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October 10,1980
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Kim grooming son as heir;
experts see no major change
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By JOHN NEEDHAM
United Press International
SEOUL, South Korea — President Kim II-
sung, the only ruler of North Korea since it was
founded in 1945, is grooming his son as his
successor, creating a political dynasty more in
keeping with Asian tradition than communist
ideology, according to analysts.
North Korea’s Workers Party is preparing its
first meeting in 10 years and the betting is it will
designate Kim Jong-il, 39, as political heir to his
father.
Analysts in South Korea, who fought a bit
ter war with the North from 1950 to 1953, say
they know little about the younger Kim and
view his rise with mixed expectations.
“In many ways he is more ideological than his
father,” said one government analyst.
The younger Kim got on-the-job training in
running the show in late 1975 and 1-976 and is
blamed for the August 1976 incident in which
two U.S. Army officers were beaten to death
with axes by North Korean guards at the truce
line in Panmunjom, 30 miles north of Seoul.
South Koreans who try to penetrate the
closed society in the North say they believe the
younger Kim has opposition and may be chal
lenged when he actually takes power from his
father, a transition they say could be several
years away.
They worry that if seriously challenged at
home, the younger Kim might attack the South,
where 40,000 U.S. troops are stationed, to bols
ter his position.
If his takeover goes smoothly, the analysts
say, they expect no radical changes in North
Korean policy.
“If his power becomes consolidated, he may
become more conciliatory to the South,” said
one North Korea watcher.
“He will have to develop the economy and
may have to turn to the West and South (Korea)
for help. The Communist Chinese and the
Soviet Union may not have enough aid for that
development. ”
Another analyst agreed Kim may be forced to
put practical matters above ideology when he
takes the helm.
“There has now arisen a group of technocrats
in the military as well as in political circles, ” he
said. “These technocrats could dampen his
ideological enthusiasm and work as a pressure
group. We think they will.”
Analysts say the younger Kim was designated
successor to his father at least five years ago and
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Practical tips for last
weeks of the campaign
By DAVID S. BRODER
WASHINGTON — In the course of several
dozen phone calls last week to party officials,
campiagn managers and consultants of various
stripes, I heard a variety of beguiling sugges
tions from headquarters and field people on
how Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan can im
prove their chances of winning the election.
With the thought that you would find these
tactical tips diverting, I went back through my
notes and jotted down some of the things va
rious Republicans and Democrats would whis
per to their candidates if they could get their
ears.
For Jimmy Carter:
1) Bring back the hostages. While some
cynics would question the timing, there would
be such a wave of relief and celebration that you
could be humble about your role in their re
lease, in the knowledge that most people would
see it as a vindication of your judgment.
2) Bring back Ted Kennedy. The return of his
supporters to the Carter column has brought
you within reach of victory in most of the big
industrial states. The more often you’re seen
with him, the more he can be persuaded to do
for you, the better your chances of winning.
3) Be very Southern in some of your speeches
— and Yankee in others. Persuade the folks in
Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alaba
ma that your defeat would be a black eye for the
whole region; they need a reason to vote for
you. Tell the people in New England that you
are a lot closer to their kind of moderate policy
views than the fellow from California; they’re
looking for a reason to defect from their Repub-
licanism this year.
4) Get other Democrats with real credentials
to criticize Reagan’s views — and drop the
negative stuff from your own speeches. Let
Russell Long or Bill Proxmire attack Reagan’s
economics; Sam Nunn or John Glenn, his milit
ary spending plans. Try to stay on the high road
yourself.
5) Make a serious presidential address, inter
preting the developments of the past four years
in realistic terms, including a serious and even
self-critical appraisal of the performance of the
American government. People need to know
you’re not so defensive about your record that
you can’t draw some lessons from it.
6) Give people hope that the next four years
can be better; at the moment, the Republicans
are monopolizing the optimism franchise.
7) Talk about the fundamental importance of
diplomatic negotiations and peace; it’s far and
away your best issue.
For Ronald Reagan:
1) Keep talking about your commitment to
peace; you’ve stressed it a lot, but people need
constant reassurance.
