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Show g p v - f 1 - 1 i Dr. T. R. New York Times Service ASHINGTON After he was beaten by John F. Kennedy in I960. Richard Nixon sent a stirring passage of proe by Theodore Roosevelt to many dishear tened supporters. W It In e of the most dramatic moments in the Broadhit. That way i-- i 1 1 one yi White House Mr. Safire sage. In "Facing the Lions, a new novel by Tom Wicker, the identical Teddy Roosevelt lines are chosen as prologue. It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. Credit Competitor is In That Championship Season, the Roosevelt lines are quoted by a reactionary who wallows in past glories and draws his only strength from the old hatreds of a gladiator. To playwright Jason Miller, the passage is the essence of and false pride, the ultimate alibi of a loser savaged by society; finding his loneliness and rejection incompreeven a hensible, searches for solace in blindly having made kind of victory an effort to win. Seen as Irony Contrariwise (my favorite adverb), novelist Wicker sees The Man in the Christian martyr Arena as a facing the lions in a moral arena brave, noble, praiseworthy and doomed. The lines are quoted in irony, to make the author's point that men are not necessarily ennobled by fighting the good fight. Mr. Nixon viewed the lines in 1960 and does today, straight without as vividly expressive of his own irony attitude toward life in general, and to the political life in particular. It is not the critic who counts can be seen, lets face it, as disparaging the man of thought while exalting the man of if you action, similar to the scornful cant do, teach. The contempt the President holds for carping critics is an inextricable part of his character, at times a source of strength, at other times a cause of self-style- d Roosevelt's A Chicago woman writes Do many women in their fifties resort to plastic surgery? And what are the most common procedures done? It is estimated that each year half a million people in the Cmted States undergo surgery to a "W'rtL1' ... 1:4 wfms MlM, m m mmm o days, Richardson, the new attorney general, is beginning at last to talk like an attorney general, defender of the law and the Constitution, rather than defender of the President. Elliott sweating in the early summer heat. But inside the In his first mews conference as attorney general, Richardson did not excuse the who burglarized plumbers Lllsbergs psychiatrists files and the Watergate, or try to justify illegal acts on John Aylams and its the grounds of national security, or telephone that rule out the possibility that the President doesnt ring but might have to testify about the scandals, chimes, its quiet or support the White House security apand cool. paratus, or even proclaim the PresiMil. Reston dents innocence. The evidence was inseems threatened here now, but behind conclusive on the President's role in all the Whnte House iron fence everything is this, he said, and this is obvioustv a big difference calm J'ulie Nixon Eisenhowers White House reception room, with its grandfather clock and its portrait of , picture book on her father lies on the reception room cffee table, full of smiling pictures of happier days, but down the corridors, new men are established at the old desks talking 9 bout new approaches to the pub lie business. Behind the closed doors, one imagine, that Lei 1 Garment, the President's new counsel, is watching, with others, the Watergate senators on television sorting out the Gemstone Papers, and trying to figure out vriio is Ruby One, Ruby Two and Crystal tint meanwhile the White House is trying to save the falling dollar and trying to reorganize itself Causally cn Hand Rebuild Staff Meanwhile the burden of rebuilding the White House staff har oeen left to Gen. Alexander Haig, the handsome, former deputy to Henry Kissinger and now deputy chief of staff of the Army, whose previous combat experience in Korea and Vietnam will probably come in handy. He is now working out of a handsome office in the southwest corner of the White House executive suite, in back of( Kissinger's office on the northwest corner, and apparently his assignment is to change the old Haldeman-Erhlichmadecision-makinprocess. Dundgins People - WASHINGTON Former Defense was under R. Laird Melvin Secretary heavy pressure from a number of top Republican, business and labor leaders for the past month to overcome his reluctance to sign on with the White House and help lift the Nixon administration out stagnation. The former eight-tercongressman from Wisconsin and defense chief in the first Nixon term agreed Wednesday to become the President's top counselor on domestic affairs. His decision came after a weekend meeting with the President. It also came after weeks of pressure .from persons such as New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, California Gov. RonAFL-CIchief George ald Reagan, Meanv, Chase Manhattan Bank Chairman Federal Reseive David Rockefeller, Board Chairman Arthur Burns and Republican Congressional leaders Gerald Ford and Hugh Scott. Growing Unease Behind the pressure, according to close associates of Laird, was growing unease about the U'.S. economic slide, branch of the government. The political and ethnic qualifications of the pait four years are said to have been dropped, and appointments are now being made on the objective basis of experience and ability. The problem of the White House and the newspaper and television reporters is also under study, though it is still unresolved. Ron Ziegler, the President's press secretary, who is under attack for misleading the press Watergate, has been transferred to another job. He is a symbol of past troubles, not necessarily of his own making, but anyway he was too vulnerable and too visible. Personal Problems Haig has had his own personal problems, again not of his own making. He has made a spectacular rise in the Army hierarchy, and has finally achieved an Army officers dream with its stars and its house and base in Washington's opulent military compound, but he had to choose between his Army career and his new political assignment. While he would have preferred to go back to the Army, he decided to stav at the White House. None of this., of course, will mean much if the President cannot overcome his political difficulties. The Watergate is still dominating and crippling the presidency, and adding to the Presidents economic problems, but he is moving and changing as best he can. , The new men and the new methods in the White House are preparing new economic policies and getting ready for the visit of Chairman Brezhnev of the Soviet Union later this month, but no matter what they do, they are still overwhelmed by the torrent of Watergate news. e But now more and more of Under the Presidents instructions, he is now' arranging regular cabinet meetings. The cabinet, which far the last two years has almost been nonexistent, has met for between one and two hours every Friday for