frontli VOLUME 3, NUMBER 8, MAY 1981. $1.25 FINANCES, MAILING LIST DISCUSSED Natcom Copes with Packed Agenda. The Libertarian National Commit- tee met in Portland, Oregon, on April 11 and 12 and tackled an ex- traordinarily Iona acenda. Aside from the major items--appointment of the Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee and the Platform Committee for the national convention in nuq? ust and consideration of a budget and repayment of the Party's debt-- the Natcom heard reports and took action where appropriate on a compu- ter contract, the 1981 COnvenfion, the Minority Outreach prooram, Fi- nance and Membership committees. and quite a few other items. It is clear that the Constitu- tion, Bylaws and Rules Committee (CBRJ is where everyone expects the action to be at the national con- vention in Denver. There were 20 nominees for the 10 positions on the committee, which has been directed by Natcom to consider changes to provide more control over future presidential campaigns. Several people involved in running the Clark campaign (Chris Hooker, Jule Herbert, and Ed Clark himself! and several critics of the campaign (Bill Byers, David Nolan] vied for seats on the committee. The Natcom went throuqh two ballots to select the members of the committee and then Went throuah three more to select the chair. Bill White won the chairmanship, and the members are Ben Olson, Phil Car- dcn, Crussel, Bill Evcrs, Les- lie Key, Rrucv Laqasse, Dayld xolan, Ben Olds, and Ed Clark. Some proposals for various con- trols on presidential campaigns were circulated and discussed outside the meetinq. They include limits on carpaiqn debt, review committees With authority, procedures for dis- avowinu a candidate, and other les- ser sanctions. Sheldon Richman, research direc- tor for the Councrl for a Competi- tivz- Economy, was chOSen as chair of 'hv- Platform Committee, with Jenny Roback, Dean Ahmad, Murray Rothbard, Joan Kennedy Taylor, Ross Dale Pratt, and The 10 states Levatter, Larry Fullmer, Mike Grossberg, Hummel as members. . . with the largest membership will each appornt a member. The Special Plathrm Committee formed last year was disbanded. The committee never met, although some members had done some work on their own.) Sylvia Sanders was appointed chair of the Credentials Committee, and Frances Eddy, Ann Perier, Lee Nason, and Craig Franklin were ap? pointed to the committee. The five largest states will each add a mem- her. A major part of the meeting was devoted to diSCussion and arqument about the Party's financial condi- tion. Natcom member Vivian Baures spent a week at the LP headquarters in Washington in February to prepare an extensive report on income and expenditures for 1980. the LP's net worth, and a list of its outstand- ing bills and loans. She also pre? sented a number of recommendations for changes in the budgeting process and financial procedures at the of- fice, some of which are in effect. Baures's report indicated that the allocation of some 577,000 of large contributions to the LP was (Continued on page 2} Ear: Eras: Liberty is the title of a 26- minute film that won this year's Oscar for best short documentary. Roland Hall?, a suc? cessful Canadian businessman, and Peter Ladue, a teacher at Boston University, made the film as their COOLEY DROPS OUT, ALICIA CLARK DECLARES TWO events in April have radical? ly altered the state of the race for LP national chair. On Monday the 12th, Alicia Clark announced her in? tentions to run for national chair. On Tuesday the 13th, it was an- nounced that LP Treasurer Dallas Cooley had suffered a heart attack and would be dropping out of the race (Cooley's heart attack has been without complications). Alicia Clark's decision to enter the race maintains the nunber of candidates at three, along with Kent Guida and John Halon. Clark says she is running at the urging of friends around the country, without the counsel of her husband, past LP presidential candidate Ed Clark. Clark told PRONTLINES that one of the reasons ah. was hesitant to run for chair was that 'Everybody will say that I am Ed To which her sup- porters responded. ?Everybody knows he's already got a candidate,? she says. ?The truth is that I am not Ed Crane's candi- date,? Clark re? iterates. "Ed Crane didn?t like the idea of me running for national chair. Clark says she will run on a platform of unity with an emphasis on molding the national party to better aid the local libertarian groups. PRONTLINBS will cover the candi- dates in detail before the national convention in August.