European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 17, \ 969 the stars and stripes Page f. Buckley or the fit Nixon panel to re port Cam. In rather hesitantly in that it was on the Side of administrative efficiency on the one hand but an the other it it emed cd recognize that administrative efficiency for certain types of Wel fare program it out of this world out even of or. Nixon s world.  Are the issues the anti poverty Prog Arn hat As its objective a goal which both Liber als and conservatives theoretically endorse namely the graduation of welfare families into self sufficiency. As usual the ques Tion is How to proceed. The Ken Nedy Johhson Antipoverty War fare is certainly discredited but the question is Why. The liberals will not concede that there is anything wrong with the Federal government s haying gotten into the picture but some of them Flora Lewis the brighter among them con cede thata great Deal went wrong when the government did get into the picture. Post hoc prop terhof. The conservatives who As a matter of Faith believe in local control Are for doctrinal reasons disposed to believe that local control was the Best thing that Ever happened to the poverty pro Gram. Unfortunately local control As the lowering scandals in new York City suggest has in fact amounted to 1 graft on a truly neapolitan scale and b utterly inconsequential results even after the use of such monies a the Malversa tors were so Gen Erous As to allow to trickle Down to the poor. Or. Nixon s commission makes two Concrete recommendations one of them indisputably right minded the other less so. Let us says the commission cease in stantly front penalizing families the fathers of which Are in Resi Dence and unemployed. Under existing legislation catch a father in the House Means an end to certain kinds of welfare to which the Mother and Chil Dren Are entitled on the Assumption that they have been deserted. The lamentable result has been to encourage the physical separation of married or for that matter unmarried couples. Another recommendation of or. Nixon s commission More controversial than the other is that the Federal government step in and standardize welfare pay ments so As to eliminate such contrasts As now exist Between say Mississippi $8 and new York City $71. A few thoughts Home. This Good Earth while the astronauts were rid ing through space poet Archi Bald Macleish suggested that the Chance to see the Earth As it truly is Small and Blue and Beautiful in that eternal space where it floats might Lead men to a Wiser View of themselves. Our Moon pilgrims returned Home to Earth and then to triumphal welcomes in washing ton the capital of government and then in new York the Capi Tal of Money both of which were needed for their trip. Subtly though with simple words they made the poet s Point. If they spoke repeatedly of this Earth this Good Earth and it was. Deeply Clear that the Only three men in the history of Man kind who have escaped the Bonds we take for granted have in truth returned with a special View. The ceremonies were tradition Al a White House presentation of medals a joint session of con Gress a Wall Street ticker tape Parade. The affecting thing was that the Trio showed themselves not Moon men at All but every Day earthlings with a touch of humor a touch of solemnity a touch of modesty and a touch of  their arrival was a very Spe Cial Day in the capital otherwise immersed in preparations for the different kinds of special Day that is inauguration and a change of government. The congressmen assembled in the House a few with their Young children on their laps for the occasion. Then came the diplomatic corps. Their faces reminded one that it in t an american world and it in t a mostly White world. Then the senators Teddy Ken Nedy flushed and dishevelled Barry Goldwater Pink and of Reslip Georg Mcgovern and Walter mandate polio bad adjourned thu bearing on hunger in Hie us. To hurry Over it was a. Prop Riate that Mcgovey had just been learning from a witness that there is no Way to be sure whether it is 10 or 15 million americans who live permanently Hun Gry or How much it costs the country in medical service and lost employment and so on not to nourish them compared with the $1 billion it would take to feed them All. The Cabinet came and the justices of the supreme court in their Black Robes. And then the three astronauts relaxed the Pic Ture of slightly averaged football players who have kept trim and remembered not to be afraid. They were so natural so easy in themselves surrounded by the Power of the land that it suddenly became touchingly natural to see they would feel at Home now anywhere on Earth. When you get out 24,000 Miles it really in t a really big Earth said it. Col. William an Ders with a voice full of warm affection for a Pesky planet. The question in t How to do it said col. Frank Borman the space Clayton Fritchey Craft commander. The questions Are Only How Long it will take and How much Money will be  i had thought he was going to say the questions were what to do and Why implicitly whether the Mcgovens should rather finish first their hunger hearings. Barman was aware of those questions of human priority but for him they have been answered. Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. To turn our backs on the quest for knowledge is to perish he said. It May be. These three men Frank Borman and Jim Loveli and Bill Anders As they Call each other showed How fully they Are earthen. They teased each other and waved to their wives and children sitting in the gallery sur rounded by Cabinet wives. And they spoke of our Home this Earth with pm appreciative nos Talgia Man has never heard be fore. C 1m new Day. Inc. 1 to the extent that differ Encee among the states persist so does the states authority with far reaching consequences. As it now stands there is considerable material temptation for residents of Mississippi to move to new York in order to take jobs there no in order to live there on welfare. Such emigration contribute to the fiscal Emer gency merely suggested by the figures in new York City where welfare payments have tripled since the election of Paul Bun Yon As mayor. So that the fed eral government by the use of its Power to bribe can ease that centrifugal urge toward the Phil anthropic states and that is certainly a desirable result. On the other hand once again an Ero Sion of state authority. 2 no doubt or. Nixon recognizes the dilemma. And per haps he will go right on to con Sider his commission s hint for the Day after tomorrow which is a negative income tax As suggested by prof. Milton Friedman and an end to the welfare Patch work. There is a lot that is greatly objectionable to the orthodox conservative in such a total approach to the welfare problem and it is ironic that the first conservative president in two dec Ades should be the first to con Sider such a recommendation As or. Nixon has gotten. Or. Nixon will have to Ponder the question deeply. America should have taken different turns years ago. But the people having ratified and re ratified the new Deal Are we not better off with such Radical proposals As Fried Man s than with yet another four years of Jerry building c Washington Star Syndicate let us have a crack at pm 1 Nixon must act on Middle East the column a Arteon on Thip apr to fat 5lmvf Tow utter Tut a in now to to wik re rof�nu9 by a of the. To a and or two Lulf or 4ff a United 8t i a nun a. Americans watching dangerous problems pile up during the Long and inevitably sterile lame Duck period Between the presidential election and inauguration Day can thank their stars for the 20th amendment to the Constitution. At least the hiatus now ends on Jan. 20 instead of March 4. Fortunately the new govern ment Wilt be taking Over within a few Days which is not a moment too soon if the situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate As rapidly As it has in the last few weeks. Even be fore is nomination Nixon was focusing in the Middle East. Dur ing the Campaign he expressed More concern Over h than by other area. After his election he quickly sent former gov. William Scranton on a fact finding tour of the Region. To some Nixon s concern seemed almost excessive. Popular sentiment in America and abroad has fluctuated violently since the Arab commandos shot up an israeli plane at the Athens Airport and the israelis retaliated with an attack on Bei rut Airport. In the . The first angry reaction against Israel has since been tempered by a More balanced assessment of the action and the antecedent action meanwhile the Kremlin and do Gaulle have succeeded in entering world attention on their proposal for the big four to Back a More or less enforced Twett Lemert in Israel and the arabs. This of course would re quire prior agreement of the big four composed of Russia Fiance Britain cd the , Nixon will e under pressure to show his hand on this As Toon pm he aka eff fee the idea of Russia fresh from invading Czechoslovakia and the . Fresh from bombing North Vietnam imposing peace on oth ers might seem laughable if it weren t so serious. The . Security Council Resolution which so harshly condemned Israel for taking the Low into its own hands lacks moral authority be cause few of the 15 Council Mem Bers who voted for it practice what they preach. Britain and France for in stance triggered the 1956 War Over the sues. India settled the Goa dispute by Surprise attack. Pakistan and India tried to solve the Kashmir problem by going to or. Taiwan is still threatening to invade China. Hungary joined in the recent rape of Czechoslovakia inight is presently utting i a play against a own people. If the Fig four sincerely want to Sta Kilim the Middle East whih it not improbable the Best Opportunity lie in forcing the belligerents to negotiate with each other and work out a settlement among themselves. It will be said that the arabs won t talk with Israel. This is not an accept Able answer. The arabs Are the first vanquished Force in history to presume to dictate postwar terms to the Victor. It is As if nazi Germany and Imperial Japan after being Defeated in world War ii had re fused to recognize the . And Russia demanded the evacuation of All occupied areas threatened to resume the War at soon As they got on their feet again and meanwhile declined to join in any peace negotiations. There can t be a realistic settlement by the Middle East As Long As the arabs Are allowed or encouraged to persist in this attitude toward Israel. C 199, n