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Show The UTAH INDEPENDENT Page 6 August 11, 1972 President'll Alka-Seltz- Again, Mr. included. is er Secretary, I respectfully suggest that these bills not be paid by the taxpayer, but by the Republican Party, since the entire affair was for its sole benefit. Sincerely, B. Cratchitt. The Secretary promptly replied to Cratchitt, as follows: Department of the Treasury We Want Cratchitt! Multimillionaire Richard Nixon is the biggest spender (of yours) and the biggest saver (for himself) in the history of the Presidency. Wheeler-dealer former most of made champ, his millions while in Congress. But only a few years ago Johnson, Lyndon all-ti- Nixon was virtually Richard broke. The following information, inserted in the Congressional Record Congressman by Gonzales of Texas, explains in a small way why Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and John Connally are fabulously rich and why our nation is broke: THE CRATCHITT - A TOP MEMORANDUM SECRET DOCUMENT (Or, The Big Nixon-ConnalSteal) and Gonzales asked (Mr. was given permission to address the House for 1 minute, to revise and extend his remarks ly and include extraneous matter.) MR. GONZALES: Mr. Speaker, a few days ago, the President went down to the Picosa ranch to have a little with dinner Secretary Now everyone knows that if the President wants to see the Secretary, all he has to do is summon him across the street, from the Treasury to the White House. And if he just wants to have a Connally. social evening, well, that can be done right here in Washington. So there is no denying that this trip to the Picosa spread, where carefully groomed cowboys watched equally carefully groomed cattle for the picturesque effect of it all, and where mariachis strummed gaily in the background, was more than a social event. By all accounts it was a political event of the first magnitude, because the President dined not just with Connally, but with 200 of the richest, most powerful men in Texas what we call in Spanish los pesados weighty men. I call them the Picoso pesados. These are - - people who contribute mightily to political campaigns, and men who know perfectly well the meaning of the Spanish Don Dinero -poderoso caballero, which in phrase, - a English means, Mr. Money powerful gentleman. So when the President hunkers down to barbecue with 200 of los pesados, it is not because he likes barbecue, and not because he is a and sent them to Secretary Connally with the following memo, also marked Top Secret. labeled only one reason why this trip was made, and that is political to raise large amounts of political capital. Now we all know that Presidential travel is not cheap. Nobody knows how much it cost for the President to go to China, though we do know of the initial payment of $6 million in cash handed over to the Chinese to cover a few of the local bills. It is perfectly proper for the taxpayers to ante up the money for official travel, but when the taxpayers are called upon to cover the bills for political fundraising safaris, that is another matter. There are those who are responsible for paying the bills in this Government, and I have just acquired a batch of top secret documents from the Treasury relating to the question of whether the taxpayers should foot the cost - Picosa the political call these expedition. documents to the attention of the Congress, in the finest tradition of current document leakage, because I consider this mans effort to save the taxpayer from a needless expense. The Picosa expedition bills happened to be sent to an obscure Treasury clerk named Cratchitt, who was supposed to write the checks. . . When Cratchitt got the bills for the Texas political trip, he rightfully concluded that these were not incurred in the course of Presidential duty, but in the cause of straight, old-fashion- Cratchitt himself cannot participate in politics in any way because of the Hatch Act, and he knows full well that not even the President has a right to foist political bills on the taxpayer, especially when the Treasury is running in the red by. S47 billion or so. Accordingly, Cratchitt Texas, the Picosa Pesados. . . There is no reason why the taxpayers should be asked to pay the bills for the Picosa expedition, which was purely, simply, and solely undertaken and economy efficiency. The computer will write checks without asking embarrassing questions. J.B. Connally. Friends, today poor Bob for political purposes. I respectfully suggest that the President submit these bills to the Republican National Committee. What this country needs is more Cratchitts and to replace Nixon computers and Connally. 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Air Force 1 9,400.00 Ferrying expense, 14,600.00 helicopters local, expense, Operating 430.00 copter Press bus, San Antonio 100.00 1 , Force Air Security, 500.00 copters .....460.00 Overtime Secret Service travel costs..6,000.00 Hospitality aboard Air Force 1 300.00 Travel expense. President's 6,440.00 entourage Local lodging, expenses, 2, 380X10 entourages Communications, Bell Telephone 4,100.00 500.00 Overtime, Signal Corps Extra airplane, backup .....7,300.00 25 President 'These expenses, Mr. Secretary, do not include overtime costs incurred by the FAA in guiding the 27 learjets used by the barbecue party guests to fly from all over Texas to the Picosa, which is, after all, hard to find. Also, the foregoing does not incfude $4.73 spent by members of the official entourage and other to buy medications to combat effects of the barbecue and Moet et Chandon Alka-Seltz- of perhaps GEM STATE RENTALS WE RENT ALMOST ANYTHING 41. Fcaily Storage Republican interests is -- To: B. Cratchitt. I have your memorandum suggesting that the President should pay his political bills or submit same to the Republican Party, same as any politico. This is to advise that you have been replaced by a computer, in the Alka-Seltze- r, politics. ed Secret Top Department of the Treasury Washington, D.C. Top Secret To: Secretary Connfclly. I have just Mr. Secretary: bills for the attached received the trip that you and the President took to Texas, which I understand was solely for the purpose of raising political campaign funds. As you can see, the bills already amount to $51,810.25 and more are coming in. I cant in good conscience pay this. Please send the attached bill to I a prime example of one the bills, which were took gregarious man who enjoys parties, even ,at a ranch as elegant as the Picosa. There is of the Washington, D.C. Top Secret out of a job, replaced by a computer, like so many others. 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