USCC ANNOUNCES $10,000 ESSAY AWARDS; 'PERSPECTIVES FOR THE THIRD CENTURY' JUDGES HEEDED BY SECRETARY BUTZ

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USCC Announces $10,000 EssayAwards;
`Perspectives for the Third Century'
Judges Headed by Secretary Butz
"Perspectives for the Third Cen-
tury," a $10,000 essay contest spon-
sored by the United States Citizens'
Congress, has been announced by
President Gabriele Pitcairn Pendle-
ton. A distinguished panel of judges
headed by Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz will include outstand-
ing writers and political figures, who
will be listed in the next issue of We,
The People. Mrs. Pendleton, Ad-
miral Elliott B. Strauss, chairman of
the USCC board of directors, and
the Hon. Edward W. C. Russell will
serve as proctors of the competition.
Designed to stimulate broad par-
ticipation in America's search for
new and vital ideas to meet current
and future problems, the United
States Citizens' Congress will award
a first prize of $5,000, second and
third prizes of $2,000 and $1,000
respectively, and 20 prizes of $100
each.
"What we are looking for," says
Mrs. Pendleton, "are serious and
mature essays which will suggest
how best this country can perpetu-
ate its traditions yet take into ac-
count a changing world."
Entries must be postmarked no
later than November 1, 1976. Essays
must not exceed 5,000 words and
should be typed double space. All
entries will become the property of
the USCC. Use of winning entries
will be at the discretion of the board
of directors. Entries must be origi-
nal and all sources from which the
material is drawn must be annotated.
The contest is open to all citizens of
the United States.
Should the judges conclude that
no entry meets the required stand-
ards of excellence, the USCC retains
the right to extend the November 1
In Government
The government has burgeoned into a
massive octopus. The media, the trade
unions, vested interest groups and bu-
reaucracies exercise disproportionate in-
fluence on government. And, historically,
democracies have always contained the
seeds of their own destruction.
How can we wrest our system of gov-
ernment from these influences?
In Energy
Long before the end of the coming
century, it is evident that the world will
run out of petroleum and natural gas-
whatever new discoveries may be made.
And after two years of debate the Con-
gress has not produced any really effec-
tive long-term suggestions.
How can we make our present re-
serves of oil and natural gas last beyond
the foreseeable future?
What risks to environment or safety
must we accept to ensure at least enough
electrical energy in the coming century?
In Transportation
Though liquid fuels and also gas will
be produced-at great expense-from
coal shale and agricultural materials, sup-
plies are unlikely to match our present
use . of liquid fuels and gas. So priority
will have to be given to the operation of
farm machinery and the transportation of
agricultural products on which life itself
depends.
How should we plan now to deal with
this not-too-distant problem?
In Economics
We have loaded our children and
grandchildren with debt which grows
each second.
How can we arrest this
possible, lift some of this
the next century?
trend and, if
burden from
In Inflation
Inflation is frequently due to greed-
to wanting too much for too little, or
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COMMENTARY
One difficulty in the public's evalu-
ation of national and world affairs is
highlighted by the following com-
ment by James Burnham, one of the
wisest of the writers of our times on
political and international affairs.
Burnham, author of The Managerial
Revolution and the Suicide of the
West wrote this in Struggle for the
World:
"The low level of political knowl-
edge in the United States is shown
also by the books, articles, speeches,
editorials and columns on political
affairs. Here direct comparison can
be made, and it is safe to say, I
think, that our level is lower than of
any other nation. To an informed
Russian or Englishman or Chinese
or Brazilian, it must seem incredible
that tens of millions of the citizens
of the United States guide their po-
litical sense by columnists and radio
speakers educated by years of scan-
dal-mongering, sports writing or ci-
gar salesmanship; and try to find out
what is happening in the world by
reading the careless notes of jour-
nalists who consider themselves as
qualified political analysts because
they call famous men by their first
names and know the fashionable bar
in each capital."
In Defense
How can we persuade self-serving poli-
ticians and the public that if we do not
maintain strong defenses we may jeop-
ardize our freedom in the coming cen-
tury?
In Population Control
Unless plagues, natural disasters or
atomic holocaust intervene, the next cen-
tury-with its shortages of energy and
raw materials-will produce a world Don-
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A monthly newsletter published by
the United States Citizens' Con-
gress. Editorial offices: 1221 Con-
necticut Avenue, N.W., Washing-
ton, D.C. 20036.
