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tin 1 73rd Year No. 80 Good Morning! It's Wednesday. December 1 7. 1980 7 Sections 62 Pages 25 Cents Congress concludes 96th term Session reflected split personality From oar wire services WASHINGTON - The record of the 96th Congress reflected its split person-ality controlled by Democrats but fearful that the country may be crank-ing up a conservate bandwagon it would have to join or be left behind. The 96th faded into history with much of its work undone, including the most important job of any Congress providing money to run the govern-ment As the candle of the Congress burned down toward its final flicker, Sen Ad- l- ai E Stevenson, D- H- L, looked back on his 10 years on Capitol Hill with frus-tration and disappointment " The 70s were hard years for activ-ists in the Senate," said Stevenson, who is retiring at the end of this ses-sion " I recognize now, in a way that I didn't when I came here, that Congress does very little The occasional excep-tion is when it supports a strong pres-ident" " I feel much of the courage and inde-pendence went out of our politics," continued the senator, the son of a man who twice ran unsuccessfully for presi-dent. " In the future, all politicians will act as if they're on the endangered spe-cies list They won't take chances any more " When the final gavel fell Tuesday af-ternoon, appropriations bills for more than half the government were incom-plete, and many federal agencies must operate for months under a temporary continuing resolution. That means permanent funding for the Departments of State, Treasury, Justice, Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, and many other agencies will be left to the incoming 97th Congress which will have a Re-publican Senate and a House under at least technical control of the Demo-crats As one of its final moves, Congress managed to kill a proposed $ 10,238 sal-ary increase for its own members and top government officials. The raise to $ 70,900 had been included in the stop-gap funding resolution. Even the passage of that resolution was typical of the struggle the 96th had with itself Final approval came near 5 a m. Tuesday after an all- nig- ht Senate session preceded by lengthy weekend sessions in both houses. But Congress dd take action on seve-ral proposals that will have a long- lasti- ng and profound effect They include Alaska lands legislation, recog-nized as the most sweeping conserva-tion bill since the creation of the na-tional park system by President Theodore Roosevelt It places more man 100 million acres of Alaska under federal protection Deregulation of railroads, truck-ing and banks - A phased deregulation of crude oil and natural gas prices. The windfall profits tax on oil companies Creation of a federal synthetic fu-els program. Institution of draft registration for 19 and 20- year-- old males Authorization of federal loan guarantees for the financially troubled Chrysler Corporation Creation of a new Department of ( See 96TH, Page 14A) Mamy Kmdfsb After their first semester at the University, these nine mainland Chinese stu-dents say they have a more accurate perception of what Americans are like In front, from left, Xu Ji- a- n, Cai Zuyun Rear, from left, Ding Yu, Wu Xiaoyong, Liu Youyuan, Yang Yongxing, Xu Shimin, Chen Denong, Chao Xueren. Away from the mainland Chinese students revise impressions of U. S. By Wendy Tai Missourian staff writer When Ding Yu arrived in America Sept 3, he expected to see multi- stone- d buddings jutting against the skyline and people strolling through busy streets under the rainbow illumination of neon lights Since his hometown of Shanghai, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world since the 1920s, has always echoed with the dissonance of city life, he expected even more of America His five- da- y stay in Washington, D C , and more than three months of life in Columbia have reshaped his idea of America into more appropriate realities So far be has found both Washington, D C , and Columbia " quiet" " I hardly saw anyone walking on the streets in Washington, D C ," he said. " There were so few people in the stores that I wondered how they could stay in business " Ding is one of nine Chinese who have come to the University this fall from the People's Re-public of China to do research or to attend graduate school He is doing research on con-traceptive drugs in the department of chemis-try. Six of the other Chinese are graduate stu-dents in journalism. They've come to America with the common goal to learn as much as possible and then, to take home their new experiences They hope their contribution to nation building will be modestly significant Now after a semester in Columbia, their as-sessments and impressions of the new societ) are, at times, similar and, at other tunes, as different as their individual personalities Unlike the journalism students, both Ding and Xu Ji- a- n, a researcher in the physics de-partment, had little exposure to western par-ticularly American people, culture and so-ciety before coming here While the journalism students had gamed