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Briscoe indicates plan
for comeback studied
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Former Governor Doiph Briscoe
has taken the preliminary first step
lhatindicates he is giving serious con-
sideration for a comeback try in the
Tt'xas political wars. He has filed
pajTers m Austin which will allow him
to solicit funds for a future political ef-
fort
B\riscoe’s intentions have not been
anwounced, but many observers are
decoll ating that he may try to oust
Govern w William dements if be tries
to gain a second term. How Briscoe
would fa re in such a contest is difficult
to assess at this time, dements’
popularity has not declined or gained,
it would a.ppear, which might mean
that he would be rather difficult to
unseat.
Itmust be' remembered, of course,
that Briscoe' failed to win re-
nomination when he sought re-election
to a third term as the Democrat Party
nominee. He finished second in a five-
man field, but John \ Hill swept toama-
Self-destruct feature
of w/iretap bill has merit
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One of Governor Wi llliam dements’
high priority items — a limited
wiretapping measure - has won ap-
proval in the Texas Legislature. There
had been considerable doubt that the
bifi . would survive the various
maneuverings by opjwnents, who
believe the measure m4;ht be used to
infringe on the rights of innocent peo-
ple as law-enforcement officers are
trying to obtain evkkence to on
suspected drug dealers.
The bill, as amended and finally
passed, provides that wire tapping will
expire automatically in 1985 unless
“ ‘ year’s Legislature decides it
I be continued. The'pe riod should
either prove it is a good oir bad law.
Governor dements insists that the
wiretapping bill, which he intends to
sign, has safeguards that assure the
basic rights of law-abiding citizens will
not be invaded. He points out that il-
legal use is punishable by imprison-
ment and fine, and damages could be
collected in case of illegal taps.
It is hoped that the wiretap law can
be used to successfully win the war on
illegal drugs. It is further hoped that
the law will not be misused. -
The self-destruct feature of the
wiretap measure is one of considerable
merit. It might not be a bad idea for the
legislators to pass other laws with
automatically expiring features. It
would be better to eliminate laws than
to ignore them, as often is the case in
ptoor legislation.
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today is Monday, June 1, the
ISM day of MM. There are 213
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On June 1, 1973, Premier
Getorge Papadopoulos of
Greece abolished the Grade
mtnarchy.
On this date:
hi 1533, Anne Boleyn was
cnfuned queen of England.
lb 1792, Kentucky Joined the
onion a the 15th atate.
fel7M,Tennesee became the
The Almanac
lvSth state.
And in 1968, Gen. Charles de
Gt tulle was sworn in as premier
of France.
F.ive years ago: A Syrian
forco of about 4,000 troops and
200 tanks invaded Lelxanon and
advanced on Beirut to capture
Christian and Moslem
positions.
One year ago: About 300
Cuban refugees riot at Fort
Chaffee Refugee Relocation
Center in U.S. state of
Arkansas, wounding at least 15
law enforcement officials.
Today’s birthdays: Health
and Human Services Secretary
Richard Schweiker is 55.
Former baseball star Dean
Chance is 41.
Thought for today:
Education is the ability to listen
to almost anything without
losing your temper or your self
confidence. - Robert Frost,
American poet (1874-1963)
Most politicians are
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afraid of the people
iority vote over his four opponents. Hill
had 932,345 votes to 753,309 for Briscoe,
with Donald R. Beagle picking up
14,792, Ray Allen Mayo 20,249, and
former Governor Preston Smith 92,202.
Then, in the general election,
Clements knocked off Hill, 1,183,828 to
1,166,919, to become the first
Republican governor of Texas since
Reconstruction Days.
It’s still early to speculate on the
names of others in the Democrat party
who may make a serious run for
nomination for governor. Hill may
want to test the waters again. Attorney
General Mart White has been making
a great many political appearances
across the state. He may have his eyes
set on a higher office.
While it may be too early to draw up
the slate of probable candidates, it is a
good bet that the field will not be lack-
ing in candidates who think they can
provide the leadership the public
desires.
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - The
technology of espionage has
reached such a wondrous
state that the United States
and the Soviet Union regu-
larly intercept each other's
most secret communica-
tions. Yet of late, both gov-
ernments have intensified
their security routines.
Since they cannot keep
secrets from each other,
who are they trying to hide
their operations from? The
deep-down truth is that both
governments are really
afraid of their own people.
They are driven, therefore,
to draw a curtain of secrecy
between their internal oper-
ations and the people they
are supposed to serve.
The millions who compose
our own permanent govern-
ment, in their heart of
hearts, are at odds with
democracy. They prefer to
eiercise their permeating
power from the obscurity of
the cubicle, shuffling gov-
ernment forms and issuing
edicts.
