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Emerging Trade Rules
Between U.S. And Japan
The emerging trade rules battle between the United States and Japan
isn't totally one-sided. Japan has helped the United States—as well as
having out-traded us with unfair rules.
Japanese automotive quality, by comparison, revealed Detroit's
sloppiness, revived the U.S. automobile industry, after threatening to
replace it U.S. automobiles today are competitive.
The Japanese work ethic, which features the idea employees are part of a
close-knit manufacturing family, to loyally support the family and do their
best to improve products, also has had an effect in this country. That
work ethic from Japan helped make unions more responsive to competitive
goals.
It is in the area of tariffs where Japan has misbehaved badly, and ever
since World War n kept up trade barriers preventing foreign companies
from competing fairly. These barriers must be lowered if the huge U.S.
trade deficit is to be corrected.
Whether this is the best time to launch a retaliatory effort,
unquestionably justified, is the question. When the Japanese economy was
riding high, the nation booming, that was a better time. Now, with Japan
in recession, with a new prime minister who promises needed reform,
whose support base is precarious, there's some doubt whether Washington
should have allowed him six months to get on his feet.
The answer will only become clear when the final outcome of current
U.S. pressure is seen, on the dollar and yen, on the survival of the
Japanese prime minister and on the U.S. trade deficit. That will take some
time.
As to the merits of the selected discrimination case, the Clinton
Administration and trade representative Mickey Kantor are 100 percent
right. For ten years and several agreements a U.S. cellular phone company
has been waiting to be allowed into the vast Tokyo area trade market.
The Japanese had promised to remove barriers and give the U.S.
company a chance to compete fairly. They have not honored their
commitment and still don't offer to honor it. This is traditional Asian
sleight-of-hand. Sooner or later it must be ended.
Important Dates In The Month
Of March To Remember
The birth anniversaries of four presidents are observed in March. James
Madison, fourth president, was bom in Virginia on the 16th in 1751.
Grover Cleveland, first Democrat elected after the Civil War, 22nd
president, serving two non-consecutive terms, was bom in New Jersey in
1837.
Andrew Jackson, 7th president was bom on the 15th in 1767 in South
Carolina.
John Tyler, tenth president, was bom in Virginia, on the 29th, in 1790.
The 2nd is Texas Independence Day, the Boston Massacre took place on
the sth in 1770. Alamo Day is the 6th in 1836.
Oliver W. Holmes was bom on the Bth in 1841, Girl Scout Day is the
12th, Maryland Day the 25th.
Spring arrives on the 20th at 3:28 p.m. EST, lasting until June 21st,
when summer begins.
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The Unfair 'Pushbutton' Strike Bill Must Not Pass
The "Pushbutton" Strike Bill
sponsored by Senators Ted Kennedy
and Howard Metzenbaum has
recently passed the U.S. House of
Representatives. This bill would
force businesses to punish or fire
employees for exercising their
Right to Work by doing their jobs
during a strike. This so called
"anti-replacement worker" bill
would force employers threatened
by a strike to cave in to union boss
demands, or shut down.
If liberal Senators Kennedy and
Metzenbaum get their way Big
Labor would call strikes when they
wish for any reason they wish and
they could win every strike they
call as easily as pushing a button.
Union chiefs have declared the
Strike Bill as their top legislative
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Perry Girl Scout Troops held a cake bake-off at St. Christopher's Church In 1984. Winners
In the Yummy Chocolate Cake division were Jennifer Warren of Troop 225, first place;
Christie Horstlng of Troop 266, second place; and Cindy Griffin of Troop 266, third place.
Judges for the competition were Shirley Parker, Beverly Wade and Leanne Bennett.
STREET TALK:
A recent report released by the state indicates that eight out of 10 children on wel
fare in k Georgia are there because their fathers are not paying child support. The
report also says that the state is currently looking for 467,000 parents-mostly fa
thers-who owe child support and that last year more than $250 million in child
support ordered by the courts in Georgia went unpaid. This week, we asked locai
residents their opinion as to what-if anything-should be done to remedy this situa
tion.
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Eunice Barnes
“They should be run down
and made to pay. It’s their
responsibility.
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Jimmy Reese
“If the person responsible
is getting a paycheck and
not paying their debt,
wage garnishment is cer
tainly one remedy. Also,
it’s tax time, so if that per
son is getting a return,
garnishing that may also
be effective.”
priority, and they may get the
Senate votes to enact it unless we
take action now. Big Labor
pumped over S4OO million into the
1992 elections to gain votes in
Congress and the White House.
