The Macon Telegraph from Macon, Georgia • 37

Moton Telegroph News Sun June 26 1977 5D War Over Parking By ART BUCHWALD (c) 1977 Los Angelos Times Syndicate WASHINGTON Tuturists are now predicting that the world will end with neither a whimper nor a bang It will end when enough people can't find a parking place In Washington they are voting stern parking measures for their streets which could change the Amer ican way of life as we know it Buchwald In the past commuters from the suburbs as well as Maryland and Virginia have driven into the city and have parked their cars all day long in front of someone's house and then at the end of the day driven them back to the suburbs where they pay their taxes and according to all the real estate ads live the good life But a court ruling has changed all this and now moto rized incursions from the hinter lands will be prohibited It could turn Washington into another Beirut When you take a person's The Declaration of Independence provides for the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness There is no greater pursuit of it than trying to find a parking place to put your car S) parking spot away from him you take away the dearest thing in his life We are not really talking about parking but the territorial imperative Man has always been willing to go to war over real estate and there is no land as precious to an American as a place where he can leave his car A spokesman for the city dwellers said had it up to here with the cars They come in the winter and make potholes which we city dwellers have to pay to re pair They come in the summer time and pollute our air They make obscene remarks to our women and think they can buy anything with their money Well now the courts have de cided they park all day wherever they want to If they want to live in the suburbs let them stay A leader of the out of town ree Parking Movement clenched his fist Declaration of Independ ence provides for the right to life liberty and the pursuit of he said "But it say anything Op Ed Page Opinion Letters iflarnn Jrlrtirapb Xrtoa about parking" I told him do you think the suit of happiness' translates he said bitterly "There is no greater pursuit of it than trying to find a place to put your car Americans spend more time looking for an empty park ing space than they do watching television Ninety per cent of all their leisure time is wasted searching for a parking spot We will not be told where we can and cannot park If they lay a finger on the bumper of just one of our loved ones it will mean civil war" THE VOICES of moderation are trying to find a peaceful so lution to the problem One that has been offered is that the West Bank of the Potomac be given to the suburbanites for all day parking They would have free access to Washington pro vided they came over on foot The Bethesda Heights would be offered for alternate day park ing and the Dulles Airport strip would be declared a neutral zone for tourists But both the city dwellers and the suburbanites are reluctant to accept the agreement The militant suburbanites backed by their militant politi cians have declared that is not negotiable Those parking spaces have been ours for 50 years and we will not give them The equally militant city peo ple are prepared to fight back As one of their leaders said first gas guzzling commu ter car that parks illegally on one of our streets will find a parking meter shoved up its tail pipe where it belongs" j'" Wi I DEPOSIT o' I ir I 'M 10 mow i pm Sz Wo MW i II ffl fl II II blS a I I tfi I ft Hl don't you knotc a nice neighborhood abortionist who could do it for you reasonably Letters to the Editor Can Be Set Editors: In the June 16 issue ol the Washington Star nine of the letters to the editor were from homosexuals or sympathizers All of them contained complaints that as a minority group they were fighting for their rights The last letter reads like this: freedom to live our lives free of discrimination has every thing to do with civil rights and we will not rest until those rights are guaranteed through appropriate I defy any homosexual to prove he or she was born such' The Ne gro was born a Negro the Jew a Jew the Indian an Indian and by living in America and being smaller in number than the largest single group they are a minority not by choice but by fact of birth The same is true with any race or color and they have a valid com plaint if by fate of birth they should be singled out and left out of things But again I say that the homo sexual was not by fate of birth cast into a minority group and there should never be a law of any kind to give them rights I as a Christian man state most positively that no homosexual has to remain a homosexual He can be and will be set free from his or her unnatural desire for the same sex I would like to sec them saved by Editors: This is a message to all the thousands but I return again to the fact that they are what they are by choice And there should never be laws passed to give rights to those who live a life of choice If the very morals of our nation frown on your choice of life then suffer those frowns if you figure the choice is worth it