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Show tribune Ik ssalt Take Monday Seclion 17, Morning-Noxem- ber ( f'k, H pAUf Plan To Save Green Ri ver Fisli Holds Hope of Compromise plan to save several endangered species of fish in the Green River by asking Congress to purchase water rights to guarantee minimum stream flows sounds like a promising compromise between conservation and water development in the area The proposal includes several measures. One would ask Congress to 10 million to buy water appropriate i i t i i i vtuutu mat iguia guai aiutt imiumutu stream flows in the Green River and its tributaries. Another would ask Congress for an additional $5 million for construction of fish hatcheries, fish passages and diversion structures that would aid the rare fish In addition, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, J ' Wei i f i 3iiu tur'iiiaiir tun,ui va tion groups wrnuld be asked to contribute $2 4 million a year of pay for continued studies of the rare fish. Utah's share would be about $100,000 a year, about the same amount currently being spent annually by the state to study the fish The Buieau of Reclamation also would be asked to alter the operation of some of its dams to produce stream flows, water temperatures and chemistry more like those that would occur 4 were naturally streams the unobstructed Once these measures were in place, groups that wish to build dams in sections of the river and its tributaries upstream from the areas inhab- ited by the rare fish would not be re- quired to conduct exhaustive environmental reviews of their pro jects' impact on the fish This would allow' several small water projects on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies to proceed. They currently are being delayed because of uncertainty about their cumulative effect on the endangered fish populations downstream. r-. nr v c ' r K A C t I P V f t) A Gets ly embarrassing, there probably would be no better organization, close at hand, to do it for you than the staff of the National Security Council In the wake of the dust-uover the possible connection between arms shipments to Iran and the release of American hostages, along with the shipment of materiel to the Nicaraguan rebels, or Contras, there are p strong indications that NSC staff members are taking on assignments fundamentally different than their traditional roles The NSC. itself, has six members President Reagan. Vice President Bush. Secretary of State George P Shultz. Vc rotary ol Defense Caspar Weinberger, the chairman of the Joint Chitfs ot Staff, Adm William J Crowe and the director of central intelligence W llliam J Casey The 'tali' however, is a close-kni- t group consisting rly of several dozen pet pie. mostly military officers. who os'ensibly do nothing nuie than prov.io supp, :t stmees for their boss s ,1', the h How r i C 12,1 O' .iv 'i'-t- t. - part of mg spt sup-- down evidence i: ll SHOT Our. Newhou.se News Service aHINciTua it was lnevitdDie. in a nation as litigious as outs mat sooner or later a rase would reach the M,pume C'ourl in w hu h a man alleged he had been disc against when a governmental body hired a woman instead of him The lawsuit ai rived at the Supreme court this past 4 J A n ,,,14 Aiiwuiu j ju c a jjiciiv H( um xuii w rimi-nate- U-- 1 . d J rv i II' 0V 1C The governmental body in this case is Sant t Clara Countv Calif which decided whollv voluntarily that it wanted more women in its work force The fact that its plan to hire more women was voluntary and not reuuired by a court or government agency is w tut the ase hinges on If Santa Clara Countv had been ordered to put more women on its work force, men couldn t complain if they were discriminated against But it is different when it was voluntary At least Paul Johnson so contends and he has some powc s. - now-hel- spe- cies issue. ta Clara s transportation department haan t been ordered to put more women to work, of 238 skilled jobs in they could have been the department when the opening came in y79 women held zero The particular job that of dispatcher doesn t require anv shoveling or heavy lifting Santa Clara s affirmative action agency put in a word tor ht r 'he got the job and he 1 to the office phone of NSC staffer Lt Col Oliver North While the evidence is highly speculative, those phone calls nevertheless indicate a far less than casual connection between the White House and those supposedly private aid organizations that were supplying the Contras at a tune when Congress had suspended official help to them There may. after all. have been similar NSC clandestine involvement in the release of the American hostages held in Lebanon That Robert MacFarlane, the former national seof NSC. curity adviser and nehad been in Tehran on a four-dagotiating mission for Mr Reagan lends credence to speculation that his tenure at NSC had never been effectively terminated There is little doubt that these two scenarios, possible involvement of NSC staffers or fornvu staff, is m s m the Contras and the ta.