BUSH CRITICIZES MARXIST EXPANSION

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MICHIGAN DAILY
20 March 1979
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Ma]rxis1 ex ansion
By MICHAEL ARKUSH
and KEITH B. RICHBURG
Special to the Daily
DETROIT-Republican presidential candidate George Bush warned
yesterday that American strength and prestige in the world have severely
declines, particularly in Asia'and Africa, which has led to the proliferation of
Soviet-backed Marxist countries in those areas..
Addressing a packed luncheon crowd at the Detroit Economics Club,
'Bush blamed the Carter Administration's "lack of resolution and strength"
for the emergence of. communist satelittes in Angola, Ethiopia, Iran,
Yemen, and Afganaistan, and offered a "new era of leadership" that could.
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"FROM'THE'PLAINS of the Congo to the plateaus of Persia, we, ee the'
advance of Marxist doctrines.-From the sands of the Sahara to the snows of
the Himalayas, we see the Marxist-Soviet ' influence,`' Bush said.
Bush is one of the most versatile past employees.of Republican ad-
ministrations. He was director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and
was U.S. Ambssador to the United Nations under Richard Nixon. Bush,. once
elected to Congress from Texas, expects to announce his formal candidacy
"within a couple.ofmonths," but yesterday's speech and earlier news con
ference seemed to give an early peek into his campaign platform.
Displayhing the traditional Republican rhetoric, Bush outlined a series'
of goals that he said the leaders of the American government must adopt to
reverse the flow toward communism and rebuild the country's power in '
global affairs. The proposals dealt specifically with the economy and the
declining free enterprise-system whose resurgence he insisted is integral to
a stronger America. He urged the'government to move toward the following
goals: r?
? TO ACHIEVE A balanced budget in order to stop the inflation which is
eroding America's economic system and is diverting capital from the
private to the public sector.
-? That the president should ask for
Ia ;mandatory or constitutional limit the
, growth of federal spending.
? The flow of private investment has
_,to, be turned on. Specific legislation
:,from Congress must be adopted to raise
,.the investment tax credit,-
~gDeregulation of energy industry so
'that America can become truly in
dependent and self-sufficient in natural
,:gas and energy.-- ,, .
? The government must remove
many other regulations of industry that
,are currently imposed so the country
can "regain the imput of investment.".
Must. revitalize, the -state of
"American technology by restoring tax. -
incentives _ for research and- develop-
'me' nt.
BUSH, HOWEVER; said he has
already,seen the revival of the free en-
Iterprise system begin, claiming that
the American people .have begun to
perceive the huge waste in- the. federal
bureaucracy and are.- calling for,. a
cut in federal spending.
"I see the resurgence in the vote on
roposition 13. I hear the resurgence in
'"drastic astic voices for a constitutional amen-
dment to limit the growth of federal
pending and I feel- that resurgence
s
when people begin to demand spending
cuts-even more than tax cuts;" said the
54-year-old Republican.
During the morning news conference,
Texan elaborated on a number of
the s
ubjects related to foreign policy, spen-
ding Carter
ding the most time assailing
Adiizittistration's weakness in Iran. .
While admitting that the United
could probably not have kept the
,States could probably not have kept the
Bush complained that a
Shah in power,
stance in Iran might have been
tougher a
ble to "shape events" differently, im-
plying;that the U.S: might have preven-
. . ".
ted Khoemini from seizing power.
ted
HE CRITICIZED the country's
u'rrent defense posture, which -he
~c
claifns has been losing ground to the-
f
R Uniteussians. He said he believes the
d._States _ is- entering the _end of
SALT II negotiations ii[' an "inferior'
position" than during t1' a first arms
talks in 1972.
'limitation
In.a rare sign of';suppol for the in-
cumbent chief exec,rtive, Bush said he
applauded President Carter 's recent
achievements in the Middle East, but
cautioned that real peace won't be at-
taitied in that region until a solution can
be found for the Palestinian problem.
Bush, who guided the CIA from 1976
to 1977, repeatedly voiced his concep
for the agency's future capability to
provide the United. States with crucial
information from around the world.
"We must retain a cover
I
capability " said Bush emphasizing
that t~ie'Carter Adminsitration's moves
to restrict certain vowers of th
WHO- already bag established
BUSH
STAT
Ford's"former':' campaign
Gerald
:has attracted other past For
man
and
backers, admitted he is starting- his`
. campaign from far back in the field but
i hinks he has aichance to duplicate-'
iJimmy. Carter's miraculous effort in'
1976. `i
"I know how Jimmy Carter felt.
"lion:. I am convinced, that :I can cam-4
. paign in away not=.to tear. down some'
other Republican, he'said..: . .
his, fate as_a candidatewill' be: deter-"
the early primaries where he- admits::,
To do it, he has decided to enter all o'
added confidently
t
had caused its lack of sufficient early
ndications of the E ~atto the Shah.
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campaign committee wit
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