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Vol. LXXXIII, N0'1‘3 ' I University of Kentucky . .
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4 Staff Writer tibn for the culture and literature of ' o ,- “‘ ‘ .V‘a- ~ .: c .‘t- (“A m we»? . ‘ e '1’ .. ‘ ‘-, Z;
other countries. “You have to break _.f "’ .I V'_ 2:2... ‘ l;- V‘.1V . .‘ . r . r .- .‘ IVI .

While students grumble, Universi- out of your native linguistics system \4 ~ “.3" , g ' .V" ‘ AK} C t . t ' 3 VW " - '1' »V'IV ' I“ '_
ty professors find many benefits for to discover the world," said Bernd A :‘t‘ 3-,:- .a\ my: en 9'. at; 1 1... .3 .1 .. ;I V -
enforcing foreign language re- Kratz, chairman of the German * e V- V_V»; .3. x; , // V a. '..'l .' . 3.
quirements in the various colleges. deparIment. “It’s like breaking out .. ‘ V .‘ -- “i,- ‘Q; VV .

Students enrolled in the colleges of ofa Wilson." . ., -' ‘ VIV _ . V. V-c ’a «(it V, v
Arts & Sciences, Communications wStudents who are familar with a ~ ;-
and Fine Arts (music and art history second language are more qualified : . VI .IV «1 A = V . V . ~- V ‘.
majors only) must complete four for the job market. “The world is one ’ I. r -’ ~ ‘ 1. ' . ”We“ -VVI- .
unitsofaforeign language in orderto big economic market," Drennon flax -* 3t, _ ' .
graduate. said. “Businessmen are often re- t a. . . . :- .V-V

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language requirements.However, languages}! ‘ V .‘ VI \ * \ f: V..V .-
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language in high 5(3th Will receive English is commonly spoken in most ‘; *“sz,” \VVV .Vx '- I . . ’ .-‘
four units credit it they can pass the foreign countries, said DeLap, “the " V "- L V . t, . V~ . - .
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Likewise, Herbert Dl‘ellnoni acting Kratz agreed. An initial problem, A 3 ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ..
dean 0‘ the College I: femuhlf: he said, is “a weak background in the cross to bear .3
gigggquirmegrsagreiganctfarnguag: msfogzfiuegiotlfincgatsiegrjxgzge Good Friday saw David McCracken and Gary Davidson trekking across campus with a cross and a sign as a “witness for Christ.“
for ,3 general educational pretty{ soon, but it does create a - . . . : V-V
background stumbling block." . , ..

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schools demands of the particular “Ihav no trouble in English or with V . .
profession make it difficult to devote my writing. French just takes up too .-V i f
timetostudyingalanguage. much time that I could be using to By NANCY KENNEY was no obvious cause of death. he In March. the body of 13-year-old force has no plans to release a com-

Germaine Barll, asSlstant PTO‘ study things that would be more Associated Press Writer said. Curtis Walker was found in the South posite related to the case. 1 ',
fessor of French and V an berkficialtomef ‘ Johnson declined to say who found ' River about 10 miles east of where Earlier yesterday, a group of city 3. 7 .
undergraduate adviser, emphasued «‘1 cannot motiVate myself to study ATLANTA — The body Of a young the body or how itwas clothed. the body was found Sunday. Last residents watched the sun rise over . '
the need to learn a secondVlanguage something h] never use," said black male was found yesterday in He said the special police task November, the body of 9-year-old the gravesitesof six of the murdered . . ‘
as' a means 0f broadening one's another. “It ‘I ever travel, I would the SOUth River in southeast DeKalb force that has been investigating 23 Aaron Jackson was found on the young blacks and prayed the tragedy ' 5 '. . 1
horizons. “It's a matter 0f not being a always count on someone else know- County, authorities said. The youth, earlier slayings and two disap- banks of the South River in southwest would prompt parents to shield their 1. . ‘
xenophobic ‘” your own culture and ing English." identified as Joseph Bell, was the pearances was called to the scene Atlanta. youngsters from the dangers of the _‘ .
Style “lime ‘5 "°t the my way Others agreed that they are taking 24th young black found dead here in because the body fit the profile of the Since December. three bodies of street. .‘-I ‘. -

