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— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, November 21, 1973
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A KIND OF HEAVEN’S ANGELS, this motorcycle club was formed at the Moravia United Presbyterian Church in
New Castle, Pa. by the church’s pastor, the Rev. Jack Dunlap (riding the motorcycle with the “4” on it). “There’s no
great theological reasoning behind formation of the club, Dunlap says. “I guess you could say we re promoting
safety along with fellowship.”
Executive privilege: what is it ?
By JAMES CARY
Chief, Washington Bureau
Copley News Service
WASHINGTON - At the
heart of the continuing power
struggle between President
Nixon, the Congress and the
courts over the complex is
sues of Watergate lies the lit
tle-known doctrine of execu
tive privilege.
Executive privilege, al
though never officially de
fined, is basically a contention
that the president can with
hold information from the
other branches of government
if he deems such action is in
the public interest.
The withholding can take
many forms, such as refusing
to let members of his staff or
Cabinet testify before Con
gress, refusing to provide
documents or records, or
more recently, refusing — at
first — to give the courts re
corded conversations of the
President with his aides.
The President has consis
tently argued that he must up
hold and preserve the tradi
tional right of past and future
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presidents to confidentiality
in contacts with aides and ad
visers if he is to conduct the
nation’s business effectively.
Conflict with this position
arises over the fact that Con
gress also has a traditional
role of investigation and be
lieves it must at times have
access to information only the
chief executive can provide.
The courts too are required
to adjudicate criminal activ
ity, a function that sometimes
requires information con
trolled by the executive
branch of government.
Whose rights are superior
and whose rights should pre
vail is the central, constitu
tional problem, particularly
in the current rather special
circumstances in which evi
dence of alleged criminal ac
tivity could be involved.
Strangely, although the
problem goes back to the ear
liest days of the republic,
there are few definitive guid
ing principles in law or the
Constitution.
But Mr. Nixon is correct in
claiming the doctrine of exec
utive privilege is not new.
library of Congress and
other studies indicate that ex
ecutive privilege was first ex
ercised by President George
Washington in 1796. He re
jected a House request for
documents relating to the Jay
Treaty with Britain.
He said that since the House
did not pass on treaties “a just
regard to the Constitution and
to the duty of my office ... for
bids a compliance with your
request.”
Telford Taylor, in his book
“Grand Inquest,” reports that
similar claims of privilege
were invoked once each by
Presidents Jefferson, Mon
roe, Polk, Fillmore, Lincoln,
Grant, Hayes, Cleveland,
Theodore Roosevelt and
Coolidge.
He says Presidents Tyler
and Hoover used it twice,
Jackson three times and
Franklin Roosevelt six times.
In more recent times, Pres
ident John F. Kennedy in
voked executive privilege six
times between Jan. 31 and
Feb. 28, 1962— largely over
efforts by congressional com
mittees to get administration
officials to testify about re-
views of speeches in the Pen
tagon. President Lyndon
Johnson used the privilege
twice.
Mr. Nixon’s box score adds
up to more than 11 times, de
pending on which actions are
considered a use of executive
privilege and which are not.
Dr. Henry Kissinger, for ex
ample, while holding only the
position of national security
adviser to the President, re
fused to testify before con
gressional committees be
cause he was a close adviser
to the President. But he did
meet informally with com
mittee members on three oc
casions.
Mr. Nixon attempted to de
fine his position on executive
privilege in a special state
ment on March 12.
He said the doctrine was
well-established, had been
used by presidents for nearly
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Home costs keep increasing
By JAMES M. WOODARD
Copley News Service
Home prices have in
creased a third (33 per cent)
in just the past five years. The
cost of financing and taking
care of a home has increased
even more. Yet, a home is still
one of the very best invest
ments around.
In 1968, the national aver
age price for new homes was
$25,400. Today it’s >34,100.
And the rate of increase
shows no signs of slowing
down.
Cost of construction materi
als is, of course, one key rea
son for new home price in
creases. Overall, building
200 years and was rooted in
Article 11, Section 1 of the
Constitution which vests ex
ecutive power solely in the
president.
“Under the doctrine of sep
aration of powers,” he said,
“the manner in which the
president personally exer
cises his assigned executive
powers is not subject to ques
tioning by another branch of
government. If the president
is not subject to such ques
tioning it is equally inappro
priate that members of his
staff not be so questioned, for
their roles are in effect an ex
tension of the presidency.”
Besides confidentiality of
presidential conversations, a
wide variety of reasons has
been cited for invoking execu
tive privilege.
Among the most common
have been the need for secre
cy in military and diplomatic
activities, national security,
and the need to avoid release
of the type of “raw intelli
gence” in some files that in
volves incomplete, inaccu
rate, misleading or unsub
stantiated information.
material costs increased by 11
per cent in just the past year,
according to a report from the
Research Bureau of the Na
tional Association of Realtors.
Plywood takes the cake for
the greatest cost boosts, in
creasing 18 per cent in the
past year.
Land prices are another
major contributor to the home
cost hikes. Home sites are
now selling for an average
price of >4,900, according to
the Federal Housing Adminis
tration. That’s also up one
third over the price five years
ago.
The crops are harvested... and the land rests, gathering its strength for another
season of plenty.
At this time of year we pause from our work to say thanks for the bountiful
blessings that have been bestowed upon us.
One of the special blessings for which we say thanks is our pleasant association
with you. Your trust, confidence, and friendship . . both in a personal and
business way.. mean so much to us.
May the Thanksgiving Season be a joyous one for you and your loved ones. And
may the good things in life be harvested by you every day of the coming year.
Sincerely
MID GA. BANDAG INC.
CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY - OPEN FRIDAY AS USUAL
Like everything else, the
cost of taking care of a home
— maintenance and repair
costs — is also on the in
crease. Focusing again on the
past five-year period, we see
these costs have increased 41
per cent. Examples of repair
cost increases: painting, 57
per cent; roof shingling, 51
per cent; furnace repair, 45
per cent.
In discussing costs, we un
fortunately can’t overlook
real estate taxes, which have
increased 40 per cent in five
years. Insurance against fire
and other hazards cost 19 per
cent more.
Even in the light of in
creased prices, families have
never been more determined
to purchase and own their
home. Hie buyer market is
strong throughout the coun
try. Perhaps it’s “pride of
ownership.” Or perhaps folks
relate past price increases
with probable future in
creases, and see a current
home purchase as an excel
lent investment and hedge
against continuing inflation.
One significant effect of the
sharply rising costs of new
homes is an increasingly
strong market for resale
(used) homes. Another resul
tant effect is a rapidly ex
panding home remodeling
field.