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Show t WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MARCH 11, 1982 Or fleKibility Probability is that the federal budgets for fiscal 1982 and 1983 will be in deep deficit, many business and investment decisions this year and next, and certainly it will greatly intensify interest in proposals that would require a balanced budget. according to Babsons Reports Inc., Fed. 25, 1982. Naturally, this prospect will influence ironic that the U.S. has in the last century entered at least two wars under highly dubious convictions, fanned to intensity by the news media. did little war). What were the facts of the tragedy, which cost over 250 American lives? A U.S. court of inquiry thought a torpedo ram had been used. Spanish court of inquiry determined the Maine blew up internally. But it seems likely that the secret came out in 1912, when the New York Sun and later ONE OF those wars was the in 1898. Spanish-America- Another was World War I, when the sinking of the Lusi- tania swayed U.S. public opinion against Germany. the Only recently has it been disc- WITH THE sinking of the Maine, in Havana harbor on the night of Feb. 15 eighty-fou- r years ago, the facts have also been clouded. The initial impression in America was that Spanish authorities in Havana sank the U.S. battleship. Resentment of the sym- pathy of Americans for oppressed Cubans (some were being lined up, shot every day as Spanish officers lived in lavish circumstances and gaiety) produced a declaration of war a war the U.S. Navy easily won (and known to some Americans as the splen One of the more interesting figures in the early history of America was General James Edward Oglethorpe, who, with a party of colonists, founded Georgia, in 1733. OGLETHORPE had lived an adventurous life before he landed at Savannah at the age of 37. He served in the British army, advocated placing the son of James II on the throne. Failing, he went to France to live, and to support the fortunes of the Stuarts there. Giving up a hopeless cause, he returned to England and settled in Godaiming. Surrey, and was a Tory, which membership he maintained for 32 years even during his travels to America. Oglethorpe advanced the idea that debtors in England be given a new chance in America and in 1732 he and 16 colleagues obtained a charger from the king to found a colony named George (after George II) in America. The king agreed partly because he wanted a buffer between the successful Charleston colony and the Spanish colony at St. Augustine, which had sent raiding parties into Carolina. AFTER LANDING first at Charleston. Ogelthorpe negotiated with the Indians for a tract of land on which now stands Savannah, landing w ith his settlers on eithei the 12th or 13th. In that same year a company of 50 Jew s arrived. and in the next year a there group of Lutheran refugees from Salzburg. Austria. (A boatload of Moravians also came but departed shortly However, even as the solons continue to recoil from a decision on a budget-balanc- e g mechanism, events are that could force them into action. prog-essin- would mandate such balance with no ands, ifs, or buts. Others are somewhat more pragmatic, hence include exceptions and-o- r loopholes designed to make the desired THE FACT IS that we are edging closer to a Constitutional Convention, the convocation of an assembly authorized to suggest amendments to the Constitution which would then be sent to the states for ratification in the same wav Constitutional Amendment more tempting and basically more practical. Of course, Congress is states, with 38 needed to be reached this year, an early meeting of a Constitutional Convention still would not be assured. Petitions for such a convention from states which favor this route to obtain a cap on the federal budget are not uniform. They differ in language and other details. Unquestionably, these variations will be cited to challenge the validity of the petitions. Hence, a number of state petitions will eventually be challenged in the federal courts with the issue likely to go to the Supreme Court for final settlement. ratify. Last month, Alaska became the 31st state to send a formal application to Congress asking for a Constitutional Convention that would consider an amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. At this time only three additional states are needed to make up the total of 34 that would force Congress to call such a convention. That quota would be reached this year if Washington, Kentucky and Missouri were each to pass pending SPANISH authorities, it was said, placed the mine under the battleship so that if the U.S. captain made demands and threatened to bombard Havana, the ship could be destroyed. Cuban rebels learned about the mine, made their way to the private house where detonation wires had been placed, and set off the explosion on the night of the 15th. They its also alleged-plan- Big Savings On Are On Sale Now At Safeway! in the early strawberries are of their morning before the day's heat can rob them lucious juiciness. Strawberries are very delicate. So, we moment cool them down to keep them at that precious sweetness. And, ship them to your of store in a truck refrigerated to our specifications, because they aren't just strawberries.. .they're Safeway strawberries. And, they're for you. Safeway-boun- ned to explode the mine when the battleship was not directly over it, but erred because they misjudged currents at the mooring. That story has been generally accepted. It means the rebels with whom Americans were in sympathy, destroyed the Maine to bring this country into the war against Spain on a wave of emotion against Spanish thereafter for Pennsylvania). 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Finally, in 1913. a new Oglethorpe University was founded in Atlanta, which had meanwhile become the capital of Georgia. Strawberries And Much, Much More! Mother Nature's Best Berries C0rH DOJSjust Hearn Eat In KuysvIHe: In Layton: g might become a subject for litigation too. MEANWHILE, Congress will also be trying to reach consensus on a joint resolution setting forth its own proposal for a Constitutional Amendment mandating an annual badget balance. Such consensus may be difficult to reach for it w ill entail hard compromises. And whenever Congress does agree on this, the resultant resolution would still have to be ratified by 38 states. So mandated budget balance-- . so eagerly desired b so many is probabh still ears away. THE IDEA of a Constitutional Convention is disturbing to Congress. There is concern lest such a convention, when seated, might try to propose amendments on issues other than a balanced budget. The Constitution itself is silent on whether a Constitutional Convention would have plenary power or be restricted to dealing only with the precise issue for which it was called. That is a point which might well need elucidation by the courts unless Congress uses its broad legislative pow ers to define the convention's limits and lay down procedural rules to be followed. And even these HOWEVER, even if the goal of 34 petitioning states were to re- Interesting Figure: J. E. Oglethorpe elected to Parliament as prerogatives which themselves are deeply rooted in the Constitution. budget-makin- that those approved by Congress are submitted to the ported that the Maine had been sunk by the rebels. The Boston Herald concurred. overed that the Germans were telling the truth, and the English not doing so, about the Lusitania. It was carrying munitions, was a legitimate target and the German Government, in warning Americans not to sail on it, did what it could to prevent American loss of life. sinking and the natural Baltimore Sun, relinquish or even to restrict its right on the line and, if approved on Capitol Hill, The Maine Its understandably reluctant to AWAITING ACTION by Congress are various bills proffering amendments to the Constitution that would require Congress and the President to come up with a balanced budget annually. Some versions being suggested put it I Goo4 March 1981 total Ouonrity r Mumy Itaro Intorpotatal |