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Me 6a*adi*n RECORD
CANADIAN. HEMPHILL CO TEXAS
THURSDAY 28 JULY 1988
List events in this calendar by
calling the Chamber of Com-
merce, 323-6234, weekdays.
Panhandle Transit, rural
transportation service. Call col-
lect, 24 hours in advance of
need, 862-4131.
National phone line to report
Child Abuse: 1-800-4 A Child (or
1-800-422-4453).
Arthritis Loan Closet, 323-6857
or 323-6793.
Cancer Society, 323-6258 or
323-6842.
Driver’s License testing, County
Courthouse every Wednesday,
2nd and 5th Tuesdays, 9-12, 1-4,
Officer Borland.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Call
323-5889 or 323-6304.
Suicide Prevention Crisis In-
tervention WATS line, 1-800-
692-4039.
Planned Parenthood, 419 Main,
12:30-5:30, weekdays except
Thursday. 323-5732.
Catholic Charities, Theresa
Lopez, 316 Elliott. Cadidades
Catolicas para los necessitados
habla con Theresa Lopez.
Hemphill County Ambulance
Service, 323-8666.
Cupboard for the Needy. For
pickup call 323-6176 or 323-6138.
Tralee Crisis Center for Women,
call collect 669-1788, Pampa.
Family Services Center, all types
of counseling, 419 Main, Thurs-
days. Call anytime, 323-5732 or
WATS line 1-800-682-4039.
River Valley Pioneer Museum
Open Monday-Friday, 8-12 Noon,
Tuesday-Thursday 2-4 p.m.,
Friday-Sunday 1-5 p.m.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Week of July 28-August 3
Thursday, July 28
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mass 9 a.m.
Rebekah Lodge, 7:30 p.m., Lodge
Hall.
Friday, July 29
Lions Club, Noon, Fire Station.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mass, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 30
MS WILD WEST 150.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mass, 9 a.m., Vigil Mass 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 31
Central Baptist Church Sunday
School 10 a.m., Morning Worship
11 a.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Believer’s Covenant Sunday
Worship, 10:30 a.m., Evening
Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday Wor-
ship 7 p.m., and Youth Services 7
p.m.
First Baptist Church Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Morning Wor-
ship 11 a.m., Training Union, 6
p.m., Evening Worship 7 p.m.
First Christian Church, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Morning Wor-
ship 10:30 a.m.
Church of Christ Bible Study 10
a.m., Morning Worship 10:50
a.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study and
Worship 7 p.m.
Assembly of God Christian
Education 10 a.m., Evening Wor-
ship, 6:30 p.m.
Non-denominational Sunday
School, 7-8 a.m., Methodist
Church.
Presbyterian Sunday School,
9:45 a.m. Church 11 a.m.
Pentecostal Church, Sunday
School 10 a.m., Morning Worship
11 a.m., Evening Worship 7 p.m.
CYO, 8th-12th Grades, 5:30 p.m.,
Timothy House.
First United Methodist Church,
Early Worship Service 8:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Morn-
ing Worship 10:30 a.m., Evening
Worship 6:30 p.m.
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 11
a.m.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mass, 10 a.m.
Monday, August 1
50's Plus Club, 2 p.m., Club
Building.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mass, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, August 2
Kiwanis Club, 6:45 a.m., Fire Sta-
tion.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mass, 9 a.m.
Rotary Club, Noon, W.C.T.U.
Canadian Duplicate Bridge, 7:30
p.m., W.C.T.U.
Wednesday, August 3
Sagebrush Painters, 10 a.m.,
Fire Station.
Drivers License Exam, 9-4 p.m.,
Courthouse Basement.
49’ers Duplicate Bridge, 1:30
p.m., W.C.T.U.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mass, 7 p.m.
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Corruption in defense
A GUEST EDITORIAL
BY BILL HARRIS
•y HE PRESIDENT ASKED how could 1 go over
A there (the Pentagon) and watch everybody?
There arc always a few bad apples in every barrel.
(True and he appointed them).
Weinberger said i don’t feel 1 could have done
anything more to prevent this corruption. (Horse
feathers).
