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The Red and Black
Athens, Georgia Wednesday, October Z9,1980 Volume 88, Number ZS An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community News 543-IKOS Advertising S4:i-I7»l
Candidates exchange verbal blows in debate
CLEVELAND) UPD— President Carter said Tuesday Americans should
vote against Ronald Reagan because he has a "belligerant" attitude on
use of force and nuclear weapons Reagan said Carter has made
Americans economically miserable
The two met in a 90-minute debate in which Carter repeatedly described
Reagan s positions as "disturbing," and Reagan countered that the
president was distorting everything.
"There you go again." Reagan said to Carter with a smile at one point
Carter hit hard on the war issue he has tried to make central in the
campaign
He said Reagan was inclined to show that military power "is best
exhibited by the use of it."
Reagan said he does not advocate using force except in extreme
circumstances and actually wants to reduce nuclear weapons in both
America and Russia
Reagan said Americans should vote against Carter because the
president has increased the "misery index" that measures the nation's
economic problems to more than 20 percent.
Carter and Reagan clashed over the Equal Rights Amendment which
Carter supports and Reagan strongly opposes
Carter said rejection of ERA was "a very severe blow to the
opportunities of women."
Reagan, however, insisted that he was "for women's rights" but warned
that the controversial amendment could rob women of discriminations
"that belong to women."
Asked about charges he has responded belatedly to crises and has
l*>t milled U S. defenses to weaken. Carter said that in seven of the eight
v ears before he took office there were decreases in the defense budget and
bat he has increased the defense budget
Reagan questioned Carter's figures on defense spending cuts during
Republican administrations, saying the drops occurred when the Vietnam
War was winding down.
Carter defended his economic record, saying nine million new
• cn created during his term, calling it—“a record nev
.< iiieved." 1
He acknowledged inflation and unemployment still are too high, but
• ••mended they were dropping
< al ter also took the opportunity- as he has numerous times to attack
Reagan's tax cut plans, recalling that the GOP vice presidential nominee.
George Bush, once had called it "voodoo economics.
Reagan said inflation can be controlled by increasing productivity and
no longer grinding out printing press money "
Carter said Reagan has advocated repeal of the minimum wage and
..lied the minimum wage a major cause of unemployment Carter called
nose |x>sitions "heartless "
Rragiitt-«aid California's spending increased less when he was governor
—TfTTn Georgia's did when Carter was governor of that state
r *:A'hG.«Vze bf California's government. Reagan said, increased on-sixth of
. aniounttGeorgia's did under Carter
Republicans conduct strong rate against Democrats
Editor s Note: This is the second in a
series of four articles looking at the
presidential candidates who are on
the ballot in Georgia. Today's profile
looks at Republican candidate Ronald
Reagan. Subsequent articles will ex
amine Independent candidate John
Anderson and Libertarian candidate
Ed Clark.
By BILL KRUEGER
Staff writer
Ronald Reagan has not spent his
life in politics, as have his opponents
in the race to become the 40th presi
dent of the United States. Reagan
spent much of his life as an actor,
both in films and on television.
It was not until 1967, when Reagan
was elected Governor of California,
that he entered politics He served as
chief executive of California until
1974, after which he began his pursuit
of the presidency. He tried to get the
Republican nomination in 1976 but
was unable to wrestle it away from in
cumbent Gerald Ford. It was also
thought by many Republicans at the
time that Reagan was too conser
vative to be elected president, that
nominating Reagan would cause the
Campaign
Grand Old Party to go through the
humiliation they had suffered in 1964
when Barry Goldwater was the
nominee.
It would have been easy for Reagan
to modify his positions on the issues if
he truly wanted to be the Republican
nominee in 1980. But Reagan chose
not to come to the Republican party -
he forced the party to come to him.
And come they did.
Reagan, despite constant questions
about nis age (he is 69), swept the
Republican primaries. Since becom
ing the Republican nominee he has
staged an impressive campaign
against President Jimmy Carter.
