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Show The Salt Lake Tribune. Wednesday, August I)a id S. Broder 2.T 8, 197,1 Dr. T. IL Van Delicti Washington Reclaims Perspective in August Washington Post Service that means nothing to anyone in ington. WASHINGTON The returning traveler does not find Washington the troubled capitol he has been reading and V , looked greener. Sailboats circle on the Potomac, and cyclists on the path the above mer to watch the pau-smooth circuits of white hulls through green w ater J V. V s ' k 'l-s- ' ' Nir. Broder Can Cause , H d country will survive this time of trouble, too Character Emerges When the senators and cabinet secretaries go off on vacation, when the exodus of lawyers and lobbyists thins the twice-dailtraffic flow, the moie enduring and endearing character of Washington asserts itself Bv Will no Arctir Kobiu was provded Robert Rep. the Dnnan, by F. left-win- g priest-membe- r of the sure thing. He mailed out phony invoices to a House irom Massanumber of businessmen, billing them for chusetts. ads they had never ordered, and waited Father Drinan is seemed like a for the money to roll in. Some money did But so did two ieder-a- l investigators, who haled Eddie into court on a charge of using the mails to defraud. In short order he landed in jail, following the path of countless artists who have run afoul of the United States Post Office. Under our legal system, most crimes are local. Robbery and not, murder and mayhem ordinarily come under the jurisdiction of local governments Federal Offense But mad fraud is federal business, because the Constitution gives exclusive A Very nd what worries it most, ironically, is what the country thinks of it. The people who live and work here nervously agree with Rod Macleish, one of our most civilized commentators, who writes m his new book. A City on the River, that Washington has lost its capacity to clearly perceive the people it governs. It sits like some nearsighted, colossus, parsing time and events and ' calculating outcomes by definitions and standards of its own making. d That may be true 10 months of the year, but summer offers Washingtonians neurosis. relief from their In July and August the people of Washd ington, most of whom moved here from somewhere else, go home to their friends and relatives, seeking reassurance that they are not out of touch with the people and the country- - from which they have come. great debates of Washington seem less portentous when miles away; that a constitutional crisis may be less than total m the eyes of those who count their days work not in memos written, but in cars orodneed or cherries picked Not Just in Figures Cut the Washingtonians are reminded, too. that the capital where they work is, indeed, the capital of a great country whose reserves of strength cannot be measured simply by the figures on which the bureaucrat dotes. e control of the postal system to the federal government Of course, to constitute the crime Ihe fraudulent scheme must include some significant use of the mails. However, that need not be the central feature. Consider, for example, the case of a man who used chicanery to sell lots in a cemetery. All of his sales were made in person, not by mad. the first man who has made a posit iv President Nixon. As all know, he recently dropped into the hopper of the House of Representatives a resolution to the effect that Richard M. Nixon is impeached of higher crimes and misdemeanors. This told act was followed by a good deal of public moralizing by Father Dnnan s Father Dnnan was thoroughly well aware, a quite different procedure was wide open to him He couid have made a point of privilege at any session of the House. He could have risen instantly to offer a differently worded motion He could have secured an immediate debate. e If the House had then given him a majority, the impeachment of the President would now be under way, in a special House committee named to prepare the next stage. Senator Soaper Planning the picnic means deciding wholl bnng the sandwiches, wholl bring the potato salad and wholl bring the gasoline. North- - South vulnerable. West deaK. NORTH A AJ83 A 7 3 0 A K Q 8 5 4 A Void WEST ' y7 2 10 A K Q EAST A A K II) K Q 2 3 SOUTH 7 A 9 7 8 4 2 93 ' 63 A The bidu ,.g: out more international bridge players than any other. While this may sound somewhat biased because I practiced law before becoming a bridge writer, the impressive list bears me out Q5 J 108 54 ) J9 A J962 Three members of the Italian Blue Team have legal luminaries Legal training. have often represented Great Britain. And in postwar years, several lawyers have represented the United States in world championship competition. They include Eric MurSoloray of Toronto; Charles Marshall mon of Philadelphia; Miles of San Bernardino; and New Yorkers B. Jay Becker and Lee Hazen. the star ot todays hand. a. a recent rubber bridge Opening lead King of Foi some unknown reason. game, Hazen showed he had the law profession has turned lost none of the skill that f Bart-fatri- l Ata - han Fijit lav or! more unpleasant and-o- r shocking facts. But in the first phase, by the sensible motion of Sen. Herman Talmadge of Georgia, all those