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by Cathey Brackett
Staff Writer
William Proxmire, Democratic Senator
from Wisconsin, treated a
less-than-capacity crowd in Memorial Hall
Tuesday night to caustic remarks on
"Uncle Sam: the Last of the Big Time
Spenders." his latest book.
"The S63 billion a year spent on
subsidies is bad enough, but just consider
the billions of dollars of direct spending
that is wasted," said the craggy profiled
Proxmire. w ho has been called the Senate
Watchdog on Pentagon spending.
The Senator criticized military
spending, urban renewal and revenue
sharing with straight-forwardness. "Every
military study since World War II has
shown bombing accomplishes little
except strengthening enemy morale. The
Pentagon Papers show the bombing in the
Vietnam War has been
counterproductive." He set the cost of
bombing at $2 billion a year.
Turning to waste in military staff
appropriations, Proxmire quipped that
"it's almost like the Mexican Army -everybody's
a captain or colonel or
general."
He said there are 12 Air Force officers
for every U.S." plane. "Relatively few
bombers need more than one officer." he
pointed out.
"There were 12 million U.S.
servicemen in arms in World War II: there
are two million in Vietnam," Proxmire
stated. "Yet, there are as many generals
today as then, and about d.000 more
colonels and naval captains.
"By 19 69, urban renewal had
destroyed 400.000 homes and
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by Amy O'Neal
and Ken Allen
Staff Writers
CHARLOTTE - Vice President Spiro
Agnew lambasted McGovern STipporteTsT
Galifianakis supporters and Democrats in
general while praising North Carolina
Republicans during a rally in Charlotte
Wednesday night.
But he warned that the Nixon lead in
the opinion polls could cause voter
complacency "and suddenly there seems
to be much less urgency in the whole
process .... We must not let that
happen this year."
Relatively unperturbed by hecklers,
Agnew praised the North Carolina
Republican Party and urged hard-working
support for Jim Holshouser who is "going
to do a great job as the next governor of
North Carolina."
Jesse Helms also came under Agnew's
smile as he was described as the man
President Nixon needs in Washington.
billions
constructed 20,000," Proxmire said,
focusing on domestic waste. He
questioned the merit of urban renewal
programs which he characterized as
taking approximately nine years for
completion, and in the process requiring
people living in poor conditions to
relocate to even worse conditions.
Proxmire stated that he could find no
justification at all for the government's
revenue-sharing program. "In the first
place, the United States doesn't have any
revenue to share," he added, with the
polite humor that characterized his entire
speech.
"Our national deficit is the largest it
has been in several years. This is the fault
of both Republican and Democratic
administrations." Proxmire said.
But he did not stop there. He attacked
the Senate's own extravagance with itself,
including such items as plans for a
"modest" S50 million extension to the
new Senate Office Building and a new
$27 million parking garage.
He estimated the cost of the extension
at S78 per square foot while citing a
$15,000 per parking space figure for the
garage. He said the latter estimate is more
than the value of most taxpayers' homes
in Wisconsin.
Speaking of the Congress. Proxmire
said. "We must look critically at every
program. The hawks must examine
military spending, and the dov'es must
examine certain educational, housing,
welfare and foreign aid programs to make
sure they benefit the people for whom
they are intended."
Proxmire advocated the initiation of
open hearings at the beginning of the
formulation of the national budget.
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praises Nixon, Jesse and Jim
The vice president attempted to link
Helms' opponent, Galifianakis,
idealogically to McGovern by quoting a
column by John Roche, whom Agnew
termed a liberal spokesman. "I'm sure
"North Carolina cannot be properly
represented by that kind of thing,"
Agnew said.
He described Nixon's record of the
past four years a$ "one of positive
achievement in both foreign and domestic
affairs."
Nixon has put the brakes on the
runaway inflation he inherited and has
led America through the difficult
transition from a wartime to a peacetime
economy, according to Agnew.
