as an shield to hide error, embar-
rassment or misconduct, our system of self-
government is weakened.
This is a delicate and sensitive area of the law.
Ourfreedom and our security are at state. Balan-
cing the two is difficult. Many deeply concerned
people think the Congress should not try. They
would rather leave the law vague and let the
courts settle the questions, case by case.
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Unemployment fund pushed into red
By LYNDELL WILLIAMS
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN - A few weeks ago, state
officials were told that the Texas
unemployment fund narrowly avoid-
ed bankruptcy in November, and
that the loss of a couple of good-sized
industries in 1986 would push the
fund into the red.
Last week they learned that
business failures in Texas were up 57
percent over last year compared
with the national failure rate of 8.6
percent.
The report from Dun & Bradstreet
cited stress in the oil patch which
overflowed into other industries.
That analysis was backed up by an 8
percent increase of business failures
in Houston.
lhe silver lining is that the high
number of failures grew out of the
number of new entrepreneurs in the
state’s big economic spurt in the
past three years, and not all of them
made it. The growth of new corpora-
tions slowed, and in fact fell four
percent compared to the first 11
months of last year.
Employer’s tax?
The report is another indicator
that unemployment numbers may
keep building next year. Ami if they
do, the Legislature may have to con-
vene in special session to hike the
employers tax.
The last time lawmakers raised
the tax was shortly before the 1982
elections. Then-Gov. Bill Clements
called the special session, and lost a
couple of months later to Mark
White.
Perhaps White will find himself in
a similar situation next August: hav-
ing to call a special session to raise
the employers tax shortly before
, Election Day. •
Test too easy
Top state officials and education
the math and 62 percent of the
language questions.
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and Speaker
Gib Lewis told the State Board of
Education last week the difficulty
factor should be increased.
White defended the test saying
pupils had not been prepared on cer-
tain sections, but promised a
tougher test next year.
Gobi’ to war
The Texas High School Coaches
Association decided last week to
form a political action committee
and get into politics.
Upset by the inflexibility of the no-
pass, no-play reform, they want to
help political candidates who favor
modifying it.
What is uncertain is whether they
will actively oppose Gov. Mark
White, who last week warned the
10,000-member group they are only
going to hurt themselves if they do.
Shrewdly, the coaches left the
door open, and White himself could
probably get their support if he
changes his stance and agrees to let
players back on the field earlier. But
White seems ready to continue
defending the hard line he has
drawn.
Water issues
Water supplies, and the money
that funds them, are creeping back
into the political light.
Last week two state senators ques-
tioned how Texas’ 25 river
authorities are held accountable and
whether they should be funded
through the regular state appropria-
tions proems.
In other words, they signaled
water authorities to become more
accountable to the Legislature or:
risk fighting a harder battle for state
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A 15-member legislative panel will
propose changes in river authority
fice, he said.
Like many before him, he will go
back to concentrating on his family
and business in Greenville, east of
Dallas.
Short takes
• Jon Brumley, chairman of the
State Board of Education, said
parents of the 30,000 high school
juniors who failed the basic skills
test should be angry at educators. 83
percent of students taking the tests
passed.
• The division of Motor Vehicles
says only 33,000 Texans have renew-
ed their personalized license plates
compared to 80,000 last year. During
the last legislative session,
lawmakers raised the price form $25
to $75 to increase revenues.
POLK COUNTY
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