some understanding of American society through working with American colleagues and through regular readings of Time, Newsweek, U S News and World Report magazines and the New York Tunes, Ding's and Xu's expecta-tions were formed by the America they saw through Chinese television, movies and periodi-cals Yet then- - initial impressions are different For Ding, America is not one city of non- sto- p activities as he expected But for Xu, he does not feel much surprise at what he has seen " Of course I'm impressed with many aspects ( See CHINESE, Page 14A) FBI steps up efforts to keep Soviet hands off industrial secrets WASHINGTON ( UPI) - FBI Director William Webster says the Soviets and Chinese appear to be stepping up efforts to steal US industrial technology such as secrets on laser devices, mi-crobiology and microelectronics But Webster said in a UPI interview Monday that while the efforts are increasing the FBI is making progress m detecting communist at-tempts to cart off, by diplomatic pouch and otherwise, industrial technology that transcends mere military secrets Webster, who expressed concern about the problem two years ago, said the effort, if any-thing, has been increased" both by the Soviets and the Chinese " I think it's one of the more serious problems, because of the damage it can do to our national security," he said ' In terms of manpower, we're outmanned around the world by our competition, but in technology, we maintain a superiority that could disappear if it's eroded " He said communist intelligence operatives have focused their attempts on stealing secrets about lasers, microbiology, microelectronics and control devices, but it's by no means limited to these areas ' He said an FBI program to work with private industry has produced some breakthroughs in learning the methods used by the Soviets to ferret secrets from U S companies The FBI has alerted companies to Soviet and Chinese attempts to recruit" their employees to sell government secrets made aailable to firms with federal contracts, and proprietary technolo-gy the firms develop themselves, he said Webster also disclosed that some foreign diplo-mats have been declared " persona non grata ' by the State Department and expelled from the Unit-ed States since last February He declined to name the countries involved or to disclose details, saying the State Department asked they be kept secret for diplomatic reasons Former FBI intelligence chief William Cregar told reporters on his retirement last February that the administration had expelled five diplo-mats from Soviet bloc countries in the previous year for spying activities Webster said that besides expelling some diplo-mats since then, the FBI has recommended against ousting others indicating the bureau has instead chosen to track their activities, per-haps feeding them false information or trying to convert them to double agents Webster stopped short of saying the FBI would seek to persuade the new Reagan administration to provide more manpower for its counterintelli gence task Noting the 75,000 annual Soviet bloc contacts m the United States, he said the bureau can always do a better job with more people but stressed adding more agents could reach a point of ' diminishing returns Webster who will remain in his post under Ronald Reagan, also said dunng the hour- lon- g in terview in his office - He would not rule out a reported proposal by a Reagan task force to create a joint information bank for the CIA and the FBI Reminded of civil liberties concerns, he said We d want to explore all of the implications of multiple access to a sin-gle data base ' He is considering disciplinary action against about a half dozen FBI employees for leaks to thp news media about the Abscam investigation and two other undercover probes, but would not say how manv actually might face discipline He said he is using a different process from that of Deputy Attorney General Charles Renfrew, who has sent letters giving four or five prosecu-tors a chance to defend themselves against possi-ble discipline perhaps dismissal He feels there is a place for the death penal-ty ' in federal law, especially for crimes such as wartime treason or murder of a prison guard by an inmate who has no other punishment to face Stressing he was stating his personal opinion, not the FBI's, he said he might also support capi-tal punishment for other crimes that would be de-terred bv a death penalty threat Since FBI lab experts recently found invalid acoustics tests indicating a fourth shot was fired at John F Kennedy in 1953 I tend to think we know about all we re going to know about the as-sassination Webster stressed that if anything new is de-- eloped I think we should be prepared to look at it Webster declined to take a position on new calls for gun control after recent shootings of Beatles star John Lennon and noted cardiologist Dr Mi chael Halberstam He said the issue was too divisive and any position would " alienate 50 percent of the pub- he- ," impeding the FBI from doing its job Citing recent successes against organised crime, white collar crime and espionage, Webster