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.4—SiCTION 1—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Wednesday, Moy*vv1980.
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Jack Anderson
In our opinion
Initiative-referendum
support significant
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An aspect of the recent Texas
’ elections that has attracted too little
1 attention was the decisive nature of the
indorsement extended by the state’s
Republican voters to the initiative an
referendum question on their ballots.
Unofficial returns show 86.82
percent of those voting favored giving
the people the right to enact or repeal
legislation by direct vote under
prescribed conditions. Only 13.18
percent of the voters opposed the plan.
The opinion sample concerns
Republicans only because Texas
Democrats did not place a similar,
question on their ballot.
Initiative and referendufn are two
time-honored aspects of textbook
democracy that are being practiced in
a good many states. They attained a
broad measure of fame with the
adoption of California’s Proposition 13
mandating property tax reductions.
Principal objection to them is that
they serve to short-circuit the
legislative process and could result in
poorly conceived legislation being
enacted. This hazard could be
minimized by limiting their use to
specified fields, such as taxes and
spending, and requiring sufficient
supporting signatures to make them a
rare feature on the political scene.
Certainly it is difficult to ignore
something that 86.82 percent of the
people want and still maintain that we
are operating a democracy.
Audley Moore
Audley Moore leaves a legacy to his
family, countless friends and the
citizenry of Hopkins County.
His untimely death Tuesday
morning ended a long and successful
career that over the years emphasized
a positive “can do” attitude. He was a
strong achiever in that he was not
awed by difficult tasks. He was gifted
with vision, professional skills, and
possessed with a strong and urgent
determination to reach goals.
In his earlier career, Mr. Moore
often struggled to overcome major
obstacles. On occasions, he par-
ticipated in activities other than his
jrincipal role as general contractor to
lelp ease financial stress. He worked
lard to attain success.
Through all of the years, Mr. Moore
always had time to make contributions
to his community by serving in various
volunteer roles. He made major
contributions to the Sulphur Springs
Planning & Zoning Commission. He
was a charter member and shared his
expertise — and common sense — with
others over the years to help this body
play a vital role in a developing
Sulphur Springs.
He was a leader in First United
Methodist Church, pitching in to help
in all areas for many years.
Although he had experienced health
problems for some time, he never let
them overshadow his good humor or
dim his optimistic outlook on life. .
And although he shared his time
and knowledge with the entire com-
munity, Mr. Moore never shirked his
family as he and wife, Jomae, reared
two sons to become successful leaders
in their own rights.
Thus, Mr. Moore truly leaves a rich
legacy after a full and successful
lifetime.
Today In History
By The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, May 7,
the 128th day of 1980. There are
238 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On May 7,1945, World War II
ended in Europe as the Ger-
mans signed an unconditional
surrender at Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower’s headquarters in
Rheims, France.
On this date:
In 1789, the first presidential
inaugural ball was held in New
York, in honor of President and
Mrs. George Washington
In 1915, the British liner
The Almanac
‘Tjisitania" was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine
off Ireland, with a loss of nearly
1,200 lives.
In 1954, a key French outpost
in Indochina, Dien Bien Phu,
fell to the North Vietnamese
communists.
In 1960, the Kremlin said it
would try American pilot
Francis Gary Powers — shot
down over the Soviet Union —
as a spy.
Ten years ago, a wave of anti-
war demonstrations forced
nearly 100 colleges and
universities to close.
Five years ago, Washington
Vance resignation: insight on
one gentleman's disagreement
announced a program man-
dating the conversion of electric
power plants to coal, as part of
its campaign to conserve oil.
last year, the United States
and Egypt tried to pressure
Israel into ending its attacks on
Palestinians in Iabanon, but
Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin resisted.
Today’s birthdays: Actress
Anne Baxter is 57. Retired
football star Johnny Unitas is
47.