' Bari] and other ”(@3805 stressed a foreign language because it is re- the past 21 months and the third other killings. young blacks have been found “A message has come out of all of I _‘. V’
the “1le 0t learrung a foreign quired by their colleges. {Wild in the 500th River 01' on its The investigation of the death. dumped in the Chattahoochee River this that we have a job to do." the :’
language: . One student, however, commented, banks since July 1979 when the string however, will be conducted jointly by west of Atlanta. Rev. Arthur Langford told the 40 wor- : , 4

”The mechanical and 1081.“! “Americans are too uneducated in ofslayings began. the task force and DeKalb County Meanwhile. sources close to the shippers. “We must strengthen the . "V1, '
thinking slifllls involved "t mastering foreign languages and foreign af— DeKalb County Police spokesman police, Johnson said. task force said a composite drawing institution of the family. We must iii-1' .l‘.
the language caane applied to 9th” fairs. Chuck Johnson said the body was The discovery of Bell‘s body leaves of a man seen picking up 21~yearold protect our children. We must love
courses. “You 38'" an ability tomfer ”1 simply enjoy studying a foreign found ondry ground in an area where the disappearance of one child still Eddie Duncan, a black retarded them." Langford said.
and deduct in situations where you language,” she saldi “and I find it the river had receded at the boun- under investigation by the task force. black man on the task force list. is in Langford. an Atlanta city coun- ..~ ‘ "

. have little actual knowledge,” said easy for me because I can apply my dary between DeKalb and Rockdale He is Darron Glass. 10. last seen the works. The Atlanta Journal and cilman. heads the United Youth _.1..;
Baril. ; . . knowledge 0f English to the things I counties. Sept. 14. The Atlanta Constitution reported Adult Conference. which has spon- .;

’ Students need the ability to read learn” J°hh5°h said an autopsy probably Bell is the third black youth to be yesterday. But Public Safety Com- sored neighborhood patrols and .2 "
foreign articles m the“ particular Bari] indicated that an attitude 0t WOUJd be performed today. There found in or around the South River. missioner Lee Brown said the task weekend hunts for clues. .
professions. Continued on page3 . :2 .

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mggm facts used for hngbOOKS , mg, Caudill can handle himself. By RON ng‘. aIrVéinéi lower level of oxygen at that ,2; ,2
and numerous articles on Ap— . -. Ste henson noted that Caudill‘s Senior Sta Writer 3 ti u e. . VI I“; ,V
palachia. - 1. - . .. reseailtch is cited quite frequently. ul VAhoveMviVlooVergtbybOur hgdygoeV: IVVIVV- V

In the April issue of the Coal Jour- V g '- :- “V. a “But Iwoul d saya lot of the more re— It may have taken the successf no recuperVa e. Vl s V521]! . h u1
"ah journalist Alice Comett wrote i "a i“ 1 V " . 1 cent studies don't rely so heavily on maiden flight 0f the space shuttle ' do not heal. "05th”? w” not ea ' 2,; "
that Caudill “has never been called 1 . 1 VV : V 'V , j . " the research though they do make Columbia to rekindle a national Your body doesnt regenerate V' ;,V V
to account for the inaccuracies and g, ‘ ', ‘& reference to Caudill n he said. “The flame for adventure. but DaVid damaged cells. Once you reach the .V V sVV.
misrepresentatiom that dot his ' " V w Va’h new works are supported with Gibbs has tended a fire for explor- ’ summit you have aboutVso percent
works.” V“... rI-.V evidence that can make a point ing for some time now. of your mental capaCity. . g. _

The lengthy article questioned s -‘ ‘. IVIVf stick ,, Gibbs, a computer science Mountaineersmust guard against V‘V It; J
Caudill’s information such as his a ' ‘ sophomore, will be a meVmber of a impulSlVVhe thinkianV and comVinIVleVII: V.'.I -V-_VI‘

