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A. Eo"'"" Htt", Editor
LAt'll" Edit!Jril l't E:diMr
Lot:tl H. l'ionl'trs, BcuifltJI
The of Congress

TlB:corm of Congress in
"' >lw>ys. IV"S mi,ed. Rut we finrl
morr tn prRil':f' 1ht:ln rnndPmn in
porlormanrtt 1"'1 yr.r. and in onr firld,
I hP Hl70 mRY hi-l h('rn no-
t,hle point in gm-rrnmrnl nl lm-
l.r'll"\'.
rlnwn grandin>e trrhnnlngirnl prog1am,
thr RUper!'onic of eco
nomic anrl
SST is at irMt rlclayrrl if nol killed.
Tlw; wpo:; fhr lhP t:nitrrl
.St;rfr:: St.n.qfp nr in rorrign
flair.. IJnrlr.t lrnrler.<hir nf .J. II'.
Fulbright fOrm .. -i\rk.), chairman, nnrl
other memhr ol lh Forei!'i" 11rlnl ion.<
the SrnelP. hrg>n to mnke
II own judgments on forrign policy in-
<lead of mct'E>Iy ratifying whatever the
President and the Penlagon wanted to
do, as it has for so many years.
Senators Rtuart S)minglon 1 j)pm.,
Mo. I and William Proxmire 1 Dem ..
Wis.\, in particular, disputed claims of
thP. Pentagon for new weapons and ex-
pMed !he monumental waste In pa>t
rrormrmrnt SC'mttors .Jnhn
Coo11rr (nrp., Ky.) ;mrl Fr;'lnk
lhiJn:h tnf'tn., Trl.) ;ffl nm,..ml-
to military hill lh
Pre,iont frnm ftl!'lhrr in-
clll';lnn Into
Arimlnlsl.ratlon fore, hrlrl liP odimt
en the CA>op!'rChnrch Amendment h)'
of a filibuster until the troops
then In Cambodia could be withdrawn,
sn the amendment would not seem to he
a!' a whnlP. wrll
WI" hf"'irvr, on rnvironmrn-
prntrrtion
ThP prnplf''::; rrprrsrnl.;tlLv.ps .
rrnmpll.v In a pnhlir rlrman<l for
orllon nn air anrtwotrr pnllntion, prsti-
rirlf' rhmgcrR othrr mallrrs
public health. 'l'hr)' paosrrl an or-
rnpational safety ad which will rnahle
the secretary of labor to srt standards
for health and safely in jobs.
Other accomplishments include lhe
postal reform bit!; the voting rights ad
extension lowering the voting age for
federal elections to 18; the new Tlailpax
public corporation for nationwide r"il
transportation; legislative reorganization
including the public reporting or alt
in committee trllrr \'nlrs in
lhf' Hom;f:! rf'rnrdrrl hy 1hP tWw
f:ll'm incnnH". whkh mndi-
fir.o: lh, f'nnlrnl
"'"' rstahli.shr lhr prinriplr or " limtl,
to .uhsirly payment . fOI' farm nr
rrnlnrs; rxpanded food .<lamps prn-
gtem: Rnrl substantial federal aid lot
slate and local law enforcement.
* * *
The unusual Janie duck session aflrr
the eleclion was made necessary by
failure to get basic appropriation hills
- a direct--repudiation of that-venture. The
Senate finally passed the amendment.
'!'Pen the Administration tried to get it
sn.'lttned in the House so as not to tie
the- President's hands in emergencies.
House-Senate conferees have not agreed,
""I he legislation is dormant.
Th appropriations hill just passed ln-
rln<l $25!; million or arms aid fnr Cam,
I,Odia.- onrl U.S. Air l"nrc h-. lwn
tn rlo>P of r:amhodiat)
t!'Mi'.".c Rill thre I nn dotthl tho!. th
h II point. SrcrPiary nr
hAl wriU,n lr.llt.rl to Srn-
atnl' r.ooper and Church An-
to thft ban on or U.S .. ground
trnops Md advisers In Cambodia.
and other kev measures passed on
schedule. The charges that Congress
"dawdled and delayed" have validity.