Thought for today: What men
value in this world is not rights,
but privileges. — H.L. Mencken
(1880-1956)
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - Former
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance apparently came to
the reluctant conclusion that
the American hostages in
Tehran would never be
released so long as Jimmy
Carter is in the white House
Although Vance is too
much of a gentleman to
spell out his “disagreement
in principle” with Carter, I
have obtained a secret intel-
ligence analysis prepared by
Vance’s subordinates that
details his reasons for
opposing not only the ill-
fated rescue attempt, but
virtually every step Carter
has taken since the hostages
were seized last November.
The timing of Vance's res-
ignation - submitted before
the rescue fiasco but
announced after its failure --
has lent a sour-grapes taint
to his departure from the
Carter Cabinet But his
views were known to the
president a week before the
rescue mission, and were
unanimously supported by
the UiS, diplomatic commu-
nity.
Reflecting Vance's posi-
tion, the secret intelligence
document states that “the
focus of American policy
should be to restore
rationality to Iran ”
The analysis noted that
Iranians are genuinely sus-
picious that the United
States intends to restore the
ousted shah to power. It also
warned that economic sanc-
tions and other U S. actions
that cause hardship to the
Iranian people will undoubt-
edly "strengthen the deter-
mination to hold the hos-
tages indefinitely ,vand
increase the prestige of
religious radicals, whose
strength is martyrdom.”
While Vance meticulously
observed the diplomatic
niceties in his letter of resig-
nation - and the president
did likewise in his letter of
acceptance, signed “Your
friend” - the secret docu-
ment shows that Vance’s
private opinion struck tell-
ingly at the White House
handling of the Iranian
crisis.
Vance belieyed that it was
Carter and his political
advisers, with their Rose
Garden strategy, who gave
Ayatollah Khomeini the idea
that he had something of
inestimable value in a hard-
line stance on the hostages
during an election
campaign
By inflating the hostage
crisis to the paramount issue
in American policy - and in
his re-election campaign --
Carter has succeeded in lion-
izing Khomeini as the con-
aueror of the “American
devil,” Vance feels. Further
pressure from the United
States will serve only to
unite Iran even more behind
Khomeini, the former secre-
tary of state was convinced.
The Cuban example
As the world’s greatest democracy, the United States should
be expected to set an example
Not, however, the unflattering one that has been its initial
response to the latest refugee crisis.
Not only are desperate Cubans chancing dangerous miles of
open sea to reach Florida and freedom not being welcomed,
operators of the small boats ferrying them there are doing so
under threat of penalties.
Never mind that many of these same operators regard it as
a purely commercial operation, a trafficking in bodies for
what they are willing to pay The attempt to block the exodus
with fines, visa technicalities and pre-admission processing in
distant Costa Rica is unseemly for a nation that has been arm-
twisting so many others to open their doors to other refugee
waves.
COMMENTARY
Don Graff
Thailand and Malaysia, to name two, have been under
intense American pressure to accept Cambodians and the
Vietnamese boat people fleeihg the repression and devasta-
tion of their homelands. Overcrowded Singapore has been
sharply criticized for turning away those it was incapable of
accommodating.
True, from the outset of the Cuban crisis when would-be
emigres Jammed Havana’s Peruvian Embassy, the United
States has been active in establishing evacuation and resettle-
ment procedures with other countries.
And true, there is reason for concern that the boatloads of
legitimate refugees may include some social undesirables and
a sprinkling of Cuban agents.
And also true, the United States has already provided
asylum for hundreds of thousands of Cubans and as many or
more of other nationalities in similar straits. In the very simi-
lar outpouring from Cuba that began in 1985, the response was
an airlift that brought in up to 4,000 emigres a month for
several yean.
But the test in situations such as this is not what has been
done but what is being done. And that is very little of the
humanitarian practices so often preached to others.
With its infinitely greater resources and experience, the
United States is infinitely more capable of dealing with such a
situation than is a Thailand or a Malaysia. As for the danger
of infiltration by undesirables - and the FBI affirms that
already a number of Castro agents have been detected — we
also have plenty of expertise for dealing with that problem.
There is no explanation for the ungenerous, unimaginative
response to the Cuban boat people other than insensitivity and
no justification whatsoever for its continuance
And as for the desirability of admitting masses of new refu-
gees, there can be no question. The United States has never
realized anything but immense long term benefits from doing
SO.
