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Draft bill needs "fl 1 v4"l^v 1U11 LII^l 1I5V1MU11 It is almost certain at this point that Congress will pass President Carter's proposal to reinstate registration for a peacetime draft. The Senate passed a bill last Thursday alloting the $13.3 million needed to renew the registration system. The bill has only to pass the House for a onnnn/l i UI I- 1 f II J fi ' 1? ? - - acv-uiiu nmc un? wccr uetui e me urari win oegm. Most people in this country agree that there is a pressing need to , upgrade our military manpower, in both size and quality. However | there are numerous problems which will be encountered by the government and military should registration begin in the near future. In fact the draft may fall flat on its face. The people immediately affected by a reinstatement of registration will be men born in 1960 and 1961. Their registration process would begin in January, 1981. Many of those required to sign up would protest the procedure, and one of the most legitimate arguments will be discrimination on the basis of sex. Congress decided not to include women in a draft program, although the president recommended that thpv Hn <in 1 J ? J And men would not be the only ones protesting the exclusion of women \j in a draft. The American Civil Liberties Union has vowed to bring suit against the government for not including females, saying the action is unconstitutional. Women have proven their capabilities in the military during the past five years of voluntary service, as well as through their successful completion of military schooling. Another reason Americans would protest draft registration is the realization that should a draft be put into effect to prepare for military confrontation, the area most likely involved will be the Middle East. People are extremely suspicious of the government and the military aner uie numinating awakenings of Watergate and Vietnam. There will be extreme resistence if soldiers are forced to die for the big business interests, namely oil. Another problem has to be dealt with if a draft program is to be run successfully ? what to do with so called "low quality" recruits. During the past few years military officials have complained that the volunteer military is lacking in intelligent, educated people. It is true that only 58 percent of the people who signed up in 1979-80 had a high school diploma. If the draft is reinstated, and there is an excess of technically educated people available, what will the military do with volunteers who are not k - i - - i-- * ' * - * * * ..... uccucu . urcy musi aiso uaiance me rano 01 wnites to blacks in proportion to the population at large, a fact which would keep minorities recruits limited. The draft is a much needed program and if properly organized will be acceptable. However, if the government and Congress can not come up with a better solution than they are proposing now, we would be better off keeping the volunteer system. Karen Addy Editorial Page Kditor roousn, Mr. dark For such an intelligent, educated man, former attorney general Ramsey Clark is certainly making a fool out of himself. The principle of free speech in this country should be freely exercised by all. However, Clark overstepped his right as an American citizen when he led a group of people to Iran to attend a "crimes of America" conierence. The people in this country are sick of hearing about Iran. It's bad enough to continuously hear the rantings of the Ayatollah and the rage-filled students over radio and television every night. But for one of our own ? especially one with the prestige Clark possessed ? to seemingly side with the Iranians is the ultimate outrage. 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'" ' " -^' T'v ^/1;7>/r.1-:' ."i": : - '-Lv.f:'' '" .r ':\^>v.:jj VeVE GOT TO P6WWKAM JUNUR - 9mmcc mcc fowl to cml Innocence ? the state of being we all wish we could revert to at times. One of the most traumatic selfdiscoveries I ever made was when I realized I'd left that part of me behind. No, it wasn't after a clumsy, scary "first time" Friday night experience with a high school sweetheart. Nor was it after I learned to "chug" four beers in a row ... and remain ill in bed and bathroom for four days in a row. No, that morning on a rainy, lazy day, I realized my loss when for the first time in years I watched the Saturday morning cartoons. You know, I never realized how sexist Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble are. Fred, with his big beer gut, comes home and bellows for his fifty bronto burgers ... and