The vice president cited the
withdrawal of combat troops from
Vietnam and the re-establishment of
communication with the Soviet Union
and China as beginning "a march toward
the long sought but elusive goal of
permanent world peace."
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Agnew pointed to the Student
Transportation Moratorium, which would
halt court-ordered busing this year, and
the Equal Educational Opportunities Act,
which would provide S2.5 billion in
' federal aid funds, as evidence of this
administration's concern for education.
"1972 is indeed a year oi decision for
American voters," Agnew said. "Pick an
issue welfare, national security,
amnesty, marijuana, Vietnam - and
you'll find that Senator McGovern has
taken nearly every conceivable stand on
it."
Agnew described McGovern as the
only political quarterback who calls
signals after the ball is snapped.
He spoke in Charlotte's Park Center,
which was nearly filled with party
regulars, interspersed with vocal
McGovern supporters who chanted "Stop
the War," and "Agnew go home."
At the first of the rally, the protestors
were quiet, only displaying posters saying
Viet Cong spokeswoman
Cease-fire could
United Press International
PARIS - The Viet Cong said
Wednesday that a Vietnam cease-fire
could be established within days or even
hours if President Nixon forced President
Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam to
accept a coalition with the Viet Cong or
agreed to force his resignation.
The North Vietnamese radio and press
also attacked Nixon and Thieu for
blocking an early peace settlement. A
Hanoi broadcast accused Nixon of
"hiding behind the back" of Thieu while
prolonging the war.
The official North Vietnamese
newspaper Le Nhan Dan denounced
Thieu for what it called his "bellicose,
insolent statements" and said Communist
forces would press on to victory.
The Viet Cong assertions were made in
Paris by Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh, the Viet
Cong "Foreign Minister," and Ly Van
Sau, spokesman for the Viet Cong peace
delegation.
Mme. Binh told UPI in an exclusive
interview at her suburban headquarters of
Verrires Ie Bussion:
"If Mr. Nixon agreed to get rid of
Thieu. a cease fire heralding peace in
Vietnam w ould be a matter of days."
Sau. her right-hand man and
spokesman, went even further later at a
hastily-called news conference at the Viet
Cong press center. He told the
correspondents that "if President Nixon
so wishes, we can have a cease-fire within
hours."
Both Mme. Binh and Sau made clear
they meant Nixon should dump. Thieu
who they said was a U.S. puppet and the
main stumbling block to a peaceful
settlement of the war in Vietnam.
by Willtam March
Staff Writer
The Student Legislature I SL I. meeting
tonight at fS p.m. instead of its regular
time, will consider a hill to limit polling
places tor the freshman class officer
run-off elections to Chase Cafeteria, the
Y -Court and the Student Union.
The election hill, authored by Rep
Dave Gephart with assistance from Windy
March, will also limit polling places for
the invalidated SL election m Men's
District il and the honor court run-off
election for WD VII to one polling place
in Granville Towers.
According to the bill. Mection Board
Chairman Leo Gordon would order the
use of other regular polling places for any
elections required if challenges now in the
Student Supreme Court are successful.
Gordon has announced that the
repeated election in ML) II, the run-offs
and any elections declared invalid by the
court will all be held on the same day,
but he cannot say when until the court
makes its decisions.
SL will also consider a resolution by
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"Screw peace, bomb Hanoi!" "Ban the
bomb" and other anti-administration
slogans. But shouts of "Take a bath," and
"Nixon supporters use Dial" turned the
rally into a full-fledged shouting contest.
Although he was unruffled by the
disturbance, Agnew's followers were
incensed by the commotion and
attempted to drown out the
pro-McGovern cheers and hide the
pro-McGovern posters.
The rally was entertained by the
Statesville High School band and the
Voices of America, a non-denominational
choir, prior to the introduction of
honored guests.
A progress report was given by state
and Mecklenburg party chairmen on voter
registration and the latest public opinion
polls.
