, September 13, 1976
Carter's figures
not whole story
PLAINS, Ga. (AP)
Jimmy Carter is telling
campaign audiences that
Democrats deal best with
inflation and deficits. He's
reciting statistics he says
prove it. But his figures don't
cover all the facts.
In almost every speech, the
Democratic presidential
nominee cites statistics on
inflation, unemployment and
budget deficits under the last
three Democratic presidents,
and compares them with the
record during the current
Republican administration.
"I don't care how you look
at it, tough management,
balanced budgets, low in
flation, high employment, low
deficits, the Democratic
party stands up well," Carter
says.
"I don't intend to destroy
Schweiker assesses losing bid
HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI)
—Sen. Richard Schwiker
knew he was taking the
biggest risk of his political
career when he joined Ronald
Reagain's ill-fated
presidential campaign as a
potential running mate.
But he called it a "coalition
for victory" and forged
ahead, promising his liberal
reputation would lure
moderate supporters into
Reagan's conservative camp,
giving a forgotten wing of the
party a voice in presidential
politics.
It was a gamble that led to a
devastating loss, and now
Schweiker is assessing the
damage caused by the first
defeat in an otherwise
brilliant political career that
has spanned 15 years in
Congress.
Schweiker is an aggressive
and ambitious man. He and
his friends admit that. He has
fur years to erase the first
blotch of defeat on his record,
and his campaign is already
underway.
Schweiker, who will
become Pennsylvania's
senior senator when Hugh
Scott retires at the end of this
year, does not face re-election
until 1980, when he will be 54.
Time is on his side.
"My first objective is to go
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Democratic Party if I'm
elected."
It is part of Carter's effort
to counter Republican
assertions that he is a big
spending liberal, an effort he
acknowledges has led him to
emphasize some conservative
themes in the initial phase of
his campaign.
His economic statistics
cover the administrations of
Harry S. Truman, John F.
Kennedy and Lyndon B.
Johnson, comparing , them
with the deficits, inflation and
unemployment rates under
Richard M. Nixon and
President Ford. Carter skips
the Republican ad
ministration of Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
There are two apparent
errors in the figures Carter
back to being a good senator
for Pennsylvania," Schwei
ker said. "And I can't
emphasize that too strongly.
I'm working on a new
legislative package now."
He said he wants to review
the government programs he
once supported "and see just
how effective they really are.
I want to know if the taxpayer
is really getting his money's
worth."
Schweiker had one of the
most liberal voting records in
the Senate. He supported bills
setting up consumer
protection agencies, battled
appropriations for the Flll,
supported food stamps' for_
strikers, and pushed for open
legislative meetings.
And while it may seem
unrelated, his futuie voting
record could play a major
role in determining how
successful he is in walking
away from what some say
was a serious mistake and
fatal defeat.
Many Republican officials
say the Reagan-Schweiker
failure gives Schweiker a
chance to make his voting
record more moderate in
time for reelection.
That way, he will be able to
appeal to his traditional
Republican supporters, make
inroads among conservatives
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uses. And the record shows
that the numbers were
carefully chosen to make his
point while avoiding less
favorable statistics about the
economic past.
Republican vice
presidential nominee Robert
J. Dole countered Carter's
claims by saying unem
ployment • was low under
Johnson because of the war in
Vietnam. Ford's campaign
Analysis
committee issued a statement
by Sen. Robert P. Griffin of
Michigan that "it's no trick
for a President to achieve
'full employment' when our
sons are marching off to war"
as in Vietnam and Korea.
Here are some of Carter's
figures, along with the
record:
"Under Johnson and
Kennedy, the inflation rate
was two per cent and when
Truman went out of office, the
inflation rate was only one
per cent. Under this
and retain the support he has
among . independents,
Democrats and organized
labor.
"I think w ith
. a more
moderate kind of voting
record and being an effective
Senator over the next few
years, he can be a major
force in 1980," said Drew
Lewis, former candidate for
governor. "What he has to do
is accept the fact that he had
a four week shot at the vice
presidency that did not work
out and he has tremendous
potential for the future. Get
on with the future and forget
about the past," Lewis
said. "The most important
thing for Schweiker is to
become part of the team
again and start working for
the Ford-Dole ticket. He can
still play a substantial role
this year and it could be
enough to help Ford win the
state."
Other political observers
are not so optimistic.
Most refuse to talk on the
record because they are
determined to mend the rift
Schweiker's vice presidential
candidacy created.
"I don't think the guy is
very smart politician," said
one leader.
"He never put a political
campaign together for
Jazz and Tap
Republican administration,
the inflation rate has
averaged more than six per
cent."
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The Consumer Price Index
has gone up by an average of
6.6 per cent annually during
the Nixon-Ford years.
Under Kennedy and
Johnson the average increase
in the Consumer Price Index
was 2.2 per cent a year,
slightly higher than Carter
said. There was 4.7 per cent
increase in the cost of living
in 1968, Johnson's last full
year in office. That jump in
inflation, which continued
into the Nixon ad
ministration, stemmed from
earlier spending on the war in
Vietnam.
"Obviously . the aftermath
of the Vietnam war did
contribute to the inflation
rate," Carter acknowledged
at a news conference last
Thursday.
Truman left office on Jan.