said of his nearly three years at the bureau You talk about a new business, where you lose monev then you break even, and then you re in the profit zone I think we're in the profit zone I think we're humming on all cylinders at this point and we're not distracted by having to deal with so much of the allegations about the past ' County laborers get water but raise request denied By Kim Brewer Missounan staff writer Union laborers who work for Boone County asked the County Court Tuesday for iced water on the job and a 17 percent pay raise They got the ice water, but the court wasn t ready to give up that much money The pay increase about $ 1 per hour topped the list of several union requests taken up at the court's regular meeting Though labor negotia-tions will continue at Thursday's court meeting, Presiding Judge Bill Freeh told union representa-tives the county can't afford to raise road and bridge worker salaries that much However, Freeh said, workers will be included in a 7 5- per-cent across- the- boa- rd pay increase for all county employees included in the 1981 budget The court was more forthcoming on a request that the county supply iced water and paper cups for workers During the summer months, county trucks will now sport coolers to supply workers with cold water Presiding Judge Bill Freeh told representatives of Local 45 of the Laborers Inter-national Union of North America that as much as the county would like to grant larger raises, the money isnt there " We would like to be able to grant a larger in- - crease, but at the present time I don't see that possibility , Freeh told the three union represen-tatives at the meetmg Mitchell Bennett, union spokesman, said the employees ' desperately need more money to sup-port their families Road and bridge workers currently earn be-tween 5 05 and $ 5 61 per hour Freeh acknowledged that the planned 7 5- perc-ent pay increase was not up to par with this year s 12 S- perc-ent cost- of- livi- ng increase He re-minded the union representatives that the county is having trouble making ends meet, too The judges are now trying to eliminate more than $ 200,000 m deficit spending now included in the proposed 1981 county budget In other negotiations, the court agreed to meet with union and road- and- brid- ge management rep-resentatives to discuss alleged discrepancies in hiring practices and to look into buying washing machines for county garages to launder greasy uniforms Still to be negotiated are the union's requests for additional county holidays and increased in-surance coverage Bennett also made it dear that the battle for bigger pay hikes would continue at Thursday's session Democrats warn of showdown over Haig WASHINGTON ( UPI) - Gen. Alexander Haig's nomination Tuesday to be secretary of state drew praise from President- elec- t Ronald Reagan's Re- publi- can colleagues and warnings of an upcoming showdown with Democrats The appointment of Haig, Richard Nixon's last White House chief of staff, is the most controver-sial made by Reagan so far. On the other hand, Reagan's appointment of Raymond Donovan to be labor secretary was wel-comed by both labor and business leaders. Dono-van is executive vice president of Schiavone Con-struction Co. of Secaucus, N J. " We now look forward to seeing the Depart-ment of Labor taken out of the hands of union pro-fessionals and placed in the bands of American workers," said Reed Larson, president of the Right to Worts Committee which opposes compul-sory unionism. Teamsters union president Frank Fitzsunmons gve a warm endorsement to Donovan and said expects his nomination to be given a quick con-firmation by the Senate. The two appointments were announced simulta-neously in Los Angeles and Washington and brought to 10 the number of CfcbtaeHevd appoint- men- ts made so far by Reagan, who is at his home inCaluarm9fortheOaistmabolklays. With five more Cabinet posts to fill, Reagan was Labor choice wins union, business favor asked in Los Angeles whether there would be any blacks or women selected. " Don't keep score until the whole thing is in," Reagan said. " Well, let me say there is no plot to rule them out" Haig, whose appointment was talked about for weeks but made official only Tuesday, was lauded by the Republican foreign policy establishment and the party's leadership on Capital Hill. " I think it is a distinguished appointment" said Henry Kissinger, once Haig's superior in the na-tional security office of the Nixon White House " General Haig will make a great contribution to the defense of freedom and the cause of peace " Sen. Charles Percy, incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Haig " an outstanding man who has served in a number of important positions with distinction," and said " full and complete" confirmation hearings will begin Jan 9 But influential Democratic senators immedi-ately expressed misgivings about Haig, and indi-cated the confirmation process will be exhaustive and bitter Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Ma- ss , said " serious questions" have been raised about Haig's role in Watergate and the conduct