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short on details Such a document would be heavy artillery
for the advocates of socialism, even without a specific en-
dorsement The committee chairman, Archbishop Rembert
So far VA officials said
response to the neu program
has teen encouraging More
than 1.009 vetenans have ap-
plied in the Houston office,
and so far 19 South Texas
employers have offered jobs
This appears to be a com-
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program should be closely
monitored during the next
two years to prevent abuse
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claiming her new role In the
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from her three grandchil-
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tough opponent and this
election may depend on how
divided the Cook County
(Chicagoi Democratic
organization remains
IOWA Roger Jepsen is
probably in the most trouble
of any GOP incumbent He
hasn't built himself much of
a base in his single Senate
term and he faces Rep
Tom Harkm — a very popu-
lar five-term congressman
Harkin now leads by more
than 10 points in most polls
MAINE Locals say that if
Gov Joe Brennan decides to
make the race, incumbent
Sen Bill Cohen could be in
big trouble If Brennan
declines Cohen will be in
More than *130.MO at funds
contributed to help finance
trie Boy Scouts ol America
BSA has been wasted on a
court case that should not
tuive made it past the argu
i ng stage
A state human rights agen
cy in Hartford Conn whose
legal standing is in doubt
decided the BSA s male-only
rule tor scoutmasters is
discriminatory and ordered
trie national organization to
offer such a post to a 6a . ar-
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peal the agency's order to
trie Connecticut Supreme
"I don't think he'll get out
It would just cause too much
controversy, and they would
have to change the whole
law regarding the insanity
plea "
— Jodie Fosler, the
actress who John Hinckley
Jr. tried to impress by
shooting Ronald Reagan.
Hinckley maintains be is not
insane and should be
released from his mental
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CHESTE R C SU RBE R Edit or and Publisher
TIM POTTER Managing Editor
GEORGIA HROLICKA Advertising Director
CATHY WALL Classified Manager
TERRY HAMMONDS Agriculture/Business Editor
VIRGINIA OCHOA Composing Room Supervisor
CAROLINE GRANATO Circulation Manager
EDWARD HAWTHORNE JR. Pressroom Foremen
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By Doo Graff
Freedom gained a little ground in the world last year
You don t have to take my word for it The informatior
comes from Freedom House, a New York-based organiza
lion devoted to the strengthening of free societies" that
annually issues a country by country survey of liberty's
gains and losses
The latest report, just out certifies as "free 1 670.700.009
people < 36 percent of the world total) in 52 nations and 29
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Some examples Spain, India and Colombia are “free."
Turkey, Egypt and the Phillipines are "partly." Iran. Saudi
Arabia and Cuba are “not ”
There are some mild surprises Poland is "partly." Not.
Freedom House hastens to explain, due to any initiatives of
its military government, but thanks to a persistence of dis-
sent evidencing that "the limits of liberty are currently
being stretched by irrepressible forces within the (society)."
Chile. South Africa and Yugoslavia are in the same cate-
gory
The survey found most discouraging during 1983 the con-
tinuing "retreat" in Malta, Honduras and Sri Lanka. all
partly free ”
Most encouraging is South America's southern cone, espe-
cially Argentina which advanced to "partly free” with the
return to civilian government
So it goes, and actually it wouldn't have gone quite so well
in the survey if Freedom House had gone to press a few
weeks later
The section on Africa leads with Nigeria, whose 1983 elec-
tions are rated the year’s "most important event in Africa,”
testimony to a stable Nigerian democracy and imagma
tive approaches in constitutional engineering ”
Well, you know how Nigeria rang out the old year — with
a coup by the military evidencing no imagination whatsover
With an estimated 100 million people, Nigeria is Africa's
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membership qualifications
by sex
We don't think a ruling of
such magnitude by an ob-
sure state agency should
stand We doubt its legal
standing to make such a
decision affecting a national
organization and believe the
matter should be settled in
court
Mrs Pollard testified at
the commission bearings she
can do anything a man does
and will take the scout-
master’s job if it's offered
She was disappointed when
she lost the first round in the
dispute and feels BSA should
recognize a woman has a
right to be a scoutmaster as
long as she can do what a
man can do
We agree with BSA
counsel David Park that the
Weakland of Milwaukee, has retained as chief economic
consultant Professor Charles K Wilber of Notre Dame, a
believer in central planning The overtones of support for a!