- ALICIA CLARK Crane's candidate." joint master's project at Boston University for about $20,000. Hess told FRONTLINES that the film is not purely libertarian. '1 don't imagine many libertarians would dance for joy at the film," he said. He added that it is critical of nuclear energy due to its large- scale impact on society via govern? ment subsidies, a point he suspects wOuld offend some proponents of nuclear power. The film?s pivot, Hess noted, is the point where he says that his idea of a free society is one in which everyone is responsible for his own actions. From that point. the film deals with Hess'a lapse from politics into his search for small?scale decentralized technolo- qy, which he believes to be the way of the future. The filmmakers manage to convey Boss's vision of a time when neighborhoods are more important than nations. The final scene of the fill a windmill against the back- drop of a monumental, granite, and federally-owned 'crapfactory . 'me analogy is that of a cockroach looking up at a dinosaur. not know- ing that the beast and its species are doomed. Hess reiterated that the film is designed to help pacpla move "the first inch' toward a lib? ertarian philosophy. not to push them over ?the last stop." CLARK COMMITTEE SUIT BROUGHT TO LIGHT Three Ohio libertarians have re- vealed that the Clark campaign filed a complaint against NBC with the Federal Communications Commission last year. Dan McKiernan, Eric Is- aacson. and Bruce Umbaugh have been circulating an article fr0m Broad? casting (Sept. 15. 1980} which re- counts the story. At its Portland meeting the LP Natcom set up a com- mittee to investigate the situation. COmmittee member Bill Evers contends, "There is a potentially serious vio? lation of libertarian principles involved.? But he would not make a final judgment until all the infor- mation is in. FRONTLINES contacted the NBC le- gal staff, which provided documents generated during the Clark campaign effort to get NBC air time, as well as copies of another Clark complaint against PBS. The NBC attorney told FRONTLINES. saw their commercials and heard some of the stuff they were saying, so I never understood this whole thing." Some libertarians also don't un? derstand why the Clark Committee would file the complaints with the FCC. According to Jule Herbert, the Clark staffer who initiated the com? plaint, the first action was taken against NBC when the network refused to sell a number of five-minute ad slots to the committee. Herbert says that I'the national television networks operate within what we [on the Clark committee] think is very clearly an industry-lobbied-for. state-created. quasi-monopoly car- tel. There were no other networks to go to besides the three set up and licensed by the government. within this framework, paid politi- cal commercials are rationed by network-government agreement. The agreement. implicitly, is that arti- ficially low rates apply for politi- cisns as compared with prices for similar commercial ads. Those are maintained at a monopoly price by the restricted number of network and licensees that are allowed. Since [political ads] have artificially low prices, [notworks] have poli- tically sot standard as to who can {Gad?aumljhulpums1) still to be settled. It mmwsossysusupposodtogo buy time, which is called ?reason- able access'.? Herbert contends that buying political commercials is cause: quently like jockeying for position in a line for ration coupons. Even the networks, he claims, expect political groups to use whatever method is at their disposal to gain their share of ad time. ?The whole thing," he adds, '15 based on the knowledge by the person you are dealing with in the cartel that you will pursue your so-called rights. . . .The networks would probably not sell to anybody if they had their druthers but the trade-off for their monOpoly privilege is that they set aside these spots for politicians." After they filed the complaint, NBC sold them the extra spots they want? ed: the complaint was dismissed. The group that handled the Clark Committee complaints was Media Ac- cess Project (HAP), a public inter- est advocacy group that specializes in handling requests from such spe- cial groups as environmentalists and feminists who contend that they are being denied access to the media. MAP was aware of the peculiar posi? tion of the Clark campaign-?both on the NBC complaint and on a second complaint against PBS in an unsuc- cessful effort to get Ed Clark in the presidential debates on ?The Ad~ vocates-? Heidi Sanchez of HAP told PRONTLINES that the Clark Com- mittss members "were a little bit concerned about the libertarians' involvement with the government. They didn't like having to go to the government in order to get those things, and they felt just a little bit concerned about it and did not want very much publicity early on." According to Herbert, Roger Mac- bride's 1976 coumdttee also used HAP to fight an FCC ruling that the LP presidential candidate would not be entitled to buy time as a candidate until after the Republican and Demo- cratic nominating conventions. Rho Libertarian Party Natioaal committee has had a longstanding prehibitiou against the use of equal time law. to gain network leverage.