After all, beginning way back in the 17th century, the
world's greatest democracy was built largely by refugees.
Sorry about that
It was recently mentioned in this space, in discussing the
possible consequences of John Anderson's independent presi-
dential candidacy, that the House of Representatives has been
called upon to decide an inconclusive election only once in
American history. ,
Correction. Make that thrice.
In addition to the Hayes-Tilden contest of 1876, there was
the Jefferson-Burr deadlock of 1800 and the 1824 election
featuring four major contenders.
The 1800 situation was not a third-party or independent
candidate situation, however. It was a constitutional oddity in
which Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson’s vice-presidential run-
ning mate on the Democratic-Republican ticket, received as
many votes in the electoral college for the top spot as did
Jefferson. At that time, electors, chosen by state legislatures
rather than according to the popular vote, cast two votes each
without designating presidential or vice-presidential prefer-
ences. It was the last time.
In 1824, John Quincy Adams received the House nod over
Andrew Jackson, who led in the popular vote, thanks in great
part to continuing legislative selection of electors The deci-
sion accelerated the switch to electoral determination by pop-
ular vote.
The two early elections are easily overlooked because they
are not really relevant to^ current presidential politics, proce-
dures having changed so greatly and been refined so intelli-
gently over the yean.
Or have they?
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE: ASSN.)
Pressure from the United
States, the secret document
pointed out, relieves Kho-
meini from the impossible
task of dealing with Iran’s
internal problems Without
the convenient U S scape-
goat, the ayatollah would
eventually be forced to
release the hostages under
pressure from other Moslem
nations, Vance suggested
Far from being "soft” on
Iran, Vance saw Carter’s
supposedly hard line as a
policy that would be self-
defeating in its attempts to
resolve the hostage crisis. So
he quit.
DIVIDED DEMOCRATS:
President Carter’s cam-
paign aides boast that rival
Ted Kennedy is beaten, that
the mathematical obstacle
is too great for him to over-
come, that they can now
write him off' But they mayr_
be whistling past the grave-
yard.
The senator is furious at
Carter for the personal
slander that was directed
against him during the,
Pennsylvania primary. The
president’s publicist, Gerald
Rafshoon, aired a series of
ugly, anti-Kennedy commer-
cials in Pennsylvania. Now
Kennedy has blood in his
eye
He will go into the Demo-
cratic convention with a for-
midable bloc of delegates
By convention time, he
expects the economy to be in
a tailspin. His strongest
issue has been that Carter is
mismanaging the economy
Therefore, he may attempt a
backroom raid on Carter's
delegates, pleading that
Carter can’t win.
Carter and Company are
mistaken if they think they
can ignore Ted Kennedy
WARNING FROM
MOSCOW: Secret- intelli-
gence reports from Moscow
warn that the Soviets will
intervene if Iran is threat-
ened by U.S. military action.
The Kremlin would view an
American attack upon Iran
with the same alarm that
the White House would
regard a Soviet attack upon
Mexico, the reports suggest.
Accordingly, the Soviets
have beefed up their forces
on Iran’s northern border.
There is no question, one
secret analysis contends,
that the Russians could be
provoked into a military
response. The Soviet right to
intervene is recognized in a
1921 treaty with Iran
Although the Iranians unilat-
erally abrogated the treaty
last: year, the Kremlin con-
siders it still in effect
OIL RETALIATION: The
implacable Ayatollah Kho-
meini has dispatched emis-
saries to the Arab oil sheik-
doms to call upon them to
join him in retaliating
against the Western alli-
ance He is spreading the
word that the oil producers
must stand together when,
one is hit by allied sanctions.
According to intelligence
reports, the ayatollah wants
the OPEC countries to cut
back production and raise
prices when they meet in
Algiers in June.
WATCH ON WASTE: The
Defense Department may be
lagging behind -the
Kremlin's war machine in
missiles and other arma-
ments. but in document-
' copying hardware, we’re
miles ahead of the Russians.
