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1? ?L_ Jenrette too Rep. John Jenrette Jr., D-S.C., is campaiging for U.S. M; House deputy majority whip. ' - While acknowledging to The State newspaper that it is nc "ambitious for a second termer" to consider the post, Jenrette said he has the experience to do the job. As deputy majority whip, Jenrette said he could help Jc mediate differences between the President-elect Jimmy m Carter and the House leadership because he was the first to he endorse Carter. Jenrette says his qualifications for the job include the fact F< that he put out his own whip notices for the freshmen the SI last two years; and an associate of Majority Whip John d( McFall, D-Calif., said he did the best work of anyone in the th 94th Congress as a whip. Jenrette is indeed ambitious to push for more power in in Congress after recent revelations of his business practices th pointed out his sloppy, if not unethical, business practices. m The Charlotte Observer reported Oct. 3 that a company controlled by Jenrette sold underwater land to un- IS suspecting buyers and sold other land it did not own while m trying to bail out a foundering resort development in North 1c | George Morr Is Editor Mickey Trtmorchi Karen Whi News Editor Editorial Pac Catherine Tht ift isoompq Biiiy ua Asst. News Editor AO Manager Sports E Mitch She Alyce Ko/ma GeneGaillard Sally Wi Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Asst. Sports I Bi/an Susan Paciuet ChurkCr Graduate Assistant Production Manager Entcrfainmc THE GAMECOCK welcomes letters from its readers. Letters should be limited to i i subject and a maximum of 300 words They must be signed with the writer's true Pseudonyms or other aliases will not be used, but the writer's name will be witl circumstances warrant. To assist us in verifying the identity of writers, please your mailing address and a telephone number where you can be reached. Please class standing and major, also. We reserve the right to edit all letters, not for cont to meet our space limitations. Address: Campus Opinion, The Gamecock, Dra V USC, Columbia, S.C. 29208. ^ rtle Beach during the early 1970's. mars! lis company also used underwater land and land it did On ; own as part of the collateral for $870,000 in loans. borro rhe land is part of a proposed resort development called tellinj ritage Shores, a salt marsh behind Cherry Grove Beach. On irette's company, Heritage Shores Ltd., was filling in the mortf irsh and planned to divide it into 190 lots for resort tgage mes. fenrette borrowed $120,000 from the Myrtle Beach Air Jen rce Base Federal Credit Union in 1971, using Heritage but hi ores lots for collateral, 65 per cent of which was un- one f rwater because Jenrette's company was digging a canal slopp ough the middle of it. 3e borrowed another $220,000 from the same credit union Jen 1973 using 20 lots as collateral. But he did not own three of after >se lots. Two more were in a marsh that Jenrette ad- shoul tted could not be fiiled in. habit \fter the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Jenrette in legisl 11 that a portion of the development would have to remain Be< arshland. the congressman did nnt tell huvers of thns? T*>nr* s he would be unable to keep his promise to fill in their denie I | Patterson forewc To the Editor: akcr Devotion to the University of South Carolina ? EdiYor .g a|wayS appreciated, but overzealous and destructive acts in the name of devotion to the university cannot be encouraged, are not appreciated, and will not be permitted. wood son Crlllnrt . i < . 1 il. J _ - As president, i remma me men uuu wumwi ui Carolina that any acts of vandalism are a luEd tor violation of the criminal laws of the State of South Carolina. Specifically, the Code of Laws sjngle of South Carolina prohibits the willful or name? malicious defacing or other injury of property, nc'ude Also prohibited by the code are acts on any nciude university premises which are obnoxious in JerT manner, which interfere with or disturb in any J way the students or faculty of the university or I" monosodium glutamate, BHA, BHT, isopropyl citrate, methyl silicone. All these damn additives just kill me!" m ' le Gamecock ] Opinion H tiy lots. r at least five occasions, Jenrette and his corporation wed money on land already mortgaged, without 5 the lenders about the previous mortgages. at least five other occasions, the company sold gaged land without telling the buyer about the morirette conceded that his company did all these things, e said nothing was illegal, he inteneded to decieve no md any irregularities resulted from mistakes and y bookkeeping. irette is a good politician. His ability to get re-elected these revelations indicate that. But a good politician d also be an efficient legislator. Sloppy bookkeeping s in business do not suggest that Jenrette is efficient in ative bookkeeping. jause of his questionable bookkeeping habits itte's selection as deputy majority whip should be d. irns vandals which constitute entry upon university premises, except on official business, without the permission of the president of the institution. Thp Carolina administration?in nnnnort with the administration of Clemson University?is pledged to the full enforcement of the laws of r the State of South Carolina upon persons initiating nuisances against USC and also upon Carolina students and supporters who commit acts of vandalism against other institutions. WILLIAM II. PATTERSON USC president