4fhe Di!' Ter HseiTuesday, October 7. 1980
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Brad Kutrow, Associate Editor
Thomas Jessiman, Associate Editor
Karen Rowley, News Editor
?AM KeIXEY, University Editor
Martha Waggones, City Editor
Jim Hummel, State arj National Editor
Bill Fields, Sports Editor
Mask Murreix, Features Editor
Tom Mooxe, Arts Editor
Scott Sharpe, Photography Editor
Melanie Sill, Weekender Editor '
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By DILL DURHAM
88th year of editorial freedom
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In 1944 the United Nations formed the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development hoping it would aid those countries
being decimated by hunger and poverty. The bank (known as the
World Bank) has expanded its role in recent years by increasing the
amount of money lent to impoverished countries and, through the
efforts of former President George Woods and outgoing President
Robert S. McNarnara, encouraging industrial countries and industries
to be more generous in their commitment to the World Bank.
McNarnara, in a speech before World Bank representatives and the
International Monetary Fund last week, had little good to say about '
the future of these poor countries "or the role the United States is
playing in the fight against world poverty.
The United States gives about 2 percent of its gross national product
for assisting developing countries, which doesn't even match the 3.4
percent average given by Western industrial countries much less the 7
percent figure the United Nations would like to see reached.
McNarnara was right in calling this country's efforts "disgraceful,''
and he was right in pointing out that other countries besides the
United States have shown similar disregard for this pressing problem.
The world economy is in bad shape. The average annual per capita
growth of many of the poorest countries is declining. In the meantime
spiraling oil prices, tightening money supplies and inflation have
reduced the impact of investments in the poor countries, whose armies
may be receiving weapons from world powers but whose people
continue to feel the pangs of hunger. McNarnara estimates that 1
million people may starve in Africa this year.
Besides the obvious humanitarian interests involved, the United
States and other countries would be making a wise economic and
political investment by increasing aid. According to Treasury
Secretary G. William Miller every dollar contributed to development
banks produces three dollars in economic activity for the United
States. McNarnara insists that additional money for poor countries
can be generated in several ways, including increasing the bank's
lending authority and organizing a separately capitalized affiliate
which would help finance the development of energy resources.
Last year a report by the president's Commission on World Hunger
estimated 25 percent of the people in the world were underfed. It
added, "The most potentially explosive force in the world today is the
frustrated desire of poor people to attain a decent standard of living.
The anger, despair and often hatred that result represent a real and
persistent threat to international order."
History has shown many times that to allow such problems to
deteriorate to a point of hopelessness only invites desperation, war
and tragedy. Trie United States and other wealthy world powers must
not sit idly by while this problem grows worse. It is in everyone's best
interests to heed McNamara's call for help.
Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy is full of
controversial ideas. From his belief" in the power of
education to his desire to see America better armed, he
strikes at the heart of America's problems and
advocates a realistic approach to our position in the
world.
The fundamental flaw in the American outlook,
Liddy said, is that "unlike the citizens of Europe, Asia
and Africa, the people of the United States seem to live '
a life of illusion. They either fail completely to
apprehend reality, or if they do, they shun the harsher
aspects of life."
Part of this illusion stems, Liddy said, from
America's geographical isolation. "We sit on a
mountain of natural resources, surrounded on one side
by 3,000 miles of open ocean and on the other side by
6,000 miles of open ocean. Over a period of time, the
American people began to confuse in their minds the
world as it actually is and the world that they might
wish it to be or were praying that some day it might
become.
'The people of the United States seen
to live a life of illusion. They either fail
completely to apprehend reality, or if
they do, they shun the harsher aspects
of life.'
"It's time that somebody got up and said to the
American people, 'No, Virginia, there isn't any Santa
Claus.' The world is a very bad neighborhood at about
2:30 a.mAnd if a little old lady with a big fat
pocketbook decides to try to walk from Block A to
Block B in that neighborhood, the very least that's
going to happen to her is that she'll be relieved of that
pocketbook.
"On the other hand, if you've got a man who's
6-feet-6 inches tall, weighs 270, and is carrying a
baseball bat in one hand and a submachine gun in the
other; if he has a fat wallet, he's going to get to the
other side of the street. You know why? Because
they're going to wait for the little old lady. They're not
stupid.
"Well, the fact of the matter is, internationally right
now, the Soviet Union, to the other nations such as
France and Germany, is starting to look like that big
6-foot-6 guy, and we're starting more and more to
,resemble the little old lady,, And that's dangerous.
"The Romans had a saying if you want peace, be
prepared for war. And that simply means no one's
fetters to the editor
going to mess with a guv who's 6foot-6."
