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Thursday. November 4, I976

Ford’s a nice guy

By WALTER lllXSON
Editorial Editor

WASHINGTON- Gerald R. Ford
lived up the adage that nice guys
finish last.

It was unquestionably an inex-
plica ble work of history that sent the
man who never captured a majority
of voters, except in lona and Kent

counties in Western Michigan. to the
White House as the first appointed
president of the United States. It was
a quirk that would have had Thomas
Jefferson hopping out of his boots; a
quirk that Jerry Ford never asked
for. yet accepted with deter-
mination; and a quirk that nearly
produced a genuine presidential
victory.

But that didn’t happen. Jerry Ford
was a nice guy. but he was a bum-
bler, too. He bumbled with the Nixon
pardon, he bumbled with WIN but
tons, and he humbled with European
geography.

The record will show that Gerald
Ford was a substitute president,
filling out a term of disgrace.
However. facts won't show that Ford
assumed a role he never dreamed of
having, and, like in his football days
at Michigan. he gave it the old
college try.

Itwasn't enough: not nearly. Ford
lacked the essential qualities of the
chief executive. He was not ar-

 

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ticulate, nor clever or insightful, he
never beat me the kind of leader who
could generate an avid following.
Rather, Ford was honest by any
political standards, sincere and
hard-working.

He is a man respected for those
qualities—ran ideal grandfather but
an inadequate president. Many
voters who elected Jimmy Carter

undoubtedly reognized Ford’s in-
dividual qualities. Many, in fact,
would‘ve chosen Ford over Carter in
a personality preference poll.

But so weak were Ford’s personal
experiences, his proposals, his basic
administrative ability, that he lost
despite being the best-liked can-
didate. Undecided voters longed for
Ford to show real leadership; the

Betty and Jerry
Ford...

strong on peace.
prosperity and
trust. But a sub-
stitute President
who ignored
problems and
showed no real
leadership.

 

kind he didn’t show in pardoning
Nixon, in ignoring the eight million
unemployed. in vetoing record
number of bills and in supporting
more militarism in Vietnam and
Angola.

People liked his wife and his
family: they were the most for—
thright and personal first family in
history. The public liked Jerry
Ford‘s persistent sense of humor
and his unparalleled drive and
confidence despite the reality of the
circumstance.

A look at the record doesn‘t reveal
brilliant leadership~Ford's undying
grip of the conservative ideology, his
shuns to critical problems—the
environment. energy, NYC and
urban decay.

But Jerry Ford campaigned on
three strong points—peace,
prosperity and trust. And with the
obvious exception of prosperity,
these were indeed Ford's strengths.

Few men could have inherited the
government in that time of genuine
moral decline and restore trust as
Ford'did. He was Good Old Jerry—
honest, eamest, just plain human.
He displayed the qualities we needed
to see so badly.

But Ford couldn‘t disguise the fact
that he was inept as the chief
executive. He was a run-of—the-mill
congressman attaining notoriety
for attempting to depose Supreme
(‘ourt Justice William 0. Douglas
at the suggestion of the Nixon gang
and as minority leader of the house.

Ford‘s failure at the White House

KENTUCKY

an independent student newspaper I

But he lacked leadership

wasn’t really his fault, though; he
had never planned on the
presidency.

He simply thought the vice-
presidential tag would be a nice way
to cap a political career and put
Grand Rapids on the map. However,
Ford grew to like the presidency
and, after a scare from Ronald
Reagan, he sought to gain the
people‘s mandate for the office he
inherited.

Ford was historically a tireless
campaigner. He camaigned as a
congressman, despite never having
a realchallenge and he booked out of
Washington more than 60 times
during his short vice-presidential
tenure.

Not surprisingly, Ford planned to

‘ stump across the nation to win

election. But his plans were vetoed
by wmpaign coordinators.

“We think you can win,“ aides told
the president, “but only if you do it
our way." The design was for Ford
to remain in the White House during
the campaign and to act as
“presidential" as possible, signing
and vetoing legislation and snaring
free TV time.

