Lee Roderick "Sic'im Fidor Senator Packwood: Rising GOP Star testament Senator n thf Proflrtti And Growth of Ctntral Uch Ddkatt4 pdft HER AID, Provo, Utah. Wednesday, August HE IVaferwoffcs ! One of Packwood 's favorite letters came from a woman const ttuK ho sa him walking n an Oregon parade in behind a horse ridden by farmer Democratic Senator Wayne Morse, whom Packood subsequently unseated I said to my husband." the wumao wrote. " I will vote for him; ny one who can miss all. that manure and figure out where to sep can do some good in Washington. D C...."' After nearly five years on Capitol Hill, Oregon's junior Republican Senator has indeed figured out where to step. Looking even .younger than his 41 years. Rob Packwood faces tort to a second Senate term nert year with not an outward trace of pessimism. 'it's not obvious yet who my WASHINGTON' lS.'m Robert r8 "Inter-Ti- e Idea With Possibilities "Consolidation" for economy and efficiency seems to be a big word these days consolidation of sewer systems, water systems, government operations. The federal government, in allocating funds, seems to look with favor upon consolidated form of projects. of sewer consolidation A systems is now being discussed in the northern part of Utah County and has been suggested in some situations of the south also. An intriguing idea on On Sea Vessels Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt Jr. again is calling for U.S. construction of Trident submarines as the best-in-sig- devices for ht keeping U.S. nuclear seapower as copious as it should be. The authoritative Jane's Fighting Ships, 1973, reports that Soviet Russia now is the world's No. 1 naval power. Does Congress need any more cogent argument for the Tridents, costly though they will be? , So They Say We'll never put the genie back in the bottle, but we can sec today that hi3 destructive force can be contained and we can turn him toward peaceful pursuits for all mankind. Vice President Agnew on nuclear impasse. A pipe is some sort of sexual bond between a man and a woman... Most pipes given to men come from wives or girl friends. -- Dr. Eleanor Criswell, a consultant for the . Venturi Pipe Co. of Burlingame, Calf. extending a form of consolidation to waterworks systems of the county was thrown out at a meeting last week of a water and sewer subcommittee to the Utah County Couicil of Governments. The idea Involved an inter-ti- e exchange water on a basis of need at agreed upon rates. Arlyn Sperry, executive director of the Council of Governments, noted that some cities currently have more water than they need, white some others have a definite need. For example, he noted that Orem is in a position of needing more water, while neighboring cities to the north Pleasant Grove and Lindon appear to have a more than adequate supply for the present. As noted at the subcommittee meeting, an inter-ti- e might have a potential emergency use in the case of pollution of a city's water or a main line washout. For example, the flood out of Payson Canyon this summer might have rendered the Payson municipal water system inoperative for a time. In such an event, water from other cities could quickly restore culinary water service were a consolidated arrangement in effect. Undoubtedly effecting an inter-ti- e would pose many problems, not the least of which would be financing. But it's an idea worth considering as a long range goal along with other priorities. As was pointed out at last week's meeting, now is the time to chart long range needs and to begin taking steps for their fulfillment. White House Hardliner Noted In Debate on Upcoming Speech to "out there" the voters, - a aides free establishment elite. Senior White House now plotting conciliatory approach seeking national unity in Richard M. Nixon's singlemost important address since his famous self defense in the Checkers speech 21 years ago are running up against one White House hardliner: Richard M. Nixon. Pressing the conciliatory theme is the top - level White House team of. Alexander M. Haig. Jr., Ron Ziegler, Melvin R. Laird. Bryce Harlow and Henry A. Kissinger, all in agreement. "We're all pushing conciliation," one White House adviser told us, "all of us, that is, except the President." Thus, only days before the scheduled and long - promised presidential effort to escape the entangling coils of Watergate with a major explanation of his own conduct, the tone and mood of the speech have not yet been decided. This ambivalence, which has marked every presidential step of the way since the -- Watergate crisis began, may conceivably result in a last minute no speech at all. change of plans That would not displease some Republicans including Mr. Nixon's - most stalwart defender on the Watergate Committee, Sen. Edward Gurney of Florida. Gumey beiieves that the complex of disputed facts, contradictions and lies which bristle out of Watergate simply do not lend themselves to a speech format. Much more preferable to Gurney would be interrogation of the President by a smaii group of reporters or perhaps la wyers or politicians. No such format is under White House consideration today. Present plans call for Mr. Nixon to address a bipartisan audience, including some Congressmen, in the White