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...missionaries and starving waifs shown in the brochures. A statement last week, agreed upon by both sides, reports that, among other things, Carcich diverted at least $102,000 from his 20 secret bank accounts to friends, relatives and fellow Pallottines. Nonetheless, according to the lawyers' memo, the Superior General of the order in Rome says Carcich is "a good man and a good priest." Carcich contends that whatever his sins, he did it all for the church...
...second memo, Carter himself requested that his Cabinet officers make themselves available "at least twice each month" to participate in election-year campaigning for Carter-favored Democrats. Although Carter emphasized that such activities were to be in addition to the normal work week, a follow-up memo from Jordan informed Cabinet members...
...unsigned White House memo outlining a more rigid version of this policy surfaced on Capitol Hill last week. Written by Valerie F. Pinson, who is one of Carter's emissaries to the House, the memo said only two categories of Congressmen were eligible for his campaign help...
Many House Democrats were outraged by the memo, which they regarded as authorizing a semipurge list. Several called the White House to complain. "We are keeping score," admitted a presidential aide. "We are looking at people who help us that we can help. But it doesn't mean we aren't helping others." The aide said the memo was "not accurate"−and even if it had been, "it was dumb to write it down." Declared Pinson, after the memo was obtained by TIME: "It is out of date. We have re-evaluated our plans...
...confidence of victory. With a twelve-carrier force [in a 525-ship fleet], it is worrisome." And a fleet smaller than this, according to some admirals, could mean a tacit wartime "abandonment" of some key allies, including Japan, Norway, Greece and Turkey. Declared Navy Secretary Claytor in a confidential memo to Defense Secretary Brown: A reduced fleet would "concede the Norwegian Sea 9 to the Soviets" and restrict us to "the defense of a sea lane from Norfolk to the English Channel." States Sea Plan 2000, an official Navy analysis of its needs at the end of the century: "Major...