of the Vietnam War, and also said it is a " matter of concern" that a ca-reer military officer might head the State Depart-ment Former Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben- Ve- ra- ste said Tuesday there are about three months of unpublished White House tapes of conversa-tions between Richard Nixon and Alexander Haig " The role of General Haig was as a very military- - oriented person who felt that his responsibili-ty was exclusively to his commander- in- chi- ef Whether that turns into a good secretary of state is up to the Senate to decide," Ben- Vems- te said Haig, a retired Army general, helped arrange Nixon's resignation in 1974 as impeachment threatened. He later was named by Nixon's suc-cessor, Gerald Ford, to be Supreme Commander of NATO a job he held until rearing last year to become president of United Technologies Corp in Connecticut Before his elevation to chief of staff, Haig served as deputy to Henry Kissinger when Kissin-ger was national security affairs adviser. A colonel when he entered the White House, Haig became a brigadier general within nine months and a four- sta- r general by the time he was White House chief of staff His appointment to be secretary of state has been urged by Nixon, Kissinger and Ford and Reagan is said to have favored him from the first despite warnings of serious controversy in the Senate over his confirmation. But Haig is not the only appointee with explain-ing to do Donald T Regan, the Wall Street stockbroker proposed as treasury secretary, is fending off questions about the legality of a tax- savi- ng scheme pioneered by his brokerage house for its investor clients. The Washington Post said the Internal Revenue Service ruled the " commodity tax straddle" ille-gal The matter is before the courts, but Reagan's transition spokesman insisted there was " nothing illegal" about the advice provided by Regan's firm. A third prospective Cabinet member has stirred controversy even like Haig while waiting in the wings. Word leaking from the Reagan camp of the pos-sible appointment of James G. Watt to b interior secretary has set the stage for a major ccofronta- tionwithemircnmentali- sts. Ira & WE& today 7 pjo. Oakland Junior concert, Oakland Junior High School, free 7 pan. Children's Christmas program, Lourdes Hall, Colum-bia Roman Catholic School, free 7 38 pjn. Christmas concert, auditorium, Jefferson Junior High School, free 7: 38 pjn. Christmas concert, Little Theater, Hickman High School, free Imdlex ClBSSificd ...... .... 14- 1- SB . 4A IQpSSpaairDtaB TA Stocks - A9A ,..
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Item.Transcript | tin 1 73rd Year No. 80 Good Morning! It's Wednesday. December 1 7. 1980 7 Sections 62 Pages 25 Cents Congress concludes 96th term Session reflected split personality From oar wire services WASHINGTON - The record of the 96th Congress reflected its split person-ality controlled by Democrats but fearful that the country may be crank-ing up a conservate bandwagon it would have to join or be left behind. The 96th faded into history with much of its work undone, including the most important job of any Congress providing money to run the govern-ment As the candle of the Congress burned down toward its final flicker, Sen Ad- l- ai E Stevenson, D- H- L, looked back on his 10 years on Capitol Hill with frus-tration and disappointment " The 70s were hard years for activ-ists in the Senate," said Stevenson, who is retiring at the end of this ses-sion " I recognize now, in a way that I didn't when I came here, that Congress does very little The occasional excep-tion is when it supports a strong pres-ident" " I feel much of the courage and inde-pendence went out of our politics," continued the senator, the son of a man who twice ran unsuccessfully for presi-dent. " In the future, all politicians will act as if they're on the endangered spe-cies list They won't take chances any more " When the final gavel fell Tuesday af-ternoon, appropriations bills for more than half the government were incom-plete, and many federal agencies must operate for months under a temporary continuing resolution. That means permanent funding for the Departments of State, Treasury, Justice, Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, and many other agencies will be left to the incoming 97th Congress which will have a Re-publican Senate and a House under at least technical control of the Demo-crats As one of its final moves, Congress managed to kill a proposed $ 10,238 sal-ary increase for its own members and top government officials. The raise to $ 70,900 had been included in the stop-gap funding resolution. Even the passage of that resolution was typical of the struggle the 96th had with itself Final approval came near 5 a m. Tuesday after an all- nig- ht Senate session preceded by lengthy weekend sessions in both houses. But Congress dd take action on seve-ral proposals that will have a long- lasti- ng and profound effect They include Alaska lands legislation, recog-nized as the most sweeping conserva-tion bill since the creation of the na-tional park system by President Theodore