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Thursday, April 21, 1983/The Battalion/Page 5B Is Even Congress agrees jobs top issue of year m *nute wtj im under tn unearthel :liui'nie«l f Mt," she sal 11 undernti J-imizing limj tis kid in ierneath: was riphita ' got the That was. their relahi i Igotoffh ■ad on lv wav hear t hurting li a relate to i t for a chant kind ofhtt :hel, a r real es a fantas United Press International WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Jim Wright ofTexas lists jobs, energy, de fense and agriculture as top issues this year for regional congressional delegations, but said they do not always agree on all of them. “Hardly ever could you find an issue — with members from such a disparate, heter ogeneous mixture of states — onwhich you could unite,” the Democratic leader from Fort Worth said. “But we do have a hind of camaraderie, a loose itsattherti spirit of understanding.” In an exclusive interview with United Press Interna tional, Wright took a look at i ■ | uuudi, vvii^iu umjk a iour ai pnys.aip (he import nt issues this year thurunth r. .W i . .• / for the delegations from Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. “1 think jobs is the top issue as in any other region," Wright said. “Unemployment is considered the biggest problem in our area like any where else. “Some parts of the region are particularly sensitive to oil and gas. Aerospace and milit ary bases are important to use in Texas, at least, and New Mexico partially. “Agriculture is important, especially to Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri,” he said. But he said the issues were perceived differently state-by state throughout the South west and contiguous states. “For example, in agricul ture in Louisiana and parts of South Texas, sugar is impor tant, but it’s cane sugar,” said Wright. “In the Texas Panhandle, Colorado and Wyoming it’s beet sugar. In Louisiana, Arkansas and South Texas, rice is impor tant. In Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and the Texas Panhandle, it’s wheat.” He said sometimes portions of states may have more in common than regions within a state. “The Piney Woods of East Texas have more in common with the old South — Louisiana and parts of Arkan sas — than with West Texas,” he said. “New Mexico and parts of West Texas have more in common with each other than with the Gulf Coast.” He said the region’s delega tions also will be heavily in volved in issues of importance to the entire Congress. He predicted the Democrats, at least, would form task forces to study several issues this year. “The jobs bill, level of milit ary expenditure, the Federal Reserve Board and monetary policy, job training and in dustrial renewal are the basic ones,” he said. Wright said the region’s de legation is part of a new phe nomenon for Congress in the 20th century. “It’s new in the sense that it began probably about two years ago,” Wright said. “This is the first time the absolute majority of members have less than six years experience. Back in the early days it might have been more common, but not throughout this century.” Nuclear issue lacking roots education’ ‘grass United Press International DALLAS — Nuclear war has become a major issue across the country in Senate hearings, pro test marches and now the college classroom. In the past few years, colleges across the country and around the state have begun teaching the ef fects and consequences of a nuclear war. Academics are perplexed by the fact that now, 40 years into the nuclear age, the fear of Armageddon has suddenly be come a controversial issue. What has prompted their concern is ihe Reagan adminis tration’s support for an arms race, and what some political sci entists call an ideological com mitment to arms superiority among President Reagan and his cabinet. “What’s needed is a halt, a reversal to the arms race. I’ve argued that a reversal of the arms race is the only strategy that will ensure national secur ity,” said Lloyd Dumas, a profes sor at the University of Texas at Dallas. During the past two weeks, UTD has sponsored a series of lectures on “The Hazards of a Nuclear Age.” Robert Scheer, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times who is the author of sev eral articles and books on the issue, was the featured speaker, Stephen G. Rabe, another UTD professor, who along with “I see this issue like the ‘teach-ins’ in the 1960s when students were educated on American involvement in the Viet nam war. But the col leges haven’t been the initiators. The nuclear freeze movement is sup ported by all segments of society. ” — Stephen Rabe, UTD professor Dumas, co-sponsored the con ference, said although he doesn’t try to persuade his stu dents to advocate a nuclear freeze, he believes “they’ll be no plebiscite left on buttonpushing day.” “There must be a movement to educate people about nuclear arms. And colleges should play a major role,” said Rabe, who teaches the course “Issues on Peace and War.” Other Texas professors have also felt a need to begin a grass roots educational movement. They have formed an organiza tion called the United Campus to Prevent Nuclear War. At the University ofTexas in Austin, a course is taught in the government department on nuclear disarmament by Steve Baker. The professor, who once worked for a Senate staff in charge of drafting the SALT II proposal, said his teaching ob jective is not to persuade, but to educate students on the poten tial for nuclear war. “Where we have gone wrong is that since the mid-7()s we have demanded too much from arms control,” said Baker. “We have overloaded the expectation. The expectation should be a more modest one.” Sociology students at the Uni versity of Texas are studying “Nuclear Warfare: Its Origins and Consequences.” At Rice University, students are study ing “Perspectives on the Nuclear Age,” a course that examines the nuclear freeze movement and military strategies on nuclear attack and deterrence. Most professors interviewed agreed that the nuclear freeze issue will become a major move ment in the United States within the next few years. But none argue that it will be a student- based movement. “I see this issue like the ‘teach- ins’ in the 1960s when students were educated on American in volvement in the Vietnam war,” said Rabe. “But the colleges ha ven’t been the initiators. The nuclear freeze movement is sup ported by all segments of society.” A major concern among pro fessors is to educate the public on the issue and in turn, press ure elected officials toward arms reduction in time to prevent a nuclear war. t d Dr. Hat director oil departma ; threaten^ Birth experience shared by family / / United Press International MADISON, Wis. — Method- 1 ‘‘"‘’“7 |il Hospital believes the birth of eauiseot*child s j lou | ( j k e a f am iiy ex _ ycausedhtnence. The hospital encourages chil- |ren to be with their parents in e labor and delivery rooms. It one of few hospitals in the mntry to allow children to be ivolved in the birth of a brother r sister. “There are different varia- ons of the family birth,” said laryBina-Frymark, R.N., head arse of the hospital’s Birth lace. "Some children are there for 5th the labor and delivery. 1 Mne may come in just for the elivery,” she said. “The varia- pns depend on what the family comfortable with.” I “We’ve only been doing this ith children present for three rfour years,” she said. “The umbers aren’t really that big, ut it is becoming more fre- bent.” Out of 850 births at the hos- itallast year, about 30 involved lildren. There have been no problems ti far, Ms. Bina-Frymark said, pe said the children are pre- pred for what they will see. I Parents and their children actions Tarrant at: ons from ies. er, with thtl said the aftj to gathe proposi nt them is r action, ngs were ! illas, Fort"' Ihristi. Fm Manned fo 'aso. mvEnsi )% o ices! attend group pre-natal sessions together. Obstetric nurses lead discussions on topics like how the baby grows in the mother, how it is born, what new babies do and can’t do. The children have access to books and pictures on reproduc tion and birth, birthing dolls that demonstrate both vaginal and cesarean births, and a slide program explaining the process of birth. “It’s pretty much an indi vidual decision,” Ms. Bina- Frymark said. “If the family wants to do it, they are pretty much tuned in to making it a positive experience.” While Methodist Hospital allows children of any age into its Birth Place, other hospitals generally bar children under 12 from the labor and delivery rooms. 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