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Editorials
Could 1t Be?
David Stockman’s provocative new
book, ‘‘The Triumph of Politics” (Harper
& Row) is being dismissed rather lightly
in Washington circles.
There are good reasons. Stockman
criticizes almost everyone he dealt with for
five years as President Reagan's budget
director. He seems to think he was the on
ly one in the inner circle who had a grasp
on the economic situation.
Maybe. He also received over a million
dollars — to lambast the Reagan hierarchy
in a tell-all book just after he left this sen
sitive post — a rather common practice
these days but one which disenchants
many.
After saying that, it's nevertheless true
that Stockman hit the nail on the head in
pointing out that:
Congress must cut spending more (pro
bably in defense) and the president must
accept new taxes, if huge, continuing
deficits are to be brought under control.
Stockman says the president is boxed in
with his 1984 election pledge not to raise
Shultz & USSR
George Shultz, Reagan Administration
Secretary of State, has recently gained
backing for his policies in administration
circles, though not cne of the all-out
hardliners. That's a plus for a nation which
must deal with the Soviet Union in
realistic terms.
Shultz, not a convincing or talented
speaker but one who carefully (if painful
ly) chooses his words in public, seeks a less
vitriolic relationship with the world's other
superpower. He favors regular summits.
He favors disarmament, keeping the
SALT II agreement in the hope that a new
agreement limiting arms can be worked
out.
Some of these goals are not shared by
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39 YEARS AGO :
The following are excerpts from the May 15, 1947 edition of The Summer
ville News.
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DOT STANFIELD CHOSEN “MISS CHATTOOGA"” — Miss Dottie Stan
field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Stanfield of Summerville, was crowned
Miss Chattooga County in the 1947 beauty show held in the Summerville cour
thouse on Friday night. Miss Stanfield, a Summerville High School senior, won
the title from a group of 48 Chattooga beauties. Miss Helen Keown, a senior
from Trion High School, was runner-up for Miss Chattooga. The contest . . . was
directed by Miss Mary Dell Hardin of Rome, who appeared in the contest as
Miss Arkansas or 1947, sponsored by WROM's remote control station in
Summerville.
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TRUMAN PLANNING TRIP TO GEORGIA, THOMPSON TOLD —
President Harry S. Truman plans to visit Georgia on June 25 for dedicating
a memorial at Warm Springs to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. President Truman
expressed his wish to attend the occasion at the conference with Gov. M. E.
Thompson of Georgia, who visited in Washington to confer with the President,
national Democratic officials, and other party leaders on the party situation
in this state.
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Summerville's most modern store. We announce the opening of your most
modern store. We join this growing community to become a part and parcel
of all its activities, and to give of our efforts to further its growth. New from
tip to toe. .. and ready to serve you from head to foot in new wearables for
all the family. Special for opening — Nylon Stockings — $1 Reg. $1.65 value
stocking. New Theatre Bldg., Su‘mme:ville,. Ga.
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taxes, while Congress is too weak, un
disciplined and divided to raise new
revenue.
Interestingly, however, Stockman
gives serious legislators more credit than
the White House team in efforts to balance
the budget.
He has little use for supply-side
economics, it turns out, which he says
simply has not worked. And he warns that
the White House and Congress must
realize that budget deficits in the area
billions of dollars cannot continue without
producing disaster for the dollar, the
economy and, perhaps, the Republican
Party.
This warning is timely and one to be
heeded. Whatever one thinks of Stockman
personally — he isn't considered stable by
his critics, having moved from Marxist
leanings to supply-side leanings and more
— his warning on deficits should be taken
very seriously. On this issue he is surely
on target.
hardliners in the Reagan Administration
and in the Pentagon. On the basis of past
history and today's circumstances,
however, the Shultz approach is about as
strong as a U.S. position could be if
there’s real hope of achieving results.
Noticeably, Secretary Shultz didn't
hint at bombing Iran or Syria, after Presi
dent Reagan did so. In fact, he sought to
deemphasize the president’s rather sensa
tional remarks, as hypothetical
generalization.
Such calming of the waters is the duty
of a foreign minister and Shultz's efforts
in this direction are welcomed by millions,
many of whom realize he can only go so
far.
