European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday May 24, 1977 James Reston uni quack explain National selfishness with computer logic after watching Secretary of stately Vance compromising with the soviets on arms control in Geneva. Vice president Fritz Mondale lecturing prime minister John Vorster of South Africa in Vienna Testate department condemning Cuba s african army but trying to establish Diplo Matic relations with Havana we dusted off our old electronic truth Delector. Una quack and pleaded for an explanation. Question is there any computer logic to All this uni quack yes. All nations usually do whatever is necessary to defend their interests and promote their principles no matter How matter How contradictory a no matter How contradictory. The world is organized All wrong. It is the logic of National could you illustrate a in Vienna. Mondale warns the South africans that unless they undertake a progressive transformation of their Domestic policies leading to full political and social Equality for the minority Peoples the United states will be forced to take diplomatic Steps against them. Right a that s what he said. A but Vance did t say anything like that to the soviet Union which is not noted for full political and economic Equality. Itis a contradiction but perfectly logical. Q i asked you to cd Arlov the Puzzle machine not confuse it. Could you be More specific a they should Grant full political and social Equality. They deny Equality an Freedom equally to All their minorities Black and White by the Way. Mondale threatened that the United states would be forced to undertake diplomatic Steps against South Africa if they did t go along with his suggestions. What did he mean by that a lie did t the vice president compared the race problem in South Africa with the race controversy in the United states in recent years. Is this logical a no. . Blacks were a minority South african Blacks Are a very Large majority. . Blacks had a Constitution the courts the Federal government and most of the press on their Side the South african Blacks do and Carter Mondale. And Andy Young Are trying to pressure them int changing their Constitution. In t this inter Ference in South Africa s internal affairs a yes. Interference and maybe a Bitof insolence but logical from the . Point of you defend the contradiction a i Don t defend or support. I m computer not a philosopher. The . Intervenes in South Africa because it has vital strategic interests there and enough Power to influence affairs. It does t go sofar in the soviet Union because the same pressure would t work. Q by the Way what do you think of Andy Young a no Why does t the . Just stay Home and mind our own business a because the soviets want to Domi Nate the vital sea routes for Oil from the Middle East to Europe and the unite states. They want to help along the Black revolution and gain strategic positions along the Way with the help of the cubans and soviet arms in Angola Ethiopia and and the United states wants to do the same a partly yes but not precisely. The United states is trying to avoid a race Warin the South of Africa and another Arab israeli War in the Middle East mainly be cause it is determined to defend its own vital interests but it is also trying to encourage compromises avoid confrontations and keep everybody reasonably Happy or at least no Chance of that is there a not the slightest but i note they keep is that a Good idea a at least it does t kill i get the impression uni quack that you Don t think much of the human they keep feeding us the wrong questions so keep getting the wrong an Swers but at least they can dream and Are More interesting than Are you saying then that foreign affairs Are complicated a even More than most human of the trouble with them is that the Yare foreign often beyond logical National please do you have any answer to the human dilemma a Don t be silly. James give bums Rush Bill bums Rush two kinds of fraud afflict the Ameri can political process Legal fraud and moral fraud. You will find plenty of Bot kinds involved in the pending debate Over the bums Rush is or. Carter s particular pet project offered to Congress in the pious Nam of electoral the purpose of the Bill is to impose upon the states a plan of instant registration on election Day. Through a stick and Carrot combination of threats and bribes the states would be compelled to Amend their existing registration Laws As to Federal elections. By inevitable Extension the Carter plan would cover state and local elections ostensible purpose of the Bill is to in crease the level of political participation. It is to encourage it is to involve the people in their government. And All this is very thinly disguised ulterior motive freely if privately conceded on Capitol Hill is to Benefit the democratic party. This is a political Power play As Brazen As an stunt Ever pulled in the bad old Days of tammany Hall and it originates with the reverent gentleman from Georgia whose pose is to be above that sort of this were the Only moral fraud involved in the bums Rush Bill perhaps we could Grin and Bear it. Boys will be boys. The More depressing fraud lies in the solemn Contention that or. Carter s plan truly would revitalize our apathetic record of participatory democracy. The Conten Tion is nonsense. If so head of indifferent and ignorant prospects Are press ganged into a Union bus at 5 o clock of a tuesday afternoon what meaning May be attached to an increased level of participation perceive no meaning at All. It is pure Sham an empty genuflect on to. A Phon King numbers. Put the moral issues to one Side. That i where the House of representatives usually puts them anyhow. Surely some weigh should be attached to a warning memorandum from the. Department of Justice the experience of the criminal division in enforcing the Federal election Laws Indi Cates that there is a tremendous potential for fraud in . 5400."of course that potential exists and it will not be removed by the bristling paper penalties that arc being added to the Bill. John Manly chairman of the Cook county Chicago Board of election commission ers says bluntly that the Bill would Lead to graveyard voting tombstones voting voting the family and the problem that by the time the perpetrators of such fraud had been detected investigated arrested indicted prosecuted and finally convicted the election returns would Lon since have been certified. Wisconsin is among the handful of state that have begun to Experiment with elec Tion Day registration. For some first Han evidence of How the system works waver ing congressmen might consult the letter column of the Milwaukee journal of last nov. 22. One poll worker reported we had a great number of people wanting to Register to vote who were not even in our Alderman in District who had come from said another what i witnessed at the polls on november 2 was the most discouraging and disgusting farce i have Ever seen. The people registering on site Tovote. Were unbelievable. In my Opin Ion Many were not qualified to vote since they could not Supply pertinent information or comprehend enough to pull the handle by themselves. They were brought by carloads and Many had written notes with orders to look for that name on whatever ails the american political process it is not a problem of registration. Except in a few Rural areas registration requires no More than a minimal Effort on the voter s part. In most jurisdictions the books Are open until 30 Days before elec Tion Day. Some such period is imperative i reasonable safeguards Are to be maintained. The apparent problem is that Leb i Tricia Wii Are Aire Auy registered Seldom bother to vote. Nothing in or. Car Ter s Bill will cure that malaise. Honest elections lie at the very foundation of a free society. The bums Rush Bill is fundamentally dishonest in half different ways. It ought to be junked Thoo in Ion or to by Conti Otred i i0 in it column and Carloo flt on 1m i a of to Sun T
