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Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MAR. 26, 1976 J os . ’&7r*a/C*?&: N HIT HIM AGAIN] WITH THE DEODORANT? David S. Broder Foreign policy to play major role in campaign WASHINGTON — Even if he did nothing else in his try for the Repub lican presidential nomination, Ronald Reagan washed the word “detente” out of President Ford’s mouth and guaranteed that the pol icy it represents will be part of the political debate in the coming months. One of the surviving Democratic contenders, Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington, has criticized the fundamental policy of seeking cooperative relationships with the Soviet Union, in terms almost iden tical to those Reagan used. The other Democrats have found fault with the execution of the policy, in the mili tary, diplomatic and economic areas. And President Ford, while abandon ing the word, has shown a com mendable willingness to defend both the precepts of the policy and the way in which it has been carried out during his tenure in office. Despite Henry Kissinger’s fre quent bleats of alarm that such a de bate can do damage to the national interest, there is little doubt that it is not only healthy but vital for the foreign policy issues to be highly visible in this election year. The fact is that the national con sensus on foreign policy has been shattered, not by the wicked machi nations of ambitious politicians, as the Secretary of State would have us believe, but by a series of disturbing events. These events have forced Americans to examine the conse quences of their previous beliefs. The failure of American policy to achieve its goals in Indochina -— which was successfully concealed from the voters by Dr. Kissinger and his then-President during the 1972 election campaign — requires a re thinking of the assumptions underly ing that policy. So, too, do the altered relations with the Arab world and Israel, re sulting from the operations of the oil cartel and the changing configura tions of power in the Middle East. And so do the changes in the polit ical parties in many of the Western European countries, the alterations in economic and political conditions in Japan, and the prospect of early changes in leadership in both Russia and China. With all the upheavals that have occurred since the last election and all those changes in store, the 1976 campaign constitutes an opportunity that must not be lost. That opportu nity is to define the alternatives fac ing American foreign policy and to evoke from the American voters a response that will guide policy makers in Washington for the next four years. This mandating function is par ticularly important as we come to realize that, for better or worse, we may have to blunder through the next administration without Dr. Kis singer’s shining star to guide us. The serious question is not whether we need to have a foreign policy debate in this election but how well that debate can be con ducted. The question is whether we can get beyond the cliches that insist we see detente either as “a one-way street” or as a policy that guarantees “peace through strength.” A preface to a more intelligent dis cussion — and useful reading for both candidates and voters — is the short article titled “Is Detente Worth Saving?” George F. Kennan wrote it for the March 6 issue of Saturday Review. Housing (Continued from page 1) for more than two days. Boarding houses have a waiting list long before a new semes ter begins. Rents usually include utilities. Rapidly changing utility rates will cause more and more apartment tenants to pay their own electrical bills. More students this fall will not be able to rent an apartment for just a semester. It is advisable to have your roommates sign a tenancy agreement. This is a form holding each roommate responsible for his or her share of the rent. Forms are available from the Student Legal Advisor. 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Gallucci Jim Peters Sandy Russo, Steve Gray Paul McGrath Douglas Winship o free demon/troHon on block/mlthinq technique/ pre/ented tue/. |:OOpm march.30 rudder moll In/tructor joe peho/kl Sponsored by Crafts and Arts Committee Ford heads to California Kennan — former ambassador to Moscow, author of the containment doctrine and scholar of diplomatic history — is a notably non- sentimental student of foreign pol icy. He begins by making a most sen sible comment: that the current criticism of detente represents “an almost predictable reaction” against the way in which the policy was “rather seriously oversold” at the time it was propounded by Kissinger and Richard Nixon four years ago. That is a bad American habit — overselling the “new model” in ev erything from autos to national policies: But it need not be fatal to innovative change, so long as the customers get a chance to look past the fancy wrappings and examine the package for what it contains. In that sense, Mr. Ford may have per formed a national service — and not just a neat campaign maneuver — in dropping the label, “detente.” Historically, Kennan reminds us, Russia and the United States have exhibited both striking parallels and enormous contrasts in their national developments. Certain aspects of Russian national life caused us prob lems long before it was a Communist state. As far back as 1911, Congress was forcing President Taft to abro gate a trade agreement with Russia in protest of its treatment of its Jewish citizens. But the geographical, ideological and strategic conflicts with Russia would probably never have posed a threat to world peace, except for the fact that these are now both nuclear powers. (c) 1976, The Washington Post Com pany Associated Press President Ford headed his cam paign for the Republican nomination into California today, where the presidential primary is 10 weeks away, while Democratic contenders focused on the more immediate fu ture — voting April 6 in New York and Wisconsin. Former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Car ter — winner of five of six Demo cratic primaries — turned his atten tion to upstate New York after seek ing votes in Wisconsin. Washington Sen. Henry M. Jackson, winner of the other Democratic election, has been stumping New York for several days. And Arizona Rep. Morris K. Udall, another of the Democratic candidates, prepared for more work in Wisconsin. The President’s two-day schedule listed a day of fund-raising and solic iting support in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and another day of similar activity in Wisconsin. Ford’s challenger for the GOP nomination, former California Gov. Ronald Reagan, was at home as the President aimed his campaign for the West Coast. Reagan, who beat Ford in North Carolina’s Republican primary this week, was busy planning a new tactic for his campaign — a nationwide television address. They don’t know the day as yet,’ an aide said of the television talk. “They’re still shopping for TV time. Carter was sprinkled with peanuts Thursday as he and Udall sought voter support in Wisconsin. Carter, a peanut farmer in Georgia, ran into hecklers as he campaigned in Madi son. He smiled and waved at the young demonstrators. At a luncheon. Carter fielded sev eral questions, including one on am nesty for Vietnam war draft dodgers. “Amnesty means that what you did was right,” he said. “Pardon means what you did, right or wrong, you’re forgiven. I’m just going to say, Come on home where you belong. Udall, at the University of Wis consin at Stevens Point, also was asked about amnesty. He said he Political Roundup favors unconditional amnesty, since, he said, “Richard Nixon has been granted complete and unconditional amnesty following Watergate.” Jackson, in New York City, pro posed a six-point plan he said would “save American cities.” He said the program, costing between $140 bil lion and $160 billion, would be paid for with income taxes from Ameri cans who are now unemployed. Unemployment would be cut to 3 per cent under the program, he said: the federal government would take over the funding of welfare and a new national health system, federal aid to education would be increased, con struction begun on 2.6 million new dwelling units, and the government would begin to insure municipal bonds. In Washington, White House aides said Ford is ready to pull back a bit on the use of presidential author ity during the campaign. They said Ford and his strategists have been stung by Reagan’s efforts to portray the President as a Santa Claus offer ing presents to voters in key states. Said one official, “We may even bend over the other way a bit.” Reagan’s national campaign chairman, Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., said in Chattanooga, Tenn., that the challenger has an excellent chance of winning the Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Texas primaries and carrying most of the West. Laxalt predicted the only Western States Reagan may not win are Ore gon and Hawaii. Meanwhile, there were these other political developments yester day: —Former Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris, a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination, said in Dallas he has information that the administra tion has gone beyond contingency planning in preparing for a blockade of Cuba. 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