8The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, October 18. 1983
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91st year of editorial freedom
Kerry DeRochi, Editor
Alison Davis, Managing Editor
LlSAPULLEN, University Editor
Christine Manuel, state and National Editor
Michael DeSisti, Sports Editor
3lLL RlEDY, News Editor C , ,
JEFF HlDAY, Associate Editor
John Conway, oty Editor
Karen Fisher, Features Editor
Jeff Grove, a Editor
Charles W. Ledford, photography Editor
A political hopeful?
No-power politics
Desperation struck the Campus Governing Council last week when it
voted almost unanimously to seek a court injunction against the Depart
ment of Housing. Perhaps the members felt guilty for having accomplish
ed so little during their term. Perhaps they were tired of ridicule.
Whatever their motivations, students had complained about closing the
dorms for Fall Break, especially those who had made no prior ar
rangements to leave, and it was time the CGC did something to support
their constituents.
Time? No, it was past time. Students had been informed of the new
policy almost a month and a half before; they had complained bitterly,
and still their Student Government representatives had done nothing.
In fact it was the Housing department that first responded to the stu
dent outburst, a point of commendation for new Director Wayne Kuncl.
He decided to open the doors of all South Campus dorms, not only
Craige. Still, residents, whether regular or temporary, would have to pay
a $4-per-night fee to foot the cost of staffing those dorms.
Knowing that a full attack on the administration would solve nothing
and relying on the advice of a second-year law student, the CGC decided
to press only for a retraction of the housing fee. A day after the vote, they
learned from a Chapel Hill lawyer that they had no case. Their show of
force fizzled.
The CGC action was ill-timed and ill-considered, but the members may
have realized that a simple resolution, no matter how adamantly phrased,
will produce nothing more than a sidelong glance from the administra
tion. They may know now that they hold little power to change admini
stration policies, especially after the fact; thus, the attempt outside the
University to achieve their demands.
Perhaps the CGC will now explore a more effective path as a voice of
the students. Instead of acting too late on what they perceive to be
students wishes, the council members should be organizing forums to ex
plore firsthand the needs and wants of the students and the reasons
behind administrative restrictions on those needs. They should realize
that power must be cultivated through the students, not in lofty resolu
tions of empty court orders.
Executive privilege
The main fact about President Reagan's surprising appointment of
William Clark to secretary of the Interior is that it's really not so surpris
ing. The president has always been prone to favor friendship over ex
perience when it comes to making appointments;the former national
security adviser has been a trusted confidant of Reagan's since the late;
1960s. But there are limits to using such grounds for making appoint
ments, especially in the case of Clark, who has been accused of knowing
less about national parks and endangered species than he did about
Angola and Zimbabwe.
It was a combination of that haunting reputation for being ignorant of
foreign affairs and Clark's growing frustration with the job that made his
move from foreign to domestic policy especially convenient. In addition,
Clark's environmental record and philosophy appear completely in tune
with the agency's current pro-industry stance. As an associate justice on
the California Supreme Court, Clark was known as the most conservative
court member, pro-business and an aggressive promoter of development.
Environmental groups and other critics already have started to document
what they contend is Clark's long record of siding with business and
development interests at the expense of stringent wilderness control.
All of this places Clark right in line with his predecessor, James Watt,
who gave automatic priority to development over conservation. Besides
his terribly common verbal gaffes, Watt's legacy lies mainly in his in
famous leasing of enormous amounts of federal lands for coal mining; by
pushing out the leases extremely rapidly, in a market that really didn't
need them, he drove the government's return on the land lower than ever.
Fortunately, the rest of Watt's record includes no other real, irreversible
environmental disasters, leaving Clark a nearly clean slate upon which to
scrawl.
Ironically, it is this clean record that now has members of Congress,
environmental-groups and the Interior department itself, worried. Some
complain that the appointment indicates a lack of respect for what's
already been "accomplished." For department staffers, and the ad
ministration as a whole, the only consolation is that, at least, Clark is
discreet about what he says.
