Friday, September 7, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
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Two-career couples avoid
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7 ears ago, a university pres
Y ident was asked why he no
-5- longer ranted and raved
about the radical student groups
that had been disrupting his in
stitution. The eminent scholar
paused, thought for a second,
and said that his daughter had
graduated and was no longer on
the campus. Now his troubles
were strictly professional.
It goes without saying that all
public events have their personal
side. The agony of Geraldine Fer-
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Richard
Coher
raro is no exception. Others may
see her as the first woman to run
for national office or maybe mere
ly as Walter Mondale's running
mate. I, though, see her as some
thing else a spokesperson for
two-career marriages. Her trou
bles have been my own.
For almost 16 years now the
Cohens, Richard and Barbara,
have been a two-career marriage
like Ferraro and her husband,
John Zaccaro. They have been
involved in politics and real est
ate while our business has been
journalism. Both my wife and I
work at that trade, occasionally
in direct competition with one
another.
As a result, it came as no sur
prise to learn that the Ferraro
Zaccaros had filed individual tax
returns, paying more in taxes
simply to keep their two careers
separate. And it came as no sur
prise to me, either, when Ferraro
said she had cultivated an ignor
ance of her husband's business
affairs once again to avoid a
conflict of interest.
I am sure other two-career
couples do similar things to avoid
even the appearance of a conflict
of interest and often to no
avail. It was interesting to me, for
instance, that some of the same
newspapers that wrote of the
problems of two-career couples
when it came to Ferraro treat
those in their own shops as an
affliction second only to labor agi
tation. Not only do spouses com
plicate transfers, but they are
seen as corporate security risks.
The operative cliche is, There are
no secrets in the bedroom."
To an extent there aren't, and
in the case of Ferraro she cannot
be both an officer of her hus
band's company, a recipient of its
profits and still claim total Ignor
ance. But it is not surprising to
me that where their two careers
clash, where for instance she and
her husband might have a con
flict of interest, they keep each
other in the dark!
Nevertheless, over theyears two
career couples have always been
on the usual list of suspects when
ever a corporate secret leaks out.
Lovers or mere friends are never
suspected always married
couples who have the most to
lose by indiscretion. Once, an edi-
tor lied to me about a story in
progress. I think he feared that I
would tell my wife. (His name will
remain a secret until Ferraro
becomes president, and then I
will recommend him for deporta
tion.) Anyone who's involved in a two
career marriage has to admit
that sometimes they are not easy.
Things can get complicated for
the couple and for the people
they work for. It was certainly a
far easier era for executives when
they could transfer an employee
and not have to worry about a
spouse: Will he or she be happy
and (often more to the point) wiil
he or she wind up as a com
petitor? There are no simple formulas
for these situations. Just about
all that can be said is that these
couples are the wave of the future
and that they know better than
the people who employ them that
career conflicts can tear asunder
what God has put together. In
fact, they we! know some
thing that American business
does not: Our rule3 are a lot stric
ter than theirs. We have more to
lose.
So here's to Ferraro-Zaccaro
and to Mondale for choosing a
career woman for his ticket. In
November, they might lose. But
simply because they made the
race, some of us will win. The
ultimate secret of the two-career
bedroom is out: There are secrets
after all.
134, W&sfclgton Post
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USA
Obscene language
needless in article
The obscene language in "King; :
The Crowns rock against Reagan
in Wednesday's Daily Nebraskan,
page 16, was not necessary or
pertinent to the article.
What was the matter with the
editor? Was he sleeping? Little of
importance is ever published in
the Daily and this article simply
proves it No reputable newspaper
I have ever red prints such lan
guage. If the Daily Nebraskan
wants to be considered a bona
fide newspaper, instances such
as this should not occur.
Daniel Choat
senior
agriculture economics
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