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AUG 2 1976
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Dole Attacks Carter on Pardon for Draft Evaders
•
By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND
domestic programs. Certainly
our cities need help, certainly
we cannot turn a deaf ear to
SEATTLE, Aug. 25—Senator
-••
the poor and the needy. The
, Robert J. Dole, the Republican
question is not whether we
Vice-Presidential nominee, took
should act, but how.'
' Jimmy Carter to task today beMr. Dole argued, however,
„t- fore the American Legion's nathat the Republicans were not
unaware of the needs of people,
tional convention here for haysaying:
• ing promised "a blanket par"There are those today who
:, don” to all Vietnam draft evadsay we care nothing for the
ers.
people. There are those who
say we spend too much on
Where Mr. Carter, the Demoplanes and tanks and warships
' cratic Presidential nominee, in
and troops, and not enough on
• an otherwise well - received.
people. They say we are cal• speech, was booed by the le.. lous. They say we are indiffergionnaires yesterday, Mr. Dole
ent.
received a loud, sanding ova"And I say
tion from them when he de. . I would rather
dollars, or a
spend a
3' dared:
billion dollars, to preserve
k'o "Let there be no confusion
peace, than to expend a single
as' to President Ford's position
c' on this issue. It is unequivocal,
human life to pursue war."
This brought loud applause
and applies equally to draft
from• the legionnaires.
• evaders and deserters, no blan"We must be clear in • disk:. ket pardon, no blanket amnestinguishing between being as
-t:, ty, no blanket clemency."
strong as we have to be," he
Mr. Carter had told the conwent on, "instead of determin• vention:
ing how weak we can afford to
"I do not favor a blanket ambe."
nesty, but for those who violatAt the morning news confered Selective Service laws, I inence, Mr. Dole was asked
1. • tend to grant a blanket pardon.
about a report in The New
"To me, there is a difference.
York Times that he had deAmnesty means that what you
clared as campaign expendire. did was right. A pardon means
tures in his 1974 Senate race
- - that what you did, right or
in Kansas funds that .were
'2 " Wrong, is forgiven. So pardon,
spent to attack his opponent on
v: yes; amnesty, no."
the abortion issue. Recently, he
, • Mr. Dole, a decorated severly
has said that.he had disavowed
- wounded World War II Army
several advertisements that
",:;, captain who is a member of
Associated Press
were run on that issue, saying
• American Legion Post 99 in Senator Robert J. Dole, Vice Presidential nominee, tell- that
'they were sponsored by
• Russell, Kan., recalled Mr. Cart- ing the American Legion in Seattle
of Republican oppo- * right-to-life groups without, his
er's remarks, but did not name
knowledge.
sition to blanket pardons for draft resisters.
.; • him.
"I didn't claim them as a
Having said that a speaker,
campaign contribution, I did
n ' "whoever he was," yesterday as I know, the effort is fin- wishful thinking and bad lead- disavow
them," he said." Some
had "provided his' own defini- ished."
ership."
of the pro-life groups who
'' tons" for amnesty and pardon, That drew ome of the loud- Then sounding
what may well thought they were helping us,
9- Mr. Dole said that he had est applause from 4,000 to be a theme of the
Ford-Dole I guess, ran some very despicV‘ checked Webster's New World 5,000 legionnaires and their campaign this fall, he
said:
able ads showing a skull and
Dictionary and found that it wives, about half the audience
Mr. Carter had in the coliseum "No one hates war more than crossbones and saying vote for
"' "makes no such distinction."
those who have had to fight. Dole and save babies. I thought
"It defines 'amnesty' as 'a yesterday.
At a news conference follow- And none have a greater right
." general pardon,'" he said.
In replying to Mr. Carter, a ing a breakfast meeting with to insist upon leadership that
former navy officer who also local Republican leaders, Mr. understands how to prevent
to protect liberty and to
is a member of the legion, Mr. Dole was asked how President war,
preserve peace, than those who
Ford could reccocile his
Dole said: i ,
of former President RicERTNI. have had to fight.
President's Offer Recalled
it nearly cost us the election at
Nixon and decline to pardon "I say to you, and the recthe time."
ord shows, that we have such
*Today, we have those who draft evaders.
He said that the decision to
would signal weakness and "I think yon go to the case- leadership in the White House,
list expenditures for these adgenerate strife by declaring by-case basis,' the Senator and I believe the American peovertisements as part of his camthat those who served this na- said, suggesting that Mr. ple' will keep it there."
paign spending must have been
tion in her armed forces de- Nixon's pardon had been hanDefense ,Cuts Attacked
made• by a subordinate who was
serve no greater consideration dled in that manner.
Attacking the Democrats as
accounting for the funds.
than those who turned their "At the time I thought it was a party
that
would
allow
the
"Soine of the pro-life groups
backs and scurried away.
a premature decision," Mr. Dole defense posture the country
"President Ford extended said, "but it did get Watergate to grow weaker,of
showed
some very bad judgSenator Dole
ment,"•he said.
the hand of mercy to those who behind us."--said:
fled America when she needed In his Legio speech Mr. Dole "Yet on any
Mr. Dole later flew to Des
day in the Contheir service. He offered them recalled that f r wars in this gress, you
Moines to attend the Iowa State
can
hear
representa
a chance to earn clemency, and century had
Fair there tonight and tomorn fought under tives of our people condemn
I say earn clemency, by proving Democratic Presidents.
row, once again following in
this
nation's
efforts
'to
remain
their right to resume their place "We know that wars become strong—to keep the power
the footsteps of Mr. Carter. The
that
in this nation. The offer was self justifying once they've keeps the peace.
Senator Will fly later tomorrow
extended to draft evaders and begun," he said, "but the harsh "They tell us what
to Vail, Colo., for discussions
we need
deserters alike, on a case-by- light of histo
with Mr. Ford and his advisers.
reveals that to reduce • our defense budget
case basis. Some accepted. they rarely b gin for reasons even further, while increasing
Some 19,000. Some refused. that are self justifying, but spending
even
for well
Some 80,000 or 90,000. As far rather becaus of weakness, intentioned, butmore
ill ccnceived,
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