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2—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Thursday, April 3,1980.
forum
Jack Anderson
i*S:,
In our Opinion
Image and glibness
important factors
In 1968 there were 17 presidential The primary system appears to
rimaries. This year there are 34. And have placed a high premium on irfiage
Burdens of state
weigh on Carter
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four years from now, there will be
more of the presidential primaries.
When the presidential primaries
were first, conceived, it was believed
that they would give more people an
opportunity to express themselves,
thereby to a degree opening up the
nominating process. But has this hap-
l&ned?The answer, unfortunately, ap-
pears to be no.
and glibness. Also emphasized is the
fast—starter, the one who can grab
momentum and then capture addi-
tional strength as he is seen as the
eventual winner.
What is threatening now is an early
lockup of the party nominations. In a
spirit of fairness, is this democracy.?
Or should we accept the theory that all
is fair in war, love and politics?
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Federal prosecutor urges
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direct check deposits
United States Attorney John H.
Hannah Jr. of Tyler has made an ap-
peal for direct deposits of regular
monthly government checks to banks.
Thousands of government checks,
such as social security, military retire-
ment pay, etc., are stolen out of
mailboxes each year. While the people
whose checks are stolen will eventual-
ly get replacement checks, there is
considerable delay and inconvenience.
In addition, the government law en-
forcement agencies and prosecutors
wind up spending millions of tax-
payers’ dollars running down the
thieves and sending them to prison.
Hannah says that by making ar-
rangements to have the regular mon-
thly checks deposited in banks, thefts
are prevented, taxpayers’ money is
saved, and the people receiving the
payments do got have to make an un-
necessary trip to the bank.
Local banks are happy to provide
this service for direct deposits. More
people should use it.
Strikers add new woe
to life in New York
Getting to work and back became a
rUgged business for New Yorkers this
week.
Buses and subway trains halted
operations a3 workers went on strike.
Long Island Railroad trains re-
mained idle for the same reason.
Workers manning the toll bridge ap-
proaches to Manhattan island
threatened to add a new dimension to
the confusion by staging slowdowns.
With harassment of some kind a
regular way of life in the Big Apple, it
isn’t surprising that both people and
business are giving up the struggle and
seeking a more serene enviroment
elsewhere.
Virtues of Linus-ism
of Psychology Today
Parents whose children
bang onto soft objects at bed-
Ume or in moments of misery
often worry that the cuddling
may signify an insecure
psyche. They should stop
Worrying, according to a
recent study in London The
parents’ biggest problem is
probably sneaking .their kid’s
Hard-used blankies into the
wash
Mothers of 703 London 3-
year-olds were interviewed by
David Boniface and Philip
Qraham. psychiatrists at the
city’s Hospital for Sick Chil-
dren. Sixteen percent of the
children habitually cuddled
things such as blankets and
teddies
The researchers found no
connection between the use of
sWt objects and the presence
or absence of problems In
speech development and
eating. More important, the
cuddlers tended to be slightly
more independent, go to bed
more happily and sleep
bpiter.
•By contrast, emotionally
troubled children tended not
to have a cuddly in their love
life The rate of emotional dis-
turbance was nearly twice as
high among noncuddlers as
cuddlers - 15.7 percent
vfersus 8.7 percent,, although
the differences were not much
gfeathr than might have
occurred by chance.
Clinging to cuddly objects,
the British child analyst D.W.
PSYCHOLOGY
TODAY
Winnicott proposed in the
1950s, is one of several
healthy transitional strategies
that help children learn the
differences between fantasy
and reality. The specialist in
children's attachment and
loss, John Bowlby, has said
the Linus habit may be a
baby’s appropriate way to use
objects for comfort when the
primary parent is away.
Boniface and Graham do
not disagree But -4host chil-
dren do without cuddling soft
objects. Hence the research-
ers suggest that most children
may be negotiating these
stages of development with
something less concrete and
less discoverable — a com-
forting image, perhaps, or a
silent song.
At first blush, a recent Brit-
ish survey suggests that Brit-
ish women are retaining at
least part of their celebrated
sexual reserve. In a study of
6,589 women done in 1976 by
the government’s census
office, only 9 percent of the
women who had married
since 1971 said they had lived
with their future husbands
first.
