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Reata
October 29 1982
OPINION 3
Welcome to
Parents' Day
Welcome to the Forty Acres.
Whether you're a returning alum-
nus or the parent of a freshman
the staff of Reata wishes you an
enjoyable and fulfilling weekend in
the spirit of Hardln-Simmons
University.
We hope you'll make yourself at
home In the friendly Western at-
mosphere on campus. Many ac-
tivities and special events have
been planned to make your stay
worthwhile.
Many students work behind
the scenes in areas that vitally af-
fect ongoing life at Hardin-
Simmons. During a fast-paced pressured
time of year students especially
appreciate the visits of family
members on . Parents' Day. We.
thank you for coming and allowing
us students to honor you as your
hosts for the weekend.
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Liberal targets turn tables on conservative groups
Two years ago the National Conservative
Political Action Committee known in
political circles- as "NCPAC" was riding
high. It was the scourge of liberal Democratic
senators seeking re-election.
NCPAC's negative sometimes vicious cam-
paign tactics were given credit for the defeat of
such liberal Democratic senators as George
McGovern' of South Dakota Frank Church of
Idaho and Birch Bayh of Indiana. Contributions
poured into Its war chest by the millions.
This year however NCPAC may be riding for
a fall. Its questionable techniques have been in-
effective or worse. In some cases the liberal
targets of NCPAC's venom have been able to
turn its attacks to their own advantage.
In Maryland and Tennessee Democratic
Senators Paul Sarbanes and Jim Sasser have
been successfully playing pin-the-tall-on-the-elephant.
They have managed to identify their
Republican opponents with the half-truths and
innuendoes of the NCPAC ads. They accused
the GOP candidates of welcoming help from
"outside Interests" and forced NCPAC's
favorites onto the defensive.
In Maryland the Republican candidate Larry
Hogan has had to issue repeated denuncia-
tions of NCPAC after Initially welcoming its
costly television campaign against Sarbanes.
In Texas Democratic Sen. Lloyd Bentsen is
an NCPAC target. But he beat the ultra-
conservative group to the punch thanks to a
sophisticated early warning system. His spies
found out which Texas districts NCPAC was
going to concentrate on. Then Bentsen told the
voters in those areas to watch out they were
about to be hit with an out-of-state smear cam-
paign against him.
' Our associate Peter Grant has learned that
the antl-NCPAC techniques have been the sub-
ject of several meetings of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee. In these
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closed sessions senators running this year
have shared their NCPAC experiences with col-
leagues who will be running In 1984.
The most Important advice being given to the
Class of '84 is to start early. In that respect
they're borrowing NCPAC's own technique.
Right after the 1980 elections NCPAC con-
fidentially announced its target list of 19
senators for 1982. This year if NCPAC still has
the nerve to announce its 1984 hit list It will
find the Democrats ready to fight.
Mid-East maneuvers
There's a story behind the Washington visit
last week of Lebanon's new president Amin
Gemayel. The tale Is told in documents that are
locked in the secret files of the Central In-
telligence Agency.
The documents describe the behind-the-scenes
skirmishing between Israel and the
United States over the future of Lebanon.
The CIA correctly anticipated the Israeli Inva-
sion of Lebanon more than a year before it hap-
pened. One secfet report dated March 6 1981
states:
"Israeli Incursions (into Lebanon) if not Im-
minent are nevertheless Inevitable.
"The question is not so much Whether or
when such incursions will occur but the scope
and purpose of such Incursions and their
potential for Igniting a wider and more
dangerous confrontation."
The CIA not only expected the Israelis to
move into Lebanon but warned that Israel
would use its Christian connections to
dominate the future Lebanese-government. The
agency therefore sought to counteract Israel's
Influence by secretly supporting the same
Christian militias. Here is an excerpt from a
top-secret CIA memo:
"It is concluded that the agency should pro-
vide military and financial assistance as re-
quested to the Phalangist militias. Should the
militia remain solely dependent upon Israeli
support the US. will forfeit all influence in a
post-Incursion environment."
So the CIA secretly funded the Christian
Phalangists. This gave the United States the
ear of its leader Bashlr Gemayel. Officials in
Washington persuaded him to resist Israeli
pressure and to refuse to sign a treaty with
Israel.
Bashlr's assassination brought his brother
Amin Gemayel to power. The United States im-
mediately courted him. In response he flew to
the United States and called for the withdrawal
of all foreign troops from Lebanon Including
Israeli forces.
This means that the Reagan administration
has successfully outmaneuvered Israel. As one
Israeli leader grumbled privately Lebanon "will
now become a U.S. protectorate."
Headlines and footnotes
The computer microchip is rapidly bringing
automation to white-collar Jobs. Labor-experts
predict this will promote the development off
white-collar unions. ?
A new Defense Department antidote for
nerve gas has turned out to be a powerful
hallucinogen according to our sources. The Ar-
my Navy and Marines have banned its use but
the Air Force is still supplying it to the flyboys.
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