Mate run economy among the bishops and their staff were!
emphasized by a wisecrack by Bishop Thomas Donellen of!
Atlanta, who said he was selected as the "token con-J
servative " If that is true, it’s too bad
An ethical economy is not necessarily a contradiction in!
terms, as the bishops must lie aware Furthermore, a quick! ,
glance at history and the world map shows us that the least!
attractive aspect of capitalism, which is inequality ot
economic achievement, is still more desireable than the best!
element of socialism, which is a relatively equal chance of!
survival-at the price of slavery We hope the bishops will!
arrive at this fundamental truism in their research, and'
pause
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BSA hired a New York law
firm to represent it after
scoutmaster candidate
Catherine Pollard of
Milford. Conn threatened to
take the case to the U.S
Supreme Court
The stage was set tor what
may be a protracted legal
battle when the Stale Com-
mission on Human Rights
and Opportunities ruled the
Scouts 73-yee- han against
female sr'-tmasters was
discriminator) It rejected
claims the non-profit
organization, in its status as
a private club could impose
Houston will tie head-
quarters for a brand new
>'-<igran> (ingress envision
ed as a partial solution to
igh unemployment among
letnarn and Korean War
veterans
The financial office of the
Veterans Administration
-egionai office in Houston
considered topnotch by
»• ashington VA officials, will
administer the national pro
gram It will provide direct
financial assistance to
employers who hire and
'.ram Vietnam and Korean
War veterans
(Jne of the virtues of the
work plan is that it requires
a minimum ot red tape A
Houston VA official said
Congress really went to
pains to cut the bureacratic
”ed tape "
The program is designed
k> combat high unemploy
ment among veterans of the
*'0 conflicts It pays half the
salary of an eligible veteran
up to a maximum reim-
jrsemerit of $10.(XK»
Employers must deciare
.ment to retain veterans
trained in permanent
employment upon comple-
tion of training, but they are
not legally txxind to comply
Congress appropriated
43UV mimon to fund the plan
during the next two fiscal
years The money will be
distributee! on a first-come,
first-serve basis
Harris County has an
estimated HC <KK’ Vietnam
and Korean War veterans
To participate m the training
project a veteran must have
been employed for 15 of the
last 26 weeks Most veterans
will be allowed nine months
ot employer w age assistance
with exception of those with
service-connected
disabilities of 36 percent or
more These veterans may
be eligible for as much as 15
months of employer
assistance
The thrust of the program
is to train veterans in new
jobs to make them more
employable One reason
joblessness is significantly
higher among Vietnam and
Korean veterans is that
because of their youth they
were often among workers
laid off during the recession
"They're interested in me
as a curiosity, like Elvis'
glass-cased guitar or his
gold Cadillac."
— Priscilla Presley, wife
of the late Elvis Presley.
Ms Presley, who can be
seen on "Dallas,” will publ-
ish a book next year aboul
their tumultuous life togeth-
WASHINGTON (NEA)
The Republicans hold a 55
45 margin in the U.S.