Aides seemed to be telling the
President that he was electable in
spite of himself.

Robert Dole, Ford’s sorry choice
for vice president, would do the
stumping, attacking Carter and
humoring the electorate with quips.
In the end, Dole ranked with the
WIN program as Ford‘s prime
blunders.

Ford left the Replublican con-
vention needing to make up a deficit
of some 30 percentage points. And
the campaign game plan almost
made it possible. The Ford strategy
nearly successfully conveyed the
message of trust, the rebuilding
economy and peace.

Carter helped Ford‘s cause with
some politically unwise, though
perhaps straightforward
statements. Most notable, of course,
was the Playboy interview.

This played into the Ford strategy,
depicting Carter as an unproven
leader and a dangerous, big-
spending Southern liberal.

The Ford campaign began to gain
momentum. “I‘d rather be a late-
starter than a slow finisher," said
the old offensive lineman from
Michigan.

But whenever the Ford campaign
gained a boost and picked upa head
of steam, the candidate himself
always seemed to set it back. A
combination of circumstances,
mostly bumbles, cost him the
election:

, Ford‘s campaign finances
during congressional races came
under scrutiny, minimizing his
recent gairs;

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Homecoming preparations

Freshmen Amy Maglinger and Jennifer Anderson. ‘Greek houses, along with Alpha Xi Delta and Kappa

both of (‘hi Omega. weave tissue paper through

chicken wire at the Pi Kappa Alpha House.The two

For basketball

Alpha. are collaborating on a Homecoming float

30 may offer group block seating

By KEITH SHANNON
Kernel Sta ff Writer

Block seating may become
available for students attending the
basketball games at Rupp Arena
next semester. according to Hal
Haering, Student Government (SG)
vice president.

And even though the plan has not
been finalized, the Student Senate
has already tried to make a grab for
some of those seats.

Haering, a member of the UK
Athletic Board Ticket Committee,
announced the block seating
proposal at Monday night’s 86
meeting. The proposal, which
Haering said had been “worked out“
between him and Dean of Students
Joe Burch, calls for the availability
of block seats to students interested
in sitting together at the basketball
games.

Voters approve two bottle deposit bills

By TOM .\l.\'l"l‘lll".\\'S
Kernel Reporter

Supporters of bottle bill legislation
can claim two victories from four
states Tuesday on referendums
requiring return deposits on
beverage containers.

The initiative passed by sub-
stantial margins in Michigan and
Maine, while the issue was defeated
in Massachusetts by one half of one
percent of the votes cast. The
measure also failed in Colorado.

The bill met with heavy opposition
from the container and bottling
industries. which claimed the bill

did little to solve the problem it was
designed to deal with --litter--to
deserve passage. Opponents also
claimed it would raise the prices of
soft drinks and beer. a claim which
contrasts a report issued Friday by
the Environmental Protection
Agency which concluded that
consumers would save money by
switching to retumables.

Pam Deuel of Environmental
Action, a Washington. DC. based
public interest group. blamed the
failurrs on massive spending on
advertising by the container and
beverage industries. “Supporters of

the bill were outspent 50 to l in
Massachusetts. 30 to t in Michigan.
25 to t in Colorado. and to to t in
Maine,“ said Deuel. “Most of the
credit for the Michigan victory
belongs to the Michigan United
Conservation Club. a sportsman
group, which organized the cam
paign there. They worked with a
diverse group including the Leauge
of Women Voters. Common Cause,
the Michigan Farm Bureau and
various student groups, among
othcm. "

Supporters of the iniative can look
forward to increased activity in this

area. accord mg to Deuel. who teels
the votes in the Nov. 2 referenda are
the first steps toward national
legislation. “The beverage industry
cannot afford to operate amidst a
hodgepodge of state laws; even-
tually. the industry itself will sup-
port a national bill."

“The overwhelming message
behind the results seems to be that
the voters can't always be bought."
fiend added. She expressed delight
with the people's recognition of the
problems associated with increased
waste and the ‘throwaway society‘
concept America now faces.

