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Keeping The CIA Strong
The United States intelligence and counter-intelligence apparatus
has to remain strong. It will not be weakened through getting rid of
abuses, which do not serve the cause of national security in whose
name so many have been committed. It must not be weakened
through the public ordeal of exposure and reform as the roles of the
CIA and other agencies are clarified, their accountability ensured,
and their misuse by the administration guarded against.
The case of Chile, for example, shows the need to separate facts
from suspicions. Though anti-Allende activities by the CIA have
been confirmed, the Senate intelligence committee has decisively
denied the suspicion that the CIA played a part in the elected
leader's fatal overthrow in 1973.
If there were any doubt about the need for a strong CIA, the
growth of the Soviet Union's massive KGB spy system should dispel
it. As described in a recent Monitor article by Benjamin Welles, the
expansion of the KGB to an estimated 300,000 at home and abroad
has been accompanied by close cooperation with spy services it has
trained in countries such as Cuba, Hungary, and Romania.
And no representatives of the people are investigating the KGB in
the Soviet Union.
But the threat of powerful rivals overseas is not the only reason
for maintaining CIA effectiveness. It is also an essential source of
advance warning to Washington about crucial events and
developments abroad - a continuing How of information which
ideally is coldly analytical and free of political bias.
The CIA's current defensive position - as an object of relentless
investigation itself - is already said to have caused some impairment
of its functioning. For example, it reportedly has more difficulty
gaining cooperation from some foreign intelligence agencies and
from some U.S. companies that could provide "cover" for CIA
agents.
But according to Seymour Hersh of the New York Times - who
called attention to CIA abuses before they were officially
investigated - CIA officials feel that all the furor over the agency has
"failed to hamper seriously its main function - the collection of
worthwhile intelligence."
Such sustained results under fire are a tribute to the basic
professionalism on which the CIA has rightly prided itself. The task
for the President and Congress is not to destroy but enhance this
professionalism as they seek to ensure that it is used for the proper
ends. -The Christian Science Monitor
Sakharov And The Rights Of Man
The most renowned advocate of human rights in the Soviet
Union was not granted the right to leave his country to pick up his
Nobel Peace Prize - during what happens to he Human Rights Week
(Dec. 10-17). Andrei Sakharov's plight is a dramatic commentary
on how far some parts of the world lag in recognizing the rights of
man.
But even free countries need reminders that unguarded rights can
be lost. In the United States, for example, if there was ever a time
when citizens should not ignore Bill of Rights Day (Dec. 15) it is
after the past decade of turmoil and on the brink of their
bicentennial year.
Perhaps no single secular event in history gave a greater impetus
to aspirations for freedom around the globe than the American
achievement of independence.The continuing struggle to preserve
and extend constitutional rights to all within the U.S. itself is
testimony to the vitality of the founders' vision 200 years later.
Both the U.S. and the world know how far their record on rights
falls short. But, from the days when it was accepted that certain
persons had rights and certain others didn't, the conscience of
mankind has become at least dimly aware that the rights of one are
indivisible from the rights of all.
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Dr. Sakharov - the first
Russian to receive it - "stressed the link between defense of peace
and defense of human rights." as he said in a statement read by his
wife in Oslo. May humanity never again be confronted with the
bitter irony of a peace prize winner denied the right to go and
receive his honor .-The Christian Science Monitor
Puppy Creek Philosopher
Dear editor:
According to an article I read
yesterday in a newspaper dropped
by :>n encyclopedia salesman while
try ing to beat my dog to his car. a
recent survey has shown that 44 per
cent of a group of youngsters aged 4
to b prefer watching TV to having
their lathers around. By the way.
the salesman won.
Now in a survey like this you've
got to use your analytical powers to
get at the true results, and some
limes the survey will tell more than
it intended.
l ake the percentage of 44. What
that means is that the other 5b per
cent who claimed they preferred
their lathers to I V may have been
aware that Christmas is coming up
and they know where toys come
from.