Senate If the Democrats
are to regain control, they
must gain six seats in
November
Thirty-three .Senate seats
will be contested this year,
oi which 19 are now con-
trolled by the GOP and 14
by the Democrats Most
experts believe that 11 of
thi 14 Democratic seats are
"safe" and that the Demo-
crats will retain the other
three Democratic seats
This means that if the
GOP is to retain control of
'he Senate, it must hold its
sses to five or fewer seats
Wove Wonderings
Don't tamper with scouts
commission order “clearly
infringes on the fundamental
American constitutional
freedom of association
whereby our government
does not have the right to
dictate how private
membership organizations
should carry out purposes
for which they were organiz-
ed "
The Boy Scouts of America
for more than seven decades
has been a driving force in
the training of young boys It
has made a valuable con-
tribution to the strength of
the republic through its ef-
forts to better prepare
youngsters to accept the
responsibility of citizenship
For this and other reasons,
this fine organization should
not be tampered with and
harassed by trivial lawsuits
Another 1.074.800 009 (23 percent) m 56 nations and 19
territories are rated partly free." and 1.917.500.000 (41
percent i in 58 nations and six territories not free "
That adds up to 2.745.500 000 people (59 percent; either all
or partly free compared with 2 583 900 000 (56 36 percent of
the world s then estimated total population; in the 1982
survey
You see what I mean, and that's it for the numbers
Freedom can be tricky enough to define (it's usually easier
to spot the glaring absence than a frequently ambiguous
presence) let alone quantify Freedom House evaluates the
relative degree of freedom enjoyed in a country on the basis
of some two dozen criteria relating to political rights, civil
liberties and public participation in government
Edward J. Walsh
Catholic Bishops as economists
The excitement stirred last May by the National Con-
ference of Catholic Bishops pastrol letter on nuclear war had
barely died away when the public learned that a committee
of bishops is taking notes on another subject on which they
are amateurs U S economy At a meeting at Notre Dame
University last month, the bishops listened to arguments by a
mixed bag of conservative to radical economists and
theologians, corporate executives, and labor leaders, who
hope to influence their views
The bishops are not seeking controversy The decision to
produce a pastoral letter-a nonbinding, nondoctnnal
statement of the bishops opinion wax actually made at a
synod in 1980 the same time the effort on nuclear war was
inaugurated Since then, separate committees have worked
intermittently on both documents The "Peace” Pastoral, as
it is called by those who applauded it was completed first
But the pastoral on economics, tentatively entitled
“Catholic Social Teaching and the U S Economy," cannot
fail to disturb many Americans That is because, if it is to
have any substance, it must attach moral weight to com-
peting economic systems capitalism and socialism, or the
free market and central economic planning A statement that
tries to compromise endlessly will only anger Catholics and
non-Cathoiics on both sides
The Notre Dame meeting provided a few clues as to where
the bishops will land They heard Gar Alperovitz. a socialist
economist, aggressively defend central planning, which is
the theory that if bureaucrats as bright and unselfish as him
run the economy, ail would be fine and fair The free market
view as represented by Peter Petersen, former Secretary of
Commerce and Marina Whitman of General Motors Cor
poration, who pointed out simply that bureaucrats, like
biMinessmen. make mistakes Michael Novak, the brilliant
Catholic philosopher, reminded the bishops that capitalism,
for all its shortcomings, still provides a better life for the
poor than socialism, the world over
As would be expected, the bishops and their clerical staff
were more sure of themselves in the realm of theology Dr
Daniel Rush Finn, a scholar of ethics, said wryly that the
question isn’t whether we can run an economy according to
the highest Christisn values, but whether we can run it on the
most basic Christian values Th reaction of the participants
Freedom tricky to define
largest country and. pre-coup, was the fourth or fifth largest
functioning democracy in the world The nation was a very
big one to lose
It is a loss that has been regretted but accepted for the
most part in the "free" world
The Wall Street Journal, however, has entered a forceful
editorial dissent to the near-coiuensus, asserting that the
coup, "conducted in the absence of any clear threat to
national security, ought to have come in for more forthright
denunciation from the West's democrats than it got.”
The editorialist chastises Western political and business
leadership for not being of more help to Nigeria's democrats
and for so often preferring the simpler and more predicta-
ble relationships" with countries ruled by strongmen
Democracy is more than a nice idea, he writes While
often disorderly, it nevertheless works
The alternative, even in the all too rare cases where the
presiding dictator is a person of talent and vision, usually'
imposes rigidities that over the long pull retard social, poiiti- J
cal and economic development, stifling human aspirations!
for a better life.”
It is high time, he concludes, that the West "get over its;
admiration for central power and start offering more vigor-J
ous support for the world's committed democrats."