The size of the blocks to be given
out will vary according to the size of
the organizations requesting the
tickets. Haering said.

Distribution of individual tickets
wil continue as before at Memorial
Coliseum the week before the game
for which the tickets are to be used.
Haering said. Those who wait in line
for indiviual tickets will get better
seats than those who get block
seating, he said.

Finalization of the block seating
proposal rests in the hands of the
Ticket Committee, which, Haering
said, will meet later in the week. He
said he is ‘99 per cent sure“ that the
committee will pass the proposal.

Later in the Monday night meeting
the senators tried to make a grab for
some of the proposed seats.

In a resolution sponsored by Terry
Norris. Dentistry senator,it was
pmposed that a block of 80 seats be
set aside for SG members. Although
the motion was eventually defeated,
several senators supported it,

Norris. although sponsoring the
bill. warned that 86 would “get a lot
of flack" if the motion were passed.
Don Prather, semitor-atiarge, said
SG would not be alone if it approved
such a practice: the UK Board of
Tnistees and the Student Center
Boa rd get blocks of seats reserved at
some UK events. he said. Alex
Christine. seriator-atrlarge and
chairman of the SG Public Relations
Committee. urged against the
adoption of the move.

In another move. the Student
Sinatr- began to crank up the
machinery established by the
passage earlier this year of an
amendment to the SG constitution
conceming the SG Judicial Hoard

tJ-Boardi composrtron. the
amendment provrdes for the
selection of two members in-
dependently by the SG president,
two members by the senate itself
and one chief justice with the con-
current approval of the president
and the senate.

Jim Harralson. former SG
president, was selected by the
senate to serve as chief justice.
Harralson. who attends the UK
School of law, was selected out of
six students who had applied for the
position. Only four of the 27 senators
presentat the meeting voted against
Harralson. Three senators ab-
stained from \oting.

The other justices to serve on the
J Boa rd will be selected at SG‘s next
meeting on Monday, Nov. IS, in room
3060 of the Complex Commons. The
senate has narrowed the choice from
the IT applicants down to five, from
which the final two will be selected.

The five finalists in the race are
(ircg Burns, Robert Henry, Judith
Kline, Libby Noyes and Rick Sch-
wcitzer.

The remaining two justices will be
selected by Mike McGlaughlin. SG
president.

 

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high in the low ttts. There‘s a
slight chance of showers or snow
tonight with a low in the upper
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Nuclear industry power

has bulldozed expansion

I‘hisis the second ofa three-part series of Kernel
editorials on nuclear energy.

Instead of

industry,

The govemment is pursuing a policy of rapidly
expanding the number of nuclear power
facilities. And. acquiescense to the nuclear in-
dustry has produced relaxed safety standards
under the questionable reasoning that need for
the energy source precludes them.

This rationale is shortsighted when weighed
against the risks of possible nuclear catastrophe
through technical error or sabatoge. Rapid
development of nuclear power also has spurred
over-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

But is nuclear fuel essential to meet the energy
needs in the US? The question is wholely

debatable.

Alternative energy sources.

product ion.

Potential energy sources abound. yet the
government has given full support to just one
means of energy production—nuclear power.
And in so doing. safety standards have been
compromised and massive funds for nuclear
development have precluded needed exploration

regulating nuclear
production to ensure adequate safety standards.
the US. government has blindly supported the

such as that
gained through solar power. potentially can
meet coming energy needs. Clearly. elimination
of danger is one argument in favor of other
sources. as is cost. Nuclear development over
the last two decades has cost the US. billions of
dollars that could more wisely be spent for
greater exploration of other energy sources.
Similarly, it has been estimated that US. coal
reserves could meet energy needs for 600 years.
t'nderground coal easily could be deep mined
with little expense to the environment if
government would give half the support to coal
development now provided nuclear research and

of alternative energy sources.

