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A 10 1 Journal and Courier IN OUR OPINION Too Commercial This money hassle by Bobby ischer over whether or not he would represent the United States in a world chess playoff with the Russian titleholder seems to us both i unbecoming and tawdry It is moreso at a time when chess is be ing touted as anew at least by the crews And at a time when Olympic sports are supposed to be empha sizing the selfless purity of competition hold out for another $100000 in the stakes may have satisfied his ego and provided a security that Olympic ath letes may never know but it certainly could not have done much for chess Nei ther could the further delays imposed by the Russian player in response to hold out 1 Obviously the promoters of the match figured to make money on it and the con testants were entitled to a fair share of the gate But they need not have made these negotiations so public or paramount ischer may fancy himself more of a gladiator of the prizefighter order than a 4 champion of the Olympic mold But so near the Olympic spotlight at a time when chess is a growing attraction and in a game that has its roots more among phi losopher than promoters his stance seems alien Chess is going to have to make up its mind which way it is going: The route of the pool hall hustle and the riverboat card game or on a parade through fields of honor It seems to us that chess is going one way and ischer another Eveh If ischer wins it will be hard to think of a as a hero even in a country hungry for heroes The clinking of coins would drown out the cheers LAAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER EDITORIAL BOARD LOUIS A WEIL III Publisher MIKE MIDDLESWORTH PAUL JANES GEORGE LAMB ROBERT KRIEBEL Managing Editor Associate Editor Editorial Page Editor City Editor Journal and Courier Lafayette Ind Thursday July 6 1972 'Who turned it over? Just as I thought the hour had nearly faHmah 'ri W3farlfor Tunts 1 IWfIB wlXvKw KBBSBB Your Lawmakers Extra Dimension LETTERS to the Editor a Holiday Lafayette Kansas City Mo the Lafayette ap the Letters are selected tor general interest and lack of duplication of points made in other letters They must be signed and of no more than 350 words They are subject to condensation or rejection and signatures will be published in all but the most unusual cases APAtlHKTRKTog T1hBUPPei? 4ecperws HOUSE On an amendment to the military procure ment bill that would have cut off money for the Vietnam war on Sept 1 providing American pris oners are returned which was defeated on a record teller vote 244 152: Against Hillis Land grebe and Myers On an amendment that would have eliminated $350 million for Safeguard AGM procurement which was defeated on a record teller vote 116 258: Against Hillis Landgrebe and Myers On an amendment that would have deleted $445 million for development of the bomber which was defeated on a record teller vote 94 279: Against Hillis Landgrebe arid Myers On final passage of the bill authorizing $23 billion for weapons purchase and research in fis cal 1973 which was approved 334 59 and sent to the Senate: or Hillis Landgrebe and Myers On a bill to extend to Oct 31 the temporary $450 billion ceiling on the national debt which passed 211 168: or Hillis against Landgrebe and Myers On a bill to extend for six months the emer gency unemployment compensation program which passed 273 110 and went to the Senate: or Hillis and Myers against Landgrebe By BRUCKNER Gannett Newt Service NEW YORK You could get the impression that the McGovern campaign is mainly a literary event It is hard to judge which crowd is writing more books the McGovern staff or the big noisy press entourage that is always rushing in between the candidate and the people at every campaign stop Look around you oh noble Theodore White and reflect on what heavy things you have in spired thinner talents to attempt! Well there is not a single Tolstoy among them so while we may be fated to be told everything about this campaign we need not fear that we will be forced to understand it THERE WILL STILL be opportunity for theo ry and imagination and even analysis long after it is all over or the McGovern phenomenon is after all a real event rather than a media event McGovern says he represents the majority of a majority party in the nation and his successes in the long list of primaries that ended here recently in a resounding triumph for him lend some authority to his judgment Many of the old professionals and not a few of colleagues in Congress who used to sneer at him as some kind of 49 year old hippie dreamer can feel the earth being moved under their feet by the voters Sen Hubert appeal to New York ers to vote for someone other than McGovern in the primary for anybody else is the cry of a man shaken to pieces by events AND ALL KINDS of people have been moved to start running