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The Battalion
College Station, Texas
“Serving Texas A&M since 1893"
8 Pages
Monday, April 20, 1992
Permanent replacements for strikers become election issue
WASHINGTON (AP) - It played in
eoria for Caterpillar, and now it is being
layed out again in Congress: an elec-
onL-year struggle over the right of busi-
i H pfp: esses to h* re permanent replacements for
VI Cl tijikj,, workers.
. "The threat of strike replacements was
ims major factor in causing the union to
hrov in the towel" in the recent
ive-month United Auto Workers strike
S02Tdlt Caterpillar plants in Peoria and else-
^ vhere in Illinois, argues Sen. Howard
y ietzenbaum, D-Ohio, a leader in the
\ Uy, Vdill'£ nate e ff or t to ban permanent replace-
- pparp ients There seems little doubt.
! 1 Within days after the company adver-
D, Bosnia-H ised for replacements, 12,600 UAW
fhe Serb-led
j Muslim reispy
)wn of VisecL, •
Reengineers
eotiate peace n
lug leak
h Chicago
lusinesses to resume
lOrmal operations
■ZHICAGO (AP) - After six
lays, engineers finally plugged
B tunnel leak under the Chicago
liver that caused a devastating
lood and virtually shut down
, . Hiness in the heart of the city, of-
lurmgtheprevi# alssaidSunday
ting in Bosnia,®^ sa j d business in the city's
onearmyresen* he business district, could
atV H' ( I back to normal - or almost,
some s, #p e fj ooc jj[ n g ( which began Mon-
nwmped basements and
r Bused power outages in some of
Vfc l nation's largest buildings.
■Commonwealth Edison said
sa'dhistaltewiB jay thal electricity was re-
1 rui u lored to all but 11 Loop buildings
r i ^ ti, ri at must have their base-
, in an ,' r e Mnts drained and other problems
tntyandM ed be{ore ,, js saf J, to turn
J ccu S dS e ttaa« erbackon
yofsirringuf^^,, pjgj^'g flagship State
iia, an .d Gen feet department st ° re said it
’ ll1 ul 1 ,planned to reopen Monday after
oes n0 11 Torkers spent a week pumping
_ ... jeater from a basement,
ouigii iniSjBj was j ate s a t ur day that the last
port tor a L .|t of concrete was poured in three
il to suspe p ots nee d e d to plug leaks in the
^riltury-dd system of tunnels be-
Tbia and the owth ^ Loop /
ormy do no 1 Q n Sunday, workers further
ndations iealed the concrete plug with
s, the turop|j. j[)u ^ a thf n mortar to fill chinks.
A tunnel wall was breached
workers went back to their jobs.
It is a law that has been on the books
since 1938. But it was used sparingly until
1981, when President Reagan fired strik
ing government air traffic controllers and
replaced them permanently.
Since then, unions complain that in
creasing numbers of corporations have
turned to the tactic in strikes. Greyhound
and Eastern Airlines are among these cor
porations.
The bill would allow companies to hire
temporary replacements, but business
says such a move is usually impractical.
According to a study last year by
Congress' General Accounting Office,
companies threatened to hire permanent
replacements in about one-third of all
strikes.
But they actually hired new workers in
17 percent of the walkouts, and perma
nently replaced just 4 percent of their
striking employees.
"It is a bedrock issue to us," says Bar
bara Warden, a congressional lobbyist for
UAW.
It is also an issue that is caught up in
election-year politics.
The House approved the ban last year,
and Senate Democrats are within striking
distance of the 60 votes needed to pass it
over a filibuster.
But President Bush has threatened a
veto, and neither the House nor the Sen
ate is expected to be able to override a
veto.
And with Democratic presidential
front-runner Bill Clinton as well as la
bor's allies in Congress supporting the
bill, the prospect is for legislative stale
mate — and political maneuvering.
Democrats and labor leaders say forc
ing Bush to veto the measure would hurt
him in November by adding to a list of
pro-worker bills he has opposed, includ
ing extended unemployment benefits, civ
il rights and family leave. Democrats
hope the rejection of each bill will pull so-
called Reagan Democrats — many of
whom are union members — back into
the Democratic fold, this fall.
"This would very definitely be brought
up in the election by the unions, not only
against the president but against Republi
cans who voted that way," promises lob
byist Jack Sheehan of the United Steel
workers of America.
For their part. Republicans would like
to prevent Bush from having to cast a
veto. But they say the fight will relabel
Democrats as the liberal party of special
interests, a tag that hurt them in Walter
Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign.
"This is an extreme bill," says Sen. Or-
rin Hatch, R-Utah, adding that the mea
sure shows that Democrats' "idea of an
economic recovery plan is more plant
closings, more strikes."
le were 1
d the CSCE iff
the violence.
through the bed of the river Mon-
lav, and more than 250 million
f Hlons of dirty river water poured
raVOfr 1 50-mile underground net
work and into basements.
1-^-tjliOnce used to deliver coal, mail
laillujnd freight, the system now con-
iins a modern equivalent: electric
Lg‘limitS Pes.
° R"In short terms, the leak is
I Ted We»|)lugged," said Billy Davis, an aide
d1 icy waste to Kj a y or Richard M. Daley. And
“• Kt means a return to some kind
of Santa ofnormalcy Monday in the central
-y two comr business district, he said,
one gel impW'Most Loop businesses will be
2d with FD1 able to reopen," he said.
