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4—THi NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Ttm, Thursday. Sap*. II. IMS.
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In our opinion
Oswald's body should
remain undisturbed
There is grave doubt that a Russian
agent’s body was substituted for
Harvey Oswald, as theorized by
British author-lawyer Michael Ed-
dowes.
There was no doubt that Oswald was
gunned down after his alleged fatal
sniping of President John F. Kennedy
17 years ago. And there should be no
doubt today just because Mr. Eddowes
has come up with the theory.
The assassination of Kennedy has
been investigated thoroughly. It was
investigated properly at the time of the
assassination and also through the
actions of the Warren Commission and
more recently the congressional
sources. There is no need for another
ghoulish probe.
There is nothing to be gained by
exhuming the Oswald remains. They
should be left buried.
Oswald can not be forgotten — or
forgiven — for his dastardly action.
But there is no need to try to dig up
something just to test a far-fetched
theory.
There's still time
to qualify to vote
If you’re interested in marking a
ballot in the general election on
Tuesday, Nov. 4, and you do not have a
certificate, it’s not too late to get one.
They’re absolutely free to those people
meeting the general requirement of
being citizens of the United States and
18 years of age.
Hopkins County citizens may sign up
to get a voter’s certificate at County
Tax Assessor-Collector Jeff Taylor’s
office during any working hour.
The voter’s cards must be obtained
at least 30 days in advance of a elec-
tion. Thus, the absolute deadline for
the general election falls on Oct. 5.
Young people who may reach their
18th birthday on or after Nov. 4 may
apply for voter certificates in advance
and thereby be eligible to vote on
election day.
It’s also a good plan for voters to
have their cards changed if they have
moved to new addresses since any past
election.
Actor's strike may
lead to real ball
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The actors’ strike has effectively
hogtied the production of new shows
for the fall television schedule. For the
immediate future, it looks like the
public will be treated to a steady diet of
reruns, movies, old musicals — and a
whopping amount of sports.
Women who have been complaining
about being “football widows” during
the Sunday double-header programs
may soon learn that football may be
extended over to other weekday nights
to share the big bucks and prime time.
The striking actors may make it a
ball —real football.
Jack Anderson
Poland continued
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lkhi i De tooiea Dy ail the snouting. It is far from over yet.
The bargain Poland’s workers have struck with their gov-
ernment is truly a formidable achievement. For the first time
anywhere in the Communist empire free trade unions, more
or less, have been officially sanctioned and the right to strike
in effect confirmed. And that is only the centerpiece of the
broad range of economic and political issues on which the
government has given way
Those Western voices that are exulting over the develop-
ments as the possible beginning of a relaxation throughout
Eastern Europe are. however, sadly off the mark. Possibly
disastrously so.
This is precisely what the essential third party to the deal,
the Soviets, will never allow. And it is questionable at this
point whether they have any intention of permitting even the
Polish settlement to take effect - at least on the terms
agreed to among the Poles themselves.
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COMMENTARY
Don Graff
They are already saying almost as much, attacking the
agreement in the Soviet press as the work of "anti-socialist
forces " whose long-term goal is "to completely change the
political structure of Poland."
The present structure in Poland, let it be remembered, was
made in the Soviet Union. Any attempt to change it translates
into Russian as an attempt also to change the Polish-Soviet
relationship. And that, so far as Moscow is concerned, can
never be.
The reason is to be found not only in the power politics of
today but in history. Poles and Russians are two closely relat-
ed peoples separated by long centuries of divergent develop-
ment and conflicting interests. The Poles, having been won to
Christianity by Rome, for a thousand years have looked west
The Russians, converts to Eastern Orthodoxy, for almost as
long have been on guard against the West.
The most vital national interests of one are seen by the
other as threats. Polish indpendence brings Western influence
to the vulnerable borders of Russia. Russian security necessi-
tates controlling Poland to neutralize the danger
The post-war imposition of a Communist orthodoxy
throughout Eastern Europe has done nothing to change that
reality. If anything, it has made Poland even more special for
Communists in the Kremlin than it was for czars Geographi-
cally and politically, control there is the prerequisite of con-
trol throughout the satellites.
Although the Poles have not questioned their relationship
with the Soviets, the latter are dead right about a changed
political structure. Implementing the agreements would have
precisely that effect, superseding the Communist Party's sta-
tus as sole spokesman for the working masses that is the foun-
dation of the monolithic Marxist state.
The real question is not whether the Soviets arc going to
make a„move to frustrate implementation of the Polish settle-
ment, but when and how. They have so far refrained from
force or the overt threat to use it. They may continue to do so
for very practical reasons. A military response would have
repercussions beyond East Europe that the Soviets would
much prefer to avoid.
And there is a less risky alternative: Pressuring the Polish
government into chipping away at the substance of the agree-
ments until the status quo is effectively restored.
It has happened before. In 1956. unrest sweeping Poland
culminated in reforms that had more than a little to do with
igniting full-scale revolution in Hungary the next year Poland
survived the vehement Soviet response, but the reforms did
not.
