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Show THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, Thursday, March 22, Page 28 1984 Democrats Jump on Record fhics (Problems Trip Up By IRA R. ALLEN WASHINGTON resident Reagan's (UPI) -P- spokesman says the number of ethically questionable actions by his appointees is not "inordinate," but the Democrats think the pattern is sufficient to rush out a TV commercial on the subject. Rep. Tony Coelho, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is producing the commercial, said Tuesday Reagan, "who has deliberately placed religion and morality on the front burner of this election, obviously has a moral blindspot when it comes to his closest aides and country-clucronies." b Coelho gave the for the ad Monday and it now is in go-ahe- committee aide production, Mark Johnson said today. The impetus for the ad is the controversy over White House counselor Edwin Meese, who Reagan wants as attorney general. The Justice Department, which he would head, is investi ' gating his finances. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Tuesday, when asked about the number of administration officials questioned about ethics, said, "Those few cases that there are I would quarrel that it's an inordinate number. focused on Reagan's closest aide "ties it all together" for a Democratic ad campaign. "Every president has been embarrassed by an appointee or two or three or four, from (Eisenhower chief of staff) Sherman Adams to (Carter budget director) Bert Lance," Johnson "I would quarrel that the officials: Quit their jobs under fire: More than 20 top officials, including administrator Anne Bur-for- d of the Environmental Protection Agency, left under charges of mismanagement and political in the handling of the nation's toxic waste program. Interior Secretary James Watt resigned because of his remark that he had "a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple" on a panel. Several of Watt's top aides were either forced out or reassigned by Watt's successor William Clark. Richard Allen, Reagan's national security adviser, who quit in the face of controversy over his acceptance of $1 ,000 from Japanese journalists who interviewed Nancy Reagan. W. Paul Thayer, resigned as deputy secretary of defense after the Securities and Exchange Commission said it would file civil charges alleging he passed along inside information to stock traders. Thayer denied the allegations but said he had to leave his job to devote his time to the charges. J. Lynn Helms, resigned as head of the Federal Aviation Administration amid allegations of business improprieties. Guy Fiske, deputy secretary of commerce, resigned after questions arose over whether he rules violated conflict-of-interest in connection with plans to sell U.S. administration weather and land satellites to private industry. Emanuel Savas, assistant secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban resigned following charges he directed aides to work on his privately published book on how to reduce the size of the federal government. He was cleared of criminal wrongdoing. Withdrawn after nominated: Ernest Lefever, for assistant secretary of state for human rights, after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted against him. Critics said Lefever was insensitive to human rights and questioned the ethics of his connection with the Nestle Co. Thomas Ellis, for the Board for International Broadcasting, because of his past association with an organization that financed research into whether whites are genetically superior to blacks. William McCann, for ambassador to Ireland, after allegations surfaced that he and an associate used his insurance company to bilk union penson and welfare funds. Rev. B. Sam Hart, for the Commission on Civil Rights, following disclosures that he owed back taxes and rent in connection with his radio station. Henry Chevira, for the board of the Legal Services Corp., after word leaked that a larceny indictment was pending against him and that his was pursuing appointees "compete with the Nixon case-by-cas- crowd," he said. ex-wi- fe TOO him for delinquent payments. E. Donald Shapiro, for the Legal Services board, after it was reported he had been the subject of a two-yestate investigation into allegations he had enriched himself as dean and operator of the private law school. The state child-suppo- rt Prices effective thru By NORMAN SANDLER WASHINGTON (UPI) Call it presumptuous or merely prep- - aratory. But with the political landscape still hazy, the White House already is deciding who will be invited to serve in a second Reagan administration. John Herrington, director of presidential personnel, has begun evaluating the loyalty and performance of 400 to 500 political appointees, "to find out who stays, who goes and who gets promoted" if President Reagan wins Herrington describes the un- dertaking as an effort to deter- mine how many vacancies may occur between now and Election Day next November and how many he may have to, fill at the start of a second term." "We want to know who's done a good job for us," Herrington said in a telephone interview this week. "I want to put good people in good jobs." But there is another compelling reason for the sweeping review: Herrington wants to root out malcontents and embarrassments and ensure that those who serve the president do so with loyalty and commitment. "I have a political job," Herrington said. "I'm looking for people who support Ronald Reagan and his policies and princi- ples." Tension between conservatives, the "true believers" who have supported Reagan from the start, and less ideological converts, drawn from the camps of Vice President George Bush and other Republicans, has been present within the administration from the outset. Sometimes the friction has been difficult to conceal, as in the case of White House infightintering and nal debates over foreign policy. At other times, it has simmered beneath the surface. Herrington said the administration has little use for political appointees who openly question Reagan's policies or members of boards or commissions rough-and-tumb- le who engage n mm Phone - 224-212- Reg. 184 SALE 1 in Hours: 9 00 1 7T1 n a Ammonium Sulfate 210-- 0 Asparagus Blackberries Gooseberries p.m. tm-6:0- Except Sunday Raspberries Currants Boysenberries ton. n das m wmwi 25-3-- Sherman Unger, who died of cancer before completion of confirmation hearings to the new U.S. Court of Appeals. 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"If the Republicans can get a e and make Tip O'Neill fools of themselves, we can get the truth on the air," he said. f rvar v jr North State, Orem (mV White House Staff Looking for A Few Good Men, Women 1984 April 3. ar CIA Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart and the National Journal magazine have listed about 50 Reagan appointees who either resigned under fire, withdrew their names from consideration for top positions or who continue to serve after allegations of ethical lapses But Reagan's Controversial Figures Dot Administration Reagan A parWASHINGTON (UPI) tial list of President Reagan's controversial nominees and top not flawed and challenged porters to compare Reagan's record with his predecessors. The campaign committee, said. basis." were made. Asked if there might be resistance from local television stations to a commercial imputing corruption to the Republicans, Johnson referred to a 1982 Republican congressional campaign committee showing a ro- Speakes said the screening system for appointments was re- Johnson said, "It's not just Ed Meese," but the publicity cases as a whole are that serious. Many of them have various explanations, and they have to e be taken on a Appoifi)fte2 Keeogeomi pav IfvV aaaaaaj amieull L Zf) """"" "in public fights with fellow appointees." He mentioned no examples, but may have been referring to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission or the Equal Employment f r, .7 , Oppor- both irritunity Commission tants to the White House. "When I'm talking to somebody who's really excited about the president and his policies, I'm going to be more interested in that person than in promoting someone who is lukewarm and here just to work in government," Herrington said. By November, Herrington hopes to have reviewed the files of assistant Cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and members of regulatory boards and commissions whose terms would expire in the next four years, and have a master plan ready. Given the uncertainties of electian-yea- r politics, the work may seem premature. But Herrington, known for unquestioned loyalty to the president and a approach to apportioning political jobs, wants to be prepared. "I've already got lots of people coming to see me, wondering what plans we have and what they can anticipate," he said Tuesday. "We're going to have people working on the campaign who will want to work in government after the election. We have to know what we've got in terms of people and vacancies." ) I I , s 1:3; irresistible Ifl ws i ? f hosiery sale .1 ZZteMOHMl thtCtodL Select v; . 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