Agnew left the stage with shouts of
"Four more years," ringing in his years
for a hurried motorcade ride to his
airplane.
In Washington, President Nixon met
for more than an hour Wednesday with
Henry A. Kissinger in their third
conference since his national security
advisor returned Monday from meetings
in Saigon with Thieu. White House Press
Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler declined to
discuss the substance of the
conversations.
Asked about a report that Nixon and
Thieu might meet to discuss proposals for
ending the war, Ziegler said there was "no
plan" for such a session. He also said
Nixon bis "no plans" to report to the
Teach-Ijri5
by Charles Jeffries
Staff Writer
The McGovern "Teach-In"' held
Wednesday in Carroll Hall at times drew
as many as 100 interested "students"
who discussed the McGovern stand on
such topics as welfare, economics and
foreign policy.
Sponsored by the Orange County
Democratic headquarters and Faculty for
McGovern, the freewheeling "teach-in"
session sparked lively discussion by both
the audience and discussion leaders from
the departments of economics and
political science and the law school.
A discussion of the Nixon welfare
policies seemed to generate the most
enthusiasm.
According to one panel member, the
(Nixon) welfare system would make the
poor the highest taxed people in the
nation, while the McGovern reforms
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According to rumors vUculating
among several legolators, there r.uv be .i
move to oust Speaker I red DavcnptTt
from the chairmanship of ihc bod tor
the duration of tonight's meeting
Davenport, who holds the lion: b virtue
of his office as studcr.t hod vice
president, has. according to these
legislators, "been gutltv man times oi
preferential treatment of some legislators
with regard to who gets recognicd to
speak, and he has delivered manv
incorrect parliamentary rulings."
Davenport responded. "Ihc hvlaws
require me to give equal time to both
sides of a controversial question If this
happens, it will be because of a ruling I
made last week that a particular
legislator's questions on the WCAR bill
constituted affirmative debate, this is the
law, and I was required to do it
"Also, anyone who disagrees with un
parliamentary rulings has the right to
protest, and there is an established
mechanism for questioning the speaker's
rulings.
"I can't see what anybody would gam
from this move, and I think it would be a
stupid and petty waste of time, when we
have business to get done."
If such a move were made, a majority
of the Legislature would have to vote to
replace Davenport with the speaker pro
tern Richard Robertson for the duration
of discussion of any issue Since
according to the constitution no business
can be conducted by the body in
Davenport's presence unless he is in the
chair, there would have to be a motion
and a vote to return Davenport to the
chair before the issue so discussed could
be voted on. For the discussion of any
issue, Davenport may be removed from
the chair, but as long as he is present in
the chamber, he must be returned to the
chair before a vote or any other action
can be taken.
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American public on the Vietnam peace
negotiations before the November 7
election.
In the interview with UPI, Mine. Binh
did not deny that progress had been made
in recent private talks between Kissinger
and Hanoi officials.
"Our desire is to have a cease-fire put
into effect as fast as possible," she said,
but added:
"Alas, no early tease-fire is in sight,
and all the rumors to this effect are not
based on fact. We still have no agreement
with the Americans over the basic issue."
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would give those eligible a minimum
income regardless of their present status.
The Nixon economic policy was
characterized by a panelist as one in
which "bigger and better bombs are
manufactured "to w ipe Vietnam off the
map." He said McGovern's policy "would
build America and put it back on the
map."
Lew Lipsitz, professor in the political
science department, outlined Nixon's
foreign policy as a "strange-lovian one
with a fetish for being number one."
Lipsitz said the McGovern policy, on
the other hand, would destroy that type
of "superior" thinking and place more
emphasis on domestic problems.
McGovern's foreign policy was also
characterized as one embodying more
U.S. tolerance for radical change in
underdeveloped countries.
The UNC teach-in was just one of
some 300 held at colleges and universities
throughout the nation.
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