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Throckmorton Tribune Thursday, March 21, 1974
by Barely Riteseinup
Political Streaking
As the latest fad of student
streaking gathers momentum, it
occurs to us that perhaps the
politicians could learn some-
thing from the students.
More accurately, the country
could learn something from the
politicians if the politicians
themselves would bare all. As a
matter of fact, a large majority
of voters would be highly
appreciative if the candidates
would strip down to the bare
facts in their campaigns.
Of course, we’re not suggest-
ing that the politicians actually
shed their clothing while doing
their thing. The very thought of
that is upsetting enough. Even a
view of Senator Proxmire
jogging to his office in running
shorts is a far cry from
senatorial dignity.
What we are proposing
seriously includes:
1. That politicias stop promising
what they think will get them
elected only to forget the
promises when elected. ,,
2. That politicians refuse to
accept contributions to their
campaigns from special intersts
knowing that they will be
expected to favor the special
interest legislation.
3. That poliiticians stop vigor-
ously opposing or supporting
legislation in public and then
agreeing to a totally different
concept in private.
4. That politicians answer truth-
fully, as if under oath, questions
from the press and general
public.
Under these circumstances
we believe political streaking
would be a valuable asset to the
country.
The Quiet Revolution
Following President Nixon’s
recent State of the Union
address, a prominent black
mayor said the President had
“declared for all the world to
see that black people are
officially non-persons, not even
to be addressed in a statement
for the entire nation.”
Mayor Richard Hatcher of
Gary, Indiana, added that Mr.
Nixon “spoke for about an hour
and did not mention equal
opportunity.”
Well, so the President didn’t
refer specifically to black people
in the address. Neither did he
refer to white, red, yellow, or
purple people. The point is that
he was addressing us as one
union, not as special interest
groups within that union. Issues
affecting such grous, including
blacks, were dealt with in the
considerably longer written
message accompanying the
speech and given to members of
Congress and the press.
At any rate, Mayor Hatcher’s
contention raises an irifersting
question: what happened to that
black revolution that so recently
was threatening to tear apart
the social fabric of our nation?
The answer is that the
revolution is continuing quitely
and very effectively where it
really counts-in the ballot box.
A total of 363 more blacks
won political office in the South
alone during last year’s off-year
elections, according to the
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Project. There are now more
than 1,000 elected blacks
serving in public office through-
out the South. And, in addition
to Hatcher, they are joined by
such prominent black officials in
the North and the mayors of Los
Angeles and Newark.
We won’t argue that today
every American has an equal
opportunity for success. How-
ever, we will argue that during
President Nixon’s term of office,
giant strides have been made in
this direction. Federal outlays
for civil rights enforcement, for
example, have risen from $75
million in 1969 to $521 million in
1974.
Blacks and other minority
groups, we believe, have made
significant progress in recent
years toward sharing fully in the
American Dream. Perhaps that
is one reason why this year’s
college students are streaking
instead of rioting.
Even a Stamp Shortage
We have shortages of every-
thing from gasoline and econo-
my cars to bathroom tissue. For
awhile, it even looked like we
were headed for a shortage of
postage stamps. The Cost of
Living Council ruled that postal
increases would be postponed
from January 5, 1974 to March
2„Jt seems the post office hadn’t
printed enough 8 cent first-class
and; 11 cent airmail stamps to
last that long!
It is a familiar story, higher
prices to increase supply. Of
course, higher prices had little
to do with the incentive to
increase the supply of postage
stamps. We may only hope that
they have more direct effect on
improving the efficiency and
quality of mail service.
The Promise of Spring
“Open my ears to music; let
Me thrill with Spring’s first
flutes and drums...” wrote
Louis Untermeyer. As the
joyous sounds of Spring swell up
around us, life does seem to
take on a fresh outlook Soon the
sight of delicate blossoms, blue
skies and deep furrows of rich,
black farm soil ready for
planting will make Winter’s
harshness just a memory.
This year March 20 signals
the official beginning of Spring.
