,t:__ -14 ::iecreta ry of State Henry -21_,- t By KATHY SIIOfl.ES Kissinger, but because he wanted Syndicated columnist Ralph de to inform the presi.dent of Sovi• Toledano last nigl,t took his viola lions of the first Strate?• :· Harding College audience "In- Arms Limitation Talk and side Washington" whe:-e he said Kissinger did not in order t.'l President Ford acts as a protect detente. "product of his advisers ... men Toledano said that because of of mediocrity", the present the lessened defense ex– Congress "orates but cannot penditu'res and the USSR's legislate" and the Supreme Court "biggest military spending spree unconstitutionally legislates with in modern his tory", during the philosophy that the end serious confrontations "we can justifies the means. talk but they can rattle a saber." But he said he did not ir;tend t)l ''Sure, this money could be paint a gloomy picture, "I am spent on education and other one of the few optimists in things we need' domestically. If Washington." The former it's not spent on defense, then we Newsweek editor said he was not will not have schools or a "writing off this country" but country," he stated. that he would like to see issues The speaker said that the debated more in Congress and exposure of the Central In– ."then a higher quality of telligence Agency by Senator leadership will emerge." Frank Church's committee and Toledano compared the ex- the media has destroyed the posure of today's political• career ";',ork of m;~nv ae:ents ~~o problems to the. Revolutionary operate .slowly and carefully .m War era when anyone could have develo~mg cont~ct~. a~d. Ill~ pointed out that the farmers were forma t_wn ;, not m MISSion· selling their goods to the British Impossible ~tyle. . for gold rather than to the ~e explamed that no _m– colonial army for paper money, telhgence agency can function that "some of our generals were ~it~?ut "stepping over the legal stupid" and that many fighting hne and no other country ex– men were merely "summer pects it to function that way. He I soldiers". said the intelligence bureaus of 1 But the American states won both Britain and France dabbled their independence and formed in "wet business", assassina· ' "the political system closest to tions. . . perfection, that the mind of man He ~aid I.n order for the CI~ to has ever created," he said. remam VIable, the Amencan people must face the fact of _The power f?r change rests "Real Politiks" that the "free w1th the constituents who are ld . th f' · 1 . E . . wor IS on . e 1rmg me. very unhappy with their represen- . ld' "' , b t t t . • f ce 1·n man IS a so 1er. vve ve. een a a 1ves per orman . 1 · w 11 · t D c h ·d war smce the October Revo utwn as mg on, . ., e sm . <in Russia)." Toledano emphasized the ef- "Many countries through ficacy of wri_ting letters to h' t h ht ft ld d IS ory ave soug a er wor government lea ers. d . t' b t th USSR · th " . . , omma wn u e IS e The Inside Washmgton only country since the Roman author said President F~rd last Empire that seems to be month was. about_ to ~1gn U:e heading toward world common Site p1cketmg bill domination" Toledano warned. backed_ by labor; "whi~,h was "They can' be halted only with somethmg to worry about •when toughness. It's the only thing they he was bombarded with 600,000 understand." letters from Amer~cans con- On detente, the writer, "My cerned about the b11l and he view is simple in that there will vetoed il. ' . . be a lessening of tension only if "There must be several m11I~or both parties want it. If America's people then who are worne< goodwill is not matched by Soviet about our defense budget an< goodwill, then it's a one-way way career generals are pushe< street. If detente were real, there around on Capitol Hill, how thE would be no SALT violations by Pentagon is a dirty word in somE the Soviets, they would not be in circles," the columnist saic t.ngola or bchir.d ('Very terrorist encouraging letter-writing. organization in the world. To U1e Concerning the defense budget Communists, diplomacy is a and Defense Secretary .JameE substitute for war.'' Schlesinger's recent firing, h€ Another flaw in our foreign opined that Schlesinger waE policy, Toledano said was thE canned, not because of per· inclination (Jf the Slate Depart· sonali ty differences with ment's foreign desks toward WHAT IS INSIDE WASHINGTON? - Ralph de il'oledano, nationally syndicated columnist and politieal analyst, spok~ at the Ha,rding Col1 1ege American Studies Program last night and reJa,ted some of the insights from his magi( years of Washililgton D.C. (Photo by Mi1 ke IJames) "self-hatt-ed" in ''systematically engineering policy which always seems to favor our enemies and hurt our friends." He cited Taiwan and the U.S.'s drive for friendship with Red China. He said the country's foreign policy has moved far from Teddy Roosevelt's ad· monition to "Speak softly and carry a big stick" to today's apparent slogan of "Protest feebly l and appe<>.se." Toledano urged his 170 1 listeners in the American Bf'ritage auditorium to use the Bicentennial y1•ar as "lime to lake stock and see what is inside our government. inside W3shington, v. ;,y :1ncl wilal we can do about it.'' Searcy Daily Citizen Searcy, Arkansas Dr. Walter H. Judd, former . member of the House of Representatives, will speak at a ' dinner tonight - at Bill's Restaurant as a part of the American Studies lecture series at Harding College. The Min– nesota solon has spoken in the Harding AmericanStudie~.series on several occasions previously. Elected in 1942, Dr~. Judd served 20 years. In 1962 he was voted by his colleagues as one of its five most influential mem· bers. After working his way through medical school, .Judd went to South China as a missionary, surviving bandits, Commup.ists and repeated attacks o~malaria. Following his ca~ture and release by the Japanese at a North China missionary post, Dr. Judd spent two years speakin~ in, the United States warmng. against a build-up of Japa_n's military machine by selhng. essential war materials. Now a contributing editor for Reader's Digest, he continues to speak to college and university _groups around the country. FORMER CONGRESSMAN - Dr. Walter Judd, former Minnesota congr~ssman, spoke at a dinner last night at Bill's as a part of the Hardi11g College American- Studies lecture series. A capacity crowd heard the physician, who has _been- a part of the American Studfes-program for se'Y_eralyear.s:·{Photo by Mike James - Harding PR) · · -.? • • ,
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