History more or less repeated itself in 1970 The govern-
ment that came to power then on the promise of reforms is
the same regime that did not deliver and has now been forced
to promise anew
The Polish workers, more than anyone else, are aware of
the lessons of history? distant and recent. They may have what
appears to be a settlement with their own government, but
they have still to settle with the Soviets.
To repeat, it's not over yet.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
The Almanac
Today in History
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Sept. 11,
the 255th day of 1980. There are
111 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On Sept. 11,1609, the island of
Manhattan was discovered by
English explorer Henry Hud-
son.
On this date;
In 1677, the first law against
liquor in the American colonies
was passed, In Maine.
In 1777, American forces were
defeated by the British in the
Revolutionary War battle of
Brandywine, near Wilmington,
Del.
In 1940, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill told the
British to be prepared for an
attempted German invasion.
In 1969, Soviet President
Alexei Kosygin paid a surprise
visit to Peking and talked with
Premier Chou En-lai.
Keep em on track six, then switch ’em to track nine, then back to six
track five, go north on three, then south . .
then to
FBI's Abscam videotapes
Watching Washington
Exodus drains our defense
play like a TV sit-con'
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON ~ Those
who have been dismayed at
the sordid sameness of the
Abscam bribery revelations
will be pleased to learn that
some comic reliefc|ften the
way with the trial of Joseph
Silvestri later this month.
Silvestri is a New Jersey
building contractor who was
used by the FBI to recruit
corruptible congressmen
He, like the politicians he
contacted, was fooled by the
undercover G-men posing as
bagmen for a favor-seeking
Arab sheik.
But the FBI agents were
themselves hopelessly
gulled by Silvestri. Unable
to produce a genuine Phila-
delphia Mafia leader to
dicker with the bogus sheik’s
representatives. the
resourceful Silvestri enlisted
the not inconsiderable act-
ing talents of an unemployed
electrician named Tony
DeLuca.
DeLuca, a craggy-faced,
gray-haired man in a black
pinstriped suit, looked like
Central Casting's choice for
a role in “The Godfather" -
or possibly “The Bowery
Boys Meet the Godfather "
The script was amateurish;
the dialogue was a howl. But
it suckered the FBI
completely.
Informed sources told my
associate Gary Cohn that the
FBI assigned four agents to
check out the mysterious
mobster Silvestri had
produced. The investigation
took several weeks and cost
the bureau between $70,000
and $100,000
DeLuca’s dramatic debut
occurred on Dec. 11, 1979
Silvestri was the co-star and
director. The audience con-
sisted of FBI agent Anthony
Amoroso, convicted con man
and Abscam scenarist Mel
Weinberg and, of course, the
government officials moni-
toring the performance
from an adjoining room
Silvestri had been pressed
by the undercover agents to
introduce them to mob boss
Angelo Bruno from Phila-
delphia, who would tell the
“sheik's" men how to get
Mob cooperation for an
Atlantic City casino. Lights.
Camera. Action:
Silvestri “The guy you
wanted to meet from Phila-
delphia - that’s not
necessary "
Weinberg: “The big money
is in controlling the (conces-
sions). That means, if we
give them the financing, we
tell them the construction
company to use, we tell
them you gotta use our linen
guy, our bakery guy, our
liquor guy. All right'’"
DeLuca, gruffly: "Let me
explain something to you.
The linen, cigarette
machines, and a few other
things - you don't tell them.
They’ll tell you Let me put
it this way If you think you
can go down to Atlantic City
and tell them that you’re
going to be using the guy you
want for the linen and the
guy you want for the ciga-
rette machines, you’re not
thinking. Don’t attempt it.
“You want to do the
financing, that’s fine But as
far as the linens, the silver-
ware, the rest of the stuff,
that’s ours."
Weinberg. "You in the
construction business?"
DeLuca, stumped, looked
to Silvestri for help and said:
“Uh, how do I answer that?"
Silvestri. "Mel, the unions
in the United States belong
to - Tony's friends."
Amoroso, not to be one-
upped in name-dropping:
“We’re with a guy right now
who's going to take us to
Bruno..."
DeLuca: “Just give me
one thing Just give me his
first name, and I’ll tell you if
you got the right guy."
Amoroso: “Frank ’’
DeLuca: "From New
Jersey’’"
Amoroso: “The guy is
from New Jersey. Yeah."
DeLuca: “You got the
wrong guy. You don’t know
who the hell you're dealing
with, because I can tell you.
if the guv’s name is Frank
and he’s from New Jersey, I
don’t know him."
Amoroso: "OK.”
DeLuca: “He’s a name-
dropper I can tell you some-
thing right now Bruno is not
(involved) in Atlantic City."
Amoroso: “All right, you
could be right."
DeLuca: “I know I’m
right"
Warming to his role,
DeLuca assured the
"sheik’s” men they would
have no union troubles in
Atlantic City if they dealt
through him. “I walk right in
the (expletive deleted) door
to who the head guy is. I’m
right there, see? So that cuts
out a lot of B.S. I'll take care
of who has to be taken care
of..."
Curtain. The unemployed
electrician had conned the
FBI agent - and the FBI's
own con man. Weinberg.
