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Opinions
Hollings best qualified
presidential candidate
By Cliff Blue
SENATOR HOLLINGS. . . Of
all the present Democratic can
didates for the Presidential
nomination, Fritz Hollings of
South Carolina is by far the best
qualified.
Hollings is not winning high
rating in the polls, and it will take a
remarkable turn of events for him
to be nominated. But he appears to
have the qualifications. He has
made a good record, a progressive
record, in every position he has
served. He is an expert on defense
and has long served on the Senate
Armed Services Commitee. He was
chairman of the Senate Budget
Committee, and has offered the
best budget-balancing of any ma
jor political figure for two years or
more.
He would freeze expenditures on
almost everything for one year, ad
justed for inflation.
He is not a claghorn reactionary
but moderate in the middle of the
road; too liberal for many
southern conservatives but accept
able, in philosophy, to most
Democrats, even liberals in the
north. He knows the issues, is a
student of facts, problems and
solutions. He looks the part, is a
fine debater and speaker, even
though his Charleston accent takes
some getting used to. (But so did
John Kennedy's New England
tones.)
People and Issues
He tells senior citizens he would
ask them to forego real increases in
social security for one year-to
balance the budget. He would like
to get "our boys" out of Lebanon,
but he does favor a nuclear freeze.
He would accept a woman or black
on his ticket, if nominated. He has
spoken in favor of freedom of
choice on abortion. He admits he
favors right-to-work laws.
Hollings' big~chance--if he has
one--is in New Hampshire. He and
his people are working hard to
finish first or second. If he does
that, he might become known,
might become a candidate with
credibility. The odds, of course,
are against him.
Here in North Carolina, former
Governor Terry Sanford is on his
team. Our second choice would be
U.S. Senator John Glenn. We
think he is a reasonable man. This
is about as far as we would like to
go at this time with any hopes of
winning.
SUICIDE RATE UP. . . The
U.S. suicide rate has increased
dramatically in the last 25 years,
especially among the young people
between 15 and 24 years of age, say
the American Council of Life In
surance.
WOMEN GAINING. . . Add
public relations to the list of oc
cupations in which women are
making impressive strides. The
1979 Public Relations Executives,
carries biographies of PR profes
sionals with at least five years of
experience. The 1979 directory
listed 2,599 PR professionals, of
whom less than 14 percent were
women. On the current directory,
about 20 percent of the 4,100 pro
fessionals profiled are women.
WORKING WOMEN. . . Over
the past 25 years, women have ac
counted for three out of every five
new members of the work force.
Between 1948 and 1982, the
number of working women in
creased by 176 percent while the
number of working men increased
by only 43 percent.
INCOME RISES. . . Personal
income in the United States rose by
1.2 percent in October, says the
American Council of Life In
surance. This was the largest
percentage gain since August 1981,
according to recent Commerce
Department reports. In addition to
earning more, Americans are sav
ing a little more, too. The savings
rate 4.9 percent of personal
disposal income in Sept. to 5.5 per
cent in October.
LOWER INTEREST?. .
"Lower interest rates are predicted
for early 1984 amid further signs
that economic growth has
moderated," says the Wall Street
Journal. "Those signs include the
government report that the index
of leading economic indicators fell
in November."
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. . .
North Carolina's community col
lege system starts the new year off
with each of the 58 institutions
now being accredited. Brunswick
Technical College in Supply-the
system's newest institution? was
notified recently that it has receiv
ed accreditation from the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools. The insitution began of
fering classes in 1980.
Assad and Reagan
should hold meeting
by Richard Viguerie
Support for the presence of
American troops in Lebanon in
collapsing.
Such prominent Senators as
Charles Percy (R-Ill.), Chairman
of the Senate Foregin Relations
Committee, and Barry Goldwater
(R-Ariz.), Chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, are calling
for withdrawal. Leading
Democrats in Congress have done
likewise.
Liberal and conservative
members of Congress, both
Democrats and Republicans, have
come to the conclusion that the
Marines in Lebanon should be
pulled out. The growing percep
tion is that the U.S. troops are no
longer a peacekeeping force;
rather, that their presence ensures
a continuation of the conflict that
has torn that country apart.
Probably the only questions that
remain are when will our troops
come home and what kind of situa
tion they will leave behind.
The decision of Syrian President
Haffez Assad to free Lt. Robert
Goodman is a smart public rela
tions move; it almost makes Mr.
Assad seem like a reasonable per
son to the U.S. public. But it may
also be an olive branch held out to
President Reagan, a signal that
Mr. Assad wants to sit down and
talk.
In the media hype and general
excitement over Jesse Jackson's
triumph in freeing Lt. Goodman,
it has been mostly ignored that the
U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert
Paganelli, was included in the ar
rangements.
In other words, Mr. Assad did
not try to humiliate the Reagan
Administration by excluding its
representative. The Syrian Presi
dent dropped his earlier demands
that the U.S. withdraw first, or
that reconnaissance flights be
halted, before the lieutenant would
be released.
Like many other left-leaning dic
tators around the world. Pres.
Assad would like to free his coun
try from dependence upon the
Soviet Union. He is not the type of
leader who tolerates being bullied,
and it may give him a great deal of
pleasure to tell the Soviets to take a
hike, as the late Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat did in 1972. But,
given the unreliability of the
United States as an ally during the
1970's and Israel's "sister-state"
relationship with the U.S., Mr.
Assad may be reluctant to take the
risks to which defiance of the
USSR would expose him.
However, President Reagan
should aggressively pursue this
possible historic opportunity to
make Mr. Assad less dependent
upon Moscow. One suggestion
would be that (he two presidents
meet as soon as possible to discuss
a solution to the crisis in Lebanon.
In fact, Mr. Reagan should con
sider meeting with all the heads of
state who are involved. He should
invite the leaders of Syria, Israel,
Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan to
meet with him here in Washington
or any other suitable U.S. location
to work out a plan to end the con
flict.
If all reasonable efforts fail to
bring peace to Lebanon, then we
should pull marines out of
Lebanon and let the Syrians and
Israelis slug it out.
For now, though, there is a clear
sign that Mr. Assad wants to talk.
In the spirit of Camp David and
President Reagan's September,
1982 peace initiative, the leaders of
the U.S. and Syria might have the
opportunity to sit down and bring
this episode to a conclusion.
As the late Sir. Winston Chur
chill said, "It is better to jaw, jaw
than to war, war."
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