2) Keep your rhetoric as cool as it has been;
you don’t want to stir any fears — or even a big
vote. Your organization will turn out the Re
publicans and the pro-Reagan independents;
let the Democrats worry about stirring up the
other people to vote.
3) Postpone your next meeting with the fun
damentalists until after the election. Carter is
getting most of the “born again” vote anyway,
and every time you’re on television with those
folks, it makes the Catholics and the Jews in
your target states around the Great Lakes a
little more nervous.
4) Bring back George Bush — he’s been for
gotten. Remind voters he’s on the ticket with
you. He could be the key in Maine, Connecti
cut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan,
and you need those states.
5) Buy some air time for Jerry Ford. He is a
credible, effective witness on the subject of how
Carter has fouled up the presidency — and his
speech is well-rehearsed.
6) Schedule some major events with working
women in the audience. You’re losing the elec
tion among women today, but on television,
you always seem to be talking to the men in the
factories. Women have their own gripes with
Carter’s economic record; let them tell you
why, and then respond.
7) Reconsider the decision not to debate.
You’ve always done well in debates, why the
sudden caution? You’re up against the Presi
dent of the United States, and a lot of unde
cided voters will stay with the incumbent un
less they see with their own eyes that you’ve got
better answers than he does. You may be able
to win the election without the debate; but if
you lose, it’s not like losing the Iowa caucuses,
the last place you declined to debate. There’s
no Nashua to give you a second chance.
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Editor:
After reading your Oct. 8 issue I was amazed
that anyone could be displeased with the Ave
nue A apartment complex. Like Mr. Clapp I
expected two rooms in my apartment. I found
them, the main room and the bathroom. I think
the six portable room dividers are ingenious.
These dividers provide enough closet space for
me and my three roommates. Of course, I
shouldn’t compare my paltry few articles of clo
thing to Mr. Clapp’s fine and exotic wardrobe.
If I may offer a suggestion, Brad, learn to live
with a good situation.
an education comparable to A&M. Bureaucracy
grows 6% a year; it is here to stay. Learn to live
with it.
David Welch
I had a problem with studies, too. However,
I realized that making cheap excuses didn’t help
me pass classes. I found a solitude fit for study
ing in the library.
The apartment complex has many things a
dorm has. We have a yell, a great group of guys,
a football team, and a tradition of quadding
people who bad mouth Avenue A. The social
life (besides a few parties) is left up to the indi
vidual. Your dorm won’t provide you a social
life. If you’re a boring person at Avenue A you
will be equally as boring in Aston, Hart, or
Hotard.
Our system at A&M is a bureaucratic
headache: however, when dealing with a great
number of people bureaucracy is inevitable. If
you don’t want bureaucracy go to Rice, Har
vard, or Yale. These institutions cost anywhere
from $6000 to $12,000 a year and they deliver
Five alarming patterns
Editor:
If we’ve kept up with the national events of
the past years and can recall some of the
changes and trends we come to some disturbing
conclusions. As noted by William E. Simon,
former Secretary of the Treasury, we see five
alarming patterns:
Observed firstly is the increasing number of
assaults on legitimate business, large and small.
Paperwork and multiple taxation are slowly
eroding the foundations of productivity and
technology which are the base of individual
economic, political liberty.
The redistribution of confiscated dollars to
the severly needy and growing sectors of the
middle class is on the increase. As for the for
mer this taxation is largely justified, but not so
for the latter.
To finance the growth in spending the tax
burden is rising. Methods of spending are de
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not accountable to the electorate. |'_ t t t A
Government debt, a measure of the ini
of our public servants to act as if driven!))
market principls, continues to drive thed '.if
into oblivion. |
Finally, the U.S. taxpayer finds himself*
mitted to paying more and more forlifffjC
pensions to government employees andfld if
class persons. i '■T
Thomas Paine observed,
”... government, even in its best state,
a necessary evil; in its worst state, an ii
Look at your friends, parents, neighbor if
think of how much of their lives are spent
the pockets of government. Do you wi Q
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spend over a third of your working houn !
sidizing virtually unchecked govern® “
growth?
The burden of preventing democracy*
turning slowly and quietly into a tyrann)
with the individuals comprising that d*
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