So the percentage of kids prefer
ring TV to fathers may be consider
ably higher.
On the other hand, the survey
failed to consult the fathers. How
many fathers prefer having their
kids glued to TV than hanging on
to them?
T elevision ot late has come into a
lot ol criticism, the critics saying
it's keeping children from learning
and liking to read, and this
criticism is understandable, com
ing from editors and writers. Have
you ever seen a car manufacturer
opposed to driver education?
I don't know whether television is
hurting kids or not. I notice you
can't get sonic kids' head out of
h?mks and you can't get some into
them, which was the situation
before television was invented.
However, anybody ?ho has ever
seen parents give a sigh of relief
when the cartoons come on and
the\ know they're going to have a
solid two hours of peace and quiet
in the house. knows there's a lot to
he said lor I V.
Furthermore. watching TV pre
pares kids lor life. When the\ see a
car go of I a cliff on the screen or
hear that some cereal will make
them strong, they know it's all
pretend. It trains them to know
later on that when some politician
saxs he's going to reduce taxes, he's
just going on.
B\ the way. if television is so bad
lor kids, how do you account for
the shape adults are in ?? adults
who grew up before TV came
along?
Yours faithtullv.
J.A
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by Marty Vega
Never-ending Confusion
I read somewhere once that it
was determined the drawings made
by the cavemen, or cavepersons.
was the manifestation of man's. I
mean person's, primitive urge to
decorate one's (that's safe) walls,
and I can buy this as it seems this
urge is si ill with us. We. here in the
office, not cave, like to put up maps
and such, which seemed innocent
enough, but I still can't figure this
out:
A map of the world was put up
Knda\ In the managing editor,
over our protests that the News
Dept. could not adequately cover
ilie world. We have a map of the
cit\ and we cover the city. We have
.1 map ot the county and we cover
the county. But the world, we felt
we had to lodge a protest. Well, it
iurned out the map wasn't there as
a NEWS ASSIGNMENT, to our
relief, and the map remained in
place.
Hut the matter didn't end there
It wasn't long before someone
wanted to know WHF.RF. the map
came Irom. and when the reply was
the National Geographic Societv.
this someone (male) wanted to
know where the ladies with no tops
on were. We checked closely,
negative, so we. thought perhaps
this worker had confused the map
with the monthly maga/inc.
Now granted, "ladies with no
tops on" is pretty tame stuff these
da\s lor any magazine, and proba
bl\ would be okay for maybe some
eiiliur.il type show on the educa
tional I V. station, but this is
rcallv too wild to believe.
\ certain person here insists that
she saw on that show, which
features animals in their natural
kingdoms, a group ot "ladies with
no tops on", seen from a distance,
but still clearly seen.
Now I don't think 1 have been
living on another planet, but then,
.?milling is possible, yet I have
v-alight this show many times
because I do enjoy seeing the stories
? ?l bin cats, like pumas, and lions,
.?lid tigers, and Cougars and
Montceos. .ind other animals, too.
Wt I have never known this show to
liaxe an\thing like I'HAT. but this
person is what we call a usually
reliable source* But then, you never
can tell, it could be like poor old
O'Rcillv. who lay dying when the
odor ol corned beef and cabbage
Iiin wile was cooking reached him.
"Darlin*. let me leave this world
a liappv man. (live me iust a bit ot
the cookinu
"Sure and I couldn't be doin'
tli.it1" said Mrs. O'Reilly. "I'm
savine u lor the wake".
Which brings us the point of ihc
Mor\. Nothing.
Report
To The
People
by Senator Robert Morgan
During the past few days, the
Senate has voted to approve two
large money bills that I felt I could
not support.
The first was the Rail Services
Act. which will rescue seven rail
roads in the northeastern United
States and the second was the
measure to send federal money to
New York City.
