European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes William Safire Friday september 19, 1980 Carter said in 76 lying Cabinet must go . Bobby r. Inman head of inc National Security Agency the big car  monitors Telephone Calls and cables found himself in a terrible dilemma in Early  March to he Jud Scal Blansf iced Turner of the Cia a sensitive intercept showing Bow an unnamed american Cit 7cn was conspiring to break the foreign agents Rcpt ration Law by receiving millions in commissions on Oil sales from Libya. Turn or promptly requested the name Licin told Zbigniew by Cinski at the while House that Riby Carter was making his Deal. Now Bobby ionian had a second intercept proving that the president had done nothing to dissuade his brother from prof iting from opening the White House door to Libya. The information indicated that Dic Tator Moa mar khad Afy had ordered his Man in Washington to pay the president s brother $200.000. The dilemma should the White House which had already breached Security and endangered sources by revealing the first message to Billy Carter be trusted further or should the National Security Agency cute ruin suspicion of the abetting of Crimi Nal conduct in the while House and deny to by Cinski and the Cia chief information of such personal importance to the president Jarnan consulted procedures for report ing Federal crimes under  order 12036." dated aug. Is 1979, and saw that the crimes included acting As an unregistered foreign agent As Well As communicating classified  he read inc overriding Section h when inc head of an intelligence Agency believes that circumstances of Security warrant it he May directly report to the attorney general on april 10 according to Ben Civiletti s appointment Calendar Bobby Inman met with the attorney general. He showed the nation s chief Law officer two pieces of Evi Dence of the developing crime. The first item was about Billy Carter s Oil Deal that had gone through the Cia s Turner to the White House and the second item was about the impending payoff. With considerable courage the Intelli gence officer apparently made the decision to withhold the second item from the while House and the Cia. He saw evidence of a crime and went Only to Justice. Up to that Point the system worked. Then inc system was subverted. The at Torney general wailed three Days and then called in the head of his criminal division Philip Heymann to Tell him to leave the Case open. Incredibly the politically Insi live Heymann did not ask for the information about the president s brother. Neither Man did anything of help his own investigators. Blocking these evidentiary leads from the lawmen with a a cd to know was inc attorney general s first obstruction of jus Tice. The men in internal Security cleared for top secret were not even Given the first item which had been passed on to Libya s agent by the White House. For two months As jul slice professionals Lacr swore their work was impeded which took Jim my Carter safely past the primary season. Despite the blockage of evidence at the lop the professionals discovered the pay ments on their gun. When the attorney Gen eral Learned of this potential Embarrass ment to his Leader he obstructed Justice officials a second time. Having requested a meeting in the coming week with Jimmy Carter he instructed his men Don t do anything for 10  civil Clit claims he docs not recall this unconscionable intervention at least two witnesses swear to it then Ben Civiletti went to the Oval of fice asked Jimmy Carter s Legal counsel to , and with no witness present Lold the president what to Tell his brother to do to escape punishment for his illegal influence peddling. Afler inc successful obstruction came the cover up both the while House and the Al Lorincy general when asked Abou direct Contact in this Case lied. Any Communia lion answer a dal and pious  Only after the Senate investigation was launched ind the president s diary note of the Civiletti Assurance of no punishment became Evi Dence that would have to be revealed was the truth forced out. Without the inquiry both the president and inc attorney general would be insisting today thai they had had no  in his Senate testimony my old Friend Baltimore Ben a skilled attorney As Loyal to his president As John Mitchell was to his admitted he had been incorrect wrong in  but his protective falsehood was no mistake at All with deception aforethought he lied. If a member of my Cabinet Ever lies to the Public or to the Congress promised Jimmy Carter on april 4. 1976. He or she will be looking for a new Job before the Sun comes up the next  it s inc next morning. The Sun is up. And Jimmy Carter and his attorney general arc still pretending there has been no i pro  id new York Timm Jesse Jackson scrub sizing Carter s economic plan before the National Urban league Ronald Reagan called for jobs jobs  a Day later. President Carter followed suit and said he would introduce an economic program thai would put millions and Mil Lions and millions of people Back to work. Last week this column examined gov. Rea Gan s economic proposals. Now that the Percsi Donl has announced inc shape of his economic re Villi Alion program in is Lime to scrutinize it. In inc main. President Carter s proposals embody economic principals thai show More concern for economic Justice and mercy. Alongside these principals however must be placed a realistic analysis of the Carter administration s economic practices the relation of promises to the delivery of programs and the role of politics in this set of proposals. Principles and practices first through tax incentives. Carter s proposals Largel specific areas of need the troubled Auto Mobile rubber and steel industries and economically depressed areas. Such special targeting it a sound approach. Unfortunately by choosing tax incentives As the Cornerstone of his proposals the president has chosen to seek his goals of creating jobs and building a Strong Economy in a slow inefficient indirect Way. A Bill or More  Way would have been to fund directly specific areas of need. Further Tan incentive arc hidden government expenditures that do not get debated annually at appropriation Lime unlike direct expenditures. These proposals Promise to create one million new jobs by 1982. This obviously is Good yet Falls far Short of the need since eight Mil lion arc officially unemployed and perhaps As Many As 20 million Are unemployed or underemployed. Second by proposing to establish an Industrial revitalization Board president Carlsr clearly has affirmed the need for Long Range Industrial and economic plan Ning another sound principle. In prac Tice the Carter administration and previous administrations alike have never demonstrated any reluctance to engage in Long Range economic planning As demonstrated by recession the reluctance comes in planning for full employment. Third president Carter s proposals embody the principals of economic stimulation another sound principle. In practice presi Dent Carico in the past three and a half years has vacillated Between advocating economic stimulation and economic strangulation balancing the budget on the backs of the poor inc Young Ana inc disorganized and fighting inflation through in congressman prison food stinks. Employment. When he took office he no barked on a s16 billion Job stimulation 1 program to reduce the nearly 9 percent an employment Rale he. Inherited from the f 4 pc administration. Within 18 months he to reduced unemployment to 6 percent. Then inflation became a serious problem so is adopted an economic strangulation program using restrictive fiscal Ana monetary policies As his major weapon. Promises As a candidate for president m Ronald Reagan can do no More than prone f ise what he will do if elected. As president Jimmy Carter could do something now. To Stead he has chosen Only to Promise what if. He also will do if re elected. Thus Volen in g november will Only have the Choice of � whose promises to believe. 5 politics president Carter s economic pro Powals cannot be viewed out of the context of the Campaign. His proposal Are Politi i catty astute. By entering on tax incentives 5 to business he has taken that Issue away j from republicans. By showing that no plan for economic Rcv Itali action including governor Reagan s can be achieved with. A balanced budget he has undercut Calls for a balanced budget. By simultaneously arguing against a tax Cut before the election saying it would be inflationary and pro posing a tax Cut aft nhe election. President Carter apparently is attempting to play both sides against the Middle on this Issue. Political considerations also apply to cer Tain code words being used about this Issue code words with racial overtones. Urban revitalization has tended to mean pro Grams to help White businesses. Jobs has become a code word for programs to help Blacks. In fact America needs both Urban revitalization and jobs and whiles As Well As Blacks will Benalil from both. In sum. President Carter has put Forward a politically astute set of proposal largely based in sound economic principles. How Ever since Congress has been demagogic and More economically conservative than the president there must be serious doubt whether even such a modest program at thai can be enacted. While it docs not go As far As to create millions and millions and mud Lions of jobs. President Carter s economic proposals can be a Good beginning if they become the basis for further programs. U Una virus Petit