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Show mrnkit ACjarc iicvr i Salt iake tribune Saturday Morning Section June They up mi Trm U UtfALOT Of FRIENlS., VrfHOTO fkxr ourww 16, 1984 A I Mi we were down UMK&AUMLOF GERMAN up IMPD&I8U vjbuSAV,urK& WtoDOir Page 12 'LETS 6a MEN. !CJWE- P- Control Illegal Immigration By Attacking Its Causes For many Americans there is no longer any irony in the realization that a nation of immigrants is hellbent to restrict immigration. There sonable? Would NO7 MS tually happen? Its possible, we cede, but unlikely. These factors were evident in debate that culminated in a lopsided House of Representatives vote to make it unlawful for employers to hire more than three illegal aliens. How things have changed. For most of the previous century, America welcomed successive well-bein- long-standin- g Officials in the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi have since argued that the storming of the temple was necessary to prevent a new partition of the fragile Indian state. Sikh extremists, the argument goes, were conspiring with foreign powers to remove the Punjab from Indian sway. This argument may be true, but if the Indian government was wont to display a greater flexibility, openness and willingness to tolerate a greater degree of variation among its peoples, no need would have existed to send troops to storm the Sikh temple. Nevertheless, governments are governments, and all have a tendency to come down hard on their citizens when they show disaffection. Only their thresholds of tolerance vary, and Indias government has long counted the maintenance of unity among its highest duties. In the days of the British Raj, one of the great phobias of the Indian government was the dissolution of the Indian state. So it was held together by several British line regi- ments strengthening the Indian Army but even more by the prestige. THOSE WAS aDAtfat; i hewr ?mmi. $kr are plainly not an intolerable burden because the country has been absorbing them without undue pain and even the legislation before Congress includes amnesty provisions for most of them. It is the unknown numbers who still want to come who must be dealt with. alien-contr- Joan Beck ol Making it a crime for U.S. employers to hire illegal aliens is seen as an effective way to remove the job incentive that fuels much northern device it migration. As a short-termight serve that end. The ultimate solution, however, lies in helping make Latin America and the Caribbean, from which most of the illegals come, better places in which to live and work. Congress is, and always has been, less eager to tackle that problem. m Sikhs Test Mindset Army illustrates a mind set among officials in the Indian government. As such it was more inevitable than avoidable. UP aliens already here and many more g. The June 6 storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, by the Indian vwmw CllffS far-fetche- d, waves of immigrants because a new and expanding nation needed supplies of cheap labor. That same country, grown fat and protective, thinks it no longer needs the foreign worker infusion and even Attempting to remove the causes sees it as a threat to national social of not trying to stop it at emigration, and economic the other end, is the best, perhaps The fear is natural enough. It only way that the rising tide of illetakes little imagination to conjure up gals will be slowed to a trickle. Memthe nightmare of millions of impov- bers of the House of Represetatives erished Latin Americans moving anxious to put the onus on American north to swamp or undermine tradi- employers should instead address the tional institutions, taking jobs and huge challenge of reducing abject demanding social services and ruin- poverty, illiteracy and lack of hope ing the country in the process. that run rampant in lands where the The fear is natural, but is it rea immigrants originate. ever-increasi- 7WEMCNIE. ARANGERm south of the border is verifiable reality. Those already in the United States come standard procedure. The second reason is that once again the natives are scared. ISM KOVt Wt SiR,.? accon- The first is that the United States, n long dominated by white, familiar the WASPs, protestants, has been regulating the flow of new arrivals on and off in one form or another since the 1880s. It has beAnglo-Saxo- (CULT) HAVE SWORN,,. that sort of thing the Though the fear is presence of several million illegal two. I T Iff' We will dwell on are many reasons. VW&E dignity and pomp of British governance and presence. The desire and need to maintain a unified India was very much on the minds of Indian and British statesmen in this century as preparations went forward for Indian independence and it was a matter of great regret for Earl Louis Mountbatten, the last British viceroy of India and the person largely responsible for making independence as painless as Moslem possible, that two states Pakistan and Hindu India were to from British India. obliged emerge The social, religious, linguistic and cultural divisions which have long characterized India remain, and Indian governments since 1947 have been equally concerned about maintaining the nations unity. Largely as a result of this fear of dissolution, the Indian government has tended to take a hard line against regional aspirations when they fail to conform to its own image of the Indian state, and variation from the government theme quickens the suspicions of New Delhi bureaucrats. Given the Indian governments natural desire to maintain unity and unitys pivotal role in Indian history, the governments decision to militarily put down the Sikhs is understandable if regretable. Moreover, the Indian government fought two wars against the Sikhs in the 19th century and this years decision to similarly deal with that minoritys longings for autonomy conforms with precedent. Science May Settle Bitter Abortion Issue Chicago Tribune Service n forces have and up the volume in recent days, in part to influence legislation in Congress, revving up the for the presielection. Both say Ronald Rea- Pro- - turned hoping in part troops dential camps is gan .anti-abortio- a issue beyond compromise. The angry, bruising fight on abortion long ago passed much of the publics threshold of attention. But recently, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) took a hard look at new techniques that could circumvent the whole bitter issue: better