Watt wasn't. Which is one reason environmental issues in the last cou
ple of years have experienced a huge surge in publicity and en
vironmental groups a similar surge in membership. In a way, they will
miss the controversial Watt. Environmentalists and Democrats want to
keep the fire stoked, and they'll do so by using Clark's confirmation
hearings to launch a full-scale attack on the administration's environmen
tal policies, a conflict the White House has hoped to avoid by selecting a
non-controversial nominee.
That may be the silver lining in this cloud of cabinet juggling. Just as
with Watt's inanities, the hearings may mean continued activism among
grass-roots supporters of environmental groups. Better yet, they will
mean increased national attention to our nation's most valuable resource
its environment.
The Daily Tar Heel
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By KELLY SIMMONS
Six months. '"."
That's about how long Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green will
have to campaign for the gubernatorial primary if
he's acquitted.
Green goes on trial in Wake County Superior Court
this week.
The 21 -month investigation that eventually led the
FBI to Green was code-named Colcor. During this time,
the FBI followed tips it received about state politicians
who accepted bribes to ensure their constituents re
quests. One by one the tips led investigators up the lad
der of government officials.
Officials were also found offering operators of illegal
gambling establishments "protection", in exchange for
large sums of money. Undercover agents Robert Drdak
and Bradley Hoferkanip moved in on the case.
In March 1981, Judge J. Wilton Hunt Sr. became the
first state judge ever to be convicted of federal racketeer
ing charges.
During the racketeering investigation, the name of
Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., D-Columbus, turned up. Drdak set
Soles up for a bribe in June 1981. Evidence to convict
him didn't hold up, though, and he was acquitted two
months ago.
Then the stakes got even higher.
In investigating Soles, Green's name turned up. Drdak
met with Green in a Raleigh restaurant Feb. 15, 1982
posing as "Doc" Ryan, and discussed ways of passing
money to Green without it being traced. The conversa
tion was taped and portions were released this summer
through The Fayetteville Observer.
Green is now charged with conspiring to secure bribes
with Drdak with intent to manipulate and influence state
alcohol, revenue and law-enforcement agencies. He also
is charged with agreeing to accept three payments of
$10,000 from Drdak on Jan. 7, March 23 and April 10 of
1982 and of accepting a checlc for $2,000 in April 1982.
He's got a lot to face before he can concern himself
with "politicking" again.
While other Democratic hopefuls have been busily
working on their campaigns since early last summer,
Green has been able to do nothing but prepare his de
fense for the trial. Lauch Faircloth gave up his title of
Secretary of Commerce and Tom Gilmore left his
nursery business to his family both have hit the cam
paign trail full time. And, in their spare time, Charlotte
Mayor Eddie Knox and Attorney General Rufus Ed
misten have been trying to build up political support
(whether eating barbecue or not).
But Green has been able to do nothing no "Green
for Governor" buttons and bumper stickers are
available and because of this , some political observers
have already written him off the '84 ticket.
knows he has the name recognition needed for this one,
and he's counting on that. Name recognition will play a
major role in the 1984 election because of the wide selec
tion of Democratic candidates especially those who
seem to be coming from out of the woodwork and
also because of the attention the predicted Hunt-Helms
Senate race will draw away from the gubernatorial elec
tion. Green's supporters are depending on trial coverage to
benefit him if he is acquitted. "T.V. is everything in
politics," said Sen. Charles Hipps, D-Haywood. "Any
way you figure it, he's going to get a lot of attention. If
he comes out of this un scarred, there will be a tremen
dous surge. People love an underdog."
"Any way you figure it, he's going to get a lot of attention. If he comes out of
this unscarred, there will be a tremendous surge. People love an underdog."
Sen. Charles Hipps, D-Haywood
He's looking at the proverbial "silver lining" behind
the gray clouds, though. His campaign managers said
that starting the campaign as late as the beginning of the
year would leave him enough time to work up a success
ful campaign. Green himself admitted that the money
he's saved thus far would benefit him later, if and when
he does become an active candidate.