Earlier in the year, most political
observers felt Reagan did not have a
chance of defeating Carter. Reagan
has proved them wrong.
As Carter has tried to depict
Reagan as an extremist and a war
monger, Reagan has been the picture
of moderation. He has avoided the
gaffes that hurt him so often early in
the campaign. And he is the outsider
who is taking on the Washington, D.C.
establishment this year, the role
Carter took advantage of in 1976.
Reagan has also used his tenure of
governor of California to his advan
tage. Through ads and speeches
Reagan has convinced much of
America that he did an excellent job
as governor and that he was anything
but an extreme right-winger.
THE ISSUES
Ronald Reagan, a relative newcomer to politics
Talmadge’s challenger, Mack Mattingly
DEFENSE AND THE DRAFT:
Reagan has drifted from the tradi
tional Republican position and stated
his opposition to tne draft and draft
registration. He maintains that an
adequate military can be achieved by
making a career in the military more
attractive, such as raising the pay.
Reagan believes the United States
must upgrade the military. He has
pledged to raise defense spending so
the united States can compete with
the Soviet Union in the arms race.
"We’re already in an arms race, but
only the Soviets are racing,” he told
the Veterans of Foreign Wars in
August.
He told the Wall Street Journal,
"Let’s not delude ourselves. The
Soviet Unon underlies all the unrest
that’s going on. If they weren’t engag
ed in this game of dominoes, there
wouldn’t be any hot spots in the
world.”
Keeping with his view of the inten
tions of the Soviet Union, Reagan is
opposed to the SALT II treaty, claim
ing it favors the Soviet Union. He has
said that as president he would
withdraw it and insist it be
renegotiated.
THE ECONOMY: ‘‘More than any
single thing, high rates of taxation
destroy the incentive to earn, to save,
to invest. They cripple productivity,
lead to deficit financing and inflation,
and create unemployment,” Reagan
has said.
"We can go a long way toward
restoring the economic health of this
country by establishing reasonable,
fair levels of taxation."
To accomplish this, Reagan pro
poses to cut individual tax rates 10 per
cent per year during the next three
ears and to reduce taxes on
usinesses.
Reagan has been wooing the labor
vote that is largely disenchanted with
Carter due to the high levels of
unemployment during the past four
years. Reagan believes that cutting
taxes and reducing government
regulation will foster economic
growth, thus creating new jobs.
ENERGY: While Carter has em
phasized the need for energy conser
vation, Reagan lias said, "Conserva
tion is not the sole answer to our
energy needs. Americans must get to
work producing more energy "
Reagan shares Carter s belief that
coal and solar energy should be used
more, but he wants the development
of solar power left in the hands of
private industry, while Carter feels
that federal government should lead
the way.
Reagan is the strongest proponent
of nuclear power amonu the presiden
tial contenders. He has plans to
revitalize the nuclear power industry
and speed up the licensing of new
plants.
Another south Georgian tries to make it
Editor'i note: This is the last o( two
parts profiling candidates for
Georgia s U. S. Senate seat. Today's
article is a look at the campaign pro-
mlses and chances of Republican
challenger Mack Mattingly.
By JUSTIN GILL1S
Staff writer
Mack Mattingly is in a position that
few candidates would envy: He's the
last hurdle in a long campaign for an
incumbent who wants to return to the
U. S. Senate for six more years.
The incumbent's name is
Talmadge. In Georgia, that alone is
reason not to wager your horse that
Mattingly will win.
But this campaign is unusual. Mat
tingly has defied all odds to mount the
first genuine Republican challenge in
a statewide election since
Reconstruction. He has struggled to
define issues on which he and
Talmade differ - not an easy task,
since both men are quite conser
vative. He has bravely tried to reach
outside the GOP’s narrow Southern
base to attract voters who could give
him the election.