I can assure you that always find that the moral folk of this nation will op pose the enactment of laws just for you CURTIS A BURGESS 111 Hampshire Lane Warner Robins 31093 regardless of race color or creed Unnatural Sex an Abomination? Popularity Getting Early Tests By DAVID BRODER The Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON Down in Vir ginia recently Henry Howell a rabble rousing politician of the po pulist or utility pounding faith won an upset victory for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor Howell had the active campaign help of Jack Carter son of the President and the irst Lady He also told every crowd that he and Mrs Howell had the distinction of sleeping most nights Jimmy Carter himself had occupied early in his pursuit of the presi dency when he was a guest in their home Whether this double dose of filial and noctural blessings from the Carters turned the trick for Howell is for others to judge The fact remains that he beat Attorney General Andrew Mil ler who had a million dollar cam paign fund a crack organization and establishment endorsements Miller had felt such confidence in his own victory that in true Vir ginia fashion he had begun re hearsing for his duties as governor by ceasing to say anything discerni bly definitive on any subject EARLIER IN this golden spring another dear friend of the Presi dent Gov Brendan Byrne of New Jersey had overcome adversity and a field of nine opponents to gain renomination in the Demo cratic primary Byrne like Howell defied the conventional wisdom in his state last year to deliver an early endorsement of Carter's can didacy The fervor of Byrne's embrace was not entirely reciprocated by Carter The pollster Pat Caddell brought him sad news that sponsorship of a state in come tax had made his endorse ment not even a two edged sword but rather a boomerang with a guillotine blade When Carter campaigned in New Jersey last fall there were several Georgians assigned to keep Bren dan Bvrne away from the platform and out of camera range Nonetheless the fates have con trived that in the only two states with gubernatorial battles this fall the Democratic nominees have turned out to be men with a strong claim on help from the President Thus Carter will have an early op portunity or challenge to test whether his personal popularity is in any degree transferable to candi dates eager to identify themselves with him TO SAY that Democrats in Con gress will be watching the tests with interest is a considerable un derstatement One of the major questions in many minds on Capitol Hill is whether the President's re servoir of goodwill is just a private ego bath or a source of real politi cal power One reason that most congres sional Democrats have been so in dependent of the White House on legislative matters is their hunch that Carter can neither help them nor hurt them in their own races in 1978 Since he trailed Democratic representatives and senators in most districts and states last No vember they are understandably skeptical of any claims of Carter coattails Thus New Jersey and Virginia offer the President a chance to demonstrate a kind of political power he is not currently credited with possessing However the experiment is not altogether on favorable grounds for him Neither Virginia nor New Jer sey was in the Carter column last fall Virginia was the only state in the old Confederacy to resist the Georgian's charm having gone to Gerald ord by 23000 votes New Jersey was the biggest holdout against Carter in the 'Northeast with ord enjoying a 65000 vote advantage As it happens both the Presi dent's friends Byrne and Howell are at least slight underdogs as they begin general election campaigns' Republicans have nomi nated strong candidates in both gubernatorial battles IN VIRGINIA their nominee is Lt Gov John Dalton a moder ate conservative who is well posi tioned to pick up conservative Democratic votes just as the cur rent governor Mills Godwin Jr a Democrat turned Republi can did when he defeated Howell four years ago In New Jersey the Republican is State Sen Ray Bateman a progres sive Republican with broad appeal to the same set of independent vot ers who have kept Sen Clifford Case (R NJ) in office all these years So Carter has his work cut out for him in the two campaigns that will test his political prowess this fall But if he helps pull Howell and Byrne to victory he could win a not inconsiderable victory for him self as well Broder in a bed which bigoted critics intolerant of God because God is intolerant of sin History proves without God's control always brings destruction Unnatural sex is an abomina tion to our Creator (and to sane minds) because it kills the purpose of creation makes humans less than dogs Increasing homosexual ity proves they are not "bom that The most diabolical stupid lie is the hypocrisy of justifying un Godly filth by calling it normal because so many wallow in it Bible quoting crusaders feel obli gations to love protect and strengthen the weak and ignorant Anita Bryant battles for inherited rights decency and preservation Never has she voiced the malicious hatred vindictive ridicule and