Delay tactics had the merit, however,
or holding up action on an infamous for-
eign trade bill which would rrvrrse lhe
long-slancling policy of th U.S. In favor
of f rrrr trade, Tho are i 111-
prnvinl! that thl Import quota hilt wilt
not fare wellln.lhe next
* * *
A second major accomplishment of
the Senate was the rejection of the nom-
inations of Clement Haynsworlh and G.
Harrold carswell to the Supreme Cotut,
the former on grounds of insensitivity -to
concerning' conflicts of
ln!Pt'P't ond tho ltler b<>rat" of An un-
tmpt'l"'ive JudlciRI tectll'd an <I racial
pjnrllr. .
tho Snalo II.
rnlo wlih -
tlon. For tho II rat tim, tho SenAte voted
However, Congress failed to arl. re-
sponsibly on foreign aid. The tiny conlri-
hulions or the u.s. to development or
the poor countries are becoming a na
tiona! shame. Alter leading the way in
this field, as on trade, the U.S. is falter-
ing, partly as a result or popular disgust
with the Vietnam war which has turned
many people sour on any fmeign in-
volvement. This shortsighted altitude
wilt lead to future trouble unleos re.
vrt,ed, especially in Llllin America.
J'rPslriPnt Nixon'l" rlm-
il)' R.sistnre plan to rrplaco In wast-
fttl And lnrqnitable wrllaro Ylom wa.
not fl"''"" rl!l'ttohly, ncl wo hnpo it
top priority in the next
in Redistricting
ThP J97l Iowa !:.P-gislatwe must draw
houndariPs for 100 House and 50 Senate
rlitricls to conform to 1970 Census fig-
ures and the U.S. Supreme Court's re-
that districts be equal In pop-
uta! ion. lt must also draw new bnund-
ane< 111 reduce the number or Iowa
__ rnm;:rP:;;sional from tn Rix
- equal in population. Anything -.-horl of.
malhematiral Pqnality down In a fine
point will he overturnd hy tho murl.
- Whtle it lc. An ninm or American
that parties In power at redl-
i:ricting time draw boundaries otrlclly
for their itwn benefit, w hope that Re-
publican leadership In Iowa will take a
more statesmanlike approach and that
the Legislature will again use a bipar-
tisan commission made up of equal
numbers of Republicans and Democrats
In do the job,
Lt. r.nv. Roger Jepsen thinks his par-
ty !'hnuJfi i\.,. 0 {'fm-
(ro\ ano rrriistrirl it plases wilhnlll
a f'O.mmlsr,;ion. 11PI h::!.VA IIOtnPt
pn( ror lhh anrlid apprnarh rrom th na
tiona! levl. A' R l'egul\ or ran irtion
losses, Republicans retain complete re-
districting control - that is, majorities in
both houses and the governorship - in
only 10 states compared to 16 for the Dem-
>rrals. Iowa is one of the 10.
We can appreciate Republican lntrrrst
In taking full of whlitevrr
tho party I
rrom thA leciJon, but WP. hope lhP
Interest or good government wilt tk
prPcPrlenrP.
Even. when the I.egislalute shuffles a
commissiondrawn plan, as Iowa Tle
publican Iegishitors did in 1969, the t'll1)1-
mission approach accomplishes two
things. The end result is probably stili
fairer to both parties than a plan drawn
up solely by one party would be. And
the public is provided with an enlight-
ening comparison between a district
plan which both parties accept as fair
and one devised for one party's benefit.
An e!rl'lnral system which providrs
rqualily of representation is gnorl
ornmnl. W think Repuh!ican woulrl
finrl that. In lhi rMP, "' In other., good
government i good politir.
