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Rage Four TH£ SAL€MIT£ Monday, November 6, 1972 Pblitics 72 Buying N.C. Demo McGovern’s Stands Housing. Federal housing programs in the past are, in large measure responsible for many of the fiscal ills of our cities. Past programs have allocated money to builders, banks, and buyer rather than focusing on every in dividual’s needs for decent hous ing. FHA programs have produced scandals and the Nixon Admin istration has done nothing to make things better while doing things to make matters worse. Senator McGovern would not end federal aid for housing, but would reform such assistance so that the money went directly to the people who need the housing - the poor, blacks and others de prived of the fruits of our socie ty - not to speculators and large corporations. Transportation. Senator Mc Govern has proposed that the Highway Tmst Fund be phased into a “National Transportation Fund’’ with contributions from general revenues as well as from the traditional highway tmst sources. Funds would be distri buted according to need, in the context of a coordinated trans portation system including ade quate mass transportation facili ties. Our cities should be spared from federal policies which bring social and environmental prob lems in, and take the revenue needed to solve them, out. We need to develop a single National Urban Policy whose programs would attract private investment back to the cities. As long as ma- All through the long Demo crat primary campaign, George McGovern shuttled around the country telling everyone that he was the candidate of tmth and right. He promised the “new pol itics” - a campaign of candor based on a clear discussion of the issues. In the early days of his candi dacy, following his nomination and preceding his dumping of Senator Eagleton, George Mc Govern delivered in South Dako ta what he considered his tone- of-the-campaign speech. In it he said such things as:' “Remember, this country began by expressing its appreciation for a decent respect to the opin- . ion of mankind.” And he said things like: “The positions I take this fall will re flect in considerable part what I heard as I traveled the nation over the last year and a half and what I expect to hear with a sen sitive ear during these days that remain between now and No vember 7th.” George McGovern’s “sensitivi ty” to a discussion of the issues became headline news again when he delivered a ringing at tack on conservative columnists who had dared to file stories less than favorable to the Sena tor. Not mincing words, he called them “obnoxious,” “bit ter,” “paranoid,” “lousy” and “despicable.” That is the “sensi tive” ear George McGovern lends to columnists who disagree with him. But, of course, his most “sen sitive” ear must be reserved for the people for whose opinions he would hold a decent respect. Throughout the campaign he has urged the people to listen to him and has promised he will listen to them. But, it appears, he means that he listens to them only so long as they support him. On July 6, Washington Star - News reporter Paul Hope re ported the story of the McGov ern campaign in these words: “Sen. George McGovern says ‘any laboring man or woman who supports President Nixon ought to have his head ex amined.’ ” On July 10, the Associated Press carried this account of a McGovern rally: “Sen. George McGovern told one of the largest crowds of his presidential cam paign today that any young per son or worker who supports Pre sident Nixon ‘is too confused to know which end is up.’ ” As an editorial writer in the Richmond Dispatch put it in the Sept. 13 edition of that paper: “In other words, only the addle- brained and ignorant wOl fail to perceive that McGovern has a monopoly on truth and right and that his program constitutes the only acceptable blueprint for the nation’s future. “Aside from being insuffera bly arrogant,” the editorial goes on, “McGovern’s observation is demonstrably ridiculous.” SljVBGS jor government programs pull in the other direction, no level of revenue sharing or categorical grant will turn the corner of ur ban blight and decay. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Senator McGovern has con sistently urged that America de vote far more effort to the pro tection of our deteriorating en vironment. He proposed the es tablishment of a council on en vironmental quality six years be fore Mr. Nixon did. He has recently proposed that a domes tic NASA be created to end air and water pollution by the end of this decade. This super-agency would have responsibility for all environmental protection pro grams of the government. In order to police polluters effectively. Senator McGovern has urged that citizens be given broad rights to enforce environ mental protection laws. Senator Hart proposed in 1971, and co sponsored by Senator McGovern, a bill which would broaden the statutory concept of legal stand ing to allow citizens to get into court and to sue when an ad verse environmental effect is al leged. It would broaden the power of the federal courts to review substantive decisions of administrative agencies in the en vironmental field. And it would grant citizens a right to enforce in court any federally estab lished or federally approved standards of conduct. Senator McGovern has con sistently voted for strong air and water