In short. Herman Talmadge has a
race on his hands.
What happens now may depend on
the media bUU that Talmadge and
Mattingly have in store for Georgians
over the next few days.
The foes are criss-crossing the state
EDUCATION: If Reagan is elected
president, one of the first actions he
will take will be the dismantling of the
Department of Education, which was
established by Carter The gift of
Reagan's education pobey is nands-
off. He believes there should be less
federal interv ention in school policies
and less federal aid to schools and
students, shifting these respon
sibilities to state and local govern
ments.
ERA AND ABORTION: Reagan, as
was outlined in the Repbuhcan plat
form drafted in Detroit, is opposed to
the Equal Rights Amendment Uke
abortion, which Reagan is also oppos
ed to, ERA is one of the issues on
which Reagan has maintained his
hardline conservative stance despite
his movement toward them middle.
see REAGAN, p. 2
to the capital
to woo voters, and both are scheduled
for campaign stops in Athens this
week (see related story).
Mattingly was rejoicing early in the
week over results of a private poll
which showed him narrowly winning
the election. Skeptics in the Talmadge
camp scoffed. Talmadge press aide
Gordon Roberts would not release his
own poll results, though he said they
contradicted the Mattingly figures.
see SENATE, p. 3
Republicans win in mock election
ty WARREN SMITH
Ronald Reagan outpolled in
cumbent Jimmy Carter in a mock
residential election conducted
uesday by the Demosthenian
Literary Society, while Republican
challenger Mack Mattingly trounced
Herman Talmadge in their fight for
Talmadge’s Senate scat.
Reagan captured 1328 votes, or 31
rcent, against Carter's 954 votes, or
percent, of the 2475 total votes cast
by University studetns.
Independent John Anderson won
259 votes (10 percent) and Libertarian
Ed Clarke captured 63 votes (two
percent). All others, including Barry
Commoner, Richard Nixon and
Gerald Ford, accounted for the other
one percent.
In the Senate race, Mattingly
scored a resounding win with 1932
votes, or 78 percent, as compared to
Talmadge's 543 votes, or 22 percent.
The strong Republican showing was
due in part to the manning of each
polling area with Republican party
workers equipped with Reagan
buttons and literature.
Ralph Reed, chairman of the
College Republicans, said, “The
election is a partisan battleground
We're participating in that. We're
just trying to get our people out. ”
Reed insisted the get-out-thc-vote
effort was not a College Republican
activity, but an effort on the part of a
few "die-hard Republicans like
myself.”
When asked about the Rebublican
politicking, a Demosthenian
representative said, "We don't want
anything to bias the results. No
politicking around the table We're
trying to keep it straight."
Mike Smith, election committee
chairman, added, "It's a relatively
small number and, besides, that's the
kind of stuff that goes on in any
election.”
According to Georgia statute, no
pobticking is allowed within 250 feet
of the building in which voting takes
palce. The Demosthenians had not
formally placed any restrictions on
the distribution of campaign
literature in the vicinity of the polling
tables.
Whether the mock election actually
sheds any light on what will happen
No 4 is not clear. ' You're just polling
students," said Neill Fuller, a senior
who voted at Grad Studies. "I don't
know if students are representative of
the American people. But I think it's
pretty fair; there are going to be a lot
of young people voting this year.”
Another student felt the coming
week would have a great bearing on
the final outcome "If something
spectacular happens, that could have
a big difference." the student said.
The televised debate, aired
Tuesday night, and the possibility of
the release of the American hostages
were, he said, two possible influences
on the election.
All four polling booths—Bolton
Hall, Grad Studies, Memonal Hall
and the Main Library—had a heavy
turnout
Paul Schleifer, president of
Demosthenian, said. Warm, sunny
weather would have been better, but
by and large it was pretty good. I was
expecting 1500 to 2000 people.”
M.ill photo I .mu- \ii-hoU-
Students vote at Memorial Hall in mock election
