Common Cause files suit
against Nixon campaign
P o r t la nd / Obs e r v e r
T h u rs d a y ,
S e p te m b e r 2 1, 1972
Page 3
McKissick hits
McGovern enonomics
THE
I
F A M IL Y ^
cept contributions and make
form er law was In effect,
Common Cause announced
exjnn dlu res for the [xujiu.se
" i t must In emphasized,"
that
It lias filed suit In
of Influencing die election of
Gardner added, "that we are
l edeial D latrlctCourtagainst
Tuesday, August 29. should
presidential electo rs." Gard
not dealing only with past
die Finance Committee to
Wall
Street
Fat
Cats—
lave been a Day of Revela
ner said.
events.
The
$10
million
He-elect tin President, and
chopped $2,500 out of d n
tion
lo
r
dn
hundreds
of
thou
While die Fedeial Corrupt
raised before April 7 may
Its branchas, clarglng viola
guaranteed Income In lad
sands of black people who
Practices Act was re|naled
profoundly Influence events
tion of tin Federal Corrupt
committed himself to In tin
put
their
faldi
In
die
candidacy
on
A
pril
7,
1972,
dn
Common
Employees of several stock
Intween now and November."
Pracltlcea Act of 1925, and
Black Caucus program, and
of
George
McGovern.
Cause suit Is made possible
brokerage firm s were up in arm«
lie cited die need for s,eedy
dealgned to force die dis
on die floor of tin Senate.
On d at day, under political
Under a new state law, they had
under d n General Savings
action by tin UJ5. D istrict
closure
of
tin
financial
Why are Brothers Cisy,
pressure, M r . McGovern—
to be fingerprinted in order to
Statute, which preserves suits
Ctairt, Incause of dn short-
takers who contributed mote
Fauntroy and Wiley so silent
keep their jobs. Taking Ihe matter
die so-called P ra irie Radical
brought to deal wldi viola
mss of time before the elec
now?
tlian $|o million to President
to court, they claimed this was an
of the p rlm a rie s -m a rc le d
tions
which
occured
while
a
tion.
Nixon's campaign p rio r to
I In answer Is because their
invasion of their right of privacy.
off. hat-in-hand, to New York
A pril 7, 1972.
presklental candidate sold
But Ihe court could see no
to make his peace with Wall
diem down the riv e r for a [a t
grounds for complaint The judge
In announcing On action at
Street. To soothe Wall Street,
said this m inor invasion of p ri
on die head from Big Busi
• press conference, Common
to save die old planatlon,
vacy was outweighed by the major
ness.
Cause Chairman John Gartl-
McGovern appears to lave
benefit Io Ihe public in reducing
And w le re is their Vice
ner said In lad Informed tin
sold his black supporters down
thefts of stocks and bonds.
P resklental candidate? Last
I'leaIdem a campaign man
dn riv e r.
Laws in a number of slates now
week, Shriver was down in
ager. Clark MacGregor, ot
require the fingerprinting o f em
I lie $6,500 guaranteed an
legal hasls for tin suit on
Louistena telling a white au
ployees in “ sensitive” occupations
nual Income, for which George
dience bn was pround d a t all
August 7, Ixjt had received
Almost always, Ihe courts have
W
iley
and
dn
National
W
el
by D r . Benjamin E , Mays
no reply.
of his slave-holding ancestors
overruled the assorted constitu
fare Rights Organization lave
tional objections raised by dis
bad frxight with the Slave
" In recent months," Gard
fought for years, is also tin
McGovern felt tin t In lad
gruntled individuals.
sates— and pround that none
ner said, "citizens lave been
M ay!» tills was not tie
center
piece
of
d
n
Black
to dump Esgleton because tin
of them had fought with dn
tested to seveial highly quea-
time and maybe the President
Caucus' program In d n Con
inople would lave lieeti dis
Union. If Brothers Clay and
tlonatde Instances of huge
plans to use his accomplish
gress.
Before
tin
conven
cussing
Lagleton'a
lealth
Fauntroy and Wiley are a
sums flowing to tin P resi
ments as ammunition against
tion, McGovern lad Intro
ra d a r tian tin Issues of tie
little sheepish today, well,
dent s
[xilltlcal
campaign
tin Democrats In the cam -
duced It into dn Senate with
campaign If In lad kept him.
that's understandable.
while
government
favors
jalg n .
