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1 Reagan ForeseeTWo Troops in El Salvador 4 6 THE TENNESSEAN, WJnxJoy, March 4, 1981 1 1 i--- 1 fill Vv 1 "il a-v -W a.a 11 I r- i rinr-irn Pnorfarc C)iitnumhtrerl nt Cnnffmncf i Vl Staff photo by J.T. Phillips Members of the Eagle Forum outnumber reporters as they jam into the Legislative Plaza press room and listen to their leaders call for the abolition of the Commission on the Status of Women. The commission is facing a fight for its life in both the House and Senate. Women Status Panel Stings caqlef orum the term, the source with regard to Cuba, means the intercepting and stopping of the supplies coming into these countries, the export from Cuba of those arms, the training of the guerrillas as" they've done there." Reagan Seeking Enlarged Navy. To Control Soviets (Continued From Page One) a AS AN EXAMPLE, Lehman said he envisioned the possibility of moving U.S.

naval task forces north into the Norwegian Sea to threaten major Soviet naval bases on the Kola Peninsula if the United States were drawn into: a major war with the Soviet Former President Carter's naval concepts a ccepted a U.S. withdrawal from the Indian Ocean and precluded U-S. ship movement into the Norwegian Sea to contain the Soviet fleet, Lehman But he' said a naval presence in the Norwegian area would bottle, up the Soviet fleet. Lehman also said the 1972 SALT I agreement limiting the number of nuclear missiles on land and at sea should be scrapped because it gave the Soviet Union an unfair 3-2 ratio over the United States in the deployment of such weapons. THAT RATIO, Lehman said, "is simply unaccep My recommendation is that we not comply with SALT The State Department Issued a statement last might disavowing, the SALT I comments.

"This administration fs reviewing its overall SALT policy decision has yet been taken on our adherence to existing SALT agreements. "JOHN LEHMAN'S statements, on SALT as reported in'the press were not authorized nor did they reflect administration' While we are reviewing ouY.SAUT policy, we will take no action that' would undercut existing agreements as long as thii Soviet Union exercises the same statement said. Lehman told Pentagon reporters; an "accurate consens us throughout, the administration" to change naval strategy emerged from his, talks with Reagan and Weinberger. In order to develop what Leh-' man called a "war-fighting'' naval strategy, the new secretary said the fleet would be expanded from its present 12 aircraft carrier bat-, tie groups to 15. This would enable' the United States to project sea, power into the Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf areas and to maintain U.S.

military commi tments in other areas of the world at the same time, he said. LEHMAN SUGGESTED- that; part of this expansion can be carried out by calling several major, ships out of mothballs. One possibility, he said, is the Oriskany, a recently retired carrier, that could' be refitted to carry a squadron of attack aircraft. Another short-term option, Leh-: man said, would be to build a carrier-sized battle group around the U.S.S. New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship that was stored away after the Vietnam war.

Using ta modernized, missile-equipped battleship in place of a carrier, Lehman said, "could make a lot of sense in the Persian Gulf." The secretary said the manpower for the additional ships could be acquired by stopping the high turnover of skilled technicians and petty officers now leaving! the Navy for higher-paying civilian jobs. He said private industry will pump more money into rundown U.S. shipbuilding facilities if Uhey see that the administration is firm-ly committed to building a more powerful Navy. LEHMAN ALSO called 'for enlarging U.S nuclear missile caa- hilitv nt spa hv nlflfi'nff cnhmariMP- Tt JOEL KAPLAN The Eagle Forum swooped down on Capitol Hill yesterday, attempting to level a death blow to its arch enemy, the Commission on the Status of Women. About 50 members of the forum, which bills itself as both "the alternative to women's lib" and "the largest pro-family organization within the United States," came to the Legislative Plaza to lobby their representatives to abolish the commission.

TO HAVE HAD a commission concerning women which consciously and deliberately excluded wives, mothers and homemakers was an exercise in blatant discrim-" ination and, we believe, a misuse of taxpayers money," said Shirley Curry, co-chairman of the forum from Brownsville. full-time wife, mother and homemaker, the factory worker, laborer, "pink" and "blue" collar worker have all been ingnored by By The New York Times WASHINGTON President Reagan said yesterday he sees no likelihood of the United States sending fighting forces to El Salvador in to help the government there defeat leftist insurgents. He denied there was any parallel between the increase in American military advisory aid and the beginning of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. "I CERTAINLY don't see any likelihood of us going in with ing forces," Reagan said in an interview at the White House with Walter Cronkite of CBS News.

"I do see our continued work in the field of diplomacy with neighboring countries that are interested in Central America to bring this violence to a halt and to make sure that we do not just sit passively by and let this hemisphere be invaded by outside forces." On the subject of Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev's suggestion for a summit and renewed arms talks, Reagan reacted cautiously. "I CANT REALLY give a specific answer to any of these things unless and until I have met with and discussed this whole problem with allies who, you know, are only a bus ride from Russia," he said. "We could talk a lot better," he said of the Soviets' at another point, "if there was some indication that they truly wanted to be a member of the peace-loving nations of the world, the free world." The Afghanistan situation would be a good place for the Soviets to demonstrate a change in attitude, Reagan said. "I THINK IT would help bring about such a meeting if the Soviet Union revealed that it was willing to moderate its imperialism, its aggression," he said. But Reagan questioned whether the Soviets withdrawal from Afghanistan would be "subject to negotiation." If they say no, he continued.

