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Horace S. Simpson
Keep Grant on the $50 Bill
Reagan doesn’t compare
D onald K ai l
T here's yet a n
o th e r m o v e m e n t
a fo o t
to
put
R onald R eagan's
face on the $50 bill,
replacing that o f
U lysses S. G rant. A num ber o f R e
publicans in C ongress have been
beating the drum s in support o f the
idea.
"O n e d e c a d e in to th e 21 st c e n
tu ry , it's tim e to h o n o r th e last
g re a t p re s id e n t o f the 2 0 th and
g iv e P re s id e n t R eag an a p la c e
b e sid e P re sid e n ts R o o se v e lt and
K e n n e d y ," s a id R e p . P a tr ic k
M cH en ry , R -N .C .
T h e re are se v e ra l th in g s w ro n g
w ith th is idea:
R o n ald R ea g a n a lre a d y h as his
n am e on W a sh in g to n 's N a tio n a l
A irp o rt, as w ell as an e n o rm o u s
fe d e ral o ffic e b u ild in g in the c a p i
tal. In a d d itio n , th e re 's so m e nu t-
-a fo rm e r c o n g re ss m a n , I th in k —
w h o has m ad e it his life m issio n to
g et R eag an 's n am e on so m e m o n u
m e n t o r p u b lic fa c ility in e v ery
c o u n ty in the U n ited S tates. T h a t's
e n o u g h h o n o r fo r a n y o n e.
N o t o n ly w as M r. R ea g a n no t
"the last g re a t p re s id e n t o f the
2 0 th c e n tu ry ," he w a sn 't g re a t at
all. N o t e v en v e ry g o o d . M o re on
th a t later.
T a k in g G ra n t o f f th e $5 0 h ill
w o u ld be y et a n o th e r in su lt to a
g reat A m erican hero w ho h as been
u n ju s tly m a lig n e d th ro u g h th e
y e a rs.
by
G ra n t w as p e rh a p s th e g re a te st
U n io n g e n e ra l o f th e C iv il W ar.
L in c o ln had b een sa d d le d w ith
in ep t and in e ffectiv e g e n erals w h o
w ere o u tm an eu v ered by the lesser-
e q u ip p e d S o u th e rn e rs at e v e ry
tu rn —u n til G ra n t sh o w e d up. H is
v ic to ry at V ic k sb u rg (a lo n g w ith
R o b ert E. L ee's v irtu a lly s im u lta
n e o u s d e fe a t at G e tty s b u rg )
s e a le d th e C o n fe d e ra c y 's fate.
A s h is to r ia n S e a n W ile n tz
p o in te d o u t re c e n tly in T he N ew
Y o rk T im es, G ra n t as p re sid e n t
b e ca m e a g re a t c h a m p io n o f c iv il
rig h ts, n o t o n ly for freed slav e s
b u t fo r N a tiv e A m e ric an s. It w as
he w h o e n d e d th e reig n o f te rro r
th at th e Ku K lux K ian v isited upon
th e S o u th a fte r th e w ar.
H e a lso a c h ie v e d ra tific a tio n o f
th e 1 5 th A m e n d m e n t, w h ic h
b a n n e d d is e n f ra n c h is e m e n t on
th e b a sis o f race, as w ell as p a s
sag e o f th e C iv il R ig h ts A ct o f
1875, w h ic h p ro h ib ite d ra c ial d is
c rim in atio n in all public acco m m o
d a tio n s .
"R ea g an w as a c ip h e r."
A c c o r d in g to H a ig , J a m e s
B aker, E dw in M eese, and M ich ael
D e a v e r w e re th e o n e s w h o ran the
sh o w . H aig e v e n d is m is se d the
f o r e ig n p o lic y tr i u m p h s th a t
R e a g a n a u ts lo v e to c e le b ra te .
R ea g a n , he sa id , had "th e g o o d
fo rtu n e o f h a v in g b e en p re s id e n t
w h en the E vil E m p ire b e g an to
u n r a v e l, b u t to c o n s id e r th a t
s ta n d in g tall in G re n a d a o r b u ild
ing S ta r W ars b ro u g h t th e E vil
E m p ire to its k n e e s is a d is to rtio n
o f h isto ric re a lity . T h e in te rn a l
c o n t r a d i c t i o n s o f M a r x is m
b ro u g h t it to its k n e es."
W h at R eagan b ro u g h t to the
presidency w as the realization that
you didn't have to be a good p resi
dent so long as you could act like
one. H e hadn't been all that good an
acto r in the m ovies, but as president
he found the role o f his life.
He looked like a president and he
talked like one ( if you didn't pay
attention to content, w hich few did).
H e w as also had the good fortune
early in his first term to be shot in a
bizarre assassination attem pt by a
d isg ru n tled Jodie Foster fan.
It w as a very serious w ound and
R eagan played the scene perfectly,
as Jim m y Stew art m ight have.
"I hope you're all R epublicans,"
he is said to have told the doctors as
they w heeled him into the operating
room . A nd he m ay actually have
said it. In any case, the story w on
o u r hearts. Som e o f them .
N ot m ine.
• F o r th a t he w as v ilifie d by h is
to ria n s w h o fe lt th a t th e w ro n g
sid e h ad w o n th e C iv il W ar.
H is p re s id e n c y w as e v e n tu a lly
b ro u g h t low by c o rru p t a d v ise rs
an d h is n a iv e tru st in th em . M o st
o f his le g isla tiv e a c h ie v e m e n ts
w e re w ip e d aw ay .
S till, c o m p a re d to R eag an he
w as a g ian t.
T h e la te A l e x a n d e r H a ig ,
Minuteman Media columnist
R e a g a n 's first S e c re ta ry o f S tate, Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor,
had th is to say a b o u t h is old boss: Mich.
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Portland can learn from other Cops
Several weeks ago Forest Grove police offic
ers successfully subdued a man in the street with
a gun, waving and yelling at a police officer- a
potential "suicide by cop" situation.
The entire event was over in two hours.
Apparently the police there don't feel threat
ened by an armed- not to mention unarmed-
citizen.
Why don't we then try a real easy solution?
Instead of Portland's meetings, marches, and
newly formed organizations which, while well-
meaning, effect little real or timely change to
police behavior, let's get the Portland police to
meet with the Forest Grove police and let them
tell them how they de-escalated a tense situa
tion- a man with a gun- without any loss of life.
Maybe our police could learn something.
One can always hope.
Linda S. Kanzinger
Northeast Portland
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