E a rly in his accep
d
*
cry
"$6.500
or
Fight;"
Although I am pround of tin
l ut dny've got a plate of
flowed In dn odnr direction.
tance speech the President
lie
lad
embraced
It
by
en
choice of Sargent Shriver and
crow and humble pie to eat
Perhaps the Instances were
make It clear d n t In would
dorsing
"
in
toto"
the
Black
believe he Is an excellent
this morning.
all coincidental. The way to
not deal with die record of
Caucus
program;
he las
running iia te , I dilnk McGo
Black Americans who be-
dlapal dn aura of mystery
hla administration.
endorsed it again when In
vern should lave kept Esgle
ilve In jobs r a d n r than wel
and suspicion Is to bring all
If the President is so sure
supported the resolutions of
ton.
fare;
who want a pace of
dn facts out In tie open."
of hla re-election, I won
die Gary Convention. But tint
It
Is Inconceivable d a t
die action, not a [a r t of dn
G ard m r said dn President
dered why his speech showed
was in the prim aries, when
people
would
have voted
dole,
who want a
political
and his advisors a,i,aien tly
fear of McGovern. T in New
McGovern desperately needed
■
gainst
dn
Democratic
ticket
In fact, the law no longer con
leader who does not promise
“ dkl not lead die law very
York lim e s in an e d lto iu l
Hack
votes.
If Esgleton lad remained.
siders fingerprinting to be any
more
tian
In
can
deliver,
carefully" In taking dn posi
August 25th labeled tie P resi
On August 29, M r . McGo
The people In dn final arn-
great hardship anyhow. In another
do have somewhere to go.
tion dial they did not lave to
dent's acceptance speech a
vern decided his own black
case, a used furniture dealer com
lysls
ate
not
much
concerned
file any leporta or teveal
They can get off the ditched
"C a ll to F e a r " , This w rite r
supporters were In the tag;
plained about a fingerprint re
about who dn Vice President
any names p rio r to April 7.
bandwagon
of
George
MdGo-
felt and feels d a t the P resi
that they "had nowliere else
quirement for anyone selling sec
is.
U n Vice Ptesklentul
vern and get behind the New
lie said tin Corrupt Prac
dent
las delivered many
ond-hand goods.
to go." So die candidate of
candidate
is
d
n
choise
of
tices Act of 1925 r e t i r e s
M ajority of the President of
" I t makes the people in my line
speeclns tint were superior
Brothers Fauntroy, Clay and
the
successful
P
resklental
tin United S ates. Richard
periodic disclosure reports
of business look like criminals,”
to dils one. The speech lacked
Wiley went to New York—
candidate,
Nixon.
from "political committees"
he said in a court hearing
spark.
and to the applause of tin
I here las been no protest
But the court disagreed, point
which are defined as "any
It
Is
unlikely
tin
t
tin
war
against Agnew and If Nixon
ing out that fingerprints are now
committee which accepts con
w ill 1« over p rio r to Nov. 7.
la re-elected in November,
used ro u tin e ly in ho spita ls,
tribuions or makes ex,nn-
If It Is not over Infore elec
schools, and government as a
Agnew w ill probably te die
dltures for tin purpose of
tion day, Vietnam will te a
reliable means of identification.
Republican P r e s i d e n t i a l
influencing tin olectlon of
m ajor Issue In die weeks
As one judge put it:
nominee
In
1976.
T
in
op
candidates
or ptesidental
■head. Should the war be in
"The day is long past when
position
against
Esgleton
and vlce-piesldentul electors
fingerprinting carried with it a
full blast during Septemler
would have subsided In a week
In two or more states."
stigma of crim inality.”
■nd October, how can tin
o r two.
The official report of dn
This does not mean, however,
President answer tie charge
Now hack to dn Issues of
that the police may resort to
President's Finance Comm it
I In Senate's JudicterySub-
dial even though the ground
m ilia r y n ain a in ed 350sepa
die campaign. lin y will 1«
highhanded methods to obtain
tees states they were or
soldiers are out of Vietnam,
commlttee on Constitutional
or should be:
rate records centers across
fingerprints. Consider the follow
ganized to assist In his re -
Rights, leaded by Senator
we
lave
escalated
tin
w
ar
In
ing case:
the country and each one of
T in war in Vietnam, un
nomlnation and re-election.
Sam J . Ervin, J r . (D) of North
the a ir and on de sea.
Officers investigating a burglary
them was crammed with raw
employment.
Inflation,
an
"W e believe dn evidence
Carolina, las issued a report
took a man into custody even
d
a
a
on
the
political
activities
adequate
welfare
program,
It
Is
estimated
that
there
Is clear dnt dn purpose of
on die Arm y's spying on
though they had no adequate
of hundreds of individuals.
guaianteelng sufficiency for
ate 100,000 pilots. Marines,
dnse committees was to ac-
grounds for arrest. Their reason:
civilians during the 1960s. It
It stated: " I t would seem that
a ll, defense spending, an ever
and Navy forces. H e r e ate
to obtain his fingerprints. As it
a a clear Indictment of a
each dau bank grew inde
Increasing budget deficit, (ax
engineers
and tec tin leans
happened, the prints did turn out
program that was "u tterly
pendently,
with
no
close
estimated at 43,000.
reform , revenue sharing, un
to be incriminating.
useless’ to the Army and, as
su[)ervision from a central
fortunately (using and crim e.
