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4 THE EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER Monday, Suptembtr 15, IMP Editorials Why Mayor Daley Has 'Faith' 'New Federalism' May Not Work MAYOR RICHARD J. Daley's faith in the democratic process often seems misguided. Without complete understanding of how the process works in his part of the state, some Illinois citizens can be misled to believe it is the best system available. Recently the mayor had tfiis to say about election of judges: have confidence and faith In the people, not only in selecting the governor, but in selecting judges." This can be interpreted to mean that the mayor does not go along with tali of a con- iti'utional change that would permit selection of Illinois judges by the governor after t.c coning by a qualified com- jni.ss.ion of professionals and If the senario seems familiar, it was the mayor's opposition earlier in this decade that forced reform elements to leave nonpartisan selection of judges out of the 1964 judicial article under which the state operates now. Tne mayor threatened to withdraw his legislative support of court reform if the nonpartisan item was part of the arti- The fallacy of the mayor's posi.ion on election of judges is best revealed by the caliber and backgr'-und of many who serve in the judiciary of Cook County.

It is a breeding ground for cor- and half-hearted judicial et.iics Judges in that neck of the chosen fsr their loyalty to the Cook County Democratic party organization, not for their qualification for the bench. It means that politics reigns first, and all else, including justice, follows. certain elements of the citizemy were not convinced before cf the compromise of ethics that politics can bring to the judiciary, the recent case of tv.o Supreme Court justices should have changed some minds. The party loyalty factor is well bfrne out in a survey made by Chicago attorney, Joseph Karagams. With the exception of the few Republicans who were asked to run as Democrats to make things look a little bi-parfean, Mr.

Karaganis found that almost every judge elected in Cook County has a background of devotion to the county organization. Here are a few examples of those elected in 1968 from Mr. Karaganis' study: "John J. Stamos: Was member of regular Democratic organization. Served many years as assistant corporation counsel (City of Chicago) and assistant (Cook County) states attorney.

Appointed in 1966 to fill unexp- ired term as states attorney." "Daniel J. Ryan: Was member of regular Democratic organization; nephew of late Dan Ryan, powerful politician who was president of Cook County board. Held several patronage positions." "Robert J. Suski: Was member of the 32nd Ward regular a i organization; Served as precinct captain and alderman for the ward; an assistant states attorney." Obviously, these men, and the others listed by Mr. Kacaganis, are not all bad judges But it is equally obvious that Mayor Daley and the others who make up the ticket made party loyalty as important a factor as potential judicial ability.

Xo one believes an appointive plan will cure all the ills of selection based upan party loyalty. But it is likely, particularly if there are independent screening committees, that those appointed to the bench will be of higher caliber on the average. A judicial appointment should not be a reward for faithful party service. It should be based upon a person's legal background, his capacity for work on the bench, and his dedication for service to the public. Nor should anyone be fooled by the notion that people elect judges.

They are "elected" by the party leaders and then ratified by the people. Race Issue in Detroit Contest DETROIT will have a replay of the Los Angeles mayoral contest. Wayne County A i Richard Austin, a black, and Sheriff Roman Gribbs outdistanced 26 other candidates and will meet in a November a Democrats. Mr. Gribbs, looks enough like actor Forrest Tucker to be his double, is classified as moderate, but dunns his campaign he made no attempt to avoid the law- and-order label For example, when he visited a grout) of ministers in a primarily black area of the ci'y.

he had only 10 minutes to because of a tight irhedule. But he used eight of those ten minutes for law-and- onler talk And if he is out to win, that Is approach to take -avoid other issues and talk onlv about question of law and order i a Austin is a 56-vcar- auditor who campaigned as liberal and along with Gribbs received the endorsement of many influential organizations in the city. Congressman John Conyers. a supporter of Mr. Austin, is convinced of the significance of the election: "This election will show whether the white people of Detroit will let a responsible black man fill a position of major power.

This election also possesses i possibilities. If we succumb to the 'law and order we're setting Detroit up for a horrible four years. This year the black candidate is one who wanis to work with the whites as well as blacks. The militants didn't want him. If Austin loses, the next black candidate could well be a militant who'll say, 'Let's do a they've done to us.

Let's over The question of race could become important in the next few years. Dospite a host of reforms passed by incumbent mayor Jerome Cavanagh in the" early 1960's, the whites have continued to nish to the suburbs. Sociologists predict the population of the blacks in Detroit will climb from 44 per cent to a majority by the early 1970's. Since Detroit has some black city councilmen and race has not been a major factor in the past camp-igns, there is hope that voters will vote on qualification rather than color. But that's what everyone thought in the Los Angeles race until Sam Yorty began to use scare tactics.

