European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 4, 1969 the stars and stripes Page Nixon aids prestige of . Mission to Clayton Fritchey intentionally or not the Nixon administration hat already restored some of the prestige of the . Mission to the United nations in the eyes of the other members. There is an expectant feeling which May not be wholly justified that the . Is going to play a larger role in . Foreign policy. To begin with the appointment of Charles Yost As the new . Ambassador to the ., apparently for the duration has fortified the impression that the in coming administration takes the world organization seriously and intends to rely on it in carrying out its pledge of More multilateralism. In less than seven months the . Has had four ambassadors to the . Ironically their offi Cial title it permanent representative. The list includes former supreme court Justice Arthur Gold Berg former under Secretary of state George Ball former Washington Post editor Russell Wiggins and now Yost a distinguished career Diplomat who served As Deputy to both Goldberg and Adlai Stevenson. The critical reaction at the . At this constant changing of the guard was not Over the Caliper of the appointments for All were rated highly As individuals but Over the feeling that the administration seemed to be using the ambassadorial Post for political purposes with scant regard for the dignity of the institution. Moreover when the general As Sembly opened last fall Washington had not even bothered to fill All the places in the . Dele gation although these appoint ments Are highly prize the institution was already sensitive to Washington s Atti tude because of Lyndon Johnson s seeming indifference and his coolness to the efforts of Gold Berg and u Thant the Secretary general to bring the Vietnam War into the Purview of the . Few american diplomats Are More highly regarded at the . Than Yost. Also his foreign col leagues were impressed by Nix on pointedly saying that he wants the new permanent representative to serve permanently. And at Yost s Senate Confirma Tion hearing it was further noted that he said that president Nixon had advised him that he would have ready easy and constant Access to him. The delegates from other countries Long ago discovered How important that is. There it also the unusual fact that the new Secretary of state William Rogers is a former . Delegate himself and in addition to Yost has personally chosen two other Long time . Officials for High positions at the state department in Washington. Richard Pedersen whose whole experience has been at the . Mission will be the new no. 4 Man at state and Joseph Sisco who has been the Mission s Anchor Man in Washington will continue As assistant Secretary of state for International affairs. Nothing like this lineup has Ever been seen before at state. The chief and not unjustified complaint of former ambassadors like Henry Cabot Lodge Steven son and Goldberg has been that they were often the forgotten men in Washington when great decisions were being made. The Only trouble with the new setup and the expectations it has raised is the danger of a let Down later on for what the for eign delegations do not know is that Rogers appointments do not necessarily signify an All out commitment to the . By the Nixon administration. The reality is that the Yost Pedersen Sisco appointments Stem from the Accident of their having worked with Rogers when he was a Delegate to the . For a few months in 1965. Rogers was impressed with their knowl Edge ability and experience. When he was unexpectedly named Secretary of state he naturally turned to diplomats he knew. His Choice of his old . Mission colleagues was More of a personal tribute to them than a new and greater dedication to the . C 1969, new Day inc. Johnson s shift put pressure on Nixon Nice to know there s something they can t blame you for or. Reagan. Or that s right in t it?1 Ernest Cuneo since election Day president Nixon and sex president Johnson have achieved a montage of Unity. This is More than a Mere merger of Public imagery. It was accomplished by or. Nixon changing his posture and by or. Johnson altering his policies. Image Mirage or substance the transformation is largely at expense of or. Nixon. He campaigned on a platform that he would clean up Washington a vigorous o i d fashioned turn the rascals out assault. His inaugural theme in contrast was Forward Ogeth he had proclaimed that he would adopt president Eisenhower s fish or Cut bait policy in foreign affairs credited with forcing the armistice in Korea. However As president or. Nix on adopted a conciliatory approach far More modified than the abruptness of president Eisen Hower. He indeed assured mos cow and peking that if they could not be friends he hoped they would not be enemies. As is perfectly apparent in View of his narrow majority in the election and the continued control of the Congress by the democratic party president Nixon shifted his policies to approach those of president Johnson in the name of National Unity. Clearly or. Nixon did not obtain the powerful mandate fore cast by the Early polls. He did not have the political muscle to launch his own policies. Equally clearly it is apparent that pres ident Johnson was at his horse trading