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4-A Nixon Hopes To Give Supply, Demand Chance President decision hold down costs in Ihe piwes. "Congratulations! You're a ANTHONY HAMIGAN RAY CROMLEY to hit quota restrictions on meat imports may be more significant for "hat it tells the food industry in Ihe United States of America lhan for ils immediate impact on the pni-v of steak or hamburger in our supermarkets. The message is the same one being heard by the rest of American industry that "protectionism" is lite wrong treatment when inflation is driving up prices of American goods and commodities. Mr. Nixon, for the time being, has rejected proposals that meat and olher foods not covered by government price restraint programs be subjected to some kind of freeze or controls.

The President is known to be uncomfortable with the wage and price rcslaints already in effect. and it would he even more i i In formulate and administer food price controls equitably than it has been in other areas nf the economy. Instead. Mr. Xixon hopes to give trie law of supply and demand a chance to introduce a restraining effect on meat prices.

Part (if the problem behind periodic steep increases in the retail price of sing and distribution of food and to make prices less subject to fluctuation. The special nature of agriculture and the complex forces that determine the prices livestock and commodities have been the justification for quotas to protect American producers from foreign competition. However, the growth of mechanized agriculture, corporate a ming enterprises that must deal with labor organizations, and a integrated operations for the production, processing and distribution of lood have made labor costs nearly as great a factor in food prices as they are in the price structure of any olher industry. Scientists have made great strides in improving Ihe productivity of the soil and in producing more meal from a given amount of livestock feed. However, labor costs in farming and throughout the food industry have been subject to the same upward thrust as labor costs for industry as a whole, with the same lag in productivity gains that produces price inflation.

The Administration has jected demands that new Meeting The Needs Of Energy The magnitude of our country's energy problems hain't been fully understood by the U.S. public. Growth aad modernization of industry, computerization of essential services, and inflation of new electric equipment in homes and offices ill combine lo produce a relentless and constant upward march of energy consumption. Tile authors of a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology study gave a breakdown on the use of energy: one-third is consumed in the industrial category, one-fourth each in transportation and utilities, and one-fifth in household and commercial use. There is no reason to suppose that pattern of use will be altered or that total consumption will be reduced or stabilized.

The American people aren't interested in a return lo Die wilderness or acceptance of th rural commune style of We. Arms OK In Moscow, Not So Elsewhere meat is that demand by American consumers remains tariffs and import quotas be BUCHWALD erected as banners to competition of foreign goods on American markets. By the same token, it is only proper that the meat industry should face the pressure of competitive products in meeting its own responsibility to deal with inflation by attacking lagging productivity (n its ranks. consistently high while supply from time to time falls behind. Import quotas have served as a barrier to the marketing of imported meat during those periods when domestic supplies are short.

By lifting those quotas, the President is again reminding the "middlemen" in the food industry that it is their responsibility to Writes A Script For Democrat Convention Hunt for Truth H. Hum In spite of all the insults irhich the United Nations has leveled af our country, the U.S. State Department has recommended an increase in U.S. contributions lo that organization. a -Blinking Congressmen have said that at the very least fhe U.S.

should reduce its share of U.N. funds. President Nixon himself recommended a cut from 31 percent to 25 percent. But the State Department budget submitted to Congress calls for an increase of million. Fortunately, some members of Ihe House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, in charge of Ihe State Department budget are unwilling to give more money to the Nations.

Chairman Hays of Ohio said, when asked if he hoped to cut the: budget: "You can say a definitely is my intention. If Ihe committee will support me. this budgel will lie a lot leaner and more realistic when we get through with it." Supporter? of budget-cutlin? have aw.cmbl"d tcliing (acts rejardinR the amount of money our "ovcrnmcnt has poured into ihe As reported in Robeil Allen's syndicated column, the U.S. has given Mif and its a i a a total of $4.1 billuin. or -Hi percent.

o( all the rnnlnbuted to the 'Tic also purchased 114! million worth of bomK iwo-thirrls of which bear no i while rest pay only 2 percent. Last year our conlribution was more than the lota! paid by 117 member nations. Furthermore, as of last November, 86 U.N. members were in arrears to Ihe tune of Now is the i for construclive Congressmen to bring an end to this indefensible silualion. WASHINGTON Everyone has his own scenario for i week's Democratic National Convention.

