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Mixed
accom
Some think history tends t
prime example of this phenon
campuses and demonstratio
statment of draft registration
the draft.
Noisy draft demonstratio!
campuses in recent weeks. A
both pro-draft and anti-draft p
The scene immediately bring
era.
"History has shown us that <
draft, and you can't have a c
Bates, of the Columbia Univei
Against the Draft.
HIT "AFGHANISTAN" Ik
new wuiut' li y iui diui-wai
marched on President Carter
last weekend. A rock smashet
Two were burning a Carter poi
"It's one, two. three, what;
give a damn...next stop's Afgli
History repeats itself? So it
women will be directly involv
After Carter announced Fr
and women 18 and 19 years of;
about the future of the Equal b
Hep. Norma Russell. R-Le?
said two weeks ago the amei
eludes women in his call to reii
Rep. Russell has been in tl
unsuccessful effort to keep the
Carolina General Assembly.
INK \MKM),MK\T has ill
ratified in instates by June30.
Robin Anderson, president
Organization for Women said (
much better chance of getting
She noted that during the Vi
drafted and fighting and not
troversy because they had all
have the rights."
t >Ti' J a** I : i
ii v\ omen are uraueu, 11 \v(
A new poll by the Louis Har
of the American people, espec
support the measure by a 59-:J;
to 38 percent.
TIIK KRA BATTLK is most
According to a Harris repre
EHA in the South is close,
views."
Congress seems cool towa
legal scholars say there is no
have the final say on whether
An opposite view is taken I
says, "Th is whole question o
all along, that Congress aire
nothing to do with EHA. W1
derision not n nnp "
The American Civil Liberti
any attempt to register only i
"The day that the presiden
in court, vows a staff attorne;
THE FIGHT for female
parallel in history is unmista
this time for the best, with w
in national and world affairs
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pany draft
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0 repeat itself. Others are sure of i
lenon is the recent controversy on col
ns around the nation concerning i
, with particular emphasis on women
is have mounted on many univei
t Columbia University in New York (
>rotesters tussled over the American I
[s to mind the '60s and the Vietnam
wery time there is a registration then
Iraft without a war," according to L;
rsity-Barnard College Ad Hoc Commi
is replaced "Vietnam" in becoming
-otestors. About 2,500 chanting protes
's campaign headquarters in Manila
1 a w indow and three men were arret
ster and a small American flag.
ire we lighting for...don't ask me. I c
lanistan."
would seem, but the new twist is whe
ed.
iday that he wants to register both
:ige many Americans are wondering n
tights Amendment.
cington and a staunch opponent of I
ldment faces certain death if Cartel
istitute draft registration,
he forefront of what has so far beer
measure from being ratified by the Si
jw been ratified by 35 states. It mus
tn hpcnmc n;irf of tho Cnnstitntin
of the Columbia chapter of the Nati<
iraft registration for women "will me
EHA passed."
ietnam war era, "when lH-year-olds \
eligible for voting, there was a big
the responsibilities of a citizen, but d
)uld be the same thing." she said,
ris organization indicates that a maj<
ially men, favor passage of the ERA.
f) percent margin, while women beck i
uncertain < not surprisingly ) in the Sc
"Ohxnnntlv thn Hii/icinn
UV IIVU VI T V t \/U * l\/UOI J , I I IV- VII V IOIV/11
with each side deeply entrenched ii
rd registering women for the draft,
way around it ? the courts most likelj
women join men in registration lines.
)y Kathleen Currie of ERA America
n the draft has pointed out what we've
ady has the power to draft women; i
lether to draft women is a political
ies Union already has said it will chal
nen.
t signs (male only registration), we u
y in the ACLU's Washington office.
draft registration is only beginning
keable, but times are a changing.Hop*
omen playing a more active and equa
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f,li1(>( The ( iiiiiccmk wHohim's lei lets li
yie and Since the United States
dependent on Saudi Arabia
i lamt'. most of its overseas oil, the
^Guest visers argue, the president sh
. use. recognize the PLO now, befon
Afghanistan issue cools off.
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Mt^n WASHINGTON ? Some
it, 54 President Carter's t
policymakers are giving 1
controversial advice. They w
>uth. him to reeoenize tho Palosl
over Liberation Organizaton.
n its
The presidential advi*
Kut believe this is the only way
/will United States can stop the So
squeeze on the Persian Gulf. T
wh? advice is based on intellig<
: said coming out of the M iddle East.
t has
issue The reasoning goes like t
The invasion of Afghanistan
lenge put the Soviets within easy
strike distance of the Persian (
ill be They now have the military pc
to choke off the jugular vein w
carries oil to the Western w<
. The And the industrial nations wil
efully absolutely dependent on Per
1 part Gulf oil for at least two decade;
Meanwhile, the Soviet inva
of Afghanistan has shocked
Moslem world. It is stark evid<
that the Soviets are willing
devour their allies. So the Mosl
have become extremely v
a^out Soviet offers of friendshi
Thus, White House advisers
tT.imi telling Carter that the Afghani
uidiu'.i conquest gives the United St
an opportunity to rally the Moi
world to its side. But this ca
ms aiv possibly be accomplished wit
m;i> t><- solving the Palestinian probler
.nr.ml
r span- One of the president's associ
pinion was aimost poetic in
assessment. "The Saudis,"
said, "are like gazelles in
jungle. They're surrounded
hostile powers. They need
L ted States for protection.
