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To accomplish the difficult task of collecting foreign intelligence so that U. S. policy-makers can make informed judgments at home requires protection against unauthorized disclosure of the identities of our secret agents. Legislation making such disclosure a criminal offense is languishing in Congress. The July terrorist attack on the home of a senior U.S. embassy… Continue reading Intelligence Bill Deserves OK

How good or bad is discipline in the public schools? Even though statistics show an over-all increase in violence in the schools. a fair answer to the rguestion might be: “It all epends It depends on where in America and in what culture. It depends on leadership in the particular school system. It depends on… Continue reading Schools Must Hove Authorify

The American export policy structure needs an overhaul. In the face of skidding competitive capability on world markets, Congress has acted on a number of trade measures to stimulate exports. But the approach has been piecemeal .. and the problem lingers. “We see our decline in the persistent negative trade balances. in our loss of… Continue reading Export Legislation Deserves Our Consideration

The Space Shuttle Columbia’s successful flight represents tremendous developments in technology, but its greatest legacy to the American people may be renewed pride and selfconfidence. Too many Americans still don’t realize how significant and widespread the technological benefits of the flight are. Too many still think the launch of the 107-ton winged shuttle into space,… Continue reading American Pride Rings in Space Shuttle Success

For the first 145 years of tbe”American Republic. presidents were inaugurated March 4. with the date advanced to Jan. 20 under the 20th Amendment ratified in 1933, Now Sen. Claiborne Pell. D-R.I. has introduced a proposed constitutional amendment that would move the inauguration to Nov. 20. Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr.. I-Va. is co-sponsor of… Continue reading Inauguration Proposal Descrves Citizens’l Study

” never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance.” If those words by Thomas Jefferson don’t call to mind the name and image of George Washington, first American president, the rest of… Continue reading RBC&lliHg l’1&ILi0I1,S fElth8I’ iIlSpil'(-BS C0l1fiaBIl(36

Should holidays relating to national heritage be arranged on Mondays. as at present, to facilitate threeday weekends for public convenience – or he observed on their traditional dates? That issue is posed by new legislation to return three such holidays to their original dates. The bill. introduced bv Sen. Jennings Randolph. DW.Va., would return to… Continue reading Holiday Alignment Bill Worth Citizen Coipment

Hearings are in progress on a widely-supported bill tagged as “the first legislative shot” in a Reagan Administration supported drive against “over-regulation.” Called the Regulatory Reform Act of 1981. the measure was introduced by Sens. Paul Laiialt. R-Nev. and Patrick Leahy. D-Vt.. chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform. There are 70… Continue reading Regulatory-Reform Voices Count

Travel – with government as well as in private business – is necessary and there’s no way to eliminate it. But it should be controlled carefully, with the purpose of each trip examined and made of record. What brings up this subject is a report to the U. S. Senate by the Office of Management… Continue reading Time to Clamp Down in Federal Travel Control

Rep. James R, Jones’ call for elimination of “waste. fraud and abuse” to save the government “billions of dollars” is praiseworthy W but the effort should complement and not delay Reagan Administration initiative to cut federal spending. Jones, an Oklahoma Democrat. was quoted in Washington as insisting that President Reagan has overlooked this source of… Continue reading S tricter Loan Rules Would Help