We hope that Sheriff Gribbs is a bigger man than Yorty and will campaign fairly. J1.3-Mil!ion Yearning PSYCHOANALYST Rollo May says it was the "yearning for community on part of youth" that led 400,000 to the Woodstock festival in Bethel, N.Y. a few weeks ago. Now that it's all over, the four young promoters have done a bit of soul searching and have split over that scourge of the establishment money. In this case, it's a $1.3 million debt.

The Woodstock festival has the dubious distinction of being a financial failure because it was such a success. The idea was to sell hordes of tickets to the younger generation involved in doing their thing which at this time happened to be listening to the 31 rock and folk groups imported for event. But the appeal of the groups plus worth of publicity combined to draw so many to the festival that the corporation had to abandon the idea of selling ticket, as a means of avoiding mass chaos. No ticket sales plus expenses added up to a $1.3 million debt. Two of the toothpaste heir John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, plan to pay off the debt.

These two, It seems, were in the scheme to make money as well as provide entertainment. The other two, Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld, seem only slightly interested in paying off the debt. In the words of Kornfeld, the purpose of the festival was to provide "a groovy meeting of the tribes, a part of the revolution" and not to make money. We have here an example of the struggle going on within the idealisti youth of today. One group wants to do its thing but work within the structure of the so-called establishment.

The other group cares little for the rules and regulations of today's society. Who will win depends as much on adults as on youth. If older people permit proper outlets through the system, then young people will have little reason to drop out. The Woodstock festival was such an outlet and the other 30 generation may actually find it economical to support future Woodstocks. It might prevent future Columbias.

Will the States Meet the Challenge: By John A. Hamilton (c) 1369 New York Times New York The state of the states is not catatonic, not any more. President Nixon's call for a "New Federalism" In which states will play an even more important role in American government seems to have awakened them like sleeping giants from deep slumber. They had loomed in American politics much like Rocky Mountains in American geography. They were there, but they didn't move.

Now the states stretch and yawn. They begin to flex their muscles. That this is so, however, only raises a question: Is this a good thing, or bad? And the answer, based on the recent National Governors Conference held at Colorado Springs in the shadow of the Rockies, is not altogether clear. The governors at the conference, with a exception, seemed more interested in boosting their stature by gaining control of additional federal funds than they did in using these funds positively to help solve the problems of their cities. They favored full funding of the omnibus crime control law, which funnels funds to the states, but they refused to en- funding of other programs offering direct aid to the cities.

They favored block grants for a categorical grants for cities. State Powers As the founding units of A i a government, retaining powers not delegated to Washington under the constitution, the states are immensely important. They charter cities; shape their governments; grant or deny taxing authority, land use and zoning powers; set landlord-tenant a i educational standards, state and local civil service criteria and the professional licensing re- dorse a resolution urging full quirements that i Modern Nations Vulnerable Anarchy on Increase By James Reston 1 9 6 9 New York Times There is now a growing pattern of anarchy in the civilized world. Planes are hijacked. Ambassadors are kidnapped.

Vast international companies are expropriated. The trend is not yet out of hand, but even in the universities of America, the militant minorities are using force to achieve their objectives, and it raises some fun- da mental questions. Anarchy is the hope of the weak, and the terror of the strong. The most modern technological nations are the most vulnerable to sabotage. Fifty knowledgeable a determined revolutionaries who understand the underground electrical system can paralyze New York.

And this power of the militant minority is increasing. Half a dozen men can grab an American ambassador in Rio, or Wow up Israeli offices in Europe, and even if they are caught, the tyranny of militant few can go on. Nations have understood the power of anarchy for hundreds of years and have patiently tried to establish rules against it, but the rules are breaking down, and the consequences are alarming. The reaction of the state of Israel in recent days illustrates the problem. It is a small state surrounded by much larger Arab states, which have openly vowed to destroy it.

They cannot do so by classical warfare. They have tried open aggression and tave defeated and humiliated, so they have resorted to anarcihy and guerrilla warfare. The AraJbs are exploding in their impotence. They have established their subversive headquarters in Amman. They avoid a major clash with the more modern, organized Israeli armed forces, but they supply their guerrillas with money, arms and technical aid, and hijack planes and blow up Israeli offices in Europe with hand grenades and bombs.