- the roughly 82,200 it had screed to pay. After modifying the Murss report to reflect this motion. the LP's debt as of We: 31, 19-80, was approximately $72,000 to various vendors and $71,000 to a small su- bor of libertarian who lent nosey for ballot drives. In 190.0 the has roughly ?69.000 in Lupus spent roughly ?37,900. cs hm: V- in Hurray Rothbard has been from the Cato Instituto'. directors. through a letter in. Cato President Ed Crane duo-d . 5. As the teases for dismissal, Crane cited criticisms of Crane to other iduals and in print tuba-cam. Forum). Crane said it be i. possible for the two of them to work together due to Rothbard's - antagonism towards his. Rothbard was one of four stnob- -- holders, each with 12 sysbolic one-dollar shares, including aging himself. Charles Koch. and Gsor'i- Pearson. while any three of four stockholders could firs tbs- fourth, Rothbard protests that . .3 tablished procedures were not ried out. He says he mus notified of any meeting at which business concerning shares loud carrisd out. despite a Cato tute by-lsw provision callimg? 10-day notification of such lie further contends that his" which had been kept in safekeeping, had been cast nothbard flatly maintains. Vw stole my shares.? the Goods the three other members so, nate without his has added to the bard fee_ iothbuxd edge. 230'. billionaire!? apparently looking into" Sam husbands. smuh?tf Cato Institute Board uoting stockholder}. . loss of but . and y; differences. this ?tti Charles loch into uns~ choosing bet-com the lievus. L1 nosey,~ U. do what he wants nil-L able situation.? a- he will so seml'.. so to writs ?51; debt. Eventually, a motion was passed that allocates a minimum of 10 percent of each month's inc0me to debt retirement. The Natcom also decided to try to refinance the debt to pay back the present creditors and schedule payments over a longer period of tine. The income estimate in the budget was considered unrealistically high by the Natcom and was adjusted down? ward. leaving the difficult task of cutting expenditures. Since nearly every cut was vehemently opposed by somebody, more than one Natcom mem- ber was led to compare the delibera- tions to Congressional budget debate. Eventually, cuts were made in head- quarters staff salaries, computer software, and a few small items, leaving projected expendi- tures still several thousand dollars above the ndnimum projected income. At least something seems to be going well. The new computer. owned by Liberty Services {general part? ners Craig Franklin and Dallas Cool- ey). has been installed and seems to be working fine. It is a drastic improvement over the old one. It is worth noting that several of the people who opposed the mail ballot allowing installation of the new computer (Anzis, Bergland, Baasel actively participated in working out the contract details and believe that most of their guestiOns have been acceptably resolved. The Nat- com expressed its appreciation to Craig Franklin. David Nolan. chair of the Adver- tising/Publications Committee repor- ted that the LP's antidraft ad ("Slaves make lousy defenders of freedom") developed by Nolan himself won first prize in the black and white print ad category in an ad competition sponsored by the Denver Advertising Federation and judged by New York advertisers. The Natcom appointed a committee [Bill Evers and Andrea Rich) to in- vestigate a report that appeared in Broadcasting magazine saying that the Clark for President Committee had asked the FCC to direct NBC to sell it television time for Clark ads (see story on pace 2). The LP has a longstanding resolution ag? ainst using the ?Fairness Doctrine" to force the TV networks to provide air time. The LP rescinded its affiliation with the Coalition Against Regis- tration and the Draft. It also re- scinded its resolution recommending that the next presidential nomina? ting convention be in the spring of 1984 rather than the summer of 1983. The actual decision will be made at the national convention. The site will be New York in either