Why, if nuclear energy is so dangerous and
expensive, hasn’t public reaction forced a re-

energy

expansion?

evaluation of nuclear energy. And why do so
many physicists and notable scientists support

The public is at a loss to influence development

of nuclear erergy largely because of ignorance.
The public relies on its scientists and the
government for information—and many public
officials are “persuaded” by the tremendous
financial resources of the nuclear industries—
like General Electric, Exxon and Nuclear
Systems which spend millions annually for
lobbying and “educational” presentations.

A reason for support from the academic arena
can be seen by an example. In early 1975, a group
of wellrespected scientists released a “Scien-
tists Statement on Energy Policy” urging rapid
expansion of nuclear power facilities. And,

although the need for safety considerations was

safety.

dards.

Dick Downey. . .

acknowledged, the scientists cited the need for
nuclear power as the only means of meeting
future energy needs as reason for ignoring

It was later revealed, however, that 14 of these
26 “academic scientists” were members of
directing boards of major US. corporations
benefitting directly or indirectly by energy
productions—a glaring conflict of interest.

Furthermore, opposition to the blind ex-
pansion of nuclear power facilities is evidenced
by the number of scientists and engineers that
have resigned high-ranking posts in nuclear
power plants in protest of shoddy safety stan-

These scientists lost lucrative salaries and
benefits. In addition, they were branded quitters
and backstabbers by the government and in-
dustry solely because they expressed an
overriding concern for safety first in nuclear
power production.

I don’t care who wins,

just give me a good game

liven though I wasn't able to get
t'.\l( itcd about either of the two major
patty candidates in this year‘s
election. w atching the returns come
ill was. I must admit. a lot ot fun.

It was the same sort of sensation
that you get when you gotoa football
ganic not caring about who wins or
lost-s. just as long as it's a good
game \Ht' probably could have
luml lllt‘ away from ('HS ittheyhad
turned lllt'll‘ production of the event
.m-r to Itoonc Arledge and his band
of sports coverage geniuses.

\H the natural ingredients of a
gridiron clash were. after all.
pI‘iN‘lll during the course ot the
night l"ii'st. there were the teams»
lionkcys and I‘ilcphants isonic call
tllt'tii .Iackasscs and
blocking. passing, committing
personal lords. and generally
wreaking havoc on the presidential
playing ticld

Then, there were the stars of each
team .lt‘I'l‘} Ford and Jimmy
f'artcr t'artcr played the part of
superstar. lllt' kind of triple-threat
man that every coach dreams of
having «it his team Meanwhile.
.lcrry I-‘ord was the stolid. works
horse type who doesn't get much
gloiy but who keeps plugging away
tor the team even when he gets his
head heat in

t'artcr started out the night by
slashing out big gains. effectively
using his southern home crowd
advantage to tlt‘llltlrillllt’ the
Republicans at the outset Texas
was lllt' \Ilt' ot the first play of the
night to bring oohs and aahs to the
crowd. f‘artcr tumbled to the

Fatasscs i~

Republicans by adulterating Lyndon
Johnson‘s name in Playboy. but then
enlisted LHJ‘s daughter in a last-
second recruitment effort. She
tucked the ball under her shirt and
sneaked into the end zone.

After that. Ford began using his
team's strategy of gaining three or
tour electoral votes in a cloud of
dust, he must have learned that
play from John Ray.) The strategy
worked best out in the western states
where it‘s pretty dusty anyway—in
Nevada. Nebraska. Kansas,
t‘olorado, l'tah. and the Dakotas.

However. the Democrats‘
playbook was a lot llashier~and they
had more diversity on their team.
For starters. it was the first time
ever that a southern-based artfit
used both a lot of blacks and red-
necks on the same team. The
alliance worked uncommonly well,

but now it‘s up to Carter and the
Democrats to prove that the spoils of
their win will be evenly divided
between the two groups.

As the game progressed to its
conclusion, Ford rooters began to
drink the bitter dregs of defeat.
Persons who earn over $20,000 a
year began to worry about losing
their 50 per cent capital gains tax
exemption as Carter continued to
carveoutbig gains ofhis own in New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
Michigan. Holders of college
degrees t58 per cent of them,
anyway) began complaining that
their diplomas wouldn‘t be worth the
sheepskin they‘re printed on, if they
were really printed on sheepskin to
begin with.

