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The Red and Black Tuesday. May 4. 147 2
MIKE JONES
HHH may be Demo choice
(Editor's note Mike Jones is graduate
student with the University of (ieorgia
and the Democratic National
Committeeman fro m (ieorgia.
Following are his comments on the
recent Democratic primaries.}
I want to thank the staff of The Red
and Black for inviting me to present my
thoughts on the election of the
Democratic nominee as President.
First, I want to make a general
observation about one interesting
phenomena that seems to be coming
about among the people. The primaries,
so far, have led me to believe that the
voters arc “growing up“ politically. For
example, look at the decline of Senator
Edmund S. Muskic. F.ven though the
news media and many of the political
“elites” had dubbed Senator Muskie as
the frontrunner, the voters did not accept
this. The fact that he had more
endorsements from more congressmen,
senators and governors than anyone else
in the race and had more political
machines set in motion for him and still
did not get many votes, shows that the
voters arc more determined than ever to
make their own decisions and pick their
own front-runners. This, to me, indicates
growing maturity.
Another example of this is evidenced
by looking at the labor vote. George
Wallace has not, by any means, been the
favorite of the labor union leaders. I ven
though the labor leaders have, at times,
openly fought Governor Wallace, many of
the rank and file labor union members
have not followed that course. Again, I
think this is an indication that the average
man is getting tired of being told how to
vote, and he feels perfectly qualified to
make his own decision. This
independence exhibited by the voters is
cause lor me to believe that the voters are
becoming more sophisticated.
This is just a general observation. But
what, more specifically, can we expect to
happen in the next few months? In
other words, who is likely to get the
nomination?
There is not much doubt that Senator
George McGovern is “catching on” better
than anyone and that George Wallace has
done incredibly well. This has been due
partially to their taking more specific
stands on issues. But while they have
done this, at the same time they have
been appealing to the two extremes of
“left and right.” However, I cannot agree
with media analysts who have said that
the success of Wallace and McGovern
indicates that there is no “center”
anymore.
So far. we have only been witnessing
candidates playing the “primary game”
choosing the states where they feel they
win and avoiding the others.
Naturally, liberals choose to run in liberal
states and conservatives choose to run in
conservative states. When we get to the
convention in Miami, however, the
candidates will be facing delegates from
all over the country, and I believe most of
those delegates will be looking for
someone in the “middle of the road.”
Therefore, the man who can best cover
the “center” will have the best chance of
winning the nomination. That man, at
this point, appears to be Hubert
Humphrey.
However, there still remains the
possibility that the Convention will be
deadlocked. If that occurs, there is no
way to predict who will be the winner.
THE OPINIONS OF THE RED AND BLACK
The answer?
Is there, or isn't there, a housing
crackdown? That is the question
that's been on our minds for the
past two weeks.
When at first we called the
Residence Hall Association on our
editorial carpet for charging a
crackdown that we didn't think
existed, we were criticized heavily.
Some pointed to statements by
Housing Director Richard
Armstrong that a crackdown was
coming next tall. We could not
argue.
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And then Dean of Student
Affairs 0. Suthern Sims,
Armstrong's boss, has been going
around saying that there's nothing
earth shaking going on. Who are we
to believe Armstrong or Sims, the
RHA or Sims and some uf the
resident assistants? Almost all the
housing staff, with the exception of
Armstrong, has resigned in the face
of the alleged crackdown — some
pretty strong evidence. But then,
who's to say that they haven't
misunderstood the housing policy?
There's only one person that can
say enough to clear this mess up —
University President Fred Davison.
President Davison, through a
public statement, could let
everyone know officially where the
University stands.
He had the opportunity to speak
to the controversy when he was
with the nine student protest
coordinators last Friday, but didn’t
even promise a reply. A
straightforward, unhedging
statement would have nixed a
credibility gap that is quickly
becoming a big factor in the
housing issue.
So please, Mr. President, you
know the question. You have the
answer that may end senseless
bickering over what may not even
be an issue. What is it?
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Take a trip
in wonderland
TO THE EDITOR
Rick Hams has cast the first stone at
the sinners, holy crusader that he is
HA! His attack against the profession of
life insurance agents is an outnght
character assasination of three
individuals. Rick uses many of the
“subtle little devices which are barely
detectable”. 1 can defend but one of
these individuals, Don Spencer the other
gentlemen I simply have not met.
