76-18-B1

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Transcript Usually on these broadcasts I spend the entire time on one subject and if it's too much to one program I carry on for one or two more. Now and then, however, I collect items, no one of which takes long enough in the telling to fill a program but which are too good to let go by. For example Washington, D.C. has been working to reduce Congressional waste and it seemed to me you'd be interested in knowing how they're doing. Well, the Senate has reduced its standing committees from 31 to 25 and it has eliminated 47 of its 177 sub-committees. And, they only had to add 16 more employees and spend almost an additional $4 million to achieve these savings. It's not of earth=shaking importance -- but interesting -- that a federal employee in the post office injured his right arm to the extent that he couldn't continue sorting letters. During the three months he was off the job on full pay he won a bowling tournament by rolling a 267 game. Which makes this a good time to quote the Secretary of the Treasury who says the Administration intends to reduce taxes for those earning less than $25,000 a year. An administration official adds that "We'll have to raise taxes for those earning more than $25,000, but we're not talking about it right now". With the return of former CIA agent (now pro-Marxist) Philip Agee, the campaign to destroy our intelligence agencies will be stepped up. Time to note that in the first four months of this year San Francisco had 500 terrorist bombings causing almost $4 million damage. Last year there were 1500 and damage totaled $10 million. The NATIONAL REVIEW reported on preparations for the coronation of that dictator who has announced that henceforth he will be Emperor of the Central African Empire. A jewel crown, sceptre and orb and golden throne have been ordered from France. Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa will be drawn through the street in a gilded coach by 130 horses, also to be imported from France. And our Congress is worried about an imperial presidency! I guess emperor was all that was left for Bokassa. He was already Life President, Marshal of the Central African Empire, Defense Minister, Keeper of the Seal, Chief Executive of the Government, Minister for Ex-Servicemen and War Veterans, Minister of the Civil Service, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications and signer of all the imperial checks. Now with his new job though he'll have help -- he has appointed a Minister of the Car Pool. Last month the Department of H.E.W. admitted that about one-fourth of all the families receiving aid to dependent children are ineligible or improperly paid. Almost half of the more than 11 million welfare recipients are ineligible and 13.3 percent are overpaid. Why are they telling us? Why don't they do something about it? Detente; where is it when we need it? Our ambassador to the Soviet Union was prevented from delivering the traditional 4th of July speech on Soviet TV and given a two-hour dressing down by Papa Bear Brezhnev himself. The line in his undelivered speech that did him in was "Americans will continue to state publicly their belief in human rights and their hope that violation of these rights wherever they may occur will end." It kind of makes you wonder about the NBC coverage of the Olympics in 1980. Last, but not least, a testimonial to what a few years back in the real world can do for a fellow. Commenting on his loss to S.I. Hayakawa, former Senator John Tunney said "I think I would have been far better off if I'd spent more time in California learning that one of the major things on people's minds was that they didn't want Washington to do things." This is Ronald Reagan. Thanks for listening.		Details Batch Number 76-18-B1 Production Date 08/15/1977 Book/Page Online PDF Audio Youtube? No
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