As I sat in the stands waiting for
the final whistle to blow. I realized
that I didn‘t have the emotional
interest in the game that those
around me were demonstrasting. It
was an interesting contest, alright,
but it would have been nice to have
had a real favorite instead of just
hoping that the old, dusty Elephants
would finally lose out. I thought
abort what it would be like if
everyone felt the same way that I do-
-if the crowd had been non-partisan
instead of bi-partisan. Then I was
glad that I'm in the minority. Hell.
the game wouldn't have been worth
a damn if everyme had just been
analyzing the whole affair instead of
just BEING a part of it. Long live
American politics.

 

Dick Downey is a third-year law
student.

 

 

Rupp Arena conflict should be resolved '

Whatwe have here is a very iteresting conflict.

Ask basketball coach Joe Hall what the student body
means to his basketball team. Ask the players who
have played in Memorial Coliseum. What makes the
confines of that basktball barn such an intimdating
place for the Wildcat foes to face the Wildcats?

The student body. The student body can get a little
rowdy at times» physically controlled but vocally very
rowdy. And it can get a little disconcerting for visiting
teams who have to face that excited. intense crowd.
which is synonomous with basketball a t the University 0
Kentucky. During the UKIT. when students attend in
reduced numbers. it's just not the same.

The crowd helps Joe Hall and his basketball team win
games at home. No doubt about it. And the name of the
gameis winning. Beat Indiana. Beat Notre Dame. Win
the SEC. Win the region. Ultimately. win the NCAA
Championship. In college basketball. at the major
college level. money level. the secret word is winning.
Without his home crowd. without the excitement it
generates. Joe Hall would find his job a bit less secure.

Now then. what about this (‘ivic (‘enter thing?
Lexington has taken the Wildcats downtown. That‘s
allright. It gives the commmunity that supports the
team year-in and year-out a better chance to see the
Widdcats commit their public thrashings. When I
finally leavethis university asa full-timestudent, if I'm
still in Lexington. I'll take advantage of tht privilege at
every opportunity.

But. What about the students? If the l'mversity of
Kentucky did not provide a student body. there would
be no one here for the best imported players in the
country/«or the county-lo represent What does all this
mean? It means the administration should have
realized before now that getting folks to the ball games
front campus this winter may be a problem. Even the
avid and vociferous t‘K students will not turn out in the
droves of the past to walk downtown in the infamous

weather of central Kentucky, and then back again at ll
pm. when it's even darker, colder. and wetter.
Students realized it would be a problem. I've heard it
discussed for over a year. The problem. that is--n0t the
solution.

Why or for what purpose do college athletics exist?
(flil‘f Ilagan told a colleague and me. shortly before he
took the reins of the athletic department, that college
athletics are really for thealumni. I have that on tape. 1
wish I didn‘t.

The conflict then is between theory and reality.
Theoretically. the basketball program is a “rallying
point“ for the student body. And the baketball team
needs that support.

But in reality, other priorities have been allowed to
take the front seat for a few months too many. Not by
some. granted, but in effect by everybody.

What if University of Kentucky students started
staying home in droves? Ask coach Joe Hall. Sure,
Hupp Arena would be nearly full anyway. But it would
not be the same.

Ilow many of this country‘s best want to play for a
school with no support from the student body? How
many bad recruiting years will it take? How many
Lexingtonians-or folks from central Kentucky for that
matter—will continue to support a team that becmes
less than national championship caliber? Where does it
all hurt? Eventually, it gets the wallet of the athletic
department. Either sooner or later.

'lhc guys in the white land blucI hats better get their
priorities hack in proper order. Otherwise this conflict
between what should be and what reality is may take its
toll on the enthusiasm and support ol a disenchanted
student body that dearly loves its Kentucky Wildcats.
And especially the tlirashings Especially the Tennessee
mes.