First, let us take a trip into the
wonderland of journalistic sensationalism.
A LITTLE HUMOR TO lower YOUR
GUARD “blind in one eye and can’t see
out the other”, come now. Rick, at least
be original!
BUDDY APPROACH "So beware .
Listen and watch for the devices" and let
Rick (God Bless Him) save you.
STATE HALF A TRUTH Rick uses
this in writing about Spencer’s using the
phrase “owner in the economy”. He
implies Don used this related to
insurance, however. I inquired and
learned that Don used the phrase (once)
in talking about mutual funds, not
insurance. The policy that was shown to
Rick was a non-participating policy since
the company represented by Don is a
stock company. Perhaps, Rick, you
should cast stones at your TV since some
insurance companies do use this
approach, mutual companies (somehow a
rock comes to mind).
GET IT TOTALLY BACKWARDS:
Rick says Spencer attempts to get his
customers to take a larger policy “so you
won’t have to take the physical”. Wow!
Everyone knows that the larger the policy
the more involved the physical
requirements. Rick, if you recall, Don
showed you a $25,000 policy that had
$12,500 in term insurance attached.
That, if you can add is $37,500 which is
over the maximum that Don’s company
will issue without a physical ($30,000).
He suggested you consider a $20,000
policy with $10,000 t;rm; please note,
Rick, that adds to $30,000 which is a
smaller, not larger, policy.
YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE MY
T1ME.IS VALUABLE: Rick, you seem to
imply that your time is not valuable
(after reading your junk I agree). The
insurance agent’s time is valuable, he is
trying to earn a living (Rick, do you also
pull fire alarms to see the pretty red
trucks?).
SOAK THEM FOR ALL YOU CAN
GET Rick seemed to think that Spencer
was stingy with his mugs. He ought to be
they cost him a dollar each also he
usually contacts people in other ways and
uses the gift technique only because
others do (that’s competitive free
enterprise. Rick). I might point out that
Rick has two mugs (maybe he wanted a
set of eight?).
I suspect that Rick Hams, the
crusader, has done more harm than good
to the average college student by making
them overly suspecting of all insurance
IXITHK HKD AND BLACK
Ken Willis, editor
Joe Belew Carol Roberts
Business manager Managing editor
Mike Koran, advertising directoi; Claudia Townsend, news feature editor; Jon
Ham and Mark Nickelson. associate news editors; Cindv Luke and Susan
Parker, associate feature editors; Bob Gillette, sports editor; Allvn Roland,
copy editor; Ann Hutchinson, wire editor; Steve Woodtord. production
manager; Tom Hill, photographic editor; Andrew Hamilton, art editor.
dation'
agents. Even worst is his attack on three
individuals out of “50-75 agents that
‘work’ only the University of Georgia
campus” (to quote the Butler article). Of
these three, 1 can attest that one (Don
Spencer) neither works only the UGA
campus nor fits the classical villain mold
wrapped around him by Rick Harris.
The Red and Black in general did a
disservice to life insurance in the April
5th issue. Life insurance does perform an
important function and to run negative
articles without giving both sides is
inexcusable. Rick, if you are married or
about to be, I hope the girl fully
understands that you feel no obligation
to support her. Have you considered the
many cases where a woman foregoes
personal educational opportunities to
support her husband's education?
I would like to say that the Butler
article in its attacks on deferred payment
policies is unjust in these ways:
(1) supposedly, students think they
get a free year of insurance
(2) “interest payments become
prohibitive by the time payment is due”.
In answer to the first reason, I can’t see
how anyone can get out of high school
and still believe there are ‘free meal
tickets’ in the real world. The $130 to
$350 that it will cost these people is
probably some of the cheapest ‘adult
education’ they will ever get. As to the
second reason, not all policies are this
way, Don Spencer can defer payment at
an annual percentage rate of 7% (simple
interest). That’s a good deal under the
rates that banks lend money (their 6%
add-on is about 11* simple). Also it
might be pointed out that th? one year
deferred payment can frequently be well
suited to the needs of a senior, who
wishes insurance now but n e ls time to
relocate in a job and settle do*n before
making life insurance payments.
W P HOLMES, 111