House East Room over national television. That at least would avoid the forensic sterility of a set - piece Oval Office speech from the presidential desk, the setting for Mr. Nixon's April 17 and April 30 speeches. But the President has decreed no questions until a later meeting with the press, devoted to the Watergate atrocities. In that setting, top White House aides, while not agreeing on every detail, want the President to spin out a blend of courageous mea culpa, admitting having imposed far too much trust in departed aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, mixed with a dramatic not appeal The appeal: the the President from the Watergate coils so that he can get on with the job of being President. This blend of mea culpa and the appeal to free the President to lead the nation must also court the Democrats, these White House aides say. Only a credible Nixon theme of "national unity," according to this thesis, can begin to defuse the Watergate passions and return the nation closer to normality. "The fact that Ray Price (Mr. Nixon's chief speechwriier and a Republican moderate) is writing the speech," one level White House staffer, a middle hardliner, told us, "makes me worry that he's going to take a mea culpa copout." That sentiment is hard at odds with the senior staff (Haig - Ziegler Laird Harltw - Kissinger) but far more representative of the politics of Richard M. Nixon than the "national unity" theme. Thus, in the words of the middle level staffer: "When the President works over Ray's draft, he'll take out the mea culpa." Instead of appealing for bipartisan unity on a theme of post Watergate conline theme is ciliation, the hard specific: since Mr. Nixon now has the Senate Watergate committee on the run and voters are getting tared, he should attack as "vindictive" the political "enemies" now preventing him from doing the job that over 60 per cent of the voters elected him to do. That advice not only conforms to Mr. Nixon's combative instincts but exactly comports with Mr. Nixon's sudden attack on unnamed enemies during his routine dinner toast to Prime Minister Tanaka of J?pan last week. Moreover, the President can scarcely ignore the highly favorable reaction that his embattled Vice President received in his all out public self defense Wednesday. The fact mat Apew lashed back at his attackers in the press add Mr. Nixon h?sno- t- did not go unnoticed -- in the White House. President Nixon's instincts would almost surely carry him down that dangerous path if it were not for unanimous advice of his senior advisers. In fact, he may pick that road anyway and risk a polarization of deadly danger to the nation. l . t. "w r connecting all water systems in Utah County, enabling cities to sell or Inside Report WASHINGTON mm f fiJ Packwood in an interview on the eve of leaving for Oregon where he will spend a month-lon- g summer congiessiunal recess. "Frankly. Democrats 100 run for probably governor, and will put their strongest candidate in that race." he added Earlier, there was speculation Trends in Foreign Travel - Our resort is the automobile. Overwhelmingly, we omit EurnpeJSouth America and the Orient We cruise the U S A Most of the present State of . Maine was bought by Massachusetts from its claimed owner for 1.250 British pounds and I am at the moment on its lovely coast. But, even here, our "good old summertime" has taken on a Japanese flavor. The U.S. Travel Service that nearly 500.000 reports citizens of the Land of the Rising Sun are visiting America this year, pishing the British into second place. The United Kingdom is traditionally our biggest tourist supplier. The U.K. itself expects nearly five million visitors, up from four million in 1968. But the British themselves go predominantly to Spain. They're spending near'y $1 billion on vacations abroad a full half of this total in Spain. Any complaint abroad about how we Americans swarm over Europe is sheer, unadulterated nonsense. It's merely another myth among so many that bombard our misinformed public. Iess than two per cent of Europe's tourists come from our country. The international airlines fly more than 3.000 planes on the trans Atlantic run. Ninety-nin- e per cent of our citizens travel to Europe by plane; only one per cent aboard ships. U.S. 1973 tourists to Europe will be only about 1.9 million. But how they can afford it. I simply do not know. Compounding the dollar's fall, Europe's own prices are zooming upward at an inflation rate of about 10 per cent annually. In fact, there's a joke in Rome that a Japanese traveler told the police his yen filled wallet was stolen. "Ah, again," said the policeman. "Another American tourist who hasn't eaten for a couple of days." Another tells of a store now displaying a jacket with a tag: $45. But it's not a clothing store. It's a shop. Nevertheless, 1.65 million Americans are visiting Italy this year; a 23 per cent increase over 1968. For the first time, more Americans are visiting Italy than France. money, money and. as I once heard an Italian remark: "We may not enjoy you but we need you." Gold Reserves Up In total. Italy's 1973 tourism bonanza will approach 11.7 billion and increase Italy's gold and currency reserves at an annual rate of 20 per cent. The bonanza is so valuable that the Italian government is spending $60 million this year to generate $600 million in additional tourism and Italy is adding - 200.000 additional tourist accommodation beds. The French, like the British, go Today In History By United Press International morning stars are Mercury, Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. American novelist Edna Fer-be- r was born Aug. 15. 