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The problem of vanishing farmlands is becoming critical in America as bulldozers gobble up agricultural lands for development. Roads, subdivisions and , other enterprises are taking over cropland at the i rate of more than four W square miles a day, warned Sen. John A. Durkin, DN.H. recently. Durkin referred to an article in the… Continue reading Nation’s Farmland Vanishes

To accomplish the difficult task of collecting foreign intelligence so that U. S. policy-makers can make informed judgments at home requires protection against unauthorized disclosure of the identities of our secret agents. Legislation making such disclosure a criminal offense is languishing in Congress. The July terrorist attack on the home of a senior U.S. embassy… Continue reading Intelligence Bill Deserves OK

The 97th Congress is being urged to address a need for an “investigative mechanism” to consider complaints and deal with issues related to judicial tenure. conduct and disability among federal judges. While no reason exists to doubt the competence of the vast majority of the 800-plus federal judges. many complaints about some range from “abuse… Continue reading Judicial Tenure Legislation Worth Seconcl Look

ln talk of nuclear weaoons and warfare, we hear too little of the threatv to humanity .. .the devastation of lifeeand health an attack would inflict on mankind. Defense people and laymen speak nonchalantly of megaton and nuclear .warhead counts. the proposed MX system, and the possibility of countless missiles streaking between the U.S. and… Continue reading Nuclear Warfare’s the Greatest Health Haiard

The American export policy structure needs an overhaul. In the face of skidding competitive capability on world markets, Congress has acted on a number of trade measures to stimulate exports. But the approach has been piecemeal .. and the problem lingers. “We see our decline in the persistent negative trade balances. in our loss of… Continue reading Export Legislation Deserves Our Consideration

The Space Shuttle Columbia’s successful flight represents tremendous developments in technology, but its greatest legacy to the American people may be renewed pride and selfconfidence. Too many Americans still don’t realize how significant and widespread the technological benefits of the flight are. Too many still think the launch of the 107-ton winged shuttle into space,… Continue reading American Pride Rings in Space Shuttle Success

For the first 145 years of tbe”American Republic. presidents were inaugurated March 4. with the date advanced to Jan. 20 under the 20th Amendment ratified in 1933, Now Sen. Claiborne Pell. D-R.I. has introduced a proposed constitutional amendment that would move the inauguration to Nov. 20. Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr.. I-Va. is co-sponsor of… Continue reading Inauguration Proposal Descrves Citizens’l Study

” never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance.” If those words by Thomas Jefferson don’t call to mind the name and image of George Washington, first American president, the rest of… Continue reading RBC&lliHg l’1&ILi0I1,S fElth8I’ iIlSpil'(-BS C0l1fiaBIl(36

Should holidays relating to national heritage be arranged on Mondays. as at present, to facilitate threeday weekends for public convenience – or he observed on their traditional dates? That issue is posed by new legislation to return three such holidays to their original dates. The bill. introduced bv Sen. Jennings Randolph. DW.Va., would return to… Continue reading Holiday Alignment Bill Worth Citizen Coipment

Hearings are in progress on a widely-supported bill tagged as “the first legislative shot” in a Reagan Administration supported drive against “over-regulation.” Called the Regulatory Reform Act of 1981. the measure was introduced by Sens. Paul Laiialt. R-Nev. and Patrick Leahy. D-Vt.. chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform. There are 70… Continue reading Regulatory-Reform Voices Count