case. David Walter, cofounder of the Society for Individual Liberty. was elected over California LP State Chair Hike Hall to fill the Natcom seat vacated by Ed Crane's relig? nation. A resolution submitted by Sally Foster supporting tho right to have home births and to practice midwifery without a licence was passed with minor deletions. And adicpuubomonthau?andm comerning the ownership and use of the mailing list gomoratad by the Clark amigo was rtly ub- tlod. Income from meals will go to the that. generated Delegate Criticized The election of national conven- tion delegates at the California state convention in San Diego in February this year has produced some surprising and controversial results. Complaints center around the use of an election system called the Single Transferable Vote According to Jack Sanders, who has done an extensive computer analysis with ex- STV supporter Bill White, the system can lead to perverse results. The STV is a system that uses a ranked list to decide an election in which a number of candidates from a group are to be chosen, such as delegates to a convention. Each ballot, with its ranked preferences, counts as a total of one. As candi? dates are confirmed from the first preferences, a percentage of the ballot value is transferred down the list until all the delegates are chosen. The problem with that approach is that is takes very little support to elect someone to a large delegation. At the California convention, where 153 people vied for 94 seats, it took only one first place vote he- sides your own to assure election. Thus, well-known figures such as Leonard Liggio who received 78 votes (19th in total number of votes] and Sally Faster with 74 Selection Process votes (25th in total votes] ended up not being elected to one of the 94 seats. The list of delegates who would have been elected using the "breadth of support" system (a vote is a vote} but lost under the STV system reads like a ?who's who? of the California LP, according to the Sanders/White study. They note that any six people who understand the STV system can guarantee the elec? tion of at least four of their group. To complicate things further, the study reports, delegates change according to the number of seats to be filled. Some delegates who would win if the race were for 90 seats would not win if the race were for 100 seats. Sanders and White are in favor of decentralizing the election of dele- gates as part of a better plan. Ac- cording to Sanders, a move to change the LP constitution to allow the election of some delegates at the local level was shot down in a par- tisan play between Hunscher and Clark forces at the last national nominating convention. Sanders ar- gues that dedicated activists who may not be known outside their own areas are at a disadvantage in statewide elections when someone who has done some state-level activity has more name recognition.- World Report CANADA LIBERTARIAN TV SHOW The Montreal-based Citizens for Liberty Forum has announced the launching of its television series, ?Libertarian Dialogue." The series consists of 12 half-hour shows which will be aired four times a week for 12 weeks on cable TV in Montreal. Dialogue on subjects such as rent controls, taxation, drug laws, and educational reform will be covered by an impressive array of guests. The series will be moderated by CLF President Victor Levis and by Irena Bubnuik. Series creator Levis claims that the show is the first expressly libertarian show in North America. Any challengers? BOYTIHCK TAX BATTLE ENDS Vancouver libertarian and tax- battler Halter Boytinck was found guilty on February 24 on two counts of failing to file proper income the names and the Natccm will get free use of CPP names. The membership drive conducted in the first few months of 1981 was very sucoollful. Several thousand new members were added to the not- ional LP. A test mailing to a list of 5,000 John Anderson supporter- resultcd in zero return- 30 far.