American illusion, Liddy said, extends beyond our
perception of the world. Americans, Liddy said,
mistakenly believe that it is possible to eliminate all
danger from existence. "There's another predominant
illusion in the United States, and that is somehow,
someday, if only we are clever enough, we can create a
risk-free society. There is no such thing as a risk-free
society. There never will be such a thing as long as the
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G. Gordon Liddy
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nature of man remains the same. In my judgment, it
will remain the same.
"Now I know that the Christians are praying for the
second coming of Christ, and the Jews are still praying
for the arrival of the Messiah. By both doctrines, when
those gentlemen arrive, we will have the
millenium and then the world perhaps will resemble
the way Jimmy Carter thinks it is today. But until that
happy day, if you go out swimming in the Atlantic, and
that big fin starts to sidle up to you, and you say, 'Hey,
that's Charlie the Tuna,' well, let me tell you it's
Jaws, and you're going to be eaten. You may be happy
when you die, in your illusion, but you'll be just as.
dead."
Liddy said that his education was what enabled him
to survive during the time he spent in prison, and that
he believed an education was the finest tool a person
could possess. "The first time I went to jail I was 42
years old. I knew 1 had been the beneficiary of a
particularly fine education. But 1 never realized the
value of that education until I went to prison. I found i
that while they could strip you naked, the one thing ;
they cannot take is the weapon they fear the most
because they know they cannot take it: and that is your
education.
"With that education I was regarded with fear by the
guards and it, not I, was viewed with awe by the other
prisoners. Why? Because with it I could use the system
against 'the man' and win.
7 found in prison that while they
could strip you naked in prison, the
one thing they cannot take is the
weapon they fear tfie most because
they know they cannot take it: and
that is your education.
"To give you an example, in Danbury I had a
problem with the associate warden. I formed in the
Danbury prison probably the finest intelligence
organization I ever built. I took stuff from his desk and
Xeroxed it on his own Xerox machine, I wiretapped the
authorities in the prison, and I took that evidence into
the federal district court in New Haven, Conn. I
won a decision against the guy and got him transferred
3,000 miles away.
"That is what you can do if you have the most
awesome weapon you can ever possess: your
education." "
According to Liddy, the lack of American military
competence will lead to the necessity for a draft in the
near future. "There is going to be a draft. The
volunteer army that we have has been called by its own
leaders a hollow army. The Soviet Union is our enemy.
We budget for our forces one practice a year. And in
that one practice a year we budget for them one round
of ammunition. It's 19S0 folks, bang, that's it, see you
in '81 . You are not going to be able to maintain a state
of readiness with that kind of training.
"So there's going to be a draft. Why? Because we
must have a broad cross-section of the American
people involved in the armed forces."
The Liddy message is that the American myth is
founded in an unfortunate unwillingness to recognize
the dangers of the world. In order to combat the rising
aggression of the Soviet Union, we must build up our
level of military readiness. There is no question in
Liddy's mind that it will be needed cither for
deterrent measures or, if we fail to frighten the
opposition, to defend our country.
William Durham, a junior English major, is editorial
assistant for The Daily Tar Heel.
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Unfortunately, the practice of mudslinging is always a possibility in
American elections. This year's presidential race has proven to be no
exception. Jimmy Carter let it be known that Ronald Reagan is likely
to instigate a nuclear war; Ronald Reagan implied that Carter
condones the Ku Klux Klan. The great promises of the convention, the
wonderful plans and hopes for the future all were left behind on the
campaign trail. Both candidates found it easier to cast aspersions on
the other than to think creatively about this country's problems.
With approximately four weeks remaining until the national
elections, it becomes increasingly evident that neither of the major
party candidates wishes to propose any new ideas. Even John
Anderson, the man who loves to project the image of the honest,
plain-dealing politician, has begun in the last few weeks to integrate
into his speeches personal attacks and unnecessary barbs at his
opponents.
But perhaps the best example of mudslinging and its ultimately self
defeating quality can be seen in the recent national elections of another
country, West Germany. There, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt won a re
election bid against his opponent but only after a campaign full of
name-calling and bitter attacks. Not surprisingly, neither of the parties
the two candidates represented made significant gains in Parliament,
but a third party, which somehow managed to abstain from the
mudslinging, dramatically increased its membership in Parliament.
In voting the way they did Sunday and thus reprimanding both
candidates for their election tactics, the German people set a fine
precedent for others to follow. In light of the election, both candidates
are being spoken of now in much less glowing terms. Our own
presidential candidates could learn from the example of West
Germany, but at this time they appear too intent on criticizing each
other to pay any attention to another nation's politics.
By name-calling and other verbal attacks on each other, the
candidates arc not providing voters with any answers for this country's
problems. On Nov. 4 the losers in the presidential race will wish they
had sought those answers instead of throwing mud, but of course the
real losers by then will be the American public.