They abhor conflict,
which disrupts the smooth
implementation of their
plans and procedures. They
embrace secrecy because
what is not known cannot be
disrupted. They scorn party
politics, with the emotions
and harangues and oversim-
plifications. as irrational.
But in a democracy, the
right to make the big deci-
sions belongs to the people.
Thus controversy becomes
the seed bed of decision, and
secrecy frustrates the deci-
sion-making process. The
differences between parties,
however irrational or
elusive, are the bases of
decision.
Nevertheless politicians,
once they come to power,
are inclined to adopt the
secretive ways of the
bureaucrats. For the politi-
cian in office doesn't want
his acts and policies to reach
the people through what he
considers the distorting
prism of the press. What he
wants known, he would pre-
fer to communicate directly
through more tightly con-
trolled mechanisms.
In 1976, for instance, Jim-
my Carter promised to
install a people's presidency
in Washington. The good ole
boy from Georgia said he
would run “an open govern-
ment to let our people know
what our government lead-
ers are doing, including the
president." His Cabinet
meetings, he vowed, would
be thrown open for the peo-
ple to watch.
Carter held one open Cabi-
net meeting, then like the
presidents before him, he
closed the doors. I tried to
help him keep his campaign
promise by publishing the
most newsworthy excerpts
from the secret Cabinet
minutes.
One of Carter’s Cabinet
members, Joseph A. Cali-
fano Jr., has now revealed
how much this upset the
president. In his new book,
:
Update on California politics
WASHINGTON (NEA) - At the time of th.e inauguration, we
reported that California Gov. Jerry Brown was in Washington
telling insiders that he had no plans to run for president again
in 1984. He was Hying that he instead had his sights trained
on the Senate teat of Republican S.L Hayakam.
California political insiders now confirm that Brown is
starting to assemble a campaign organisation and to raise
finds for a 1982 Senate bid.
Sources dose to the governor confirm this; activity. They
add that Brawn will pledge in his formal announcement of
candidary - tentatively scheduled for late summer or early
fafi - that if elected he will serve oat his full m-year term
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knowledgeable Californians say that the Republican field
could contain as many as eight candidates, including San
Diego Mayor Pete Wilson, who is being urged not to run in the
gubernatorial primary against Lt Gov. Mike Curb, and first
daughter Maureen Reagan, who seems to think that a political
career should start in the Senate.
It is unlikely that Brown will be alone in the Democratic
primary. Former Sen. John Tunney, who was defeated by
Hayakawa in 1976, would reportedly like his old Senate seat
back. The same polls that showed Hayakawa to be so unpopu-
lar found Tunney to be slightly ahead of Brown, who is not
exactly his state’s most popular politican.
Nevertheless, insiders are betting that it will ultimately be
Brown against Goldwater in a race whose outcome cannot yet
be predicted. The governor’s people are expressing confidence
that Brown can ddeat Goldwater - or any other Republican,
torthat matter - and launch a 1988 presidential bid from the
Another big question in California is exactly when the pri-
mary will take place It used to be that the California primary
on the first Tuesday in June ms one of the most important of
each presidential year
Bui the recent proliferation of primaries has resulted in the
selection of most presidential nominees long before the con-
tenders ranched California The nation’s largest primary now
as New HampMire, M—nchnurttt and Florida. This hurts
ini^l pride.
So, efforts sit under way to rhsngr the dute of the Califor-
■ Monott, the Californian who chairs the
Committee, reportedly favors the first
at would make the state s primary one of
April
or making the primary a
i in early March load-
"Governing America," Calt-
fano writes:
"Jack Anderson had
begun occasionally to carry
excerpts from cabinet meet-
ing minutes in his column
Carter told us to treat min-
utes of the cabinet meeting
with the care that should be
given highly classified
documents. The minutes
would be distributed to cabi-
net members marked ‘for
your eyes only.' he said
'We've got to stop Jack
Anderson putting in his
column what's going on at
cabinet meetings
“He only whetted Ander-
son's appetite I was among
those from whom the
aggressive columnist sought
copies thereafter. 1 refused.
but Anderson got them
somewhere else "
For the past Quarter
century. I have published
news from classified docu-
ments. 1 have been less will-
ing than other correspond-
ents to accept the
government's right to classi-
fy whatever it wishes The
practice has been for gov-
ernment officials to classify
mcomiAg information and
then selectively release only
what they want the public to
know I try to intercept the
intakes before they are
censored
High officials, meanwhile,
not only use their classifica-
tion powers to censor the
news but seek added restric-
tions on the public's right to
know Under the banner of
national security, they are
now assaulting the Freedom
of Information Act and
clamoring for stricter secur-
ity laws.
Long before Americans
could vote directly for their
presidents, before the vote
was given to the poor,
women, blacks and youths,
before presidential nominat-
ing conventions or our pres-
ent political parties existed,
the role of the village editor
and dissenting pamphleteer
- as monitor, arbiter, critic
and rival of the politician -
was imbedded as a funda-
mental of the American
system.