Two Sides of War Prisoner
North Vietnam, annoyed at the unla
1-nrable publicity it )las been getting for
its treatment of captured American
fliers, is pulling; out its version. Ameri-
<'ans are entitled to considHable skep-
ticism about some of the details, but
they should not be too hasty in judging
our side ali virtue and the enemy .side
all \'il1ainy. To a man from Mars, the
two irl wnulrl look ourprisingly
ahle., P:ach oirlo daims to ohSPrvo lh
Geneva agrel!menl on lrMtmnt of pris
onero of war. F.ach irlo rlalm lh
other sido violatea II ICand.alously .. In
bo\h cai!PI, there !1 a dlsputo ahoul
whether particular elases of prisoners
are entitled to prisoner-<>1-war status.
The captives about whom America
are airmen downed O\'er
North Vietnam. North Vietnam lj;ls al
ways charged that these are war crimi-
nals, not pri!IQJlers of war. Its reasons
are that America has no right to bomb
North Vietnam, with which it is ooCat
war, and that the airmen frequ<mtly hit
civilian targets, which is against the law
of war whether the war iL'fll is legiti-
mate or not.
1bit 11 the legal ground Nort b V iel
nam 111 lor not communicating namea
ofticlally to tbt UJII.t.ed Sta 101, for ool
perDii.ttiD& Red Cr- and so
011. At C1118 point North Viet.aam uemed
about to ll.iri 'Ifill' crime tri.ala but did
not 10 tbrOUJh with them under Ameri-
can t.breata. -
U clliml to treat these captive. hu-
mane!) and Sllcceeda l.o geltiAg SOIIle of
tbe.!ll to aay 10 for publication or broad-
cut - while they are still in captivity.
S!lcb le&t.im!wy iJ not convl.ocing But
Nmilt- tbem rrimt-
ula, not honorable war pri:;one" ano
tries t.o get !.'- to repent and work to
lll!do tbir
Tile t'aited ualw ally, btu.'hts

off this whole legal theory as ottlrageotts
and unjustified.
North Vietnam is similarly indignant
when South Vietnam treats Viet Cong
terrorists and and peace
agitators as ordinary criminals and trai-
tors. North Vietnam considers them na-
tional heroes of the liberation struggle.
The dungeons of Con Son -hOUSI'd no
pri:;;omrs or wart Soulh ViPt.Aam
sorted. North Vietnam asserted lh 'nn-
lrary, ann arrtt""rl Soulh Vietnam ano
if American allies of hrP.aking lhe C.-
nva &J!Teement on treatment ol "war
prisoners.
The United States scoffs AI the North
Vietnamese claim. The Geneva agree-
ment cover1 irregular forces as well as
regulars and civil wars as well as inter-
national wars. Irregulars are supposed
to carry arms openly, have a fixed,
distinctive emblem recognized at a dis-
tance, serve under a responsible
mander, and conduct their operations in
accordance with the laws of war. Ter-
rorists do not always fulfill these condi-
tions, but sometimes they do. '
The United States is more vulnerable
(or its practice of turning over all war
priiiOilel'l to South Vietnam, knowing
that South 110ldier1 often il-
le&aliY beat them, torture them, vn
k.ill them l.o tryin& to get Information.
Americana, too, have sometimea done
lheae tblng1. If ao enemy prisoner gets
as far aa a priaoper of war CaJI)p, be is
likely to be betteHreated
TbUJ both lidel have reason to think
the other violates the prisoner-of-war
rules and reason to excuse its own
violations.
----
SmaU. bored boy to hi lather a
loog motor trip: "Gee, Dad, I w10h
'"ua 1Ft Mom dJiv. II'< mort F>-
ulino: " - La!uwilll CoonerJOW'ftal.

MOYNIHAN'S f.'AREWELL TO GOVERNMENT . ,
Urges More Thought, Less Emotion
,,
VnTif'HJ.lHJ.O '' n r'f'ldint1 nf
11>, rl<lit><rrrl In mn Arimm-
i.<lraffrm nffronl. In# trlmt/h hu nnnirl
T'rrfnr.k nn lhtt nrr.n.or;irm nf
rr.tlrrmrnf (f.( 11 pre:"rirnlirrl rnun-
.trlnr.
H
OW,. by I the standard of President
inaugural call lor rcc
onciliation and would one
measure the two years nnw past? Not, I
think, unkind!)'. To the cnnlrary. lhe
achievement has been ennsiderahle,
even remarkable.