The way things have been going with the party, one scenario has as much validity as the next. This is the one that 1 have written and if it comes true, remember, you read it here. It is the fourth day of the convention and the Democrats have been unable to decide on a presidential candidate. The fight to seat delegations has taken up Uiree days and those people who were ruled ineligible have refused to give up their seats to those who were officially designated as delegates to the convention. A every stale delegation has Iwo people sitting in every chair.

No one dares leave the floor for tear that someone will grab his seal. Barbs Tile live-o'clock whistle is what the office wolf gives lo Ihe secretaries. A connoisseur is a fellow with enough dough to order from the right-hand side of the menu. A man with a wife on a diet is one who'll stick with her through thick 'n' slim. Considering their literary eminence, some of the books on the newsstands can best be described as "besl-cei- When someone Iries to speak he is hooted down by the opposition faction.

Larry 0 Brien. the chairman of the party, has the podium ringed with the National Guard so no one can grab Ibe microphone. The nomination speeches have not heard, bul the a i a have been nominated a a i 1 Jackson and Muskie. have been no demonstrations for the can- didates in the hall because everyon; is afraid if he gets up and marches they won't let him back in his section again. On the first ballot McGovern picked up 1,234 votes, we)l shy of the 1.509 he needed.

The rest were split between the other candidates i uncomniitted refusing to vote for anyone. The second and third ballot found no one budging. By the tenth balht of Wednesday's all-night session, the con- i was hopelessly deadlocked. state delegations caucused right on me floor, trying to gei people to change their minds. But it was impossible.

On NBC, John Chancellor and Davm Brinkley became short-tempered and refused to talk lo each ottier. Howard K. and Harry Reasoner on ABC were also not speaking to each other, and on CBS. Walter Cronkite wasn't talking to himself. It was obvious to everyone in and out of the convention haii that a compromise candidaie had lo be found-one who had not already been nominated.

But who? The Democratic Parly leaders call a recess behind the podium. They argue and thrash it out for several hours. The only man whose name is proposed as ttie compromise candidate is a very famous, but controversial, figure the American scene. He has announced many times that he is not a candidate for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency, and has said under no conditions would he accept a draft. Yel, trie leaders argue he is the one person who can save rhe party.

This young man, whose name had associated with a very embarrassing incident, is a household word now. Because of the deadlock at the convention, he is the only one who can possibly beat Nixon in November. The compromise candidate is not at the convention. He has purposely stayed away so people would believe he was I interested in the nomination. O'Brien puts in a call lo him.

Everyone, in turn, gels on Ihe phone and tells him he has lo be the candidate. The compromise candidate speaks to George McGovern, Muskie a Wallace. They urge him to run. Tne candidate finally agrees lo a draft and says he will take the next plane to Miami. And that's how Bobby Fischer, the U.S.

chess a i became a i presidential nominee for 1972. JEFFREY HART Anyone who thinks hippies are out of style hasn't been at the supermarket recently. Penny-wise and pound- foolish is what happens to you when you try to pick up some "bargains" in a market. McGovern Is Stuck As A Busing Candidate An Independent Freedom Newspaper Publshcd every a i i (except Saturday) and Sunday morning by Freedom Newspapers K. Van Buren St.

Brownsville Texas 78520 512-4331 This newspaper Is dedicated lo futr.ishing information to our readers so a i can bellci proirnte and preserve their own freedom an'! ''nrouragi! others to see its blessing. For only when man Ireedom and is tree lo control himself and all he products tan he develop lo his utmost capabilities. We believe a all men are equally endowed by thnir Creator ami not by a xovcinmwil. wild Ihe rifjnl lo lake moral actTM to preserve llicir lilo and property anu secure more freedom and keep it for themselves and others. Freedom is self-control no more, no less.

