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'COttMcCullar Vational Kennedy, Mondale wooing labor support ... THAT’5 ALL, VOU'Vt inding tgian ago, said the Ark was found itisil United Press International WASHINGTON — The AFL- 0, seeking to play a bigger role has taken steps to make or’s strength felt in next year’s gressional elections. But it faces the dilemma of ether to back Edward Kennedy Walter Mondale for president 1984, AFL-CIO president Lane Kirk- announced last December itthe 15 million-member feder- mwas considering a break with jition in order to endorse a can- late in the 1984 presidential pri- ries. Some felt labor’s clout was jmal in 1980 because it was xd to back nominee Jimmy ter even though many union lers and rank-and-file mem- had wanted Kennedy or Jim Bolinger, a member ofi ther Democrat as their candi- expedition that returned a w# ’• Both the senator from Mas- a sealed passageway inside a a «tts and the former vice on Mount Pisgah, east of Jen sidentare considered potential salcm and about 35 miles soil, didates for the Democratic sidential nomination and both e nearly impeccable labor re west of Amman, Jordan, The group did not movethei — Bolinger said his first inslij k was not to touch it—but will It® pnedy received that up to wealthy intematii banker, David Rothschild, Crotser said before leaving his two-week expedition that ing the Ark is part of the p plan set up in the Book of Revel tions. He said the Ark would restore the Temple of Jen so that all may be in order for Second Coming of Christ, wlij he predicted would occur in tember or October of 1988. a thunder ous ovation when he addressed the federation’s biennial conven tion in New York Wednesday, promising to stand with labor in its fight against the Reagan adminis tration. He called it “the most anti-union, anti-labor administra tion in modern history.” Kirkland responded in kind, telling Kennedy as he prepared to leave: “We shall stand, as we have in the past, shoulder to shoulder in our struggle to bring back de cent and humane government in this country.” Two days earlier, Kirkland in troduced Mondale as “a great friend of the labor movement” and noted that Mondale has not tried to squelch speculation on a pres idential bid. “I hope that before too long now you will stop idling away your time in private endeavors and heed the call to public service,” Kirkland told him. The former vice president, like Kennedy, joked about budget di rector David Stockman and assailed most of the social and eco nomic programs of the Reagan administration. His speech was well-received, though not with the roar accorded Kennedy. An AFL-CIO spokesman said Mondale and Kennedy were in vited because they both have long records of support for labor. That shut out people like Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. of California; Sens. Gary Hart, D-Colo., and John Glenn, D-Ohio; and former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, also considered possible candidates. Brown came anyway and spoke to a group of union leaders. Illinois Gov. James Thompson, a Republi can who has maintained good rela tions with the labor movement, also showed up at a reception. Before 1984, however, come next year’s Senate and House elections. The AFL-CIO, still hurting from the loss of the Senate to Re publicans, has designated that election day as “Solidarity Day II.” It wants to recapture the enthu siasm that trade unionists showed last September when more than 250,000 protested in the nation’s capital against administration poli- idministra tion supports !iu I JL aMpi ixon claim of immunity United Press International I'ASHINGTON — Former iident Richard Nixon’s claim he cannot be sued for money ages for actions taken while in :e is drawing strong support the Reagan administration, ’he Supreme Court released a flegal memorandum Friday ih Solicitor General Rex Lee dwith the justices. The memo id them to rule in favor of Nix- iiacase which could set prece- the zirconium case, refused tod ts. The case pits Nixon against r facing tig metal cuss the matter. Washington, said the clepartnB would bring achninistratii Defense Department But Daniel Lancia, a.spokesm stleblower Ernest Fitzgerald, for the' Commerce Departmcnti Lee cited similar arguments administration made to the i court last June in a suit charges against National-Troi nst Nixon and former Secret- for seeking to ship the zirconim of State Henry Kissinger overseas without an expo :h was filed by former national license. irityadviser Morton Halperin. Zirconium, because of its usei he administration’s analysis in nuclear development, is a tlcase “demonstrates that as the stricted commodity that can lid of the executive branch of shipped abroad only with specilT permission of the federal ('oven ment. the federal government, the presi dent, like the constitutional offic ers of the legislative and judicial branches, must be free both of the fear of personal liability and of un due interference by coordinate parts of the government,” the soli citor general stated. Lee’s formal memo to the court said the administration wanted to reassert its support for Nixon’s claim, as a response to arguments filed with the court “by seven members of Congress attacking the concept of presidential im munity.” The bipartisan filing by one senator and six House members last Oct. 30 urged the justices to reject Nixon’s contention that he has blanket immunity from having to pay damages for firing Fitz gerald. Nixon fired him in retalia tion for his testimony at a congres sional hearing. Fitzgerald is seeking $3.5 mil lion in damages in his suit against Nixon. The high court agreed last June to delay a trial of the case while it decides the crucial consti tutional question of presidential immunity. The case stems from testimony which Fitzgerald — who was de puty assistant secretary for man agement systems for the Air Force — gave to a subcommittee con cerning $2 billion in cost overruns on the C-5A transport. Acting in the Halperin case last June, the Supreme Court split 4-4 on the issue of presidential im munity. The tie resulted when Justice William Rehnquist did not participate because 1 he was a Jus tice Department official during the Nixon administration. The tie allows Halperin to return to lower courts to seek damages against Nixon for violations of federal wiretap laws. No such permission obtained, Landa said, and Commerce Department ordert the material confiscated. Mnosaur prints unearthed nuclear plant construction rer forget •PUBLIC 4MITTEE CUBICLE OR 7 expand- ie Box is t organi- it career that will ining for iditional ind staff njoy an enerous United Press International MERICK, Pa. — Dinosaur irints found at the Limerick ear power plant construction indicate dinosaurs may have ered in the area 190 million s ago. xcavators at the plant site in itgomery County northeast of adelphia unearthed more than izen footprints of 190 million- year-old reptiles that geologist Robert Sayre believes belonged to a family of dinosaurs. The footprints measured from 3 to 6 inches across, leading Sayre to believe the prehistoric reptiles, ancestors of the more widely known massive beasts, were only 4 feet tall and 9 feet long. From the variety in size of the footprints, he theorized the ex cavators had found “a family out for a walk and a drink. ” The footprints are preserved in rock and date back to the Triassic Period, when dinosaurs thrived on the East Coast, Sayre said. Philadelphia Electric Co., own ers of the nuclear plant under con struction, moved 15 slabs of rock — each bearing a footprint — to a safe corner of the site Friday. ALPHA PHI OMEGA FOOTBALL MUMS! FREE DELIVERY £ . if on campus & if to two off J 5f campus * dist. centers J MANY STYLES & } PRICES if if On Sale £ MSC, Commons, Sbisa * 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 4 p.m. to 6p.m.xf Mon.-Thu rs. ^ >f 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday >f APO... WE DELIVER!! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ THE BATTALION Page MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1981 & POLYGRAM RECORDS “Have A Deal For You!” i OFF RECORD SALE! & Mfg. List On Our Complete Polygram Catalogue v° 100s of Artists Reduced for Super Holidays Savings! <?S€- b Offering O the Best - ... for Less!!! 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