In foreign affairs the nation has as-
.<rrlerl the limits of its power and it..<
purpose. We havo hrgnn In rli.<manllr
lhr elaborate ronstrurt of mvlh anrl
reality as.<oeial.ed with the wnr.
Th wnr In Asia hM rcrrierl, the pros-
pre! of Arm limitation ho. gradually
imnrr::;."rrt (m onr
the possihilit.y of containing the endless
rlhnic, racial and religious conflicts that
may now become the miijor threat to
world order has become more believable
as here and there things ha\'e got bet-
tr.r. not worse.
The prospect of a generation of peace
has convincingly emerged.
In domestic matters events have been
reassuring. from seeking
a restoration of outmoded principles anrl
prarlicrs with respect. t.o issues of. soda!
jusfirP. ;mri orrl_r.r, thr Prrsirlrnt,
nn nHirr, movrd fi\Virlly to rn-
rim,e the profnunrlly-imporlanl bttl. lttn-
damenlally unfutfHirrl rornmtlmenl.s, "'"
prrially to lhe poor Mri nppro .. erl,
whirh lhe nation harl marie in ihe lOfiOs.
Fulfilling
Promises
In one message after another In the
Congress,. the fundamentals of govern-
mental reform were set forl\1. More was
required of government, the President
said, than simply to make promises. It
had to fulfill them. II was on this bed-
mek of reality that trust in gnvNnmeot.
must rrst. The restoration of trust woulrl
ri<'prnrl on this.
:-iinrP. fill1P1 mns:q urh;m vinlrtH'P.
ha.< all hut disappeared. Civil clis-
ohrrlirncr and protest have C'rrMd. 11a-
ciai rhetoric has calmed .. The !(real
symbol of racial subjugation, the dual
school system of' tho South, virtually
intact two years ago, has quietly and
finally been dismantled.
All in all, a record of some good
fortune and much genuine achievement.
And yet how lillie the Administration
seems to be credited with what it has
achieved. To the contrary, it is as if the
disquiet and distrust in the nation as H
whole has been eased by bring foctt.<f'd
on th In Washington. One
nr PrP,:;irtl"nt summa-
linn: Life not l<1it" Rut there is some-
. . .
tnm at work lhan the pH-
vrr<itv nf lhings.
In a pr"islenl. way our prob-
lem a.< a nation from a surplus nf
moral roer!(Y. Few pPopiM havP.
playrrl M intense a determination to
define the most mundane affairs in
terms or the most exalted principles, to
see in any difficulty an ethical failing,
to deem any success a form of tempta-
tion. and as if to ensure the perpetu
ation of the impulse, to take a painful
pleasure in it all.
Distrust of
Government
Our weaknr" is !he ol
reducing !.he mo<l complex to the
most simplistic. moralism. About ('.om:_
mnnism. Ahout capitalism. About
Ahout corruption. About "likker." Aliout
pnl. About race horses. About the SST.
Name it.
This is hardly a new condition. Toque
vilte noled it a century and a half
ago. "No men are fonder of their own
condition. Life would have no relish lor
them if thev were delivered from the
anxieties which harass them, and they
show more attachment to their cares
than aristocratic nations to their pleas-

flt_tl. in the intrrval this olrl disposition
has hat! new What was
once primarily disdain for
ha' rlevrlnprd Into A rllt.rut. II._
has made it rlifficutt lor. Americn lo
think honestly ond to som8 purpose
ahout themselves and their problems.
Moralism drives out thought.
The result has been a set or myths
and counter-mvths about ourselves and
I. he world-that create expectations which-
cannot be satisfied, and which lead to a
rhetoric of crisis and conflict that con-
stantly, in effect, declares !he govern
men! in power disqualified lot the
serious tasks at hand.
Complex
Society
The sl.yl whirh !.he Rrllish "mud-
dling through" i. not lor u.. II. ron
rerles too much lo the probity of
who ani trying to cope, and the prob
ahle !ntransigency of the problems they
are trying to cope with. In any event, in
so Intensely private a society it is hard
to get attention to one's own concern
save through a rhetoric of c1isis.