Pentagon auditors last year
found that the Defense
Department had more than
20,000 separate copying
centers, at a cosj to the tax-
payers of almost $100 mil-
lion a year An equal sum is
spent on special printing
plants The auditors deter-
mined that $10 million could
be saved by eliminating
needless triplicating and
quintuplicating operations.
Copyright 1980.
Cnited Feature Syndicate, Inc
‘Sir, we’ve come to rescue you from the White House.’
Anderson bid a threat
By EVANS WITT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - President
Carter’s campaign strategists
are beginning to think about the
general election and they are
worried, afraid that John An-
derson will pull enough
potential Carter votes to make
the next president a
Republican.
There are good reasons for
that concern. But the GOP
candidate — Ronald Reagan or
whoever — should be keeping a
careful watch on the Illinois
congressman's independent
candidacy as well.
Anderson’s bid to become the
first independent candidate
ever elected to the White House
adds a wild card to the
American political deck. This
nation has little experience with
three-way races for the
presidency. Thus, much of the
discussion of the impact of an
Anderson bid is speculation.
Recent poll results do,
however, shed some light on the
potential impact.
One must add, quickly, that
neither Reagan nor Carter has
yet wrapped up their parties’
nominations. But both are well
on the way to doing so.
Several national polls have
shown Anderson getting about
one in five votes in a mythical
matchup with Reagan and
Carter. And the same polls
show Anderson’s support
coming equally from the other
men’s supporters.
Carter backers will find little
to be glad about in the results of
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an Associated Press-NBC News
poll taken in late April.
Almost a third of those
questioned nationally said they
might vote for Anderson in
November. Liberals were one
fertile group for Anderson to
mine for support — 38 percent
said they might vote for him.
And 36 percent of the moderates
said they might.
Such a pattern of support — if
it materialized in November —
would not be good for Carter.
Liberals are not expected to
vote in any signficant numbers
for Reagan — long the bearer of
the conservative banner in the
GOP. And Carter will have to do
well among the moderates to
have a chance of winning in
November.
But there was bad news for
Reagan in the poll as well.
The former California
governor would normally be
expected to be the beneficiary
of disenchantment with Car-
ter’s work as president. Those
people who are most unhappy
with Carter’s work would be the
least likely to vote to return him
for four more years.
But those voters will have
another option in November
beside voting for Reagan. They
can vote for Anderson.
The AP-NBC News poll found
an indication that this theory
could hold up in November —
the less they think of Carter’s
work, the more likely they say
they might be to vote for An-
derson.
Nearly two in five of th<
people — 38 percent — who say
Carter is doing a poor job saic
they might vote for Anderson
Thirty-six percent of those wh(
rated Carter’s work only fair
said they might vote the in
dependent line. And only 22
percent of those who marked
Carter’s efforts good or ex-
cellent said they might back
Anderson.
IT'S POSSIBLE!
Robert Schuller
Hear His answer
By Robert Schuller
J. Arthur Rank, one of
England’s most celebrated
business successes, once con-
fided to friends that his best
ally in making wise decisions
was prayer.
Often during heated and
complex business conferences
he said he turned to the source
of clarity, serenity and wis-
dom — God,
Likewise, a friend of mine,
a New York business execu-
tive, told me that some of his
best ideas for his company
come while he is in churcn
meditating.
It is not difficult to under-
stand. When you and I turn
our thoughts away from our
day-to-day problems and
elevate them to a higher level,
we release tensions which bot-
tle up creativity and solutions.
By clearing our minds
through prayer and medita-
tion, we allow God to speak to
us through a clear channel.
If you have been wrestling
with a long-standing problem,
perhaps you haven’t gotten
quiet enough to hear God’s
answer. Try separating your-
self from the noise and inter-
ruptions and the distractions
that would interfere with your
reception of His answers. He
may have an exciting revela-
tion for you.
Reverend Schuller, pastor of
the Garden Grove, Calif.,
Community Church, can be
seen weekly on his nationally
syndicated TV„ program,
"Hour ot Power.”
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