By contrast, 99 percent of
all Swedish couples in a
recent survey there claimed
to have lived together before
they married And in France,
31 percent of a 1977 national
sample of married 18- to 29-
year-olds reported having
lived with their future spouses
before marriage.
On closer examination, one
reason for the infrequency of
living together among British
young people may involve
money, not mores Many sim-
ply cannot afford a home of
their own before marTiage.
and marry without ever hav-
ing moved out of their
parent’s homes
Even so, premarital sex
seems to b& increasing in Brit-
ain as fast as anywhere else
Among the women who mar-
ried between 1956 and 1960,
35 percent reported having
had premarital intercourse.
Among women who became
brides after 1971, however, 75
percent said they had.
Similarly, while 62 percent
of the apparently quite
reserved single women in
their 40s said they were still
virgins, only 15 percent of the
single 23- to 24-year-olds said
they were.
(c) 1980 Pyschology Today
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN)
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - The bur-
dens of the “presidency are
weighing down heavily on
the sagging should’ebs of
Jimmy Carter White House-
sources say he has pulled
deeper into his turtle shell
as foreign crises! and eco-'
nomic problems have
become more confounding
From dawn until
midnight he usually can be
found alone, bent over
stacks of presidential
papers, .boning up on inter- ‘
minable details scribbling ■
instructions to his subordi
nates, making decisions that
affect the lives of all Ameri-
cans
- Intimates describe him.as .
a troubled man who broods
over the crises he cannot-
control and the problems he
cannot Solve He has become
obsessed over the fate of the
American hostages in Iran,
these sources say. much the
same as Lyndon Johnson
fretted about Vietnam and
Richard Nixon sulked over
Watergate
- Carter. ...often appears
strained and fatigued, his
face drawn his eyes
bloodshot His personal
physician. Rear Adm Wil-
liam Lukash acknowledged
that Carter is showing strain
but stressed that his health
is sound You perceive , the
fatigue more in an intuitive
sense than in anything;
physical, he said
Some aides have also
sensed the quiet anguish
seething within the presr-
dent He prays a lot ; I pray
privately he told a visitor,
and 1 do it several times a
The Almanac
Today in History
By The Associated Press <
Today is Thursday, April 3,
the 94th day of 1980. There are
272 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in histpry:
On April 3, 1865, during the
Civil War, the Union Army
occupied the Confederate
capital of Richmond, Va.
Southern leaders had fifed the
previous day.
On this date:
In 1776, Harvard College
conferred the honorary degree
of doctor of laws cn Gen.'
George Washington.
In 1860, Pony Express service
began between St. Joseph, Mo.,
and Sacramento, Calif.
In 1936, Bruno Hauptmann
was executed for the kid-
napping and murder of the
Lindberg baby.
In 1968,, the North Viet-
namese offered to begin
Negotiations with the United
States on a halt of bombing of
the North. Indications from
Washington were that the offer
would be accepted.
Ten years ago: President
Richard Nixon signed into law
the Water Quality Im-
provement Act of 1970. It
sharply increased penalties for
oil spills and extended the
liability for the cost of cleaning
them up.
Five years ago: Puerto Rican.
nationalists took responsibility
for four Midtown New York
bombings.
One yelr agixlsraeli Prime
Ministef Menacbem Begin
followed up on theOamp David
peace accord*by making a trip
to the Egyptian capital of
Caifo.
Today’s birthdays: Marlon
Brando is 56. Actress Doris Day
is also 56. \ .
Thought for today: A man’s
true wealth is the good he does
in this world. — Mohammed
(570-632)
day i
A lew associates have
started, to ask Has . the
world's biggest job become
too bi*g for Jimmv Carter to-
handle” Qther atftes wonder
whether the job is too-big for'
anyone to cope. with,
whether world events are
raging out of control
Many presidential observ-
ers view Carter as a decent
fellow who would make a
terrific neighbor but who is
out of his element in the
White House. Unfamiliar
with the leverage of power.
“ he has a tendancy to Hit the
delicate federal machinery
His Solutions invariably
cause new. often worse’
problems which then
demand even more drastic
solutions • >- .