1887. On this day in history: In 1914, an American ship passed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, officially opening the Panama Canal. In 1935. humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their plane crashed in Alaska. In 1966. the New York Herald Tribune went out of business after 131 years of publication. In 1971, President Nixon ordered a y predominantly to Spain. Seven million of them will go there this year. This is more than a third of all the tourists going to Spain. In fact, four times as many people now visit Spain as visit the United an Kingdom astounding 20 million visitors. Spain's population is only 311 million. In our country such a tourist influx would mean 121 million foreigners flooding into our towns and onto our roads. Spain's tourists have increased 580 per cent in the past 10 years. As one result, many Spaniards will tell you the hardest thing to find in summertime Spain is a Spaniard. Tourist facilities now can accommodate 850,000 foreign visitors at one time. Horn honks largely replace the clip cloppings of the tiny burros on Spain's old stones. -- Today is Wednesday, Aug. 15. the 227th day of 1973 with 138 to follow. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The Like Zeus In Austria tourism accounts for 10 per cent of the national income and has lifted the gold reserve behind the cutstanding paper currency to 122 per cent. In Greece, foreign spenders the largest single source of hard are like Zeus currency income descending on Danae in a shower of gold. Tourism is running 21 per cent above last year's record breaking level. More than 3.3 million (550,000 foreigners Americans) will visit Greece this year. They'll spend about $500 million. Switzerland is in a tourist boom. Scandinavia and the Low Countries show less but similar gains, and tourism to the United States is growing as well. Overseas affluence combined with our depreciated dollar accounts for the increased visitors from the eight top supplying countries below Japan and Britain. However, our share of the -- -- world's wage-price-re- freeze and announced imposition cf a 10 per cent surcharge on foreign imports. A thought for the day: British novelist George Meredith said, "Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered. " tourist dollar Happy, happy motoring wherever you are in the United States. American's &lay averages nearly twice al long as in France. That means more and more money. D A R D S PHIL PASTORET By has tumbled from around 15 per cent two years ago to about 13. Foreigners are simply traveling more to other countries, thus diluting our share. each Moreover, Oregon's popular governor. Tom McCall. who can't succeed himself under that state's constitution, might switch parties and run against Packwood. However, the Senator's staff now discounts that possibility. Packwood seems convinced that Watergate will not injure Republican Henry J. Taylor great summer I think the would rather conentrate on finding someone to that BAP HARBOR, Maine said be." will opponent Some kids are preparing to a few, o study. return to school Now is the season whet yon shift your electric bill budget from air conditioning to a gas budget for heating. incumbent Republicans in next and congressional gubernatorial races because "they have a record to run on." "Where it will hurt is at the lower levels of the ticket and among new Republicans running for the first time." he added. "Watergate, unfortunately, will probably be a factor this year. " , The Oregon lawmaker said that Watergate will probably result in passage of important campaign reform legislation. "We may even be moving toward year's of financing public the campaign." he said. "I didn't use to favor this approach, but I might support it now." Packwood said, however, he would prefer that reform took the ourte ' of planning legal limitations on the amount of money individuals Can contribute to campaigns, rather than the route of public (He authored an financing. amendment to a though spend reform bill passed by the Senate on July 31. The Packwood amendment limits to $9,000 the amount that can be given to a or presidential congressional candidate by a voluntary political fund such as the come rubbish day. After two years of price controls of one sort or another, one thing is clear: Price reglations, alone are ineffective. They won't work unless government, industry and the consumer show restraint. Federal and state Item governments must control their spending. This, of course, is not as easy as it sounds. Both the President and Congress have got to agree on where they're going to hold the line, and thus far this has proved impossible. Congress has found it impractical to agree on limits within its own house. The administration, likewise, while pushing for cuts in a variety of areas, hasn't done