European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes James january too much Power Given to government the mail brought two hems that set thought in the first was a plaintive note from Joe Secretary at education and the second was a copy of people Magazine con Taining an interview with Eric the old Longshoreman Califano was in a plaintive in because i have been picking on him nobody likes to be jumped but Joe is an old pro with a one Centi meter hide and trampoline the More you jump on the More he bounces he sent me a speech he delivered last the idea was to demonstrate his own deep sense of Humilis toward that Joe Dweller upon the problems that he Dally has to Cope he by Way of the regulation of genetic the use of Federal funds Lor Organ the distribution of funds to fight and the Federal financing of he told us what he about what Are the proper limits on fetal re search under what circumstances should the National government finance abortion under what circumstances should we re lease potentially lifesaving but potentially fatal drugs to what extent should we fund psychosurgery that alters the mind should we spend Federal Money on expensive medical technology or on providing Basic health care to to what extent should we hold people responsible for taking care of their own health before the government begins paying their medi Cal Bills such said being Are Loo much for his department to handle he thought Aquinas and Hippocrates would be hard put to come up Wilh Only society could provide Iho but meanwhile his depart ment would consult make haste operate in the and do its Best to accommodate the varied beliefs and values compete in and thank you very in his interview Erie hotter lamed around on the theme of activist he thought they cause great Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a disaster his policies undermined the ancient american tradition of self Eli for got us into this welfare president on the other was occupied with keeping things from Eisenhower sat on his ass and we were a thousand limn better the same thought was rather More by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to James Madison in i am no Friend to very energetic gov said it is always of the Hoffe Jefferson observations lie right at the heart of Joe Califano perplex my Friend the Secretary is sincerely troubled because he cannot find All the an he leaps Over the key Point what is the Federal government doing with All those questions it is the intervention of big Wilh its massive Power and giant that has imposed upon Joe Califano the unbearable he is certain Uia the involvement of government in science and Medicine will but Why have we permuted things to happen our fundamental error lies in creating a flawed Structure in which so Many great moral and ethical decisions must be made by the bureaucracy which is to by human beings As and As As Joe the Laws have up Joe Califano As the one great doctor to us he is also the one supreme educator for us he is the one great pharmacist for us the Secretary of the infallible so the infallible architect of Hospi the infallible judge of and the omnipotent treasurer upon whose Yea or nay 90 percent of the nations Bio medical research now no Man alive could a Eralso these vast Powers Joe has been exercising some of i quite but he is getting ions of bad advice from lower level bureaucrats who Are even More doctrinaire ideologues than he my Point is so Long As uie people Dele Gate sweeping Powers to tote people will be sweeping by the As is a question of Power and Joe has entirely too William Safire let Rockefeller save music Hall save the music Hall cries Newsweek movie critic Jack from the vulpine forces preparing to make a wasteland out of the movie House whose curtain is destined not to Rise again after hold that Sunset at radio Chimes in the civic Booster writing on the Page opposite the new York times oped urging that the music Hall be designated As a which would make it eligible for support from the National endowment and other la supported or la free 1 Lake my spa is off u nobody in Welcom ing the wave of nostalgia As the wave of the but find incredible the notion that modern no moviegoers should be forced to support with taxes what they refuse to support by buying that such a notion should be put Forward and gravely considered at qty illustrates exactly the mindless out look that has led n great City to the Brink of Here is an entertainment built by private capital to make a losing because it is no longer in tune with the but wait because its Art Deco panelling pleases some or because Many of us think new York just wont be the same without the line of Rock ettes kicking High in perfect we Are now being asked to subsidize its opera no spectacle by Russell Marker or Leon icon Lotf matches the spectacle of a City supposedly tightening its Belt to meet its debt service and planning an As Sault on Washington to extend its Federal Aid going to the tax supported National endowment to keep open a movie the cinemas visors took with disdain on alternative uses for the space a shopping another office so bad about that the most valuable land in the City would be producing keeping the City providing Basic services and a an elitists idea of what culture for the masses ought to be taken off the City tax adding to Lite Burden of the Homeowner in that when a beloved theatrical Enterprise fails reveals a weakness in the whole idea of Federal arts its do thing to give a helping handout to a serious artist buts its a different matter strongly aged in the Nixon wisely curtailed by president Carter 1 Force taxpayers to take Over the f unction private the irony in this situation is the i Alton president of Bod leading a corps de Ballet of r ers in the announcement of the Halls at Marshall bos been Nelson i lers righthand Man for 20 As i utile Secretary to the he was most powerful Man in Albany for i Long stretches when his Boss was t running for during those Rockefeller supplemented his salary by it was Al As Nelson 1 Lert who led new York into i and evermore costly state go indulging his Bossy edifice with the magnificent Albany Marshall is a likable and i Public working i Rockefeller in their private Ca Hasto stare at the Bottom i be would simply let the i or raise taxes now he must close i Money you wart to save the forget the National endowment the state arts Council were Buttiri taxes its an election forget any form of City tax Relief c taxpayer let us turn to Nelson i not As a Spona bully to Cut and not i spending Public whose to Nancy gained tude dispensing millions of dollars to the let us turn to Nelson u if the music Halls million a he could losses for a decade for measly i allowing for the con he could req isl Rockefeller or eve f whole area Rockefeller the to give the i straight place the tall d Center and the Short ones on t Sions Are Fine for show butt no illusions about what is needed i the music Hall not Public my vate for this i urgent should not be the band of philanthropic Brothers i to feel a sense of social Obj Gate fellow new my Raur Titi Tiou t in Sliwi my