Best. He obtained a Blank Check in International affairs when president elect Nixon de claimed that president Johnson spoke for him. President Johnson the a Ftp from of previous hard line policy and Dof ens Secretary Clifford waved the Olive Branch clearly at the instance of the president. Unmistakably Iho in jew state u pushing for the � us Al i War. To if As by merely agreeing to go to Paris they secured a cessation of bomb ing. By merely agreeing to negotiate they have obtained a uni lateral proclamation that 50,000 american troops will be with drawn this year. Peace is heralded in the United states As if it were just around the Corner creating tremendous pressures on president Nixon to achieve its reality. Henceforth it will be or. Johnson s peace or or. Nixon s War. Or. Johnson has also left pres ident Nixon a balanced budget which Means it will be or. John son s surplus or president Nixon s deficit. As part of the legacy also it will be the democratic Stock Market Boom or the Republican decline. C North american newspaper Alliance it s pretty hard to change House rules Flora Lewis tool ecu us tag in ref negotiations., in truth they have reason for satisfaction. As is Well known there is More than one Congress. One is in the civics books another is in party organizations around the country. The third most exclusive and least known is in the offices and Cau Cus rooms on Capitol Hill. Allard k. Lowenstein a Democrat just turned 40, deeply versed in politics including How to organize the ouster of a presi Dent Lyndon b. Johnson trained As a legislative aide is discovering that third Congress As a freshman from new York. A week in the education of the newly sworn rep. Lowenstein shows a lot about How Congress works. First he went to a meeting of the democratic study group on informal caucus of Liberal democrats where they devise plans without the unreconstructed Southern or otherwise i thought that would a my political Homo said Lowenst Oln it i was bewildered. They would t fight Mccormack 77 Yoav Asp go a of the hos tall fight that Wero personal loyalties. But they would t fight Tho rules either. So i Felt free no obligations for decades there has been talk of doing something to bring the antique rules of the House up to Date if Only to install electronic voting which would Savo hours of Roll Call but each new Congress keeps re adopting the old rules without a murmur. So Lowenstein went to the re publicans. They be been saying for years that they wanted to Challenge Tho rules. I told them i had at least 35 democratic votes to go along if they wanted to raise it. Tho next Day Gerry Ford minority Leader sent out word there was to be no vote on rules. To had made a Deal with Carl Albert majority loader. When Tho rules came up Tho Spoa kor just said As there s no objection Tho rules Art pawed to didst even ask if there was an of to Ion. Thou Lowenstein wont to Tho mow Fetic caucus. I thought my Loy Aluos should be but he fount no action either. Rep. Don the opinion air a in the column and met Toni thin p�8 represent to if he �wu�9m and re in no Wayto t�4 How red m representing the vow of to Itari and strip Luelf or of the United us Eov Arment Frasor of Minnesota offered a carefully prepared motion to de Prive rep. John Rarick of Louisi Ana of his seniority. Rarick was singled out because he was the one Southern Democrat in the House who actively worked for George Wallace for president though others supported Wallace. It was an attempt at party discipline similar to the move against John Bell Williams of Mississippi and Albert Watson of South Carolina who had both backed Barry Goldwater in 1964. Rep. John o Hara of Michigan who worked with Fraser said he thought it was that precedent which kept defections to a mini mum this time. There was no debate on the motion. Wilbur Mills of Arkan Sas moved to table it and it was thrown out by a vote of 87-85. Them wont Tho precedent a Glen defeat for democrats who worry not Only about Wallace in 1972 but also about inroads the republicans Hope to make in the South. That to wot 9 Iff ton to Low Enstein. Ntow Fertit to Learned at men of a pc Orgarten ses Sions that in could t 9� on a committee without Tho chairman s approval that to must Voto against a majority Bill without explaining Why beforehand to the committee chairman involved that he could get his name on Bills and make a record for the folks Back Home without actually doing the work and other help Ful hints for Success in the House without trying too hard. He got a measure of comeuppance being denied assignment to the armed services committee. And to got a measure of indulgence when Albert made him act ing majority Leader on his second Day in Congress. His one duty was to move adjournment for the Day. So after a week my mind s in ugh clearer. I know what to do. I ill a myself work across party line for a coalition try to get legislation through stir up Issue support in Tho country to said. A Friend bet him that two year from now he would have gotten no More done that Way than to had in the first week. Lowenstein is a whirlwind not fazed by Tho impossible. In one week in Tho Capitol though he Learned that it s harder to fight its system than to Challenge a president. He knows he has Tho Long end of the bet. C to new Wuy to