- tax returns. Boytinck had entered the words '0bject--Ielf incrimina- tion' on every blank on his 1976 and 1977 tax returns, thus sparking a five?year battle which culminated in February. Boytinck had petitioned for the right to a trial by jury. His re- quest was turned down by three courts and ultimately refused by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Crown demanded maxim fines of $10,000 (Canadian) on each of the two counts. arguing that the State had been deprived of its monies since 1976. The judge for- tunately thought otherwise, recog- nizing the principles for which Boytinck fought, and levied fines of $350 for each count. Baytinck will not appeal the ruling. NEH VANCOUVER GROUP The Libertarian Party of Canada has formally moved into British Columbia with the formation of the Grater Vancouver Libertarian u- sociation. Activities so far havo included supper club meeting- (with guest; Ialtmr Bloc): of the trout Institute and Sally luau of rotor- bomuoa. and public: How libertarians Can Win the Media. Game By Paul Weber when he was interviewed by a well-known all-news radio station. Over the course of an hour, he talked Conversationally with the interviewer, carefully gOing over his positions on the issues and explaining his reasons for taking those stands. He found out lat- er that, instead of the interview being aired in its entirety, it would be condensed into a single news spot. Instead of an excellent interview, the public would hear only that libertarians were ?an extreme party, against public schools, aid to the poor, and taxation, but for the use of drugs and pornography." One might say that libertarians go into any media event 0r di5cussion with two strikes against them, be- cause it takes someone of great patience and sharp in- telligenCe to advocate libertarian ideas without de? faulting his credibility. The reason is simply: standard political candidates have learned the politi- cal game of falling back on platitudes and old saws to "preve' their points. The libertarian, on the other hand, has no such crutch. His only recourse is to thought??and often, very complicated thought--in get- ting through to people. If you've ever had a discus- sion with a devoutedly nonlibertarian person, you've probably noticed that most people will follow your line of reasoning up to a certain point before blanking out on any one of several double-thinks or evasions. It is essential, however, that libertarians continue improving their media skills. with each successive campaign, media exposure will increase, and with each victory, exposure will increase geometrically. L. Mencken referred to elections as advance I I auctions on stolen goods. For libertarians, Libertarian candidate for a local office in the last election thought he had made great strides that statement is doubly meaningful. because our very philosophy seems to guarantee that we'll never win an election: we have no stolen goods to offer. For the libertarian, there is no way of engag- ing in the popular fantasy that 200 million people can somehow live off each other's stolen goods. There is no way to wave a rhetorical wand and somehow promise special favors to each pressure group that comes along. The only promise is that of allowing each person to keep what he earns. which certainly is not as intrigu- ing as the usual promise of a free lunch. Notice, too, that it is the Republicans in Alaska who claim the credit for ending the state income tax, although there can be no daubt that Randolph was the power behind the movement--Dick Randolph being then the only elected Libertarian representative in Alaska. It does not matter if Republicans and Democrats steal the thunder of Libertarians in backing such accomplishments, however. It only matters that the action is taken and the issues addressed. and Randolph has demonstrated that it does not take too much power to do this. Pressing forward on unpopular issues may not always bring such immediate rewards, but hold on. In the cur- rent ago of 'as' politics. for example, it has become impossible for any major party to even suggest anything as 'radical' as a phase-out of Social Security. It is considered political suicide. The Libertarians lose votes in the short run by making Social Security an is- sus, but when the Penal game runs ut or suckers later in this decade, Libertarians I111 vs a lot of politi- cal leverage to work with. On the other hand, if Lib- ertarians chose to rsmain silent for the sake of poll- tlcal expediency, Social Security will remain a sacred cow and will boot-s an ever-increasing burden to all of us. ?u medic, especially broadcast media, tend to be in presenting nus. since they must cow to society's lowest cal-non denominator in order to get good ratings. As a broadcast news actor, I almost never cot the chance to really cover an issue in depth because management always insisted, correctly, that if programs get too cerebral, rating. plummet. Most frequently, the goal in broadcasting news is to be controversial and present racy in order to attract large audience: through shock and out- rage. The result of this thinking. applied to an in- terview with a libertarian. is that the discussions of principle end up on the cutting room floor. Uhils