* Yet Carter appears to'
have mastered the paper-
work of the presidency ’ He,
buries himself in paperwork
He spends hours commrtting
to mem'ory facts and
figures They become guide-
posts, which he uses in his
discussions wrth subordi-
nates He has often flabber-
gasted them by quoting the
most trivial details,
After the Afghanistan
invasion, he could recite the
names of the key cities and
the distance between them
He plunges into the details
of each new problem as if he
were taking a cram course
Yet he seems to lack the
ability to brush aside the
trivia when crucial decisions
are needed He is a
memorizer." explained one'
close associate. * not a
thinker
It was also typical of’
Carter to confine himself-fn
the White House for the
duration of the hostage
crisis He hasjilways had a
tendency/ to isolate and insu-
late himself from the Wash-
ington whirl He has a desire
Hop solitude and a craving
for an orderly environment
I value solitude, he once
told me T kind of hunger
after loneliness "
So he has tried to encapsu-
late himself from unneces-
sary turmoil, dealing regu-
larly only with those trusted,
select few whose faces and
accents are familiar He has
turned the Oval Office into a
glass bubble
The trouble with all this is
that a seething enterprise
like America cannot be led
from a glass bubble. X
POSTGRADUATE-
PERKS: Thousands of for-
mer government employees
are enjoying VIP treatment
from U S. and foreign cus-
toms and immigration offi-
cials because they improper-
ly held onto their diplomatic
or official passports.
Unlike ordinary travelers
using regular passports, the
holders of diplomatic and
official passports are usual-
ly waved through customs
and other formalities both in
foreign countries and when
they return to the United
States It’s a traditional
courtesy extended to gov-
officials and
bn a reciprocal
ernment
emplovees
basis,ii’
When someone leaves
government service, he or
she is supposed to turn in the/
special passport’ and go baci
to standing in line with th/e
rest Of the tourists But most
federal agencies don t
bother to go after the presti-
gious passports.
As a result, at least
350.000 diplomatic and offi-
cial passports are currently^-
"outstanding." according to
a General Accounting Office
investigation Requested by-
Sen. Max Baucus. D-Mont.
In a test check by GAO.
the State Department alone
was unable to account for 60
percent of the passports held
by former top officials
Even when an agency-
does try to collect an ex-
officials fancy travel docu-
ment. it doesn’t always
succeed A former head of
the General Services Admin-
istration. for example
stalled for months after
■being asked to turn in his
official passport.’
* WATCH ON WASTE: The
Farmers Home Administra-
tion, which provides low-
interest loans to needy
farmers,'decided six years
ago it needed a fancy new
computer to help it in this
worthwhile task The results
have been anything but
worthwhile After an
expenditure of $17 million,
the computer, called UMIS.
is still not in operation Gov-
e/nment inspectors discov-
ered that so many technical/
/bugs had cropped up in the
UMIS system that it will
take another five years to
get it worfung. and the total
bill will come to $42 million
The inspectors concluded
that- UMJS will probably
never do its assigned task,
and suggested that it would
be better in the long run to
junk UMIS pnd design a new
computer from scratch
_ * Questions that might
enliven a cocktail-party con-
versation can become
expensive propositions when
they pique a bureacraf s >■
curiosity. /The Agriculture
Department is paying a Uni-
versity of Texas scholar
$90,000 to find out why peo-
ple become vegetarians The •
research will delve into ’the
backgrounds of selected
vegetarians and the 'socio-.
economic factors" that led
to their gustatorial convic-
tions Carnivores will be
studied too. just to add bal-
ance to the study-
Footnote Most econo-
mists agree that thejiloated
federal budget is one of the
major causes of inflation. I
invite my readers to help
fight it by sending examples
of government extrava-
gance to JACK ANDER-
SON'S WATCH ON WASTE.
PP Box 2300. Washington.
DC. 20013
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Marriage of convenience
We have it on the authority of his latest host that Iran’s
globe-trotting deposed shah has now come to rest
"permanently.”
Those of us willing to believe that from Egyptian President
Anwar el-Sadat probably also believed that had his ex-majes-
ty only been willing to sit out in Panama supposedly purely
ritual extradition proceedings never intended to be acted
upon, the Tehran militants would have released the embassy
hostages. ’.- "
The facfdgthat the most celebrated traveler of our time is
very likely embarked upon an odyssey that has no end, in this
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lem — and ours —
COMMENTARY
life. And in fleeing from one illusory refugi
not leaving his troubles behind but taking th<
with him
Berry's World
Jokes offer insight to races
DONALDM. ROTHBERG
A P Political Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a
y»ar which, so far, has given
Americans very little to ap-
plaud or laugh about,
presidential candidates are
coining up with lines that are
drawing cheers and getting a
few guffaws.