To discharge this responsibility, free men, to the best of their ability, must umlfrMarid and apply to daily living the great MHjflKMaojxi'r'xwl in Ihe Coveting Commamlnwnl. Subscription Kales: Ily Carrier by week 55c plus Ic tax By motor route, per month plus 5c tax. By mail in the Rio Valley per month $2,40 plus 5c lax; per vear $2720 plus 52c tax. By mail up slate or out of Texas per month $2.75 plus 5c Ux. Second class postage paid it Bitwnsvllle, Texas 78520 In the stslcment he made after signing the Federal aid to education bill, President Nixon piingcnlly criticized the 92nd Congress for waffling on the businj; issue, a not incidentally, served notice that tang-for-racial-BaJance would be a prime issue in the coming election.

As far the election is concerned, the Democratic leadership in Congress would have lone Ceorgc McGovern a big favor by passing lough anli-biisinc, legislation. If they had done so, Sen. McGovern could have stood up and said a though he, personally, was a busing enthusiast, well, (loni-ross had anrl he would uphold (he a As it stands now, Mcfiou'rn is stuck as Hie busing candidate. The whole argument about liusinK, however, is now rather like a dispute about how many i an stand on tiif, head of a jtin uniiWK people who have up Hie belief in angels. For the enlire rationale for busing has evaporated.

It had been held a racial balancing made for improved classroom performance on DIP part of ghetto pupils. This being so, it was further argued, (o deny them (he benc(it of a racially mixed classroom, and hence'of equal educational opportunity, was a violation of their Fourteenth Amendment rights. Proponents of this view usually based their claims on the lUSf, Coleman report. But this llr. Coleman, under whose supervision the study was made, i i disavowed this interpretation.

Judges, he said, had glanced at the report and "used results much more strongly lhan Ihe results a a I don't think," added Coleman, "a judge can say (here prinia facie evidence of inequality of educational opportunity on achievement grounds if lime is school segregation." Next, along came Harvard Profe.ssor David .1. Armor with a M-page report ba i ed on an extensile study of i results of liii.sing in A i a cities. Armor concluded that busmg.for-ra- cial-balance did not 'inprovo the quality of education, did not improve the level of a i in I of black and either had no effect on racial altitudes and interracial relations or. often, altered them for the worse. The educational rationale for busing vanishes under the impact of the facts.

Armor's critics, when not reduced to calling him a fascist and a racist, are forced back to frivolous justifications for busing. For example that even when racial balancing projects increase group hostility, this is desirable, because it's good for a child lo experience, hostility and conquer it, etc. Hut, these are frivolities. There existed only one serious argument for so drastic a program, and now that Ibis argument has been shot down Ihe discussion ought to be closed. Weirdly enough, however, Ihe reverse is true.

Even as the rationale disappears, Ihe issue moves lo the center of political controversy, and may even li'' decisive in the fall i i a election. Kstablished black as well as ideological liberals, seem fi'OM'ii pro-busing stance not because busing is of any practical benefit but bec9u.sc it is a lest of one's liberal purity. And so much legal momentum has been built up dial Ihe question will certainly go all the way lo- Supreme Court. WASHINGTON (NBA) Despite published reports to ttie contrary, internally least. Leonid Brezhnev seems to be running against no important opposition on the strategic arms limitation agreements negotiated with President Nixon.

From all that can be i in information reaching the U.S. government date, within the U.S.S.R. the agreements an; popular in die highest echelons of the a government a military, where power lies'. Krcmlinologists i reporter has talked to say that while there was a great deal of hard bargaining during the negotiations, once agreement was readied the Soviet establishment seemed to be conv'nced (hat the arrangements were very good indeed. There is, apparently, great deal of confusion at the lower party levels, primarily, it is believed here, because this is the first time the public a the lower party bureaucracy had heard the details on strategic arms and the problems at issue.

