European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pogue the stars and stripes Friday May 13, 1977 Lliam Safire disclosure is Only the Gateway to propriety cd great fanfare. President Carter Hodding Carter 3d. Assistant Secretary Ore if the acc should choose the Carter that made their Resignato wit fanfare. T carte has announced his proposal for the ethics in government act of 1977," its purpose to remove any possibility of hidden conflict of  if a conflict is not hidden does it become permissible Here is a Case i which two Carter sub Cabinet appointees have properly disclosed their financial dealings and have been Given administration permission to engage in what seems Tome to be a Brazen conflict of interest. Your  have any or your Money Hoddin of state for Public affairs and Patricia Derian the state department s coordinator for human rights have been president and chairperson of a group applying to the Federal communications commission for a television License in Jackson  is currently subscribed to 9 per cent of the Stock of the applicant. Civic communications corp. Industry sources say that a License for a station in that Are should be Worth about p million there fore Derian applicant Secretary Carter and coordinator Derian would each profit by Over  the obvious conflict both resigned As officers of the applicant corporation when they were appointed. But they tried to hold onto their subscription rights to the clock and to let the applicant affirm to the acc that they would rejoin the corporation after their government service was Over. Admittance your Money Ory Ourlie Mil George  Short list of civilization s friends the flavor list at the local Baskin Robbins ice Cream shop is an anarchy of names like Peanut butter n chocolate and Strawberry rhubarb  these Are not the names of things thai reasonable people consider consuming but the names Are admirably Businesslike briskly , my favorite Delight chocolate coated Vanilla flecked wit nuts bears the unutterable name hot fudge nutty  an example of the plague of cuteness in Commerce. There Are some things a gentleman simply will not do. And one is announce in Public a desire for a nutty  so i usually Settle sullenly for Plain  i am not the Only person suffering for immutable standards of propriety. The May Issue of Atlantic contains an absorbing tale of lonely heroism at a Burger  gentleman requested a Ham and cheese Sandwich that the Burger King Calls a  the girl taking orders was ," she eventually exclaimed you mean a jumbo " gentleman the Ham and cheese. , nettled it s called a jumbo now do you want a jumbo or not gentleman Teeth clenched yes thank you. The Ham and  look. I be got to have an order Here. You re holding up the line. You want a jumbo Don t you you want a jumbo whereupon the gentleman chose the straight and narrow path of virtue. He walked out rather than Call a Ham and cheese a  his principles Are anachronisms but his prejudices Are impeccable and he is on my Short list of civilization s  list includes the Cambridge Don who would not appear outdoors without a top hat. Not even when routed by fire at 3 . And who refused to read another line of Tennyson after he saw the poet put water in Fine port. The list includes another Don who. Although devoutly tory voted Liberal during Gladstone s Day because the duties of prime minister kept glad Stone too Busy to declaim on holy scrip Ture. And High on the list is the grammarian whose last words were i am about to or am going to die either expression is  Reader can you imagine any of these magnificent persons asking a teen age girl for a jumbo or uttering fish Amagie or egg Mcruffin or dribble that s a milk shake sort of. At one Point in the evolution of american taste restaurants that were relentlessly fun fun. Fun were built to look like Lemons or bananas. I am told that in los Angeles there was the Toad inn a strange spelling for a strange place shaped like a giant Load. Customers entered through the Mouth like flies being swallowed. But the mature nation has put away such childish things in favor of menus that Are fun fun fun. Seafood is from Nep tune s pantry or denizens of the briny  and surf n turf which you might think is fish and horse cat. Actually is lobster and  be fair there Are practical considerations behind the asphyxia tingly Cut names Given hamburgers. Many Hamburg ers Are made from portions of the cow that the cd had no reason to boast about. But there is no excuse for Howard John son s menu. In a just society it would be a flogging offence to speak of Steenburg ers dams Fried to order which Proba Bly Means they Don t Fry clams for you unless you order Fried clams natural Cut what is an unnatural Cut of sir loin oven baked meat loaf Chicken pot pie with Flaky crust Golden croquettes grilled in butter Frankfort sic liver with smothered onions smothered by onions and a Hearty Reuben Sandwich. America is marred by scores of Dew drop inns serving crispy Green salads Garden fresh vegetables succulent Lamb Savory pork sizzling steaks and creamy or Bungy Cole Slaw. I be nothing against Homeric adjectives wine dark sea winged footed Achil Les but in t Cole Slaw just Cole Slaw tha resignations a  two presidential appointees wanted their names to continue to be used a future station operators to help obtain the License from the acc and they wanted toehold onto the financial interest that would skyrocket if that government Agency chose the application garlanded with the names of High level presidential , the state departments office of Legal adviser approved the Deal that office follows orders its last big decision was to declare Secretary Kissin Ger s Public papers to be his private property in a letter dated april 12, this arbiter of probity gave Carter and mrs. Derian the Happy news that their limited connections with the applicant do not violate applicable conflict of interest requirements several of the applicants to Channel 3 i Jackson not blessed with ownership by influential Washington bureaucrats objected so Long As or. Carter and mrs. Derian retain their Stock subscription interests in civic and their intention to resume their positions As officers and directors wrote one to the acc. They remain in civic for the use of their various qualifications. At the same time that they will be High officials of the depart ment of  the Carter Derian group brushed of charges of conflict of interest and potential for improper influence by simply citing the state department ruling As if an ethical act is what the Legal adviser says itis. A few Days ago an administrative la judge at the acc refused to Swallow the Carter Derian attempt to have it Bot ways the fact that the state depart ment s conflict of interest rules apparently allow or. Carter and mrs. Derian to retain their limited connection through their Stock subscriptions with civic has no bearing on what can or cannot be consid ered in the comparative  in other words the promised return tothe applicant of the High appointees ought not As the Carter Derian group wishes to give them an Edge in the acc decision. Let s Hope  the fact that president Carter s appointees tried this Man Uever is ominous that the state department approved the Deal is instructive that two High official sin our government still stand to make Over a half million dollars each by a decision of another government Agency is a disgrace and that the Carter administration White grinding out press releases on ethical Stan Dards approved the unethical arrange ment is an example of High level . Derian. I am told is an estimable woman who took a Strong civil rights Posi Tion when such a stand in Mississippi took courage. Carter scion of a newspaper clan served As co chairman of the Loyal democrats of Mississippi and is surely de serving of a sub Abinel Plum. By disclose by the Carter White House and the carte state department is not so High As the High sounding statements would have us believe. Disclosure is Only the Gateway to Propri Ety. In this instance behave a Case All on the record no attempt to conceal thatis a conflict of Lerest if that phrase has any meaning. But because it is in the Public record no watchdogs howl. Public service sometimes requires financial sacrifice the president s sub Cabi net appointees should divest themselves of their potential banana by government decision so that americans can believe a president Carter so recently promised that their government is devoted exclusively to the Public interest u him York to Tow in. Wuu ont Umthum � in Usu no a cart ova end a o to it and so pct or it amt my Iuteri government