The New York situation, of
course, has been given wide public
ity and there was a clear division in
the Congress about sending tax
money to bail the city out of its
troubles. After it passed the House
of Representatives bv a scant ten
votes, it came to the'Senate where
there was more sentiment to
support it.
However. I felt that my original
position was right and I stuck to my
belief that the Federal Government
had no business furnishing tax
money to rescue Mew York City
from its years of mismanagement.
It will be interesting to see now
w hether the federal loans to the city
of $2.h billion that have been
authorized will be paid back when
they are due.
I he Rail Services Act was anoth
er ease of the government being
asked to come to the aid of a poorly
managed enterprise. In this case
the advertised cost was $8.6 billion,
but the ultimate cost could be
much higher, some estimates going
as high as SI4 billion.
I opposed this for more than one
reason.
For one thing. I have consistently
questioned whether the government
has any business rescuing ailing
private companies, and I opposed
government help to the Penn
Central Railroad earlier this year.
But a really compelling reason to
vote against the Railroad Services
bill was the manner in which it was
approached by the Senate. Just two
days betore the vote, memebers of
the Senate were given a report on
the whole situation concerning the
ailing railroads. Then the measure
was called to the Senate floor for
action less than 48 hours later.
I here was absolutely no oppor
tunity for members of the Senate to
studs what they were voting on. and
I did not feel that anv action which
commits $14 billion, or $8 billion,
of public money should be con
sidered without an opportunity for
a complete study and debate.
With a current deficit of some
billion and another certain
deficit next year. I don't feel I can
responsibly support a spending
measure of this size when members
are given little or no chance to learn
the details of what thev are asked to
decide.
These are not small sums that
are being sent by Congressional
action to bail out a eitv and seven
railroads.
And while there is a lot of lip
service being given to the desir
ability to cutting federal spending
and reducing the deficit, it seemed
to me we missed at least two places
where we could have given some
real support to a start toward a
balanced budget.
CLIFF BLUE ...
People & Issues
FORD. REAGAN AND OTH
ERS ?? The Gallup poll showing
Ronald Reagan moving ahead of
President Ford for the GOP presi
dential nomination will undoubted
ly send shock waves, not only
through the White House, but
across the nation, and well may
bring other GOP hopefuls like John
Connally, Nelson Rockefeller and
others into the campaign. Senators
Percy of Illinois and Howard
Baker. Jr. of Tennessee may begin
to feel the call to run. The
Republican race for the presiden
tial nomination is beginning to look
like what happened in 1968 among
the Democrats when LBJ bowed
out.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY -
Back in the early months of 1975
when the legislators were trying to
do away with the presidential
primary in North Carolina they
were giving as their reason, that the
primary did not attract the major
candidates, which frankly was little
more than a smoke-screen in an
effort to prevent a rematch of
George Wallace with Terry Sanford
in 19/6. With the primary having
been moved to March it now
appears that North Carolina's pri
mary will be very meaningful.
Ronald Reagan and President
Ford will be on the ballot with
full-fledged campaigns now being
organized. On the Democrat side
Terry Sanford. George Wallace
and Jimmy Carter are expected to
be on the ballot, and maybe others.
The results of the North Carolina
campaign will be more meaningful
than ever because the national
convention votes will be appor
tioned according to votes received
in the state; also because the
candidates will have to approve the
delegates to represent them at the
National convention.
In 1976 there will be more
presidential primaries than ever
before, which the "wheelers and
dealers" at political conventions do
not like. The rules for 1976 are
more binding than heretofore,
nevertheless there is still room for
back and smoke filled room bar
gaining and with ten or more
candidates in the ring you can
expect a compromised selection in
arriving at the nominee.
Lots of changes can take place
between now and August 1976, but
right now a Humphrey-Carter tick
et would not surprise a lot of
people.
THE PRESS-The Fayetteville
Observer asks a timely question
concerning Associate Justice Black
mun's ruling gagging the press in a
Nebraska case. We quote from an
editorial in the Observer: "If the
press isn't going to fight effectively
for the public's right to know its
own law enforcement and court
business, who is? And if nobody is,
how long is it going to be before
secret law enforcement and court
operations characteristic of a police
state take hold in the land?" A
timely question, we would say!