-Tehran, could readily take pLue .m w ithout much danger of ou 'c t NSCs The a" tiny opera':"'!'' are pretty much beyond tie pmv,, ,v of Congress Fv r that matte i the national security adviser, curr r r ly Vice Adm .Khn A PoindeVo : ' : i be his uf nfr stat: as n any Senate the That doesn t nu ." "iigte" severely risirkt ,f it choovs "e NsF So at the :t mar. witi t't m- y MW Tf sued A CS District Court ruled that the evidence demonstrated he was f r the job and had been discriminated 10! u.on of Tit'e a guns! in II of the Civil H ghfs Act of 1884 which prof, .bits disc rimi nation based or sex better-qualife- oft to the Civil Rights m h crimination of one sort ui another There are considerations other than sc or the highest grades on a test that may legitimately be considered in hiring and prumo'ions Too many promotions and hirings are made on the basis of who is more or less likely to sue instead of who will contribute most to the efficient operation of the department A decision that hirers are entitled to use a little discretion might smooth things down sub- unblemished record of losing cases involving ntt rm'jfiim tz vs...n rvre ir: in'v. wants d r ' 1 , g- i t Court protesting discrimination against men would be a blockbuster The Controversy Over Iran Has Whiff of a Watergate Bv Darnel Schorr Special to The Washington Post W AbHINGTUN Hell hath no fury like a Congress scorned The Dt moc Congress scenting abuse of power in Nicaragua and Iran is going into its war dance and the wagons of executive privilege are being drawn around the Reagan White House If you think you smell a whiff of Watergate in the air it s because the odor is there There is no evidence of illegality in congres- d Tht writer is senior news analyst for Public Radio sional mandates evaded and executive orders flouted But once again the issue is raised of a willful president scornful of the plodd,r.fc ways of democratic government. pur'U.ng his perceived national security ob- jectives by extralegal means In 'he present case, President Reagan ha a pocket clandestine directorate created inside the staff of the National Security Council This was not tne NSC operated as a collegia! tody of Cabinet officers and intelligence professionals coordinating policy and advising the president It was simply a roosting plate under a blanket of executive privilege, for compartmented special projects From this vantage point Robert McFar-lan- e s protege. Marine Maj (later lieutenant colonel Oliver North a ietnam veteran in unconventional wartare pde herd on the CIXs rrnn.ng of Nicaragua s harbors When ( orgress impost d a tease fire on hostile iai at tiv ity aga.n't tht sandimsta regime Nurh simply trealtd a network of military 1 of-f- frieid' Orbiting Cobras t suirt f do the job of enturt r h w. uHir'v: r ainlv arm ng ed v t ' rans of tf e abor v e Bav of Figs Howard Hum a (IX alumnus invasion ubar. Amt re ans Aid to the and hi' ri vi ,v on i! si'pit an Castro talent ai rg w.h rtt,red m..arv offn ers wih t r.nsurg n v 'kills and grudge s dating ers d.d 'h-'- u em-hit- 1 i 1 1 ( ""j, v C . . oucieu - l t 'St Rst " v s White House line of Oliver North Arms to Iran in return r Xmerican hostages held by Iran's terrorist friends in Lebanon fell into place as another assignment for a tested covert action facility Its origin was Reagan s chagrin over the folitic al fallout of the public pressures bv Postages' families for government action When covert action substitutes for foreign policy little consid' ration is given to countervailing argument about departing from declared positions against giving aid to terrorists and against 'aking sides in the Iran-Irawar It appears that the principal concern was to withhold Jet ails from the State and Defense depar'mt nts which might press such arguments q Secret missions h, ve a wav of taking on a life of their own inmiv.ng a concentration on keeping the secret at the expense of examining the rationale for what is being kept secret So well were .he secrets kept (torn most of the exec utive branc h. not to mention Congress, that Israeli diplomatic and intelli gence officials partrers .n the mterprise knew more ah(u' who' the