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Monday, September 14, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Poll says most don't know about Bork
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Although Robert H. Bork, President Reagan's nominee to the Supreme Court, has drawn strong reaction for his conservative views on civil rights and abortion, most Americans haven't drawn conclusions because they don't know much about him, according to a Media General-Associated Press poll.
But they don't know much about the eight remaining Supreme Court members either, the nationwide telephone poll of 1,223 adult Americans said.
Reagan's nomination of the 60-
year-old Bork will be taken up by the Senate Judiciary Committee beginning tomorrow. It is expected to be a protracted battle: Bork's civil rights stands and his opinion that the court erred in legalizing abortion have prompted opposition from a wide range of rights and feminist organizations.
But in the Media General-Associated Press poll, 52 percent of Americans said a candidate's political leanings should not be the basis of the Senate decision to confirm or deny a nomination. Thirty-one percent said the nominee's politics should be the basis of a decision, and
17 percent were unsure.
Of Bork, a federal appeals court judge in the District of Columbia, respondents were asked, "Do you have a favorable opinion about him, an unfavorable opinion, or don't you know enough about him at this time to have an opinion?" Seventeen percent had a favorable opinion, 13 percent an unfavorable opinion, and 70 percent had no opinion.
Among the sitting justices, only Justice Sandra Day O'Connor had a third of respondents voice opinions about her. More than two-thirds of respondents had no opinion about Chief Justice William Rehquist.
Older people were more likely to have a favorable opinion of Bork than younger people. Republicans and conservatives supported him more frequently than Democrats and liberals.
Twenty-three percent had a favorable opinion of Rehnquist, 9 percent had an unfavorable opinion, and 68 percent had no opinion. O'Connor received a favorable opinion from 34 percent of respondents, while 4 percent had an unfavorable opinion and 62 percent had no opinion.
The Associated Press
Secord allegedly low on money, seeking job
WASHINGTON — Richard V. Seckhard has closed his office, effectively ended his business with Iran-coronation moneyman Albert Hakim and is looking for work, according to sources familiar with his situation.
Secord, 55, a retired Air Force major general who played a principal part in the Iran-contra case, is one of the targets of Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh's investigation
Although he has given a few
speeches, Secord is "not a hot property" on the lecture circuit, said one source, speaking on condition he remain anonymous.
The source later added, "He doesn't have a lot of money."
Record didn't get paid for the long interview in the October edition of Playboy magazine, according to journalist Jeffrey long, who coined the interview.
Secord and Hakim, his former business partner at Stanford Technology Trading Group International,
handled logistical and operational details of the program to sell U.S.-made weapons to Iran and divert the profits to the contrasts.
They reported to Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, the National Security Council aide who was fired by President Reagan in November. Second gave general instructions to Hakim, who controlled the money.
Before they became linked to North in 1985, Second and Hakim served as arms merchants for the contras, buying and selling weapons
Second, in an interview last month at his office in nearby McLean, Va., said he was pursuing new business but didn't say what they were.
at a profit
A few weeks later, he shut down the Stanford Technology office, Thomas Green, his attorney, confirmed.
second was known for his can-do approach to solving problems and his bravery in war.
Hammer, Deng discuss China energy projects
The Associated Press
BELIJING — U.S. industrialist Armand Hammer and top Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping didn't speak each other's languages, but their meeting yesterday indicated the two octogenarians read the same bottom line.
Hammer, chairman of Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum, wants to tap China's coal and oil riches and sell U.S. technology to the still-developing nation. Deng wants to buy.
They met for an hour behind closed doors at the Great Hall of the People. The official Xinhua News Agency said Deng told Hammer he was a courageous man because "some foreign entrepreneurs still lack the courage to cooperate with China in undertaking big projects."
Since Deng invited Hammer to invest in China eight years ago, Occidental has sunk $200 million into the $650 million Antaibo coal mine and undisclosed millions in fruitless oil exploration offshore.
Hammer arrived in Beijing last week to mark the opening of China's largest and most modern coal mine, jointly owned by China and Occidental, in the arid coal heartland west of the capital.
In an interview Saturday at a luxurious villa for China's elite guests, Hammer said he was asking Chinese leaders to join in guaranteeing the neutrality of their neighbor Afghanistan, should the Soviets end their eight-year military presence there. He said he has been trying to get the Soviets out of Afghanistan for over a year.
The 89-year-old Hammer has the largest economic stake in China's future of any foreign corporate leader. He also has unparalleled access to Deng, his contemporary at age 83.
"One of the things that I think would accomplish this would be if Russia had guarantees from all her neighbors, including China, that they would guarantee the neutrality of Afghanistan, that it would never become a base for a foreign invasion of Russia." Hammer said.
Hammer said he discussed the proposal with Soviet and United Nations officials.
"I think we can get some action," he said.
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