National Officers
Baruch Korff
Founder and Honorary President
Gabriele Pitcairn Pendleton
President
Elliott B. Strauss
Chairman, Board of Directors
Stanley M. Baer
Treasurer
Louise Gore
Assistant Treasurer
Connee Okum
Secretary
Carl L. Shipley
General Counsel
Ralph de Toledano
Editor
THE PRESIDENT'S
REPORT
The past few weeks have been
very hectic for me. Cairnwood in
Bryn Athyn, our family home, was
a beehive of spiritual, social, civic
and philanthropic activities.
The Bishop and I were also hosts
to Treasury Secretary William E.
Simon and Rabbi Baruch Korff. The
dinner guests and those attending
the reception that followed were en-
thralled by Secretary Simon's analy-
sis of the past and his formulae for
the future toward a stabilized econ-
omy. Rabbi Korff capped the eve-
ning with an in-depth review of the
activities of the United States Citi-
zens' Congress, and many of the
guests responded by joining the
USCC.
* *
A number of Americans living
abroad have joined the USCC. The
charter members include Mr. James
M. Holzman, who makes his home
in London. I wish I could share with
you the exchange of letters between
Mr. Holzman and Rabbi Korf.
MURDER UNHEEDED
BEGETS MURDER
In the past eight years, 10 U.S.
diplomats have been killed by revo-
lutionaries abroad, 11 have been
kidnapped and ransomed, and one
was wounded while trying to escape
his captors. This is intolerable.
The last two casualties, Ambas-
sador Francis Edward Meloy, Jr.
and Economic Counselor Robert
Olaf Waring, were abducted in Bei-
rut by leftist thugs and executed in
mafia fashion.
Responding to the wanton mur-
der, President Ford said: "The
goals of our policy must remain un-
changed. The United States will not
be deterred from its search for peace
by these murderers." Secretary of
State Kissinger added, ". . . No na-
tion or group should believe that the
United States will not find ways to
protect its diplomatic personnel."
Why shouldn't they so "believe"?
It is apparent that the leftist revo-
lutionaries put very little stock in our
nation's preventive measures or re-
taliatory capacity. Twenty casualties
without discernible action by our
government is unlikely to deter the
revolutionaries. Isn't it strange that
during the same period the Russians
sustained no diplomatic casualties?
More than eyebrows should be
raised at a possible collusion be-
tween the Kremlin and the Soviet-
sponsored revolutionaries. The kill-
ers of Cleo Noel, our Ambassador to
the Sudan, and his Deputy Chief of
Mission George Moore, who were
seized and killed in Khartoum, are
still walking the streets of Khartoum
and Cairo. After a "trial," there was
no change in "policy," and there is
no change in "policy" now. To say
that it does not strike us as equitable
is a sign of our restrained despair.
the USCC, giving of their time and
resources unstintingly.
They are most perceptive in their * * *
assessment of America's role in the When I succeeded Rabbi Korff to
world. I am touching on this in my the Presidency of the USCC he
column to encourage other members promised me to continue to carry
to communicate their views and at much of the load. This he has done
the same time commend Mr. Holz- and more. While in Philadelphia as
man for his zeal and patriotism. our guest, he appeared on several
Another member and director of radio talk shows and television, and
the USCC, Mr. Lloyd R. Johnson, gave extensive interviews to news-
of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is prolific papers, among them the Philadel-
in his communications and ex- phia Bulletin. He was aided by my
tremely helpful. Mr. and Mrs. John- long-time friend, Connie Wolf. Both
son are highly mobile in advancing received balanced treatment from
the press, which helped the USCC
image.
* * *
In conjunction with Secretary Si-
mon's address before the Massa-
chusetts Committee of Patriotic So-
cieties at Boston's Copley Plaza,
Commodore Asa E. Phillips, a direc-
tor of the USCC advanced the cause
of our movement and received the
plaudits of more than 300 Brahmins.
Rabbi Korff attended the function
and used the occasion to appear on
the popular Avi Nelson WMEX
talk show and WBZ-TV of the NBC
network. He also appeared on
WJAR-TV and WPRO-TV, Provi-
dence, R.I.
On the same day, June 10, Joseph
E. Fernandes, a director of the
USCC, hosted an afternoon recep-
tion for Secretary Simon at his estate
in Norton, Mass. From all accounts,
Secretary Simon was "magnificent."
Rabbi Korff was there too, and he
came away with several score new
members.
* *
By the time this issue of the news-
letter reaches you, July 4 will be
upon us, and what a day this prom-
ises to be. Since none of us will live
to celebrate the Tercentennial, we
should make our Bicentennial last a
century. Our plans for the 4th in-
clude a series of events at Cairn-
wood that will benefit the USCC.
