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By MICKEY TRIMARCHI
Editor-in-Chief
They called from such places at
and Rehoboth, Mass. to talk
Jimmy Carter about a variety of t
from tax reform to the possibili
snow to the draught-stricken Wc
Saturday's two-hour radio 11
exneriment to develon hotter m
between the President and t!
people, succeeded in de-isolatinj
the rest of the country.
More than nine million person
the President. However, only 42 i
were lucky enough to talk to Ca
The program was essentially i
public relations. Until recently
nave not had a President who i
genuinely concerned about tt
problems facing the average citiz<
filled that gap with his friendl;
personality.
During the program Carter ad
callers by their first names. Thei
questions Carter could not imr
swer. When his aides could no
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personally call back Monday wil
Even moderator Walter Croi
added to the program's personal 1
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Utah. He said
\ Cudahy, Wis correctly pron
to President barrassment s<
topics ranging awe created bj
ty of shipping
?t. With many A
ilk show, an increasing pricc
jmmunication bid to cut coffe<
he American the program. He
I Carter from the price of cof
? Following th<
from 26 states the two-hours ;
lrter* program in the
in exercise in questions ask<
/, Americans American peop
seemed to be kind asked by I
le particular ference.
en. Carter has
y and honest Americans n<
some form of
.. _ . President. Car
[dressed most talk show of soi
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riediately an- news media,
t provide the
;rs he would One of the
th an answer, government is <
ikite of CBS and after Satur
lair. Cronkite is obviously m<
the pronunciation of Tooele,
Too-lee and was told it was
lounced Too-uh-lab. His emiemed
to detach him from the
r upper-echelon news media.
mericans concerned about the
i of coffee, Carter illustrated his
i prices by drinking tea during
i said the only way to decrease
fee is to reduce consumption.
b show, Carter said he enjoyed
and would like to do a similar
i future. He said that since the
id came directly from the
tie, they did not represent the
[hp nPUK moHio of 1 niwioD
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jed the assurance that they have
direct communication with the
ter should periodically have a
me kind for the average citizen
egular press conferences for the
key elements of a successful
communication with the people,
day's two-hour program. Carter
aving in the right direction.
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