European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars thursday. August 3. 1978 Tom Wicker of s now chairman John c the dolt socratic National committee has warned democratic candidates to Stop taking cheap shots at president Carter and also predicted that Carter will be offer renomination in i960, probably issues oriented  taking into account whatever car Ter s personal weakness As president maybe. Is statement seems to reflect a decline in the institutional Power of the presidency to command respect and keep party colleagues in line. An earlier article Here suggested in fact that More Independent members of Amore powerful Congress heightened inter est group consciousness when Youngs town Siet and tube closed last year a 300-member congressional steel caucus was formed in less than 10 Day Sand an infinite variety of sophisticated new lobby ing organizations and techniques May be Bee inning to bring the system to a  member of the House running for re election for a Temple. Now begins with a least the following advantage in wow by taxpayer of both parties unlimited franked first class postage for Lonpo Liutai mailings of course .s255.m in staff allowances mow Tor Telephone services three staffed offices inthe Home District one of which can be a Mobile Vana printed newsletter in which. All sorts of constituent meetings and no uces can be publicized and other Plerqui a Jutes Large and Small such As an allow nines for heavy duly Brown envelopes.-, Frank r. Wolf of Virginia a candidate inst rep. Joseph l. Fisher of that state s loth District pointed out in the Washington Post that it would Cost his Campaign $12,000 to finance and staff a Stan w.500 in first class postage to an Bounce a meeting and $15,090 to Send a Jeri need newsletter to All 10th District households. The taxpayers foot such Bills if they can a construed As involving legitimate constituent services. Lor incumbent members but challengers like Wolf must pay them it o Campaign chests limited to is a contributions by individuals and 15,000 by pics the political action committee that corporations unions and other groupware entitled to  Wolf wrote bravely of defeating Fisher anyway and maybe he can but he  to the Paradox that is the Point Rinere. Polls suggest that Only 39 percent of jibe american people think their own representatives Are doing a Good Job while the fact is that 97 percent of those who seek re election win it. It s hard to escape the con fusion that congressional perquisites and spending limits on challengers give House incumbents a High degree of immunity to an age. Anyway when political Candi ales win election primarily by television imagery not by party Label or  members of the House quickly become More Independent of either presidential or party discipline than they once were. Ironically enough the sub Stantial generational change in Congress seems also to be contributing to that Independence. Seventeen new senator took office in1877, for example and in january 1979 More than half of that body gift have joined to since in. Even  House where there have been numerous retire ments More than 80 percent of the Mem Bers in january 1979 will have served two terms or less. Harder for a of a � of vulnerable to ounce his pres  or a aria Rall met says Yome Klo lot in Sunc  _ to Ronald Reagan s  of in Wash u Ore lop 1877he s become an Thulma on Capitol Alii and some Washington observers to charge that the new members. Even o primary virtual invitation to o and of you be of to lobby  " thus Power in Vash mgt fractionated by Reform and i Sis Sis Sostre Alively unknown conservative. Rep. Phibe Crane of Illinois said he would an Al would not  . Fractionate Eta 176.prank Moore la not in every Case a bad thing in these circumstances. Frank wore Ion Abl now harder for Lents he can Small is pub a but v produce and there Are Many a Galition for a singin unit met. It which concerned interests ii mint Rev u up fish and Hal nth 14i b has to Pul ingot Cipr a different a apart. The blame for this catastrophe and it is indeed a catastrophe for the West lies squarely on the head of one Man Jimmy when the transitional government was Ere &16q to i Airor Elv mar a  f. Or. Carter did none of these things. He listened instead like Trilby to her Dart Svengali to ambassador Andrew . Young has become the leading apologist in America for communist adventuring in Africa we May be certain that 11 was or. Young s insidious counsel that inclined or. Carter to insist that the marxist terrorists of Joshua Nemo and the equally violent partisans of Robert Mugabe be brought Inion rhodesian  and Mugabe compose what is known with cruel cynicism As the patriotic  patriots applied to these opportunists the word turns soot in the Mouth. Nkomo has at least the virtue of honesty. He is honestly a villain. He has no idea of Vns Tuting democracy. The thought Isra Al is to seize Power Atalic Rifle and to every Civ a memo Era.  of television rather than of part politics act More from individual  than As party members even As Carter supported or opponents. Reforms in recent years also have weak ened the Power of Commilee chairmen and Deans of Matt delegations to discipline and influence important voting blocs at the same time the president himself am w farm a Aniced front. The Calfa Bhan hat of their victims prior Tot i a h t of a majority of Rhodesia Blacks. Do they indeed u this truth of the proposition could i started at the polls. But the 1 have a pumped elections. By r1bluster and by terrorism " listed other dictators end ill