* *
The most memorable tribute to an
American in the history of the USCC
will take place at the Beverly Wil-
shire in California on Sunday, No-
vember 14. The American singled
out for this tribute is Mrs. Richard
Nixon, who will receive "The First
Lady of the Century" award at the
hands of our West Coast branch.
Here l must add.that the award will,
be made under the auspices of the
National USCC with the participa-
tion of members from many states
in the union. There are plans afoot
to charter planes on the East Coast,
South and Mid-West to accommo-
date a select group of the millions
of Americans who love Pat Nixon.
I am pleased with the prepara-
tions being made for this event by
our West Coast stalwarts Marion
Miller, Diane Jacobs, Sylvia Lytton
and Jean Baldwin. You may write
for reservations to Mrs. Jean Bald-
win, 933 Loma Vista St., El Se-
gundo, Ca., 90245.
* * *
Our friend and neighbor septu-
agenarian Walter Annenberg, former
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 Ambassador to the Court of St.
James, launched a highly provoca-
tive biweekly that deserves much
wider attention than it has been
given. American Views is located
at 37 West Ave., Wayne, Pa. 19087,
and is published by Triangle Publi-
cations, Inc. Its masthead features
portraits of Lincoln and Jefferson,
the latter from a Rembrandt Peale
painting, which tells us much about
the makeup of American Views.
Still, even a cursory glance at the
June 7 issue should satisfy every
right-thinking American that Ameri-
ca's cause is not without its salient
champions. Considering the quality
of the publication and its star-
studded commentators, the $75 an-
nual subscription is well worth it.
Much of what you read in American
Views may not be found in the com-
mercialized media.
* * *
The Personal Nixon-Staying on
the Summit by Baruch Korff is wit-
nessing a revival like no other book
in my memory. Nearly 10,000 copies
have been sold in six weeks, and the
sales continue to be brisk. Published
two years ago this month, The Per-
sonal Nixon was eclipsed by events
that followed. However, subsequent
disclosures renewed interest in this
little book that features the final in-
terview with President Nixon while
in office. The book may be ob-
tained by sending $2.00 to Fairness
Publishers, 1221 Connecticut Ave.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
* * *
Our Chairman of the Board, Ad-
miral Elliott B. Strauss, is able to
squeeze out of his busy schedule
many hours in the USCC office
supervising and innovating, and
pressing for greater mobility in de-
fense of America's institutions. On
June 2nd and 3rd, Admiral Strauss
represented the USCC at the Wash-
ington Journalism Center Confer-
ence on the First Amendment. Held
at the Mayflower Hotel, the con-
ference attracted wide attention. On
June 5th, Admiral and Mrs. Strauss
hosted a luncheon at their home for
Secretary William E. Simon. The
guest list read like a Who's Who in
American Diplomacy, Defense and
Commerce. On June 14th, Admiral
and Mrs. Strauss, Rabbi Korff and
Barry Cooperstein, Office Director,
represented the USCC at a Potomac
Cruise under the auspices of The
Committee for the Survival of a Free
Congress....
Barry Cooperstein fills in as rep-
resentative of the USCC on many
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occasions when officers are not avail-
able. One of the occasions was a
dinner of the Potomac Republican
Club on June 5th. As usual, Mr.
Cooperstein never leaves any event
without substantial gains for the
USCC.
I must share with you a most
thrilling and enduring experience,
my visit with President Nixon on
Monday, May 3. It all began with
one of Rabbi Korff's periodic visits
with the President. He invited me
to join him, and I readily accepted
since my family and I have been
friends with President and Mrs.
Nixon for a long time. The Presi-
dent was kind enough during our
private visit to give me a hand-
written note which he penned in my
presence for my mother, congratu-
lating her on her 90th birthday. The
following officers of our West Coast
branch also joined us: Mr. and Mrs.
Lytton, Mrs. Jacobs, and Mrs. Bald-
win.
* * *
I thought that I pretty much cov-
ered Rabbi Korff's engagements of
the past weeks. However, I find on
rethinking that I left out an im-
portant segment. On his way to the
coast, he found time to spend two
days in Nebraska, where he ad-
dressed the students of Platte Col-
lege in Columbus, and put in ap-
pearances on TV and radio. His
hosts in Nebraska were the highly
esteemed Schumacher family. On
his arrival in Los Angeles the 29th
and 30th of April, he appeared on
the Hilly Rose Show, KFI radio, the
George Putnam TV News, and taped
the Sam Yorty TV show with pro-
ducer Wally George, one of the most
popular TV programs. On Sunday,
May 2, he was the honored guest at
a Bicentennial dinner sponsored by
our West Coast chapter, and on May
4, he appeared for two hours on
the Ray Briem radio show KABC.