 

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‘The Other Jimmy Carter Ballad’

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tsung to the tu no of "()h Susannah" I

()h he comes from the state of
Georgia

With Amy on his knee;

He‘s got smiles. promises and lots of
plans,

But not a vote from me.

jobs:

(“URI 5
('Iltlltl'S

()h. Jimmy Carter.
Don‘t ym lust for me;

policy;

Stick to your worms and peanuts.
FUI'gt'l the Presidency.

You want to raise but lower taxes.
t'ut but up defense.

Lower unemployment by reducing

Your tlipl'lops make me wince.

You have no experience on foreign

I-‘irm stands on issues arequitc rare.

Someone should really explain to
you

Romancing l-‘rench women is not a
foreign affair.‘

t'lltlltl's ‘

Now that you are in the White House
I can just see it now.

Hugh Hefner as your PR. man. .
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Transition

Quick reshaping of government,
new cabinet planned by Carter

WASHINGTON (AP) —
President-elect Jimmy
Carter will begin quickly
with his designs to reshape
government and fill a cabinet
mostly with “people you’ve
probably never heard of,"
aides say.

An extensive pre-election
transition operation has done
the groundwork to enable
Carter to begin even before
he takes office to press his
budget ideas on Congress.
And the framework for major
legislative programs already
has been drafted.

The other immediate task
is staffing his new ad-
ministration.

“I’d say there’ll be a lot of
new faces," said Hamilton
Jordan, Carter’s campaign
manager, who is likely to be a
key member of the new ad-
ministration himself.

“Probably some people
that are experienced and
whose names are well
known," Jordan said in an
interview, “but I‘d say most
of them will be people you've
probably never heard of
before."

The first Carter imprint is
apt to be felt in the White
House staff structure, which
he has pledged to reorder.

“I think it‘s very likely that
President Carter’s White
House staff will be smaller
than the staffs that we have
seen under both President
Nixon and President Ford,"
said Jadr Watson, the young
Atlanta lawyer who has
headed Carter's transition
office.

“I think that we will see the
White House staff operating
in a staff capacity rather
than a command role, and

Carroll in administration?

 

that‘s a significent dif-
ference," Watson said.
“Their role is not to com-
mand the departmental and
agency heads."

Carter‘s political advisers
predict he will restore the
historic status of the Cabinet
posts and grant his
secretaries autonomy to run
their own departments.

“You'll find him appointing
strong people from all over
the country and giving them a
great deal of authority, let-
ting them understand that he
expects them to manage
whatever department or
agency they take over," said
senior Carter adviser Charles
Kirbo, an Atlanta lawyer. “If
they don‘t, he‘ll relieve
them.“

Jordan, who was Carter‘s
executive secretary as
governor, is considered most

 

W

J IMMY CARTER
President-elect

likely to head his White House
staff. .lody Powell. Carter's
press secretary for years, is
expected to keep that role.

Kirbo says he wants no part
of Washington. Although he
expects to remain a friend
and counsel to the President,
he says he is not interested in
any formal office.

Politicians mull over election results,
predict benefits from Carter victory

LOUISVILLE (AP) —
While Democrats savored an
election victory, Kentucky
Republicans talked Wed-
nesday about their plans for
next time.

“For better or worse,
Kentucky has an election
every year, and we can’t

. dwell too long on one that's

past,” said Larry Van‘Hoose,
executive director of the

Kentucky Republican Party.

The Democrats could,
though —at least long enough
to talk about what it might
mean for Kentucky.

Until Tuesday, the state
had voted Democratic in only
one of the last five
presidential elections.
Tuesday, a record 1,153,703,
Kentudrians turned out to
make it two out of six.

 

Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky.
(AP) —Final, unofficial
figures from Tuesday’s
election gave Jimmy
Carter 610,668 votes to
517,216 for President
Ford.

Carter got 52.8 per
cent of the vote and
Ford 45.6 per cent.

Other candidates:
Maddox, 2,328; Mc-

 

tabulation

Carthy, 6.615; An-
derson, 8,045; Larouch,
497; Camejo, 337;
MacBridge, 779 and Hall
424.

