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a Capital ISM Fulbright is way off base trit govern- tint L. uuc iitn. a uuti. It L'tutrit States uirfit were rijfi fashion, ut utuvefsUv, it be tu list thr a ut .1. fkrt thr stmirrit cuukt irt- ati- that sutft tu glubiti thinking am trainrti in thr uiifiurtafk'r at tuVas, is Our questions to the candidates task tftr Ullrru'at Sait tu iay, that is pfetisrly thr the senator aiiii in r'uihriuht scholar or ut utth Miter a un- pr.jpwsing tu slash the ut the Lrutwi States a ULUB thr Her by verdict Iui3 Cicetl CkattUrs.

tuu nu'iv btf'urr tu U-t i WITH the horde of candidates in the 4th District confKttiooaJ race, it is all but impouibie give comprehewive coverage to each candidate. We do, however, think it is our rwpoMibUity to provide our readers with the candidates' views on important, specific issues. In order to do this, we have written a letter to each candidate and offered them the opportunity to give their answers to four questions. To insure publication of all their opinions, we have limited the answers to each question to vo words. The candidates were asked the following questions.

l. What are your views on our involvement in Vietnam? Should we get out completely now when or should we stay there' Be specific 1 Should the federal government provide aid to private schools? If so whv in what manner? If not. why not' What do you propose to relieve the overburdened property owner of property- taxes? 4. What do you feel is the most important problem facing the United States today and what is your proposaJ to solve it? All answers received by 5 p.m.. Friday- May 5, will be published in The Evening Capital and The Maryland Gaiette before the p- mary election on May 16.

etully it will give you some idea as to where the candidates stand on some of the issues. The majority of them have not made themselves very clear thus far in the campaign. 1 hr i-hainiian of the Smate's r'orciKft Krlaliufts rars uki this itkuftlh A unettme scholar. anil university prrsuk-nt, hr has srrvni in i 'undress IVr aliiioot 3D years I-A i rars the liuiijr. a ears in the Srnate An at-knoii foreign puiu-y hi is widi-ty rrspn-teti in other tieUls alsu.

Surely it woulit stvni in- than tifnt; thr piwrss, hr LS proposing tu the Vok'r LJ a Mhtsper Threr reasons are athaoint to explain the senator plu-afaic assault. It is said that KuIbriKht in distastr uun Frank Shakespearr, the LSI A diretlor, and finds hun per- sunaJly oinouous. Fair Shakespeare lakes a hard line- on communism; thr senator's approach, if not ewcth; soft, is ptrhapt more flexible. But Arectors come and directors Feeding Time thiit would br dvtlr by thr rwlu'iurtiisfarmwrri than a prrsuiulkt) conlk-t. In cur Shakrspearr matters This tu- thr pumt, it is said the sriutur is with prrsufial pique lu thr rnent uutdrtit in nhkh LSI A fiiiiiinaker appeared LFI a tetevised iiktervieH with Conservative Sen James bui-Uey York The tiLutiiiakiT.

Bruce Her- schensohft. tat tfi-ssl descnbetl as --tiaivv and stuped lie then resigned, and Sttakespeare did not help UitJl'r in rrfusal uf jL-tirit! uw struct tu tlUkt tu the t'utitwiitw tts Thr Vukv Antrim katf hruMuYsut BUYS 0 wrrk. tit bAMftM the- wtwld. The 11 tf in- World War III abolished? AN INTERESTING feature of the war powers bill passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to an uncertain fate in the House is that it effectively abolishes World War III on paper, at any rate.

The bill forbids the president to make war without congressional authorization. except to repel a sudden attack against the United States or its military forces, and then only for 30 days until Congress decides whether or not a state of war exists. "At what point does the state of affairs which flows from sudden attack become war?" asked New York Republican Jacob Javits, during floor debate of the measure. "That is the pivot of the issue. What happens when the president, as Commander-in-Chief, 'repels a sudden attack' and that leads us into war, triggering the war powers of Congress? The Constitution, characteristically, is silent.

So we have chosen the 30-day test in that regard We have no illusions that it is a perfect answer but we believe that it is the best a group of men could develop as a test of automaticity Since any attack against the United States serious enough to trigger the war powers of Congress would be unlikely to involve anything less than the full panoply of nuclear weapons in the modern arsenal and since the experts say such a nuclear conflict would be over in closer to 30 hours than 30 days, World War III, by definition, can't happen. Of course, Congress could later declare that there HAD been a state of war if anyone was left to care The ultimate question uu! uur ivufitrv bv ivufilri. such thvv an- cuvereti bv thr ikic- truir Ji executive privilege. Thrtr pubticatttHi could causr embarrassment If Ihis is (hr -sti. pumt.

