MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1989
Nixon Lacking GOP Conservatism; JFK Not So Liberal as Some Demos
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington - The differ
ences between the two presi
dential rivals of economic
matters is more what one
senses about them and what
one knows about the parties
they represent than what
they have said in the cam
paign. Both John F. Kenneday and
""3 R i chard M.
i mxon nave
said they fa-
Ivor balancing
the budget,
closing t a x
loop holes,
increased
growth in the
economy, all
1 of which is
A. Bobt. smim comparable to
being for flag and mother
hood. Nobody's against these
propositions.
What one senses is that
Nixon is not quite so conserv
ative as President Eisenhower
and the old guard Republi
cans, nor is Kennedy quite so
as the main body of
Democrats in Con-
liberal
liberal
gress.
But Nixon is a Republican
candidate with all the in
stincts for wanting to first bal
ance the budget and then fig
ure out how to advance new
social programs that cost fed
eral money. Kennedy is a
Democrat with the instincts
of a liberal for advocating
new social programs and then
figuring out how to pay for
them.
Interest Rate Question
Perhaps the chief express
ed difference between the two
candidates on economics is on
the question of interest rates.
Kennedy has been critical of
the administration's policy of
"tight money" and has indi
cated he would invoke a pol
icy to reduce the cost of bor
rowing so as to step up the
rate of economic growth and
expansion in the country. The
growth rate has been about
3 per cent in recent years.
Nixon has defended the ec
onomic policies of the Eisen
hower administration and
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presumably would not re
duce interest rates. He has
warned that an "easy money"
policy would bring inflation
at a faster pace than we've
had in recent years when
high interest rates were em
ployed to curb inflation.
Kennedy says he would
control inflation with more
flexible policies that the Re
publicans have used. He has
Ike Will Reside
At Gettysburg
Washington - OIPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower says he plans
to make his permanent home
at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm
after he leaves the White
House Jan. 20.
The President made the
statement Sunday to the Rev.
Robert A. Macaskill of t h e
Gettysburg United Presbyte
rian church after attending
services there. The President
returned to Washington later
from Camp David, Md., where
he spent the week end.
Eisenhower has said little
about what he will do-after
his term of office expires. He
has indicated a desire to trav
el abroad and only this week
the White House said he
might visit Nigeria next year
as a private citizen.
Otherwise, it has been ex
pected that he would keep the
farm and spend at least some
of his time there.
Dynamite Found in
Milk House Saturday
H. D. Johnson, route 1, box
414. Eagle Point, notified
sheriff's deputies Saturday
morning that dynamite and
cows don't go together.
He reported to deputies that
he had recently moved into a
farm house in the Eagle Point
area and discovered six or
seven sticks of dynamite in
the ceiling of the milk house.
He asked deputies to dispose
of it.
said a chief cause of inflation
has been the wage and price
spirals in some basic indus
tries. He said he would not
favor direct government con
trols on those wages and pric
es, but he would exert the
leadership of the presidential
office and employ the force
of informed public opinion in
pursuit of reasonable price
stability.
The federal post of what
each candidate is proposing
has also been an issue. There
has never been any agree
ment on what either's pro
gram would cost beyond the
present federal budget, ex
cept that both would be high
er than the current Eisenhow
er budget. Generally, it is
agreed that the Democratic
program, which includes fed
eral aid for education on a
broad scale, would require
a larger budget than the Re
publican program.
More Federal Revenue
Kennedy has maintained
that an increase in the growth
rate, say to 5 per cent, would
result in more federal rev
enue in taxes to offset the
higher rate of spending. Nix
on has contended Kennedy's
program means higher taxes
or deficit spending.
Nixon also is for an in
crease rate of growth, but he
maintains this can be better
accomplished by giving tax
Incentives to private enter
prise that will cause industri
al expansion chiefly through
private spending rather than
federal spending.
Nixon has charged that one
cause of the outflow of gold
to Europe from this country
is fear that the dollar will be
cheapened or devalued If the
Democrats get In. Kennedy
has pledged himself not to de
value the dollar, and he sayi
the gold flow is caused by an
unfavorable balance of pay
ments this nation is suffer
ing. He would check it by ask
ing our allies to pay more for
national security so Ameri
can aid can be reduced.
Defense spending under el
ther candidate would likely
rise above the current figure
of $41 billion annually. Ken
nedy has been highly critical
of the budget conscious de
fense policies of the Eisen
hower administration, and
even Nixon has said "there
must be no dollar sign on de
fending America" and that
"total spending will irresisti
bly rise."
Nixon has Indicated he
would maintain present armed
forces at about their current
level but increase the strik
ing power through more ad
vanced equipment. He strong
ly opposes any merger of the
four branches of the serv
ice. Kennedy favors extensive
reorganization of the "cum
bersome, antique and creak
ing machinery of the Depart
ment of Defense." He says
he would not favor immediate
merger of the four services)
that this might come in the
coming decade. He believes
"billions can be saved" by
reorganization of the mas
sive defense establishment.
Two Girls Killed
In Woodburn Blaze
Woodburn, Ore. - flJI'U - Two
young girls were killed in a
fire at Woodburn, Saturday.
The victims were identified
as Cathleen Krupicka, 8. and
Renec Lawrence, 11, both of
Woodburn.
Fire officials said the two
were trapped in a play area
above a restaurant and suffo
cated. Their badly-burned bo
dies were recovered about a
half hour after the fire start
ed. The fire occurred at the
Filbert Grove restaurant on
the Pacific highway.
IS THERE
A RELIGIOUS I
IN THIS
ELECTION?
There should be only one religious issue in the United
States today, and that is the issue of brotherly love. It
is the fundamental concept of all the great religions of
the American people-the Protestants, the Jews, the Cath
olics, the Mormons and others.
It is indeed unfor.tunate that at a time in history when
all religious people throughout the world are faced with
the common enemy of Communism, that we should be
divided here in the United States, arguing about the qual
ifications of the next president of the United States on
religious grounds.
These times are much too perilous for the American
people to choose their next president on any other basis
than who is the best qualified for the job.
We appeal to our fellow citizens to analyze the issues
of this campaign in the light of national security. Vote
for the candidate whose program is most likely to make
us strong by invigorating the American economy; for un
less we are able soon to stem the tide that is turning
against us in the world, we may well lose all of our per
sonal freedoms to the Communists.
The record shows that it is on these important matters
that Senator Kennedy has displayed a far greater under
standing of our national problems and has presented a
more progressive program for action than Mr. Nixon.
We urge you to think rwice-you only have one vote on
November 8th. Make it important. VOTE FOR SEN
ATOR KENNEDY.
Easton Committee of Business and
Professional Men for Kennedy-Johnson
Pd. Pnl. Adv. Henry Padahem, Chmn., 122 E. 8th, Citi7ens for Kennedy-Johnson Comm.
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