Roosevelt It places more man 100 million acres of Alaska under federal protection Deregulation of railroads, truck-ing and banks - A phased deregulation of crude oil and natural gas prices. The windfall profits tax on oil companies Creation of a federal synthetic fu-els program. Institution of draft registration for 19 and 20- year-- old males Authorization of federal loan guarantees for the financially troubled Chrysler Corporation Creation of a new Department of ( See 96TH, Page 14A) Mamy Kmdfsb After their first semester at the University, these nine mainland Chinese stu-dents say they have a more accurate perception of what Americans are like In front, from left, Xu Ji- a- n, Cai Zuyun Rear, from left, Ding Yu, Wu Xiaoyong, Liu Youyuan, Yang Yongxing, Xu Shimin, Chen Denong, Chao Xueren. Away from the mainland Chinese students revise impressions of U. S. By Wendy Tai Missourian staff writer When Ding Yu arrived in America Sept 3, he expected to see multi- stone- d buddings jutting against the skyline and people strolling through busy streets under the rainbow illumination of neon lights Since his hometown of Shanghai, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world since the 1920s, has always echoed with the dissonance of city life, he expected even more of America His five- da- y stay in Washington, D C , and more than three months of life in Columbia have reshaped his idea of America into more appropriate realities So far be has found both Washington, D C , and Columbia " quiet" " I hardly saw anyone walking on the streets in Washington, D C ," he said. " There were so few people in the stores that I wondered how they could stay in business " Ding is one of nine Chinese who have come to the University this fall from the People's Re-public of China to do research or to attend graduate school He is doing research on con-traceptive drugs in the department of chemis-try. Six of the other Chinese are graduate stu-dents in journalism. They've come to America with the common goal to learn as much as possible and then, to take home their new experiences They hope their contribution to nation building will be modestly significant Now after a semester in Columbia, their as-sessments and impressions of the new societ) are, at times, similar and, at other tunes, as different as their individual personalities Unlike the journalism students, both Ding and Xu Ji- a- n, a researcher in the physics de-partment, had little exposure to western par-ticularly American people, culture and so-ciety before coming here While the journalism students had gamed some understanding of American society through working with American colleagues and through regular readings of Time, Newsweek, U S News and World Report magazines and the New York Tunes, Ding's and Xu's expecta-tions were formed by the America they saw through Chinese television, movies and periodi-cals Yet then- - initial impressions are different For Ding, America is not one city of non- sto- p activities as he expected But for Xu, he does not feel much surprise at what he has seen " Of course I'm impressed with many aspects ( See CHINESE, Page 14A) FBI steps up efforts to keep Soviet hands off industrial secrets WASHINGTON ( UPI) - FBI Director William Webster says the Soviets and Chinese appear to be stepping up efforts to steal US industrial technology such as secrets on laser devices, mi-crobiology and microelectronics But Webster said in a UPI interview Monday that while the efforts are increasing the FBI is making progress m detecting communist at-tempts to cart off, by diplomatic pouch and otherwise, industrial technology that transcends mere military secrets Webster, who expressed concern about the problem two years ago, said the effort, if any-thing, has been increased" both by the Soviets and the Chinese " I think it's one of the more serious problems, because of the damage it can do to our national security," he said ' In terms of manpower, we're outmanned around the world by our competition, but in technology, we maintain a superiority that could disappear if it's eroded " He said communist intelligence operatives have focused their attempts on stealing secrets about lasers, microbiology, microelectronics and control devices, but it's by no means limited to these areas ' He said an FBI program to work with private industry has produced some breakthroughs in learning the methods used by the Soviets to ferret secrets from U S companies The FBI has alerted companies to Soviet and Chinese attempts to recruit" their employees to sell government secrets made aailable to firms with federal contracts, and proprietary technolo-gy the firms develop themselves, he said Webster also disclosed that some foreign diplo-mats have been declared " persona non grata ' by the State Department and expelled from the Unit-ed States since last February He declined to name the countries involved or to disclose details, saying the State Department asked they be kept secret for diplomatic reasons Former FBI intelligence chief William Cregar told reporters on his retirement last February that the administration had