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Sadat unveils 6new' peace plan details
By Christopher S. Wren
N. Y. Times Service
CAIRO Egypt made public Wednesday
the details of its latest Middle East peace
plan, which is based on a proposal that Israel
has already turned down.
The new plan, which President Anwar el- Sad- at
gave to American Vice President
Walter Mondale at their brief meeting in
Alexandria Monday, represents Cairo's new
position for the foreign ministers' talks in
London that the United States has proposed
to bring Israel and Egypt together later this
month. The plan was released by the
Egyptian foreign ministry Wednesday
following a concerted buildup in the Cairo
press.
The Egyptian formula calls on Israel to
pull out of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
within a five- ye- ar period and hand over
transitional sovereignty to Jordan and
Egypt, which formerly governed the
respective territories. At the end of the five
years, the 1.1 million Palestinian residents
would be allowed to decide their own future.
A week and a' half ago, the Israeli cabinet
rejected " unreservedly" the plan on the
basis of Cairo radio reports, contending that
Egypt was demanding Israel's withdrawal
from the West Bank and Gaza as a precon-dition
for new negotiations. When President
Carter complained that the Egyptian
proposal was not yet made, Prime Minister
Menachem Begin replied that Israel had
dismissed only Sadat's preconditions and not
the plan itself.
The plan was first sketched out nearly two
months ago by Sadat in an interview with The
New York Times. While it was doubtful that
Israel would accept it this time around,
Egyptian official sources contended that
there were a number of flexible points inside
the familiar package that left room for
compromise.
However, Foreign Minister Mohammed
Ibrahim Kamel recently declared that
" there are things that cannot be really the
subject of compromise."
Among other elements, Cairo has proposed
that Egypt, Jordan, Israel and " represen-tatives
of the Palestinian people," together
with the United Nations, negotiate a
timetable for Israel's withdrawal, details of a
transitional government and mutual security
guarantees for all parties during and after
the five year transition.
The plan also reiterates Sadat's contention
that durable peace depends upon " a just
solution of the Palestinian question in all its
aspects," a partial paraphrase of Carter's
own formulation at Aswan early this year.
And it asks for arrangements to implement
" relevant U. N. resolutions on Palestinian
refugees."
One of the relatively few new details is a
provision for an immediate administrative
role by Palestinian authorities as soon as the
territories are returned. " Jordan and Egypt
shall carry out their responsibility in
cooperation with freely elected represen-tatives
of the Palestinian people who shall
exercise direct authority over the ad-ministration
of the West Bank and Gaza," the
plan says.
This is likely to be contested by Israel,
which is worried about the evolution of a
Palestinian state on its borders. The plan
omitted any mention of the Palestine
Liberation Organization, though it did not
preclude the participation of officials
sympathetic to the PLO.
The portions probably least palatable to
Israel are Egypt's demand for the return of
the Arab part of Jerusalem, which Israel
annexed after the 1967 war, and the removal
of Jewish settlements in the occupied
territories.
On the other hand, the plan appears to
demand only that Israel agree in principle to
withdraw before the actual negotiations get
under way and does not specify when the
withdrawal must take place. It also proposes
that the United Nations " supervise and
facilitate" the pullout as well as the
" restoration of Arab authority."
No reference was made in the plan to an
American contribution, though Washington
would be an implicit observer through its
current intermediary role. It was also not
clear how Jordan would be brought into the
negotiations, in view of Amman's expressed
reluctance to become involved at this stage.
Cairo's proposal would commit Egypt and
Jordan to guarantee that the security
arrangements worked out in such
negotiations would remain in effect after the
Palestinian homeland was created. The
Israelis have contended that if they pulled
out of the occupied territories, they would
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The Egyptian peace proposal released Wed- nesda- y
calls for Israel's immediate withdrawal
from the West Bank of Jordan, Old Jerusalem
and the Gaza Strip. Israel has already rejected
similar plans.
Both Arabs
and Israelis
seek peace
Each seeks goal
on individual terms
By Philipp Harper
Middle East reporting program
JERUSALEM Like the proverbial
blind men who try to describe an
elephant by touch, parties to the Middle
East conflict interpret their, common
dilemma in radically different ways.
Even at the most fundamental level,
Arabs and Jews seem unable to agree
aa framework in which to deal with
their problems.
While West Bank Arabs and their
proponents throughout the Arab world
link a peace settlement to the
establishment of a Palestinian
homeland, Israel's government
believes peace can come only after
there has been a basic shift in the Arab
state of mind.
Yaakov Keinan, Israeli foreign
ministry spokesman, says the Arabs'
longtime refusal to recognize Jewish
rights of self- determinati- on is at the
heart of the conflict. This tendency, he
says, is the result of the Jews' status as
" second- clas- s citizens" during the
Moslem Caliphate and under Turkish
rule.