contraceptives. It will be easier in the future to prevent unwanted pregnancy, scientists at the AAAS conference were told by Sheldon J. Segal, director of population sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation. New contraceptives that will be in use when the 21st century begins must already be under development and almost ready for clinical tests, because approval from the Food and Drug Administration usually takes about nine years, Segal pointed out. Some are already being tested in family planning programs in countries with high rates of population growth. By the start of the 21st century, sexually active people will have much wider choices of birth control methods that will come closer to being totally safe and effective and are useable in advance of sexual involvement, according to Segal. New oral contraceptives are being devel oped and tested that should help reduce the amount of synthetic steroids women must take to avoid pregnancy and lower the risks of using hormones. Some involve a changing ratio of progestin and estrogen during a monthly cycle. New medical technology may soon give women the option of having a birth control drug inserted under the skin of the upper arm, under local anesthesia. The medication is encased in a set of six small capsules, is very slowly and continously released and lasts for five or six years. The capsules can be removed at any time and tests show that the ability to become pregnant is promptly restored. The most advanced form of such birth control implants is already being tried in test programs in the United States and in some family planning centers abroad and has already been approved for use in Finland. It appears to be safer than the pill or the IUD and almost as effective as sterilization, which is rarely reversible. Ano.her new method of using contraceptive driigs is by means of a vaginal ring that releases medication slowly and continuously at a site where it can be effective without involving the liver. It is usually kept in place for three weeks, removed for a week and then reinserted. It appears effective and convenient, but testing on safety is still under way. An IUD that also releases hormones at a very low, slow level looks promising, too, Segal reported. Early testing shows it to be effective and suggests that it prevents both fertilization and infections. Those are advantages over current IUDs that are linked to an increase in pelvic infections and are often controversial because some people consider them to be abortifacients. Perhaps the best news for vomen is that progress is at last being made in developing contraceptive drugs for men, based on growing knowledge about the male reproductive system. Some research is being done on steroid hormones that suppress sperm production, but the technique does not seem promising, according to Segal. What might turn out to be successful with much more research, however, is a drug that acts on the pituitary to control the production of sperm indirectly. Questions still remain about its safety, however, and because it cant be taken orally, it might have to be used as a twice-a-da- y nasal spray. The Chinese are testing a male contraceptive pill containing gossypol, a substance found in uncooked cottonseed oil; an alert Chinese physician discovered it was responsible for an epidemic of infertility in a rural village. Gossypol appears to halt the production of sperm without reducing libido. But the Chinese research still leaves some unanswered qustions about side effects and safety and raises doubts about how soon and how certainly fertility is restored when the drug is discontinued. There is no perfect method of contraception for the world's diverse population, Segal noted. But science will undoubtedly make a wider selection of safe and effective methods of family planning available by the beginning of the century. And if we are lucky, the start of the 21st century will see more people informed about their own sexuality and fertility and responsible for using the best techniques science does provide to avoid unwanted pregnancy. How sad it would be to see the dawn of a new century marked by the same shrill battles over abortion and the same sad statistics about death before birth. Andy Rooney How Do You Pronounce Hogwash in Spanish? Tribune Company Syndicate Youll probably be surprised to hear that English is not the official language of The United States. I was surprised. The story is, we dont have an official language, and Sen. Walter Huddleston of Kentucky has just proposed a constitutional amendment to declare one. The language he proposes, of course, is English. By the time most of us are 30, weve been faced with the incontrovertible evidence of our own shortcomings and prejudices so often that we cant deny them, even to ourselves. Im not proud of myself for it, but I notice I'm intolerant of people who have lived in this country for years and cant, or don't, speak English. Luckily for me, I dont have to rely on prejudice.alone to argue the case for people learning English if they live in this country. Its for their own good. The Spanish-speakin- g people who have chosen to abandon their native land to come here to live are never going to get jobs as good as the English-speakinHispanics people have. English-speakin- g are going to get better jobs than those who dont speak English. Its that simple. If they g came to this country to get in on the good things it has to offer, one of the best ways to get in on them is to learn English. Arnoldo Torres, a spokesman for the League of United Latin American Citizens, says that if English were declared the official language here, wed be creating a monster that could lead to the oppression of Spanish-speakin- g people and other citizens who speak foreign languages. To be able to speak only Spanish in an English-speakin- g country is already a monster in their lives. It limits what they can do, where they can go and what jobs they can get. It makes them less than equal and no one can bestow that kind of equality. Theyll have to earn it by learning. In 30 states, the ballots in the election booths are printed in English and Spanish. Many official government forms also are printed in both languages. That kind of translating help isnt like providing wheelchair access to public places for the handicapped. By printing a few important things in Spanish for people who dont read or speak English, were giving young