Show rrrsr Ex-Quarter- at r back Jack Kemp: Scrambling for Power ries and has been elected chairman of the House Confer- ence a major WOULDN’T YOU SLEEP BETTER TONIGHT KNOWING YOUR HELP WILL KEEP HIM ALIVE TOMORROW lead- ership office He this attractive handmade Is Resident Reaganb MOPE n tapestry closest collaborator in the House on tax poky At 45 Kemp is a heady distance from his native California where he began career 13-ye- ar the a In can be the answer American Football League following gradufrom Occidental College in Los Angeles In the early 60’s ation Upwardly mobile: Does Kempt pottical game plan chart a campaign for governor of New York or the US Senate In 1982? By sunset Jane Nevlns on the leather sofa in his Seated Congressman Jack of New York is restless one leg then the other shifting throwing his arms bade Abruptly he leans forward toying with the tape recorder unconsciously scratching a fingernail across the face of the microphone His words come in a hard flood He drills ideas home like the footbal he once hurled as quarterback leading the Buffalo Bills to champbnshfc twice in the 1960’s Now competitive excitement infuses a political monologue and he exudes a controlled energy a mixture of disciplne and aggression reflection and daring In his sixth term in Congress Kemp is at the heart of a fierce scramble in a different kind of championship: a playoff of ideas on a churned-u- p political field under a scoreboard labeled g “economic recovery” For his ride to victory his fans hope his reward may some day be the Presidency The handsome Congressman’s reputation has spread far and wide conservatives among grass-root- s who fit a smal Kemp-fir- e to make him the Vice Presidential choice in the 1980 Republican convention He has written a book An American Renaissance setting out his economic theo quarter-backin- postpaid right to your door he was traded to Buffalo and then In 1970 when his career with the Bills was “on the side" Kemp heeded the urging of upstate New York Republicans and ran for Congress His wife Joanne the attractive blond mother of his four cMdrerr is amazed at the glare of publicity “It’s remarkable how the power of a right idea catches on” she says “Jack is ecoadvocating a common-sensnomics this somehow has not been e articulated before” Despite the intoxicating excitement Kemp carefuly shields his home ftfe from the disruptions of Washington’s He avoids the political activity capital's cocktail circuit prefering to bring colleagues and advisers home to talc issues at leisure He tries to keep outside demands to a minimum in the evenings and on weekends “Our sodaldng revolves around the home because I like to eat with my children” Kemp says adding “I really need children” Two of the Kemps’s children Judith 15 and James 9 live at home with them in their Bethesda Md residence Jeffrey 20 is a senior (and quarterback on the footbal team) at Dartmouth while Jennifer 18 is a freshman at Miami University of Ohio Congressman Henson Moore of Louisiana a dose friend and neighbor says an evening with the Kemps is “stimulating in a relaxed atmosphere Joanne is a wonderful hostess (continued) (ACTUAL In January 1979 the exodus of nearly 40000 Hmong into Thailand began At least 1 out of 2 peopeople sea ple who flew Laos were killed by communist patrols or river drownings By June 1979 the population of the Ban Vinai refugee camp was up to 25000 persons many who were in a state of severe malnutrition The mal nourish merit was a result of the military campaign in Laos by the Vietnamese during which crops could neither be planted or harvested These people facing starvation still have resisted and defended themselves against the communist and their punishment has been a policy of death by the present Lao government With the population of the refugee camp being so high housing water supplies and health programs are in desperate need of help Not wanting to be totally dependent on charity these proud people are making hand sewn colorful “HOPE” tapestry pendants that can virtually make the difference of life and death especially for the very young and very old Won't you or your organization help these people In their plight for freedom? These beautiful one of a kind pendants will make the wearer proud knowing the story behind them A thoughtful gift idea Kindly send $495 postpaid and sleep v— II tonight knowing you helped keep him alive and free ORDER NOW!! MONEY BACK GUARANTEE OGIHOPE PENDANT 114 EMI 32nd Strati Now York NY 10016 Pltaaa aand me Encloaad la HOPE PENDANT Ctwckmonay Namt Stitt and MaataiCard itoll Iraa May 3 1981 IS -- Zip hotdara call anytime (lay or niaht Operator 320 1 600228-2028 FAMILY WEEKLY oidarfor |