He and his staff are sure their support for the gover
nor's race is, and will, still be there. But UNC political'
science professor Thad Beyle doesn't echo Green's op
timism. A lot "of people have had a chance to look
around and find another candidate they really like, Beyle
said last. week. He added that the negative publicity
Green has gotten from the investigation has probably
hurt Green's chances even if he is acquitted.
But Green said he doesn't think many people have
become concerned with the governor's race yet. And he
Even Beyle said publicity surrounding Green, if he is
acquitted, could put him back in a front-runner posi
tion. And Green, ever confident, and his supporters have
predicted that:
The trial will last two to three weeks.
Green's lawyers will expose the charges as a political
witch hunt.
Green will be acquitted.
They're making it all seem so easy, when really it
won't be at all. He's got to get through the trial first, and
then, if he's off the hook, he's got to start getting his
campaign together quickly.
If convicted, he could serve 23 years in prison; if not,
the outlook for life in the governor's mansion still is
bleak.
i
Kelly Simmons, a junior journalism major from
Reidsville, is an editorial writer for The Daily Tar Heel.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Filibuster had good effect
To the editor:
One must obtain all the pertinent facts
in order to fully grasp any given issue.
The above definitely applies to Jesse
Helms' recent Senate filibuster concern
ing a national holiday in honor of Martin
Luther King Jr. Although his filibuster
was definitely in part motivated by his
opposition to the King holiday, Sen.
Helms utilized the filibuster to exert
pressure upon the legislative body allow
ing the introduction of a bill important to
North Carolina.
Helms' filibuster of the King issue was
not concerned with whether the bill
should be passed but, instead, was simply
concerned with setting a date for the ac
tual vote on the bill. After Helms ended
his filibuster on Oct. 5, the issue in ques
tion passed by unanimous vote. As is
often the practice in government, in
return for Helms' "go-ahead" vote,
Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker,
by prior arrangement, agreed to in
troduce a bill concerning crucial price
supports for tobacco and dairy products.
Helms ' magic fails
Anyone can see the importance of such a
bill to North Carolina.
Politics is a game of give and take
where, in order to ensure the speedy
passage of bills imperative to the welfare
of one's constituency, one has to apply
pressure to the legislative machine. In this
case, the required pressure was a
filibuster of the voting schedule. In an
Associated Press news story, Helms is
quoted as saying in an interview: "Sure, I
had the arrangement with the majority
leader that the farm bill would be called
up if we got unanimous consent. It hap
pens all the time around this place."
Once again, it is clear that Helms is
definitely opposed to making King's birth
day a national holiday; nevertheless,
the bill is virtually ensured of passage
whether Helms voted for or against it on
Oct. 19. As things stand, however, let's
not cloud the fact that Helms' respon-
ability to the people of North Carolina
allowed him to make a rational decision
that not only allowed him to voice his
feelings on the King issue but also proved
beneficial to the people of his state in the
introduction of an important farm bill.
J. Clay Revels
J. Rob Roney
John W. Williams
Old West
To the editor:
When all else fails, Jesse ... give up!
The American people have finally
realized that the time is past due to
recognize Martin Luther King. During
the 1960s, King led a non-violent struggle
by American blacks to achieve their goal
of a meaningful and well-deserved posi
tion in American society. The result of
the uncompromising but humanistic at
titude held by King during this movement
allowed for social progress without
violence.
Jesse Helms would like for the
American people to forget King's con
tributions. Helms is so protective of his
image of being a strong-willed conser
vative that he has forgotten the basic
ideas of American society. The American
people are proud to recognize our citizens
who have donated their time, genius,
money or efforts to better our nation.
King donated all of these qualities plus his
life.
King changed the course of American
history for the better. To American
Pining away
To the editor:
I've had it with the Pine Room! After
eating for two years at UNC-G's
cafeteria, I thought I'd seen everything.