what can be interpreted as quotes with shock value got .ir.d in rather twisted form. Libertarian calls for cutbacks in welfare are interpreted as lack of compassion to: the poor. and cutting down government to its legitilat. functions gets translated as advocating anarchism. Many reporters get caught in what I call the '11.t- ing issues'I trap. Instead of reporting why a candidate takes certain stands on the issues, they think it is quite sufficient to simply 'llst' the stands, without any further discussion. People nowadays do not tend to Spell out reasons for taking stands, because tho public expects them to simply react to a given, con- crete reality. without also explaining your reason, preferably in a dependent clause. This may seem absurd at face value, but the facts of journalism (and broadcast journalism in particular) make this rule essential. As an example of this, an issue-listing reporter might ask a libertarian candidate about his stand on pornog- raphy laws. There are many ways to answer this ques- tion, all saying the same thing but with a differ-at interpretation. The simplest way. and the worst log. is to say that you favor an end to all antipornography laws. Period. No explanation, no reasons-cjust a concrete stand for the reporter to list. Inevitahly, you?ll be painted as favoring the spread of porn. A smarter way of doing it is to say, ?Although I II personally opposed to pornography, and try to keep it away from myself and my family, I don't belies. I the right to dictate to other people what they can or cannot rsad.? Thus the hot tepic of pornography covered in such a way that the reporter would a hard time listing your stand without also giving sous inkling as to the reason. Libertarians have become aware of the need to radical in order to be heard. but they have missed ti. boat on the second part of the pnoblcn. They have 309- ceeded in becoming visible and controversial. but IDS. as subjects or mockery than serious thought. Tho all!" sic axauple or this desire to be heard It any 60" t. reflected by the single phi-an uttered at the 1319 Lib-l srtarian convention to the effect that or! ID three branches of only 0? u- and it sucks.? Out of hours of generally good speeches, discussions. and platforsc. one Fh"" :?gssn by the media to ksrnullss libertarian transit one. take libertarians seriously? Incidents like this. as sell an inviting. 90' plc, Timothy Leary to be a hay sponsor. . the press to at best rotor to the sort of cuts debating club and, at worst. ll Libertarians have CW co less and mm gain when they engage for the ssh. controversy. I nous director a! itch 1 syn-l! a, .. ule number one to stopping this is: Never simply state your position on an issue Is it any wonder people us not .jf ?is; . IJBEBIABIAN MAGAZINES AIM FOB. WIDEIB. AUDIENCES If the three major libertarian publications are any indication of the direction of the movement, lib- ertarians may have decided to stop talking to themselves and to reach out to the general public. F.Jf.w, and :r;n?rg have all undergone changes in the last year designed to present a more journalistic approach to the poten- tial reading audience out there. 3rd:.u, the oldest and most wide? ly circulated of the libertarian publications, was started in 1968 by Lanny Friedlander. when Fried? lander ran into financial difficul- ties, two major contributors--Bob Poole and Tibor Machan--bought the magazine and its Hwon.u scientific journals, and have gener- ated network attention, includinu two ma]or NBC c0verages of 1.45 stories. Poole sees ?ngu'r, as analagous to 9W432N, although aimed at liberal arts graduates rather than engineering and soicncc graduates. Poole sees it as a magazine for the movement, "talking to the cen- verted.? .n;n5ry ranks second in size of the three magazines. It began in November 1977 with Bill Evers as editor under the auspices of the Cato Institute in San Francisco. Shortly after it started publication, ov9r the subscribership believe that ?every single word in the magazine has to be explic1tly libertarian." Garvin considers JF and as magazines dESlqned more for liber? tarians. He notices that LP seems to be more edited recently. An example in the past, Garvin joked, ?11 pages on marijuana?" He is also appreciative of ?asco". ?The Love Canal piece (Peb.l is quite a nice job-~not by libertarian standards but by anybody's standards.? Review started as a bulletin for the Society for Indivi? dual Liberty, published in Washing- ton, D. C. In its original form it was called Sucks ?rr Libertarians and consisted mast- 400-name subscriber list. Poole and Hachan brought in four other partners, I mum:- of whom only Manny Klausncr remains today. The maga- zine was moved to California in Dec- ember 1970. From 1971 to 1978, its circulation grew to 16,000. {The first mailing ever made for the fledgling Libertarian Party, incidentally, used the ReaaOH list. Improssively, in an. non-.