for the vice presidential spot on a McGovern ticket and the one who says he running Sen Edward Kennedy is being carried into the race by old loyal supporters of past Ken neays Even Mayor Daley at a meeting in New Or leans the other day was filled with admiration for McGovern telling him he had possibly the best electoral machine of any presidential candi date in experience To the establishment that may look like Beethoven laying a laurel on the Rolling Stones but in fact it is no small praise from a man who knows what he is talking about and it has serious political implications PUNDITS AND REPUBLICANS are still fig uring out reasons why McGovern might not get the nomination after all or why if he gets it he will be defeated by Nixon in November i Indeed he could have some trouble picking up the last batch of votes he needs to win the nomi nation: Some of his supporters and a few of hls staff people are not very subtle or even fair in their approaches to the uncommitted the unde cided the wavering And the great number of Mini Ponds Porks Are a Pipe Dream In his objection to the Wildcat reservoir John Kerr sees fit to repeat the pipe of a series of mini parks and ponds as an alterna tive None of the advocates offer any answers on: Who would build these? How? When? Or Where? The state Such places pay for themselves and the state even equip and maintain the parks we have to their fullest poten tial The Corps of Engineers touch such a costly and inefficient substitute for wh'at is really needed It would require much more total area to hold the water in shallow ponds than in one deep lake There would be no profit to induce private en terprise into such a fiasco PUTbl AHP A Gun Has Never Killed Anyone The controversy over gun legislation has been raging longer than the majority of us realize No one can be certain who or what is the right thing to do in regard to guns if they would stop enough to consider the massiveness this problem encompasses 1 Personally I feel confiscation is no answer To bar sales either Currently more people are advocating discontinuance of the so labeled night Admittedly few sportsmen would consider their use or for that matter would an assassin A recent example of that fact surrounded the Wallace shooting Police reports indicate the price tag of the revolver used was $80 Eighty dollars is a rather high priced revolver This is a simple indication that elimination of Saturday night specials is no logical explanation 1 It would be a errand to even begin to confiscate pistols but suppose you could With no revolvers available a man wanting another man dead could then turn to rifles A natural assumption would then be to con fiscate rifles Shotguns follow next and these also taken inally no firearms are left but the threat of death lingers Anyone ma ture and rational enough quickly determines that if another man wants someone dead deeply enough he will kill him with any means available his hands It is a terrible thing to realize and know but nothing can alter a sick mind A gun has never killed anyone It a mind it cannot reason right or wrong It is only an instrument to convey a feeling whether pass ing or planted The gun control act of 1968 eliminated crime It even lowered homi cides committed with firearms Politicians of that year were convinced it was the answer as they are today concerning future legislation The relationship of deaths committed by au tomobiles charted with guns astounding No one is ready to start walking though are they? JOSEPH SMITH park A survey has shown 3500 children reside in the subdivisions with the nearest park Colum bian Park about four miles away 100 YEARS AGO TODAY (In The La ayette Daily Journal) The Impression is becoming general that Mr Washington DePauw is withholding his letter Of He Confronted He Did Not Dodge I would like to comment on two sections I read in the Journal and' Courier on Saturday July 1 1 On the editorial page in an article written by Mike Middlesworth we read strive might ly to present the news in dear cut objective and unbiased form in our news columns and we think we do a good The article goes on to explain the purpose of an editorial page a place for opinions The article ends with these two statements in turn take great pains to keep the commentary separate from the news something to keep in mind when reading your 2 On page A 3 we read the headline Con victs lory of Dodging the This article describes the trial of a man who decided that the Vietnam War was one of the major tragedies of 1 the century decided I coop erate with a system designed to aid in carrying out that This article tells us that he re turned his selective service registration card along with letters explaining his views He even met with his board explaining his views We also learn that the church of which he is a member pledge their support to men who refuse cooper ation