Oh no. The Pine Room's over-priced,
poor-qualtiy food, matched with slow
service and snotty employees, is more
than one should pay for:
First, off, let me explain what I am
comparing the Pine Room to. At UNC
G, every dorm student is required to buy
a meal, plan. (He may sell it later if he
wishes.) A 14-meal-per-week plan is of
fered for $465 (there is also a 21-meal
plan). With this plan, every time I went
into that cafeteria, if I wanted to, I could
have eaten seven salads, 10 entrees, 37 ice
cream cones, and drunk 18 glasses of
milk for one price! ($2.65) At the Pine
Room, a main entree, salad, tall glass of
milk and a yogurt costs around $57
UNC-G, with four "separate cafeterias
within one building, can crank those lines
out with less than five minutes waiting
time. There is even a special place to go
for second helpings. At the Pine Room,
you wait in endless lines, struggle through
a couple of hundred people, and get ripped
off at the checkout by an expressionless
face that does not know what the words
"thank you" mean.
Fortunately, there is one exception to
this pitiful service. (Service?) The two
ladies who work at the Butcher Block
during lunch are very efficient, and they
always take the time to say "hello" and
"tiank-you" with a smile. Chalk up one
point for the Pine Room!
Still, I hope more students will realize
what an overall "shaft" University Din
ing Services is and help to do something
about it.
Tom Imbus
Connor
blacks, King brought justice. To
American whites, King brought an
understanding. King gave an untapped
resource to American social, political and
economic institutions... blacks.
Without Dr. King's accomplishments,
it is probable that I would not be writing
this letter, because it is probable that I
would not be at UNC. I have a stake in
Dr. King's birthday becoming a holiday.
I have a need to honor the man who
changed my life before I was born. I have
a need to express my gratitude for a man
who opened the floodgates of opportuni
ty for not only blacks, but all minorities.
Jesse Helms is of a dying breed of
magicians who try to reduce a star into a
stone, a mountain into a molehill, a saint
into a traitor ... a King into a Commie.
Helms' cheap tricks won't work. The
American people are too smart. When all
else fails, Jesse... please, give up.
Kenneth Harris
Northampton Apartments
Gone to pot
To the editor:
I don't know what your sources are,
but there were .between 1,000 and
1,200 supporters at the Jim Hunt
fundraiser on Sunday not 400 as
your article ("Hunt says campaign to
be open, positive," DTH, Oct. 17)
stated. Also, you omitted the name of
the Secretary of the Department of
Administration, Jane S. Patterson.
Seriously, DTHets, do your reporting,
then take the bong hits!
Susan Gaddy
Townhouse Apartments
Heavenly Heads
To the editor:
I Zimbra! Once in a Lifetime, like
Love, I went to a Building on Fire that
figuratively was a House in Motion Burn
ing Down. It was Heaven!
Psycho Killers, from a Life During
Wartime, and Slippery People trying to
find a City to live in. The Genius of Love
took me to a River through a Swamp,
Crosseyed and Painless, looking for
Moon Rocks. I Got Wild as did Gravity
itself, but my Girlfriend Was Better. Oh!
What A Day That Was. This Must Be the
Place full of Naive Melodies all in the
Book I Read.
To the Carolina Union, the Concert
Committee, and whatever other powers
that be, thank you for bringing us Talk
ing Heads. Please keep the concerts com
ing! Kevin Hiscock
and other WXYC jox
Nannies for rent in Britain
By MARLENE CLEGG
Walking down Old Brompton Road
in Earl's Court, London, I checked my
watch. It was 7:45 p.m. I quickened my
pace. I had to be prompt, which in this
business meant 10 minutes early. Making
my way through groups of well-dressed
youngsters headed for a night on the
town, I reached No. 64 Redcliffe Gar
dens. It was the usual: a cream-colored
town house with a brightly painted
door, just one of many lining the street
of a fashionable London neighborhood.
