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Show f WASHINGTON 222 and SMALL jllhgtf (BUSINESS glMpj An Old Southern Recipe I It is reported that when and if the Watergate committee ever ends its work, it will make recommendations on changes in the U.S. Constitution. Surprisingly enough,, one of the major changes being considered con-sidered for recommendation would embody the concept that was written into the Confederate Confeder-ate Constitution. This would limit the term of a President to six years, with a prohibition against the Presi-succeeding Presi-succeeding himself. While the National Federation Federa-tion of Independent Business has never polled its membership member-ship on this question, it is one that might well appeal to the independent business people. If there is one major requirement re-quirement of independent business bus-iness operations it is a sense of stability. Under the present system, a president is elected for a four year term with the result that midway through the second term, there is a great deal of attention paid for getting get-ting re-elected, while the opposition op-position party devotes a lot of energy on how to unhorse the incumbent in the elections two years hence. It also seems obvious that four years is too short a time for any one administration to be really effective, even if the matter of standing for re-elec- National Federation of Indepe tion did not dominate the matter. This is especially true when the election results in a changing chang-ing of the guard. It takes at least the first two years of any administration to take care of what might be called the housekeeping house-keeping chores, namely making appointments to key posts, to developing and explaining a policy, and to get everything functioning together. It would also probably result in a more stable type of Congress Cong-ress because in every Congress there are always aspirants for the brass ring which is the oval office of the White House. These eager Congressmen would be less inclined to act from purely pure-ly political motives, looking toward to-ward the next election if it were six years away. In addition, banking, finance, and business would also recognize recog-nize that whether the policies established were good or bad, they are policies of some longevity, long-evity, and thus plans could be made within the framework of those policies. There's always been a lot of folks that claimed the South would rise again. If the United States decided to adopt this provision of the Constitution of the Confederacy, who is to say that those folks were not right all along. And it sure would save a lot of money spent on campaigns, indent Business |