expelled five diplo-mats from Soviet bloc countries in the previous year for spying activities Webster said that besides expelling some diplo-mats since then, the FBI has recommended against ousting others indicating the bureau has instead chosen to track their activities, per-haps feeding them false information or trying to convert them to double agents Webster stopped short of saying the FBI would seek to persuade the new Reagan administration to provide more manpower for its counterintelli gence task Noting the 75,000 annual Soviet bloc contacts m the United States, he said the bureau can always do a better job with more people but stressed adding more agents could reach a point of ' diminishing returns Webster who will remain in his post under Ronald Reagan, also said dunng the hour- lon- g in terview in his office - He would not rule out a reported proposal by a Reagan task force to create a joint information bank for the CIA and the FBI Reminded of civil liberties concerns, he said We d want to explore all of the implications of multiple access to a sin-gle data base ' He is considering disciplinary action against about a half dozen FBI employees for leaks to thp news media about the Abscam investigation and two other undercover probes, but would not say how manv actually might face discipline He said he is using a different process from that of Deputy Attorney General Charles Renfrew, who has sent letters giving four or five prosecu-tors a chance to defend themselves against possi-ble discipline perhaps dismissal He feels there is a place for the death penal-ty ' in federal law, especially for crimes such as wartime treason or murder of a prison guard by an inmate who has no other punishment to face Stressing he was stating his personal opinion, not the FBI's, he said he might also support capi-tal punishment for other crimes that would be de-terred bv a death penalty threat Since FBI lab experts recently found invalid acoustics tests indicating a fourth shot was fired at John F Kennedy in 1953 I tend to think we know about all we re going to know about the as-sassination Webster stressed that if anything new is de-- eloped I think we should be prepared to look at it Webster declined to take a position on new calls for gun control after recent shootings of Beatles star John Lennon and noted cardiologist Dr Mi chael Halberstam He said the issue was too divisive and any position would " alienate 50 percent of the pub- he- ," impeding the FBI from doing its job Citing recent successes against organised crime, white collar crime and espionage, Webster said of his nearly three years at the bureau You talk about a new business, where you lose monev then you break even, and then you re in the profit zone I think we're in the profit zone I think we're humming on all cylinders at this point and we're not distracted by having to deal with so much of the allegations about the past ' County laborers get water but raise request denied By Kim Brewer Missounan staff writer Union laborers who work for Boone County asked the County Court Tuesday for iced water on the job and a 17 percent pay raise They got the ice water, but the court wasn t ready to give up that much money The pay increase about $ 1 per hour topped the list of several union requests taken up at the court's regular meeting Though labor negotia-tions will continue at Thursday's court meeting, Presiding Judge Bill Freeh told union representa-tives the county can't afford to raise road and bridge worker salaries that much However, Freeh said, workers will be included in a 7 5- per-cent across- the- boa- rd pay increase for all county employees included in the 1981 budget The court was more forthcoming on a request that the county supply iced water and paper cups for workers During the summer months, county trucks will now sport coolers to supply workers with cold water Presiding Judge Bill Freeh told representatives of Local 45 of the Laborers Inter-national Union of North America that as much as the county would like to grant larger raises, the money isnt there " We would like to be able to grant a larger in- - crease, but at the present time I don't see that possibility , Freeh told the three union represen-tatives at the meetmg Mitchell Bennett, union spokesman, said the employees ' desperately need more money to sup-port their families Road and bridge workers currently earn be-tween 5 05 and $ 5 61 per hour Freeh acknowledged that the planned 7 5- perc-ent pay increase was not up to par with this year s 12 S- perc-ent cost- of- livi- ng increase He re-minded the union representatives that the county is having trouble making ends meet, too The judges are now trying to eliminate more than $ 200,000 m deficit spending now included in the proposed 1981 county budget In other negotiations, the court agreed to meet with union and road- and- brid- ge management rep-resentatives to discuss alleged discrepancies in hiring practices and to look into buying washing machines for county garages to launder greasy uniforms Still to be negotiated are the union's requests for additional county holidays and