European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 15 William Safire treaties Media Blitz smells of dirty tricks january 197s Rel coct you Pipat come the House forthe or Thor Brand remember when All the Good govern ment types in Pristine White outraged when White House pressure was applied to get lobbyists and corporate executives to cough up contributions la Lane chunks in the need la finance Media Blu supporting the Panama canal trea the Carter White Howe has twisted the arms of 30 Washington Law corporals officiate and lobbyists in a Way that would make the operators of the maligned 1970 fundraising operation Lee Welt known to democratic falts As chairman of the finance commit tee of the democratic National committee during the 1978 when Robert Strauss was National directed by the White Home to form and finance american for the canal he did Wing the offices of and International insurance broken in As hit malt at i Public fundraising event last companies with much to gain from currying White House favor like Eccl Meta and Branoff we ways came along with individuals like Averell Harriman and legally contributed an initial but the Public pitch was a facade for More private fal Ding went to his old now president Carters special representative and the Man with Power Over which companies get relieved of How much foreign with a suggestion to have a private recep Tion for Ibe Best corporate Ondr Atalig prospects at Robert Strausss new water Gate apartment Strauss supplying Ming with three dates in january for the party More the while House authorised King to Tell Salcau that Carter would invite contributors to a while House no direct Soll Ciu than of funds would be of but a corporation thai did not kick in would be at that Point from 7 to u 30 businessmen received a letter from fundraiser enclosing a Sale depart ment fact Sheet in support of the canal and Reading in part Conrad Trahern discussed with we Are recruiting a select Council of forty that will raise or give or we Are having a reception on either january id or 12 Alboy strauss1 an the president will have a dinner at the House or this select the Council Lett the businessmen being Given this unique Opportunity to match or top the Occidental and Brandf gestures think to would coat them anything the fundraiser reassured them ours a nonprofit committee and As such we can accept corporate contrib a few of the recipients of this shake veterans of the townhouse touch id Days thought to be gone strenuously with Oil import quotas and airline routes being personally decided by White House want this corp i rate financial bidding or Carters favor a i trifle indiscreet haunt limes chaired s Kling saw the Dahl on or and directed his Conrad to i Stop sending out those he told Robert Strauss to forget about the told the White House to forget the queried about All tra Hernan sex Fri agent who says he records his Tele phone conversations to avoid being mis quoted As if Reading on a u Only one who wrote the a Young lady typed and miss is Flyte Wing i Secretary signed theres a team nor will he reveal the names of the 30 men he leaned reached on an Ozark Kling at first tried to say that fewer than 10 letters went thai he never saw the that a Secretary had signed his and that he had told he bide i dont know Why you sent that but 30 letters went and More talents were to be leaned on until us first recipients raised the roof and it was admits the Loyal who told him what dates Strauss had available for a party in his Home for the reached in Strauss the Man whose political sagacity makes his the 1 Carter and responsible for Selling the canal treaties it All 1 dont see anything improper in the he hearing his callers in credulous he in prepared to Tay that its a situation where men can i Here is blatant Case of the White House shaking Down businessmen for sizable donations to hard sell the presidents 1 and when the squeezing stops Only because targets begin to complain a Low level staffer and a Secretary Are assigned to Lake the rap for they have buried themselves in right convinced that their Good ends permit the Taw driest a new year May be but the old ways Are creeping bade he to a Tom Irac Eaker in Praise Oryne air Force i visions for some time 1 have been aware of the great emphasis air Force leaders Are placing upon their people David air Force chief of and All his senior commanders in speeches and press releases during the past have emphasized air Force people As their principal there has also been much stress put upon the total Force what this Means is that in addition to the air Force people in there is a civilian component and a Reserve and National which Are absolutely Emit Tinl to the accomplishment of the air Force mis Sion to provide the air and space eff Monts it our National in View of my Rowledge of i waa to Donala headline in a loftier of the Type of civilian employees t observed during my 30 years of Active it was also not compatible with my observations of civilian employees since fifteen years spent on he advisory Board of the air Force Ugis lies which employs civil gave me further and More recent Opportunity to observe the Quality of the air Force civilian 1 they number presently about on third of the total air Force popu of Are White Collar largely engaged in administrative while Are hourly wage nationals servicing our air overseas number and air a guard technicians it has been charged that All civilian employees Are a sedentary once on the they hang on Long past their capacity for effective on the con the civilian employees of the air Force Are a surprisingly heterogeneous and changing As these facts will attest there Are new hires annually retire annually Vietnam veterans comprise if percent it the new hires 30 percent Are and u percent Are minority they average 41 Yean of age and u Yean of these facts belie the of a inefficient i r it has been charged being civilians and belonging to labor they exer Cise undue political such Ai prevent ing the closing at unneeded seventy percent at air Force do belong to unions and do exercise their Union Privi but not As extensively As do their in civil for exam they do not strike against the govern ment and do not engage in As do the air my based on 60 Yean of experience and is follows air Force civilian employees represent an indispensable element of our total they include 00 special skills Essen tial to air Force procurement and maintenance of they provide the key people for the air Force logistics and sys commands in furnish essential technical instructors in air training there Are also an average of so of them at each major air Force base for necessary administrative and support their capability and Devotion la duty compare favourably with that of their uniformed without them our air coup a nol As it undoubtedly u the Best air Force in the