with selective service Last but not least the article states the maximum penalty for this of fense is a 5 year sentence and or up tolOOOtt fine Needless to say I find the headline of in direct conflict with the professed policy of unbiased news reporting A man who confronts a system he feels is immoral in such a way that he could be fined and impris oned for up to 5 years certainly be dodging the draft A man who corresponds with his local board trying to explain why he cooperate in their system certainly be dodging that system A man who defends himself against the US Government in an attempt to explain that participation in the SSS (Selective Service Sys tem) continues the tragedy of war certainly be dodging the government In fact in every way he has been confronting the draft confronting the government with his beliefs and convictions that war is one of the deepest human tragedies of our world The Journal and choice of the word suggests he tried to get away from responsibility to get out of something un pleasant Yet the article points out that he chose a position in regard to the draft that requires much of him I think the choice of the word tells us exactly the opinion of this trial I agreed with the Journal and professed policy of unbiased re porting I also suggest you may need more in sight into what is clear cut objective and unbiased news something fo keep in mind when reading your paper REBECCA LORY delegate challenges brought by his supporters all over the country could seriously divide the con vention if they come to the floor for a vote But if McGovern has a steady hand those challenges could also be levers to move a few reluctant delegations And his decision 1 to stay out of the platform fight on the grounds that pow er is prize enough can neutralize the critics on the right who claim they are really holding down the center IN ACT the McGovern people would have to make some very serious mistakes in the next few days to cost their hero the nomination There is not anyone around strong enough to take it from him The late effort of Sen Edmund Muskie masterminded nowadays by Sen Harold Hughes of Iowa to gather a few last delegates seems as ill fated as it is ill conceived Humphrey survives only as a destroyer Gov George Wallace has gone as far as he is going to go on the road to power this year George Meany and some AL CIO cronies still talk tough but they lack the votes in the convention to turn their talk into trouble their only real clout in the con vention is what is left of Humphrey and they have even less influence at the polls than they have in the party AGAINST NIXON it will be another race alto gether But the President has started ahead and ended up behind twice in his hard career and he nearly did a third time in 1968 He is playing now for the Catholic vote and winning some of it at least among bishops and cardinals I With a little help from Humphrey he might cut into the Jewish vote The school buses could carry a lot of suburban votes for him McGovern proved vulnerable to a panic attack in the California primary and Nixon has some sharp and well financed panic producers in his employ' But the primaries also indicated that people are more unpredictable and mischievous this year than they usually are It is simply a bad year to be in office and running The ITT affair is still fresh in minds THE BUNGLED BUGGING of the Democratic National Committee offices could prove a great gift to the Democrats even if they cannot pin the tlame for the attempt on any individual Republi can It may not be too late to end the Vietnam war but it is probably too late to bury it as an issue And anyone who has to buy food must suspect that Phase II is a bust The President can run a tough race on a fast track he always has But this year he has to carry his own record and the records of some of his friends and associates as a handicap All those writers of books about this campaign had best make sure they get manuscript submis sion dates after Nov 7 The outcome is far from predictable now SENATE On a proposal to strike from a bill extending programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity a provision setting up an independent agency to provide legal services to the poor apd retain the program within OEO which was defeated 37 45: Against Bayh and Hartke On a seriond attempt to strike out of the bill the provision for creating a National Legal Ser vices Corporation which was defeated 34 56: Against Bayh and Hartke On final passage of the bill authorizing $96 billion for the Office of Economic Opportunity for the next three years which was approved 74 16 and sent to conference with the House: or Bayh and Hartke On a motion to table and thus kill an amend ment to the foreign aid bill which would have suspended military assistance and sales to Brazil until it was determined that government was not torturing