increased in-surance coverage Bennett also made it dear that the battle for bigger pay hikes would continue at Thursday's session Democrats warn of showdown over Haig WASHINGTON ( UPI) - Gen. Alexander Haig's nomination Tuesday to be secretary of state drew praise from President- elec- t Ronald Reagan's Re- publi- can colleagues and warnings of an upcoming showdown with Democrats The appointment of Haig, Richard Nixon's last White House chief of staff, is the most controver-sial made by Reagan so far. On the other hand, Reagan's appointment of Raymond Donovan to be labor secretary was wel-comed by both labor and business leaders. Dono-van is executive vice president of Schiavone Con-struction Co. of Secaucus, N J. " We now look forward to seeing the Depart-ment of Labor taken out of the hands of union pro-fessionals and placed in the bands of American workers," said Reed Larson, president of the Right to Worts Committee which opposes compul-sory unionism. Teamsters union president Frank Fitzsunmons gve a warm endorsement to Donovan and said expects his nomination to be given a quick con-firmation by the Senate. The two appointments were announced simulta-neously in Los Angeles and Washington and brought to 10 the number of CfcbtaeHevd appoint- men- ts made so far by Reagan, who is at his home inCaluarm9fortheOaistmabolklays. With five more Cabinet posts to fill, Reagan was Labor choice wins union, business favor asked in Los Angeles whether there would be any blacks or women selected. " Don't keep score until the whole thing is in," Reagan said. " Well, let me say there is no plot to rule them out" Haig, whose appointment was talked about for weeks but made official only Tuesday, was lauded by the Republican foreign policy establishment and the party's leadership on Capital Hill. " I think it is a distinguished appointment" said Henry Kissinger, once Haig's superior in the na-tional security office of the Nixon White House " General Haig will make a great contribution to the defense of freedom and the cause of peace " Sen. Charles Percy, incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Haig " an outstanding man who has served in a number of important positions with distinction," and said " full and complete" confirmation hearings will begin Jan 9 But influential Democratic senators immedi-ately expressed misgivings about Haig, and indi-cated the confirmation process will be exhaustive and bitter Sen. Edward Kennedy, D- Ma- ss , said " serious questions" have been raised about Haig's role in Watergate and the conduct of the Vietnam War, and also said it is a " matter of concern" that a ca-reer military officer might head the State Depart-ment Former Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben- Ve- ra- ste said Tuesday there are about three months of unpublished White House tapes of conversa-tions between Richard Nixon and Alexander Haig " The role of General Haig was as a very military- - oriented person who felt that his responsibili-ty was exclusively to his commander- in- chi- ef Whether that turns into a good secretary of state is up to the Senate to decide," Ben- Vems- te said Haig, a retired Army general, helped arrange Nixon's resignation in 1974 as impeachment threatened. He later was named by Nixon's suc-cessor, Gerald Ford, to be Supreme Commander of NATO a job he held until rearing last year to become president of United Technologies Corp in Connecticut Before his elevation to chief of staff, Haig served as deputy to Henry Kissinger when Kissin-ger was national security affairs adviser. A colonel when he entered the White House, Haig became a brigadier general within nine months and a four- sta- r general by the time he was White House chief of staff His appointment to be secretary of state has been urged by Nixon, Kissinger and Ford and Reagan is said to have favored him from the first despite warnings of serious controversy in the Senate over his confirmation. But Haig is not the only appointee with explain-ing to do Donald T Regan, the Wall Street stockbroker proposed as treasury secretary, is fending off questions about the legality of a tax- savi- ng scheme pioneered by his brokerage house for its investor clients. The Washington Post said the Internal Revenue Service ruled the " commodity tax straddle" ille-gal The matter is before the courts, but Reagan's transition spokesman insisted there was " nothing illegal" about the advice provided by Regan's firm. A third prospective Cabinet member has stirred controversy even like Haig while waiting in the wings. Word leaking from the Reagan camp of the pos-sible appointment of James G. Watt to b interior secretary has set the stage for a major ccofronta- tionwithemircnmentali- sts. Ira & WE& today 7 pjo. Oakland Junior concert, Oakland Junior High School, free 7 pan. Children's Christmas program, Lourdes Hall, Colum-bia Roman Catholic School, free 7 38 pjn. Christmas concert, auditorium, Jefferson Junior High School, free 7: 38 pjn. Christmas concert, Little Theater, Hickman High School, free Imdlex ClBSSificd ...... .... 14- 1- SB . 4A IQpSSpaairDtaB TA Stocks - A9A ,.. |