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Show Wednesday, November 15, 1995 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Children and poor families "are the missing dimension of the debate on budget, welfare and taxes. They have the greatest from page 2 Clergy The "partisan games" in the budget showdown show neither party is focused on the concerns of the poor, he said. Earlier Tuesday, Pilla, a moderate, won election to a three-yea- r term as the chief r for the 60 spokesman Catholic Church in the United States. He received 170 of the 238 votes cast. Pilla said the church must speak out for the needy, whether or not it Tits .the political climate in Washington. "Someone has to imagine a world where there is no more poverty, where there is no more homelessness. Otherwise, we won't work to get there," Pilla said in an interview. Continuing their preference for candidates with a strong social justice background, the bishops elected Bishop Joseph soft-spoke- n million-membe- middle-of-the-roa- A. d Fiorenza of the Diocese of Galveston-Housto- to succeed Pilla n as vice president. - needs, but the weakest voice and that created more than a trillion dollars little- influence," Ricard told the in paper wealth for Americans this bishops on the second day of their year. It will give consumers more confall meeting. fidence to spend in the weeks and annual four-dabecome can we their voic- months ahead, Sherman said. "Today es." Blue chip stocks climbed to new Pilla, the new conference presirecords Tuesday despite weakness in dent, said the challenge facing the the broader market from concerns bishops is to make their voice heard over the budget impasse. The Dow on issues such as world poverty, Jones industrial average gained about abortion, euthanasia and welfare 11 points by early afternoon. reform "not as adversaries, not as Economists said the budget stalemate practically ensures the Federal superiors, but as pastors." Pilla, 63, has led the Cleveland Reserve will leave interest rates diocese since 1980. He is a former untouched, at least until the central treasurer of the bishops conference bank's final meeting of the year, Dec. and has served as vice president 19. since 1992. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan In his diocese, he is known for Greenspan and his colleagues want to being an outspoken advocate for see . how sharply Congress and cities and the environment. In a President Clinton slow government statement two years ago on "The spending and they do not want to be Church in the City," Pilla called on perceived as participating in a highly government to allocate similar partisan political dispute, analysts resources to the maintenance and said. Federal Open The redevelopment of cities as it does to suburban will Committee Market meet as growth through promote home mortgage tax reductions, scheduled Wednesday since the cenand is exempt highway construction and other tral bank is the from shutdown. programs. Pilla also was one of the first "We're not an appropriated agency, bishops in the country to write his so it's business as usual," said Fcdcial own pastoral message on the envi- Reserve spokesman Bob Moore. that After raising interest rates seven ronment, proclaiming Christians have a moral responsibil- - times to slow economic growth and check inflation, the Fed switched gears ity to care for the Earth. Only the second man below the in July and cut a key rate by a quarter archbishop level to be elected presipercentage point. Since then, the cendent of the conference, Pilla has tral bank has remained on the sidegained respect from both, liberal lines. and conservative prelates as a conWhile car buying rebounded in sensus builder. October, rising 0.7 percent after "He's somebody the bishops slumping 2 percent the previous believe will listen to them before he month, there was sluggishness elseruns off to do something," said the where. Excluding autos, retail sales Rev. Thomas Reese, an analyst at fell 0.5 percent last month after a 0.8 the Woodstock Theological Center. percent gain in September. - y. - Fioicnza now is in line lu become the first president of the bishops conference from the South. In revisiting the American economy 10 years after their first pastoral .letter on the subject, the bishops found "too little economic growth distributed too inequitably." For example, since the earlier letter, the number of Americans living in poverty has increased from 33 million to 37 million. In 1993, the bishops said, the incomes of the 20 percent of highest-earninhouseholds increased by an average of about $10,000 while the incomes 20 percent of the declined by $1,200. g - DAVID BRIGGS g G SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Former Wilson has ruled led out challenging troubled Republican Rep. Enid Waldholtz for her 2nd Congressional District scat next year. As of Saturday, the popular Democrat who ran strong, albeit unsuccessful campaigns for the US. Senate in 1982 and governorship in 1988 had said he was still considering running for Congress. However, on Monday Wilson called fellow Democrat Jim McConkie and other potential candidates to say he would not seek the job. Waldholtz has been dogged by ques Salt Lake mayor tions about financial inconsistencies in her' personal and campaign accounts. He husband, Joe, disappeared Saturday amid reports that federal investigators are probing the couple's financial dealings. On Tuesday, the congresswoman filed for divorce, asking a Salt Lake City court to grant her sole custody of her baby daughter. Enid Waldholtz removed Joe Waldholtz as her campaign treasurer and unpaid congressional staffer and took control of her own accounts since his both mysterious disappearance. Student Health Service Proof of Immunity Requirement policy-makin- g self-fundin-g Illustrating the growing geographic diversity of the church, lowest-earnin- Wilson Drops Out of 2nd District Race Economy from page 2 Policy Committee. -- JAMES AP Religion Writer Need a Measles, Mumps & Rubella vaccination to comply with the Proof of Immunity Requirement? Come to the Union East Ballroom TODAY from 10am-2pm The Immunization Program'Assistant can be contacted at the Student Health Service at after 3:00 during the above days. 585-600- 9 H. 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