who could incriminate the President have been called to the stand. All those of much significance have now said their say, too. Unless the courts hold against the President in the matter of the famous tapes, the effects on the President can therefore be estimated with accuracy. The President is r.ot going to be impeached, as shown above. He is not going to resign or be destroyed, either one wonderfully One good thing good thing - has of course come out of the Watergate exposure. The ghastly White House system that produced Watergate could have been dangerous in less abjectly incompetent hands. It was fortunately destroyed before it became dangerous. But that had happened befoie the Senate hearings; so it would be interesting to know what practical result the Senate heanngs have accomplished present prospects, however, the and President is going to be crippled it is always bad for this country to have a cnpplcd President. A lot of people who ought to go to jail are also going to avoid jail as a delightful consequence of the Senate committees heanngs. To create the conditions in which they could not have a proper tnal under existing There are some who believe that by crippling the President, the hearings will give the Congress its necessary chance as one of the branches of the government. This is a famous constitutional doctnne of the Amencan left. But when political groups take high stands op the Constitution in this country, it is always wise to watch out. On m Takes Fake Action Father Dnnans silently ottered motion was silently referred to the House Judiciary Committee. That committees chairman. Rep. Peter Rodino of New Jersey, promptly let it be known Wholly Bearing on Political Future All this is important because of its bearing on the political future. After the first phase of the Watergate heanngs, a lot more senatorial investigating will no doubt be done, no doubt revealing a lot doorway to fashion for fabulous fall Gino Paoli knits You'll feel fashion excitement for fall when yog see the superb new styles from sportswear to evening included in our exclusive knit Gino Paoli collection. One of our great new pant ensembles. This one features a casually belted Norfolk look tweed sweater jacket over black wool pants. The white mohair undersweater is shot with grey stripes, grey and cranberry applique. Ensemble . . . $195. Go taj great length to be simply elegant 'after 5' in this elongated shirtdress in a combination af cranberry wool and silver lurex. This style $120. Collection from sizes 6 to 1 6. Salon hours: Mon. thru Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Goren made him a feared competitor some years back. Hazen, South, was a trifle weak for a free bid of one spade in response to a takeout double once East removed the obligation to bid. However, as he would bid one spade had East passed, he felt he should make his normal response Norths hand sudaenly began to look very good. He cue-bithree hearts to show his power and ask South for clarification of his holding. Despite the fact that South did nothing to encourage him further, North opted for a spade slam, hoping that his diamonds would pro-i d e enough discards for Souths losers. v West hearts, led and came bright. the king of when dummy declarers were not verv down chances law was in fait the aim of more than one of the Senate committee's more petted witnesses As it was. Goren on Todays Bridge Hand 11. thr one-vot- But he followed up with letters to his customers, partly to allay their suspicions and partly to discourage them that he would do nothing about the Dafrom taking him into court. Such use of man motion. But, of course, that was the mails, a court ruled afterward, was what Father Dnnan expected. enough to support a federal charge Drinan in fact took wholly Father against him for fraud fake action, instead of s.ious action, for Fraud, Not Salesmanship an unconfessed but perfectly practical Still, there must really be fraud, not reason. He knew quite well that it it just deft salesmanship. In another case a came to a real test between House memwoman was accused of mail fraud be- bers favoring the Presidents impeachcause she had been selling lucky ment versus those opposing impeachstones through the mad. ment, the advocates of impeachment But at the trial, she pointed out that would hardly command 10 percent of the she had made no claim of magical total vote. This would have been too a showing for Father Dnnans virtues for her product beyond the seedy name itself. Dismissing the charge, the taste. court said: Careful investigation shows that the There is nothing immoral m the be- situation in the Senate is precisely the lief that amulets affect the wearers for- same as the situation in the House. Fais tune. If (the defendant) wishes to sell ther Drinans fakery for two reasons. First, it lucky stones for what they are, without only interesting lying about them, she is not acting was now shown up at the time. Second, it offers the most decisive proof of the fraudulently in so doing. in at the real situation Congress moment. By C. t A Lop near-deafenin- Bernard To Eddie, the idea John Ehrlichman had it exactly wrong when he warned the youth of the nation