European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes february 1981 Modem living special interests a petrify ing Force in new York times in the session of Congress that ended last de a Bill came to the floor extending a program on juvenile an amendment was offered that1 would make it easier to Send juvenile offenders to adult jails without a and Michael Synar was stunned to see it pass when he asked he was told that the vote would be used on the congressional report card of Christian a conservative religious group that had been Active in the fall How did the lawmakers know that somebody Synar said with considerable and word on the floor runs like a Prairie this while was not an unusual one for the Young Oklahoma As he turns 30 and starts his second term in the Synar is an angry Young frightened by trends he sees on Capitol Hill and fearful about the future of Over breakfast in the House dining As the new Congress returned to Synar expressed his concerns Ive come to the conclusion that outside of the three big issues the Economy and government regu the major Issue of the 1980s will be the Impact lation of special interests on this they have become such a dominant Force in financially and info they have better grassroots organizations than most these said have become a petrify ing a powerful and intimidating presence in the Halls of the they want me to be Overly cautious in everything i the congressman they want me to fear my but its very difficult to get any consistency in gov ment if everyone Here is afraid of our Ern ment at a ifs end by Erma Bombeck some people get very depressed about their i cannot understand you Are Only As old As you everyone knows someone pointed out to me the other Day that Shirley Temple became a they Are obviously talking about another shirely Temple and not the same one i the one i remember who Sang and danced to on the Good ship Lollipop would Only be about nine or ten years old someone said they read in the paper where the government made a mistake and sent a draft notice to Mickey mouse at a spokesman said they were going to notify the government of the error and that Mickey was 52 years old now and served in new York times Steven Roberts Synar campaigning in you cant legislate out of he went you cant legislate out of Synar came to Washington two years ago As the second youngest member of a almost cherubic figure who looked and acted a bit like a student body since then he has lost 35 pounds and a Good Deal of his he for that All his constituents wanted less government spending except on their own favorite he found that the interests of his District did not always Square with the interests of the Leav ing him with a hard and risky he found that Many special interest groups cared about a few highly selective issues and that if he crossed them on those issues for retribution was in his first 18 months in Synar never spoke on the House but he got his Chance on the fair housing when the party elders asked him to manage the after the Bill finally passed by one Synar won the Praise of civil rights groups All Over he also won the enmity of the National association of which later helped kill the Bill in the although Synar has been a real estate broker since he was 17 and belongs to the the group made him one of its top targets in the fall flooding his District in Eastern Oklahoma with mail and contributing heavily to his Republican this is an Synar of a special interest group getting More mail to More people More often than i can As a the realtors were not the Only group eager to hasten the political demise of moral a coalition of fundamentalist protestant ministers with a Strong Fol lowing in the Bible also put him on their list for the Synar office would expect a deluge of angry Calls on thursday morning because the ministers would preach against the congressman on wednesday the ministers focused their Campaign on charges that Synar opposed stat sponsored prayer in Public schools and a stronger in both they used As evidence his votes on re publican sponsored amendments that stood no Chance of passage in had been introduced mainly to Force democrats to make embarrassing votes that could be turned against the congressman Felt that the charges were but he had trouble answering when i go Home i have to Deal with and All they know of a 400page Bill is one paragraph in the sunday paper or a 30second to he issues dont break that but people just dont grasp the Synar managed to survive the election with 54 percent of the Down a Point from looking he believes that unless drastic Steps Are America will soon have the Best Congress Money can one he would be to require lobbying organizations to disclose More about their memberships and sources of a lot of he Are just front a second step would be to place strict limits on the contributions allowed by political action com the Campaign financing arms of most Spe Cia interest but he is not optimistic about the prospects for such or about his own political Synar accepts no Money from political action commit tees outside and last fall he was outspent by about a reporter asked him How much longer he could continue playing football with a 7man team against an 11man the Young no longer and no longer a had this answer i dont world War it should be obvious to everyone As it is to me that they Are talking about two different Mickey mouses meneces the one i remember is a rodent and the government would have remembered if they had made a uniform for him during world War people just dont Stop to figure things my Mother called the other Day and Quick look at Lucille balls daughter on Shes in a new i turned it on and there was this Beautiful woman Mother thought belonged to i i told her not Only was it a biological but Lucy has red hair and this girl was a theres a group of people out there who just cant stand it when you remain Young at theres always someone who will butt into a conversion and did you know Eddie that Rotten kid on leave it to Beaver Hes a policeman someone in a Beauty shop will try to Frost your hair naturally with a smart remark Sandra Dee is 39 years old i heard it from an in peaceable dont get the wrong i dont expect the world to stand perfectly still year after i know that your old theatres give Way to parking lots and old boyfriends have faces that extend All the Way Back to their coat but you have to keep it in last night my husband turned a Page of the paper and the a Tanta Airport is which Atlanta i asked the one in youre lying i the Atlanta Airport has been under construction for 35 it was All something we took for its finished people just cant stand to see me Happy and Welland next thing you someone will Tell me Little orphan Annie has grown eyes and sings on the new York stage c Field enterprises