University of South Carolina Libraries
Monday, bloody Jack BY MIKE HEMBREE Since the Tom Eagleton affair, syndicated snooper Jack Andersor has not been in the best of graces with many journalists across the nation. Thus, Anderson has been quite careful lately about what types of leaks he releases when and where In the cases of his unreliable ex poses (a la the Eagleton drunker driving episode), he has passed his scoops on to others. One of those recent "semi scoops" involved a memo ap parently taken in the dead of nigh from the desk of, of all people Santa Claus. Anderson agents disguised as elves supposedly pilfered the memo as Santa anc Stronr EDITOR'S NOTE: This columr was written by Jack Bass, the Columbia Bureau chief of Tht Charlotte Observer, and a formei Gamecock staff member. He is ont of South Carolina's foremos "Strom Watchers." The columr originally appeared in The Ob server Sunday, September 24. Sen. Strom Thurnond is the nev Santa Claus of South Carolin politics. He brings the goodie home from Washington. In attending a Strom Thurmonc appreciation dinner - and thes days there's one somewhere i South Carolina just about ever night -- one remembers the ol campaign theme of the late L Mendel Rivers. Federal largess was a trademark of Rivers amon his Charleston area constitutent and his slogan became, "River Delivers." Thurmond's new billboards shov him striding full-length toward th viewer out of a background of rec white and blue that proclaims "Reelect Strom Thurmond...H gets things done." lie's wearing a rancher-styl hat, a stylish shirt and a wide tie and strides with the vigor on might expect of a 69-year-old ma who jogs three miles a day an whose wife is expecting her secon child. Interi House 0O ALL YOI MONDA Y A French To, Choice of 5 syrup flavo: TUESDA Y Buttermilk Choice of 5 syrup flavo WEL Fried Chic Salad, ff., roll, & butte ( Specials good bel 1031 Assembly Street Monday Anderson Mrs. Claus were resting peacefully before the yearly autumn toy rush begins. The memo was designed in red and white with a small drawing of the old man at the top of the page. Scribbled on the back was something about a syphilis epidemic among the reindeer herd. But the front side of the page was much more re- 'ling. There Anderson's men fou. , a partial list of what were apparently Santa's tentative plans for Christmas gifts. Among them were: For SOUTHERN BELL-Parker Brothers game book ("How To Win At Monopoly"). STROM THURMOND-90 Pampers and a long talk with Planned Parenthood. Thurmon Keen observers notice his dark brown sideburns contrast sharply with the gray temples on photographs of him taken eight years ago. It's a new image - both physically and politically. The ole role of protest is being cast aside. Thurmond dismisses his negative voting record on social legislation and declares, "I'm going to get every dollar I can for South Carolina" even for programs he voted against. His Democratic opponent, state Senator Nick Zeigler, snipes, "Strom will tote the bag, but he won't put anything in it." But perhaps the most striking change of all for Thurmond, the 1948 Dixiecrat presidential can 4 didate who built a career of s protesting against federal in s fringement on "the Southern way of life," is his courtship with Negro V voters. e Thurmond maintains his position has never changed, that he has always been fair to blacks, but e others say he has changed indeed and that much of the change came e after the 1970 governor's race, ' when Thurmond's man Albert e Watson ran for governor and lost n after appealing to traditional at d titudes. d More than 25 per cent of the registered voters in South Carolina iational f' Pancakes LJ CAN EAT ND THURSDAY ast 99* rs AND FRIDAY Pancakes 89 rs NESDA Y ken*1 r ween 11 a.m. & 10 p.m. No Checks Accepted and the S JOHN McMILLAN-24 pre stuffed ballot boxes. RICHARD NIXON-A giant economy size safety deposit box to hold secret peace plans; a box of checkers. THE S. C. STATE LEGISLATURE-The annual Golden Guinea award for general incompetence and a collective subscription to Mad magazine. JOHN WEST-The copyright to a new book entitled "How To Be A Moderate Democrat Without Really Trying." GEORGE McGOVERN 98,652,427 votes. ERNEST HOLLINGS-A white picket fence to leap back-and-forth over six times daily. JOE FRAZIER-Fights with Joe d: Buying are black, and their vote in many elections is decisive. Roughly 75 blacks joined a $25-a plate crowd of 300 at Spartanburg Thursday night for an appreciation dinner for Thurmond. Mrs. Cammie Claggett, a local Negro leader, read off a long list of federal -funded projects in black communities throughout the state that Thurmond