European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Charles Hanley january 1981 Welcome to the White Moose we live Here hostage release could cause changes in Iran the release of the american hos tages was a major defeat for extremist factions in Iran and could set the stage for a resurgence by president Abolhassan Bani Sadr and his pragmatic according to scholars and others closely Fol lowing iranian one Iran expert said serious dissatisfaction with the government of prime minister Mohammad Ali Rajai is mounting quickly both among the Public and within the political in a series of these observers also argued that although High emotions on both sides seem to preclude a rec columns and comments conciliation for ugly memories can be submerged if the National interest demands in this they improved relations arc in the interest of both Iran politics have come Down to a Strug Gle Between the clergy led islamic Republican party which Domi nates parliament and backs and the faction represented by a More westernized and left leaning they struggle Over a country grappling with monumental Domestic the Economy is with Mas Sive because of the disruptions of the 197879 International sanctions imposed because of the hostage and the War with Iraq which began last kurdish separatists continue to wage a guerrilla allies of the late Shah still plot a and Ayatollah Ruhollah Symbol of the revolt is in frail for most of the hostage Bani Sadr efforts to negotiate an end to the crisis were confounded at every turn by revolutionaries taking a harder Many affiliated with the a leading iranian pragmatist said last week that the hardliners were embarrassed in the this Only showed the two faced charac ter of those who opposed their release and now agree with the people of Iran now understand this Wofa redness said this professor Richard Cottam of the univer sity of an Iran specialist who has visited the country since the hostage supports this he said the More moderate Wing of the islamic party won the Battle for Shomei Nis persuading the Ayatollah to free the but the real beneficiaries Are Bani Sadr and his Cottam not Only did they also advise that this order be issued but they dont have any responsibility for an agreement that the iranians will consider a bad the Deal is expected to come under fire in Tehran because less than billion of Iran More than billion in Frozen funds were returned Banisadr already appears to be jockey ing for political last wednes Day he pointedly let it be known he had nothing to do with the final hostage Degoti Cottam said people i Trust in Tehran Tell him the unpopularity of Rajas govern ment is very because of both the economic situation and the Lack of Public autonomous local revolutionary committees in Middle class North Tehran have been confiscating Homes and terrorizing he Cottam a lot of the clerics who have been affiliated with the Irp Are moving to the other pole to Banisadr he said one result in the coming months could be a strengthened Banisadr presi backed by the professor Marvin Zonis of the University of who in psychological analysis of political events and has closely watched agreed that the crazies in the Irp were the big losers in the hostage he identified their leaders As Ayatollah Ala Meh Noori and Hassan continued International criticism of Iran leadership gives tremendous Cour age to people who Are opposed to the pre sent configuration of Power in he i think were going to see a massive acceleration of the political process in Zonis agreed that Banisadr could prove to be the big but he suggested others outside the current revolutionary Structure could also emerge on Rajai has declared that the greatest Vic tory of the hostage taking was that it brought about a severing of All ties with the Iran needs us and we need said Stephen a former Deputy assistant Secretary of state with special in Terest in Iran wants to preserve its and we want to preserve the Independence of Iran from soviet soviet but he predicted the deep resentments could keep the chill on As Long As 10 others said a normalization of relations could come much More especially if relatively unsullied by the hos Tage takes c associated press Mary Mcgrory Small wonder Sam Brown left Sam the Antiwar wonder boy who became director of headed Back to Denver he a career As an elected he came into government from his years on the barricades with High Hopes of Mak ing the bureaucracy bleed and breathe a Little and of introducing Jimmy Carter to the Lidback politics of the he had incomplete Success on both fell into some Disfavour at the White House for pushing an appointment opposed by Robert Strauss and spent the better part of 1978 answering charges from Robert Mich the new House minority that he had stuffed the Agency with radicals and but he thinks action will Al though the new director of David Calls it ineffective and Low my sense is that they Are not going to kill this Agency the struggle would be More burdensome than the Cost of main Taining you can be sure that therell be no Howard Phillips Type wreckage opera was the Young righting activist was unleashed by Richard Nixon on the office of economic Opportunity with orders to sic but the uproar was so great and the lawsuits so numerous that Nixon was worse bitten than the conservatives have never been reconciled to the idea of a government fought War on a revived private sector will bring a general Prosperity that will also help the in their the idea of using Public Money to help people organize themselves for a better break is anathema to they truly be Lieve that except for the peace is an Academy for Street this was one of the principal charges that Michel brought against Brown considered resigning for the Good of the Agency he thought Michel was More after him than Brown fought it out because he thought if the right tasted it would go after liberals in government a vote for him reaffirmed the so hateful to that Vista is indeed sup posed to advocate and organize the the which at least in were aimed at immobilizing lasted for if they had done a study of equal intensity of the said Ive figured out it would have taken 80 but Brown was a Symbol to the right of All that had gone wrong in this country since people took to the streets to Stop a perfectly Good and he continued to draw Ronald in a 1979 radio Broad complained that Brown had sur rounded himself with veterans of the riot Ous 60s and suggested he was using taxpayers Money to stir up a lot of Trou an unexpected has turned up in the Reagan administration none other than the first she is a sponsor of the Foster grandparents and brags of having acquired action funds for and even the heritage foundation which has prepared a blueprint for conservative has somewhat grud that action should not be exe the righting authors action is certainly not necessary to the continuance of the under the right circumstances and with proper could be valuable and the transition at the Agency is going although four members of the All action were let go by Brown when he took office four years if action can Hope for a two other poverty the Community services administration and the Legal services cannot at least if the heritage foundation recommendations Are Edwin the Reagan transition has said he will rely heavily on their draft for which runs the affirmative action program among attrition is the Reagan operatives must not reduce funds by 20 percent under the that amount constitutes actionable re funding but a 19 percent Cut would not be taken to court and would put the Agency in its in the Case of the Legal its the death possibly by Lac has maddened conservative including Ronald for years because it brings class action suits against corporations and the heritage foundation authors discuss reshaping the whole thing with a conserva Tive but conclude sadly that there May not be enough righting lawyers and social workers to do the All its hardly a wonder that Sam Brown would rather be in c Universal press the opinions expressed in the columns and cartoons on i this Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Way to be considered As representing the views of the Start and stripes or the United states