' ' n of tch coal indus - ~ in t team of mountaineers panning t0 acts as ey near esummi . ‘i ,le-pVVi-iI
fimth’znzgpalacllzign coal industry? e M '2 tomsciigftleaimdgulgi‘fi”:nvfttit': h; climb Mount McKinley next sum- said. Justsuch actions led to tragic ~VV.V~ i
From an article in the Atlantic M°"' I] I said. “From the article we‘re not mer. 3 . . _ V results in 1967.VV. when seven
WY. COmett quoted Caudill as ”at” .;-:;I-'~;:-:~ supposed to believe anything he says, . Mountain Cllmblng can be a dif- members of the Wilcox expedition V .
writing, “. . 3‘1“ 1977 the death to“ 3" . ”1":‘tzl‘af35 butlwouldn’t believe that,” Stephen- flcult endeavor, requiring mental died of exposure near the summit of V ;. V.
was .142. and the death rate in the t “‘5 “Kat? son said. “But is may help Caudill and phySical discipline. But Gibbs McKinley. V V V V-.VVVVVV
U.S. strip mines was twice as high as ' " -‘ to learn the imptgtanceofloomofing has been preparing for the trip for Gibbs said he has confidence in .V VV
that the Dutch sustained in the vast HARRY CAUDILL which he hasn't had to do before.“ about oneVand one-half years, and the group 5 ability to meet the men
operation under the floorof theNorth John Stephenson, director of the hVesaid heVis Willing to pay the costs. tal and phySical challenges VOI’ .V.V .
Sea.” Appalachian Center, when contacted Reached yé‘wrday afternoon, It there? no pain, theres "0 McKinley. lfeel comfortable With ~V .VVV'IVVV

Qornett, who has written for The yesterday, said he was surprised so- Caudill said, “I have nothing to say gain, he said. . most of the people in the group. I VV .
International Herald 1tribune d meone has not “challenged some of other than what I already said (in the “all goes well, the team Will be David Gibbs practices rock climbing feel we can work together well. he ‘. V I I
The New Y°'h Tm”, “at; his (Caudill’s) generalizations Herald-Leader article). Even Dar- leavmg at the VbeginaniVng 'Of Jim." techniques i" theth River Gorgeto 5833* lha ‘t . k ed 'th ‘ ‘IV
.410th has never . d any coal before. win and the Holy Bible are under at- 1982 and returning at e mont s prepare for the ascent of McKinley. course ven wor VWl V. IV1V, l.
mines,orany other mines, underthe “.Mr Caudill is not one to give tack. ean, Gibbs saidV. . h f h . d them in high pressure situations. .‘ _V«..
North Sea.” .~ himselftothe normal kind of scholar- It s something I ve wanted to do c osen . rom t e responses.VV an and they haveth workequith me in . Vv

Wt the article, Cornett I re rting that others do rather “I'd th I tthe d k for for a Whlle, Gibbs continued. It S from this group 5le UV) eight Will be hlgh pressure SituatlonsI VVVl .
noted inaccuracies in Caudin’s rhutinfly n Stephenson said. “He 'tself Fla IS; edon’trhca?e Seafathin a personal endeavor; it's not for selected for the climbing team. The bitter cold temperatures and . 1..
books, and calmteractedhisevidence leaves himself open to that kind of lmore‘tosa] about it “Caudill szid g anybody 9" through anybody. It Wl" To begin serious training for the unsettled weather conditions on :V V- -.
With other reports, interviews and criticism" y ' ' be the biggest Physical achieve- climb, the group Will travel to the McKanley Will also challenge the -.
censm reports. ‘ ment for mVetodate. Northwest in mid-May to practice team s endurance.V Because of its , . V

The full text of Oornett'starticle ’ _I if»... Gibbs said a passage by VRudyard ice and snowrclimbing techniques high northern latitude McKinley - .‘. V
appeared in the Sunday Herald- I .32}; . . sz Kipling tells about the challenges in the Grand 'l‘eton mountain range. has “the worst weather conditions V
Leader. The paper provided Caudill ' Ti and rewards mountaineers receive In late June. Gibbs and a friend. of any mountain on earth. 'V Gibbs ' ‘ ,
with the opportunity to respond. from éllmhlngf If you can meet Ray Render. plan to work in Alaska said. “It is the most unpredictable - VV I
“Sometimes data become outmoded 1.43;" - " Witht “mph and diSeStel' and treat for a couple of weeks while takinga place in the world as far as 1 ‘ ‘
between thewriting of a book and its V-..-.‘ , those two imposters Just the same. closer look at the Mount McKinley weather." . . I VV
publication,"hewrote. ' I ' ,2: ,1. yours VISthe earth and everything park. Temperatures that can plunge to V VI

He alsowrote that the information VII. that‘smVit . . . . V While practicing climbing techni- 90 below zero and sudden . -V1
he collected from newspapers and Vf . Gibbs father, Walter, [S organlz- ques is important. mental prepara— snowstorms can place aVV heany . , .‘
magazine articles and other sources V: VI_ .. mg the trip. iVle has a Sideline tion for the climb is essential, Gibbs burdenVon wearchVlimbers. “that s V
were “unf tely. . .perhaps,. . . .1 " busmess in LouisvflleV which plans said. Mme most important thing in tough is when its 19 below and - V . V
destmyedf years ago." ‘ ' .' adventures and expeditions such as a long-term expedition is the theres a storm outSide. and you -

Ca ' tedeach men: . the McKinley climb. A mailer cholo ical demand“ he said cant pull yourself out of the bag.‘ . .