20, 1953, and the inflation rate
for that year, most of it under
Eisenhower, was .7 per cent.
But during 1952, Truman's
last full year, the inflation
himself and he never helped
anyone else get elected. That
is a problem that Schweiker
nas to change."
Others are ahgry at what
they see as Schwiker's cool
endorsement of -Ford after
Ford won the nomination in
Kansas City.
Schweiker says he pledged
to back the GOP ticket
regardless of the outcome and
also voiced his plan to support
Ford after Ford won the
nomination.
But some Republicans say
fie didn't go far enough, or
fast enough.
"I think that Schweiker lost,
more between the time Ford
was nominated and now than
he lost when he accepted
Reagan's offer," said one
GOP leader. .
"It's tough losing, everyone
knows that. But you just have
to realize that in politics,
someone wins and someone
loses. He has to forget about
his feelings and • get on
board." _
Schweiker seems to have
put his first major failure
behind him.
He says he is wholeheart-'
edly behind the Ford tickket
arid carries no grudges
against the people who work
ed to defeat him. - ,
And he says that any
damage that was done by the
failure of a Reagan-
Schweiker candidacy will not
be an issue in 1980.
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rate was 2.2 per cent. During
the previous two years, as the
Korean 'War expanded, the 1
cost of livihg had gone up by
7.9 per cent.
That round of inflation was
stemmed by price controls in
effect during the last two
years of Truman's term.
The inflation rate under
Nixon also was affected by
price controls, which he
imposed in August, 1971. -
"When President Johnson
went out of office, unem
ployment was less than four
per cent, and at the end of
Truman's term, less than
three per cent of our people
were out of work. But the
unemployment rate today is
7.9 per cent."
In 1968, Johnson's last year,
the unemployment rate
averaged 3.6 per cent.
However, during the eight
Kennedy-Johnson years the
average rate was 4.85 per
cent. Unemployment reached
6.7 per cent in 1961, Kennedy's
first year, stayed above five
per cent until 1965. The drop
in unemployment came as the
war in Vietnam expanded.
"Look," he said, "con
servatives are porn
' plimenting me now for trying
to tie the wings of the party
together. I even had letters
from some Democratic office
holders who said it would
have been a tough ticket to
beat."
He said his mail has been
running "about 10 to one" in
his favor and contains "a lot
of second thought letters.
People are saying "Now that
the . shock has worn off, it
wasn't a bad idea."
Schweiker has one element
going for him that few other
Pennsylvania Republicans
can claim, and it is a factor
that could well minimize any
problems created by the
Reagan allia - nce.
In Pennsylvania, he is and
has been, a winner.
In his 1974 election,
had defeated Pittsburgh May
or Pete Flaherty, a Democrat,
by a 54 to 46 per cent margin
at a time when Democrats
had almost a half million vote
registration edge.
And when he was first sent
to the Senate in 1968, he upset
Sen. Joseph S. Clark of
Philadelphia, a popular
liberal — who headed the
Americans for Democratic
Action, by a 52 to 46 per cent,
margin.
He made the Senate bid
after spending eight years in
the House.
Argentine Nazis
claim bombings
BUENOS AIRES,
Argentina (UPI) Pro-Nazi,
anti-semitic vibrations are
being felt these days in
Argentina with alarming
frequency. -
The most recent of these
vibrations emanated from a
communique received in the
mail by United Press
International Aug. 31 an
nouncing the existence of a
Nazi terrorist group.
The group,-calling itself the
"Argentine National-Socialist
Front", claimed respon
sibility for placing bombs in
front of two synagogues and
the Jewish owned La Opinion
newspaper.
"The Argentine National-
Socialist Front • informs the
citizenry that on Aug. 27 it
successfully carried out
several punitive operations
against important objectives
of international Judaism and
its '`representatives," the
communique said.
"In this way, we point out
those responsible for the
Argentine disaster and for the
national disintegration.
"Thus begins the war,
which will only come to, an
end with the total ex
termination of the Jewish-
Bolshevik plutocracy."
During the past year,
numerous pro-Nazi
publications have gone on
sale on the newsstands of
Scott's G
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Internal Revenue Service
has sent a tax deficiency notice to Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa., for
funds he allegedly received from Gulf Oil but did not report on
his 1973 income tax return, according to a published report.
Scott could not be reached for comment yesterday on the
report in the Philadelphia Bulletin. The IRS refused to
comment, saying all tax matters are confidential.
A deficiency notice indicates 'that the IRS believes a tax
payer failed to pay certain taxes without intent to defraud.
The Bulletin source said the IRS is also investigating the
Senate minority leader's tax returns before 1973 for possible'
tax fraud, for which the normal three-year statute of
limitations does not apply.
Gulf lobbyist Claude Wild had said he gave Scott $lO,OOO a -
year from the early 1960 s until 1973 for "office or per
sonal
use."
- Scott, 75, who is not seeking re-election, has admitted to the - '
Senate Ethics Committee that he. received $45,000 to $50,000
from Wild after becoming minority leader in 1969, using it for
his 1970 campaign and passing most of it on to other
Republican senators. - •
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But he would , not acknowledge taking any contributions
prior to that and has refused public comment 'about the Gulf
money except to deny any impropriety.
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