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Show Sunday, September Second Opinions THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 18, 1983 More issues by Herald readers, columnists and cartoonists Page 59 ffl ? - President May Risk Life on Trip President ble for the assassination of ground troops against enemy Reagan will be risking his life if he insists on going ahead with his scheduled November visit to the Philippines, State Department insiders warn. The U.S. Embassy in Manila Aquino. If this is indeed the case and the State Department has not made public its judgment on the matter yet diplomats feel it would be politically unwise for Reagan to visit the Philippines. The spectacle of Reagan literally embracing Marcos would outrage those who blame the Philippine dictator for the murder of his foremost political planes. WASHINGTON has received several death threats against Reagan. Though many of these threats have come in anonymous telephone calls to the embassy, top State Department officials are not shrugging them off as mere crank calls. My associate Lucette Lagnado has learned that the death threats began filtering into the embassy after the assassination of Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino on Aug. 21. In addition to the anonymous phone 1983 by NEA. Inc IS "Before we get into this program to eliminate sexually discriminatory laws, how about makin' me a cup of coffee." Criminals Should Pay for Crimes (Editor's Note: Senator D'Amato is a member of the Senate Appropriations By U.S. SEN. ALFONSE D'AMATO gress will require it to ensure that the nation's "white collar" criminals do not go unpunished. 0 (R-N- Wouldn't you be mad if I were to tell you that thousands of convicted "white collar" criminals are being walked to prison and left outside the gate, free to return home unpunished for their crimes? I know I would. The plain truth is that this is happening in communities across the nation maybe not literally, but certainly in effect. In many "white collar" convictions calls, opposition leaders have warned privately that radical factions may be forming "suicide squads" to kill Reagan if he visits the Philippines. One State Department source, noting the number of direct threats against Reagan, said the president may be in "grave danger" if he sticks to his current plans to visit the Philippines. Besides the physical danger to Reagan, several State Department experts offer another reason they believe the president should cancel his November visit: They are convinced that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was ultimately responsi Engineering Support Activity for how the system should work: "Completed staff work is the rival. Marcos is not only unpopular but in poor health, they point out, and sooner or later he will pass from the scene. It's not at all certain that his wife, Imelda, or anyone else would be able to keep the regime in power. If the opposition eventually succeeds in gaining power, Reagan's support for Marcos following the Aquino assassination will be likely to produce a backlash against the United States. The situation, some State Department officials fear, would be like that in Iran after the overthrow of the shah, who was for years the darling of Washington. Even if the Marcos regime was not directly responsible for the Aquino murder, the incident points up the risk of a Reagan visit. If the Marcos regime was unable to safeguard Aquino, advisers ask, will it be any more effective in protecting Reagan, particularly from fanatical sui- - ery, antitrust or securities offensives, fraud, mail theft, and even narcotics the federal courts have opted to impose a fine rather than send someone to Jack Anderson cide squads? WATCH ON THE PENTAGON: The Army is rushing development of some amazing new weapons for its combat troops in Europe. 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When a criminal fine is left uncollected, the criminal justice system has failed and someone goes unpunished for his crime. If the Justice Department were to protection for should not be consulted in determining details, no matter how pip (MMMSDnOo a recent Senate subcommittee hearing, Senator Charles Percy (R-Iand I revealed that the collection of criminal fines is the lowest it has been in years and there is well over $132 million in uncollected fines owed the government. Collection rate statistics for the last 18 months reveal that for every 100 criminals fined by the courts, criminals fined by the courts, approximately 35 will pay and the others It is a sad fact that over the last 16 years, 45 percent of all criminal fines imposed by federal courts were never collected. Recently, the situation has worsened to the point where more than 60 percent of all criminal fines go uncollected. Hopefully the situation is not as bad on the state and local levels. 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