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■ President Carter has problems back home. Poll taken by Darden Research reveals only 44 per cent of Georgians give him an “acceptable” rating. In May of 1977, Carter got 65 per cent approval rating among Georgians. In Louisiana, only one out of three voters gives him a positive rating. Louisiana analyst says: “It was a close state for him at the height of his popularity. Now he wouldn’t carry this state if he were the only name on the ballot.” Black disaffection with Carter is growing, not only over Africa. Clarence Barney, executive director of Urban League of New Orleans, reports that poll of eight low-income black neighborhoods in city showed inflation “is the overwhelming issue.” But South isn’t jumping ship yet, says a Georgia analyst: “It’s like the couple who adopted a baby, then found out it was a gorilla. The folks just said, ‘Well, he’s a hairy rascal, but he’s ours.’ ”. . . Not so for George McGovern and the ADA, who have put Carter on notice. Unless he stops “playing to right-wing fears” in foreign policy and to business interests in domestic policy, they’ll be looking for a new baby in 1980. Outgoing ADA President McGovern says if the only two people in the race for nomination are Jerry Brown and Carter, “then I’d probably feel compelled to run.”

■ The Jarvis-Gann bandwagon: Sen. Ted Kennedy told the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Atlanta that a “month ago people in Washington thought Proposition 13 was a new rock group on the West Coast. Well, they know a lot different now.” Kennedy said all levels of government must find “more effective ways to cut the fraud and the fat and the waste in public programs” or else “others who care less about these urgent problems may rush in to cut the muscle, too.” . . . Rep. Phil Crane plans national tax protest meeting in St. Louis later this summer. Sen. Bob Dole has introduced bills calling for tax exclusion of increased wages earned as a result of inflation, a constitutional amendment for balanced federal budget, a congressional commission to study and recommend a proposal for limited federal spending, and an amendment to the Budget Act requiring that the Budget Resolution contain no real increase in spending. . . . So far 24 state legislatures have passed resolutions calling for a constitutional convention for an amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. If 34 states approve such a resolution, Congress is required to convene a national convention. . . . Rep. John Rousselot (R., Calif.) has introduced a resolution calling for repeal of the 16th Amendment, which authorizes a federal tax on personal income.

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■ President Carter has problems back home. Poll taken by Darden Research reveals only 44 per cent of Georgians give him an “acceptable” rating. In May of 1977, Carter got 65 per cent approval rating among Georgians. In Louisiana, only one out of three voters gives him a positive rating. Louisiana analyst says: “It was a close state for him at the height of his popularity. Now he wouldn’t carry this state if he were the only name on the ballot.” Black disaffection with Carter is growing, not only over Africa. Clarence Barney, executive director of Urban League of New Orleans, reports that poll of eight low-income black neighborhoods in city showed inflation “is the overwhelming issue.” But South isn’t jumping ship yet, says a Georgia analyst: “It’s like the couple who adopted a baby, then found out it was a gorilla. The folks just said, ‘Well, he’s a hairy rascal, but he’s ours.’ ”. . . Not so for George McGovern and the ADA, who have put Carter on notice. Unless he stops “playing to right-wing fears” in foreign policy and to business interests in domestic policy, they’ll be looking for a new baby in 1980. Outgoing ADA President McGovern says if the only two people in the race for nomination are Jerry Brown and Carter, “then I’d probably feel compelled to run.”

■ The Jarvis-Gann bandwagon: Sen. Ted Kennedy told the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Atlanta that a “month ago people in Washington thought Proposition 13 was a new rock group on the West Coast. Well, they know a lot different now.” Kennedy said all levels of government must find “more effective ways to cut the fraud and the fat and the waste in public programs” or else “others who care less about these urgent problems may rush in to cut the muscle, too.” . . . Rep. Phil Crane plans national tax protest meeting in St. Louis later this summer. Sen. Bob Dole has introduced bills calling for tax exclusion of increased wages earned as a result of inflation, a constitutional amendment for balanced federal budget, a congressional commission to study and recommend a proposal for limited federal spending, and an amendment to the Budget Act requiring that the Budget Resolution contain no real increase in spending. . . . So far 24 state legislatures have passed resolutions calling for a constitutional convention for an amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. If 34 states approve such a resolution, Congress is required to convene a national convention. . . . Rep. John Rousselot (R., Calif.) has introduced a resolution calling for repeal of the 16th Amendment, which authorizes a federal tax on personal income.