Agreed, and it has never been better put
the safe column
MINNESOTA Incumbent
Rudy Boachwitz won six
years ago after voters
rebelled against former
Gov Wendell Anderson In a
classic political blunder,
Anderson appointed himself
to replace Walter Mondale
in the Senate after Mondale
became vice president
There's some question as to
whether Boachwitz has built
himself much of a base in
these six years, although he
has tried Mondale may be
the key If he is the Demo-
cratic nominee, he could win
big in his home state and
pull the Democratic Senate
challenger to victory
MISSISSIPPI Will he or
won't he? The "he" is Gov
William Winter, a Democrat
who can't succeed himself
So. will he run against
incumbent Republican Sen
Thad Cochran" First Winter
said "maybe." then he said
he would become chancellor
This has been made much
more difficult by the resig
nations of Sens Howard
Baker of Tennessee and
John Tower of Texas The
two Republicans would have
won re-election easily, but
now both states must be
considered up for a
Even with a popular I
dent Reagan at the top
the ticket, it may be di
cult for the GOP to hold its
losses to fewer than six
seats
Of the 19 up-for-grabs
seats that are now held by
Republicans eight are con
sidered safe because of the
strength of the incumbent ot
the lack of a strong oppo
nent The eight safe GOP
incumbents are Sens James
McClure of Idaho Nancy
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COMPUTER CAREERS
Professionals list the hottest areas
the best political organiza
tions anywhere Early polls
had Hunt way out in front,
but Helms has narrowed the
gap via a major media blitz
As of now. however. Hunt
remains a solid favorite
SOUTH CAROLINA If
any politician should be sure
of re election, it would seem
to be Sen Strom Thurmond,
who was first elected 40
years ago this year But
that's the problem Is Thur-
mond. at 81. stniplv too old
to be re-elected’’ Perhaps
not. but many do regard
Thurmond as vulnerable
because of his age
TENNESSEE About the
GOP s only hope of retain-
ing Howard Bakers seat
was if it could convince Gov
Lamar Alexander to run
against Democratic Hep
Albert Gore Jr. holder of
one of the most illustrious
names in Tennessee politics
Alexander has said no. and
experts are putting
of the University of Missis-
sippi Now. however, he has
said no to that job. but is
still undecided about the
Senate race If he runs, it
will be a real battle If not,
Cochran will move into the
"safe" column
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Incumbent GOP Sen. Gor-
don Humphrey appears to
be a good bet to win re-elec-
tion However, many locals
say he hasn t built much of a
record or a power base in
his one term In addition, he
faces a popular five-term
congressman, Norman
D’Amuurs. in a state that
only has two congressional
districts In this Republican
state, the race might turn on
Ronald Reagan s coattails
NORTH CAROLINA This
is probably the race of the
year, matching incumbent
conservative hero Jesse
Helms against James Hunt
— who. in his eight years as
governor, has built one of
Tennessee in the Democrat- ‘
ic column
TEXAS John Towers
decision to resign caught the
state GOP by surprise The
party still has not gotten,
itself together, and it'
appears that its nominee
will be Phil Gramm, the for-
mer "boll weevil" Democrat
turned Republican Given
the Democratic registration
edge, the GOP is in big trou-
ble here if the Democrats
can unite behind a candidate
and then finance a major
effort in just about the most
expensive state in which to
campaign
VIRGINIA Six years ago
Sen John Warner, with Eliz-
abeth Taylor at his side, won
by only 5.000 votes This
year — and without Miss
Yaylor — he faces a revital-
ized state Democratic
Party. No opponent for
Warner has been chosen yet.
and who that opponent is
will mean a lot.
Senate fray centers on eleven states
Kassebaum of Kansas. Ted
Stevens of Alaska Mark
Hatfield of Oregon Larry
Pressler of South Dakota
Pete Domenici of New
Mexico. Alan Simpson ot
Wyoming and William Arm-
strong of Colorado
Therefore, the fight for
control of the Senate will
take place primarily m the
remaining 11 GOP states
Let 's examine these races
ILLINOIS The far right
despises incumbent Charles
Percy who faces a tough
primary challenge from
conservative Rep Tom
Corcoran Percy is expected
to survive the primary and.
in November to face either
Rep Paul Simon or state
Sen Philip Rock who are
currently at the top of a
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