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Show ry The Salt Lake Tribune, June 12, 1981 A 7 Revived Polish Leader Calls for New Plan of Action By Thomas W. 'letter ing them," Kania told a Central Committee meeting Wednesday night after surviving an attempt to force his resignation. The Polish news agency PAP said Kania pledged firm action aga nst counter-revolutioand said Walesas independent union. Solidarity, was being manipulated by forces hostile to socialism. He added, however, that "Solidarity, acting within its framework, can count on our fullest support, PAP said. Warsaw Radio said Walesa told Solidarity members at the Warsaw auto Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland Communist Party leader Stanislaw Kania, victorious over hard-liner- s who sought to oust him, called for a new plan of action to solve Poland's crisis, and Lech Walesa indicated his independent union may be more cautious in the pro-Sovi- et future, n Polish media reported Thursday. "A new plan of action must come into being, realistic deadlines must be set. decisions must be made and people appointed responsible for implement factory there has been too much confrontation in the union's activities and too much attention to matters not concerning us. Hence, in our future activities, we shall take our bearings on human problems, on problems which directly concern us, and we shall restrict our attention to politics, the radio quoted him as saying. Walesa said the unions top priority-shoulbe working for a better standard of living and not for a change of government. He told Solidarity members he was happy about the outcome of the Central Committee's meeting. However, one has to be watchful," he said, and not let oneself be provoked. The meeting was prompted by a letter from the Soviet Central Committee to its Polish counterpart urging a crackdown and accusing Solidaritys acknowledged evolution. The Soviet Union for the first time Thursday went public with the letter attacking the Polish Communist Party leadership. The letter was released earlier in Warsaw but had not been Jaruzelski, under pressure to resolve food shortages and a debt to the West, would present new economic proposals when the Sejm, or Parliament, meets Friday. We shall overcome the crisis only with political extremist wings of counterr- in the Soviet press. government-controlle- d Observers said acquainting the Soviet population with the party's view of Polish developments might be groundwork in case military intervention is detuned necessary at some point. Kania said Premier Wojciech n Kania asserted. Repeated concessions to Solidarity , the first union free of party control in the Soviet bloc, were among charges hurled at Kania during the stormy, two-daCentral Committee meeting, which was prompted by a letter from the Soviet Central Committee to its Polish counterpart urging a crackmethods, y down. Kania's policy of moderation and Tadeusz dialogue prompted hard-line- r bgrabski to declare Kania and his top aides on the Politburo incapable of leading the nation out of the crisis. Polands Neighbors Lay Plans In Case of Russian Invasion By Leonard Downie Jr. Washington Post Writer LONDON As tensions continue to be strained between Warsaw and Moscow, Polands two closest Western Denmark and Sweden neighbors have made extraordinary contingency plans for protecting their territorial waters and assisting Polish refugees who might flee across the Baltic Sea if an invasion occurs. Military leaders in both countries say they are prepared to use force to protect refugees who reach their waters. Debates in the two countries about new five-yenational defense spending plans also have been influenced by the months of labor and political turmoil in Poland and the resulting increase in East-Wetensions. Diplomats in neutral Sweden and in Denmark, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, have monitored developments in Poland particularly closely and believe that what happens there could affect them much more than past upheavals in Eastern Europe. Increase Patrols Poland is much closer to us geographically than Czechoslovakia or Hungary, said a diplomat in Sweden, where tens of thousands of Polish tourists visit each year. There is just a short stretch of water between us. Since late last year, Sweden and Denmark have increased air and naval ar st Associated Preu Laterphoto Lech Walesa, leader of Polish union Solidarity, speaks to employees of auto factory in Warsaw Thursday. Polish leader Stanislaw Kania accused the union of being manipulated by hostile forces. patrols of their Baltic coasts. On the Danish island of Bornholm, 78 miles from Poland, and on the Swedish coast, only about twice as far away, contingency plans have been made to turn resort hotels, schools and other large buildings into refugee centers. This week, three Poles reached Bornholm in a light dinghy and asked for political asylum, the first in more than a year to do so, Danish police said. Swedish and Danish officials said they do not want to appear to be anticipating a Soviet invasion of Poland. U.S. Denounces Russ Meddling Reuter News Agency WASHINGTON The United States TTiursday accused the Soviet Union of interfering in Polands internal affairs by sending a warning letter to the Polish Communist Party about its responsibilities to the Soviet bloc. The charge was contained in a State Department statement on the current labor crisis in Poland. State Department spokesman David Passage said such interference was inconsistent with the Helsinki accords on East-Werelations and with accepted behavior involving relations among sovereign countries. st House Committee Charges panel said. They would have the effect on the enforcement function ... as well as a significant source of has displayed eliminating revenue from enforcement actions and fundamental disinterest in trying to denying petroleum consumers refunds recover billions of dollars for consumto which they are entitled. er! who allegedly