' ’ ' ' f the psy - g ~ - '- - ' ton our cold shoes and shovel . .
81W ht‘did concede that 0" his describing the ascent ° PhySical exertion is minimal com- pu y ., G'bbs . .‘
information about Andrew Mellon’s Alaskan peak drew response from pared to the psychological snow off your tent. i said. . ~
donations to the city 0‘ Pithbtn‘flh all corners 0f the country.V Gibbs demands." 1 Changing weather conditions
during the depression he “may lave said those interested in making the . force climbers to have flexible .
been overly gullible in accepting in- 9! ”side We trip are from '53" Dle80. Dallas, Atmospheric conditions at high plans. “On the average it takes two ~. .
fmnati on a guided tour of ._______ "—7— , _,___ a. Jackson H018. Wyn. and Durham, altitudes make mental fimass and a half to three weeks to make . ~
CarnegitMellon." ' W'l- a , ’~ ling-«r; . r , 1 min .3 ' r. illnisiw v. -. -li~' In; . N-C‘ . especially, important. Mount - the climb. barring weather. Vhe '-

Cornett pointed out that Caudill 'l‘ '-i A r "1 mw u . . ...: _ I. . Gibbs and hlS father sifted McKinley hi15a20.320foot summit said. “The National Park SerVice

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tlnactufldmntion Mellw gaveto ‘3 ' . .1. ~. - '3 I .1 ... WIN most qualified forthetrip. At this tic air. andthebody and minddo It is not uncommontowait storms

