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Show Ihc salt Religious Auiiudes Show Little Change fKIMLTUN N J D, -- j.,', lhl new mUTt st of Amt ru uri' in r 11, ,i, and the .spiritual life' idem t if In book sales the popularity ut mlltgt eourses on religion and a gmwtli in Bible study and prayer group' In tie change has occurred in iem;' H ' i' (iarii. Ilatcli Antony U i jut i' CAN RELIC-IO- PROBLEMS ANSWER amount they receive from the fund to help defray their commumca tions and office expenses With Sen Garn noted by Common Cause as receiving $23 800 from the fund in 1983 84. and Sen Hatch receiv ing $26 000. for items such as video equipment and portable computers that would have been unavailable through their Senate office accounts, Kennedy, accused Common Cause of taking its "watchdog" role too far by rethe Demoporting "old news cratic National Committee had the " story last year By Virginia Hubichcaux Tribune Washington bureau WASHINGTO- N- A spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee last week wrote off a Common Cause accusation that NRSC has a $1 4 million "political slush fund that counts Sens Jake Gam and Orrin Hatch among its beneficiaries Chris Kennedy, deputy director of communications for the NRSC, said the fund not only is legal, but that so far. there's no IRS rule saying senators have to report the . ake Tribune, Sunday, Janaary 19. mb A5 lit iarir" Ht nt GOP Committee Says Payments 'tom u'ked to mi a uit h" public s inns on the sailen ' ot rel gion and the trend I)o you btlitce that religion can aii'Vier all or most of today s prob-I'oor that teligion is largely old fashiont d and out of date i I for Senators Are Legal As for Common Cause saying he senators should report the payments made on their behalf to the IRS as taxable income, Kennedy said "Some senators have done it anyway, and deducted it as a wash but there's no IRS ruling With the Demutrutu Senutorul Campaign Committee too poor to have a counterpart special fund ' Kennedy held that 1 here s noth RM ing illegal about our COMBO account which mean' helping pay communications anJ business office expenses l on it If and when there is a ruling, 11 not only encourage the senators to report the payments, but see that they do so. But since we haven t done anything illegal, we see no need right now to change the way we're doing things'" No money is transfeired to the senators We simply help pay bills incurred in their discharge of their duties In fact it was the Senate itself that set up the fund in 1980 under Standing Rule 38C we Following is the question to determine perceptions of the influence of religion on society and the trend 'At the present time, do you think religion as a whole is increasing its influence on American life or losing its influence' ' Follow ing is the trend w ith the saying "the same" or "no opinion excluded years in (1) the importance people place on religion in their lives i.'i their perceptions of the impact ot religion on society, and (3) c hurt h mem bership and attendance The latest series of Gallup surveys on the importance of religion based on interviews with 7 643 adults in 1985. shows 55 percent say ing religion is very important in their lives statistically the same as in six pi ev ions studies conducted since 1958 Little change has occurred in Americans' perceptions ot the impact of religion on society INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON LIFE The 1985 surveys found 58 percent believing religion can answer all or most of todays problems, similar to the findings oi five eat her surveys since 1974 In a recent Gallup survey 45 t said religion is increasing its influence on American life, statistically close to the results of surveys taken since 1983 jut-cen- Finally, the annual Gallup Foil dits have found little recent change in the proportions who say they aie church members and who attend church weekly In the 1985 audits 71 percent report being members and 42 percent attended church in a typical week Although these basic religious indicators have shown little change in recent years, the current findings are considerably less favorable to organized religion than those recorded in the 1950s (and in some cases, the early and As reported recently, four adults in every 10 (42 percent) attended church or synagogue in a typical week in 1985 Churchgoing has remained remarkably constant since 1969 after having declined from the high point of 49 percent recorded in 1955 and 1958 The proportion of adult church members also has changed little in recent years, with 71 percent now claiming membership in a church or sy nagogue The highest level of membership (76 percent) was found in 1947. close to the 73 percent recorded in the first Gallup audit in 1937 The figures on the importance of interreligion are based on views with 7 649 adults. 18 and older, interviewed during five selected weeks of 1985. The two questions on the impact of religion were asked in a survey of 1,008 adults interviewed by telephone during the period Nov Ills The attendance and membership interfigures are based on views with 5.093 adults conducted in four selected weeks during 1985 in more than 300 scientifically selected localities across the nation. For results based on samples of this size, one can say with 95 percent confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects could be 2 percent in either direction In addition to sampling error, the reader should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls mid-1960- Follow ing is the question on the importance of religion and the trend "How important would you say is in your life very important. fairly important, or not very im- portant'" IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION Feeding Tube Fails To Save Condor FSCONDIDO. 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