In the Israeli view, Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat's recent
willingness to negotiate directly with
Israel represented the first shift in the
Arab perspective. By implicitly
recognizing the conflict as a political
one, Keinan says, Sadat " de- demonize- d"
the situation.
Jamil Hamad, a member of the
editorial board of A- Sha- ab, the West
Bank's largest Arab daily, says
Keinan's approach to the problem is
" purely academic."
Although Hamad does not deny the
historical bases of the problem, he
believes the current impasse in Arab- Israe- li
relations is tied most strongly to
the plight of the Palestinian people.
Calling the Palestinians the " new
wandering Jews," Hamad says they
" cry" for a state of their own because
they are welcomed in neither Israel nor
the surrounding Arab states, in which
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A protest group of mostly Lebanese Americans
demonstrates before the Syrian Embassy in
Washington in an outcry against the shelling of
UPI telephoto
residential areas in Beirut, Lebanon, by Syrian
forces in the latest outbreak of fighting in the
Lebanese civil war. See related story, page 15A.
Israel silent
oil peace plan
By William E. Farrell
N. Y. Times Service
JERUSALEM Egypt's interim
peace plan for the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip met official silence in Israel
Wednesday. But some officials,
speaking in private, said it was a
disappointment that served to illustrate
the wide gap between Israel and Egypt
on the issues of peace.
The officials said they were certain
that the Egyptian proposal, made
public in Cairo, would not impede the
trip to London later this month by
Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan for a
meeting with Foreign Minister
Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel of Egypt
and Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance.
A few days ago, during the visit to
Israel of Vice President Mondale, the
Israelis said that Dayan's participation
at the London meeting was assured so
long as the Egyptian plan did not
require prior acceptance by Israel of
negotiating conditions.
President Anwar el- Sada- t's plan, a
long awaited counter- propos- al to the
peace plan put forth last December by
Prime Minister Menachem Begin,
appeared at least to meet that Israeli
stipulation.
A rather gloomy view was also
reflected in recent talks with Egyptian
officials in Cairo. Both sides seem
willing to participate in the London
talks mainly out of desire to please the
Americans rather than because of any
expectation of a major breakthrough.
" I don't see much hope the gap is
very wide," a foreign ministry official
said Wednesday. " I don't see how the
gap can be bridged."
An Israeli reaction to the Egyptian
proposal a number of elements of
which came as no surprise here is
expected to emerge Sunday at the
regular cabinet meeting, although an
earlier special cabinet session to deal
with it has not been ruled out.
One Israeli official, who asked not to
be identified, said: " We were very
disappointed by the Egyptian coun--'
terproposals although we were not
surprised by them."
The Egyptian plan, in his view, had a
" very extremist tone."
In essence, the plan does not abandon
two key points both unacceptable to
Israel and insisted upon by Sadat since
he made his visit to Israel last
November the right of the million
Palestinian Arabs in the Israeli- occupie- d
West Bank of the Jordan and
the Gaza Strip to self- determinati- on
and a demand that Israel withdraw
from the territories captured during the
1967 war.
The Egyptian plan calls for United
Nations supervision of the Israeli
withdrawal from the territories. This is
certain to displease the Israelis, who
have little regard for United Nations
forces or faith in their ability to remain
impartial.
The Egyptian text, in English
translation, says: " The Israeli military
government in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip shall be abolished at the
outset of the transitional period."
Sadat calls for a five- ye- ar transition
period, the same time period mentioned
by Begin in his plan, which calls for a
system of civil autonomy for the
Palestinian Arabs while Israel retains a
military presence for security pur-poses.
WASHINGTON ( UPI) A valuable
national resource Americans' per-sonal
information in Social Security
files is poorly protected against
falsification, misuse and theft, the
General Accounting Office said Wed-nesday.
The GAO, an investigative arm of
- Congress, discussed the problem in a
report requested by Reps. Charles
Rose, D- N.- C, and John Moss, D- Ca- lif .
Paper files in the Social Security
Administration are not covered by any
firm or fully enforced protective rules,
the report said.
And it said computerized data can be
reached by unauthorized persons
because there often is " unlimited and
unrestricted access to terminals."
A member of Moss' staff said
somebody could steal or surreptitiously
use a computer terminal to gain access
to huge amounts of personal in-formation.
One terminal already . has
been stolen, he said, " and we know not
where it is."
Due to such lack of security, people
would be able to falsify and change
records to siphon off benefits, the staff
member said.
The Social Security Administration
started a " security awareness
program" during the GAO's in-vestigation,
the report said. But more is
needed, it said, recommending :
Restricting what records can be
reached by certain computer ter-minals.