were overcharged by Democrats on the House Government during price control, a H(Jise committee says. Operations' Committee adopted the 5 Tuesday over strong ReOie committees report, scheduled report for public release Friday, says the publican objections. Republicans on the achinistration has proposed actions panel argued that the committees that are suggestive of a grant of investigation was biased and the report simply a partisan slap at the administarjnesty for pricing violations by the ration and big oil companies. nations largest oil companies. Hie report, a copy of which was Jhose actions would wither prosecutions that are already blooming, the reviewed by The Associated Press, of wasting past expenditures 22-1- says the administration moved simultaneously this spring to slash the budget of government lawyers prosecuting the big oil companies while withdrawing a key regulation upon which many of the prosecutions are based. Unless those policies are changed, the Energy Department will be unable to pursue up to $7 billion in civil court cases alleging illegal overcharges, the report concludes. Money recovered in such cases is returned to the consumers if they can be identified. If not, it goes into the federal Treasury. The committee report focuses on two administration decisions made shortly after President Reagans inauguration. The first decision was to cut the budget of the departments Office of Special Counsel, established to police the nations 35 largest oil companies, by 80 percent to $6 million. That would reduce the counsels staff from 612 to 120 by the end of this year. An internal Energy Department study cited in the report concludes that the cut will result in the litigation of less than $3 billion of $10.18 billion in violations identified. ... This proposed budget does not provide resources to remedy over $7 billion of identified pricing violations. At the same time, the committee report says, the administration withdrew for review a final regulation governing how oil companies could pass costs on to consumer prices. The report says that without the regulation, companies could recover some costs twice by counting them against both controlled and uncontrolled products. Literally billions of dollars in disputed costs are up in the air as a consequence, the report says. 4ideConfirms Secret Fund With Vow Not to Abuse It By Maureen Santini Associated Press Writer A White House WASHINGTON official confirms that Ronald Reagan hail access to a secret military fund, reportedly used for years to finance presidential perquisites, but he vows thpi the chief executive wont misuse it. My assurance is that there will be no alil.se of the fund and that it will remain Edward V. Hickey Jr., secret, of the White House military office, said in a recent interview. Established In 1957 til a book entitled, Breaking Cover, Bill Gulley, former director of the military office, said the multimillion-doita- r fund was established In 1957 to bi&d and maintain secret sites for the president to take cover during a military attack. It is controlled by the mgitary office. feut Gulley said several presidents luaie used the fund to hide the use of taxpayer money to build such things as swimming pools and movie theaters. fciilley maintained that because the fupd was classified, presidents could usp it any way they wished and never be discovered. Abused Fund r t There were a lot of reasons presidents abused the fund, Gulley said. Ik some cases it was a simple matter of getting the military to do and pay for something a president wanted, like the work that was done at the LBJ ranch. In others, it was also a way of keeping what was being done and the extravagance of it, secret from Congress and the The two countries have not hidden their contingency preparations, a diplomat said, to make clear that we are not just going to sit and do nothing if the worst happens. We would do everything legally possible to actively help and not just sit on our coast and wait for refugees, a knowledgeable Swedish source said. "This would be nothing new for us. It is very natural with our tradition of helping refugees. There would be a very deeply felt reaction by the people of Sweden, and all international law would be on our side." Humanitarian Act Swedish and Danish naval commanders have been told that while they should not interfere militarily with hot pursuit of Poles fleeing by boat in international waters, they have a right and obligation under established sea rescue tradition to pick up endangered refugees on the open sea as a humanitarian act. If Swedish or Danish ships are then fired on, the sources said, their commanders have been instructed to shoot back. Refugees in civilian craft or defecting Polish military vessels reaching Swedish or Danish territorial waters also would be defended by military force, if necessary, against intruders or attack from the open sea, according to Scandinavian officials. an Hampering Efforts to Recover Oil Dollars By William Kronholm Associated Press Writer The Reagan WASHINGTON We do not want to announce that we we do not want to said one push things in Poland, We hope Scandinavian diplomat. there will not be any intervention, and if there is we dont know what form it would take or whether there would be many refugees. But we have to be prepared for the worst case scenario." are prepared because If it should become necessary, Sweden and Denmark will be able to handle the situation, said Gen. G. K. Kristensen, chief of the Danish defense staff. I dont think it will be necessary for NATO to be involved militarily. It is to the advantage of everyone that we will be able to take care of this on a national basis. Aid to Refugees Officials in Stockholm pointed out that Sweden took in Jewish refugees from the Baltic area during World War II, refugees from Czechoslovakia and Hungary when those countries were invaded by Warsaw Pact troops, and more recently boat people from Southeast Asia and refugees from rightist