As a result, we have acquired bad
habits of speech and worse patterns or
behavior, lurching from crisis to cl'isis
with the attention span of a 5-year-old. We
have never learned to be sufficiently
ahout the tasks or runniny,__a_
l'omp\ex sorirly:
The polilicai lll'<tecss rrinfnrcrs, ami
Dimiel P. Moynihan
l.o a degree rewards, the moralistic
style. Elections are rarely our finest
hours. This is when we tend to be most
hysterical, most abusive. least lhoughl.-
ful about problems and least respectful
of complcxil.y.
or late th .. e qualities have begun to
'Btll'tkharrlt lht nur.9 WOl!ld be
the nl "l.h Rt"Mt and
!hat. 1he of Wl\8 the
denial or WM right. 'fhfg
is I he temptation nl. the
lime. It is the great corruptor, And mHRI.
he resisted with purpose And with ener
gy ..
What we ne.ed are great complelrificro,
men who \\111' not only seek to under-
<land what it is they are about, but who
will also dare to share that under
standing with those for whom they act.
And, lastly, I would propose that if
eiffier or lhnoregoing ts ttr be -pim\hte;
it is necessarv for members of the Arl
ministration, 'the men In this room, to
he far more allrnt.ive l.o what II
President .aid. and Time
and again, the President. hM aid things
o insight,_ n!
political and inlellectuat
daring, only to be greeted with '!!lienee
or incomprehension.
The prime consequence of all this 1.
that the people in the nation who take
these matters seriously have never bl!en
required to take us seriously. It was
hardly in their interest to do so. Time
and again the President would put forth
an often-times devastating critique pre-
cisely of their performance. R11t his in-
ilia\ thrusts were rarely foltowrn 1111
with a sustained, reasonrct, rrtlahle sec
ond and third order or advoc;1ry.
tell on the Institution of lhe presirlrnry
-ilsell. A vo.ry litU--time i.< allowerlJJm __ .resldency
Presirlent d.urlng which he can for Requires Much
all the nation, and sdrlre'" h1mself l.n
in terms of the possible. Too Deliberately or no, the Impression
soon the slluggte recommences. allowed to arise with respect l.n the
This has now happened for us. We widest range of presidential iniUatlvP.s
might have had-a bit more time, but no that the President wasn't really behind
matle1, The issue is-how- hencefc>rtn::ro ____ them. It was a. tjevastating crit!_que.
conduct ourselves. The thrust of the President's program
As I am now leaving, it may seem to was turned against - him! For how
come with little grace to prescribe for else to interpret an attempt to deal with
those who stand and fight. I would such serious matters in so innovot.ive
plead only that I have been sparing of Way, if in fact, the. effort was not
such counsel in thP. past. Therefore, serious?
three "exhortations, and the rest will be It comes to this. 1'h" ptesirlrnty rr-
>ilener. quires milch of (hnSC WhO Wili il,
The first is In be of l'ht<r "'"' and. li1st nr all il. rrquirrs root-
n 0 fl rvrn )'lrrhrnsinn. A visinn nr
ft'lghl.rning things mr bring said ahout has been put forth. It can only 1111 fur-
the Arlminist.ration. They are not true. thrl'erl by men who sh.re it.
This 'been a company of honorable II not enough to know suhjrrt,
anrl able men, led by a President 0 [ one department. The Presideni'R mP.n
singular courage and compassion in thr must know them all, must understand
face of a sometimes awful knowledge or . how one thing relates lo another, must
\he problems and the probabilities that find in the words the spirit that ani:
confront him. mates them, must divine in the blade of
grass the whole of life that is indeed
Danger in
Simplification
The sreonct thing is to rrsisl. lhr trmr-
li!tion to 1espoml in kinrl In the untruths
and 11>111 truih< that hegin tn fill lh air.
A rentury ago the historian .laroh
contained lor so much is at issue.
I am of those Who believe that Amr-
ica is the hope of the world, and that for
I hat time him the PresiMnl. is the
hope of Amerir. Rrrve him wrll. Ptay
for his succrso. llnrlrsl.and how much
on 'l'ry In umlrrsland what
. he has given or himsetr.
