European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 clout gifts the stars and stripes thursday. September 3. 19b7 William Safire Iron Contra hearings left bigger mysteries Here Ark a couple of Tow tenth left after the Iran Contra hearings thai a committee report a special prosecutor or enterprising journalist May Clear up 1. The unbound finding. John poin do ulcer has confessed he destroyed the first arms for hostages presidential finding which pics Ideal Reagan signed on dec. 12, 1985. That Legal document had been drafted by Stanley spot Kin then he Cia general counsel and now a Federal judge at inc insistence of lie Deputy director of the Cia John me Mahon who was soon cased out of the Agency by Bill Crisey for this sort of adherence to proper form. Judge Sporkin drafted the find ing a High Federal official Learned in the Law writes to me at he request of a senior Cia official to assure compliance nun pro unc with Section 2422 of title 22 of inc .  nun pro tune is not inc name of a vietnamese spy the Lalin phrase Means now for then and in this Case refers to the president s retroactive approval of a violation of Law thereby making it Legal. My unidentifiable correspondent Hen poses a line of questioning who physically handed the finding to the president for his signature let us presume thai was poin Dexler were they alone How Many counterparts did the president sign thai s legalise for copies rarely in government is there one copy of anything Why did Admiral  keep the signed finding in his Safe seems obvious so nobody else would see in. But that sets up the next question was the Cia official who requested the finding furnished a signed counterpart or an authenticated copy hmm presumably Noi or inc com Mittee would have made in Public. Strange that the Cia Deputy would have Laid his Job on the line by demanding the finding and then nol asked to see it. He would have had to be a very trusting Sou to Lake anybody s word for its  leads to if the Cia was not furnished a signed counterpart or authenticated copy was the Agency effectively hostage to Admi ral Poindexter that suggests the a George will " it s awful that so Manv people of Florip the preside tit w these thim6s who a the a Rlph rep those people lion at Security adviser May have had a document under hit sole control that Couit keep inc lop Cia official from prosecution Why was trial signed retroactive approval in docketed if Sec Tion 201 of title 44 of the . Code require records be kept of All presiden tial documents 2. The Robertson North dispute. In 198 i was in the Page air plane terminal in Washington d.c., the televangelist and presidential candidate pal Robertson told a delegation of Young republicans and later repealed to reporters and i ran into a fiend of some years whose name was Colo Nel Oliver North and Ollie said to me i m going to Iran to negotiate the release of some of our hostages. Would you please Pray for me a few Days later according to Robertson he old Reagan i understand a member of your official family has left for ran to discuss he negotiations for the release of he hostages he said he president replied that he did Noi want to conduct negotiations in the newspapers. If True that would be a stunner it an uncleared preacher one of the nation most closely held seems. I do no recall that conversation North testified in answer to questioning about his by sen. Sam Nunn he claimed that he was not planning a trip id Tehran when Robertson says they met on sept 13, 1985. I m nol even sure that s a quote from reverend  something is very fishy about this Robertson  not return Calls from ungodly pundit Bui i do nol think he created this Story out of thin air. What would be his motive in lying or in gel Ling his Friend Oliver North in grave trouble Tor divulging secrets withheld from Congress Why do we bother our Heads with mini mysteries like these Why not just move on As the president suggests because much More is to be Learned. When Legal minds and inquiring Gumshoe pull Al Loose ends the bigger mysteries unravel. In a few months we will look Back at Loday and realize How Little we knew of the Ruth. High Twat Newt swim affluent Orange county seeking slow growth Newport Beach Calif. The third or fourth Lime Dorothy Parker attempted suicide a Friend said you know Doltie you keep this up you re going to make yourself  Many people Here South of los Angeles feel that Way about Orange county s economic growth. They think growth is making a sow s ear out of a silk purse. They Are becoming interested in slow growth Laws that would link growth to the preservation of the Quality of the social infrastructure particularly fire and police Protection and most important in this land of Trie free Way traffic movement. One proposal Sunbelt bolshevism would ban Large  projects where Rush hour try flip does not flow at 30 to 35 Mph. Orange county s population has grown 10-fold, to 2.2 million since 1950. Inland in has a Large Blue col Lar component but the county has Long been a Conier Atic stronghold. In 1966, gubernatorial candidate Ronald Reagan got to percent of its vote. In 1978, proposition 13, the property tax revolt received 70 percent of the county vote. Contemporary conservatism emphasises properly rights nol Only As the buttress of Liberty but also As instrumental in producing another fundamental value economic growth. It is therefore fascinating and per haps portentous Hal Many conservatives As Well As liberals Here want to restrict property rights in order to restrict growth. However one reason for restricting growth is to enhance property values. Life along Orange county s coast As elsewhere in the Sunbelt involves what economists Call positional  they Are goods inherently available Only to a relatively few. Such goods can include an elite Edu cation a vacation Al an exclusive resort a Home in a Choice neighbourhood. Life in inc Choice portions of Orange county is a positional Good that can be radically degraded by unlimited Access Loil. Noise pollution and congestion increase and the individual s most pre Cious resource time which he came Here to enjoy is consumed in coping. This is a Paradox of Prosperity. After Elemen Tal material desires Are satisfied positional goods arc More coveted. But affluence enlarges the class Able to compete for them and the Competition makes the goods less Good. So frustration As Well As satisfaction rises As Prosperity rises. There also arises a demand for conserving government which does nol mean conservative government As currently understood. Twenty years ago James q. Wilson then of har Vard now of Urcla wrote a guide to Reagan coun try the political culture of Southern California for commentary. Wilson a los Angeles native argued thai for Young people. Eastern Urban life with a lot of hanging around Street Corners in congested neighbor hoods produced a Strong sense of territory. Western Urban life in Low density cities organized around the automobile produced a Strong sense of property. Before marriage attention was lavished on the Auto Mobile afterwards on the House by 1940, with the depression still in Force More than half the los an Geles population lived in single family Homes year round warm weather made possible year round House and Lawn work. And the tradition of the sunday afternoon drive made the inspection of properly a Cen trial part of social life. Wartime jobs for Mother As Well As father in air Craft plants and shipyards compressed for Steinbeck s oust bowl refugees a generation or economic gain into a few Yean. Explosive growth gave Rise to the belief hat he purpose of government is developmental to facilitate growth open new land bring in water build freeways make credit easy. Government did not pm silo provide Security by legislating benefits and regulations. Its Job was to usher in the future. The future has arrived with a vengeance. Orange county is one of the nation s Many suburbs thai have become Urban. One Cut Only mall has an an Nual sales total larger than that of .1�aniown san fran Cisco. If the county were a Naipun. Iso billion econ omy would rant to the in the Cru. The slow growth mov Cuttit Here and elsewhere represents the growing desire of i possessing classes for con Irving government for Laws to protect the value of inc positional Good a Lilc in a Choice location. Conserving government is the Lihr Liim of the privileged. It is activist government Pizic filing the Well positioned from inundation by change and Competition