"What do you do?" He was then asked whether he was, in effect, ruling out the summit invitation and he said he was not being "hard and fast" at this time, but only saying that in discussing the matter with allies, "it would make it a lot easier" to point to signs of improvement by the Soviets and "their surrogates." The latter he described as "Qaddafi in Chad, Cuba in Angola, Cuba and East Germans in Ethiopia and in South Yemen, and of course now the attempt here in our own Western Hemisphere." COMMENTING ON the U.S. decision to send 20 additional military advisers and $25 million in additional military equipment to El Salvador, Reagan said the difference between the lesson of Vietnam and the incremental involvement in El Salvador was "profound." "What we are actually doing," he said, "is at the request of a government in one of our neighboring countries, helping, offering some help against the import or the export into the Western Hemisphere of terrorism, of disruption. And it isn't just El Salvador. That happens to be the target at the moment." "Our problem is this whole hemisphere," he continued, "And keeping this sort of thing out." REAGAN EMPHASIZED what he termed a "sort of technicality here" the difference between military advisers" who got out on the battlefield and military training "teams" who do not. He stressed that no American advisers were being sent to El Salvador, only training teams.

Reagan said that in discussing Cuba's alleged role in the trouble in El Salvador, Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. was in no way suggesting "an assault on Cuba" in his recent remarks about dealing with alleged Cuban arms aid, "at the source." "There are a lot of things open: diplomacy, trade, a number of things," Reagan said. "And Secretary Haig has explained the use of Tax Benefits Into Millions Morton and his staff were also in sharp disagreement with the fiscal notes prepared by the Department of Revenue. ON THE POLLUTION bill, the department only says that "the change- has a potential revenue loss." Regarding the bill that would allow investment tax credits on leased equipment, the department says the fiscal impact is unknown.

"It is unknown whether any existing taxpayers would be affected by this change," Revenue's note says. Revenue Commissioner Martha Olsen said she believes her department's fiscal notes are accurate and there was "no effort made in any way to mislead Backers Demand Return "THE COMMISSION has from its beginning represented one viewpoint which represents less than 5 of the women in Tennessee," she said. "If in the past year, the commission has implemented a new plan, the plan has certainly not been publicized. The commission's activities are the best kept secrets in state government." Mrs. Miller said that members of the Eagle Forum who are fighting to abolish her commission are the same women who will one day need its services.

"To me, it's the woman who doesn't work out of the home that needs this commission," she said. "These are the women that at one point are probably going to need our services and we won't be there. "Women are 52 pf the population in Tennessee and if they could ever get together on one issue, they could really change everything for the better." Headmaster atmosphere at FRA. School patrons, still reeling under the sudden announcement of his resignation, reportedly were dividing into camps yesterday, with some pleased by the change and others threatening to withdraw their children unless Bradshaw is re-employed. Barton expressed hope school programs will continue uninterrupted when a new permanent board and headmaster can be named, saying, "I'm convinced this is the Lord's will and it will work out.

The teachers are loyal to the school above and beyond one individual." ASKED WHAT would happen should large numbers of students withdraw, he said: "The property the $1 million was borrowed on was acquired solely for expansion of the school. "We would have to decide whether more students could be recruited. If not, we would not need the buildings." Though not as prestigious as Nashville's-, long-established private schools, FRA has been consid- ered among the better of the institutions founded since 1970, andits rolls include the children of several prominent physicians, attorneys and state officials as well as entertainers Bobby Goldsboro, Tammy Wynette and Ronnie Milsap. State's Nissan Said Running (Continued From Page One) freesboro and the senate sponsor of the bills, said the fiscal notes do go against what he was told by the administration. "The information I received from the Department of Revenue was there would not be any significant impact," he said.

BUT RUCKER SAID that even if there is a substantial loss of revenue, he still supports the bill because it attracts new industry to the state. "If it turns out there will be substantial reductions of income, then so be it," Rucker said. "If these measures help attract new industry, it's well spent." The fiscal notes prepared, by rector of the Commission on the Status of Women, conceded that chances of the commission being extended are slim. A bill that would extend the commission past its June 30 expiration date was on the House floor last week, but lacked the votes needed for passage and was sent back to committee. The same bill is bogged down in a Senate committee.

"I don't think it looks good at all right now," Mrs. Miller said. BUT SHE disputed the notion of the Eagle Forum that the commission is a waste of taxpayers money at a time when there are cuts in the areas of Medicaid, education and mental health. Mrs. Miller said the commission has spent the past year becoming a-commission "for" women and that Gov.

Lamar Alexander's appointments "reflect women from throughout Tennessee." Mrs. Curry scoffed at the notion that the commission has changed. of Franklin petition demanding "an immediate response" to the question of whether they and Bradshaw could operate "without interference" or should resign. THE PETITION charged board members' and Bradshaw's roles were being "usurped" while Barton said church officials have never sought control of FRA, but simply information they need since they are ultimately fiscally responsible for the school. He said selection of an interim headmaster who is not a First Christian member was made deliberately so no attempt at church control of school policies could be inferred.