- h. I . . 1y of book reviews and commentary. It became a tabloid and grew under Rob~ ert Rephart, who now publishes sev- eral financial newsletters. With expansion, the name was changed to Lib- ertarian Review. Present publisher Chris Hooker says that editor Roy Childs did most of the work on the magazine in its early days. Charles Each bought that same period, the most number of staff personnel at any time was one and one-half people. In 1978, it was decided that the best way to run Fed?un was to go the nonprofit route, so the nonprofit ReaSOn Foun? dation was formed. Today, Hanson has a staff of eight with a circula- tion of 20,500. Also in 1978, Henson's board decided that Hudson was too wrapped up with the libertarian movement to appeal to a broad audience. INKS was launched to shift movement material out of the magazine itself while providing an expanded forum for in?group news. In 1980, an out- side [nonlibertarianl magazine con- aultant was hired to do an analysis of Reason. Hia conclusion was that Hanson was still too in?groupish; the magazine would have to choose whether it was going to talk to lib- ertarians or to the general public and perhaps persuade them toward libertarian stands. Once again, Reason renewed its focus toward aware, educated Americans thrOugh the addition of general interest department and less didactic head- linas. Host successful of Reacon'a changes has been its concentration on inwstigative journalism. Editor Pools says, ?We are very conscious? ly looking at the success of wash- ington and Mother Jones with investigative reporting and tahing a clue from them, frankly emulating luccols.? Roacon'a investigative articles, often reworked under the fastidious blue pencil of Associate Editor Marty nupan, have attracted critical acclain by columnist: and of Paliticks 6 Other Human lntaroarc, a liberal magazine that was folding. That move is now considered to have been relatively fruitless, says present Editor Glenn Garvin. Garvin adds, don't think In? quiry should be a publication of movement news and events or preach- ing to the faithful. . .Inquiry in a libertarian magazine for non- libertarians. we try to avoid heavy-handed rhetoric and libertar- ian buzz words.? Garvin's back- ground is one of extensive exper? ience in journalism, and he wants Inquiry to become more journalistic. "The tone of the magazine has been a little too ponderous,? he notes. "It needs to be a little brighter and a little livelier.? He observes that "it's no secret that Charles Koch is the main per? son behind Inquiry." Like LR and Reason (to a lesser extent), Inquiry is delivered to your doorstep with the help of contributions. In- quiry's present circulation is ap- proximately 14,000. One of the reasons Garvin is concerned about making Inquiry more readable is that 'Newspaporc have millions of subscribers, academic journals have thousands," he points out. Garvin says that his style is much less academic than that of Inquiry's past editors. Many of Inquiry'a contributors are well-known liberal authors, and Garvin any: that deal- ing with leftist writers in many ways the hardest part of my job.? Ha adds that most profes- sional writers realist that maga- zines have a point of vilv and must comply with it. Garvin doosn't the magazine in 197? and moved it first to New York and then to San Francisco. According to Hooker, the maga- zine's format has remained basically the same since 1978, but it has been moving away from inside libertarian material toward more councntary with a wider appeal. To that end, LR moved to Washington, D. C. this year. child: says that access to political information is the primary benefit. Besides changing the con- tent towards a broader appeal, LR has changed its policy on article length, down to eight pages maximum. Vocabulary, particularly the names of organizations, will be better ex? plained. It should be noted that LP is probably the most visually ex- citing of the three magazines. Child: seen all three publica- tions as important to the movement but says that LR is the magazine that plainly explains how libertar- ians tend to think about the issues, both to libertarians and nonliber- tarians. Chris Hooker is behind new newsletter Update, which he admits is out to do basically the same thing as If anything can be said about the three libertarian magazines, it is that they are changing and that change seems to be toward broadening their appeal to those who are not dedicated, erudite libertarians. Share in a certain amount of compet- ition among them all, and detractors can be found for each of the three. In: no on. is likely to be damaged by sending any can, and all throo lav. their role on tho market. so aloha cvon history.