helped get ap proved, and there was loud ap plause when she said, "We must return Strom Thurmond to the U. S. Senate. Mrs. Victoria Delee and more than 30 other blacks drove almost 200 miles from Dorchester County for the dinner. Afterwards she met privately with Thurmond and Tom Moss, his black aide. Mrs. Delee wore a Thurmond button on her dress. She said she's always considered herself a Democrat, but added, "It's not the party, it's the man who can get the jo> done. ..People can't live off promises." Thurmond had gotter her a $160,000 grant for a day care center. She made no formal en. dorsement, but said of Thurmond, "If we hammerinhim long enough, we'll get him converted and give him the Holy Ghost. I don't say if you can't beat them, join them, Roof a Welcome. 3 Locations 1221 Rosewood S 503 12th St. HI WAl' from 11 Contact Mana 8-11, 3-5 1211 College anta Claus scoop Smotz, Bill "The Rock" Barringer, TOM JONES-A Garnet and and other leading contenders. Black cadillac. CLARK McGREGOR-The flair RALPH NADER-A 1966 Cor of John Mitchell. vair complete with roll bars and JOHN MITCHELL-The job of steering wheel lock system. Clark McGregor. SOL BLATT-A toupee. SPIRO AGNEW-A six-week RICHARD DALE Y correspondence course on how to Autographed copy of The God make friends and influence people. father signed by Marion Brando. FLOYD SPENCE-A National HUGH HEFNER-Nothing. Guardsman in every phone booth BURT REYNOLDS-Ten-foot and a tank in every garage. necktie. SARGENT SHRIVER-A red, RONALD REAGAN-Re-entry white and blue "Can-Do" button. into the actors' guild. ITT-The honor of being in- MERV GRIFFIN-A free pass stalled as an official department of from the CBS late movie. the United State government LESTER BATES-A notice that executive branch. insurance premiums have gone up. GEORGE WALLACE-The first BORIS SPASSKY-A Chinese copy of Arthur Bremer's diary, checkerboard. soon to be published. the black vote? but I say. 'Convert them and then Thurmond is emphasizing his join them'." "non-partisan" campaign. Mayor Charles Ross of Lin- Although he will go to North colnville, a black Democrat, Carolina and campaign for already is converted. He said he is Republican Jesse Helms "because endorsing Thurmond because of the President needs a Republican help in getting approval of four Congrs, Thurmond says he isn't federal projects for his town. going to work for South Carolina "When a man helps you, you Republicans running for Congress. have to help him," Ross said. To do so would of course cut into White Democratic mayors and his "non-partisan" appeal. county officials also are lining up In his Spartanburg speech, with endorsements in return for Thurmond pointedly listed local delivery of federal grants. Spar- federal grant applications still tanburg Mayor Robert Stoddard, pending. His clear message was whose city has gotten help from that his help would be useful after Thurmond in securing $21 million November. in federal grants, says it is good for Although Thurmond is off and local government to have a running, it isn't yet clear how his Republican and a Democrat in the new image is being received U. S. Senate. He is supporting among the 1968 supporters of Thurmond "wholeheartedly" and George Wallace, many of them introduced him at the "non- traditional Democrats who partisan" appreciation dinner, rejected Republican Watson in Only one Democratic legislator 1970. showed up at-Spartanburg. That was Rep. Sam Manning, whom Thurmond had helped on a pet Le tter project of Manning's to make a federal memorial site of the T H DTR Cowpens battlefield. Manning said O he didn't consider his appearance This is just a note to say that an endorsement and said he had credit for changes in the Housing contributed more to Zeigler's Office should go to Mr. Douglas campaign than the cost of the Fitzgerald, of Business Affairs, ticket for the Thurmond dinner, and Mr. Joseph Barnes, of Housing, along with the new Director, Mr. Robert Stewart. e e e Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Barnes ewe ler hs teepfo worked together very closely during the past year to remodel inTRE anderamproaetoffice arrangemednfo inoHousingetomakntthingsvmor businesscthere; andDMr.cStewarttis tUd. ente Crei supousepdertinggeni ThSrven Yoleertdy"a devlpn h evc seto thetmuch-enlargedaorganizatio part.Clisa creditforiteionwiignssr. Only__one_Democratic_legislatoreeaietefntoso ao University enterpisetandufor thei goodrfaithhaddhhardework inpad justingttheiraonanization tokmee federal chmgingineedsifestudents Cowpens batlefield.PanningRsai he didn'tUconsidrIhis appearanc ITEDF EVERYTNGN KTNoFveerive anicrfu 610pHirdenCStter St0 Phoe2 :4-12