Growing Dilemma of Diplomatic Kidnapings
By Nathan Haverstock
and Richard
L
A TIN American revolutionaries took
to the streets of major cities In
1970, forsaking their previous bases of
Ojl<'rations In the countryside and moun-
lain<.
Aside from that, Kleinrltrnst.
"There isn't really an effective way In
prevent a kidnap.,.
So far,, Kleindienst is a mino1ity of
011e In this view. In reaction the wave
of political abductions lhi
from Canada to Argentina,
the United Stales has sharply
Tho. teehniq11 that rrved the terror;
lsi. best In putting l"'!.ln unrest on the
lmnt pag;, wa the kidnaping of dlplo;
'111 prohlrm has become so
thst shortly belore tho year's
end, the Council of the Organization of
American States called an extraordinay
session of the OAS General Assembly in
January to consider what can bo done
about it.
--up
Rnd in Mm1l rnrrit!n
countries have also lairl on new pre.
cautions.
Diplomats in sc\:etal Lati11 eonnhtr
have been advised lo exchange their
diplomatic license plates lm ononymou.
pfates of regular registry. Several am-
oassadors now trav!'l in inronspicuous- f
looking smail cars. All have been in
structed to vary their routine, stagger
their hours and change their regula!'
In all, there were 11 diplomatic'kid-
napings in Latin Ametiea in 1970 -
three each In Brazil and Uruguay, two
Nathan f!aver.tock ond Ric/tnrrl _
Srlirnerir hove written t:rfen.<ivel.y on
l.nfin Amrrican affair. fnr 11 number nf
puhlicatirm..
- habits. But despite the precautions, dip-
lomats l'ealize that they still be
kidnaped at any time.
.. en In Ar1enllna 1nd GuRIP-mAia, and
one In the n<!mlnleAn Repnhllr.. Four nf
I he victims freed, thr@e after their
kidnapers' demands had been met, nrl
one even though the d<>mands were re-
jected. Two were killed when conditions
for their release were refused. Two es
caped. The late of the other three re-
mains unknown.
The diplomatic kidnapings at times
blotted out the more basic issue of wide-
. spread urban terrorism - even urbn
warfare - in Latin Amrrk;t.. 1'hrrP is
ubstanlial evidnre that rinrin2 J970
diplom11tie kidnaping represented only
a mtall percentage of tho total numher
ol kirinapingo whirh figured In a ri.>mg
tide of urban terrorism.
To Obtain
Money
Vnn Spreli Mitrione
AI lrn.t tu., of t11e 11 diplrHi1ntic prr.,nl!!!rl kirltwpeci hy terrorist in Lofit1
.\llrrriro ln.t year wu kil!ed wlten unvernme11f rojected demanrll of 1/lttr
Knrl uon Sprpti, 1Ve!it (iP.rnttln tn Rrnz.il; nnd nan A. Mit
rinne, U.S. arlvt1er tn t/le Urttguayan national police.
families. The students, _!!lie their peers
among U.S. radical grf!'$, are highly
visible. Extremist movements of both
left and right have therefore been
tagged with a youth label.
But intelligence specialists in Latin
police forces, and in U.S. embassies, are
<'onvinred that the braintrusters are
well-to-rlo lawyrs, <ior.toro nd
men with substantial Incomes. Harrl-
eore rovolutionarln, they have tflective
ly ubmergt>d their left.lt leanings.
There is little agreement on what
should be done to prevent further kid
napings. u.s. Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard
Kleindienst says; "There's no way you
can protect everyone. The Cabinet, sen-
ators, congressmen - it would be better
to make.one sacrifice, then there would
never be another incident."
Ordinary
License
Leaving aside the Ptesiclent and Vice-
p r t d e n t , and their families,
Kleindient the only defense
against abductions Js a flat policy state-
ment that th United Slatea won't bar-
gain for the oafo return of high officials.
