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Mixed s
accomp
Some think history tends to i
prime example of this phenomer
campuses and demonstrations
statment of draft registration, w
the draft.
Noisy draft demonstrations
campuses in recent weeks. At C
both pro-draft and anti-draft pro
The scene immediately brings (
era.
"History has shown us that evt
draft, and you can't have a dra
Bates, of the Columbia Universi
Against the Draft.
BUT "AFGHANISTAN" has
new battle cry for anti-war prot
marched on President Carter's
last weekend. A rock smashed a
Two were burning a Carter poste
"It's one, two. three, what art
give a damn ..next stop's Afghan
History repeats itself? So it w<
women will be directly involved
After Carter announced Kridi
and women 18 and 11) years of ag<
about the future of the Kqual Rig
Rep. Norma Russell. R-Lexin
said two weeks ago the amendi
eludes women in his call to reinst
Rep. Russell has been in the
unsuccessful effort to keep the m
Carolina General Assembly.
TIIK AMKN'D.MKNT has now
ratified in .'instates by June 30. 19
Robin Anderson, president of
Organization for Women said dra
much better chance of getting EI
She noted that during the Viet!
drafted and fighting and not eli
troversy because they had all th
have the rights."
"ll women are drafted, it woul
A new poll by the Louis Harris
of the American people, especial
support the measure by a 59-35 p
to 38 percent.
TIIK KKA BATTLK is most ui
According to a Harris represei
W1JA in ic f>lnco u>i'
views."
Congress seems cool toward
legal scholars say there is no wa
have the final say on whether w(
An opposite view is taken by
says, "Tb is whole question on t
all along, that Congress ahead
nothing to do with ERA. Whet
decision, not a legal one."
The American Civil Liberties
any attempt to register only me
"The day that the president s
in court, vows a staff attorney ii
THK FIGHT for female dr,
parallel in history is unmistake
this time for the best, with won
in national and world affairs.
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? thoso, if signed, of the writer and, if unsigne
js of the senior editorial staff
entiments
any draft
-epeat itself. Others are sure of it. /
ion is the recent controversy on colleg<
around the nation concerning rein
ith particular emphasis on women an(
have mounted on many university
olumbia University in New York City
testers tussled over the American flag
o mind the '60s and the Vietnam Wai
M'v time there is a registration there's i
ft without a war," according to Larn
tv-Barnard College Ad Hoc Committer
replaced "Vietnam" in becoming th<
estors. About 2,500 chanting protestor:
campaign headquarters in Manhattai
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r and a small American flag.
> we fighting for...don't ask me. 1 don'
listan."
>uld seem, but the new twist is whethe
ly that he wants to register both mei
? many Americans are wondering mor
hts \mendment.
gton and a staunch opponent of EH/
lient faces certain death if Carter in
itute draft registration.
forefront of what has so far been ai
easure from being ratified by theSoutl
been ratified by 35 states. It must b<
82 to become part of the Constitution,
the Columbia chapter of the Nationa
ift registration for women "will mean;
passed."
nam war era, "when 18-vear-olds wer
igible for voting, there was a big cor
q responsibilities of a citizen, but didn
r\ hn cmhi/i t hintf " clin c fl i/"l
V* UV HIV OUUIV llllli^, OI IV. OUIVJ.
; organization indicates that a majorit
ly men, favor passage of the ERA. Me
ercent margin, while women beck it. f>
icertain (not surprisingly ) in the Soutl
ntative, "Obviously, the division ove
th each side deeply entrenched in il
registering women for the draft. Bi
y around it - the courts most likely w
>men join men in registration lines.
Kathleen Currie of ERA America wl
he draft has pointed out what we've sa
y has the power to draft women; it h
her to draft women is a political issi
Union already has said it will challen
n.
igns (male only registration), we will
n the ACLU's Washington office.
aft registration is only beginning. T
able, but times are a changing.Hopefu
ten playing a more active and equal p;
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n WASHINGTON ? Some of
4 President Carters top
policymakers are giving him
controversial advice. They want
* him to recognize the Palestine
T Liberation Organizaton.
Is
The presidential adviser:
believe this is the only way th<
United States can stop the Sovie
squeeze on the Persian Gulf. Thei
10 advice is based on intelligence
id coming out of the Middle East.
as
ue The reasoning goes like this
The invasion of Afghanistan ha
uo nut fht? Snvipts within pnsv aii
n- i ?? .... ~?" j
strike distance of the Persian Gull
be They now have the military powe
to choke off the jugular vein whic
carries oil to the Western work
he And the industrial nations will b
Uy absolutely dependent on Persia
irt Gulf oil for at least two decades.