■However, the financial loss that
stopped n4lrained from the city and its busi-
ing the n#|esses remains untold.
BILLY MORAN/The Battalion
Eggspectant hunter
Matthew Westhusin (left), 4, takes a candy
rabbit out of an Easter egg with the help of his
father as his little brother watches. The family
participated in St. Mary’s egg hunt Sunday.
Islamic rebels
seize territory
Muslim leader makes threats to attack
besieged capital despite call for unity
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —
Muslim rebels seized more territo
ry on Sunday and tried to put
aside rivalries to avoid a bloody
scramble for power. But one rebel
leader renewed his threats to at
tack the besieged capital.
A non-communist official took
charge of ousted President Na-
jibullah's crumbling regime, but
the government's power was vir
tually gone.
Leaders from 10 rebel groups
met in Peshawar, Pakistan, and
agreed to form an interim council
to negotiate with the remnants of
the Kabul government. A Pakistan
Foreign Ministry spokesman,
Javeed Hussein, said there was a
"broad consensus" on an orderly
transfer of power to end the
14-year-old civil war.
However, the most fundamen
talist rebel faction, Hezb-i-Islami
led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, re
jected the interim council plan.
"We don't see any prospect for
a (peaceful) solution," said Hek-
matyar's spokesman in Pakistan,
Nawab Salim. "It is not a joke. Ei
ther the government in Kabul sur
renders or we will attack."
Hekmatyar's faction was once
one of the biggest recipients of
U.S. military aid despite his strong
anti-American stance. He op
posed any backing from Iran.
The fundamentalists are also
warning of a showdown with
more moderate guerrilla chief
Ahmed Shah Masood, whose
fighters have encircled Kabul and
forced Najibullah to flee into hid
ing on Thursday.
See Leader/Page 8
Afghanistan politics provide
possible bridge for U.S., Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
bloodstained politics of Af
ghanistan are creating a new op
portunity for Iran and the United
States to find common ground.
Whether either country will grasp
it is as uncertain as the outcome of
the fighting around Kabul.
Enemies since Islamic militants
stormed the U.S. embassy in
Tehran nearly 13 years ago, the
two nations seek the same out
come in Afghanistan — a coalition
government that will prevent the
country from breaking apart.
On the other hand, Pakistan, a
longtime U.S. ally, sees advantage
in a fractured Afghanistan.
Given the limitations that
Washington faces in shaping
events in the post-Soviet world,
the opportunity for closer cooper
ation with Tehran may be the best
the Bush administration can hope
for in Afghanistan.
Abdul Rahim Hatif, a non
communist, took over Sunday as
acting president, state-run Kabul
Radio announced. President Na
jibullah, who was put in power by
Moscow by 1986, remains in hid
ing.
With rival insurgent factions
ringing the capital, powerful rebel
commander Ahmed Shah Masood
said he was putting together a
coalition that will seek to replace
the crumbling government.
"Please, do not have violence,"
was the plaintive appeal from the
U.S. State Department to the rival
factions.
When it comes to having an im
pact on the fighting, former State
See Official /Page 8
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Students, faculty to render
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By Julie Polston
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jStudents and faculty from the
lexas A&M College of Architec
ture are traveling to Texas border
tolvns this summer to build two
community resource centers fi
nanced by the state legislature.
jThe two areas scheduled for de
velopment are Cameron Park near
Brownsville, and Progress© locat
ed south of Weslaco. The towns
arh colonias, impoverished His
panic settlements in Texas' south-
most counties.
[Colonias residents experience a
[Variety of problems, including
oor health care and lack of edu
cation. Consequently, the project
icds many people to complete
the facilities successfully.
"The centers will be designed
based on input from colonias resi
dents and will involve construc
tion teams made up of faculty, stu
dents, service providers and the
residents themselves," said Dr.
Allen Commander, director of
A&M's Center for Housing and
Urban Development.
The resource centers will offer
nutritional training and health
care services such as prenatal pro
grams and flu vaccination clinics,
said Kermit Black, program coor
dinator.
In addition, the facilities will
address issues such as illiteracy
and teenage pregnancy.
Black said most colonias resi
dents speak only Spanish and un
employment is thought to be more
See State/Page 8
'93 Aggieland editor to take reins
Yearbook head prepares for staff appointments
By Matari Jones
77jc Battalion
HUY NGUYEN/The Battalion
Donna Roth, a junior English major prepares to
take over as editor of the 19S3 Aggieland. Her
major duty will be to select a quality staff.
The new editor of the 1993 Aggieland
plans to bring organizational skills, in
sight and interpersonal communications
to the new staff.
The Aggieland serves as a memory
book that boosts students' morale, said
Donna Roth, a junior English major from
Mount Pleasant.
"When you pick up your yearbook,
you feel A&M," she says.
Roth says the Aggieland has A&M
written all over it with traditions like the
Corps of Cadets and student organiza
tions.
Roth began her Aggieland career as
the Administration/Academics section
editor in 1992. One of the changes she
added was more feature stories on stu
dents in the different colleges on campus
and the activities they were involved in.
For example, in the College of Archi
tecture, Roth did a feature story titled
"The 24-hour Major" which focused on
the projects of the architecture students.
One new addition for the 1992 Ag
gieland will be pictures of the College of
Geosciences at Galveston. Roth said many
students do not even know that it is a part
of Texas A&M.
Roth's major duty as editor will be the
selection of a well-rounded, experienced
staff.
See Quality/Page 8