Strictly controlling data printouts.
Limiting the number of people
authorized to change records or file
new ones.
" These programs generate millions
of records on workers and beneficiaries
that are maintained in automated data
banks and files," the GAO said. " The
records constitute a valuable national
resource that must be safeguarded
against alteration, destruction, abuse
or misuse."
As an example of abuse, the report
said:
" One employee was selling Social
Security cards to illegal aliens and
others who desired a new identity.
Because this employee had access to
the computer system and knew how to
use it, he would summon up the names
and Social Security numbers of people
who had died.
" Then he would type those names and
numbers on Social Security cards,
stolen from the office, and sell them in
the underground market."
Municipal Court study
calls for reorganization
By Mike Robinson
and Mark Shepherd
Missourian staff writers
Columbia's Municipal Court should
be reorganized so the municipal judge
and city prosecutor can concentrate
more on their judicial roles and less on
administrative duties, according to an
independent study released Wednesday
by Sixth Ward Councilman Clyde
Wilson.
The study also recommends reducing
clerical inefficiencies, which this year
alone have cost the city $ 50,000 in un-paid
traffic fines.
The 68- pa- ge study, prepared by Mark
Koenig and Associates of Tallahassee,
Fla., says the judge and prosecutor
often waste time on unwarranted ad-ministrative
work. The prosector's
office has " undue clerical burdens,'
the study says, most of which " can be
eliminated or simplified."
The report says: " The caseload has
reached the point where the judge must
devote increasingly more time to off- ben- ch
work." A lack of organization
and clearly defined job descriptions,
and low staff salary levels in the court
clerk's office, have made Judge Fred
Dannov " more than a half- tim- e judge,"
the study says. As a result, it says, the
City Council should consider appointing
a full- tim- e judge and perhaps an ad-ditional
city prosecutor.
Judge Dannov, who has been calling
for structural changes in the municipal
court since taking office in 1975, said he
is " extremely satisfied" with all but
one aspect of the Koenigs report. He
said he opposes the recomendsd hiring
( See STUDY, Page 16A)
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Abused children
Children who suffer at the hand
of an abusing or neglectful parent
sometimes find that the courts
offer them little protection. Read
about this frustrating dilemma
on Page 7A of today's
Missourian.
In twi t cis& y
9 a. m. Boone County Court
meets, fifth floor, County- Cit- y
Building.
6: 30 p. m. " Butterflies Are
Free," Columbia College
Theater.
8: 15 p. m. MOSSPAC Chamber
Orchestra presents the
Esterhazy Quartet and soloists,
University Fine Arts Recital
Hall.
Movie listings on Page 15A
Olson reveals Howling retirement
By Julie Black
Missourian staff writer
Although there was speculation that
University President James Olson
would announce major personnel
changes in the university ad-ministration
at a specially called press
conference Wednesday, that an-nouncement
never came.
Olson said instead that Dale Bowling,
61, University vice president for
business management, has announced
his plans to retire " at an early date."
Olson, who is determined to
streamline the University's central
administration, said Bowling's duties
would be reassigned to the Office of
Administrative Affairs, headed by Vice
President James Buchholz. When
Buchholz was appointed in May 1977,
Olson said he told the new vice
president he would have to assume
greater administrative responsibilities.
" I'm going to reorganize the whole
non- acade- mic area," Olson said. The
move to have Buchholz take over
Bowling's position " is another
reorganization designed to streamline
the organization of the University. I
don't know what the streamline will
look like when it's completed."
Olson said the University " will rely
heavily on Bowling's knowledge" when
it comes time to make personnel
changes.
No date has been set for Bowling's
retirement.
Bowling has been directly respon-sible
for the planning, funding and
construction of more than 100 building
projects at an estimated cost of $ 250
million and has helped develop the
University of Missouri- St- . Louis
campus, Olson said.
Bowling probably will continue
working with the University as a
consultant after his retirement. " I
think I have an agreement from him,"
Olson said.
In 1943, Bowling graduated from the
University with a bachelor's degree in
business administration and joined the
University as an accountant. After
serving in several positions in the
business office, he was appointed
business manager in March 1952.
President John Weaver recommended
Bowling for vice president for business
management in 1970, and the board of
curators appointed him to the post on
April 10, 1970.
Also asked how the University is
going to deal with an attempt by
Weldon Spring Heights residents to
annex 3,000 acres ( 1,290 hectares) of
Weldon Spring property, Olson did not
rule out the possibility of legal action. -
" We'll take all steps that are ap-propriate."
The University recently sold .7,238
acres ( 2,892- hectare- s) of Weldon Spriag
property to the Missouri Department oj
Conservation for $ 12.4 million.