U.N. Helpless The United Nations organization, which is the symbol and referee of decent international conduct, is helpless to deal with the consequences. Moscow can arm but cannot restrain the Arabs, and Washington arms but cannot restrain the Israelis, so the battle not only goes on But gets worse at the critical strategic point wttiere Europe, Africa and Asia meet. Suez is not as important as it once was when sea power was decisive in world stragegy, but it is still critical, and tJte Arabs and the Israelis are in danger of involving Moscow, Peking, and Washington in the battle. For both the Arabs and the Israelis are now engaged in a very dangerous business.

They are both asserting that they can use military power to defend themselves and achieve their political objectives, and more important, that flhejr can not only use mflitarjfpower but and Washington idH in Vietnam. They thought they could fight out their differences on the battlefield, that they could limit their war and somehow compromise it, but it hasn't worked. The resort to military force Harris Survey Americans Support U. Accords By Louis Harris A majority of the American people not only favor the United States reaching accords with the Soviet Union, but believe that the climate is "right" today to make such agreements possible. Most significant is the fact that 72 per cent of the public would like to see agreement "to limit anti-missile missile systems (ABM)" and, by 55 to 30 per cent, most believe the two countries can get together on this issue.

Here are the major areas in which the American public would iike to see the world's two super-powers reach an understanding: between the U.S. and Russia to act together to get peace in the Middle East" is favored, by 83 to 9 per cent. Despite no perceptible movement in discussions of the Middle East problem at the UN and elsewhere, people remain optimistic, by 58 to 30 per cent, that such an accord can be reached. An understanding between the two powers "on joint action to keep Communist China from starting' wars" is approved by 74 to 15 per cent. By almost 2 to 1, 58 to 28 per cent, most people believe the two countries can actually get together on such a preventive arrangement.

This issue could well be more than academic in view of recent flare-ups on the borders between China and the Soviet Union. Of course, these results do not mean that U.S. public opinion would favor American intervention on Russia's side in the event of open and full scale warfare between the two major Communist nations. It does mean that most Americans are more apprehensive about aggressive intentions on the part of China than thp Russians. Agreement to "joint exploration of outer sracc" is favored by 63 to 27 per cent, and a mjority, 57 to 31 per cent, feel such an accord is "possible." Now that the race to the moon has been settled and with most people feeling that space expenditures should be pared, one motive in favoring such joint exploration of space is the desire to save on spending.

Even higher majorities favor agreement between the world's two super-powers for and Americans think it is possible, by 63 to 23 per cent. Oceanographie exploration is still in its infancy and neither country has given it the same degree of emphasis that space has received. Agreement to "take joint military action if another nation threatens, to use nuclear weapons" is favored by 66 to 20 per cent, and by 54 to 30 per cent, a majority feel such a move is "possible." An understanding to "greatly expand trade between the two countries" is approved by 74 to 16 per cent. A decisive 70 to 20 per cent feels such expanded trade Is "possible." Both countries have expressed a desire for closer commercial ties, but little progress has been made in defining the specific products and commodities on which trade might be enlarged. Agreement for "more exchange of scholars and cultural groups" emerges as the most optimistic area in the estimate of the American people.

By 79 to 12 per cent, they would like to see more such interchanges, and by an almost identical 79 to 13 per cent, people feel it is possible to attain this objective. There have been, in fact, many such cultural exchanges over the past several years in many fields. Out of the eight aroas asked about, a majority felt that they would like to see an accord between the two countries reached in every one. Perhaps more sigii'icM'ly, majorities, albeit smaller in most cases, also hsiicve ft-I agr. is possible to attain in each case.

employment patterns. States write voting laws and they largely determine community participation in manj federally funded programs. And yet, despite all this, the states have slept through the urban crisis until now. They have too seldom laboratories for experimentation and too often proved drag anchors on progress. The awakening of the states at Colorado Springs saw a few governors urging Massachusetts Sargent, proud of his state's recently enacted administrative reorganization law, advised other states to get "updated." Wisconsin Governor Knowles, who has called a special session of his legislature to restore urban aid hacked from his program, suggested "education" a i a a lawmakers.