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A. . members. mm?” professor Harry Caudill, ty rate in Appalachian strip mining operations ' I
came under serious attack in a length?, article was twice that of subterranean mines Iin “I es
. in yesterday 5 Herald-Leader. (see re ated ar- Holland. I» \I _ E2. _ _ _ . .
t " t “019. pagell . , Further, she quotes another 1978 claim by G f 'i , u ‘ ,4: 5
' ' ' .. IIEIlver Since the publication 0f,.C.a”dlu S Caudill which appeared in Atlantic Monthly, I." f 6 ' I/ s.
_ .» '. Night Comes to the Cumberland m 1963' stating that the death rate in US. strip mines I f l . / /. ‘ A {l . w, - 3
q . . believed .by . many to be emohg the m°St was twice that which “the Dutch sustained in . p f - ,. Lac 3
. ' ’ a I ' scathing ‘nd‘Ctmgm 0f coal industry land ac- the vast operations under the floor of the 7M \ ' l .2
., I , qulsltion and mining practices in Appalachia, North Sea.” According to Cornett no such \ ‘\ b . tl ;
l . , he has been at the forefront of the movement operations have ever existed ’ ‘ 10/ 5/. V ____~._ , . u
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.' for stricter regulation of coal operations in Caudill, however, in a refutation which ap~ - , ,4 . V
. . ', hastern KentUCkY' Since 00mmg to UK m peared in con‘unction with Cornett’s article, _ ,m‘ '1‘!!!" ’ ‘ ’—
. 1977‘ he. has been among the ”105‘ OUtSPOken refers to 5 billion tons of coal mined “before ‘ II__,__——- ' \
- ‘ ,- and POhtlcal members 0f the faculty. the beginning of the North Sea gas field.” ‘* lfll .
. . The Herald-Leader article, however; could The reader is left to wonder __ was the fi . . ,I'----.I
' > " I pose a dithCUlt challenge to Caudill 5 con- fatality rate to which Caudill referred in his \ / ' “ 2‘ 3
' r powers that be Wlthlh the UhlVETSltY and the the North Sea coal mining to which he referred L I, /’ \. " 4; ~lr _
‘ . . . state. Authored by Alice Cornett and original- in Atlantic Monthly perhaps a dredging opera- - ~l . . Lag?”
. - 13' appearing. ”1 the Apr 11 issue 0f the Coal tion, not technically ’carried out below the .4 u M. § ‘ #135 L
‘ . - Journal, it pomts upa number of pOSSible inac- ocean floor? Cornett unfortunately does not . IQ — 'v . 1
' f curacies in Caudill‘s works and methodology. say. Nor does Caudill: ’ , '
t . Mg? 5:319“ are Corrdfithfsnihif‘ihggessafglly Although it appears from Cornett’s conten- I'm EOH'Y mt. BUthI But The tax Laws at? QUlte CLeal' '
cernin au 1 s comparis i . - h t - - . . , _ , .
" , ', records in Holland as compared to theHUfiiwg Eggsotthzrifizgdihligifsseldulatgt: [gistshxs’ggttchég on ting 901i“ 86ml} BUSY Pamtmt} anD/Ol’ Decorating QGGS D095
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. . for 10 years, I knew that there were no mines, 2:23:53? filgfgcgbrcfifstig f;::€::§%f?s [L035 COl'IQUIttte LeGat CaU'Se for F3 \l-Ul'e {0 Elite U.S.taX form lotto .
' , . subterranean or otherwise, operating m that more a crusader than a historian and that the
country in 1978." she writes in challenge of a two do not mix. ’
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' . By SCO'I'I‘ ROBINSON really not all that hungry. I'm staring long to fix. I 'm still on time, the planning on attending Georgia Tech She has that casual, sultry, “0h! Am Wheels Camaro, and the engine is so
' I 'I . Editorial Editor into my plate, twirling the spaghetti tank's full, my clothes are smudged, my first three years . . I may be I late?" expression. She’s dressed to loud you can't hear the other person
,: . 'I with my fork. as my sister stares at and my shirt sleeves smell like scared. but I’m not going to let this kill. I look like I work at a Shell sta- talking. Not that I can think of
. .- ,' . There are lots of things worth me and grins an evil grin. Ican hear gasoline, [ring the doorbell. guy crack me. tion. Her mother peaks around the anything to say, Then there’s the
. i I discussing right now, with all that's itcoming. A huge man looms in the doorway, Enter the big brother. He goes to corner and smiles. gear shift in the middle, which
.- ‘ , been going on both around here and “Mom," she says, as if I ’m not with nine-pound eyebrows and a 95- Princeton. tooks like Adonis, plays “Hi there! ” she grins. I want to needless to say makes life very dif-
, .. . nationally. There's the Moral Majori- listening, "You know that after- inch chest. He frowns down at me. football. weighs a thousand pounds, punch her teeth out. Everybody leave ficult. , .
< ‘ I ty thing, the “What‘s-Going-To- shave I got Dad for Christmas? Well, “You must be Scott,” he deduces, smells of Brut 33 and looks like he me alone and let me out ofhere!
. ' . ' Happen-To-Al-Haig“ thing in he hasn't gotten around to opening it “Come right inand haveaseat." rubs meatloaf on his chest every Teresa’s father says something to Nwd I say more? And that is
