Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

TT* LowttJ. Jun, 3. 19M. l*f 7
POLITICS
USS Missouri returns to Bayi PTA convention
supports awareness
By Aihle? Bojd
OnNUy6 asthetwnlohtpU.5.S
Missouri passed unr: j the Golden
Gate Brkl|e. • crowd of onlookers
welcomed not only their newly
ncocrmiuioned hrftlesiiip. but a
piece of hUiory tn well.
The U.S.S. Miuouri. which is to
be based on Treasure blind in 1990,
came to the Bay Area to be rccommiuioned
as one of the Navy's three
active battleships.
The ship wsi returning from a twoyear
overhaul in Long Bach, cany,
ing 1.570 enlisted men on board
Becat"« the ship has not been iced
since 1933. the overhaul consisted
of the basic rcpUccment of old parti.
as wed us the installation of new gum
and musics capable of carrying
nuclear warheads.
The S475 million project COM 1CM
than the COM of a new cruiser of leu
flexibility and firepower.
When fint Uunrhed In 1944. the
U.S.S. Missouri was callnl the
"world's greatest warship."
The ship'* jmaat fame, however,
was the role it played on September
2. 1945 In Tokyo Br/. There, the
Jipatesc formally sunended to ihe
allict power*, headed by General
DougUs MacArtliur. which brought
t cloie to World W»r II.
Mayor Diane Fcinstcin lobbied for
the ship's presence in San Francisco
from the beginning because of its
economic bencfiu.
The SUP million-a-ycar ship's
repair centnet would heip revitaluc
San Fraadsco'i shipyards. The ne*v<
ly stationed families would help the
total bmiflftTft and housiiu industry.
The plan would also give jobs
to locally unemployed workers.
Feinstein was not unchallenged.
however; the dry's supervisors voted
6-to-.\ oppoting the Missouri's plan.
but it wai veined by Feinstdn.
Supervhor Richard Hongisto. who
led the opposition to ito plan, said.
"Besides the question of safety In
putting nuclerr weapons in populMiaa
centers.. .this is « terrible watte of
taxpayer's money. When I think of
ihe homelcu on the streets with
nothing Meat. I want to regurgitate."
He said. "I think that bringing a
ship with nLclear weapons in a
populous area such as the Bay Area
U absolutely inunc. The Navy has
had hundreds ofaccktcnu involving
ships tike this, but the Navy has
covered them up."
If is concern involves other related
issus*.. He added, "Many small
butircstc* In Huwtr's Point hrve
llir hbinric bstUohlp MUwuri *4U umJo- ibr Ulden Cale llntJ£c
as ll approaches San Frwtrhco.
Willie Kennedy, another supervisor
originally agairut the pUn. tus
been converted. She explained.
"Now. that it's hcic an)way, I'll utpport
tt from now on- I'll juu keep an
eye out to make surr we get the job*
they promised."
The present opposcrs to the plan
met the ship as it entered the bay.
Supporter* from the For a Safe Bay's
"Peace Navy" yelled their slogan
"Give peace a chance."
Bradley Angel, co-director of the
San Francisco F.tc/e. eiplatned the
protestors concerns*
air.*]; teen ctkteJ. AIMI if new
families arrive, honing and tiwnpw
laikwt will be ttrainrd even morr than
they are now."
Rear Admiral Kobe.? Tone). commandrr
of the Sir* c ."anciwo Naval
Base, CKplainrJ ••.- opomitK*n u
pure'y mitufWeruaflding. He *»td.
"The only reason they're agaitnl it
U because they don't understand it.
If they could %ce the *hips and tali
with our tailors and have an explanation
of what we're all about, they
wouVl he converted. The rightneu of
what we're about i* evident."
Reaganite -turned-lobbyist
under Congress's scrutiny
By Carta Newmrjer
Just four months after his White
House briefbg on acid rain. Michael
Dcavc*. former While House Deputy
Chief nf Staff, is representing
Canada on the issue of acid *ain.
And within the last two )ears.
