Editing 78-01-B4 (section)

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I'm going to touch on several subjects today, no one of which would cover a
full broadcast. For example, a couple of tributes to bureaucracy's ability to
find new ways to spend our money.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee has unanimously approved
legislation which first confesses that in 1893 the U.S. minister to the Kingdom of
Hawaii did "unlawfully conspire" to overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokulani.
It then goes on to set up an Aboriginal Hawaiian Claims Settlement Study commission.
This commission will seek out descendants of the aboriginal Hawaiians and bestow
on them a billion dollars.

On the subject of money it is interesting but not surprising to find that the
State department has a streak of generosity. The Prime Minister of Jamaica who
is taking that lovely island nation into totalitarian socialism, is discovering
the price of such foolishness. The once solid tourist trade and flourishing
economy of Jamaica are virtually non-existent now. But over the hill to the rescue
comes the cavalry. The State Department is bailing him out with a little over
$63 million of our money. It is reported the announcement of this was held up till
after Fidel Castro's visit with the Prime Minister.

Now this next one is a verbatim quote from a farm bill passed by the House.
Perhaps it will help you understand the ways of government a little better. "Upon
a finding by the Secretary", (of agriculture I presume) "that the peanuts marketed
from any crop for domestic edible use by a handler are larger in quantity or higher
in grade or quality than the peanuts that could reasonably be produced from the
quantity of peanuts having the grade, kernel content and quality of the quota peanuts
acquired by such handler from such crop for such marketing; such handler shall be
subject to a penalty equal to 120 per centum of the loan level for quota peanuts on
the peanuts which the Secretary determines are in excess of the quantity, grade or
quality of the peanuts that could reasonably have been produced from the peanuts so
acquired." You wouldn't like to have me run over that again, would you?

Turning to the world of sports; the Soviet Union has given a hint of what to
expect at the 1980 Olympics. African diplomats visiting Moscow have been informed
that Rhodesia and South Africa will be banned from the games. Why oh why won't some
nation (preferably our own) say if they don't go we won't go?

Well let's close on a cheerful note. You can, as I've said before, "fight city
hall". More businesses have taken to fighting the Occupational Safety and Health
Agency's habit of inspecting work places without a warrant. OSHA has a no-win
streak in 18 consecutive contests, they've lost six times in Federal courts and 12
times in state courts.

Now, we're waiting for the final round -- a ruling by the Supreme Court as to
whether paragraph 8A of the OSHA act is unconstitutional. 

This is Ronald Reagan.

Thanks for listening.
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