Tuesday, January 31,1989
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ay hike includes inactive jurists
Senior federal judges get big raise if Congress approves plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Observers in Con
gress, universities and public interest groups
questioned the fairness and wisdom Monday of
giving big pay raises to dozens of senior federal
judges who, like former Chief Justice Warren E.
Burger, do no legal work.
All 306 senior federal judges — even those
who no longer wield a gavel — will see their sala
ries rise by about 50 percent unless Congress dis
approves raises due for top federal officials Feb.
8.
Burger’s salary, for example, will increase by
$60,000 to $ 175,000 a year.
“We need to look into this much further,” said
Rep. Carlos Moorhead, who last year sidetracked
an ef fort to lower the eligibility age for senior sta
tus.
“It doesn’t seem fair,” said the California Re
publican, who sits on the House courts subcom
mittee and is a member of a national commission
studying the future of the federal judiciary.
Moorhead said the commission might look at
the issue, and Congress may want to study “estab
lishing some minimum work to qualify for the
raises.”
David Keating of the 150,000-member Na
tional Taxpayers Union, a public interest group
that promotes tax and spending reduction, de
cried giving more money to all senior judges.
“It’s appalling that they’re getting huge sala
ries for doing nothing and now are receiving sub
stantial pay raises for continuing to do nothing,”
Keating said. “There ought to be some minimum
standard of work to qualify for any pay raise.”
Older federal judges who opt for senior status
qualify for active-duty pay raises even after step
ping down from full-time duty. When he retired
as chief justice in 1986, Burger’s salary was
$108,400. He chose senior status, and in 1987 his
judicial salary rose to $115,000 when his succes
sor’s pay rose to that level.
Burger, who is working full-time as the unpaid
chairman of the anniversary celebration of the
Constitution, declined to discuss his pay increase
other than to say, “I’m too busy to sit.”
Judges who retire through resignation — the
other option provided by Congress —.keep for
life the same salary they received on their last day
of work.
Senior status is available to any judge who is at
least 65 with 15 years experience, or 70 with 10
years.
Administrative records obtained by the Asso
ciated Press indicate that roughly one in five of
the nation’s senior judges do no judicial work
whatsoever. Only 13 former judges have passed
up senior status to choose full retirement.
The law allows senior judges to turn down any
work they don’t want.
Lloyd Cutler, a prominent Washington attor
ney who chaired the commission that recom
mended the pay raises, said this pay system was
intended by Congress and will have little impact
on the giant federal deficit.
But Cutler added, “You may have a point that
if they don’t work they shouldn’t receive more
than retired judges.”
For those senior judges who do not work, rea
sons can differ dramatically.
James Noel Jr., a senior judge in Houston,
performed his last judicial duty in 1978 when his
annual salary was $54,500 — $80,500 a year less
than he stands to begin receiving next month.
Asked why he chose senior status and not res
ignation, Noel said, “It was just a matter of
choice.”
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COSGA: will have a general committee meeting at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
N.O.W.: will meet at 7 p.m. in 507 Rudder.
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: will have a Bible
study at 7 p.m. in 604 Rudder.
MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
NUTRITION CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at Mr Gatti’s.
TAMU SURF CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS: will have
a lecture at 4 p.m. in Rudder Exhibit Hall.
STUDENT Y: will meet at 7 p.m. in 601 Rudder.
GAY STUDENT SERVICES: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 305 Rudder. .
TAMU METEOROLOGY SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in the observatory.
KLEIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8 p.m. at the Flying Tomato.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have registration for team bowling, racquetball
singles, wallyball, slam dunk, archery doubles and a backpacking trip from 8
a m. - 5 p.m. in 159 Read.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will meet at 7 p.m. in 507 Rudder.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s student
center.
ON CAMPUS CATHOLICS: will meet at 9 p.m. at All Faiths Chapel.
ETA KAPPA NU: will meet at 7 p.m. in 104B Zachry.
SILVER TAPS: will be at 10:30 p.m. at the Sul Ross statue.
PRETHEOLOGY SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 228 MSC.
TRIATHLON CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 230 G. Rollie White.
AGGIE SPACE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY: will watch “Marooned" at 5 p.m. in
105 Architecture.
TAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet at 8 p.m. in 104 Zachry.
TOASTMASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 105 Zachry.
ALL NIGHT FAIR: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 310 Rudder.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280
for details.
COCAINE ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for
details.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: The international week com
mittee will meet to coordinate Buffet International at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
THE SPANISH CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at 747 Plantation Oaks. New members
are always welcome.