In thP. nf
Statrs, ::t number of mPmhrr r.ounhip;,
ar pushing lor Sp!'cifir.
measmes, to be taken on a multilateral
ha.is. Under prodding from Argentino,
the organization Is considering an agre-
mcnt which would deny political uyium
to terrorists released from jail a the
result of a kidnap-ransom deal. There
also is a move for a joint declaration by
all member stales that ransom demands
will not be honored, no matter what the
circumstances. '
Reveral member countries 3re <'001 to
!he initiative. The United Stales has
resisted committing itself to such inOex-
ihle policy derlaralions. Slate Depart -
ment sources say the lives of U.S. niplo
mats nverseas are too preriouo to be
sarrificen for the sake or a unifiq
by all American
They however, that !hey al10
want to keep all options open In ran a
high-ranking foreign diplomat should b
abducted in Washington.
Of a dozen or so prominent abductions
in Guatemala, only three were carried
out primarily for political reasons. The
Few Think Women Are Denied Rights
balll(lce were carried out for money.
and indications are that some eight to 10 IOWA adults apparently give little sup. . r--------.... . Iowans were asked the following ques
money kidnapings in Guatemala netted port to the women's liberation move- I I twns: - - . . - - -' - . . -
left-wtng terrorists from $400,000 to menl, with eight out of 10 aaytng that THE IOWA POlL "Do you feet that rnn.<t Atneri.:rUJ
$
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50,000, with which to finance an ex- women now have the freedom to Jive &.---------------" women do or do 110t ha!Je lit /redom
panded campaign of urban terrorism. as !hey prefer. Tbis is result of
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wumrn do nnt have equal opportunities. to live tire k111d nflrfe theu pre/a?"
Kidnapers' plan do go awry, how- >late-wJde Iowa Poll, ":bicb ahowa less One housewife from 110utbeasi Iowa be Telal Meo Women
ever, and when they do, the kidnap than one out of 10 behevea wamen do lieves "men bave tbe freedom because Yrs, do 81% 83'1' 86%
victim may be marked for death. 'nJl, e not have thiJ freedom today. wollU'II have lo do what their hi!Jbanda No, do not 8 7 8
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ppean to bo a lharp lin the Lack of 1upport for. "women', lib" Is want." Doll't !mow 8 10 1
act of which 11 carried out by tvJdent among women In tbe poll. Many The most support for "women' lib" --- Tbe 84 p!'r cent of Iowans who an
student.s, and the killing ot tba victim. share lhi1 ot a central Iowa comes b'om lar&er cltlea wber lS swered ''yes, do" were tbeJI
The alayl.og o1 Karl von Spred, west saleswoman: The liberation movement per cent fe<Oi '/II4IDlell do ru:i, bave the do fiOO think they ho.ve the Jree-
Gennan ambassador to Guatemala, is 18 foolish because WOIIllll freedom to live the kind of livu they dDm
believed to have been tbe work ot Jll10 had the freedom to live 81 deSII'ed. prefer, while 4 per cent think they do
'fotal Meo Women
fessioul gunmen who have no recogiliz- A middle-a&ed believea women have this freedom.
able ideology aod are motivated mainly "have equ_.al opportuoitla and can be- Among youog adults. 21 to 29 years of
by the money J.ovolved. docton, lawyers, or even Jarm- age. 86 per cent think women do have
In the war of nerves being waged in ers. A retired man _from northeast Iowa freedom, 10 per cent feel tb;;y dv not
many Latin capit.als tbe think& women are mdependent because and 4 per don't (<Qow. Among
are PfoiP<- my wife doe. as ltbe pleases." Iowans over 50 years old. 79 per cent
&JOnah, op..-attng clandestJnely. The The minority who I eel the Americar1 believe women have tba freedom, 8 per
chnrlr tt ooos are oftl'n Jdealhtic young b not fr1! to cboooe. cent. tlunk they do not and 13 per ceot
;tuden!J !rom wddle-and upper-clast today'a IOC!ely women, or don! koow .
C<UI do IIi they
please . w
Equal opportualties 13
Ellual riPto lZ
Per501181 experluce S
l'ao IU!'il lreedctm J
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