Men who watch Soviet newspapers carefully say the press stresses repeatedly and Thus the search is on for new sources of energy. New oilfields arc being opened in many parts of the world from Siberia to the coast of Portuguese a i Pressure from environmental however, has jf seriously retarded develop- I I 1 ment of North America's vast new oil field on Alaska's north BRUCE BIOS5AT slope. Nuclear energy has been regarded as me most promising energy source. Again, pressure has been mounted to prevent nuclear power plant construction. Nuclear waste disposal also is fraught with difficulty.

The gas from coal process is still in development. Because of this situation, liquified natural gas from overseas looms as one of Hie most important new sources, of energy for the late 1970s. The American people are going to hear a great deal about liouified natural gas (LNG) in the next few years. I of this gas- necessary because the U.S. ts running (nit of natural gas- will have profound effecls on Ihe national economy, merchant marine, and the in- I i a 1 development of coaslal pones.

that these agreements are good, that they represent the party and that evuyone must back them-- as though the papers were attempting to convince people who were not at all clear on what the. agreements are all about or who might have some nagging doubls after all thesa years of hate- propaganda. But the work of explanation seems to be progressing smoothly. Not so at points hi the international Communist world. Strong complaints are already in from lied groups in Italy.

the Netherlands, Burma, New a a North Korea. Australia, Peru, Guatemala and North Vietnam. Castro was especially loud in Warsaw and in Bucharest in eastern Europe. In parties and factions mentioned above, the Soviet Un on is accused of betrayin" the Communist causj in its own interests The strength of the opposition shows up clearlv in tile vehemence of Moscow's defensive arguments which claim in esscnos. as one U.S.

government analyst put it, "What's good for the Soviet Unw eood for World Communism." But Brezhnev is finding it difficult to Ml that incept ii. une places in Ike Itet world. Soviet radio and Soviet officials and diplomats have other Communists arms do not i van of national liberation will continue lo be supported heavily by the Soviet Union and fiat the right for a Communist worldwide victory will continue. There is rather convincing evidence the spotty furor is being sparked primarily by Peking Jid by pro-Mao Communist parte and factions Asia Latin America and Western Europe. -IT- here therefore, lhat Mao Tse-tung and his neop'e are usinii thcsi arms agreements lo weaken furthc hoM international Communism- anil -t the stage for Chinese gains.

There is no evidence thus far, however, on how suc- rcyr'n- (,, rh'nes" have been in stirring up suspicion among Hins- Communist parties which have bee' pro-Mocow or neutral in the running battle between Russia and China over the past number of years. President Hones Viet Weapon For Votes Commission on A i a Shipbuilding recently submitted a report to President Nixon, saying that "A potential multi-bill on- dollar U.S. market (for LNG) is involved." The Commission envisioned the construction ol 100 gas tankers in the next 18 years. This is a colossal enterprise, for a LNG carrier will cost between 570 and $80 million many times the cost of a tanker designed to transport oil. i Ihese vessels poses an opportunity for the U.S.

to pioneer a new type of ship. At present, only two liquified gas tankers are in existence. They are known as i tankers, meaning they carry cargoes at extremely low Much of the natural gas will come from Algeria, though the Soviets also want to sell LNG to the United Stales. The gas will be liquified in Algeria and pumped inlo spherical cargo lanks aboard Ihe ships. Liquificalion can be effected by cooling or pressure.

is possible that tin gas tankers of the future also will be operated with gas from the cargo tanks. The economic significance of LNG imports can be gauged on the basis of a recent announcement by an American natural gas company thai it will purchase two billion cubic feet of LNC! from Algeria. Eighteen cryogenic tankers will be constructed to transport this fuel between Algeria and the Bast Coast of the bniled Slates. Two terminals will be constructed ID procjs.s the LNG-onc at Cove I'oim. Md.

and the other at Elba Island off Savannah, Ga. Thry will cost and $6.1 million respectively. It is important that the American people understand Hie extent of the economic plans hemp made lo meet energy demands. If ihcy want air-v-'omliluiiKTS in this homes and computers in their offices, they will have to approve the necessary ins I. 1 1 a i Some environmentalists, particularly Ridgeway in The New Republic (April 22, 1972), fear l.hs results of a collision involving cryogenic tankers.