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Missing
The recent search for Annette Camp
bell Dodd of Summerville who apparently
disappeared April 20 without a clue brings
to mind another search for a missing per
son back in 1982.
The blood-soaked car of Wayne Brad
ford of Evansville, Tenn., was found near
Cloudland Aug. 19, 1982. Bradford, 42,
has never been found.
Local authorities became involved in
the search for the Dade County native
when his red, 1980 Ford Mustang was
found abandoned on State Line Road.
Blood was discovered on the driver's
seat and an immediate w of the area
was conducted, turning @p*no evidence.
The tag on the vehicle had apparently been
ripped off.
The subsequent investigation led
authorities to a Dade County residence
where several items believed to have come
from Bradford's car were found behind the
house. The resident of the house allegedly
had some real estate dealings with Brad
ford prior to his disappearance.
The same subject was believed to have
been with Bradford on the afternoon of his
disappearance Aug. 18 near Mentone, Ala.
Guest Column
Privatization
By EDWIN FEULNER
In the coming months, there will be a
bloody political battle in Washington over
something most Americans have never
heard of.
By and large, the story will be mangl
ed and distorted — not necessarily because
those doing the reporting will be biased,
but because the “Spray Net" primadonnas
of prime-time television won't know what
they're talking about, and won't take the
time to find out.
So instead of stories about an exciting
new way of providing government ser
vices, we'll hear stories about shameless
attempts to turn back the clock on social
progress. !
All of these stories will be part of a war
of words — a war that will be fought over
still another word: privatization.
Privatization is one of those rare
Washington words that despite its
cumbersomeness actually says what it
means: the process of making private.
Thanks to the efforts of Johns Hopkins
University economics professor Steve
Hanke, who helped develop the concept
while a senior fellow at The Heritage Foun
dation, the word is now included in the
newest editions of most dictionaries. And
just in time — because privatization will
be in the eye of the political storm when
Congress takes up the fiscal year 1987
federal budget later this year.
So just what is privatization?
Newsweek magazine calls it a “current
but-cumbersome buzzword for spinning
off government's nonessential and less ef
ficient assets and functions to private in
dustry.” Indeed, Newsweek says, ‘“The
ultimate issue in privatization is the defini
tion of government itself."
To its credit, Newsweek comes very
close to the mark. The ultimate issue is the
Dialogue . ..
by James Budd
Since Bradford's body was never found, no
murder charges were ever filed against the
Dade County man.
Sources say that Bradford's wallet has
since turned up in a remote area of
Cloudland, but still no body has been
discovered.
* * *
Whether or not one agrees with Presi
dent Reagan’s recent decision to launch an
air strike against Libya, it's probably fair
to say his strong leadership has pulled
European allies along with the effort to
react to terrorism.
. Most major European democracies
have now ousted suspect Libyans and an
effort is underway in European circles to
close Libyan embassies.
Reagan also said that action will be
considered against other states if proof is
obtained they're sponsoring the terrorist
killing of Americans.
There are indications some Arab states
are thinking hard over this warning. There
are also indications that some factions in
Libya are convinced Khadafy has gone too
far and oppose him.
very definition of government. And
“‘privatization” does involve spinning off
government functions and assets to the
private sector. But this does not just mean
private industry. Under the plans
developed by privatization pioneers Stuart
Butler, Director of Domestic Police
Studies at The Heritage Foundation,
Hanke, and Robert Poole, President of the
Reason Foundation in Santa Barbara,
California, some government assets might
be “‘spun off” to charitable and other non
profit organizations, and others sold to the
general public through public stock
offerings.
The best way to visualize the process
is through specific examples. Here are
three:
1) Currently, the federal government
owns a national freight railroad, Conrail,
and a national passenger railroad, Amtrak.
The privatization of Conrail already is in
process; the Department of Transporta
tion has accepted a bid from Norfolk
Southern to buy the freight system for
$1.2 billion. The sale is awaiting Congres
sional approval. There is no reason the
federal government should own and
operate a railroad. And the same goes for
Amtrak, which Butler has similarly pro
posed "privatizing,” either by selling it —
in whole or part — to an existing railroad,
or by selling its routes and assets to the
public and ‘Amtrak employees through a
stock offering.