stu pid reasoning expressed by her opponents God's never al lowed him victory Comedians may sneer but laughter will come from those who rarely know what they're laughing about Our sick world needs Godly warriors not childish comics nor lackadaisical liberals It needs character not characters MARGARET KELLY 200 Brunswick Ave Macon Bowlers Appreciate the Coverage Editors: On behalf of the officers and directors of the Macon Warner Robins Bowling Association I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your fine cover age of the Georgia State Bowling Tournament held in Macon and Warner Robins during the month of May We had approximately 1500 men from all over the state partici pating in this tournament and I am sure your newspaper was read by most of these bowlers and their families I know from experience that when you are out of town you de pend on the local newspaper for many things and your newspaper has most any information you would need Speaking for all the bowlers in Macon and Warner Robins thank you! HARRY ULLMANN President Macon Warner Robins Bowling Associatlor A Belated Vindication for Bo Callaway Bo Callaway 1 ''Its By JAMES KILPATRICK (c) 1977 Washington Star Syndicate WASHINGTON In the current issue of Harpers magazine contrib uting editor Jim Hougan has done something almost unknown in the annals of Washing ton journalism: He has committed a kindness In the matter of Howard Callaway Hougan has under taken to right a wrong Here on the banks of the Poto mac it very seldom happens Callaway if you wealthy and affable Kilpatrick recall is the Georgian the scion of a public spirited family who got into politics as a member of the House in 1964 In 1966 he was robbed of the governorship of Georgia In May of 1973 he re turned to public life as Secretary of the Army He resigned that post in July of 1975 in order to become manager of Gerald ord's presiden tial campaign And in March 1976 the victim of a truly vicious smear campaign Callaway resigned from the ord organization Shortly thereafter he dropped out of sight His reputa tion had been effectively destroyed his political career put to an end A few members of the Washing ton press corps knowing Bo Calla way as a man of integrity defended him from the beginning of the ordeal he experienced In the hurly burly of the presidential pri maries our voices went unheard By early summer of last year Cal laway had become politcially speaking a non person and non persons make no news He had been terribly wronged but well these things happen After a time old character assassinations gett to be old news HARPERS magazine 'ordinarily is regarded as a mildly liberal outfit identified with causes that McGov ern Democrats hold dear It is an act of singular grace on the edi tors' part to resurrect a conserva tive Republican through benedictory piece The charge brought against Cal laway if so filmsy a concoction of innuendoes may be dignified by calling it a charge was that he had used his position as Secretary of the Army for private gain The gist of it was that Callaway had put pressure on a couple of cronies in the Department of Agriculture to get special favors for his family owned ski resort at Crested Butte Colo If Callaway actually had done any such thing it would have been a palpable violation of criminal law As long and defini tive article makes clear Callaway was wholly innocent Only in the poisoned atmosphere of post Wa tergate Washington could he be ac cused of even an appearance of impropriety The worst that could be shown was that as Secretary of the Army he had devoted a small fraction of his time to personal business interests a practice universally accepted at the highest levels of both the executive and legislative branches Callaway was destroyed in the event by a nasty little lynch mob of Democratic senators led by loyd Haskell of Colorado They timed their ambush for March 1976 The exposure of Callaway's perfidy right at the beginning of the ski season would have a Coinciden tally the exposure would come in the midst of the presidential prima ries Then it would have "national THUS HASKELL summoned his subcommittee on the Environment and Land Resources for the kanga roo trial of Bo Callaway The pro ceedings were pure travesty Not one witness could be found to sus tain a single substantive allegation Under oath 13 persons were asked if Callaway had pressured them in any way on Crested Butte One by one they gave their sworn answer: "No absolutely not none what soever So the Democratic ma jority of the committee of course convicted Callaway anyhow Not of actual wrongdoing mind you but of conduct "at least translata ble into the appearance of impro per pressure" That is like having creosote on your hands Hougan tells a small revealing story Some months later Callaway happened to be in the city room of the Washington Post He told his tale to Ben Bradlee executive edi tor Bradlee sighed he said "mais ce n'est pas une his toire" True but no story By that time Bradlee was right I cannot fault his news judgment But Hou gan and Harpers merit special thanks for reviving the story any how Better their vindication than none at all 4.