That's quite a schedule for a retiree.
* * *
I am running out of space, still I
must include a word about the forth-
coming election:
Americans deserve the President
and the Congress they get: These
officials are elected by us; they
would not be there if we had not
chosen them.
The next election may determine
whether our form of society can
survive. It is as important as that.
If 35% or 40% of the electorate
go to the polls, we will almost cer-
tainly get the kind of Congress we
Stemming TheTide
Stemming the' tide of big government and big
bureaucracy is our primary long-term goal.
Critics might claim this is because Republicans are
blindly anti-government, but that's nonsense. Nor is it
only because of our belief that a free market can do a
much better job than government in meeting most of
the needs and preferences of the American
people--although this is vitally important and
demonstrably true.
The reason ties, dePer and is as old as the Republic:
the recognition 'that' all of our freedoms--economic,
personal, and political--are interlocking, and that if one
is threatened, so are they all.
The fact is that there is probably no example in
history of a society with a large measure of political and
personal liberty that has not also used a free market,
rather than government edict, to organize its economic
might. Conversely, those societies which surrender
their free market system to an encroaching government
soon see Their other freedoms go with it.
That band of farmers, lawyers, and small
businessmen who founded our nation understood this.
They knew freedom was stitched together in a common
fabric, that it would be fatal to surrender any of them to
government--even a government of their own creation.
And so they rebelled: against the Sugar Act, the
Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and a host of other
infringements on their lives and liberties. One of those
who understood the threat best, and saw it in the
government's power to spend, was Jefferson, who said,
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual
debt. We must make our choice between economy and
liberty, or profusion and servitude." And Hamilton
reminded his fellow Americans that "power over a
man's substance amounts to power over his will."
That was what was at stake then and that is what is at
stake today, 200 years later, as we confront, and plan
for, our third century as a nation.
Sadly, many Americans do not fully realize how
serious the threat can be. They have no standard for
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do not want. The dedicated "lib-
erals" who will go will see to that.
If 85% or 90% of our U.S. Citi-
zens' Congress members vote, it will
have a definite impact in securing
our kind of executive and legislature.
You are a leader in your com-
munity and in the USCC. Please
spend a great deal of your time be-
tween now and election day in writ-
ing, telephoning and buttonholing
those about you to GO TO THE
POLLS ON 2 NOVEMBER AND
VOTE.
Gabriele Pitcairn Pendleton
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comparison; they have never seen what happens to
counties with economies that are controlled by an
all-ppowerful state.
Th y've never witnessed the long lines of workers
and onsewtye , eyed up for hours to buy a poor
stile ? for of 9verprlced food and drab, government-
-eture c1othin and merchandise.
A nn t realize what a miracle of variety, economy
and bduchve competifion an average shopping center
fnu$ yw rein the U.S. would represent to most of
an,
the ottds people.
Tly"ve never asked themselves why the Soviet
Union, with some of the richest grain land in the
wor14-0 -butwith an agricultural system owned and
opebto government--canteven feed its own
people without turning to American farmers, who own
err wp land, make their own decisions and feed not
only their fellow Americans but millions of others as
well,
Fi J, 1 a1),y--and this is the basic point -they have never
fad to live in`cduntries where the seemingly idealistic
Brea of a society without private property or profits
has t reed into a nightmare reality: where the state and
wee alune-dictates what kind of education you
recei7e, whether you will be allowed to travel, what
kind f job you can hold, what you will be paid, what
you `alt` buy with your own earnings, where you will
live, and ultimately, where "ou will be buried.
No we are not against' any government, only
gyve ttment that chips away at our freedoms through
exce siye spending, excessive regulation, excessive
domipation of, and control, over our private sector.
On the contr4ry, we are in favor of government that
will,
El,lift the burden of unfair and outmoded regulation
from the backs of America's II nnovators and job
producers, and
0 encourage private enterprise to build a strong,
durable economy that expands opportunities and
hori,ons for all citizens.
That is the only way America will reawaken the drive
and zest of its citizens and reassert its sense of destiny
in the world. That is the only way toward what
president Ford called "a more perfect union, where the
government serves and the people rule."