>u,.,"!w tn.y have a deep emoti
commitment to the Palestini
.worths They will never join in comr
ir typed cause with the United States i
ton and ^e Palestinian question is
Is must - . ,, ^
editor tied.
(or anv
C ihinJi Carter isSrf
'Min^ up to us, comrade^
nid. He's sent our J|
plowatic corps <a
fieetof 73 1|
nsers urge <
) recognize
of 'l'here is however, a fly
op ointment. PLO leader
lim Arafat was in the Soviet
ant huddling with Kremlin lead
:ine the eve of the Afghan inv
A V"W* r? DI A l/\rt
nnu uini;i & L<u luauui a net
nounced their support c
>ers Russian move into Afghanis
the the grounds that the Soviet
>viet repelling "pro-Ame
heir elements."
Mice One PLC) official even w
far as to praise the Soviet pr
there as "an important asi
the rest of the world.
",as In sum, the president is
urged to recognize the P
order to offset the Soviet pr
lvGh *n Afghanistan at the sam
"!<\" the PLO is supporting the
n hL move. You might call
''."e diplomatic puzzle.
sian
sion Thank you, (MA
the
mce TheCanadian governme
\ to received a lot of fav
ems publicity ? and deservedl>
'ary for helping six Ami
p diplomats escape from Iran
much maligned organizatio;
arp . .
" nere in tne Mates aiso ae
s^(an some credit ? the Centr
a es telligence Agency.
> em The six Americans who e:
"no are not talking about
ou dramatic adventure becaus
1 don't want to say anyth
ates endanger the lives of the
uic. people who helped them
he hostages who are still in Irar
the But our sources say it is :
by lift the veil of secrecy just a I
the have lear"ed that State E
ment officials turned to the
onal soon as ^ey discovered thai
ans. d?zen diplomats had escap
non U.S. Embassy takeover
until NovemDer.
set_ Some CIA operatives pu
own lives on the line to save
diplomats. At various timt
js escapees were hidden in CI/
for houses" that were still mair
i acj. in Tehran.
lould The CIA also helped to p
i the false Iranian visas anc
documents that were used t
; j^x^^mnnro^l^nBHp^SlpBEHM ?^=^r 1
Carter
PLO I
in fhf? thp Tr;ininn? intr? l/?ttina fho
Vassir Americans leave the country.
Union
ers on Still ? scene
'asion.
ve an- 1? its recent "sting" operation,
>f the the FBI netted a half-dozen
;tan on prominent congressmen who
s were allegedly accepted bribes from
rican agents posing as wealthy Arab
sheiks. But it has upset some
ent so prominent Arab Americans.
esence The influence-peddling probe
>et" to was code-named ABSCAM, which
stood for "Arab Scam." And the
being Arab-Amercians say the name
?LO in enhances the stereotype of the
esence wheeling-dealing petroleum
limo DOtentate anxious fn hut favnre
Soviet with bribes.
11 a Nap of luxury
U.S. congressmen are permitted
to furnish their well-appointed
offices virtually any way they like
nth ? and the taxpayers, of course,
orable P"* up the tab.
, so _ In one three-month period last
arican year> members of the House of
But a Representatives spent nearly
n right on new furniture. They also
serves lav>shed close to $100,000 on 10,000
. VflrHs nf nliicli now r*nrrw?tino
*ai in- J 1 >-?
The legislators are free to
reaped purchase as much carpeting as
5 their ^ey, and they apparently like a
;e t^ey lot. There are several employees
inc to on H?use anc* Senate payrolls
brave w^? no^in8 but install rugs in
or the the offices on Capitol Hill.
>.
safe to Pragmatic voter
bit. We n
PTP?rt~ At least one vote that Jimmy
^ h ifS Carter 8ot i" ^e Iowa caucuses
Jd h was not cast out of any devotion to
ea tne his political viewpoints.
, A Mrs. Esther Peterson of Exira
, told the president's campaign
hofiv team sJie would support Carter
V""Y*" because the taxpayers could not
^i\ f afford to put another ex-president
. . ? on a fat pension.
ttained
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