From these two statements we can see how six
appointed federal officials, 50 consultants and 100
defense contractors may be indicted. Anytime the
President and Secretary of Defense take the
position that nothing can be done to prevent fraud,
the U.S. taxpayers are in trouble. However, their
trouble started long before when they set the tone,
the climate and the parameters of morality of the
Reagan Administration.
Each President sets the example for his
administration. During the first month of Reagan’s
Administration he allowed “his friends" to
redecorate the White House for $200,000 — a
small sum, but look at the precedent. If the Chief
of Staff of the Army had let the same people
redecorate his quarters at Ft. Myer, he could have
gone to jail. Government employees should not
accept favors from anybody especially defense
contractors and consultants.
Also, in Reagan’s first term William French
Smith resigned as Attorney General and then took
a trip around the world with a staff (friends). The
President approved the trip. In our 200 year history
no other Attorney General had gone around the
world at government expense (and after he had
resigned). The trip cost between $600,000 and one
million, depending upon whether salaries are
counted. The group hit the swinging hot spots of
the world.
Word of Attorney General's example spread like
fire throughout the government. By this action this
President told everyone in his administration that
he was not going to be a tough administrator. Any
boondoggle was possible.
Several months later, Peter Voss, a political
apointee at the Postmaster General’s office, was
convicted of cheating on his travel vouchers.
Reagan thought nothing of wasting a million
dollars on a Smith boondoggle, but William
Webster, Director of the FBI, had higher moral
standards. Voss went to jail for taking $43,000.
Early in the Reagan Administration, the
following changes were made in Defense Policy.
1. Higher Industry Profits.
2. Closer working relationships between Penta-
gon employees and contractor personnel. (Let's be
buddy-buddy).
3. Self-policing by defense contractors and
“pulling auditors back."
4. A doubling of the Defense Budget.
It should be noted that a certain buddy climate
existed before Reagan and Weinberger. “You get
me a contract and I’ll give you a job.” It became
worse 1981-88.
The President and Weinberger cannot say they
were not warned. In 1985, Senator Charles
Grassley (R-Iowa) was stopped by an assistant to
the Attorney General when he was questioning a
whistle blower about collusion and corruption in
defense. The Attorney General’s office maintained
an investigation was in progress and Senator
Grassley’s questions would interfere. A cover up
resulted — not an investigation. In 1986, David
Packard warned the President about defense
corruption. Later, Weinberger was told there were
leaks of classified information to the defense
contractors from Secretary of the Navy Lehman’s
office. Weinberger talked to Lehman but did not
call in the FBI. It was like a warning to Lehman
that he was being careless.
The Navy’s investigative service started an
investigation two years ago. They were careful that
Weinberger, Lehman. Meese and the President
knew nothing about the investigation. Later, they
brought in the FBI. Again, no one told Adminis-
tration bigwigs. Meese learned of the investigation
only when his name appeared in one of the bugged
conversations. The President and Secretary of
Defense did not know until the raids were made at
offices of Pentagon officials, consultants and
contractors.
Judge Sessions, Director of the FBI, had been
careful that enough evidence had been collected
before the President was told. The U.S. Attorney
in charge, Henry Hudson, first said indictments
would be made in 90 days (before elections]. The
President immediately called a meeting with the
Secretary of Defense, Attorney General and
Director of the FBI. Then Attorney General Meese
announced that indictments could not be made
until about the end of the year [after elections].
The scandal trials can be delayed, but this one
cannot be covered-up.
Truman said the buck stops here. He was hard
on Defense contractors. Ike said don’t trust the
Military Industrial Complex. They will cheat.
Kennedy took Ike’s advice and would not let any
officials accept favors from Defense Contractors.
Johnson. Nixon, and Ford continued this policy.
Reagan said let’s increase defense contractors
profits, let them police themselves, and let’s be
more buddy-buddy.
Ike turned over in his grave.
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Ezzell, Ben & Ezzell, Nancy. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 28, 1988, newspaper, July 28, 1988; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth520060/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.