Anotlnr issue I hope bodi
Nevertheless, they were held
the report puts It. the pro
authority on what to store or
1 Inse are some of die issues
not admissible against the man
candidates w ill meet bead on.
gram "was n n re ly wasting
in court. The judge said the Con
not to store.
M oreover, It
which | hope the candklstes
Nobody argues against jobs
time, money and nanpower,
stitution forbids “ wholesale in
appears that none of the agen
w ill discuss In depdi with die
for able bodied men rather
and infringing on tin rights
trusions upon the personal secur
American (nople.
cies paid any attention to the
than welfare. But if there ate
of dn citizens it was sup
ity of our citizenry.”
publications o r holdings of
able bodnd men wanting jobs
These issues were not dis
posed to be safeguarding."
die others in deciding who
cussed much In M r . Nixon's
and cannot find them, what
A p u b lir service fe a tu re o f the
Senator Ervin, in his In
A m e ric an B a r A » o r ia lio n and
or what should be d a a -
then?
Right
In
re
In
Atlanta
acceptance apeech.
I lad
troduction
to the report,
th e O re g o n S tate B a r Aaaocia-
banked.”
hoped to In s r more about the
d n re ate young people who
sutes: “ T ie absence of c iv il-
a lio n . M r ilte n by YX ill B e rn a rd .
The report c o n t in u e d :
issues
In tie President's
are preiared to each, but we
an control over this sur
"These vast collections of
sinech. T in President said
are employing fewer teachers
6 1972 American Bar Association
veillance p rio r to 1970 has
fragm enury, Incorrect and
little about die accomplish
next year tian we employed
already
teen
esabiished.
irrelevant information, com
last year.
W ill Nixon or
ments of his administration
This report proves the ab
posed of vague conclusions
and In dkl not tell us how In
McGovern create jobs? The
sence of central m ilia r y
and judgments and of overly
plans to Improve on what he
public should not allow either
control as w e ll."
d eailed descriptions of insig
dkl his first years.
candidate to duck this issue.
According to the report die
nificant facts could not he
considered 'Intelligence' by
any sense of the w ord."
That these findings lave
shocked Senator Sam Ervin,
who cannot be called a liberal
With Ron Hendren
M O D I UN ll't l lK E
in most m atters, indicate to
some extend how horrible the
A YOUNG VIEW OF W ASHINGTON
A rm y's program of spying
really turned out to la . The
revelations of the reportgives
strong support to all those
who fear the development of
a police s a te in our country.
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LAW YER
Fingerprinting
the Jobholder
Presidential campaign:
The real issues
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THE $10 BILLION TREASURE CHEST
W ASHING TON
At the same lime that
Congress is moving to enact revenue
sharing legislation that will provide $5 5
billion to help alleviate (he financial
bankruptcy which is choking our cities
and slates, nearly twice that amount in
money already appropriated is being held
in reserve by the Office of Management
and Budget.
Much of this SlO-plus billion is (or
was) destined Io aid cities and slates in
regional development projects, urban
mass transit, water and sewer grants, rural
electrification development, and Ihe like.
Now, as a result of Ihe impounding,
critical needs such as water and sewage
treatment are not being adequately met,
and with each passing day of delay Ihe
costs for providing these necessary ser
vices go up along with Ihe price of
everything else
The surprising thing is that Congress
has never acted to prevent impounding, a
power which has been misused by Presi
dents Republicans and Democrats alike
since World War II As recently as Sep
tember 8, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
(D-Minn.), himself a former Presidential
candidate, introduced legislation re
quiring detailed reports on all impounded
funds His modes! proposal was rejected,
apparently on the somewhat defeatist
reasoning (hat the House wouldn't go
along with it anyway, so why bother and
possibly jeapordize revenue sharing in Ihe
process.
Such an attitude will hardly discourage
ihe <)MH from continuing and even step-
ping up its impounding Activities
Among ihe funds currently being held
captive are
$300 million for urban mass transit.
$122 million for airport and airway
facilities,
$ 105 million for model cities,
$40 million for Appalachian re
gional development,
$550 million for water and sewer
grants,
$107 million for rural electrifi
cation;
$21 million for educational support
to Ihe National Science Foundation
These funds were scooped up by the
I reasury without so much as a by-your-
leave from Congress. It was done without
notification and without publication in
what Humphrey called "a type o f line-
item veto on congressional appropri
ations."
thus the will of Congress is thwarted
and its authority in this case Ihe respon
sibility to appropriate public funds is
further eroded. The pendulum of power,
already heavily weighted in favor of the
executive, swings even further in that
direction, and Congress comes off as a
loser unwilling to live up to its Constitu
tional obligations.
But Ihe real losers are those residents
of cities and towns who continue to
suffer from lack of adequate water and
sewer facilities, delapidated housing, criti
cal power shortages, and substandard
schools. Both the President and Congress
must share responsibility for this situ
ation the former for using the people’s
money to build an executive treasure
chest, and the latter for letting him get
away with it.
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