UNDER THE DOME: The
lame ducks are off and fly-
ing again, at taxpayers'
expense. Though they won't
be returning to Congress
*next year. Reps John
Wydler, R-N.Y.. and Robert
Duncan. D-Ore.. junketed off
on a 10-day “fact-finding"
trip to Italy. Egypt and Isra-
el ... Rep. Marty Russo. D-
111., recently championed
legislation that would prohi-
bit the trapping of fur-bear-
ing animals for their pelts
Then he showed up at a club
on Capitol Hill modeling fur
coats The Senate Foreign
Relations Committee regu-
larly circulates a list of its
staff employees’ names,
addresses, phone numbers -
and marital status Some
staffers are amused; some
are not... Former Rep Dan
Flood. D-Pa., resigned in
disgrace after copping a
plea on corruption charges,
but his pet provision in the
Defense Appropriations Bill
still sticks. It forbids Army
installations to convert to oil
from coal -- much of which
comes from Flood’s district.
"The ghost of Dan Flood
lives on," remarked one
congressman.
WATCH ON WASTE:
Government-funded legal
aid to the poor has become a
booming business. From a
budget of $92 million in
1976. the Legal Services
Corporation has expanded to
$300 million this year, and is
asking for $353 million in
1981. Unfortunately, govern-
ment inspectors have found
slipshod supervision of the
legal firms that get grants
to represent indigent clients.
Incredibly, the law firms are
allowed to keep any "lefto-
ver" funds -- and these have
amounted to as much as $1.3
million One firm bought
Treasury bills with about
$200,000 in leftover funds,
thus collecting government
interest on money the gov-
ernment gave it.
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He depend on the most sophisticated, complex weapons
sysrems in the world for our defense. Yet it’s becoming harder
all the lime to rely on these weapons, as the skilled men and
women who operate them are leasing the Armed Forces in
droves.
It s no surprise that they do; a recent study points out that
a plane handler working a 16-hour day on one of our nuclear-
powered carriers is paid below the poverty level, qualifies for
food stamps and makes less per hour than a cashier at a fast-
food restaurant.
One Navy Admiral has de-
scribed the steady exodus of
such skilled servicemen a
"hemorrhage of talent.’’ In-
deed, their departure threat-
ens the very lifeblood of our
defense capability.
These days, the Armed
Forces can't rely on a soldier’s
brute strength alonre. He must
also have well-honed tech-
nical skills in areas like com-
puter science, electronics, or radar operation.
But these are precisely the men and women our military has
Berry's World
been losing so rapidly—the second- and third-term noncom-
missioned officers who have the technological know-how to
operate today’s intricate and complicated weaponry.
Right now, none of our services keeps more than 60 per-
cent of its second-term people. As a result of sagging re-
enlistment rates, the Armed Forces presently are short
70,000 noncommissioned officers.
For example, this year the Navy is lacking 23,300,com-
munications electricians, electronic technicians, air traffic
controllers and other petty officers, who are needed desper-
ately for sea duty. The Army is running 15 percent short of
such specialists as electronic machinery repairers.
A recent magazine article profiled several experienced non-
commissioned officers who chose, with regret, to return to
civilian life. They all agreed that their decision to leave the
military boiled down to one issue—the size of their paychecks.
During the last decade, while inflation has soared upwards,
military salaries have creeped up at a far more sluggish pace!
According to the Department of Defense, since 1972, the Con-
sumer Price Index (CPI) has risen by 25 percent more than the
level of military compensation.
What does this mean for the average serviceman’s cost of
living? His purchasing power has dropped an estimated 15 to
17 percent over the past seven years.
So it shouldn't surprise us that thousands of middle-level
enlisted men with technical training choose to go back to ci-
vilian life and a salary that is often double that of their mili-
tary paychecks—a fact not lost on their families.
For those who think that there will always be a surplus of re-
cruits on hand to replenish those mid-level ranks, a recent De-
fense Department study dispels such belief. It reports that the
population of recruiting-age youth will decline 15 percent be-
tween 1980-85, and about 25 percent by the ea/ly I990’s.
Right now, I think that one of the soundest investments we
can make in our defense is a decent standard of living for those
serving their country in all branches of Ihe Armed Forces.
That is why I am strongly supporting a $3.6 billion package,
pending in Congress, designed to increase special allowances
and benefits for military personnel.
This proposal includes benefits which would increase reim-
bursement for moving expenses, hike special pay for sea duty
and set a more realistic, variable housing allowance for soldiers
who can t be accommodated in lower-cost housing on mili-
tary posts.
I fully expect Congress to approve this proposal this year. It
is a sensible investment of funds that will reap a great profit, in
terms of a stronger national defense.
For generations, we Americans have given a special place of
honor to those among us who have sacrificed in service to
their country. It has been long accepted that financial sacri-
fices are among [hose they are called upon to make. But, when
the financial sacrifices require a serviceman to go on woffare to
feed his family—and, sadly, this has happened—then it’s time
to call a halt.
In our efforts to maintain a defense that is second to none
we must keep in mind the well-being of the men and women
who make it so.
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