University Daily Kansan, February 20, 1985 Page 11
NATION AND WORLD
Shultz savs rebels need U.S. aid
By United Press International
AWASHINGTON — Secretary of State George Shultz, facing heated objections to requests for millions more in aid for Nicaraguan rebels, had a moral duty that the United States had seeking freedom for their country.
Shulz told the administration was trying to stop a communist government from taking over Nicaragua. He effort an important and elevated task.
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the administration's $14.5 billion 1986 foreign aid request, Shultz faced
critical questions from two Democrats about a request for $14 million in assistance for right-wing rebels battling the leftist Sandinista government.
Shultz later told a Senate Budget Committee on foreign aid that the United States had no plans to invade Nicaragua, except in response to a Nicaraguan invasion of one of its neighbors.
Asked by Sen. James Sasser, D-Tem., whether the administration was seeking to topple the Sandinista government, Shultz gave no direct reply, but repeated his criticism of the Sandinistas.
"We see a government that is causing its own citizens to rebel and
so it's a government that is bad news for the citizens of Nicaragua, for its neighbors in Central America and for its neighbors in the United States. "Shultz said,
A congressional ban on aid to the "Contras" could be lifted if both the House and Senate vote to do so sometime after Feb. 28. President Reagan launched the administration's campaign for more aid in a radio address, calling the Nicaraguan insurgents Freedom fighters.
Rep. Gerry Studds, D-Mass., called the rebels a "mixed group of mercenaries and thugs and democrats seeking to destroy a wretched regime in a poor country."
Chemical leaks called unavoidable
Bs United Press International
WASHINGTON — A Union Carbide official said yesterday the company could not operate its West Virginia plant without small chemical leaks, unseen under new safeguards ordered by the EPA. The hospital, Libia, plant killed 2,500 people.
"I think you're going to have to live with some of it," said Jackson Browning, Union Carbide Corp. vice president for health safety and security in the Army, in testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee.
"Nobody wants a leak to occur," Browning said. "But to operate that plant without any leaks at all for any length of time is just beyond our capabilities."
The pesticide plant in Institute, W. Va., has increased the frequency of some safety checks since the fatal Dec. 3 leak of the chemical methyl isocyanate at its twin factory in Bhopal.
UNION REPRESENTATIVES and officials of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration told the committee that they were satisfied that a breach did what it could to prevent an similar to the Bhopal disaster.
"We can say at this point that the necessary engineering control measures have been identified to ensure that the possibility of a catastrophic release of MIC from an uncontrolled reaction is extremely remote," said Jane Matheson, the deputy assistant labor secretary who runs OSHA.
OSHA investigators conducted after the Bhopal accident found backup safety systems at the West Virginia hospital. The accident also caused accident with methyl isocyanate.
Although her agency has issued several citations involving improper use of equipment at the plant in Institute in recent years, none has concerned the chemical, Matheson said.
She said that an inspection by
In Charleston, W. Va., Union Carbide Chairman Warren Anderson said it was inconceivable that a law suit at Bhopal could occur at Institute.
Joe Gresham, business representative of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said that not all accidents involving the chemical could be prevented.
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