2) The Post Office. I could start off
with a joke, but just linking the words
“postal” and ‘‘service” is joke enough.
Butler does not propose selling off the
U. S. Postal Service, but he does argue
strongly for privatization through a pro
cess known as ‘“‘contracting out” — more
Washington talk for allowing private con
see GUEST COLUMN, page 9-A
[\ Mountain
(fl, } Echoes
a Jimmy Townsend
Master Salesman
JASPER, GA. — Henry Styles paid sls for a cor
respondence course in salesmanship. He finished the
course and, armed with his diploma, went off to the big
city to find a job. He did, in one of those men’s and boys’
department stores. Henry was excited on his first day at
work. Nothing could beat him now, not even the Great
Depression. He waited gloriously for his first customer.
It was Monday and he had all week to demonstrate that
he wasn’t one of those who came to town on a turnip truck.
The man and woman waited in the entrance doors for
9 o'clock to arrive. There was a difference in their attitudes
which Henry had been trained to recognize. The woman,
small and neatly dressed, stood close to the window, star
ing with rapt expression-upon theboys’ blazers and loud
shirts, among which had been placed tennis rackets and
golf clubs. The man stood near the outer doorway, his
hands in his pockets, and stared sulkily, or that's the way
our master salesman had sized him up. Obviously, the
woman was to be the buyer, he concluded. That was all
right with Henry; women are better to deal with than men.
They came down the aisle, the man several steps behind.
Henry's politeness knew no reserves. He gave it full
swing because he sensed a determination that he must
combat with all the forces of persuasion at his command.
“In selling, there is no asset like extreme politeness,’" he
quoted to himself from his lessons. “'Keep your reservoir
filled to the brim.”
The woman was unimpressed by his politeness. She
came to the point at once. *'l'm looking for a blue suit, for
a boy — 12 years old.”
“Certainly,” said Henry. *'Our stock is excellent. Were
you thinking of serge or cheviot?"
“I hadn’t thought very much — about the material.”
*“I see. It's color you want. But material is important,
take my word for it. Serge may be dressier, but cheviot
won't take a shine or show spots like serge. And it's sure
to be worn by boys and men for two seasons straight.”
The woman was too business-like, not smiling or seeming
very friendly. The man stood at the end of the counter,
looking at and fumbling with some other boys’ clothing.
Henry thought back to what he had learned. It was im
perative for him to break the spell. *“What size boy is he,
large or small?”
““He's about average, 1 think.”
“It's always better to bring them along, but, of course,
there's school. Twelve, you say? Now, that's an age to keep
you guessing. I've a boy 12 myself."
The woman's husband offered no help as she looked at
four suits that Henry had spread out on the counter.
Henry felt the need to talk. *You wouldn't want me to lay
th?,se aside now, and bring him in, say, at 4:00 to try them
On "
“No,” the woman said firmly. “I'll choose myself."
“I know just how it is. Try to catch a 12-year-old after
school and you're wasting your time."
“I'll take this one,"” she said.
“Super! That suit will wear for at least a couple of
years. The pockets are strongly built and will hold
everything that he puts in them. If he outgrows it too
soon, we will give free alterations."
The woman thanked Henry and gave him a strange
smile which he did not understand. As the couple walked
to the door, Henry followed. “I'll take this baseball bat
out of the window. It goes with the suit, you know."
“We're late, Margaret,”’ said the man. Then, his voice
high and tense, his hand pulling her arm, “Come on,
please!"
Perhaps the woman did not hear the offer of the
baseball bat. He started to repeat it, but the couple hur
ried on out of the store with the bundle under the man'’s
arm. Henry forgot something and he hurried onto the
sidewalk to catch up to them. As he neared them, the man
said, “Margaret, I begged you to send someone else.”
“I wanted to come,” she replied, “And I'm pleased that
I got him the long pants he always wanted."
Henry followed his instructions. He asked for the cou
ple's name and address for the store's mailing list. As he
saw the grim look on the man’s face, he thought to himself:
The course book is right. It is easier to deal with women
than men.,
The woman laid her hand on the arm of her husband
and said, “Of course. It's Mr. and Mrs. Charles Inman,
see MOUNTAIN ECHOES, page 9-A