surd) it could be eased rattmuil compromise. Hut we art at this surr pass: Thr Foreign Kelations Committee, at Fuibnuht's behest. has voted to ml USIA's authoruation for fiscal '73 from a requested million to $165 million. The recoin- iik'ndaiiun could be overridden. than af irreplaceable haw The VOA.

skirt at ctrufM. fottyoMihe bM in ihst years By Kitfsia. fhitta, the Arab Keputdu-. the United Slates watting a mudest of miuniialion and propaKaoda. But the program is vital to mr continuing national interest around the world; and Kulhright.

who is genuinely a nun of the world, must see the need to keep it strong. Merry-go-round Nixon plan is thwarted the By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON-There is no longer any showdown battle over South Vietnam is It is also evident from secret White House papers in our ending American involvement in the Vietnam War He had gambled that Hanoi wouldn't force a miHtarv showdownuntil the A pullout was complete fte withdrawal to give thT His timing was also intended to delay the final offensive until he was safely past the November election. He did his best to ner! wade Hanoi, Peking and Moscow that the United States would depart Vietnam but would fight if provoked Nevertheless, the North Vietnamese have now thrown their entire army, except for two training divisions, into a victory drive at the worst possible time for the President Back to Vietnam? THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER of the Maiibu, Times, is an old-timer who, like many other Californians and Westerners generally, laments the passing of wide open spaces. He speaks of the Antelope Valley which, in the not too distant future, may become the site of a super airport serving the Los Angeles metropolitan area. He recognizes there is a need for "progress" and for places to live the population continues to expand Maybe an airport must be built to serve the future needs of Los Angeles, But, as this editor so aptly puts it, "Until that time, Bruce Biossat let's drink a toast to the dusty roads to the lazy lizard, to sagebrush and the Joshua tree, to clear blue skies to the days that have more substance than can ever be filled with rush and roar a toast to tranquility, born of nature." This editor's remarks raise the ultimate question.

How long can the population continue to soar on our finite Earth before all of the Antelope Vallevs and even the memories of them are operated? We must address ourselves this question. Capital readers give their views His military advisers agree that bombing will tmuxr tmt won stop the Communist offensive. There are also aWdonbte about South Vietnam's ability to withstand the assault The Litter Edmund Muskie of Maine, struggling desperately to stay in a presidential race he once dominated, is today a poignant figure lUseasv to say that anyone who enters the presidential arena must be able to take it The man who tries is presumed to know the perils of ordeal the risk of defeat, the chance of harassment, the crushing physical toU But the actuality always is beyond imagining. And, in the turmoil of chaneine fortunes, it is not at all easy to remember the human vulnerability of the man who tries and (alters. Twice within a week I saw Ed Muskie arrive at airports with just a tiny retinue of accompanying newsmen.

Two months earlier 20 or 30 would have poured off his plane. Few local reporters were on the ground to greet him. In both places, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, prominent politicians were in his camp. But they were not on hand. The senator was visibly suffering the pains of desertion.

When he spied one had often traveled with him in more promising tones, he grabbed him by the back of the head Muskie is showing effects of shock' prospect. Stung by defeats in where he was expected to do well, he seemed lost inWs 11401 quest for new fighting ground. Even as he shouted on the issues in ways too strident to be naUiral for him, you could see his confidence It was not helped by young hecklers at Lancaster hollering their nonnegotiable demands for a perfect world by noon tomorrow Hecklers are a cruelty the politician is supposed 10 would ect toe insensitivMo see tfie sadness and bewilderment that were engulfing Ed Muskie that morning? They were throwing baseballs at a wooden doll in an amusement park. Oh, yes, the catalogue of Muskie's campaign mistakes is long. He failed to identify himself clear with the concerns that seem to be troubling American voters today.

He never rf his He dOMnlt want to Ubor job He to a a res 'dent should do When a man is losing, he can't make effective justification for his errors. They look like mountain peaks behind him wherever he moves As the eclipsing shadow advances, his harsh mucs My, "He had it coming to him Maybe so, in the tough world of that celebrates only the survivors. But where in these stark judgments, is the rememberance of Muskie, frail and human, like the rest of us? It was not many months ago that ht was still wing strongly perceived by countless Democrats, leaders and rank and file, ai man of cabn wisdom and unifying He was the front-runner just because he was the frontflinner, as some like to argue. He had the lookofthegreatrockthatgivesrnenstelter wwever voteri to be siyinc In your editorial column last week you said that a lot of people seemed embarrassed about the conditions li. litter) around Annapolis.

