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August James Reston 23, 1073 19 Kissinger at States Helm Should Bring Refreshing Changes New York Times Sen ice i SHIGTO Long before Pi evident ion nominated him to be the nation s 57th Secretaiv of State, Henry Kissinger had decided f- that the problems f of mencan for tf eign policy in the ? second ion term would be quite different from the of the problems first term and therefore required a new approach to if W & the formulation, negotiation and presentation of foieign polic Mr. Restou e No doubt tlieie s wete subiectivc for the Kissinger appointment the need to change the question and the headlines, to get the mind of the countiy off Watergate by action rather than by words, to give a sense of a new beginning lea-son- but there were compelling objective casons as well tirst The Nixon term was speech before the International ssn , in Washington a time oi diplomacy and summitry to end the war, bring China out of isolation and get the Soviet Union down to the balanced control of nuclear weapons, but the coming problems were more open, more diverse, more economic and financial, requiring much more cooperation from the Congress Mcwpoint ( hanges Kissinger insisted in private, once the Indochina ceasetire was negotiated, that he could not go on playing the role he did out of the confines of the While House He felt he could no longer be both remote ana effective, cut off from testimony before the congressional leaders, and free discussion vih intellectual leaders whose support, he believed was mcreas-mglessential. v He brought this theme into the open at the beginning of this month in a Platform Foieign he policy, said that in must not same speech this month come an ahbi or a distraction from What we are 10 years hence," he said depends upon what we do todav, next .veek, and in the months that follow Our influence for good or ill will be measuted by the world s judgment of our constancy and self confidence Our foreign policy will mean little if other nations see our actions as sporadic initiatives of a small group reflecting no coherent national purpose or consensus No foreign policy no matter how Kas anv chance of sac t. ess if it is born in the minds of a few and can ad in the heal Is of none do- mestic ills But equally, domestic problems must not be used as an excuse for abandoning our international respon hoi e can be no moratorium in sibilitics the quest for a peaceful world nd as we pursue tint quest we will need to draw upon the country s best minds no matter what their partisan political not on a bipartisan, but on pel suasion a nonpartisan basis Especially a' this moment of noiessjiv self examination, we must uaf, u m the basis of nir national unity Vpp.aentlv, Nixon, in the midst of all Ins ether troubles recognized the validitv of this aigument, and also the force of an old Washington principle, that the weaker the president is, the stronger his cabinet must be In anv event after a couple of unhappy weeks, he started a brave perfoimance of Secret.rv of State Rogers and the succession of Kissinger He explains his reasons inge-nio- Onlv a couple of wuks a.o was savin; that tin Ptesuieni had never discussed the Matt Department job with him but eventhen lie was talking pnvate-l, to Sen M.ke Mansfield, William and Stuart McGovern SymGeorge ington among others, in an effort to revive a non partisan spirit in toreign lulb-ng.it- policy policy mainly because it had access to Rogers, who was not always informed, but no official access to Kissinger, who w is mfoimed, and who was in on the big meetings with Mao Tsetung and Chou Fnlai in China and Brezhnev in Moscow, when Rogers was not For this reason, Fulbnght, Mansfield and other critics of the Nixon foreign policy will probablv welcome the switch to somebody who is both knowledgeable and available, and who has tried under very difficult cneunistjm.es to see them in private throughout the bitter White Hoii'-- Congiessumal conflicts of the last four and a half years Kissinger would retain his position as assistant to the president for national affairs as well as taking the State Department, if confirmed, he said be- Purpose of Arrangement' The purpose of this artangement," he added, "is to have a closer coouim.i turn between the White House and the and also, another purdepartments pose is to get the work out in the departments whet e it belongs It is gemraltv agreed here that this is what Rogeis wanted to do all along but couldn t so long as Kissinger was die pnnupal advisor in the White House Rue now Kissinger will have both access to the Piesulc lit and the leade'Mup of a talented but neg'ectecl State Department which is like lx to be leinvigoiated In the change The nmfu illation of Kissinger in the Senate is fan tv well assured but it will not be all easv sailing The Foreign Relations Committee has been frustrated tn getting at the heart of Nixon s foreign Nevertheless, the Democratic leaders outiled bv Kissinger's involvement m the bulging of his own National Secur-i'(ouncil aides and will want to know what assurances he can give on his phi losophv (f carrying out this sort of scoot wiretapping in the future aie v Some Evidence Cited There is, therefore, some evidence in this nomination of Kissinger that the Diesident is acting moie moderately than he talks The significance of this