Hispanics the impression they'll always be able to make out here. It makes it seem unnecessary for them to learn English. I can understand older people having a hard time picking up a new language, but theres no excuse for not making the younger Hispanic generation learn English. Any for eign language is best learned young in a natural setting. Anyone whos ever spent time in a foreign country knows that if you have an interpreter around all the time, you never learn the language. If, on the other hand, youre thrown out among the people on your own with no help, you damn well start learning some words just to survive. First thing you know, youre learning the language. Spanish-speakin- g kids shouldnt be encouraged to keep speaking Spanish outside their homes. Theres a growing division in this country between the great number of Spanish-speakin- g people whove come here in the last ten years and the rest of us, most of whose ancestors came from Europe generations ago. The new immigrants seem less willing to give up their native tongue. They gave up their homeland, why do they resist giving up their language? A little intolerance is good for the soul. If you go around tolerating everything all the time, you get walked all over. I personally enjoy being intolerant once in a while. Im intolerant of people who come here to live and dont want to learn to speak English. g Puerto Rico has a delegate to Congress, Baltasar Corrada. He says that imposing English on all citizens of The United States their guarantees of free speech. in Spanish, How do you say Hogwash! Mr. Corrada? non-votin- Flora Lewis All Participants in WWII Should Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Its End New York Times Service The PARIS ceremonies in Normandy recently stirred more than pride and patriotism. It is not too early to take account of the emotions and misunderstandings that surfaced in order to plan suitable commemoration of next years 40th anniversary of the end of World War II. As it happened, leaders of the three former Axis powers met immediately after the celebration with the Western leaders of the wartime alliance at the London economic summit conference. Even without West German grumbling, carefully not echoed by Italy or Japan, it was a sharp reminder of how drastically the world's power alignment has changed in barely two generations. Moscow, now the adversary, underlined the point by reviving old cold war claims that the West didnt really help and that the Russians were responsible for victory over Nazi Germany. In the current climate, it stretches the imagination to think children now alive might see a day when the United States and the Soviet Union would again be friends and partners in a common cause. But then on 1944, few would have predicted the shifts that have taken place. That would be a humbling reminder of the transience of power rivalries, just as V-day and J day next year should be reminders of the terrible toll of war even when one side could still defeat the other. Britains Lord Carrington, soon to become secretary general of NATO, spoke aptly of the potency of remembrance as a deterrent. He landed in Normandy in the midst of furious battle on plus 8. "I dont think the Russians want war any more than we do," he said last week. Nobody who fought in any war wants another. Peace, not victory, should be the theme when the time comes to honor the dates of surrender, May 8 in Europe and Aug. 14 in Japan. They were victories and the after-matchanged the world in unpredictable ways. But their most important meaning E V-- h . , the folly of dreams to dominate or control the world, on earth or, as some adults who should know better now fancy, from space. When it comes to the end of the war, memory should stress not triumph but sacrifice and World War IIs awesome and irreversible introduction of the atomic age. Therefore, all participants in the war have a claim to join in celebrating its ending: who are now allies and now considered foes. It can be a way of reversing the profound chill that has overtaken East-Werelations and refreshing the sense that the living must share this planet whatever their quarrels. Such a plan is something to talk to Moscow about soon, despite its refusal to continue nuclear arms negotiations. And in this summit session would be way, an East-Wes- t possible early in the next presidential term without a loss of face for either side or the improbable condition of "careful preparations that guarantee agreements. st The Kremlin takes deeply seriously world recognition that the outcome of World War II, particularly with regard to Germany, is not to be challenged. That was its major motive in promoting the Helsinki accords of 1975. There is still no peace treaty e with Germany, nor for that matter a peace treaty, because of Moscows refusal to return four northern islands. Soviet-Japanes- The reaction to the Normandy events in West Germany shows that the implications have faded, particularly among the young. The New York Times 's Bonn correspondent, James Markham, quoted Walther Grunwald, a Greens activist in West Berlin, saying that Germanys exclusion left the "impression that this was a war not only against Fascism, but against Germany. Deputy Foreign Minister Alois Mertes warned of alienating democratic West Germans if a feeling is created among Germans that they were a vanquished people or a nation of guilty men between East and West. Indeed, the war was to defeat Fascists, but the Nazis fought in the name of the w'hole German nation, with its support, and all Germany was vanquished. Officially, Bonn has accepted this and made restitution of some of Hitlers victims. East Germany has not, pretending that only Germans in the West bear responsibility for the horrible heritage. In any case, it is bad for young Germans to harbor false impressions about their history. The continued partition of Germany was the direct result of national defeat. If they ignore that, they cannot understand the present or cope with the future. One German voice made the key point. It was Manfred Jlommel, mayor of Stuttgart and son of Gen. Erwin Rommel, the "desert fox. He said, It was better to lose the war with Hitler than to win it with Hitler. This is a bitter idea but a necessary idea. Germans, Russians and others should be toid now they will be welcome to join in and J day ceremonies in 1985 dedicated to V-- E V-- the better idea that war must be prevented. |