I rang the buzzer beside the front
door and waited. A voice, obviously
that of a well-bred Briton, came over
the intercom in answer. I was led up
thickly carpeted stairs to a spacious
rose-colored room that sparkled with
polished wood, glass and the chrome
touches of modern furnishings. Two
young children looked up from the tele
vision as a slim, dark-haired woman in a
black leather miniskirt introduced us.
Fifteen minutes later, the miniskirted
beauty and the man of the house left for
a party. And so began a typical evening
, for me as a babysitter for London's
elite.
This past summer was full of dirty
diapers, juice-stained shirts and late
nights waiting up for parents. But I was
paid quite well for it not so much in
dollars, or maybe I should say pounds,
but with the chance to spend my Satur
day afternoons people-watching in
Trafalgar Square, examining artifacts in
the British Museum or shopping in Har
rods. Joining the Work in Britain pro
gram, sponsored by the Council on In
ternational Educational Exchange,
allowed me to make a lifelong dream of
visiting England come true.
CIEE, in conjunction with the British
Universities North America Club in Bri
tain, allows any student in the United
States to obtain a work permit and
work anywhere in Britain for up to six
months. A student can work in any
capacity and, contrary to what reports
on the British economy suggest, jobs are
available, particularly in hotel, restau
rant and domestic work.
I found my job as a temporary nanny
easily. I discovered Childminders, a
type of employment agency, through
the job listings supplied by BUNAC's
London office. (Childminders sends
qualified applicants who can supply a
local reference to registered parents who
need sitters.) Though most jobs gained
through employment agencies are off- ,
limits to program participants, I was
allowed to work for Childminders be
cause the agency maintains that its sit
ters are hired by parents and not by the
agency itself.
Being able to tell the folks back home
that I was doing the same work Princess
Diana did when she was only a lady was
a fringe benefit of my work. However,
the average sitting job was none too
glamorous. Fancy houses and clipped
accents aside, upper-crust children are
no more fun to chase than the ones next
door. And sometimes they're worse.
I can only begin to enumerate the in
cidents that made me want to jump on
the next plane bound for home. On one
particular day, I had to rush between
three assignments, each one four hours
long. At the first one, a toddler threw
his toy truck into the toilet and guess
who had to fish it out? Later, he drib
bled grape juice down my fresh, clean
white blouse (the one I had to wear to
two other homes before the, day was
through). But how could I get angry
with him? He did it all unintentionally
and he had such a sweet face!
Perhaps the most frustrating inci
dents were my encounters with scream
ing infants. In each case, something was
wrong, but no amount of feeding,
changing or cuddling could make it all
better. Those babies could tell I wasn't
really Mommy and they were upset.
Fortunately, the long, arduous days
were outnumbered by pleasant after
noons spent caring for well-behaved
children or evenings virtually being paid
to watch television or read while my
charges slept, And, as a bonus, I was
always invited to help myself to what
ever was in the kitchen. (Too bad the
kitchen usually offered only Perrier and
some basics like bread and fresh vege
tables. I suppose the rich don't consider
a supply of Oreos a necessity of life.)
Regardless of whether I enjoyed my
form of work, I was allowed to see
British life, or at least one facet of it,
from the inside. I did not remain a
tourist after my first few days of fren
zied sight-seeing. I entered the world of
a working Londoner: riding the under
ground, shopping for groceries in neigh
borhood stores and enjoying a picnic of
Kentucky Fried Chicken (believe it or
not!) in Hyde Park on a summer day.
My pay was low, but my purpose in
working in London was not to live well,
but to learn about British culture as well
as my own.
If you're a Charles and Di fanatic, or
if you're just fond of Shetland wool and
Twinings tea, perhaps an adventure
such as this appeals to you. Go by the
International Center in the Carolina
Union for details on the Work in Britain
program. And be sure to pack your um
brella. Marlene Clegg is a senior journalism
major from Apex.