I S government was doing than all be' a in t.iat government When Mi Farlane iett 'he White House nnH i i tally took over last December the Iran an conruite' but when Norn -flew to Tehran he tons g McFarlait another volunteer fr 'pe private sec r Now congress ona1 n,ittees are ' paring to ask for Nm i os and tclepht .e logs seeking to es', blisf, h w pocket gov ern inert works and few r subcontracts to he sector J h Wf.ie House indicates it will invoke execut vt grivilege To R 'n ild Reagai n o trier v on net tons here wt go ag.en e ram-phras- 5 A H major-general- nn lo Parenls ia Deep run;, Xlo liuii t"! viv!ji - bark to Vietnam They intlud'd two retired John Singlai b Xrmv and Richard Secord, Air Force North maintained formal demability for the W hite House about the Cl X like chartering of planes and dropping of supplies But when one cargo plane was shot down in Nicaragua a month ago it was traced back to an airfield near San Salvador Telephone records there showed calls to Secord and to the i I unrtquift r.ght wingers rs The Nixon plumb- pool d ihic ' to Pam dav n d"i rnriu f' a of have av rom i. N : lv s'. t ; - As for the movie, Johnson being no had a woman attorney representing dope him. which shows he has nothing against women Her argument before the Supreme v he"er-quahfie- i stantially I hope the lady wins foi a reason that doesn't have much to do with sex I am weary of seeing everv public entplovee who dciesn t get a job or a promotion he or she d The C S Cu i uit Court ot Appeals agreed that he was but d1 'agreed on whether he had been unlaw fellv T'crimi rated against I: said Santa Clara had a legitimate mu c 't n putt.ng more womt n m the work force could ad' ; t a plan to do vi without being fon t d t could choose ,i qualified woman ovt r i "lore qualified man w .fhout vil rights la a running a'oul ol p This past VVednesdav Johnson had 'wo other allies at the ''lynnit touit hear rg one of w horn is more import mt th.-- tne ; h er The lesser one is Chur!e ' h re d sola itor a'cs who filed a general of the I n.ted rief in support of Jot r the ( Ht a gun administrate o sa . mg Sj-- u hi a s ui: rr utive ac :k n pr - m a unts to re- 't d.sc nminu'ion h f : s si.p;,nrt would a re ii'ijMirtant wt p ,'jmna galloping go inmmis('nn The more important all v was the Supreme Courts newest member. Justice Antonin Scalia He was the one who sailed through his confirmation hearings in the Senate w ith almost no questions asked as the senators were preoccupied with beating up on or Chief Justice William Relin-quiJustice Scahas questioning made it appear he has the same affection for affirmative action programs that Solicitor General Fried has Scalia. however gets to vote : : CNTrs 1 erful allies Johnson is the fellow who didn t get the job Diane Joyce got the job Johnson rated two points higher on an oral test He was rated ahead of Mrs Jovce bv a panel that interviewed both of them He had more ex- pul iu FR t She had some things going lor her She was a widow with four children Though San- The NSC Connection If you were president of the United States and wanted to get something done that was sensitive, but potential- fo0CAN Mil This Court Case Was Inevitable reservoirs. ment of upstream water that is hostage by the endangered w 4 ki Otis Pike The proposals now being reviewed by the agercies of three states and the federal government would help protect one segment of that river system for future generations of hikers, fishermen and scientists, as well as endangered aquatic species And it would unlock further developriver-runner- n MCKEDiBiUtV I 4 exing The Colorado squawfish, for the largest minnow species ample, is in North America and ore of the largest in the world It rmgrates up to 200 miles to spawn, and once may hae grown to a length of six feet and a FW- rrkt rxf rrxryrr than RO nolinfK V,. i neers called them White Salmon There is a larger issue at stake, too, that transcends the fate of these particular species, important as that fate may be It is probably hard for many people to take the fate of the razorback sucker seriously until they consider that the plan to save this and other species would protect not only these rare animals but one of the last relatively undeveloped stretches of the Colorado River system Much of that once mighty river system has been transformed from a brown torrent raging through deep canyons into a series of placid, Dlue. e f V) ! environment As subjects of study by amateurs and scientists alike, they are fascinat- man-mad- NonAttc' Ncrr ZVEn! 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