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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1975
Page
4
Opinion argues the Congressional Record wastes taxpayer money with pricey pages and extraneous material. It suggests charging members for extended remarks while continuing to print floor events accurately to create an honest publication.
Russell Baker likens the Nixon Ford Kissinger era to a failing marriage blaming the government for treating Americans as children. He argues policymakers nag on energy and morals while flanking alliances, unemployment, inflation, and Vietnam, urging more trustworthy leadership and mutual reliance.
Paul Harvey discusses UCLA's problem solving course Patterns in Problem Solving taught by Prof. Moshe Rubenstein. He notes rising enrollment, spread to MIT USC and Oregon State, and urges analytical steps, doubt, breaking problems down, and consulting others to define issues clearly. He cites Eisenhower on decision questioning.
Washington analysis notes President Ford sought a bold show of strength to restore credibility after Southeast Asia setbacks. He ordered the Mayaguez rescue without full Congress approval, later informing leaders and defending the action as within his powers. Senators and a former War Powers Act author debated legality and timing, while intelligence hints linked the incident to asserting rights over offshore oil beds near the Wei Islands.
The Nation argues the Viet Namese refugee intake highlights broader inequities in U S policy. While about 120 000 arrive and a 290 000 annual inflow exists, inner city poverty and unemployment hit black and brown communities harder, with teen unemployment as high as 60 percent. The piece urges amnesty for draft resisters and deserters, linking civil rights to national policy.
Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B. F. C. Whitehouse 1891 1971 1889 1972 W. Paul Casavant Publisher Charles C. Sutton Managing Editor Gladys M. Whitehouse President Treasurer
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