The Bottom line
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One of the most colorful figures
in baseball h Lzil Weaver, the
manager of the Baltimore Orioles.
While Weaver's Orioles were
firhiir.2, futilely, for the American
Lc2?uc Can pennant ia a recent
series of games with the Detroit
Timers, Weaver apparently didn't
know that umpire Dill lUller was
wire J for sour.J.
What the peep- listening in cot
wa a rare look it a pod, c!J
fashioncd barba!l rhubarb.
, The exchange besan when
Weaver 'printed from the dout to
be a family newspaper.
"Ahhh, bleep," Weaver said.
"Bleep yourself," Haller replied.
"You're here and this crew is here
just to bleep us," Weaver said.
"Doom!" said Mailer, ejecting
Weaver from the f ame with a swing
of his crm and an upraised thumb.
The two exchanged more
pleasantries before Weaver said,
"You ain't no pood."
"Hah, you aren't citherMirier
said.
Reagan
To the editor:
I'm writing this letter to let you and
others know that not all UNC students
support Anderson or Carter. Many of us
support Ronald Reagan and believe in
his ability to be an effective leader.
Many people seem to share the
misconception that a Reagan presidency
would mean a war. Even Jimmy Carter
has said the voters . have the choice
between "...war and peace..." This
simply is not true.
Reagan believes in peace through
strength. To me, this concept makes
sense. When was the last time any Soviet
embassy was attacked and its occupants
treated like common criminals? The
truth is that the Soviet embassy was
attacked at approximately the same time
the U.S. embassy was in Iran. Within
hours, the Soviets were released. Why?
The Iraniaas realized that Moscow
wouldn't allow the public humiliation of
Soviet citizens. Nations around the
world sense the weakness and indecision
of the present administration and
continue to take full advantage of this
situation. The American hostages in
Iran and the Russian invasion of
Afghanistan are two startling examples.
It is time we Americans wake up and
take the world for what it is and not the
Utopia we hope it could be. Military
strength is essential to world peace.
Peace through strength is a good idea.
Ronald Reagan won't cause a war, 'in
fact, he might prevent future war' by
rebuilding a strong America
guaranteeing the safety of Americans
and the rest of the free world.
John R. Frcedy
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Liddy surfaces
To the editor:
Subterranean lakes arc sometimes
inhabited by sightless fish, fish whose
ability to sec has atrophie'd through
generations of unremitted darkness.
So also with Gordon Liddy. A denizen
of the psychotic netherworld of
espionage and counter-spies, Liddy has
surfaced from his sewer to explain that
moral degradation is the most potent
weapon with which to defeat the-
challenges posed by the Soviet Union. -Worse
than this, your editorial on his
recent appearance at Memorial Hall
panders to Liddys political delusions by
telling us that his . kind and their values
may be required to protect democracy.
Lest you forget, openness in public
life and the free exchange of ideas are
two of the pillars upon which this nation
has stood. Liddy and others like him
believe that "toughness" and mindless
violence are equivalent to a code of
political morals without which we must
fall to the Soviet Union. If we adopt
these principles, how shall we distinguish
our own behavior and its motives from
those of the Soviet leaders?
In his Machiavellian pep talk at
Memorial hall, Liddy points to one
truth: We are deluding ourselves about
the nature of world politics if we trust
the Soviet Union and do not take care to
protect our own interests. But to suggest
that these interests can be saved through
political thuggery is equally dangerous.
To accept the latter even in part, as you
do in your editorial, is a sign of the price
we pay for 35 years of Cold War and for
sharing the reins of government with men
who fancy themselves the Wyatt Earps
of world politics.
It may be Richard Nixon's most
damaging legacy to American politics
that he let men like Gordon liddy into
the corridors of power.
Edward Crowe
Department of political science
Rah, rah, rdi
To the editor:
Carolina football isn't what it used to
be. No, I don't mean cur Top 10 team;
they arc fantastic. I refer to the student
cheering section.
Thundering rounds of "Carolina"
and "Go Heels" used to rock Kenan
Stadium in a disciplined and impressive
fashion. Tar Heel crowds earned a
reputation of the 12th man, capable of
intimidating the visiting team and
spectators. We don't have that this year.
The student cheering, as well as our
game in six years, asked me after the
Gerogia Tech game, "What's wrong
with the student section?''Jndetd,.m3ny
of us remember when everyone looked
forward to seeing what kind of wild get
up the mikeman would be wearing on
Saturday. -He kept us entertained during
the game's low points, and he knew
when the simple, strong cheers-were
needed. It was a Chapel Hill tradition.
Tar Heel fans come to Kenan for the
complete experience of Carolina
football. The paying public, not to
mention our undefeated J earn, deserves
better than it has been getting form the
student section.
Charles Upchurch
Durham
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bcks organization this
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