TAU SIGMA DELTA: will have an informational meeting at 7 p.m. in 207 C
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Wednesday
WOMEN’S STUDIES: will have a free film “I’ve Heard a Mermaid Singing” at 7
p.m. in 200 Harrington.
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: will have an executive officers meeting at
5 p.m. in 146 MSC, and will telecast “Beyond the Dream: A Celebration of Black
History" at 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
PHI BETA LAMBDA: will have a smoker at 7 p.m. in 206 MSC.
CLASS OF ’90-’91 BALL: will have a class ball meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 510 Rud
der.
ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 150 Blocker.
MEXICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will have auditions for the
dress parade and the talent show from 7-10 p.m. in 226 MSC.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: The deadline for exchange program applications
are due by 5 p.m. in 161 Bizzell West.
NEWMAN: will meet at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a Catholic single’s happy
hour at 6 p.m. at the Sundance Club in the Hilton.
CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will meet at 9 p.m. in Lounge B on the quad.
OBJECTIVIST CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 231 MSC.
MSC VISUAL ARTS: will have a general committee meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 504
Rudder.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280
for details.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-
0280 for details.
TAMU RACQUETBALL CLUB: will meet at 8 p.m. by Court 7 in Read.
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Advocates condemn
hormone treatment
of beef, ask for ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con
sumer groups sided Monday with
Europe’s ban on hormone-treated
beef from the United States, urging
federal regulators to develop a way
to grade drug-free meat for do
mestic and overseas consumption.
Consumer advocates also asked
President Bush to negotiate a 90-day
truce in the trans-Atlantic dispute
over hormone-treated beef before it
escalates into a trade war, and to re
verse the administration’s position
against letting Texas and other
states export hormone-free beef to
Europe.
The European Economic Com
munity has warned it will slap tough
tariffs on American walnuts and
dried fruit if no progress is made by
Feb. 20 to end the dispute over hor
mones used by domestic producers
to fatten cattle more quickly.
The EEC on Jan. 1 banned im
ports of beef treated with hormones,
contending they are a health threat.
The United States disputes those
claims and retaliated against the loss
of about $100 million in annual beef
sales by setting $100 million in
higher tariffs on a variety of Com
mon Market goods.
In the meantime, Texas Agricul
ture Commissioner Jim Hightower
has been working with the European
Economic Community to certify hor
mone-free beef from Texas and find'
buyers for the Lone Star exports.
But the ET.S. Trade Representa
tive’s office last week said such a deal
would not be allowed because the
U.S. Department of Agriculture has
no way to certify beef is hormone-
free, a prerequisite for export.
Rod Leonard, executive director
of the Community Nutrition Insti
tute, said he believes USD A “can do
a certification procedure if it wants
to” and questioned the administra
tion’s decision to bar such exports as
farmers, inching toward recover y af
ter their worst recession in decades,
have an opportunity to find new
markets.
“The first thing out of the gun is
that the Reagan administration and
now apparently the Bush adminis
tration is clamping down on that ex
port market for no economic rea
son,” Leonard said Monday.
Leonard said a 90-day cooling off
period would give Bush time to de
velop a hormone-free beef certifica
tion procedure, and so “cooler heads
can get together and try to resolve
this issue without retaliation.
“If the European Community and
the United States proceed in the di
rection that they’re going we very
well could have a real trade war in
which consumers on both sides of
the Atlantic are really going to be the
ones who get hurt,” Leonard said.
The Consumer Federation of
America said the EEC’s ban is “an is
sue of consumer protection and not
trade protection.”
Police suspect suicide
in cult defector’s death
HOUS TON (AP) — Police are in
vestigating the apparent suicide of
the estranged daughter of the
founder of a polygamist cult because
of the cult’s reputation for “blood
atonement” against defectors.
Lillian Chynoweth, 33„ a daughter
of the late Ervil LeBaron, founder of
the Church of the Lamb of God, was
shot once in the right side of her
head, homicide Lt. Richard Holland
said.
Chynoweth, dressed only in a
housecoat, was found dead on the
sitting room floor of her northwest
Houston home Saturday morning by
her 13-year-old daughter, who was
awakened by the gunshot. A .357-
caliber pistol lay nearby.
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The pistol, Holland said, had
been given to Chynoweth’s 14-year-
old son by a family friend — for pro
tection in light of the killings last
June of Chynoweth’s husband, her
brother-in-law and a niece.
There were no signs of forced en
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seeking treatment for depression
and had “recent conversations of
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“Violent death seems to follow
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Preliminary evidence in Chyno
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with Dr. Curtis Lard in 109 Kleburg, phone 845-3712. Only Phi Eta
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