The public will hive to weigh WASHINTON (NBA) In a year when many public figures insist the state of the economy is the big thing, President Nixon seems bent on trying lo win reelection as a pre-eminent foreign policy president is We know now that his predicted fall bombshell will have "Vietnam 1 written on it, though we can't be sure of its size and shape. There art no more great capitals to visit, to top Peking and Well advertised is the President's wish to achieve some kind of settlement of Ihe i a a through negotiations. O.b i 1 unforaeeabb responses in Hanoi make this a much chancier prosppc', than was getting to China and the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, il probably would be a mistake for either Hie Democrats or anybody else to assume that if he is frustrated in his hcfe for pre- i negotiations on Vietnam, Nixon will have no other way to deal with tha issue in a politically profitable fashion. For one iteig, he could "negotiate" in the public forum of offering fresti peace proposals going beyond those of 8, when he suggested a cease-fire, new elections for South Vietnam, U.S.

total withdrawal our months after agreement. Such proposals would, of course, have to bear at least the stamp of still broader conciliation, and most likely would te underscored by troop withdrawals cutting our residual forces in Vietnam to almost token proportions. It was wholly predictable draftees need go to Vietnam hereafter. Yet the President's greater desire is thai the whole business be settled at tne table this fall. He is pressing Moscow hard to lean on Hanoi to undertake serious peace negolialipns.

Moscow has the levers, since it is the big supplier to North Vietnam. action at Sept. 1. He thus reserves the opportunity to move critically on the very ew of the fall election TMut cl ea sc ense utl aj this danger against the need new fuel supplies. In recent years, however, there Has been dangerously i a a public derstanding of energy needs.

This has resulted in the outlawing of oil tank farms and restrictions on refinery construction. Insofar as the oil industry is concerned, observers note the exportation of much of the U.S. refinery industry the Bahamas, a country with increasingly unstable political conditions Tile fear is lhat within a decade the Bahamas will possess extraordinary importance in oil processing and li a Bahamian political elements may be templed to block oil trans-shipments lo a i a in an act of blek mail. If he were then to announce a slash to around 20,000 men, a Mai less fa ilie 23,000 "advisers" we had in Vietnam before major U.S. ground units entered that country in 1966, it would leave Sen.

George McGovern as 1972 a i nominee (presumed) with not much to talk about on the war. To be sure, we might still be keeping substantial air and naval forces handy outside Vietnam, but the Nixon people are betting this will not trouble too many Americans so long as U.S. casualties arc virtually eliminated and no the way. And the President is also trying to transmit to Hanoi, via Moscow, the idea that thi.s is the time to deal and get a fair break, that if he wins i the terms thereafter might be much tougher. Our air and naval power still in place is Ihe reminder.

A( this stage, no one knows hew Hanoi may respond, or even if the Kremlin will turn off the supply spigot. But if all Nixon's pressures fail, he still has that fallback prosfecl of "Eoing public" in his bid. a liquified is a cleaj: fuel ani shouldn't attract heavy i i from en- i 1 a I i I Unfortunately, purchase of LNf! from Alqi-ria will cause a new dollar drain and will make Hip U.S. dependent on energy from an unfriendly country. Americans will have (o make best of this situation, i the environmentalist opposition to the Alaskan oil.

look beyond domestic energy field Is forcing the U.S. lo look beyond domestic energy "In riew of cm rou 8r McCwtrn 'tottwg.