' , '. y Washington (see below}, the various yet, and I was just thinking. maybe I sit on a $92,000 couch in a living morning. her in private. I can imagine what it before the date starts at all. The date
- . allegeds occurring on campus -— all Romeo here would like to use it. . room filled with antique furniture. “Hi, Scott, nice to meet you,” he is, itself, the subsequent dates, the
. ', . in all, dinner conversation has really My remaining appetite rapidly The room smells like an air- says, and I know he’s lying. He Off we go. I catch the edge of her subsequent girls, the subsequent
‘ . _ . . i picked up these last few weeks. vanishes. The dinner company, conditioner, I settle back. He stands towers over me as I stand to shake priceless family heirloom dress in fights and problems, empty wallets
. - I. ' , But those are all such serious sub- which is still grinning evilly, is sad in the doorway. hands. He crushes it. the door and get grease on it. and empty hearts, all put me whereI '
' ~. - . jects. So I'm going to talk about get- denly a bit threatening, and I retreat “Go away," I think at him. He sits "You take care of my little sister, “oh, this old thing? Don’t worry am today—at the alter.
. ' ._ . ting married. to my room. down acrossfrom me. hear? Ha, ha,” he chortles, a dagger about it! " Oh. what I‘d have given just once to
. , l . That is something I‘m doing next 5:45 — I open the closet door to "So," he smiles that alligator in his eye. A veritable library of She did thattomake mefeelworse, have been on the other side of that
~ . month. For the first time, incidental- decide what to wear. I hate being smile. "What are your plans when threats and undesirable fates in that I know she did. As we drive to the. living room door.
. " .‘ .‘ ly. It's a new experience for me. But picked on! These are times when a you get out of school?" sentence. I nod weakly, grinning movie, late, I realize just how rotten
. . I‘m not going to talk about that so man must stand on his own two feet "I'm going to be a nuclear back, feeling like throwing up on my planning has been. I should have Scott Robinson is getting married
’. ,‘ . ,r much as I‘m going to talk about how I and the world had better stay out of physicist," I tell him with an equally him. borrowed the family car. An MG on May 16, His column appears every
_ . _‘ ‘. . came to this station in life. his way! I look into the closet. No pleasant, equally hostile smile. “I’m A half hour later, Teresa appears. Midget is not much bigger that a Hot other Monday. .
. .' . - You girls are either all naive or all blue jeans tonight, we're going first
' . .- sadistic. It is beyond me how you can class! Ah. yes, the light brown long- a o o o o
' . ' I not realize what we guys have to go sleeve leisure shirt with that Western H l h t t h If f d
‘ ._ t t through in the process of getting cut to it —I look great in that. Let's alg overp aylng 18 par ’ may ge lmse Ire
. ‘ . t -. ‘- ’t ,- from age 12 to age 20. see — what kind ofpants do you wear
. 'I‘ ‘ Towit: with it? Slacks? Cords? The tan or
. I. ", ‘ ' A FRIDAY IN 1977 the dark brown? (I know nothing By ANDREW YOUNG back to Washington from Texas. tosave his pmition, Allen, the National Security Adviser,
. . . 3:30 p.m. — the bell rings, and about clothes, less about colors, and Ms accOunts said that Haig seem- The rapid decline of Alexander had pledgedtomaintainalow profile
T -. . school lets out. The sophomores head my parents own a chain of clothing ed nervous, if not shaky, under Haig is a classic example of a man while Haig was to be chief
' .. I, ; ,Q for the buses. the Juniors and seniors Storesl- On March 30, minutes after Presi- pressure, and that he blundered in who gets intoa high executive post in spokesman on foreign policy, Allen ‘
.I .. - pile into their cars in the student “Mom!" dent Reagan had been shot, explaining his presence at the White Washington butdoes not understand probablyofnecessityhadtogopublic
., parking lot. I head 0" out to my little She comes to my rescue. selects an Secretary of State Alexander Haig House as his responsibility under how to play the game of turf and with his own policy ideas. The State
j - ~ light green 1973 MG Midget which outfit, and I stand there fidgeting, stepped before the microphones in “comtjtutional” succession flowing policy. Department and the White House
- ,. - costs me an arm and a leg to keep wanting herto leave. but she won't. the White House press room. He was from pmident to vice president to He came into the administration fould differing interpretations on the
'. .. _-. ' ." running. I head home 1 debat? ”Which movie are you going to?" there to reassure the nation and the secretary of State. Constitutional with a reputation for having won the relative importanceof El Salvador in
7 ,‘f . , ', whether or not t0 call Teresa (a name she asks with an interested smile. world that the United States govem- succession to the presidency actually respect of our Western allies while he the context of East-West relations.