The record of the states illustrates the need for reforms. The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations has urged states to buy into federal programs aiding cities, thus adding state funds to federal funds; but it reports that only 11 states contribute to urban renewal, only 10 to mass transit, only eight to water and sewer facilities. Of all state aid to localities, only 4.5 per cent goes to supplement new and innovative a programs. Needs Ignored State legislatures such as Pennsylvania's now in session, balk at giving cities either the tax resources they need or taxing powers to raise revenues on their own. New Jersey's legislators recently a Governor Hughes proclaim Newark "sick, sick unto death," then refused to enact an urban aid program.

Cities across the country continue to explode. American society continues to separate. One of the participants at the governors conference brought a special perspective to these problems. Mrs. Arva Jackson serves as urban affairs director for the state of Delaware.

Among the 50 state delegations present, she was the lone has failed on both sides in Vietnam, and it is failing in the Middle East. The Arabs think they can hijack airplanes, defy the rules of international commerce, and get away with it, but the Israelis retaliate with tanks and airpower against Nasser's artillery and commando forces along the Suez. Nasser thinks he can use the techniques of the Vietcong in Vietnam to restore the military balance he lost in the six-day war against the Israelis. The Israelis feel they must use their banks and ainpowec to remind Nasser of his weakness and keep him from misjudging his military power as he did in the last Arab attack on Israel. But both are in trouble, for they think they can use but control military -power, and the whole history of the last generation is against them.

In explaining why they used more armored vehicles, more men, and more aircraft against the Nasser forces along the Suez this week, Israeli officials say they are reminding Nasser that he cannot break the cease- fire agreement with impunity, that they are applying a little "psychiatric treatment" in order to keep him from thinking SUD6rpOW6rS OT 1980 he can resort to anaidhy and guerrilla warfare and escalate the war without being hit hard. Old Illusion Stffl, that is the old illusion. It is the old balance of power theory and sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't, and when one side resorts to toe techniques of anarchy as the Arabs have done agadnst the Israelis, the whole community of nations has to think about the consequences. It will be interesting to see the reaction to the problem later this month when the foreign ministers of the world gather in New York for their annual discussion in the U.N. General Assembly.

They will be confronted by many disputes between tie nations, but the main issue may very well be the growth of anarchy, for if the centuries-long effort to create a few international rules of diplomatic conduct break down, the chances of solving any conflict between nations will not be very good. by NIA, Inc. "He's going to change the terminology of 'New Federalism' and wants to know who's in charge of catch phrases." Negro, even though some governors had brought as many as four or five assistants. "There may be other Negroes here, but they have passed," she said jokingly. When it was suggested that black was in vogue and that the search for Negro talent might causing some whites to pose as blacks, she smiled and offered a quick retort.

"Not at this conference," she said. To Mrs Jackson, the absence of Negroes reflected a gubernatorial lack of concern for urban problems. She charged that most governors have "simply not gotten involved" and she worried about the on administration's new emphasis on state governments as instruments for implementing domestic policy. "Just as the Negro has learned to use the electoral process and to make his vote felt in the cities," she said, "the action shifts to the states." Delaware is an exception and New York and even New Jersey have shown far more awareness of the urban crisis than most states. With this crisis growing and the state of the states what it is generally across the country, not catatonic but administratively creaky a legislatively controlled by rural and suburban elements, the worry of the lone Negro at the governors conference is more than understandable.

It Is one that all Americans need to share. Japan In; Britain Out The New Federalism is longer, headline writers find, than either the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the New Frontier or the Great Society and probably more i too. By Louis Heren The Times, London Washington Many people in Washington are looking into their crystal balls as the next decade approaches, and Herman Kahn of the Hudson Institute is no exception. In a paper entitled "The World of 1980," he places Japan in the superpower class with the United States and the Soviet Union; Britain at the bottom of the list of influential powers along with Canada, China, India, and Italy. The yardstick used is gross national product.

a acknowledges that economic performance is not conclusive, but he insists that it furnishes the basic structure a framework of power. Here is his G.N.P. projection for 1980: the U.S., $1.4 trillion; the Soviet Union $800 bill'on; Japan, $300 billion to $600 billion; West Germany and France, $200 million to $300 million; China, Britain, Italy, Canada and India, $80 billion to $200 billion. Britain to Lag In Europe, Kahn expects France and Germany to continue to have growth rates of about 5 per cent. Britain will lag behind, at least until the disparity between her and the main continental becomes so large as to create countervailing pressures and mechanisms.

