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During his visit to USC last weeker
Chip had some interesting, although o
Some of the statements expressed
more like wishful thinking.
WHEN THE YOUNGER CARTE)
father's administration has faced ir
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surmouniaDie carrier creaiea uy me
up mostly of oil company concerns, I
Yankee Doodle, for that matter.
The troubled energy situation is n<
fault that should rightfully be share
representatives on Capitol Hill.
The tremendous influence the enerj
members from all parts of the natio
significant energy legislation has
presidential leadership.
still, judging oy tne repeated r
credibility is receiving the brunt (
American people?a dissatisfaction t
This brings us to wishful thinking.
The president's son said he is conl
ward Kennedy will not oppose his
presidential nomination, and if he doe
Considering Kennedy's increasin
statements that slowly increase ar
possibility of Kennedy for president is
And if Kennedy does run, the pre
given me supreme lesi.
Let'
McGuire's
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To the Editor:
The recent decision
concerning the dismissal of
coacn rranK Mcuuire atter
the completion of the 1979-80
basketball season once again
shows the stupidity of the
board of trustees.
First they blew our final
chance of getting back into
the Atlantic Coast Conference,
then they let the
opportunity of entering the
Metro-7 this year slip
through their fingers, and
now this.
Apparently, the trustees
do not see how valuable
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id, President Jimmy Carter's son
Id hat, things to say.
cold, hard facts. Others seemed
R said the primary problem his
ivolves scaling tlie seemingly invery
powerful energy lobby, made
he wasn't just whistling Dixie. Or
)t the fault of any one man, but a
id by many?namely the people's
lobby exerts over congressional
n is the overriding reason that no
been passed into law, not poor
lationwide polls, the president's
>f the dissatisfaction felt by the
:hat threatens his political future.
fident Massachusetts Senator Edfather
for the 1980 Democratic
s, Carter will emerge the victor,
g presence in the news, with
iticipation of his candidacy, the
: more and more likely.
sident's re-election hones will be
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6removal9
upid move
McGuire is to Carolina's
athletic program.
As I see it, as long as
McGuire is healthy and feels
he is capable of coaching, he
cannot be regarded as
anything but an asset to the
basketball program.
This decision, along with
the others, makes one
wonder whether the board of |
trustees is working for the
good of the university or j
someone else.
Joey Sheppard
history junior
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OPEC playing
WASHINGTON ? The arrogant Arab oil cartel
known as OPEC is playing a vicious game of crackthe-whip
which has sent the U.S. economy spinning
into an ominous vortex of inflation and recession.
Because of the petroleum price gouge imposed by
the oil-producing nations ' of the Middle East,
American workers are being laid off and American
consumers are Daving ever-soarinc Drices for
everything they must buy.
Every expert observer we've talked to predicts the
Arabs will wield the whip with increasing relentlessness
in the future. They'll use the price of oil as a
blackmail weapon to make Uncle Sam kowtow on
such crucial foreign policy issues as the survival of
Israel and recognition of the Palestine Liberation
Organization.
In the face of these threats, President Carter has
been waving his arms in exhortation like an orchestra
leader without a baton and Congress has been
fiddling in futility with a long-range energy program.
Intelligence strategists in the government. however
have been weighing what countermeasures might be
taken if the oil sheikhs decide to tighten the economic
thumb screws further in the future.
Secret intelligence reports warn forebodingly that
the United States can expect more oil blackmail from
the Middle East. Here are some of the unpleasant
alternatives we would face: Coming to terms with the
Arabs and letting them dictate our foreign policy;
living on half the oil we now consume or taking
economic retaliatory action.
The first two options would end the United States as
a political or economic leader of the free world,
rendering us as impotent as the now toothless British
lion.
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i ii 10 o/tisiis, uic iiuemgence experts nave
drawn up "contingency plans" on steps that might be
taken if the Arabs persist in their oil squeeze. The
blueprint, which has not been adopted and merely
represents a hypothetical set of possible "retributive
actions/' consists of seven steps.
A freeze of all Arab assets in this country which
now amount to billions of dollars in hnlriinffa
A cut-off of shipments of food, spare parts,
machinery and know-how to Arab countries.
Adoption of an artificial price-rigging of wheat
and other grain shipments essential to the Middle
East to match increases in the OPEC price of oil.
Ordering U.S. firms to stop doing business with
the Arab world.
Blocking Arab shipping and communications
interests from using U.S. facilities.
Suspending technical and military assistance.
Stopping visas to Arab students and businessmen.
The secret intelligence papers caution strongly that
such retaliatory moves would . provoke Arab
nosuitues una "drastically reduce or perhaps halt"
oil shipments into this country. This could lead to a
crisis calling for military intervention on our part.
in such an extreme case, the 82nd Airborne
Division has had field exercises centering on a takeover
of the Mideast oil fields and the Marine Corps
has been trained in sept>prp$. landings on shores
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JIMMY CARTER-TRUMAN: In these dark hours
of politically disastrous polls, Jimmy Carter envisions
himself as doing a Harry Truman in 1980. He
and his inner circle are casting him in the image of
the Man from Independence who staged the biaaest
upset in presidential history by defeating Tom Dewey
in 1948.
But while Truman captured votes by lambasting a
"do-nothing" GOP Congress, Carter may have to rely
on help from the Republicans on the Hill this year and
next.
When Congress returned last week, we talked to a
number of Democrats who had taken soundings from
their constituents during the summer recess. Without
exception, they told us they'd found the folks at home
were disenchanted with the president.
They reported there was no personal animosity
toward Carter; they just believed he wasn't big
enougn lor tne jod. Seven Deomcratic senators who
face tough re-election races say they'll disassociate
themselves from the president. They fear his coattails
may prove to be a lead balloon.
Evidence of their lukewarm support will become
apparent in the remaining months of this year's
session. They'll either shun backing the Georgian's
legislative proposals or offer their own versions.
On the other hand, the word in Capitol cloakrooms
is that Republican senators and House members will
tnlrp it a little* aaoii An ? ?J !J 1
? .. u .?uv v?oj vii i-iic ijcica^ucieu president.
Because of his low standing in the polls, they want
him to get the Democratic nomination on grounds
that he'll be easy to beat next November.
My sources tell me word has been passed to ease
up on attacks on Carter?until after the Democratic
convention renominates him or picks someone else.
HEADLINES AND FOOTNOTES: Republican
presidential hopeful Phil Crane has discovered a
political truth: Never count your campaign egg until
it's hatched.
The Illinois congressman hired right-wing fundraising
magician Richard Viguerie to get him money
but the two came to a parting of the ways recently.
Viguerie Enterprises hauled in $2.5 million in
contributions on Crane's behalf but the bottom line
was that Viguerie's outfit deducted $2 million of that
for their help.
The Pentagon brass is costing the taxpayers
millions a vear bv throwino nurnv 0n1H an/1 oilvor
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according to experts.
The military uses silver in its photography labs and
medical facilities; gold is used in items such as
buttons and eyeglasses. Other government agencies
such as the Veterans Administration manage to
recoup up to 85 percent of the precious metals they
deal with by recycling.
But the Defense Department recovers only 21
percent of the silver it uses. Metallurgical experts
estimate the brass and braid of the military services
are tossing away about $320 million a year in
recoverable gold and silver.
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