pollution controls. He op posed federal subsidies for the Supersonic Transport, in part be cause of the SST’s uncertain ef fect on our country’s environ ment. He has long supported the idea of using monies from the Highway Trust Fund for public mass transportation so that cars will no longer clog the streets of our cities and pollute the air (cars cause about half of current air pollution). Senator McGov ern opposes destructive strip mining. And he would issue an Executive Order protecting areas of our National Forests not cov ered by the Wilderness Act. SENIOR CITIZENS Senator McGovern believes that for too long we have been looking at the rights of senior citizens as though they were privileges - something given by society as a whole out of gener osity. It is time that we started recognizing that such necessities as good health care, a decent Continued on page 5 by Mike Long!the Appalachian One of the things that both ers students about politics is the fact that, in many cases, the rich and the affluent are the ones who end up holding public of fice. This notion is contrary to the idea that everyone has an equal chance in winning an election. For the rich and the affluent outspend (and many times out- promise) their opponents. In this North Carolina pri mary elections, this problem was no exception. Both the Repub lican and Democratic primaries had men mnning for the guber natorial nomination who were rich and affluent. In the Republican primary, Jim Holshouser successfully beat his businessman opponent. In the Democratic primary, Pat Taylor was not as lucky. What North Carolinians are now faced with is a choice be tween a Democratic businessman and a Republican who has a leg islative record in consumer inter ests. However, registered Demo crats in this state (Democrat reg istration is overwhelming), who are cynical of the businessman- candidate image, probably will forget that Hargrove “Skipper” Bowles is the rich and the afflu ent. Yet, many North Carolinians are waiting to see if Bowles will outspend Jim Holshouser as he did Pat Taylor in the Democratic primary. These North Carolini ans, many of them Democrats, are concerned that Bowles very well may buy the governorship. Students who are cynical of the rich and affluent holding power in this state should also consider Bowles’ promise of no new taxes. The governor in North Caro lina has no veto power. The gen eral assembly controls the state budget. Therefore, if the North Caro lina General Assembly decides to raise taxes, or levy new ones what can Bowles reahstically do about it? Governor Scott also made a similar promise in 1968, yet the North Carolina people felt taxes mnning out of their ears. Another problem Bowles has is the people in control of the state government. There has been talk of scandal in the North Carolina Highway Commission. As an example, how is Bowles going to clean up the mess (as he promises to do) when he will be fighting his own party members? Past politics have shown that party problems are compro mised, not solved. In the face of these problems, Bowles probably will wage a ve hement spending campaign - a spending campaign designed to block his opponent, Jim Hols houser, from putting his propos als across to the North Carohna public. This overspending undoubt edly will help Bowles dodge the issues, for how will voters know Jim Holshouser’s positions? The voters will be seeing Bowles’ illustrious billboards, massive television/radio commer cials, elaborate newspaper prints, and therefore gain the impres sion that Jim Holshouser is not saying much. North Carolina has a chance in 1972 to change the direction of its state government. Many North Carohnians have desired this change for many years. “Skipper” Bowles may try to buy the governorship, but he may find he cannot buy North Carolina’s voters. wNat's kAppEninq in the city Dr. William Homer, Chairman of the Department of Art, Uni versity of Delaware, will be the speaker when Reynolda House holds a special “Sponsors and Friends Evening” Thursday, No vember 9, at 8:00 o’clock. In vitees include those who have contributed financial support to the Reynolda House program of activities. Following Dr. Homer’s lecture, a social hour and recep tion will be held. “Alfred Stieglitz and Modem Art in America” will be the sub ject of Dr. Homer’s lecture and will be illustrated with slides. It has been developed out of a pro ject on which Dr. Homer is cur rently working as a Guggenheim of publications and is the author vard University he received an M.A. degree in 1954 and a PH.D. in 1961. He has taught at Prince ton, Cornell, and the University of Delaware. His museum posi tions include Curator, Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine; Cura tor, University Portraits and the Boudinot Collection, Princeton University; and Assistant Direc tor, Art Museum, Princeton. He has received several grants, inclu ding Guggenheim Fellow, 1972- 73, and is a member of many art societies and associations in this country and in England. A well known lecturer and author. Dr. Homer has written numerous articles for a variety Fellow. Dr. Homer got his B.A. de gree from Princeton, magna cum laude, in 1951; and from Har- of two books, “Robert Henn and His Circle” (1969) and “Seurat and the Science of Painting” (1964).
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