‘. 7'» . changed to protect an innocent) when “Don’t worry. mother, it‘s respec- ment was functioning smoothly dur- goes first to the vice president, then was NATO commander, and thus Thus, the administration was sen-
IIu‘ .I' I ‘ I get home to confirm what time I'm table. " I snap back. Iknow she trusts ing this sudden crisis, This was the to the speaker of the House, then to was a convenient ideological symbol ding out different signals on crucial
. ZI' supposed to Pick her Up. I know My judgement about first—date man who had developedanimage of the president pro tempore of the ofu_s.resolveandsolidaritywiththe foreignpolicyissues
" ‘ "TI ' perfectly well it's supposed to be movies — she was just being conver» being firm and cool under fire, the Senate, and only then to the water-n alliance. Yethewas in trou- No weeks ago, Haig told a con-
.I'. ~ ’I. '~I 7.15, but when you've never gone out sational. but I‘m so high-strung it “take-charge”gemralwhohadcoor- SecretaryofState. ble with this own administration 81-55mm subcommittee of his
, ' “" With ‘1 Pa'ticula' 8"" befo'ev you doesn't matte" dinated the baCkSt-‘lge maneuvering “IDS, while Haig tried to calm from day one of the Reagan term, unhappiness overareported decision
._ :“ really feel stupid if you show up early 6:30 —— I sit in my car down the at the White House leading to the fears of instability and danger in the when on Inauguration Day he handed to name Bush as the adminstration’s
3,’ '. or late- streetfrom Teresa '8. I 'm early. I feel resignationof Richard Nixon. aftermath of the shooting, he actual the president a paper suggesting the crisis manager — a job clearly
": -. 3 ’-I 5:20 — I called. “Teresa? Scott» stunid being ready this early- Now I But in the glare of television lights ly reinforced arguments that he is divisions of foreign-policy authority coveted by Haig. The White House,
, -‘ Listen. I just called to make sure of have to sit and sweat for 45 minutes last week, if wasadifferent mfg who obsessed with his place in the peck- and responsibility to be observed in aghast at the public airing of an in-
. , j . what time I'm supposed to pick you in this stupid hot cramped car. I took it upon himself to speak for the mg order of the administration and the new government. Not surprising- ternal dispute, immediately confirm-
:' 3 UP." “Seven-fifteen" "Oh, Yeah. notice the gas guage is sitting 0" administration in the absense of the hisquest for preeminent power over ly, the lion’s share of power in the ed Bush’s appointment to the crisis
. ';' .‘ That's right. Well . . bye." empty. To the gas station. . . wounded president, and Vice Presi- foreign policy. In the process, he may proposal would go to Haig himself. managementpost. Then, onathe day
',‘ . Sitting at supper, 1 find that I'm 7:10 — The flat tire has not taken dent Goerge Bush. who was rushing have played his last card ina gamble The paper lackedarecognitionofthe of the attempted assassination, Haig
ft ' , —‘ “’W— collegial approach contemplated by rushed to the White House within
. ' . - . ‘ Reagan and his top advisors, an ap- minutes of learning of the shooting
. ', :' ' V. . . proach whereby a team would share without being summoned there. He
. r. If ., in decision-making over everything attempted his own version of crisis
- -. . '_ . from bureaucratic turf to policy ex- management and brought abtiut the
'- _~ I. ; fl” ecution. The Reagan team quickly subsequent discussiom on presiden-
’ .‘-;.': t ) shreddedflaig'spaper. tialsuccession.
'i " . ~ ." l ' Equally crucial to Haig’s future Alexander Haig atthebeginningof
. - ._ g ‘ was his apparent failure tograsp the this adminstration promised to be a
i , ' I.” ~- I reality of political power held by cer- no-nonsense cold warrior, who was
it 1 ‘ '. Q ' ' tain personalities in the Reagan respected by the Europeans and en-
'- I ‘ -, . f. camp. While Halg was an outmder, Joyed their confidence, and in addi-
'.' diesemenhadbeenintbecampaign tionastrongandunbendingsymbol
. . kit . and now were in positions to have a for the new adminstration in
. . ‘ U ‘ 1 j , direct impact on foreign policy: Washington.
' I I , v? ."I .- I .. ~~ . William Casey at the CIA, Caspar Hemaynotgettofulfill eitherrole
, I ' j . '~ . \ Q]? NI .. ‘~ . ,I Weinberger at Defense, Richard because of his own misreading of
: . -. . , . a A “’1 V 34‘: » 5“ ’5‘! \ Allen at the National Security Coun- political reality. If Haig had
.‘r ..', - . / lq , ‘ ' - B I, if. g gig“ . 9:3 cil, and Edwin Meese — the White widestoodmewouldhaveworkedto
“‘0 ' p l“ h") ' : ( /’/él 9" Housecmmelwhoisclearlytbe becomefiistarnongequalsontbe
' . > . ' ‘s , 9' .’ ' ' . president’sseniorpolicyadviser. collegial team, and not a self-
.' “ V ' ,’ .\s @ A “Eb-mob?“ / aa/ 5 ‘3‘ ‘ Apolitically semitivepeisonwmld proclaimed vicar answerable to his
‘ ‘ .wi‘ I ‘ ‘I 3030‘" v: r or ' m (-(g .s/’ :3 o 1 : think twice before laying claim to president bu