While FRA and First Christian are not denominationally affiliated and the majority of students at the school are not church members, it operates under First Christian's charter. BARTON SAID the school's first building was constructed with a $375,000 bond issue approved by First Christian's congregation, which the church still is repaying. The church also is repaying a loan for the connection to Metro sewer lines which the Health De partment required for the school's expansion, he said. Barton said the school pays First Christian about $2,000 monthly for utilities and operating costs, "but that does not even begin to approximate paying back that $375,000." HE SAID FRA is repaying the $1 million indebtedness for school expansion through its own fund-raising. The church and school boards have operated separately, although there is some overlap, and until two years ago, Bradshaw, an elder at First Christian, headed both the church board and its Finance Committee, Barton said.

A strong-willed administrator, Bradshaw reportedly has insisted on unquestioning acceptance of his authority, and school patrons therefore have tended either to praise or to condemn him, with few expressing neutral views about his leadership. FOR EXAMPLE, the Confederate uniform he displayed in his office and occasionally wore at school functions was described by his supporters as a humorous aspect of his personality but by his detractors as a symbol of all that they described as wrong with the this commission for the past few years, she added. Mrs. Curry was joined at a press conference calling for the abolition of the commission by Tottie Ellis, president of the Tennessee branch of Eagle Forum. The national organization is headed by noted right wing activist Phyllis Schlafly.

MRS. ELLIS said the Commission on the Status on Women, has had enough time and it should be abolished. "We have no objections to women working," she said. "But the commission has made no effort to help homemakers or mothers in anyway." The Eagle Forum has become a powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. Although only about 50 showed up yesterday, Mrs.

Ellis said there could have been several hundred present, but the organization did not want to clutter up the halls. LOUISE MILLER, executive di "If there is any substance at all, we need to correct these problems posthaste." Barton said he asked the school board, at the request of First Christian's board chairman, to "se-, riously restudy" policies related to the establishing of teachers' salaries, the selection of board mem- bers, which now is made by Bradshaw, and other matters. HE SAID BRADSHAW and the school board's Finance Committee would not release information on teachers' salaries, which were negotiated privately between employees and the headmaster, to the church board a situation which made it impossible to assess the validity of charges of pay inequities: "I did not intend to attack anybody personally, particularly the headmaster, because there's no way you can fault the work he's done," Barton said, adding, "Frankly, I made the school board angry, although I didn't mean to." Thus, he said, before a meeting of a board committee scheduled to discuss those issues could be held, school board members showed up Sunday night at the church board's regular meeting with a five-page Market Drop in January HOWEVER, SINCE past results indicate January sales normally rise, the seasonal adjustment shows decline. The new Commerce-HUD report said new one-family houses were sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 493,000 in January, down 6.5 from the previous month and down 17.3 from January 1980. December's revised estimated rate of 527,000 was down 5.7 from November, the report said.

The median price for new houses sold in January was $67,200, down slightly from December's median of $67,800, the report said. Sumichrast said the price drop was an indication that developers are making great efforts including bargain prices "to sell what they have rather than start anything new." .3 (Continued From Page One) Bradshaw has remained unavailable for comment, but Barton said the. surprise resignations followed requests he made to the school board two weeks ago for more information about school finance and other policies. Barton said he told the board, Feb. 16 about "serious charges" brought to him as First Christian's minister which "reflect negatively upon the school and the church." BARTON DECLINED to elaborate on the charges but said they included allegations of financial irregularities in FRA's operation.

He did not indicate who was said to be involved in the alleged "ir-, regularities," saying only that he had repeated the charges he received to school board members along with the statement: "These comments may or may not be true and justified. We need to be aware that they have been and are being made." BARTON SAID he told board members they should seek information as to the charges' validity, and that, "If we agree that they are not true, we need to do a better job our public New Housing (Continued From Page One) The Federal Home Loan Bank Board reported mortgage interest rates averaging 15.37 in early January, and Sumichrast said he doubted that the rate would fall below 14 in the near future. "I THINK ALL interest rates will come down," he said, but not enough to make a big difference in housing sales. A survey taken by the builders' association indicates February sales may show "marginal im provement," Sumichrast said. But he added, "It isn't going to be a good year at all." The departments of Commerce and Housing and Urban Development reported that about 34 million new single-family houses were sold last month, about the same total number as in the previous month.

,1 a i launched cruise missiles on eight Polaris ballistic missile -submarines that are scheduled to be re placed by the larger Trident subs. 7-; One problem on the horizon, Lehman said, is the condition of this first of the new Tridents this Ohio which may not Jbc. delivered on schedule this June. Lehman said that "many people in the Navy" are now of the claim made by the ship's builder, General Dynamics, that the Ohio will be delivered on- time. New estimates, Lehman said," foresee delays of up to eight months, i There have been reports of ma- jor design and workmanship' problems on the huge new missile sub, 1 At j.

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