ajv po.ntnunt is that the President is elevating a man who has tnod to keep in touch with the President's critics m the the universities and the press Anthony Lewis MS f Watergate Issue Poses Presidency Questions New York Times Service It was an elegant argument, restrained on both sides, intellectual, almost in its courtliness There was WASHINGTON' teal professional w ith the espeet called each lawyers other fnend and brother. Charles Alan W right even had due deference for the distant and contentious dead. Aaron Burr, to him, remained Colonel Burr Cen-gies- let m " to assure the puritv the light should be (Copyright) dent Mr. Lewis Implicate Respondent a moment one might have thought ones self in a British court! oom listening to some silky discussion of a evidence Then rchibald nice point-o- f Cox said that the types could, unhappily, also tend to implicate iespondent, and one was brought back to the reality that respondent was the President of the United States For In no other country could such an extraordinary scene take place: a judge, a courtroom, passing on questions of ultimate official power, perhaps helping to decide the political future of the head of state and of government It happens every so often in the United States, but it should never be taken for granted. Each of the contending law professors in tui n sought to bring his case back on to the reassuring ground of precedent, of ordinal v legal history. Each quoted Cardozo, that most saintly of Amenean legal thinkers Cardozo's Warning The attitude that ought to inform decision m this case, Wright said in opening, was Cardozo's 1921 warning about the pressures of the special case- - We must not throw to the winds the advantages of (legal) consistency and uniformity to do justice in the instance. There was no precedent in 184 years ot the United States, Wright said, of a court ordenng a president to produce documents Even 18 months ago nobody of respectable legal opinion would have entertained such an idea What had happened since was Watergate, and that should be allowed to distort the law . Cox assured Judge John J. Sirica that this case is governed by settled princiby simple, direct rules of law, ple . lie said executive privilege from the ordinary public (o provide evidence in criminal cases had always been a qualified one, certainly not extending to criminal conv ersation, and that the President was in no different position Jury Bribery His Cardozo quote came from a case two persons, usually related, are simultaneously affected with a common form of insanity, the condition is known as folie a deux Several years y an eldeily mother: and her spinster daughter who were certain their skin was infested with worms They were convinced that the parasites could be Dr. Van Dellen seen and felt, even seen them. ever had else one no though blamed on was infection The initial the neighbors cocker spaniel Supposed-Iv- , a parasite from the dog crawled on and the mother witnessed the first, the physician was the incident At Finalpatient, fnenaly, and sympathetic was ly, he told them the whole thing to believe refused but they imaginary, him. During the nex five years, the Hazel is the color of the eyes of any woman whose husband has to fill out a questionaire describing her Namely, impeachment Eloquent Peroration Beautiful! In future we Cox said the extent of the rot not yet clear, but there was surely son to believe that the Executive t an l'lie Intern itiun.il Ceasefire Control Commission n Saigon is broke. Why should peace be expected to pay its nw n when war has an way expense account the BieM(lent'p decree of dopeidlion In the va lie heal" u on Bon Ziegler!"1 "aue was open-ende- piocess had been corrupted. Then came an eloquent peroration Even if respondent, by extraordinary mental and emotional could exclude these considerations (his own role) m passing judgment, still public confluence in the integrity and impartiality of the legal system would require adherence to the ancient precept that no man should be judge in his own cause Charles Wright's general caution is always a wise one for judges to keep m mind. Do not let the great case, with all its public emotion, distort the law. But there is also the unavoidable duty of Amenean courts to reflect the changing needs of the constitutional border m their judgments. Enforce Subpoena In Sirica one felt the force of the latter argument. Certainly his questions to both lawyers, though lie disclaimed any indication of his views, suggested that he would enforce the subpoena of the President's tapes. He seemed warm to Cox's commonsense argument that Nixon could not say, lpave Watergate to the courts, and then deny them the best evidence Siricas ruling will carry great weight Indeed, it may not even be appealable, there is ordinarily no appeal from a trial judges decision on whether to enfoice a subpoena unless a contempt action is piessed, and it will not be here Still, some exceptional way may be found to get this case to the Supreme Court Is it wrong that judges should pass on such questions W atching the President's with press conference late in the day all its embarrassment and distortion, I thought it however understandable was not so bad, in a sprawling and often disorderly country, to bring in the respectful, disciplined, orderly process of the law. (Copyright) Louis Kohlmeier aie