Editorials on Farm Controls Threaten Bureaucratic Takeover
The Senate subcommittee opened hearings on S. 2626, the Consumer and Agricultural Protection Act, proposing a National Board of Agricultural Governors with broad power to set production costs, allocate crops, and fix loan rates. Critics warn it would expand government reach into farming and daily life, sidelining voters from agency selection.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
National
Board of Agricultural Governors
Carter
Agriculture
Gun Registration Battle Looms in Congress
The piece warns of a looming fight over gun registration with the Treasury's ATF proposing universal firearm registration by purchaser name. It argues that failure to act could lead to bureaucratic regulation and potential confiscation, urging readers to contact their House representatives.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Treasury Department
House of Representatives
Nine Year Old Mother Syndrome Seen In Church
A reader recalls a parish scene highlighting the so called nine year old mother syndrome where an older child assumes care duties for younger siblings. The piece traces tense moments as a Midget Mother overextends and collapses under the strain.
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Enna Oymbeck
Tax Freedom Day and U S China relations shift
A note on Tax Freedom Day showing 38 percent of personal income going to government costs, with $600 billion in taxes in 1977. It also cites moves to downgrade ties with Taiwan, including closing USIA libraries and hints of normalization toward mainland China amid critiques of Carter administration policy.
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RuNenar Weigan
U.S
Republic of China
Taiwan
Tax Foundation
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Senate
Senate of
United States
Robert Byrd
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Byrd
Taichung
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Peking
Chiang Ching-kuo
Taipei
Students of Asia
Washington
Western Pacific
Values twisted as Congress votes on exports to South Africa
Anthony Harrigan condemns two Banking Committee votes in Washington. One amendment bars Export Import Bank support for U S exports to South Africa unless its race relations change. The other would exempt Communist China from restrictions on loans to communist countries. He decries U S policy shifts and portrays Carter administration as punitive toward South Africa while praising Beijing.
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Anthony Harrigan
Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
U. S
South Africa
Paul E. Tsogas
D-Mass
U.S
Les AuCoin
D-Ore
China
Republic of South Africa
United States
Europe
Korea
Free World
America
NATO
Carter
Congress
Peking
AuCoin
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kissinger Moynihan elite critique in Public Opinion
A May June Public Opinion interview with Henry Kissinger and Daniel Moynihan prompts a harsh critique of the American elite. The piece questions their own roles in foreign policy while urging concrete steps to replace or reform the ruling establishment.
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Washington
United States
Seaboard
New
the Public Opinion
Washington ‘American Enterprise Institute
Henry Kissinger
Daniel P. Moynihan
West
New York Yankees
Dr. Kissinger
Messrs. Kissinger
Moynihan
Kansas
Phillips
Kissinger
South Vietnam
Congress
Vietnam
Tuition tax credits at odds with church state lines
Washington opinion argues that federal aid to private colleges does not violate the First Amendment. It notes historical tax deductions for religious institutions, then discusses a Harrington Silber proposal for up to $5000 yearly aid repayable after graduation with minimal default risk. The column frames the issue as a test of church state separation and free exercise rights.
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Andrew Tully
Washington
Congress
National Cathedral
The
Episcopal Church
Michael Harrington
D-Mass
John Silber
Boston University
Harrington
Harrington-Silber
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