He suggests that one of Britain's major problems was stated by the Tory election slogan of the 1950s "you've never had it so good." In spite of the country's many fiscal problems, that statement is seen to still hold good. Kahn says that one cannot find any class of people in England who are in a real sense worse off than they weere 10 or 20 years ago in terms of wealth. He believes the roots of the country's relative apathy have to be sought elsewhere. England's problem today is not that she is growing slowly compared to her past. On the cont-ary, the country is growing more rapidly than ever before, but other countries are growing at between two and five times the rate.

Unless i a i changes, she will simply be outdistanced by the others. As far as Kahn can see, the British do not intend to change their way of life just because some other nations are working too hard. Instead, he suggests that Britain's relationship to Europe may develop into something like Canada's to the U.S.; the Canadian economy Is dragged up and down by the U.S., with her per capita income tending to be 60 per cent or 70 per cent of that of her a neighbor. Most Britons are unlikely to object if this relationship is established. But a comparative drop into the 50 to 60 per cent range could lead to a tremendous national self-contempt, frustration, or even self-hatred.

Even so, this might not prove enough to motivate great changes. Kahn suggests that the difference between the 70 to 80 per cent range and the 50 to 60 range is probably exactly the difference between the likely outcome of good and bad British government policies, and thus both are well within the realm of possibility. He does not see any feasible, or at least likely, British policy which could lead to a level of growth comparable to that in France or West Germany. Including the Motley Body Politic The Anatomy of Literature By Russell Baker (c) 1969 New York Times "The seminar in anatomical cliche in American literature is now in session, gentlemen. I am available for i Smith? "What colors distinguish the human body in American writing, professor?" "The human body is most commonly red as a beet, white as a sheet, purple with rage and green with envy.

It is frequently immersed in a blue funk, unless its eyes are shielded by rose colored glasses. Who knows what colors the body assumes when it enters i i Smith?" "In politics, sir, the human anatomy comes in four colors: black, lily white, red and pink." "Not pink, Smith. The body may be pinko or parlor pink, but pink has been out of style for 20 years. Where is the heart worn, Jenkins?" "On the sleeve," sir." "Excellent. Name the places where the finger, the foot, the nose and the ear are most found." finger, sir, is 'usually found in the pie or in the dike.

The foot is almost invariably located in the door or in the mouth. The nose is stuck into other person's business or kept to the grindstone, while the ear is kept to the ground." "Very good. Now, can anyone tell me why the heart, though it is worn on the sleeve, is so often hard to find in its customary place? O'Hara?" "The heart goes out a great deal, sir." "Exactly. What is the climatic state of this vital literary organ when it refuses to go out, O'Hara?" "Cold hearted, sir." "Of course. But suppose it goes out constantly?" "In that case, sir, it is a heart as big as all outdoors." "Who can identify metallic parts of the body? Epstein?" "The tin ear and the steel trap mind, sir." "What about the brassy cheek, the iron fist, tie leaden eyes, (fee bronze back, the silver the gulden vche, and cast it-n PC.

haps a student oi your kidney feels more at home with the internal organs. What is the invariable literary condition of the gall?" "Unmitigated, sir." "And what must a writer always do with the "The spleen is always vented." "What parlous state of the internal organs accounts for cowardice in the sufferer?" "He is lily livered. He lacks the stomach. He has no guts and is faint hearted. His heart, in fact, may be in 'Ms mouth.

Internaal body malfunction leaves him with cold feet." "Very good. What, by contrast, do the veins of the brave man contain?" "He has ice water in his veins, sir." "Which makes him "A cool customer." "Now, Howard, what remarkable appurtenance does a clever man wear on his shoulders?" "He has a head on his shoulders, sir." "And what is the shape of his head?" is level-headed." "When wasn't he born, and what condition behind his ears does this account for?" "He wasn't 'born yesterday, sir. He is not still wet behind the ears." "On what anatomical part will persons who trifle with him be thrown out?" "They will be thrown out on their ear." "With the consequence that "They will soon be out at the elbow, down at the heel, and up to the knees in hot water." "Not bad, Howard. Now, to close for today, will you quickly recite 12 of the anatomical parts most vital to American literature, McDonald?" "Yes, sir. The keen eye, the sharp nose, the dead hand, the bleeding heart, the high liver, the accusing finger, the razor tongue, the cold voice, the hot head, the weak knee, tha gooseflesh, and the mailed fist." "Thank you, McDonald.

la our next seminar, you will come prepared to discuss the out-of- joint nose, putting the foot down, the streak of decency, swallowed pride, and fie cold shoulder. Until tomorrow.".