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Editorial Opinion

By Rick signoretti By Brian YorkeandJames Rogers
I_f you've been driving down Mr. Richard Nixon's term as
the freeway and found yourself President has been one of crisis
unaccustomed to the 55 MPH and lately a crisis a week. The
speed limit, which very few peo- President has s.,ent more time
ple appear to be abiding by, or explaining his position than he
sat in your living room with con- ' ' ' has in running the government.
vulsive shivers running through This, in our opinion, is an in-
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your body because of your lower excusable and unparalleled event
thermostat. or you've been l.%1~,J,A~ in American history.
straining eyes to see because In 1972 the ITT affair forced
you 're cutting down on lights, or the Republicans to relocate their
you 're limiting yourself to one- convention from San Diego to
day weekends hecause you're a- Miami. And more recently Amer-
fraid that the gas stations will icans are clamoring for a full
be closed on Sunday, or perhaps disclosure of details of an anti-
you've lost your job with the trust case settlement f vorable
airline or the automobile com- to ITT.
pany, you'll realize that the pro- Along with the ITT case con-
posed energy crisis is one of troversy exists over Richard Nix-
discomfort rather than pleasure on's support of increases in milk
or even tolerance. industry supports. The contro-
For indeed, the majority of versy stems from a large Nixon
the American people appear to reelection contribution made only
be tolerating this fabricated en- weeks before he sanctioned high-
ergy crisis. Are we no greater, er milk supports. He has stated
or should I say advanced, than that he did not act as he did be-
the decaying automobile indus- cause of this contribution, but
try of present time with its half- in light of all his other problems
finished large cars sitting on a we do not believe he is telling
conveyor belt, stagnant-dead. the truth.
Is our trust in the government or Then there was a simple
~ even this country so great that break-in at the Democratic Head-
we accept without challenge that quarters at the Watergate. Right?
there is an energy crisis? NO! The Watergate break-in was
I will not go so far as to de- a highly planned and systematic
clare that I believe the whole at t e m pt by trained personnel,
energy crisis is a hoax, but I some with CI A backgrounds,
will say that if it were as dras- S.H.E. S~■sor past president of the Valley whose goal was political sabo-
tic as it is currently being prop- AAUW and chairperson of the Los tage, aimed at destroying the
agandized why are no full emer- Angeles County Citizens Coali- Democratic presidential cam-
tion against Proposition - 1. In
gency measures being taken? By Ms. Joy Picus paign.
this I mean why are the oil com- addition to being a member of the This po 1 it i cal scandal is
Conservation Board, she is pre-
panies or even this country or unique in American history.
world not pursuing full scale re- By Nona Yates sently a member of the Education Past scandals have been ec-
Task Force of the Urban Coali-
search into other areas of energy? At 12 noon on Thursday Jan. tion. onomically motivated but this
The answe·r that has been gi v- 24 in the Student Lounge Ms. Joy one was an attempt by one fac-
en is the amount of money it Picus will speak on "Women in Ms. Pie us is the first in a tion to eliminate the opposition,
would cost? Does this seem Politics", Her lecture is spon- planned series of speakers. The thus making the United States a
logical? Money is one thing sored by S.H.E. and the Depart- speakers are part of the activi- one-party nation.
and life is another. ment of Community Services. ties the S.H.E. club is planning. And now we have the tape cri-
Some facts of interest are S.H.E., for those few who don't Some other subjects planned for sis. First Mr. Nixon obstructs
that the oil companies have know, is the newly formed Self- future coverage are: Women's justice by refusing to give up
made a 91 per cent profit since awareness, Humanity Equality Legal Status, Women's Self De- the Wat e r gate tapes to Judge
the start of the energy crisis club. fense, Women in History, and Sirica. Finally, after firing Arch-
which seemed to hit us over- Ms. Picus was recently elect- Women and Credit. ibald Cox, the firing of Rucklhos,
night. Other pertinent facts are ed to the W.L.A. County Re- and the resignation of Richard· ..
that off-shore drilling will now source Conservation Board. In It should be emphasized that son. The Pre s id e n t agreed to
be permitted 3 miles off our everyone is welcome. We urge hand over the Watergate tapes.
coast, the Alaskan pipeline both men and women to attend Alas, another crisis--a malfu ne-
this and every activity that the
will be constructed shortly, t ion in a tape recorder caused
most major oil companies have club plans. Also, these activi- the two tapes potentially most
huge stockpiles of unrefined ties are not limited to students. damaging to the President to /
Faculty, staff·, adiministrators
oil , a bill is currently being and members of the community disappear. And most recently
presented in Los Angeles to another 18 minute "gap".
permit the burning of high sul- are also invited to attend. Archibald Cox, a man guaran-
phur fuels for six months, the To find out more about the teed a free hand in the Watergate
(Cont'd on Page 4) club and its activities come to prosecution, was fired when he
any of our meetings or contact failed to agree to a compromise
THE CANYON CALL Joan Jacobson in the counsel- between Mr. Nixon and the Water-
Published t wice monthly by s tuaents at ing office or any of the club's gate committee. Cox, apparently,
Co llege of the Canyons. Editori al opin- officers: Barbara Fick, • Ginger was on the trail of something po-
ions expressed in this publ ic ation are
those of the writer and not necessarily Lofftus, Debi Morrow, and Nona litically damaging to the Presi-
those of th, ,college. Yates. As it is with our activi- dent. It was so damaging that
EDITOR
Rick Sign orell i ties, everyone is welcome to our Mr. Nixon felt he could sacrifice
EDITORIAL STAFF meetings. his two longtime allies, Elliot
BPnj amin Baca Morris Guss in Ms. Joy Picus
Russ,•1 1 Baldwin Rosanne N occ iol o Ms. Picus' lecture will inter- Richardson, then attorney gen-
Josh B ottkld David Reddy est everyone, as many people eral, and Willian Rue ke lhaus,
DPbbie Bush James Roge rs 1973 she was a runner-up for the
Carol Cha mbers Ra] ph Stant on Los Angeles City Council, losing have already discovered. We ex- deputy attorney general.
Mary Cohen Nona Yates
Judith Conklin Brian Yorke by less than 1 percent of all pect a rather large audience so Mr. Nixon's new program, la-
Ric h Ed ward s votes cast. Ms. Picus has held it would probably be a good idea beled Operation Candor, was de-
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Paula Gee r John Williams many positions in Los Angeles to get to the Student Lounge a signed to improve public opinion
E van Hayworth
governmental affairs, such as little early. The time, again, is of the White House. The Presi-
ADVISOR
T om' RP me nih past vice-president of the Los 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, dent was going to cooperate with
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Angeles League of Women Voters, Jan. 24. (Cont'd on Page 4)