Audience reaction to one-
liners is a tenuous test of the
mood of the nation, and
studying it is more fun than
public opinion polling.
;ls President Carter in
side of every issue.” Loud
laughter and cheers. “And
there’d be Jimmy Carter, who
doesn’t know what the issues
are." At that, audiences in-
variably explode with laughter
and cheers.
Another sure-fire line used by
Reagan is his reference to
President Carter’s first fireside
political trouble? He ought to chat: "You remember, he Wore
hear voters splitting their sides a sweater, which prompted
laughing at jokes told at his someone to observe that he was
together: preferred jokes aimed at
"There’d be Jerry Brown, themselves and Sen. Edward
who’s on both sides of every M. Kennedy likes to tell union
issue," a line that draws a few audiences about a debate
snickers. “There’d be Teddy during his first Senate race,
Kennedy, who’s on the wrong when his opponent said to him,
"Kennedy, you’ve never
worked a day in your life."
Kennedy didn’t have time to
reply. The next day he was
campaigning at a plant gate
when a worker approached him
and said, "I heard what they
said about you last night and let
me tell you, you haven’t missed
a thing.”
What are the issues that
excite audiences?
One of the beat applause lines
he can get a big cheer by
declaring his support for ERA.
The draft draws a big cheer
no matter what position a
candidate takes. Audiences
applaud when Reagan or
Kennedy declare opposition to
Carter's registration proposal.
The reaction is just as favorable
when Wee President Walter F.
Mondale or George Bush speaks
in favor of registration.
Reagan ia a master of the line
that lacks details which could
bring disagreement but which
leaves them knowing where he
stands:
"The government causes
inflation and the government
eRpenf - 4 the first president to begin his is a strong statement in support can make it go away.” Ex-
1GOP front-runner Ronald term by pulling the wool over of the Equal Rights Amend- plosive cheers follow
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Those in what,parses for authority in Tehran give every
indication of being prepared to continue pursuit indefinitely,
or at least as long as they are the authority. And there is no
indication that flip-flopping U.S. policy, Iran’s internal power
struggles or developments in Afghanistan or anywhere else
are very soon going to effect a significant change in that basic
situation.
Nevertheless, makers of what passes for policy in Washing-
ton are reported to be concerned about the immediate conse-
quence’s of the shah’s latest flight for the current apparent
authorities in Tehran - the so-called government of Presi-
dent Abolhassan Bani-Sadr. And in the longer run for Egypt.
The fiasco in Panama is seen as weakening Bani-Sadr in his
contest with even more radical revolutionary elements. Yet it
is difficult to see how he would be any better off otherwise.
The proposition that the radicals would have accepted the
playing out of an extradition charade that in the end failed to
deliver up the shah in person is also one to strain belief.
The shah is reported to be little concerned about the conse-
quences for Bani-Sadr or anyone else back in Tfhran. With
good and probably more realistic reason than being exercised
in Washington.
Egypt, however, is another matter - one that is of under-
standable concern for Washington and that should be for the
ngti
Egypt, however, is another matter - one that is of under-
concern fo
shah and also Sadat.
The shah’s and our troubles in the Iranian conflict now
become Egypt’s, which is already under ample strain In its
maneuvering with Israel over the Palestinian Issue and its
feuding with the rest of the Arab world. For all Sadat’s dls- ’
play of confidence in having the situation under control, there
are legitimate questions as to how much strain that control
can withstand. And the permancy of the shah's present refuge
is directly dependent upon that of Sadat’s retention of power.
The shah may be fully aware of, and cafe about, the burden
he presents in this respect. Or, he may not. Quite possibly the
latter. Many in Washington who have had to deal with him
Many in Wi
during his nomadic exile' are
interests of others, self-centered and imperious.
said to find him insensitive to the
All of which is resented, understandably so. But in none of
this does the shah shorn of power differ essentially from the
absolutist potentate Who was the staunchest and, so it long
seemed, moat durable U.S. ally ip the Mideast.
Those years and that policy have forged a marriage for
better - and now very much - worse. A marriage, in respect
to its continuing consequences, until death do us part.
And that, as things are developing, would appear to be
exactly the end it is approaching.
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