European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday july 23, 1976 hears Willie be son emmy Lou Harris Carter pops in at a cd Concei Columbia my. A president and mrs. Carter joined thousands of Young people Friday night at a concert by two of the most popular stars in country and Western  flew to Columbia a new town Midway Between Washington and Balti More Friday night after apparently making a last minute decision to attend concert by Willie Nelson and emmy Lou Harris. As he walked into the Merriweathe Post Pavilion the audience of Between 11,00 1 and 12,000 people cheered  earlier. Carter dressed in a suit and tie and his wife Rosalynn wearing a White summer suit landed at the Howard county Community Collegen a helicopter that brought them from Camp David  Carter visit was unannounced and the Small crowd mostly children. That welcomed them seemed to be attracted primarily by the helicopter s Landing and the fire engines standing by. Who have you come to see youngster asked the president. Willie Nelson and emmy Lou har Ris the president replied. The concert was already under Way when Carter walked into the Pavilion through a Side door. He quickly went to his $9.50 seat to off his settled Back in his chair. The president s entranced it erupt the music and the i the country music fan turned to the conceit a had forgotten that the United states was in thei Carter flew from the White ithe presidential Retreat at earlier Friday. Top aides defensive on drug que continued from Page i lenient in dealing with persons convicted of Possession of marijuana. Another High ranking confidant Ocarter reiterated Powell s statement. Jimmy is very explicit on this he  we find out that anyone i mean anyone is violating the Low in this Way orto any other they won t be working for the White House anymore and that s Fordu nned  1 both he and Powell were unabashedly perturbed by the sudden spate of interest. In the possibility that men and women who work for the president of the United states might also be using such drugs a curiosity spawned by the Quick departure of Bourne from the White House staff. I. The Rush of reports rumours and gossip that accompanied his resignation seemed to reflect a heightened but troubled sensitivity to the subject of drugs in washing lion expressed in a variety of ways All across the City from the beleaguered White House to High level offices in the executive Branch to Capitol Hill and to dozens of newspaper and television bureaus. The use of marijuana for instance snot uncommon at various Levels of the government and the journalistic Community and on occasion reporters have been known to smoke the drug in the company of White House and other Federal employees. Since the subject has Seldom been raise to stories written by journalists  aired by broadcast correspondents Many in Washington had assumed that an unwritten Law bad been promulgated in the Community a informal statute that rendered the topic on Friday for example several High ranking officials of the Carter administration were shocked when in a series of background interviews they were asked whether they use either marijuana  co Caine and whether they believe the use of either is widespread throughout the govern what the Bell is this exclaimed High official at one of the executive Agen cies. I Don t believe it i mean i just Don t believe it. Of course marijuana is widespread Here but i can t believe you re asking these  the official who uses marijuana occasionally himself said that he knows at least two employees who smoke at their jobs but tha. Their abilities Are not in  White House official expressed Simi Lar incredulity. This is the pits of  he said angrily. This is just not a legitimate area of inquiry. It involves peo ple s personal lives not their ability to do their  White House official with considerable rank took a More sanguine vie of the inquiries however. Lets just say that when a group of us were sitting around the tube watching the president last night and he mentioned his endorse ment of paraquat we All booed he said. Paraquat is a herbicide now being used by mexican authorities to Poison marijuana crops there.  of paraquat has been widely criticized since it is said to be harmful to those who smoke marijuana that has been sprayed with the herbicide. The unofficial silence on the subject of marijuana has been seen As an Extension of the gentlemen s agreement betwee journalists and officials about a similar silence on drinking and sexual  years senators and representatives who were notorious for their alcoholic intake and amorous pursuits were confident that they would never become the subject of publicly printed stories because Many journalists shared their  increase in the use of marijuana across the country and of course in Washington seems now to have presented a similar problem Here one that was evident in the report by Jack Anderson the syndicated columnist on Abc television thurs Day morning. Using material gathered by Gary Conn a 26-year-old reporter on his staff Ander son said that Bourne had used cocaine at Large party Given last december by the National organization for the Reform of marijuana Laws. Anderson did not report that Cohn was also a guest at that party and that he smoked marijuana there that , Cohn said Friday that he has used cocaine in the past though not often and described himself As a Semi regular marijuana  was t sure whether i ought to write the Story  not he said of Felt awful about it but when i heard that the Washington Post was going after it i knew twas going to come out anyway and so i wrote  was he said a dilemma. If i did t write it i had an obvious conflict hold ing Back on a Story you know. If i did write it it seemed somewhat  denied the Story about his use of defiant workers stall Jersey City facility mail Jersey City . A dissident postal workers crippled operations at the new York bulk and foreign mail Cente for the second consecutive Day saturday in Defiance of Union approval of a tentative contract. And in California about 30 sign carrying workers set up pickets saturday at the West coast bulk mail facility near Sanfrancisco. 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