LEGISLATIVE PAY - Legislat
ive pay. like other governmental
expenses has grown by leaps and
bounds in recent years. Back in
1947 the legislators were paid $600
for a two year term with no travel or#
living expenses included. By 1963
the salary of the legislators had
risen to $15 per day for 120 days
with subsistence at $12 per day and
mileage at 8 cents per mile, one
round trip home per week.
But now, legislators are pretty
well paid in North Carolina. Tar
Heel legislators now rank 22nd
among the 50 states in pay. A study
by the Citizens Conference on State
Legislatures, a Denver-based or
ganization shows the average Tar
Heel lawmaker was paid a total of
$19,560 in salary and expenses
during a two-year term. That
includes an annual salary of $4,800
plus $100 a month for general
expenses, postage, phone calls, etc.
and other costs in serving.
Additional expenses allowed,
when the General Assembly is in
session or while the legislators are
on official business, include a living
allowance of $35 a day and travel
(one round trip a week during
sessions) of 15 cents a mile from the
legislator's home to Raleigh.
The speaker of the House is paid
an annual salary of $9,000 plus a
$250 monthly expense allowance
and the House Speaker pro tem,
Senate Speaker pro tem and the
two minority leaders each receive
$6,000 annual salaries and $150
monthly expenses.
Browsing in the files
of The News-Journal
15 years ago
Thursday, December 14, 1950
Some idea of prevailing real
estate values may be gathered from
the sale of the farm lands of the late
Mrs. Carrie McDiarmid on Mon
day and lots in Raeford on
Tuesday, although sales made by
auction on those days were not final
and are subject to upset bids for 10
days after sale.
North Carolina Secretary of State
Thad Eure will be guest speaker at
the regular weekly meeting of the
Raeford Kiwanis club at the High
school cafeteria tonight.
From Poole's Medley:
The nearer the government is to
the people the less the cost. Home
folks know more about the needs of
the people than strangers.
The number of polio cases
reported in the United States for
the week ended Dec. 2 set a 23 year
high, the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis announced
yesterday.
The stores in Raeford will remain
open until eight o'clock on Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday nights of
next week, December 21, 22 and
23.
The band and Glee Club of the
Hoke County High school will give
their annual Christmas concert
Thursday evening, December 14 in
the high school auditorium.
Postmaster Lacy Clark
announced this week that the
Raeford post office would be open
the last two Saturdays before
Christmas in order to help the
public get rid of their Christmas
mail
25 years ago
Thursday, December 15, 1960
Hoke County suffered its first
vehicle fatality since May of l%8
here last Wednesday when Carwell
Hollingsworth, colored, of Rt. 2
was killed after his automobile
overturned near Lucille McLeod's
residence on the road between the
Red Springs highway and Bethel
church.
Four members of Coach Floyd
Wilson's Bucks have made the
All-East Class 3-A Football squad.
Bill Cameron and Jimmy Guin both
found berths on the first team
selections while Larry Upchurch
was selected on the list of the
second team all-stars. Bill McPhaul
received honorable mention.
William W. Blackburn, "travel
ing science teacher" from Oak
Ridge. Tenn. will visit Hoke
County High School on Monday,
December 12, to begin a week long
series of special lecture - demon
strations on a variety of scientific
topics, according to Principal
Dewey Huggins.
From Rockfish News:
The rest of the news is frozen.
C.C. Burris, past president of the
North Carolina State Exchange
clubs, will give the principle
address and make the presentation
of the charter to the New Exchange
Club of Raeford on Tuesday night,
Dec. 20, in the cafeteria of the
Raeford elementary school.
Chief of Police L.W. Stanton has
cautioned Christmas shoppers to be
unusually careful during the holi
day season and to lock all cars
containing packages and articles of
value.