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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand November 25, 1976 Page 10 The Utah Independent QUOTAS REDUCE INCENTIVE JACK ANDERSON CENSURED expect to be made the of an Anderson target investigation. And Anderson may even be able to enlist the aid of official agencies to intimidate those who have the temerity to challenge him. News ' National The Council, to its credit, was not intimidated. It found that the bribery charge was based on hearsay about a statement allegedly made several years ago by a man who is now dead. The that Council noted Anderson had asserted the truth of the hearsay, but he had presented no evidence to back it up. With respect to the loan sought from the Syndicated columnist Jack Anderson boasts that his column is 900 over carried by newspapers. He appears regularly as a commentator on the ABC morning news and gossip program, and he commands high fees on the lecture circuit. He also has the dubious distinction of being the only newsman has been twice who censured by the National News Council for inaccurate and loose reporting. What is worse, in its most recent criticism of Jack National the Anderson, News Council charged that Andersons office saw fit to employ tactics which, from even arms length distance, appeared to have Washington: been employed Inter-America- the Bank, Development Council found that the loan had not been approved. The reasons it was being held up were recounted, and the Council characterized them to intimidate complainants from raising objections concerning the accuracy and fairness of material written Mr. under Andersons byline. The n as ordinary and American tourists Moscow in expressed baffled rage and frustration upon seeing taxi after taxi roar past them empty, or it found when they impossible to make dinner reservations in restaurants although many tables stood empty, they sought an explanation. They were told that in Russia there are daily, weekly, monthly, five-yeand and annual, ten-yeplans. As soon as Soviet workers have fulfilled their quota for the day or the month they have no incentive to continue work. So the cab driver who has his alloted completed his met or quota of journeys fares is not interested in stopping for new passengers. He cruises the rest of the day. And the restaurant that; fulfills its quota early in the' week or month puts off' prospective diners because there is no incentive to Cash increase business. incentives, explained a When said It unsensational. Anderson might have an informant who had reason to describe the internal loan to reaction the as one of application astonishment the but formal record provided no support for this. Exhibiting the its usual caution, Council said it lacked information to enough decide on this aspect of the complaint, but it found that was the complaint warranted with respect to the bribery matter. News The National Council previously upheld a complaint against Anderson that had been filed by Accuracy In Media. As in this case, Anderson did his best to intimidate the complainant. Some think he deserves to be known as Blackjack. -- Reed Irvine Accuracy In Media ar ar are no the few good because consumer goods available are of poor quality, and the Western economist, reason they are of poor quality is that the worker has no incentive to improve Soviet them. planning emphasizes quantity, and whether products are of good or bad quality is of little concern to a factory manager interested only in numbers. -- Review Of The News There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand. -- Charles F. Kettering When I was a little boy I told that anybody could become president; Im beginning to believe it. -- Clarence Darrow was JLL Nicaragua Information Government Service had charged that a Anderson column by March 19, 1976, published was seriously inaccurate in charging that the President of Nicaragua had personally tried to squeeze a bribe from the president of IBM and that a loan Nicaragua was seeking from the Inter-America- n Development Bank was for a project that would enrich Nicaraguas president. The News Council wrote to Anderson asking for any comment he cared to make on the charge that these allegations had not been backed up with any shred of evidence. Two things then happened. Andersons colleague, Les Whitten, asked the National News Council for a list of all who had contributed $100 or more to the Council since its beginning, together with amount of their the contributions. Next, the Nicaraguan Information Service, which had filed the complaint, received a call from Les Written asking questions about the organization and about its director, Mr. Ian MacKenzie. Whitten wanted to know what nationality Mr. MacKenzie was, what his immigration status was, and what other business interests he had. Shortly thereafter, the Nicaraguan Information Service and a firm relations public associated with it were visited by representatives of the Department of Justice. They wanted to look into the activities of these offices. They were told that the inspection had been a by preciptiated Les telephone call from Whitten to Justin OShea, the official of an Department of Justice. The message was crystal clear. If you make a serious the about complaint Anderson column, you can is a tool (club?) to be used by the Regional Councils (Planning Commissions, Councils of Government, Development Districts) To Control the CITIES and COUNTIES . , PROOF of the above statement is contained in the statements below from two publications of the National Association of Regional Councils, 1700 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C . 20006. i i ' a From Goals for Action: "Regional Councils should operate in the inter Goal 1.08 governmental political system as a spokesman for local governments on regional issues to the Governor and State legislature and to Vte President and Congress." Goaf 1.09- -. . . "The council sets the regional policy and should have the power to see that others follow that policy or that supportive agencies are established to do the lob." A key point of this goal Is stated as follows" use Goal 7.05 as a tool to implement project review and comment process environmental planning." regional "Within their own framework of priorities, regional Goal 1.07 councils should concentrate on program efforts to; Focus on human resources development, environmental quality, fiscal adequacy, and governmental delivery systems, as well as land and community use, transportation, public facilitie t, development." Goal 4.02 "Priority human resource program Interests should Include: education, manpower, health, housing, leisure recreation Vme, and equal opportunity." Goal 5.02 (from discussion section) "Through the development and adoption of a regional housing development plan, the regional council (public sector) can coordinate activities of the private developer." (A-9- 5) Goal 7.04 "Regional councils should develop an environmental program dealing with water quality and supply, air quality, atom waste water treatment, solid waste management, water run-of- f, and land use policies and plans. Population growth and distribution should also be a regional concern." from Implementing Policies and Resolutions 1. "Designated Regional Councils shall have two years to develop a comprehensive policy framework ..." 2. "These plans shall be certified annually by the Govemorfs) for consistency with related state development plans and referred appropriate federal agency heads for their approval." 3. "The Regional Council shall designate the Implementing agencies, including local governments . . . These agencies shad be the only units in the area eligible for federal or state action grants. These designations shall be approved by die Governor and appropriate federal agency heads." 4. "The Regional Council shall allocate funds to units of general purpose local government and other local or area-wid- e agencies for necessary project planning or Implementation." b For more information on this regional government threat to self government, and private property rights contact: ALUPLO, P.O. Box 214, Bentmville, Ark. 72712 Y |