the last three weeks. The White House staff is being instructed. or so it is said, to serve as a transmission belt between the President and the cabinet, rather than dominating and instructing the cabinet, as it did in the days.' More Meetings There have been more meetings between the President and the Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, and between the President and the leaders of both parties m Congress during the last month than in the previous three or four months', and it is said that these have been candid more frank and even pugdiscussions nacious than ever before in Nixon's time in the White House. The aim of cosmetic surgery is to imnot perprove a persons appearance fection. Remarkable results may take place, but these are not instant because healing is a slow process. Furthermore, the procedures cannot woman look 25, but make a her new face may provide a new outlook, give her more confidence, and be a source of renewed energy. The wise plastic surgeon also is a good psychiatrist and knows when to refuse to operate. He will turn down, for example, the person who blames his frustrations, loneliness, and failures on a crooked nose. (Copyright) Because his ability and personality fault, he never will be satisfied new nose, even though it is a good cosmetic result. are at ith a 'O' o "YOUTH MARKET" WANT ADS FOR SUMMER JODS COST JUST 10e A LINE Ufa (si? Dm ins the past lew y ears hundreds of leenasers have found summer jobs with small ads in our special classified columns for young people. YOU can do it, too! Also, there are new rules for filling the many vacant jobs in the executive steadily worsening White House relations with Congress, and' the overall malaise within the government since Watergate. in part from .he outLaird back into pras sure mostly from the inside was ending the army ca-- , reer of four-sta- r Gen Alexander M Haig. While pressure, side, was bringing to retire Haig agreed Wednesday from the Army, where he was vice chief of staff, and to si'ary on as President Nixons chief of staff in the White House, taking over the dutn?s once exercised by H. R. (Bob) Haldemain. Haig has had a meteoric rise in the Army heirarchy, risking from colonel to four-sta- r general in fo ir years, mostly as a result of his duties a special deputy to presidential adviser Dr Henry Kissin- ;s ger. Rejects Arguments Haig moved over lo the White House early in May, supposedly on a temporary basis, to fill in after llaldeman resigned. has been under But Haig's appointmnr fire ever since on grounds that it is illegal for an active-dutmilitary man to serve in a civilian offia;. White House and 'iVr.tagon lawyers y y i t Yard Care Trash Mauling Delivery Work fin Trainees Odd Jobs, etc. lTU rejected those arguments, but privately many officers admitted the legal case for keeping an active-dutgeneral in that job was weak and could not have won Studies had congressional approval. quietly been under way for week? to figure out ways to get Haig off the active duty list. At 48, Haig appeared to have an even brighter Army future. But his lingering service to the White Hour' was also causing some concern among a few generals. Had he stayed in the job and on active duty much longer, his clout on coming back to the service might have been reduced, especially in a new admin- Baby Sitting Housecleaning Pet Care Typing Errands y istration. Haig can be recalled from retired' to active duty status by the President in the future, as was done years ago in the case of Navy Adm. William Leahy and Army Gen. Maxwell T'ylor. The general has a reputation as a officer bright, ambitious, and is regarded as intensely loyal to the President. Haig was known to be reluctant to stay in the White House at first, but a number of associates believe he may have changed his mind under pressure from the President, who has come quickly to depend on him a great deal. 1, Advertise your specialty, This is a Want Work column only. . June 3 tlirough June 24. 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Ten years ago, the majority were widows and divorcees in their late fifties. n Some things are changing here behind the televis vn screen. John Connally of Texas is mow in temporary residence in the White House executive office, concentrating on the economy rather than on the Watergate, invisible but very much alive at cabkiet meetings and in the Presidents oval office Republican Leaders Pressured Laird to Return d : - . . . -- r Everything Latin sense, arena In its original means a sandy place," where sand was laid to absorb the blood of combatants. In our time, the field of politics has been the place that has needed the most sand. But the arena metaphor is not confined its Watergate-produce- .w Ws m1 1. 4 mmnmmmmmm improve their appearance and to correct congenital or accident-induceAn impairments. d , Picture Begins to Change Again at White House infuriates the critic. of . y. James Reston A handsome, tall WASHINGTON young Marine stands outside the door of the White House executive office these an IMlen Surgery Lift (Copyright) Because the critic does count. Not as much as the critic thinks, and rarely as much as the man who is actually in the arena, but the soul of the critic is not always cold and timid, and the arena man (gladiator or martyr) would do well to the keep a wary eye on the judges in is more imporit Sometimes grandstand. tant to keep score than to keep scoring. be expected, n m Critic Counts might ft it might be a good idea doctrine, to think afcwut Kennedy's corollary, and to add to stern judgment one extra ounce of credit tltat rightly belongs to the man who gifces it all he has. Tliddy N 23 1973 Women gain A Plastic to recall the joyously defiant tone of New York Times Service "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who. if he wins, knows the triumphs of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be As W1H 1 1 with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. e. to politics: In whatever arena of life one may meet the challenge of courage." wrote John F. Kennedy, who also liked to quote the same T.R. passage without sarcasm, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follow s his conscience the loss of friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men each must decide for himself the course he must follow." Perhaps when the reader next views a man in the arena whether at a P.T.A. meeting, at a town hall, or circled by reporters at a press conference in the Championship Season. a bigoted basketball coach recited the same pas- Little by little. T.R.s Man in the Arena" passage is becoming second only to the Gettysburg Address as a quotable favorite, and for conflicting reasons Lets look it over: m j The Salt Lake Tribune. Saturday, June 9, Give 'Man in the Arena Of Politics Some Credit bJ v IF William Safire M : the following Sunday. High School age and under eligible. "YOUTH MARKET" WANT ADS FOR SUMMER 143 South Main Use "Youth Power" for Summer Work. |