President Bill Clinton has vowed to
sign the bill once it reaches his
desk.
The bill would require
businesses to fire workers who
disobey union boss orders not to
work. It would also require
businesses to fire temporary
workers hired to keep their
company afloat during a strike once
the striking workers were ready for
their jobs back.
The damage to our economy
would be extensive. Not only
would strikes affect the businesses
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Anne Sinyard
"A more diligent search
should be made to locate
these absent parents. The
responsibility should not
fall solely on the taxpay
ers.”
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Rita Haslem
"Lock them up. if they
don’t pay it when they’re
supposed to, they should
go to jail."
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targeted, but they would affect their
suppliers and the consumers as
well. You can rest assured that if
the bill passes, there will be more
union led strikes that could cripple
this nation, driving the cost of
many goods sky high.
Workers who are not union
members will be forced to join and
pay the dues just to keep their jobs.
And as our economy reels under the
effects of Big Labor's demands,
government revenue will shrink,
taxes will rise again and the cost of
living will skyrocket.
Big Labor is pulling out all the
stops to pass this unfair legislation.
The only way to stop it is for
grassroots of America to contact
their U.S. Senators now. If you
believe as I do, as a free enterprise
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Milton Beckham
"If children are not being
supported and there is a
legal order, the person re
sponsible should be found
and brought back into
court. If the person can’t
pay his support, he needs
to be made to work so that
he can.”
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Joshua Garner
"Maybe what is needed is
some type of government
mandated probation, stiff
penalties or other type of
punishment to make those
responsible aware that it
is a serious situation."
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thinking American, that we don't
need forced unionism with Big
Labor and union bosses controlling
our industry, businesses and
virtually our economy and way of
life, then please fill a Petition and
mail it to your Senator at the
following address: Sen. Sam
Nunn, 303 Dirksen senate Office
Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510-
Sen. Paul Coverdell, 204 Russell
Senate Office Bldg., Washington,
D.C. 20510.
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Discussing
The Freedom
Of Education
Congressman George Miller (D-
Califomia) has introduced a Bill
that has alarming implications for
home schoolers and those with
children in private schools.
This bill (H.R. 6), with
Amendment 2124, is being referred
to as a "re-authorization" of exist
ing legislation controlling educa
tional institutions called "The
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act."
Congressman Miller has, with
his re-authorization, included
Amendment 2124, called
"Improving America's Schools Act
of 1994." Amendment 2124 man
dates that all teachers, in all public,
private, church and home schools
be "certified by the (individual)
state."
A portion of this Amendment
follows: "Each state applying for
funds under this Title shall provide
the Secretary (of the DOE) with the
assurance that, after July 1,1998, it
will require each local educational
agency within the State to certify
that each full-time teacher in
schools under the jurisdiction of the
agency is certified to teach in the
subject area to which he or she is
assigned..."
The Amendment's aim ai
private, church, Christian and home
schools, is seen in its definition of
"elementary" and "secondary"
schools: "The term 'elementary
school' means a non-profit day or
residential school that provides
elementary education. . . the term
'secondary school' means a non
profit day or residential school that
provides secondary education..."
HR 6 and Amendment 2124
mandates that every 'teacher' in ev
ery classroom be certified by his or
her state. Further, this legislation
mandates that those certified teach
ers follow the Outcome Based
Education curricula adopted by their
state. In effect, if the education
institutions in the state want any
federal funding, they must comply.
Another factor in the certifica
tion criteria is that HR
6/Amendment 2124 requires every
secondary level teacher to be certi
fied in every subject he or she will
teach. Secondary level public
school teachers are certified only in
the specific discipline they teach,
whereas non-profit and home school
teachers will be required by law to
become-certified in every discipline.
Bear in mind that teacher's certi
fication is granted only after a full
college curriculum (minimum 4
years) is completed. Many could
not meet these requirements and
would be banned from teaching
their own children.
Also, it is an almost impossible
task to become certified in every
subject one would teach their chil
dren.
It is interesting to note that
Texas Congressman Dick Army had
drafted and proposed a "counter
amendment" to #2124, called the
"Home School/Private School
Freedom Amendment,” which reads:
"Nothing in this Title (HR 6)
shall be construed to authorize or
encourage Federal control over the
curricula or practices of any private,
religious or home school."
Congressman Army's
Amendment was defeated in com-
Please see SHIPLEY, page 9A
