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7 your family earns mora than $32,50 even if there are five
cnuoren ir.u your iaauiy supports, ica can r.ai? prevent me .
Ices of that loan, end possibly the Ices cf your education.
President Eeagaa also has proposed a $4,CC3 lid ca financial
aid for students or. J limiting Pell Grants to students with families
earning less than 1 25.CC3.
We think he's bargaining our future to buy bombs. The modest
decrease in the deceit caused by domestic cuts will be offset by 8
13 percent defense budsst increase.
The problem could be even mere acute for students from
Nebraska farms. Not only will many bee their loan money, but
their families will lose farm support money if Reel's budget
passes. Even if the family teck cut loins to pay for education,
many would find it Impossible to p.y. For Nebrasksr.3, Reagan's
. budget is like a pinccr, crunching m from both sides.
You can help prevent the less of that lean, farm supports, and
possibly the less cf your eduction.
"Ha!" you ny, disbelievers! Exercise your rights stand u?
for yeur education.
Write your senators and cocressntea addresses fcdaw). If you
: have mere questions or would like to become more Involved with
the issue, cell the Government liaison Committee at 472-2552.
They are enlisting help to fight against these short sighted cuts.
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he top law enforcement oSiei&l in this country should be
scrupulous, ethics!, honest almost beyond reproach. The
a- job demands a "standard of excellence," said Senate
Minority Leader Robert Dird cf West Virginia.
"I don't think the nominee meets the standards fox this c3ca"
Bird said of EiMa Meese, who probably will be the new U.S.
Attorney General
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved his nomination with
a 1 2-6 vote Tuesday over Bird's objections. Bis nomination will now
. be forwarded to the Ml senate for approval
We think Meese's standjyrds are not those of a good attorney
general. He certainly has net displayed a "standard clexceUence."
' Meese has done nothing illegal but judge far yourself
, whether or not you approve cf this man who would be the highest
enforcer of the nation's laws.
Meese took loans cf $60,000 from John E. McICean, a San
Francisco accountant Coincidental, McXean was later appointed
to the board cf govemers of the U.S. PcstsJ Service.
Real-estate developer Thomas Barrack "contributed" $70,000
to Hie purchase of Meese's California home, according to this
week's Newsweek. Barrack later was appointed deputy under the
Secretary cf the Interior. Another strange coincidence,
When the Reagan Administration was moving into Washington,
Meese took a $ 10,000 psyment from a presidential trassltion fend.
;Vthen WMte House oSlcisls questioned the legality cf the
-payment, Meese changed the designation of the money to
fgl he epiphany of Sen. Joseph Uim
I (D-Del.) in th? matte? d Fi?4n
i Meese III occurred 'fust aeflich."
Afier much agony, a little anguish, irgu-"
ments with his staff and counseling from
the lobbyists of Common Cause, it occurred
to him that Meese was honest enough to
be attorney general and ethical enough to
be sttoraey generd but just barely. In
an oSce that demanded a lepl and
ethical giant, Ed Meese managed only the
minimal height requirement. .
Richard
Cohen
"consulting fee" in Ms records.
We think these improprieties are usacce:
is to held the Qca cf Attorney General Even if Meese has not
broken the tew, he has not shown the ethical standards beStting
. such a high office. The Senate should reject his nomination liter
this month. ...
Not true, Meese responded. He had
ethics and judgment in abundance and, '
in the strange logic of Sen. Strom Thur
mond, the lack cf wealth to prove it.
Appearances were just that a string of
coincidences, which when dusted by the
special prosecutor for prints showed no
wrongdoing. But then, as if remembering '
who he was, Meese put Biden and his
lunch-hour revelation in his place: Who
was he anyway to question the president cf
the United States?
"The president honored me fey being
the one ho selected me for tMs position,"
he said. "The president revealed his confi
dence in me not once, but on numerous
ibis frcra a man who occasions during the past year and again
when he renominated me in this session of
the Congress. Now if you have thai respect
fsr the president, I hope, as you think
about this, youH think about his judssent.
Re also has the highest standards tor
attorney I er.erel and he feds that I'm
q:i!;ed hi It" "
The response, which was no answer at
all, showed Fid en was onto something. The
ultimate answer to the ultimate question
in Washingt.cn is "the president wants
me." In fact, that happens to be Meese's
only qualification for the cSce and it
will be enough. The Senate might have the
constitutional obligation to advise and
consent, but in practice that's a phrase for
movie titles and the musings of Archibald
Cox.
The president almost always gets what
the president wants and the president in
this case wants Ed Meese. To question
that is to get a secular version of the
response the clergy often provides the
skeptical: Who are they to question God?
In this way the difficult questions get
turned aside.
In the case of Meese, the questions are
tough, but petty. They are about small
matters the appointment of faceless
men to faceless boards. A promotion in the
Army Reserves; & job on some board having
to do with the post office; a loan in the
nick cf time. This is not Watergate, not
Teapot Dome. The scandals are exceed
ingly small, but instructive. They suit the
man.
This, cf csurss, was Eiden's post. Pres
sured to prove his bona ides as a presi
dential aspirant, the obvious occurred to
Eiden: Neither ethically nor legally is
there anything grand about Meese. He is a
mediocrity who's always just this tide of
the ethical divide, working the line with
the aid cf a selective memory and fancy
footwork.
He's nimble enough to get cut cf the
way cf eastings whtre his benefactors are
discussed for prcstotid appointments.
He knows when to speak i:p and when not
' to. He refused, to k&k at memos that
mentioned his Army promotion. In the
manner cf a niStcrt--n kipejrfte, he turns
away lest he Mush. Pray, do not speak of
favors in the presence of Ed Meese.
fcfaybe Eidca expected otherwise, but
what did he think RonsM Resgm would
serve up? After s!l, Meese is to replace
William French Smith, a rich but otherwise
undistinguished corporate lawyer whose
terra will be best remembered for miles
traveled abroad. Ha ccntes to an cSce that
has boasted tttcrr.ejs general who diminish
. the term "hack" men Wm Eiehard G.
Kle
As for ESesse, he's the cne who called
the Arac:ie:a ClH Lilutia Union the
"criminal's Icily" sharing not that he
disagreed v. ith Us Llht I aryes but that
he had utter ccntr;';i t-; th?;n. Meese
exhibited the sultLt c Ids mind: The
accused are c..'r.:Ii c:d those who
represent then r:e ret 1; " j:z dcing their
job, but cut? lei. J:i 3c-:i!ir.gthe guilty
past thetartfi:::e. L:. the man
who will be the psrdisa cf the Bill oi
Joe Eiden took the measure cf Ed Meese
and found him wasting. He wanted
greatness, grsndzsas a searing lawyer
cf ftature. Instead, ha &i the man the
presidrnt ever. h reality, Meese was
confj7.r:j ty t.Vs elect!::- V.hcn you win
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