Supreme Court Overworked? Bah, Humbug! The Chicago Tribune seems to feel overworked WASHINGTON If you could take a vacation every summer plus a few weeks each winter, all of course on full pay, would you 4 consider yourself ? overworked? three-mont- Rest, Relax, Travel But mostly they seem to rest, relax and travel. At the moment, not one of the nine is on the job The Chief Just.ee is spending much of the summer making trips to Europe Justice William O. Douglas normally summers at his vacation retreat m Goose Prairie, Wash, but he and Mrs Douglas now are touring Red China More recently, we read about two sisters who had been committed to an institution because of delusions of persecution. Both had the same symptoms and undoubtedly suffered from the hardening of the bram arteries. They survived other members of the family, lived alone, and had few outside contacts In time, they began to complain that the neighbors had poisoned their chickens Eventually the sisters boarded the windows and put up a spite fence Things came to a head when one of the women began shooting at the neighbor's clothespins This brought a lawsuit that led to their commitment. In the hospital, they always agreed with each other's delusins, especially about the people who were trying to steal from them. d pen if they find oil on Mars and some- body suggests a pipeline If we can hold on a little longer, the country will be 200 years old and legally responsible n SLAB DOORS FACTORY SECONDS 2.95 & UP iff , n KETCHS OGDEN SALT LAKE Makes your whole house work better Makes light oil old fashioned Offers clean 111 lubrication for. JSaV . 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He aims to unload some of the work, and if he succeeds the Supreme Court will occupy a substantial-ily reduced role in American life The whole thing would be a tempest a bureaucratic teapot, except that h The nine overworked justices of the Supreme Court close shop each June and do not begin deciding cases again until October. They always take a few weeks off in January and February Nothing short of the gravest national emergency will bring them back when court is closed. For instance, Chief Justice Warren Burger recently found the constitutional issue of U S bombing in Cambodia not grave enough Some of the justices do some courtly chores, make a few speeches and attend some official dmners and cocktail parties during their summers m the shade and winters in the sun. One always can be reached in an emergency. Stewart does not. d Bottomless bars are reported to be losing m popularity, possibly because the glasses in which the drinks are served rea- Feelings of Insanity Often Occur Between Close Family Members When Senator Soaper There may be national interests gi eater than pursuing a criminal ease to its end. W'nght said, and courts have uniformly disclaimed the power to weigh We must those conflicting interests leave it to the good judgment of the Prescient, Wnght concluded 'If we have doubts about the good judgment of any piesident, there aie other foiuins Dr. T. R. Van Dellen daughter, Accordingly, this was probably the Piesident s best dav m months, and the chances aie that it will help him even more when Kissinger gets thiougli the Seriate and into his new job But soon enough both men came down to the issue that mingles law inextricably with polities the discietion of the Presi- i f Ko, the Piesident faced up to his quest uineis in the press Wednesday under great stress. He seemed tense and biodthless, but tie was patient in the face of a relentless barrage of questions, which probably bi ought lnm more sympathy from the television audience than he got from his questioners of jury bribery There the usual privilege of secrecy for jury deliberations had to yield, Cardozo said, of our institutions 1 . Mail and phone orders filled, beyond our delivery area add 65c postage. Phone orders 328-118- 8 Salt Lake, 825-160- 7 374-278- 0 Ogden. Provo, Zenith 737 in outlying delivery areas f0f( irrM QAh'sw-- ) QAA'swM Lewis Powell, more conservative still, is summering mostly at home m Richmond Thtirgood Marshall is on a junket with a stop in Africa to attend a woild peace through law conference world-girdlin- g The other four Potter Stewart, Byron White, Hairy Blackmur. and William Re'nnquist are off and away, but their offices will not say where. In fact, the court's penchant for secrecy makes it difficult to learn anything about anyones vacation travels Entitled to Privacy Perhaps the justices are entitled to their privacy on vacation, all the while collecting their $60,000 a year salaries ($62,500 for tle Chief Justice), but their peculiar vacation habits are a matter of public interest because Burger claims they are terribly overwoiked Douglas of course says they are not V 1 X Samsonite "Silhouette Tote Sale Save 20 on one of these either top quality totes the handi-tot- e or women's shoulder style. Both with zip tops that lock , convenient outside pockets. Biscayne blue, Dover white, Moon-gloor Wild Strawberry. Luggage, all stores. (824). w Shoulder tote, reg. 28.50 'S overworked and indeed aie underwmked The leisure apparently has allowed him to spend entile summers at Goose Prairie as well as write 27 books. Handi-tot- e, reg. 30.00 Mail orders filled, luggage The others are taking sides. 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