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Wednesday, October 5, 1983/The Battalion/Page 11 ; lD *« hefj , iac k o,l ""e said said “fiance 3t ' in j| , Le gett3 4mg r( . l^stionsQ " fe - Uny ?talp lan;3 workers tin L e& in’t trytjJ 1 said, despite | lc «,thep| itional less esseii Jsands inocracva npulatioil »n,” he a N'ew( he rom the| casters .y iote; io retain g the i irry it ■ iminitioi nkite, tin cartetj exas) 1930s. People tiij [ down! their ( - thani ‘adiopeol i. It’s r| en disa he medi mkite I te, accuse iy newsa s in re(| fill thej newspapi most of(J icwspapi responsl sion tota lewspapj driven» thatjoS photo by Mike Davis It’s lonely at the top Workers crouch at the base of the dome of the Academic Building Tuesday. Work on restoration of the building has been going on since August. hieves take heelchair United Press International .CRAMENTO — Harold (dell lost both legs when he [an infant. Now he’s lost his Jelchair to thieves. ■It’s kind of unbelievable that ebody would want to steal .uddell said. “It was a cheap teichair, almost broken jn." Luddeil, 23, had both his legs amputated when he was 15 months old because of gan grene. He gets around by using his hands and swinging his legless torso forward, but he needs a wheelchair to go any distance. The amputee said he left his wheelchair outside Sunday night because it was too difficult to move it )FF CAMPUS AGGIES GCN6RRL M€€TING TONIGHT Wed., Sept. 5 6:30 601 Rudder TO B<E DISCUSS®: Street Donee - Bonfire - Parties - Gbwwno tftoom Ia-t/mO Our If Serving ^ Luncheon Buffet w Sandwich and I Soup Bar t Mezzanine Floor I Sunday through Friday • \ 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Delicious Food Beautiful View pen to the Public “Quality First” t Hispanics oppose legislation ‘Legal alien’ bill action delayed United Press International WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration Tuesday urged House Speaker Thomas O’Neill to reconsider his deci sion not to proceed with House action this year on a bill that would make millions of illegal aliens legal residents. Responding to strong opposi tion from Hispanics and what he said were mixed signals from President Reagan, O’Neill said the House would not take action this year on the bill. The bill would grant legal sta tus to illegal aliens who entered the country before a certain date, then toughen immigration policies and make employers re sponsible for hiring only people legally entitled to work in the United States. O’Neill said opposition from Hispanic groups and businesses eroded support for the legisla tion, which has been considered for two years and won over whelming backing in the Senate. The speaker said he believed Reagan — as part of his political courtship of Hispanics — would veto the bill. But White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan was behind the bill. “This is not a political issue. It is not a partisan issue. It is an issue that concerns all Amer icans — and it is in the best in terests of all Americans to have the nation regain control of its borders,” Speakes said. The strong White House en dorsement of the bill came just hours after White House offi cials said Reagan would “wait and see” if the House version to the bill is too expensive. “The president was naturally disappointed today to hear press reports quoting Speaker O’Neill as saying that immigration re form legislation would not be considered by the House,” Speakes said. “The president hopes that the speaker will re consider and allow the House to vote on a bill that is essential to the future well-being of this na tion.” Speakes’ statement repre sented a shift from what he told reporters at his daily briefing several hours earlier. At that time, he said the administration was concerned about the cost of the House bill and that any deci sion to sign or veto the legisla tion would have to wait until it reached Reagan’s desk. O’Neill told reporters the bill had little support, other than from the Judiciary Committee members who drafted it.“I ha ven’t seen anybody out there who is truly interested in it,” he said. But, he said, Hispanics view the legislation as the same sort of move that Hitler made against the Jews in Germany, largely be cause it would make employers responsible for knowing that workers they hire are in the country legally. “The Hispanics say it’s the most devastating thing that could happen to them,” O’Neill said. Arnoldo Torres, head of the League of United Latin Amer ican Citizens, expressed “unbe lievable joy, but with some reser vations” to O’Neill’s announce ment. He said Hispanics would not believe the bill is dead until this Congress ends at the start of 1985. Hispanic Reps. Kika de la Garza and Henry Gonzales, both Texas Democrats, also were pleased with O’Neill’s deci sion. Gonzalez said some of his constituents were told they would have to undergo national registration, and many of them feel there are “distortions in those portions of the bill that are highly controversial.” The bill would offer legal sta tus to illegal aliens who can prove they entered this country before a given date. In the Sen ate bill it was Jan. 1, 1980, and it was Jan. 1, 1982, in House ver sion. Under the Senate bill, em ployers would have to ask all job applicants for documents to verify they are either citizens or aliens authorized to work in this country. This provision caused concern for civil rights groups, who feared creation of a “na tional identity card.” GetThrough Odllege mmm Read? Rir Aimg. ,ang in there. If you can get through all the hard work while putting up with all the distractions, (Q you'll be ready for anything. Including graduation. What's more, you'll have a real education. For a free color poster, send your name and address to: Free Poster. Dept. 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