Wilma scutters around, trying to get it ready ... cause he's the "boss." And Betty's no better ... she and Wilma continuously plan and plot toconive their loving husbands into doing them some special favor ... like buying them a new broom. Well, anyway by the time that one was over, I was in a rage over the injustice of unequal treatment of women by egotistical men ... and the ridiculous rationalization women have made up in their own minds to justify it all. I should have cut off the TV right then and started work on my paper, but for some reason I did not. Batman and Robin were next on the screen. Five minutes into the program I pondered on the possibility that Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson were gay. I mean seriously there you have a millionaire bachelor living with a young boy ... and they love to dress up in leotards and slippers. Maybe it's my imagination. Of course there's nothing wrong with being gay, but it just never entered my mind that the dynamic duo might engage in an alternative lifestyle. Popeye wasn't any better. Olive Oyl, the skinniest Lett Polish players e To the Editor: the Atlanta Falc Landry of the E Over many years, there have Steve Pisarkiewic been some great Polish-American Cardinals and Mik football players at the University Pittsburgh Steele of South Carolina. Poli6h descent. Ohio State's all I can remember several decades Janowicz was a I ago, several Poles from Erie, Notre Dame's Pennsylvania played for the terback was Johr Gamecocks ? Joe and A1 of Polish ancestr Hotkiewirk I-po Krntnyvnsi anH ?* , j ? ? iTiiv-iiigciii a I many others. A great back from Cadiz, Ohio, f 115 ^ i Jeff Kendziorski, is now with the V^lAli? I Gamecocks. More than 200 PolishAmericans have played Pro c i/uiuau. ui unu l^ctguiaM was noted as one of the greatest of all To the Editor: time. While neither 1 Today, there are six great Polish ters nor the quott quarterbaeks in NFL football: Ron "trivia quiz" Jaworski of the Eagles, Steve category, it was Bartkowski and Mike Moroski of quotes use HE&AMOfF M^TOMIE PTL Clift!" WHO by Katek Addy girl in town, gets all the men. Why are people in this country so damned obsessed with weight? It's true ? people who aren't thin are prejudiced in our society. Whoever said that a girl can never be too" skinny should have been shot. The cartoon made me think of all my friends who starve themselves for days to lose a few stupid pounds ... just to come closer to the media-built image of the perfect woman. In a recent survey by a major women's magaziile, the major lear 01 women wno responded was not deatn or not having enough money, or being lonely ... it was fear of gaining weight. And why does the coyote always get chastised as the bad guy when he's chasing that smart aleck Road Runner? He's only trying to get a decent meal for once. The Archies turned my stomach with their optimistic VOdeline. And vou know Tom and .Iprrv parp a lot about each other ... secretly, of course. Why is it that you always hurt the one you love the most? The last straw was Charlie Brown. Good ole' Charlie. I cried for an hour after watching Charlie try so hard to make friends ... so hard to just be somebody. I know it's a struggle for everyone in this insane world to fulfill dreams and be happy. It's just not fair, that's all. My mother's been telling me for year^ that things just aren't fair in life. I guess it's time to accept reality. It's one of the harder lessons to learn. Growing older and 'maturing' is a challenge, and I look forward to future experiences. I guess cynicism is something that goes along with the process. But it would be nice to watch cartoons on Saturday morning and not take issue with the characters and plots. An uncomplicated, simple state of mind. Just C/Xt* o T 41 A 1-11 - iui tx uay ... i iiuiiK uiai wouiu De nice. ens xcel in sports :ons, and Greg Forest Evashevski. Baltimore Colts. I might add that the Pittsburgh z of the St. Louis Steelers greatest linebacker ? :e Kruczek of the Jack Ham ? is also of Polish >rs are alsn nf **? !?;? ? w? gill. I say Polish Power! Dziekuje! l-time great Vic (Note: The "ski" on a Polish ^lish-American. surname means skill, knowledge greatest quar- and intelligence.) my Lujack, also Bronco (Horse) Rronkowski y. University of NaAdrowie! quarterback was Ashtabula, Ohio 111L111VJ For your information, the last quote is not by just "somebody ." It is a paraphrase of lines by Robert he subject mat- Frost. ^d authors in the It was also the only one I knew, deserve that nice to see the Dale Alan Bailes d anyway. media arts scripting instructor