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Into a den
of thieves
Let's hear it for Gerald R. Ford, President
Hichard Nixon s most recent selection for his vice
president.
( Chosen from a presumably select group of
men and other individuals," as the President
l:m f ca,,cd 't. Ford has made a large sacrifice in
agreeing to accept the post recently v.icatpd by
convcterl tax evader Spiro T. Agnew
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hord has placed his political future in jeopardy by
wi.hngly joining a ring of suspected criminals.
Even the San Clemente executive seemed to
i ? e that he might be in for trouble. Otherwise
't would be unusual for him to mention in his
wxvci to his follow countrymen that he wanted to
choose someone who could, if necessary, step into
the; Presidency, as has been the case for seven other
administrations.
It could be, therefore, that Ford, once
desenbed by former President Lyndon B. Johnson
a fuulbal! player who played too long without a
he, met, will be forced to drop back and punt.
A Congressman with a clean record for all those
vea's a col.ego football star and a Nebraska native
i-oro had everything going for him. Now he wants'
an office in a den of hoodlums.
a!riW,y has begun changing his ideological
stance. Originally, he said he thought the President
should reveal the information on those now
famous tapes. Now he says he wants to qualify that
statement. He's not sure the President should
release them to the cour t.
Could it be that Ford, already kissing his wife
on the front pages of the nation's newspapers, is
headed for a fate similar to Nixon and his former
sidekick?
Ford says he owns about $9,000 worth of
debentures in a paint company and his wife has a
few inherited stock?. He sV.-n; to resign from the
board of directors of fksupath, Inc., a label
manufacturing firm which paid $1,800 a year for
attendance at six meetings. He owns three pieces of
real estate: homes in Washington's Virginia suburbs
and Grand Rapids, Mich., plus a condominium in
Vail, Colo.
Let us hope that he sticks to his crystal clear
record and that he never finds out that an
industrial state like Michigan probably would be
willing to grant kickbacks to a famous son
Let's also hear it for Sen. Carl T. Curtis, who
will be on East Campus Friday. It must have made
the senator happy during his recent trip to
Argentina to finally be called senor Senator, after
being Sen. Roman Hruska's junior for so lonp.
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tV.S. inferiority complex due to lack of leaders
With th: )u',ino of Sir0 A,,,,, f
wnnv, ut annrouriiitc tiitu- t.i' i " " i . .
the (JiKctiof, At n,.,iUi ,., ,.lkif,;, ,;: ' L I ' I I '" 1 "';jd I didn't see 01
eMotfkul. ' 1 i'w' ll UK )P fXnOn I ,,JI ' 'm.-mh,,, doing it. Rather,
Sine; the d.-m,.,. .-,( , .. , J . ' " wi v-xl ...ysi.on,. Lu()S heroicallv firkin
"f.-e the dfmre ;,f , Vl( , ,,,
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'.v,ir, Arnt.'fic.n', ,,.,.,,., )n (, ,,
'''V, ',nn; (jf tlvnr.elvcv 7 i. i,,,. ,
confidiMit luitional spirit !h,a I.,
Hie Med,;,- Corps im.v .. IM i(
'f ('f ntJrioi,ol ',. if (.orr.f-iMM,,.,.,, ,,1
emljtiridssmrnt.
Auii.'i ictirr, no loiiii'r see tin i
dS ,h,; 'Jf'J(i fjuys, ,irid oft,,,
uniuestioiiinrjly uccept themst.-lvi-, s
the I), id iijVs.
'' ' ' .ith this national inferiority
complex comes un apparent confusion
or lack of purpose. To a yre.it extern
this seems to rx; Ix-cause of the near
alwencc of any viable leadership.
II the 00; vvi.'ie c.illed ,i tin ... (,
le.ide"., uithiMit t,.,.i.i . ..j.,,
l" known ,Vj a tim o , . ,,
leudef!,. And without tl.-,.- !.,..,(, ,.,
America suffer,.
This leadiMship v,k hum s.
ti direct result of ,i .r, iii- U , !,
I'tr,iy,il, or pcrh, ips shl-ei, I., ,f!
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micnoe osheo
ant Ihondr
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A',"'M,'"fM- -HI .dl.HISt
"nv,A "i Hie poh,,,,,!
"" '! t( ,,l,.(J,,,y (;f ,
!)"vmiiu:, o: off,,.,;,
fh ri' is soriwlhiiiy iacred ulx)ut
hn;h nate;i,,,! office that shields it
from t'i.' p,;tty political tricks and
scanr'.ih, of lower office. A town
m.yor m,,y ff..t k,ckbatks from
construction contracts, but not the
ice pr...K,;nt of the United States.
1 1 ' 1 ' h be.-ri sr:,:,ri(f()!s jn
'I"'-"' Ma-f. , hut n.'ver su
" ihh.sc, p. ,!,;,..
"' "' ' hi'!.- fir in a.
' ' ' '' ' :'' '. '.h.il'efi. not iii tfieir
'"" ' ' ' ' 1 l'it r.ithc-r in this
I''" i.l-i'.-" on:p r,. p-jliji,
U'MUlit Of piihlic sl.,ViJ(l,s j
fiothin., new here, t WiVi pe,Ulp(j th(1)
lofjheld Yank..e skept.ci,m, coupled
with the public outraoe at WateiMJte
th.it moved A(iiew to try for House
impeH.hnK;nt proceeding rather than
face a qrand jury.
Other politicians know and fear the
(hmrjetous chain reaction that
Watergate ha:, started. And they beum
fearing their own pasts, Agnew would
never have been removed bom olf,Ce
by Congo,':,.
The current plight of politicians is
similar to that of police. I recall
reading how a group of policemen on
the Niagara River formed a human
chain into the current to pluck out a
man being drawn swiftly towards the
falls.
r"- I read tin., niere I ,itn't
modern policemen d,.in,i ;t .
l-eyslone Cops heroically drawing
till; rn.in O, .,(..!,, J
'''''''''i;'- 'his when; the erosion
'''. '.,. c oik,, were seen as good
'" 'O" .-irul hepfU. But for
' ( ''""J dunng the 60s the police
y oitry,d, and often justly so, as
'f Dohtical and.acial oppiession.
Mor,..(f, pohc-., not the Keystones,
Ml'1,l"'l do,r, m r.,;ma and went
s.'fk in Chicago, Like the
,H,,,,;lt)":'. "i"y now are not trusted.
moral of these rambling on
""' und learfc.'iship i5 simp0. n tnis
("nod of skepticism, the burden of
proof is on government.
. i needs .iirec.ion and
"'"''''''i'- -he mere selection of a
;::u!;:;;:"" win n0t
MT,i!' '"!:' '""st prove its
' : ly or rJoom itself
'''' "" ' """" 'Mri of .,ng a
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daily hebria.uti
''"'y. orjtohor 1b, 1973