These figures reflect a
slight change in
Campbell County‘s
presidential returns in
the 4th District where
Ford picked u p 400 votes
and Carter dropped 100.

 

 

Dale Sights, state cam-
paign chairman for Jimmy
Carter, predicted the state
will benefit from Carter's
victory.

“He has a soft spot in his
heart for Kentucky, and we’ll
have a clear channel to the
White House,“ Sights said.

Kentucky‘s Julian Carroll
was the first governor to
endorse Carter during the
primary campaign last
spring, and Sights said “if I
were Carter, I’d sure look at
Carroll for a post in
Wadiington.“

Carroll also said he ex-
pected the Carter victory to
be good for the state.
“Kentucky is entitled to a
great deal of assistance from
the new administration," the
governor said.

But even though the
Democrats won the big one,
the outcome wasn‘t devoid of
encouragement for the GOP,
Van Hoose said in a telephone
interview.

The state‘s two Republican
congressmen, US. Rep. Tim
Lee Carter in the 5th District
and US. Rep. Gene Snyder in
the 4th, won re—election
without serious trouble, as
did the state‘s five incumbent
Democratic congressmen.

And for the GOP. even the
cloud of the presidential
outcome wasn‘t without its
silver lining, Van Hoose said.

The outcome nationally
indicated “that over 48 per
cent of the American people
agreed with the Republican
Party in this campaign," he
said.

He said it “wouldn‘t be
sound even to speculate“
what the GOP might do
nationally between now and
1980. the year of the next
presidential election.

“The world will turn
around an awful lot of times
between now and then,“ he
said.

Panel urges warehouse lease cancellation

FRANKFURT, Ky. (AP) —
A special committee named
by Gov. Julian Carroll
recommended Wednesday
that the state lease of a
Lexington warehouse be
cancelled and the space
needed by the state be put out
to bid.

However, the four man
panel, meeting for the first
time since its appointment
more than a week ago, left
open the pmsibility that the
lease could eventually still be
negotiated with the same
corporation, headed by
Lexington attorney Robert S.
Miller.

Miller was Carroll‘s 1975
Fayette County campaign
chairman.

The committee recom-
mended that the governor
direct finance and ad-
ministration secretary
Russell McClure to send a
letter of cancellation to
Miller. so as to fall within the

90-day grace period allowed
for cancellations.

Under the lease effective
Oct. 1, Development Land
Co., a corporation headed by
Mille‘, would collect up to
$320,496 a year from the state
as rent for the warehouse,
part of the old James E.
Pepper Distillery on the Old
Frankfort Pike west of
Lexington.

Miller's corporation bought
the property Oct. 1 for
$335,884, the same day the
lease was signed.

McClure signed the lease
without advertising the
state‘s need for leased space
as is customary. He con-
tended that an emergency
existed involving the need to
store federal food com-
moditios

The investigative panel was
named by Carroll to in-
vestigate irregularities
slia'tly alter stories about the

transaction were published in
the state‘s newspapers.

State Auditor George
Atkins refused to serve on the
committee. saying he
preferred to conduct an in-
dependent investigation
through the auditor‘s office.
Atkins suggested there might
be criminal misconduct in-
volved.

That prompted the
governor to ask for a separate
invtstigation by Atty. Gen.
Robert Stephens. Stephens
also serves on the initial
review committee named by
Carroll, along with state
agriculture commissioner
Tom Harris, cabinet
Secretary Aackson White and
UK Vice President Jack
Rlanton.

The panel said the bids for
space should be advertised as
soon as possible so that a
lease could be signed within
the month.

They abo recommended

that a three member panel
selected by the Lexington
realtors association be
named to review the bids and
to advise the stateon the most
appropriate choice, ac-
cording to deputy Asst. Atty.
Gen. Tom Jacobs.

He said the panel of
realtors Would also review
the existing lease with Miller
in the event no other bids are
submitted or the warehouse
space seems the most
suitable for the state's needs.
The panel would determine
whether the temis of the
lease are fair or should be
revised.

Jacobs said he was drafting
a letter for the committee
that would be sen