Courtesy American Views (June 7, 1976)
ONBALANCE:
Regulatory agencies are draining
billions from Nation's economy
By William Gavin
The Declaration of Independence
lists among its grievances against
King George: "He has erected a
Multitude of new Offices, and sent
hither Swarms of Officers to harass
our People, and eat out their Sub-
stance." Today, regulators are ha-
rassing and eating out the substance
of taxpayers, businessmen and con-
sumers.
And by today's regulators we
mean the Federal regulatory agen-
cies, long overdue for reform or ex-
tinction. Fortunately, in this Bicen-
tennial year, the clamor for reform
has spread from the heads of major
corporations, from a myriad of small
businessmen to the White House.
Why is there such a widespread
movement for regulatory reform?
Overregulation of business is
wasteful, inflationary, costly and fre-
quently anticompetitive. According
to Dr. Murray L. Weidenbaum, di-
rector of the Study of American
Business at Washington University
in St. Louis, ". . . overregulation of
business . . . adversely affects the
prospects for economic growth and
productivity by levying a claim for
a rising share of new capital forma-
tion. . . ." Sen. Paul J. Fannin (R-
Ariz.), in a Senate speech, said the
Federal Trade Commission had
"found $80 billion of waste in the
American economy attributable to
regulatory overkill. The General Ac-
counting Office has put the yearly
costs of regulation at $60 billion.
Perhaps a more meaningful figure is
the $130 billion direct and indirect
costs to consumers estimated by the
President's Council of Economic
Advisers."
How extensive is Federal regula-
tion?
President Ford, in a message on
regulatory reform, said: ". . . we
have . . . more than 80 regulatory
agencies and more than 100,000
Government workers whose primary
responsibility is to regulate some
aspect of our lives."
In a speech before the Economic
Club of Detroit, Edgar B. Speer,
chairman of the United States Steel
Corp., said: "In 1973, the Federal
Register required 35,591 pages in
order to publish all of that year's
new decrees and bureaucratic deci-
sions. Last year, the number of pages
had risen to 60,221-a 70 per cent
increase in two years...."
Dr. Weidenbaum offers this view:
"The cost of maintaining this army
of enforcers is huge: $3 billion a
year of tax dollars.. . . The costs
of Government regulation are rising
far more rapidly than the sales of
the companies being regulated.
Regulation literally is becoming one
of the major growth industries in the
country...."
What effect does excessive Fed-
eral regulation have on the consumer
and the businessman?
An Associated Press survey of
regulatory horror stories included
the following: "Because of Federal
regulations, it costs almost twice as
much to fly from Chicago to Min-
neapolis as it does to fiy between
San Francisco and Los Angeles, even
though the trips cover about the
same distance.
"A New Jersey company wastes
90,000 gallons of fuel a year be-
cause the Government won't let the
company's trucks carry goods for its
Florida subsidiary.
"Two groups filed competing ap-
plications for a radio station license
in California's Central Valley 26
years ago, but the Government still
hasn't made up its mind which ap-
plication to approve.
"In 1972, growers left 14,000
tons of cherries to rot in orchards
because of a Federal marketing or-
der designed to keep prices up...."
Charles E. Welch, general counsel
of the Du Pont Corporation, has
stated: "As a Government contrac-
tor, Du Pont sends out 28,000 let-
ters annually to its suppliers from
whom annual purchases exceed
$2500. Du Pont is required to report
to the Government that each of its
suppliers has developed and main-
tains a written and signed affirma-
tive-action program at each of its
facilities."
Sen. Roman Hruska (R.-Neb.)
points out: "Standard Oil of Indiana
has estimated that its costs in com-
plying with regulations issued by the
Federal Energy Administration for
the period of mid-1974 through mid-
1975 amounted to $3,000,000. The
FEA is only one of 40 Federal agen-
cies which requires reports from
Standard Oil of Indiana. In total, the
company had to prepare 20,000 re-
ports to Federal agencies during the
time period."
How is reform of
going to come about?
No one is quite sure-and that's
the major problem. President Ford
has presented a plan (now a bill, S.
3428) in which, over a four-year
period, the President would submit
reform proposals to Congress. Sena-
tors Charles Percy (R.-Ill.) and
Robert C. Byrd (D.-W.Va.) are co-
sponsors of S. 2812, similar to
Ford's, but under which the Presi-
dent's regulatory reform plan would
be adopted automatically if Congress
fails to block it or substitute one of
its own. Sen. Edmund Muskie has
a "sunset" bill (S. 2925) in which
Congress would either review all
Federal programs every five years or
else the programs would lapse.
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