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1‘ WHAT I’LL MISS MOST ABOUT COMING BACK TO SCHOOL IS ‘DIALING FOR DOLLARS, ‘AS THE WORLD TURNS’, AND THE EDGE OF NIGHT.’ >avid Broder ennedys chances lummet in Illinois By DAVID S. BRODER Probably nowhere in America is the diz zying downward spiral of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s presidential campaign more visible than here in Illinois — the state where John F. Kennedy eked out his 1960 victory, thanks to the votes provided by |Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley. From that day to this, there has been a special link between the Kennedys and .Chicago, seemingly as solid as the position (of the Kennedy-owned Merchandise Mart in the center of the city’s commerce. But today, the heirs of Richard Daley do not even bother to disquise their disquiet idth the Kennedy alliance and their sense f doubt about where it may be taking hem. "He’s in trouble,” said George Dunne, the president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and chairman of Democratic organization. “And so are Ithe Ithe Part of it is the blanket that the Iran and [Afghanistan crises have thrown over Ken nedy’s campaigning everywhere. “It’s hurt (him considerably,” said Dunne, noting that the Chicago organization has a history of behind embattled Presidents, ven when the issue was as controversial as Vietnam war. But that is only part of the problem that (has dropped Kennedy from a strong fa vorite to a distinct underdog in the March 18 Illinois primary that could be pivotal in his challenge to President Carter. The endorsement Kennedy won from hicago Mayor Jane Byrne — who had ear- led Carter to believe she was in his rnier — has turned sour. Byrne’s personal popularity has plum- (meted, in part because of the negative reac- n to her political fickleness, and in part cause "the city that worked” under has suffered transit strikes, payless ydays for teachers and other embarrass- ents. In return for her endorsement, Kennedy mpaign manager Stephen Smith publicly romised Byrne that she would “be calling shots,” only to learn that she intended llier I Daley the to exclude from the Kennedy campaignl anyone whose loyalty to her was in doubt. [ Former county assessor Thomas M. Tully,[ a long-time Kennedy loyalist considered a| potential rival of Byrne’s, was barred froml the campaign at the outset. And even now,J when Byrne’s monopoly has reportedl) been broken, campaign spokesman Terryl Michael says, “I don’t know what, if any-| thing, Mr. Tully is doing.” What was worse from Kennedy’s! viewpoint, the mayor turned out to be un-l able to deliver what she promised — thel full support of the organization. Just beforel Christmas, Dunne startled her by declar-| ing openly that many of the ward commit teemen were nervous about the Kennedyl alliance and preferred to run their delegate! slates uncommitted. Byrne got on the! phone and quashed that threat, but was! unable to force the big names in the organi-l zation to put themselves on the line for her| — and Kennedy. The result has been a spate of publicity] about the “no-name Kennedy slate: 31 of 50 aldermen, all but six of the state legis lators, and all but one of the 10 Democratic] congressmen are shunning the Kennedy] delegate slate. Meantime, Carter’s operatives skillfully] pieced together their slates from Byrne de tractors in the city and Democratic loyalists] downstate. The sourness in the Kennedy campaign] is such that some of his erstwhile suppor-j ters are even complaining about the loca tion of his campaign headquarters in the high-security interior of a swanky hotel and! shopping center on upper Michigan Av-[ enue’s “Magnificent Mile.” “I never thought I would see Kennedy! headquarters behind the lingerie depart-[ ment of Lord & Taylor’s,” said one visitor. Having watched Kennedy’s fortunes plummet in the past two months, loyalists! are clinging to the hope that the next two months could bring an equally dramatic recovery. But the problems he faces here are evidence of how far Kennedy’s skid has] gone. the small society by Brickman -ScPFAP,'CWT ^OYJ' A 'ZZLIP L£AP- 1 [=— □ •' ■ '“1 L -C3' AMP WMMncton SIX' S»nd.c»l«. me. /-/6 The Battalion USPS 045 360 LETTERS POLICY letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words and are subject to l>einft cut to that length or less if longer. 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The Battalion is a non-profit, self- supporting enterprise operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Editorial policy is determined by the editor. Viewpoint The Battalion Texas A&M University Wednesday January 16, 1980 U.S. foreign policy benefits I t ll B from newfound domestic unity By ARNOLD SAWISLAK For the first two months of the Iranian hostage crisis, American politicians gave the world a glimpse of an almost forgotten phenomenom —a bi-partisan U.S. foreign policy. It has been several decades since elected officials and the leadership of both major parties have united behind the president on a specific issue in the conduct of foreign affairs. The once-honored phrase “politics ends at the water’s edge” has been inoperative since the turbulent period of shifting power that followed World War II. Every president since Harry Truman has had to operate in the international sphere with one eye cocked for domestic opposi tion. Several have had to modify policies when it became clear they would be under fire at home — from the political opposition or even their own parties. Advocates of a strong presidential foreign policy have argued that the uncer tainty of a single American voice has been one of the factors that has reduced the na tion’s influence in world affairs. Many people feel it was U. S. dissent — in official political circles as much as on the streets — rather than communist armies that deter mined the outcome of the Vietnam War. There is plenty ofopposition to this view, ofcourse. Many Americans, both in and out of government, believe debate and dissent in foreign affairs as well as in domestic mat ters is essential to public support of gov ernment policies. In any case, Jimmy Carter had no reason to expect that he would get the unified support of both Democrats and Republi cans when the U.S. embassy in Teheran was captured and its occupants taken hos tage. With more than half a dozen conten ders in the GOP field and two Democrats after his scalp on the issue of leadership, Carter’s deliberate policy on the hostages seemed ripe for attack. But seemingly without proding, everyone quickly fell in line with the presi dent’s policy. Without demanding it. Car ter got bipartisanship on the hostages. It was a rare show of national unity, or as some saw it, a unique case of unanimous agree ment by a diverse group of politicians that that it was in their own best interests to keep their mouths shut. This last view was bolstered when a couple of candidates, notably Sen. Edward Kennedy, approached the limits of the res ervation during the first two months of the crisis. The roar of outrage from there the political community and theraediii so quick and so unanimous that no really dared go over the boundaries. 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