Under this system, the
mission of the press is to
give the people an alterna-
tive to the official version of
things, a rival account of
reality, a measure by which
to judge the efficacy of
rulers and whether the truth
is in them.
The language of the Con-
stitution -- the people,
justice, tranquility, welfare,
liberty -- was intended to
protect the people from the
government. The language
of officialdom -- security,
secrecy, surveillance, execu-
tive privilege -- would pro-
tect the government from
the people
Copy right. 1981.
Ini ted Feature Syndicate. Inc
Fight back against wrinkles
By Harold Blumenfeid
What are wrinkles'*
The dictionary defines them
as creases For further expla-
nation, it offers this sentence:
“The wrinkles on her face
showed her age '
But wrinkles are not always
a sign of age Many younger
people become quite wrinkled
by overexposing themselves
to the sun while trying to
achieve the bronze patina that
they believe gives them a
healthy glow
The National Institute on
Aging of the U S Department
of Health and Human Services
devoted a recent Age Page'
to “Skin: Getting the Wrinkles
Out of Aging."
It’s a timely topic because
many of us are now heading
out into the sun to get that
coat of tan - and possibly
skin cancer
Ultraviolet radiation from
the sun causes long-term
damage to the skin even if it
does not appear to burn. An
estimated 300,000 cases of
skin cancer result each year
from excessive exposure to
tbe sun over a period of years.
Skin cancer is easily cured
when detected early. But pro-
longed sun exposure can cause
the disease to reappear.
GROWING OLDER
Harold Blumenfeid
Sunbathing is less damag-
ing in the early morning or
late afternoon than in the
middle of the day. Face and
neck can be protected by hats
or other covering.
The best protection is to
apply a sunscreen to all skin
not covered by clothing.
Sunscreens are oils, lotions
or creams that absorb or
scatter ultraviolet light. The
higher the “sun-protection
factor” on the product's label,
the more protection the sun-
screen provides.
To be effective, sunscreens
should be applied a half-hour
before exposure to the sun and
reapplied after swimming or
sweating
Sun lamps and tanning
salons can produce skin
damage They should be used
with great caution.
Remember that the body's
immune system becomes less
efficient as we grow older. So.
the skin becomes more fragile
and more prone to infection
“Age Page” offers these
additional tips for maintain-
ing healthy, young-looking
skin:
Wear rubber gloves when
dishwashing and using strong
cleaning agents Use mild
soaps
Apply petroleum jelly or
other moisturizers often,
especially after bathing
Wear soft clothing Avoid
strong detergents Some fab-
ric softeners also may cause
irritation
See your doctor if skin itch-
ing or irritation persists. Any-
one who has had skin cancer
should see a dermatologist
regularly
Today it would require the
services of a plastic surgeon
to remove our wrinkles. But
these simple precautions
should keep those wrinkles to
a minimum.
Scientists hope that they
will soon discover how aging
affects the skin and how to
reverse that process.
Until that day. let’s remem-
ber what Mark Twain said:
“Wrinkles merely indicate
where smiles had been."
Or that anonymous writer
who claimed: "Wrinkles are
hereditary - parents get
them from their children."
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Washington
WHOOWESWHOM?
MESSAGE—Several years ago my husband was a mechanic
at a federal agency when a car backed over him, breaking
his back and hips. He is crippled partially as a result and re-
ceives workers’ compensation payments. Now he is 84 and
feeble. Recently the Department of Labor informed us that
we had been overpaid by $900 and must pay it back. We only
have a tiny savings account-this will clean us out. Can’t
anything be done? A.F.—Abilene
SENATOR BENTSEN RESPONDS-You don't owe the
Labor Department—they owe you additional benefits. At my
request. Labor Department officials audited your case file
and found that your compensation benefits were calculated in-
correctly. You will receive a special payment check in two
weeks and your regular check, at a higher rale, will start ar-
riving next month.
AGE LIMIT FOR NAVAL PROGRAM
MESSAGE—As a 29-year-old U.S. citizen, I need an ate
waiver to atleiid U.S. Naval Officer Candidate School 1 have
28/28 -"corrected vision and a B.A. degree with honors. If I
bad the chance, I think I’d make an excellent pilot. Mease
■rge the Navy to make an exception in my case. F.L.—■
AmariNo
SENA TOR BENTSEN RESPONDS-U.S. Navy offrevts ml-
vue me (Mai, unfortunately, such a waiver u not permuted
for applicants exceeding the maximum age limit They power
out that the rule was set wah the best interest of the in-
divuM and the Navy m mind However, they appreciate
four^re to serve and note the, you gnaMfy mm for three
other Avmmn Officer programs W high, Officer. Naval
Avmuon Off am Special Duty Imemgerne. and Avmson
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