- Letter Rip Wow. what happened to the Liborh tarian Party! I was really baffled until I turned the page to find a second headline page. Your April may; issue was a novel idoo for a riodical; I'm sure you caught a lot of readers off guard; Enjoyed it. POOL-ED Jio meri ault Sarasota, F1. 1111-: BEST MEDICINE. . . . I really enjoyed your Apr11 fiat pages. Thanks very much for the man laughs. Geraldine Robinson Orqon City, OR SETTING THE FACTS STRAIGHT I was pleasantly surprised to my article, 'Another Shomtroveroy?,' in your Aprll issue. I on waiting to get a share of the royalties fro- that $125.00 issue! Fred Pull-of?borrieo Berkeley. CA You got it wrong, tho 1-191?- and Nationalization not I am a Russian opy. accuse me of boing a Hungarian which is much woroo--uk Tiber! also say I sold my grandmother That isn't p.o. tton does They 5PYJ They but didn't deliver. true-o] dolivor! BRA UNEASE I was disappointed when Ed Clark announced his support for tho Equal Rights Mendnent. I woo oloo dio- appointed with Joan Kennedy 'l'oy- lor's article in favor of. tho ERA Web.) . Ayn Rand ohowod tho diroction libertarian- should toll regarding the ERA years ago when one. pointod out that all righto m, donni- tion. equal. Govern-ant lo [-1de violating the law about it discrir inateo against 'me ERA tho concept that rights can be logillotod rath- er than that thoy oxiot boforo Govern-ent- do. It will load to furthor claim for loqiohtod by othor groupo and will b! used as a colorful proton for Ioking into law tho nan languaqo ?lth regard to and othor group. and applying that to Privoto diacri-ination. mm fur- tho: dootroyiog tho right of privoto citizono to diam-into in mm tuner for whatovor thoy .- autumn: of your Canadian onto well. For thot I confiigil'?tuyou :mm? loop the good work out! no tho boat you- yot in 19:11 any Lou Gutaohor tomato. Ontario moan ?191?: "Sign: at tho Clark col- . a rono, and norall. at libortarion aching-oz: roachzd a now high in with tho annouzwoonnt of tho 'Coalition for Party of. Principlo' and tho inan- poll on which libertarian loodoro are 'roopoctod.? Tho oo-collod coalition, of couroo. hao only ono rool princi- plo in lind?-joalouoy and lent toward Cram. in a principlo around which to organixo a political potty? AI for tho poll. 1 reopoct all the individualo mood in tho non- LIES otory, and I would not want to havo to ram): ly mop-act for thou. But it io oimly mum that ad Crano rutod loot in that pollPROH- Lnll'o otorioo of tho at tow years. Lot?o just log-at tho record: 3d Cram woo choir of tho Libortarian Forty during a poriod of phonoonal growth. Io Ionaqod tho ?oat-16o comign, which woo for non thou ooyono dorod hopo. no widod tho otrotogy of tho Clan tor mm: taco. uhid: io otton pointod out no a good omlo ovon by critioo of tho Clorlt for Pruidont cwgn- ootabliohod tho Cato Inotltoto. tho only ?horns-ion public- policy mun. ho Meatloa- dlrocoor of tho can for Prooidont coup-ion. which woo a "coon. hora ooro prohlo- with tho Clark on- poiqn. of cont-o. mot and,? M't hot. pig?? an mm fauna throo?cut of no no havo road ?loo st .4 ho rounded at tho talc k1 of pooplo found in Bood'o novolo: no a illohohmnt. Sin:- 1 boliovo in full dio- cloouro, lot . otato for tho roo- ord that I workod for tho Clark for Prooidont cmigo, nod I out work for tho Cato Inotltoto. 1 how workod for Id Cram half yoaro. for who that that ukoo no bio-o4. lot no oxplain onto-things limbo pooplo protond to moo? poct tho pooplo they work for. I only work for peoplo I uopoct. May I suggoat that tho organi- ooro of tho 'Coolition to: a tort! of Principlo' got out and won-- plioh mouthing inotood of moo- in; their tine hitching whoa m: pooplo ochiovo. I for ono on glodtoboportotomt that roflocto tho and dodicotlon and ?bu-Wanto- o! pOOplo like It! Crono rather than tho tiny ri?t-ving (bihor- ty ooet David Iolon would profor. David Boos ton framioao. ca II M's noun: upon noodi of tho Moon I) Mun Conn: ttoo'o mm.) or olto tar in motion with tho 8mm ottoyllooao. acting mun - Minion ls ammo-7' 1? outing. I hana foo No. that. mono-um that 1 city council andyon Clotmam. thotho? I that '1 dinner and talk. 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