Tarra11 E. (gunk • 506 Blest 22nb *trert • Austin Ctexas 78705 September 27th, 1978 TO THE EDITOR, AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN: PANAMA CANAL BRAIN WASHING Many Americans are due for a distinct mental shock next vear, unless they realize the real date of the Panama Canal transfer and do some- thing about it. The Carter Administration, ably assisted by the "Liberal" press of this country, has done a fine job of brain- washing on us. They have insisted, time and again, that the Panalpa Canal would not pass to Communist Torrilos, until some far-away day in the year 2,000: The President, his administration and the Press, all knew that the actual transfer date would be October 1st. 1979: On that date, all the Physical Assets, the Panama Railroad, the real estate, the employees' houses, all administrative buildinas and the fence around the Canal Zone, are to be physically transferred to Panama, together, with all judicial and police controls. That doesnt leave much else I! The handling of the ships in the Canal, involvingla few pilots, is all that is left for transfer in the year 2,000. All that is needed now is a vote by the House of Representatives zi.tS1ietreattoimlemer, and that is due in the near future. That the Carter Administration has misled us may come as a great shock to many people, who thought the actual transfer of the Canal was not due until the year 2,000, a long ways in the future. Now it is up to the House of Representatives, many of whom may still be undecided how they will vote. We can help them decide, if we will take the trouble to do so: /3-Z/eSP)2: 2&-e Carroll E: Cook AYa-e/14/6/ -