against the wickedness of Washington's culture. If this city has a fault, it is not that it is wastrel, as he said, but that it tends to excessive worry say will be added to our agricultural base by the easing of planting restrictions next vear. As a naked figure, Joseph American Bar Assn It is a beautiful city, but beneath the grandeur and the greenery, there is a sinewy strength, rooted in the taith that this capital will survive. It has already survived so much. At regular intervals in its history, it has been burned and bombed, rioted in, fought over, rejected and reviled. It was even abandoned by a baseball team that saw greener pastures in Arlington. Tex., of all places. And yet, in the heat of August, it survives. Take the figure of 40 or 50 bullion acres, which Earl Butz and Herman That L - Mail Frauds y hundred r Los Angeles Times Serv ice WASHINGTON The first phase of the Watergate hearings is nearing an end. An ironical celebration of this apsilence proaching will be (which Entailed in 4' J 4 , with the image of the penon who is Dr. an Dellrn gone, feeling guilty about certain aspects of their relationship and hostile about other phases Watergate Hearing Cripples a President Federal Crime g- ' are preoccupied Family Lawyer power-waelder- several penod f mourning usually is tempo- rarv There are teais and sobbing and the survivors dancers performing in a Virginia park They know that Washington and the That is deceptive, of course, but no more so than the bulletins of challenge and crisis and confrontation that comprise the daily news output of tms city. Power moves Washington and Washington moves to the beat of the but the city has rhythm of its own. In August they emerge. from deceased, the Cut when they see for themselves what tins country is, they come back more confident. They are ready to relax at the Redskins game or to revel in the glory of the Bolshoi and the Jolfrey the woes of Watergate and he worries of inflation, there is something of a holiday atmosphere. When Congress goes home, the whole city relaxes. Redskins fans lam Kennedy Stadium one night, and ballet lovers fill the shed and lawn at Wolf Trap the next Both give themselves over to the evening's diversion as if they had not a care in the world viewed Grid is a normal nudum after the death of a loved one It helps cut the emotional ties that bind Since death is final and nothing wi bring back the power-wielder- Despite They learn that the Physical Pain Wash- But give the Washingtonians a vacation, and let them walk the land again. Let them drive or even fly past mile after mile of ripening corn and soybeans And then tell them that what we are talking about is adding the equivalent of a new Kansas or Nebraska, planted border to border, to our farm capacity next year, and they can grasp what the potential of this country really is. Sometimes, when people stay too lung in Washington ana dwell too much on the infirmities of its they despair of the future hearing about. Under the summer sun, the parks and lawns have never Death in Family However, Ha; ejjj worked out that, if West held precisely three diamonds and the ten of spades with one oti...' honor, he could make the slam Accordingly, he won the ace of hearts and played his three top diamonds. The third diamond cooked Easts goose. If he ruffed low, declarer would overruff and lead a trump to the ace, felling the queen. A fourth diamond would be led, and declarer would discard his losing heart as West ruffed with the king of spades for the only trick for the defense. Therefore. East ruffed with the queen of spades, declarer discarding his losing heart. West played a heart and declarer ruffed A West was with the king of ii.arked spades for his opening bid, it was now an easy matter to finesse against W&sts king-teof spades to land the slam Patron parking behind building. 160 east on south temple imetaamrm X Mourning also causes many physical effects smh as hollow or empty feelings in the chest, shortness of breath, sighing, fatigability, loss of appetite and insomnia The eyes might feel dry and itchy, the nose congested, and the gneving person often develops a d- -tl headache and backache At first, there may be disbelief in what has taken place. This may be followed by a numbness; then the shmk that follows the realization that "this is it Time is a great healer and these feelings tend to wane as the weeks pass. The bereaved may break down occasionally when certain events bnng back a special memory. Now and then the who reperson secs someone in a crov minds him of the departed person or he may hear a similar voice. They wish to tell him something, but suddently they realize they cannot Widows or widowers who had a good marriage and were dose may be preoccupied with their memories for a long time. Their gnef may persist to such an exent that life is completely disrupted. becomes a problem and more so because the man or woman cannot Self-pit- y adjust. Since the individual no longer gets gratification from the love object, he must rely on inner resources. Unless this is done, a depression sets in and this, in time, masquerades as fatigue, apathy, nervous tension, headache, back pain and many other bizarre symptoms. |