Meanwhile, the Soviet invasio
of Afghanistan has shocked th
Moslem world. It is stark evidenc
that the Soviets are willing t
? devour their allies. So the Moslem
nave become extremely war
350111 Soviet offers of friendship.
Thus, White House advisers ai
[]"[ telling Carter that the Afghanis^!
i,,.., conquest gives the United Stat<
an opportunity to rally the Moslei
rl s world to its side. But this cann
possibly be accomplished withoi
, i?. solving the Palestinian problem.
;i i)t
Ht- One of the president's associat<
ion was almost poetic in h
assessment. "The Saudis," 1
said, "are like gazelles in tl
jungle. They're surrounded 1
hostile powers. They need tl
United States for protection. B
mi? they have a deep emotion
commitment to the Palestinian
..tl,. u; ill min in /?/\?v**v*/v
iiii> i iivj nui iivvvi jmu in vuiiiiuv
ix'1 cause with the United States uni
an<) the Palestinian question is se
nusl ??
iitor
any
anil Since the United States
dependent on Saudi Arabia f
^ most of its overseas oil, the a
uU, visers argue, the president shou
isc. recognize the PLO now, before tl
Afghanistan issue cools off.
think Carter
ng tip to us, comrade 1?
i. He's sent our m
watic corps <a jfl
EiS5
m
sers urge (
recognize
There is however, a fly
ointment. PLO leader '
Arafat was in the Soviet
huddling with Kremlin lead<
the eve of the Afghan inv
And other PLO leaders ha^
nounced their support o
s Russian move into Afghanis
e the grounds that the Sovieb
t repelling "pro-Amei
r elements."
e One PLO official even w
fr?r ac tr? nraico thn Qm/ipt r?ri
^ out uui duuitca ociy it is
lift the veil of secrecy just a
*e have learned that State I
ut ment officials turned to the
aj soon as they discovered tha
s dozen diplomats had escap
n U.S. Embassy takeovei
NTntrntVk
?j| lll/V^IIIUUl .
Some CIA operatives pu
own lives on the line to save
diplomats. At various tim<
is escapees were hidden in CIi
or houses" that were still mail
(j. in Tehran.
Id The CIA also helped to \
le the false Iranian visas an<
documents that were used I
I..V UVVip.'
there as "an important ass
the rest of the world.
s In sum, the president is
urged to recognize the P
' order to offset the Soviet pr
? in Afghanistan at the sam
h the PLO is supporting the
move. You might call
^ diplomatic puzzle.
n Thank you, (MA
e TheCanadian governmei
o received a lot of fav
|S publicity ? and deserved!}
y for helping six Ami
diplomats escape from Iran
much maligned organizatio
e here in the State's also de
some credit ? the Centr
3S telligence Agency.
The six Americans who ei
are not talking about
dramatic adventure becaus
don't want to say anyth
es endanger the lives of the
is people who helped them
hostages who are still in Irai
Carter
nr s\ I
rL,\j \
in the the Iranians into letting the
it'assir Americans leave the country.
Union
ers on Sting scene
asion.
ye an- 1? its recent "sting" operation,
f the the FBI netted a half-dozen
tan on prominent congressmen who
; 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
e time potentate anxious to but favors
Soviet with bribes.
11 a Nap of luxury
U.S. congressmen are permitted
to furnish their well-appointed
offices virtually any way they like
fh ? and the taxpayers, of course,
orable up the tab.
f so _ In one three-month period last
erican year> members of the House of
But a Representatives spent nearly
n right $35,000 on new furniture. They also
serves lavished close to $100,000 on 10,000
al In- yards of plush new carpeting.
The legislators are free to
scaped Purchase as much carpeting as
their and they apparently like a
>e they 'ot T^ere are several employees
ing to on t*le H?use and Senate payrolls
brave w*10 noth?n8 *)ut install rugs in
or the the offices on Capitol Hill.
safe to Pragmatic voter
bit. We
r^Ar* ^ ieast one v0*e '^mmy
* as Carter got in the Iowa caucuses
Ir? h was not cast out of any devotion to
. i .t his political viewpoints.
last A Mrs. Esther Peterson of Exira
. told the president's campaign
IV their tno m cVia Itmul/I
.i . tvaui out vvuuiu OU^pUA I V>ai ici
th* b^31186 taxpayers could not
"Je afford to put another ex-president
. . ? on a fat pension.
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