political prisoners which was approved 60 30: Against Bayh and Hartke On an amendment to the foreign aid bill to remove Bahrain from the countries with which military base agreements must be submitted to the Senate as treaties which passed 59 30: or Bayh against Hartke On an amendment to the Labor HEW appro priations bills which would have increased from $10 million to $60 million funds for special aid to school districts with huge concentrations of non taxable public housing which was tabled and thus killed 51 41 an increase to $40 million was later approved by voice vote: Against Bayh and Hartke On final passage of the bill appropriating $311 billion for the departments of Labor and of Health Education and Welfare which was proved 72 11 and sent to conference with House: or Hartke not voting Bayh On an attempt to attach a bill extending national debt ceiling an amendment to increase Social Security benefits by 30 per cent which was tabled and thus killed 71 18 Voting to kill Bayh against killing Hartke On a motion to establish the increase at 10 per cent which was defeated 20 66: Against Bayh and Hartke On an amendment to make the in crease 20 per cent which was passed 82 4: or Bayh and Hartke On final passage of the bill extending to Oct 31 the $450 billion ceiling on the national debt and including the provision increasing Social Security benefits which was approved 78 3: or Bayh and Hartke entirely toward recreation and all but ignores the original main purpose! That of flood control not just on the Wildcat but on the entire Wabash flowage to alleviate the destructive' and even killing flooding all along the Wabash The series of reservoirs planned would give this flood control And as a by product would produce a much greater amount of more diversified self support ing recreational possibilities in compact areas of availability or some reason Mr Kerr saw fit to refer to mv Marine Corps background Perhaps in his Army basic training zthey had time for frivolous side lines but the Marines concentrate strictly on developing the best fighting men and sub jects such as play grounds and wading pools are left to others HARVEY NEAL How They Voted Gannett New Service YEARS AGO TODAY declination of the Democratic nomination for (tn The'Latavette journal and courier) lieutenant governor until he sees how heavily the Mayor William Gettings said he will ask party proposes to draw upon him for campaign Nickel Plate railroad officials whether undeve expenses There is becoming very universal loped land owned by the railroad near Ninth and among moneyed men a feeling that it is but little Beck could be purchased for a city park and honor and no profit to be placed upon the ticket of playground any party simply that you may be drawn upon to The mayor and other city officials met with fee every corner grocery bummer in its behalf about 30 residents of Edgelea Robinwood and Mr DePauw is a cautious man and is not to be Southlea subdivisions who want the playground caught easily in any such way nomination savored rather too much of a grab wholesale at his money bags to suit his notion and it seems quite probable that he will have to the party machine in this state put of his own pocket which is rather ex pensive business 50 YEARS AGO TODAY rhe Lcfavehe Journal and Courier) The public school pupils of Lafayette are to have an athletic field according to a petition filed with the city council by the board of school trustees at their meeting The school trustees have taken an option on 298 acres of ground on Schuyler west of Eighteenth street It is the intention if the council consents to the purchase to turn the grounds into one of the best public school athletic fields in the state It will afford ample space for baseball football track and other sports amily Love Prayer Necessary Ingredients I know times have changed but the principle of Christ never changed know have many fine young folks but we hear much about them I think the greatest gift parents can give their children is love and understanding and a home where they can learn the true values of life and the true Christian Spirit I am 82 years old and I remember when I was Most important the idea is pitched almost 9 or 10 years old we moved on a farm in a strange neighborhood une day our school teach pr called my sister and me to her desk and asked where we' attended Sunday School We told her and she said she knew we attended Sunday School and had a Christian home She could tell by our actions We never had much of this goods but some of the happiest memories of' my childhood were when a 'family on winter evenings we sat around the stove and did things together We were Living then and happy (without alcoholic beverages) I think the liquor traffic Is causing much of our trouble today MISS LIBBIE LIPPINCOTT Methodist Home Hospital Warren Inch 46792 of the Past Out 1 zCXl IK kvr i.