Let us hope that this brightest of
all seasons will also mark a
resurgence of peace, goodwill
and compasion in thie troubled
world of ours.
The Other Face
Inflation has two faces.
Americans have seen only one
face-the smiling countenance of
the artificial well-being that has
accompanied government defi-
cits and creeping deterioration
of our money. The other face
prayerfully will never be seen in
the U.S.
That face is presented in the
words of a man who live in
Germany during the disastrous
inflation of 1923. “Printing of
federal money,” he said, “was
being farmed out because the
state presses couldn’t keep up
with the job...” Laundry
baskets filled with paper money
were used to pay off workers,
and “As soon as somebody got
his bundle, he’d rush out to buy
whatever he could. Anything
was more valualbe than money,
Foraging the countryside be-
came commonplace. The rail-
road stations were jammed with
people going out to the peasants
to bargain for food...To get out
of the country-even out of
life-became a widespread de-
sire. Hopelessness is the
word.”
Inflation in Germany finally
reached a point where it took 4.2
billion marks to purchase one
U.S. dollar. The end came on
the day Germany repudiated the
mark. As the editor of U.S.
News & World Report com-
ments, “...it was brought down
to earth with a thud-by
stripping off the ciphers and
revaluing the mark at 4.2 to the
dollar. If you had 4 billion marks
that morning, you only had 4 by
sunset.” In America, the
inflation breeding policies of
government and continual tam-
pering with price controls and
other artificial restraints on a
free market are bringing this
country ever-closer to the other
face of inflation.
Ask Randolph Hearst
Suppose for a moment that
you were suffering the agony of
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hearst.
Now suppose that a handful of
well-intentioned but misdirect-
ed members of Congress were
attempting to destroy the only
reliable source of public infor-
mation on terrorist groups such
as the one that holds your
daughter captive.
In this setting, the plight of
the House Committee on
Internal Security would come
quickly into focus. The HCIS,
which investigates groups or
organizations which seek to
overthrow our government by
force or violence, is under fire
by some congressmen who, in
effect, want to pull its teeth.
They are led by liberal Rep.
Richard Bolling (D-Mo.), chair-
man of the Select Committee on
Committees, who proposes to
transfer the HCIS to the
overworked House Judiciary
Commifttee where it would
likely sink from sight in no time.
The Committee, and its
forerunner, the House Commit-
tee on Un-American Activities,
have long been targets of an
assortment of individuals rang-
ing from the dangerously
ill-informed to just the danger-
ous. Now, however, in the
public hysteria of Watergate,
A Gallon
Of Fun
Is the price of a gallon of
gasoline getting you down? Go
out on the town, but do it by the
gallon and see how expensive
that gets.
Bring home a gallon of Chanel
#5 to the little lady. It will only
cost you $1,600. Don’t fret if she
takes a while to get ready; her
mascara costs $557 a gallon.
Then paint the town red at $10 a
gallon. Some champagne with
dinner? Chateau Lafitte Roths-
child, nothing but the best for
you, runs a paltry $576 a gallon.
The morning after is easy to
take care of....seltzer is only $3
a gallon and Murine just runs
$144 a gallon. If your stomach
really feels bad, you can get a
gallon of Gelusil for $15.90.
What’s that? the bill for the
evening got you depressed? You
can cry artificial tears....they’ll
only cost you $460 a gallon.
Even with the recent price
increases, a gallon of gasoline
still is a bargain.
the threat of this coalition is
greater than ever.
During the past several years,
the HCIS has investigated an
assortment of revolutionary
groups in the United States
ranging from the Black Panther
Party to the Students for a
Democratic Society. It has held
hearing aimed at safeguarding
industrial facilities vital to the
U.S. defense program against
acts of espionage, sabotage and
subversion. And it has issued
various reports and studies
including one on “kidnappings
as a political weapon by Marxist
guerrillas and extremists.”
Citizens who believe such
work is important and should
continue can help see that it
does by writing their congress-
men and by writing Rep. Bolling
in care of the Rayburn House
Office Building, Washington,
D.C. 20515.
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