Deawr ti*% both attended National
Security Council meetings on the B-1
hombcr and lobbied for Rn. Well Intcrruitoful,
the maker of the IM.
Many politician* and gmrrnmem
officials have qurwkmed Drier's
swift move ttvm high-ranking US oflicial
to liainn of foreign govemmrnts
and private companies. They believe
&U Oeaver has violated conflict-orinterest
law* whjop restrict lobbying
practices of Winer govcrnmcnul
official*. / /
Clotcd hciring* on the legality ol
Dcaver's neaf business cpnncctioas
began on M, fry 16. hefore a Congir*siooaJ
Mitjcommaicr. Though Dearer
maintains that al legations i^ainat him
are "...politically motivated, and
calculated to damage me and my
former rtUeaguei," an official
echoes the words of many when he
c»!U Deaver's actions "sleazy."
TV "*leue factor" cooetmi not
only Dcaver'A representing Canada
and Rockwell, but also his lobbying
on Lehalf ot Puerto Rico-he pushed
for tax breaks for the US itmtory—
and South Korean 3ecl imports.
Dover tas followed the path of
rnwy former public official* in turning
bis knowledge a* a government
officer inu ski'U. tnarketable to
private and foreign businesses.
Deaver's especally "good access"
to the govcromect and. according to
the Canadian government, his
-... uaiqoe knowfcdsc of how this
(the US) nivutinutf ^""^ fn?ni ^
btidc," has von him br^x cooa»cts
•A! • nibble from a British advertising
house to acquire hi* lobbying
btfsinfM for 518 million.
In defc-nc of Dcawr'* case b an
eitremery slow invobgatioo by the
Hotue'i Geacnl Accounting
Offct-t review of his connections
which befan in Dcccmr-' *. and
culminated in a repoit wtikh failed
to int«> icw Deaver hinuclf and »n
bated on the recollection* of jail icn
people.
Mknad Deavrr, furrocr
House Chief of SUIT, b taickr ialestlftatlon
coorax!n« Ms dealuqcs
with taniga countries.
Senator Strom Thurmond uatc»
that it is •'unproper" for public icr*
vanu ". to turn around and UK
their poution for profit," but the
belief in Washington scenu to he Out
comings in a kr* -ubrwil piib!ic f««t
thin uill he ll»*t later by a lucrative
>ih m the private wctiw.
Pcavcr'* atlcfed muconduv.1
recall* Uvt ycr-'i Senate dctuir met
the cunfirnut^>n uf hdwin Vccw at
aOitfrvy general; Deader, liir Mccw.
U hanjt eununcd n>4 M.ictly •« legal
prounh. t*u jcconlinf: ut a belief that
firtcrnment ofTiccr* txjfh! tit art »n-
I) with the hiphrM tnlefrity.
The Uw* concerning CIHKMI ptaclioc*
in jrutkTitfKTtf tu\t t>crn prcj»K
ti(h!cnn] Mncc Wjuipalc: N^rvcr.
loavoid nujr Citnviitummal t>M«r*.
such a« the njtht (•> pctiiHin the
government—am! richt to free
^pccvh, a* well—Oxipfciu ha« controlled
tobbyivl** prw-'icrvonly very
loosely.
Mou atu!>M> hclioe thai Deader
will be cleared of ihe proem allegations
of misconduct. !**h became of
the poorly handled (PveUifalion by
Cnngtss and because he folio**
many o'Mr \Vhl ( r Hou>c offictal* in
his rum to the private itvt.it fur
bu>iness. Hf>ram entitled.
"Atnvst all the rcw project* suggested
b/ ihe other delegates arc
aUtady being done at LoweU. but we
Mill gained valuahle kaowlcdife about
how other PTA beards' conduct projects
within their communities."
commented Ella Miyamoto. Lowell
PTSA Biard president.
Speakers rt the convention Included
Governor George Deukmejian.
SUIT Supcfimcnda* Uill Honig. Natitmal
PfA PrcMdoil Ann Kohn. Jfld
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