governments in Latin America. Bornholm, an agricultural, fishing and resort island where 48,000 Danes allied live, is a center for low-ke- y surveillance of Warsaw Pact military movements through the Baltic and along the coasts of Poland and East Germany. Danish, Norwegian and West German minesweepers and minelayers held maneuvers in the Baltic last month. agent said. Its not a slush fund, he added. Its serious business. Hickey said he has given private assurances to every committee chairman (in Congress) that has a need to know what the nature of the fund is. He said the fund, the exact amount of which is unknown, is classified because it deals with very sensitive aspects of the presidents role as commander-inchie- f. Swedens readiness to provide as much assistance as possible for refugees if Poland were invaded is particularly significant because Swedish security policy is based on staying out of East-Wemilitary conflict in Europe. st or people. 'The temptation of a ready source of no money with no strings attached qilhstions to answer or explanations to is tremendous. Things youd ms He lu&itate to do, or would never do if you had to account for them, seem OK when n((one is looking. 6ut Hickey contended that the fund wlj! be used only for its official purpose in the Reagan administration. f I could never in conscience classify e something that really wasnt classifi-aljfor the sake of just trying to cover Service something. the former Secret Its more than a secret fund. Its a classified project that supports the commander-in-chie- f, he said. Swedish officials said present East-We- st tensions have reminded Swedish politicians of the need for maintaining a strong defense despite economic problems troubling Swedens welfare state. Future defense spending is expected to remain at the same level as the current 15 percent ot Swedens budget. Informed of Fund Hickey said Reagan was informed of the fund when he was briefed on the military secrets he was inheriting upon taking office, including the codes that would begin a nuclear war. And in that context, obviously it was mentioned, Hickey said. He understands the nature of what that fund is and why and how its expended. Hes totally aware of it, as are other key people. According to Gulleys book. President Nixon used the secret fund to build a $500,000 swimming pool at Camp David, and a helicopter pad and office complex and landscaping at his San Clemente, Calif., home. Nick Ruwe, a spokesman for the former president, said Thursday that "I think its probably belter not to comment. Defense Spending In Denmark, the nearest NATO nation to Poland, there has been gradual movement in negotiations between the Social Democratic government of Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen and opposition parties on a new Danish defense spending program. right-of-cent- er To Catch a Thief DENVER No one likes a thief, but its hard to get sore at this one. This young fox is a celebrity at Denver Country Club where he Aeoclitid Free Lwrphok) is busy adding to his collection of golf balls. In this sequence, from upper left, we see the fox hard at work on some chaps drive. 280-yar- d Eye Doctors Say U.S. Study is Repetitive A group of WASHINGTON (UPI) eye doctors pioneering surgery to correct nearsightedness said Hairs lay a government stucy of the procedure will waste money because private doctors already have the data the government is seeking. "ThisTs a classic example of the government using the taxpayers the wheel, said money to in a Rep. Eugene Johnston, letter to National Institutes ot Health Director Donald Fredrickson. Johnson said he was able to throw away his glasses after undergoing the operation three years ago. He said his wonderful reoperation produced sults. Dr. Ronald A. Schachar, director of the Texoma Eye Institute in Denison, Texas, and secretary of the Keratoref-ractiv- e Society, said at a meeting with eye institute officials that many of the questions the federal study wants answered have already been answered. He said more than 4,000 such operations have already been performed in the United States and their results are being gathered in a private study sponsored by his society. Another organization, the National Radial Kcratotomy study group, also is collecting the results of private surgeons. But Dr. Carl Kupfer, director of the National Eye Institute, which is sponsoring the $2.4 million, five-yestudy, said the information provided so tar by the doctors in private practice does not answer questions on the safety and usefulness of the surgery. I would not support any study if the information sought were already available and the study were merely duplicating research that already has ix'cn done," he said. ar The American Academy of Ophthalmology, which represents 9,400 eye doctors, supported the government study. Kupfer said he and associates will evaluate any new data presented and decide within a few weeks if the study should continue, or if it should be changed. The operation, called a radial Keratotomy, was developed by a Russian surgeon and introduced in the United States in 1978. Jorgensen has moved somewhat away from his previous insistence that his government could not afford to increase defense spending above the rate of inflation. The governments latest proposal includes an increase of less than 1 percent to keep two brigades of troops on the large island of Zealand, where Copenhagen and the majority of the Danish population are located. These troops are considered essential by Danish generals for defending Denmarks islands until NATO reinforcements arrive. The opposition parties and military commanders have argued that much more money is needed to maintain a minimum number of fast patrol boats and fighter planes for Denmarks defenses. Kristensen said past increases in defense spending improved the quality of Denmark's weaponry sufficiently that he is still confident his forces can hold out against an attacker until NATO reinforcements arrive. |