all it can to eliminate deadwood in a variety of key programs. The Federal Reserve Item has got to do more to keep the money supply from growing too rapidly. For too much money circulating, in times like these, tends to drive prices up. Again, this solution is easier described than carried out. Too tight a control on the money supply can limit increases in industrial production, in commerce and in consumer buying to a degree that data man around here is the one with two wseks' vacation left. Most-envie- d Horse around enough yoo'll acquire some fine and C Wl tr KW, he "Forget hnockin' over banks. That's small time! Let's start hittin' lumber yards!" ACA t rates Packood precisely per cent on his correct " votes since coming to the Senate t By contrast. ACA rates Oregon s other Republican Senator. Mark 50 Hatf'ld,3;percentl. Perhaps the highest test of an Oregon politicta.i. Uiwevrr. is his ability to mollify that state's important lumber interests as as well its vocal conserv ationists. To do both is no mean tnck. but it is a trick that Packwood seems to have generally pulled off. Displayed on his office wall U to Packwood Kaque presented year by the Oregon Environmental Council for "outstandi.ig leadership in the field of , protection," environmental At the same time. Packwood has carried th? ball in the Senate for legislation deemed important to the timber industry, ncluding tlie current bill he has introduced to ban all log exports from the U.S. within two years, except for logs declared surplus to domestic needs. "The huge number of raw logs being shipped overseas, mainly to Japan, is seriously hurting the United Packwood States,' maintains. "The country is being drained not only of logs but of jobs. Because there is a shortage of lumber, the price of lumber is inflated, and the homebuyer is caught in the squeeze." Packwood had planned to maneuver his export bill to the floor of the Senate for a vote just prior to the current recess. However, he withheld it in the face of mounting opposition in Congress. "The opposition clearly had enough votes to recommit the bill jo a committee (thus virtually "the it), killing Senator had a good coalition of both environmentalists and lumber people behir.d the bill, but the !eam has kind of gone out of it since lumber prices have been going down." Packwood said he plans to ieave the measure on the Senate calendar for now and retain the option cf having it called to the floor later. Meanwhile, Senator Packwood is preparing to gear up for the 1974 election. Representing one of the most politically unpredictable states in the union, the handsome young Senator says he is content to follow the Washington adage that, "you make your votes and take your consequences. " At this early stage of the political picture, it would appear that, for Bob Packwood, those consequences will be welcomed. explained. "We Need Help of All growth is of a closer. An recession is brought overtight control of money can lead to serious amounts of unemployment. Government and Item industry must both take some determined steps to increase production when needed. In part, this means better government Garbage bags have taken all the fua ont of checking on what the neighbors drink, A to the ifiator s ability to walk middle road on the political spectrum is his cumulative rating by the for ConstUutwr.al Americans Action, a conservative group that teeps a close eye on Congress. Price Regulations hampered and the danger of- t Ray Cromley advantageous Anyone who'd bug your fice is a tapeworm. p .4 nationally and internationally (on such matters for example as the international wheat crop and the probability of drought in Russia). In part, it means more rapid government action to relax certain controls such as farm acreage restrictions and other restraints on output and more responsive government action in releasing stocks of overpriced basic materials. This again won't be easy of accomplishment. Government data on economics, commerce, prodcution and purchases especially international data is gathered inefficiently, is incomplete, frequently inaccurate and almost always so slow in arriving in the hands of those who need to use it that it frequently is of not much account except to scholars. The Commerce Department, on which a heavy share of and collection, compilation analysis depends, has one of the most inefficient Dureaucracies in Washington (though it has some very good men) and the Agriculture -- . Department's foreign collection system is hardly better. Item It will be necessary for' ' both the government and ' industry v ep up on research on substitute materials (for petroleum, as an example), on ' more efficient means of production, on domestic sources of supply, on improved materials and end products. The problem here is that Congress has a habit of cutting back on research requests in times of inflation when they're most sorely needed. The federal government too frequently departments sacrifice important research projects in favor of operations when budget are called for. Yet we re not going to solve inflation (except at the cost of a recession ) and we're not going to be able to meet foreign competition unless we improve at a more rapid our know-hopace. ' hold-dow- ;