European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes monday october 14, 1985 what a Deal they have Tor you b Art i people in a Ishmuth were sceptical when the while House announced Secretary of health unit human Servias Margaret heckler was Beira prom used from a Cabinet Post to Imam Klor to in Chat. I he Stor circus Lintini fur the past month a s that the president s chief of staff Donald be an led the dump 1 Ceekler movement because he , dissatisfied with her performance. The rumours if the Secretary s imminent departure were leaked mately my then d enied publicly by almost Csc tone who worked for the president. Just As i was about to be swept up in the hysteria i was calmed Down by a White House aide who vigorously denied Johnl i Here a is any Effort by the administration to Force mrs. Heckler out of her Job. This is what really he told me in Confidence. The president has been trying for the belter part of a year to find a new ambassador to Ireland. He winged a person whom he could Trust who had the ability to circulate amongst the ruling classes but most of All someone who could speak the language. That per son would be the president s eyes and ears in the most Sensue diplomatic Post in the "1 Reali a Ireland was that important. I said. The White House aide looked around the room before he whispered. Over thing that floats Down from the North sen eventually winds up on he beaches of ire land. It s the perfect place to keep track of Irish exports to the United slates. Bui the most strategic value the Dublin spot has for the United states is that it s the ideas location to Monitor the bbl " i know luit being amb iss Idor the Irish Republic is vital to our foreign policy but in t Secretary of health and human services a More important position in the administration he laughed the two Don t compare. The Secretary of has is just a figurehead. She s Only responsible for spending $300 billion. Her role is to Sec that the health welfare and social Security systems Don t get fouled up. A child could do it. On the other hand an ambassador to Dublin has to be in daily Contact with the president and is personally consulted on every decision the White House makes concerning Irish if it s such a Good Job Why docs it pay $16,000 less than Secretary of has because it s so much cheaper to live How did the president persuade mrs. Heckler that he was not getting rid of her he told her the last thing Pat o Brien said to him before he died was it s always been my dream to have a woman ambassador to and heckler bought it the president reads the line much belter than 1 do. Reagan can be very pc Suasi a when he sets his mind o it. It s my understanding mrs. Heckler broke into tears when the chief started talking to her about his relatives who were caught up in the potato then you arc telling me no one in the White House had anything to do with bouncing mrs. Heckler out of her we did t Knock her Oul of a Job a we did is give her a better one. This administration has never stopped anyone from getting o to Angelu try a learning from Good Obi Farres by Jamks Kilpatr k Back in july 1983, a Virginia countryman named James of car Carper died. His sister Amanda died a month liter. A Man who lived with the carpers and cared for them in their old age sent obituary notices to the Roanoke times & world news. Rich Martin inc papers assistant managing editor sent them to me just As the notices ran. James Oscar Carper known to his friends As of was born 85 years ago in March on big Mountain in Craig Only. He Farmed ail his life and was one of a vanish coun ing Breed of Mountain men. He was respected and admired As a younger Man for his ability and skill with the scythe Cradle and double fitted a. His outstanding at tribute was that he was Content with who he was what he was. And where he was. This Speaks Well of a Man. He is survived by two Sisters. Miss Amanda Ellen Carper of new Castle and mrs. Hallic c. Crowder of Crawford Amanda Carper died in August at 79. Martin received an obituary notice from inc same hand. After recalling her birth in a Mountain Home in 1904, the writer continued Amanda never left Home except for Short visits with her married brother or sister and never had a serious Beau. She worked Long and hard and time just slipped away. Amanda was quiet and shy and loved to be alone with her work. She crocheted canned cooked and called her brother of. To supper until he died last july. She lit the lantern and left it sitting on the porch Many a night for her father and brother to use a hitching and feeding inc these Are obituaries i submit that Are written As such pieces ought always to be written. They arc marked by simplicity of statement by a close knowledge of their subjects and by a kind of Loving objectivity. Bill Buckley of National review Wrils the Best obituaries in the business. The late red Smith was another master of the Craft. The writer of these two Brief pieces was in their class. Notice the details the tribute to the old Man s skill with the Cyl he Cradle and double fitted a the Obser vation that Amanda never had a serious Beau the vivid sentence about the lantern on the porch. Most obituaries rattle on mechanically about dates education jobs and awards. Here we met of and Amanda Carper Mountain people. As writers let us profit from the introduction. Recently i was writing about redundancies and urging hat we Weed them from our copy. 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