Quite the contrary, I am ashamed. Why is Anne Arundel the trashiest, dirtiest county in Maryland? Have the citizens ever driven to the neighboring states of i i i a Pennsylvania, Kentucky and noticed on the county lanes, how clean and beautiful the vista is? It is too bad that Anne Arundel citizens don't care about our beautiful countryside. They are fouling their own nests. Educate the people MRS.H.V.DEWITT.JR. Route lBox313 Crownsville Delegate Sir: I have known Judy Housley for a number of years, and believe she is an outstanding person who would be an asset to the Republican Convention as a delegate.

Judy has asked to serve on the Platform Committee to try to get a strong plank included on ecology. I would like the Republican party to support this worthy candidate in the May 16 primary. JOEGRISCOM.SR. 1402 Bay Ridge Ave. Annapolis Chess Band Sir: 1 would like, publicly, to congratulate Mr.

Richer, and his associates, for the commendable performance rendered by the elementary school children's band at Annapolis Senior High School on Thursday, April 13. Anyone having a child-children participating in this affair and did not attend really missed a treat. The children performed with all the expertise of a seasoned symphony. Asa parent of one of the children, I am sure that I speak for all who were present; you had to see and hear them in order to believe that they were capable of doing such a magnificent job. Again, may I congratulate all who were responsible for such a wonderful experience.

Keep Up Sir: Bobby Fischer is probably the strongest chess player in the world today-possibly the greatest player in the history of the game. Back in the 195Q's, we Played for the same team in New Jersey, Forry Laucks' Log Cabin Chess Club, so as an dd "teammate" I compelled to counter some of the bad press he's received lately. The newspapers have portrayed his on-again-off-again match with Boris Spasky for the world's championship as the antics of an eccentric spoiled brat. First, Fischer is no longer the child wonder. He is a man in Ms late twenties, approximately the same age as Spasky.

Second, Fischer knows exactly what he is doing Several years ago, he withdrew from international competition, claiming the Russians were guilty of collusion. The preu booed. MRS. SHIRLEY M.CURK 234 Croll Drive Annapolis To understand Fischer's position, it should be understood that the Russians monopoliied chess tour- namenU simply because there were more Russian top-ranked tness players that the rest of the world combined. This was not because Russians were innately better chess players.

It was their national sport, such as baseball is our national sport. Therefore they had a bigger base from which gifted players could develop. With a preponderance of Russians playing in a tournament, it was theiretically possible for the Russians to throw games to one of their leading players while playing their hearts out against the rest of the world. Fischer, who was a participant in several of these tournaments, spoke of it as more that a That the world body governing international tournaments eventually enacted procedures to prevent such possibilities is a justification and a tribute to Fischer's stand. The basis for his current conduct is money.

Last year, this marvel of the chess world! this champion of the highest cerebral arts, pulled in about J15.000. When you reflect how some biological freak cashes in on his 7-foot body for a $100,000 contract, or men become millionaires by knocking little white bells across the sward, it does seem shameful that Fischer should be so greedy. The point is that chess masters have always been poorly rewarded. The Russians would prefer it this way. Their best players are on vcivil service, and if the poor remuneration discourages the rest of the world, so much the better.

Hopefully, Fischer will change this, too. DICKHAEFNER 7SouthgateAve. Annapolis Know him? This would certainly wreck his summit jeopardize his goal of a "generation of peace. 11 wouw ais disruptions at home that could jeopardize Ms reflection. VetthesecretWhiteHousepapersshowthatth My aware of South Vietnam's inability to stand aione wnen he began wiithdrawing U.S.

forces. Shortly after he took oveV conunander-iiKhief, his military advisers joined in a unanimous warning that the South Vietnamese would bVunable to SSktS Communist threat alone "in the foreseeable future." They agreed: "Today's Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAFJ.wiuwuthjUsuppor^ ld yfot ine KVNAF, with their present structure and decree of combat readiness, are inadequate to handle a siieablTSS of North Vietnamese Army forces. The RVNAF amply are not capable of attaining the level of self -sufficiency and owrwhelminc force superiority that would be required to counter combined Viet Cong insureencv and A At best, the military advisers hoped that "by 1972" the South Vietnamese would be able "to handle the Viet Cong i Saigon lose? The Defense Secretariat made this blunt assessment: "Without major reforms with the RWAF and selection system, it is unlikely that the RVNAF as ave Moreover, as the Government of Vietnam's major presence in countryside, the KVNAF as presently constituted which South Vietnamese troops have alienated the rural population The secret papers allege: "Looting and other niiscVnduct by' Repubhc of Vietnam armed troop, toward the dSSjulaS the confidence of the people In RVNA PD some efforts to correct the situation, "maxiinuin Cost of tests counselors' fond the Sir: We are trying to locate an old army buddy home a years ago wai in your dty or town. We have tried other rneam but ha ve not been able to Stwrl ce Comnuwloii that Mkfnby hundreds of thousands of bwnboosted.