European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Up iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein talking with a member of paramilitary militia in by Youssef Ibrahim new York times said an Arab ambassador in Bagh is the Cardinal Rule of the baath everything the party plans and builds is designed so that it will always Rule Iraq the Arab the party hold on Power is protected by a machine which appears to be As rigidly organized and ideologically committed As the communist party of the soviet every government department head is a party every army unit has a party political every Mili tary Academy Cadet is a every University and neighbourhood has its party every member of the popular a militia that augments the regular is a car carrying when the commander of the popular army saw off recruits to the iranian front recently by asserting that in three Days the iranians had suffered As Many casualties As the iraqis had lost during the entire four months of the his rather dubious claim was dutifully reported by the state news Agency and Baghdad radio like All iraqi news run by baath party this feat of political organization has been accomplished in the 12 years since Saddam now Iraq seized Power in a at that the party could count on Only a few Hundred armed men who had operated under ground for a it is said to Nave Mil lion members in a population of 13 party membership is an exclusive privilege with elaborate to become a member can take 10 years once a you can never leave maybe in a said a dissident iraqi journalist in candidates attend weekly indoctrination meetings where they Are carefully they read extensively in the party literature and discuss socialism and Arab they Are assigned tasks ranging from Mes Senger work to spending the summer teaching villagers to read and watching and informing on ant party elements is also an the party demands ideological total absolute the men and women who run the party believe they Are the guardians of the Arab worlds most humane established in 1940 by French educated intellectuals led by the syrian philosopher Michel the baath arabic for or Renaissance party dreamed of a socialist Arab Western belief in Progress was interwoven with the Ideal of Arab the party slogan Freedom and socialism inspired thousands of educated arabs who were not particularly enthralled with surrounded by arabs caught up in reactionary religious the baath party kept a hostile distance from a acknowledged a debt to islam but stressed Only its moral and spiritual disregarding its political and constitutional according to added of the Royal Institute of International affairs in Iraq party thus has no common language with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini fanatically islamic message in the baath responded ruthlessly to an assassination attempt last March against Tareq the party 2 by thousands of followers of the pro Irani an Al Daw a Al islam Yah islamic Call party had been rounded their Ayatollah Mohammad Bakr a Follower of Khomeini who had become the rallying Point for the iraqi shiite was sum Marily executed in april along with his sister and Many Aziz told a recent visitor to Baghdad that several Hun dred Daw a followers were we As you quite firm in these the visitor quoted him As members accept the party As above even family and and the baath is ruthless when dealing with its in july Hussein had 30 party members put to death by firing their executioners were party members brought from All parts of the country to participate in in was a blood said an iraqi communist in five of those killed were members of the revolution Ary command they included Abdul Khalik Al the party who had been one of Hus skins closest companions in the struggle to Hussein supplanted Ahmed Hassan Al the elderly military Man who was president of Iraq and theoretically the party to Cope with careerists who join the party to obtain Hussein has diversified his Power incorporating the Security machine and a network of clan according to an asian ambassador in this Hussein added a fourth Power base personality his photos Are showing him kissing visiting Homes of Ordinary Citi checking on Public the War against Iran is Saddam War fought by sad dams army and realizing Saddam under the Iraq has become the most secular and progressive Arab country in terms of the emancipation of distribution of wealth and near total Lack of corruption in while much of the Arab world is returning to islamic Iraq is enthusiastically pushing Secula but the ambitions and aspirations of its leaders Are years ahead of their still islamic february the move to a drop in pay by Randolph Schmid associated pressuring the Many top businessmen took government jobs for a Dollar a year to help the War they dont do that but the financial sacrifice of Federal service May seem nearly As staggering to the Prospect of a Cabinet Job May sound pretty Good to the average but Cabinet posts dont go to average people and Many top managers in private Busi Ness command salaries Well above that example Donald the Wall Street executive who is the new Secretary of the was paid in example the National journal has estimated that Secretary of state Alexander Haig earned More than last year and that William French the attorney earned example Malcolm Secretary of had income of in 1979 As chairman of Scovill a Connecticu based manufacturing people at those salary Levels obviously dont take government jobs for the Money and they probably Are Well enough set to absorb the but what about a Topnotch private executive in the Range who might not be Able to take a Cut with out penalizing his family lifestyle transition officials were reluctant to talk about enticing High paid executives with government but privately they admitted there were a few that one reason president Carters new budget proposal includes major pay raises for some Federal executives As Well As costo living increases for rank an file under his proposal Cabinet for would Rise to about compensation Levels today have fallen below the Point at which they provide adequate monetary recognition of the complexity and importance of top Federal the financial sacrifice demanded of top Federal officials is becoming far too Carter said in a recent Mes Sage to a Good example May be Vincent census director under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald president Carter turned to Barabba for help in the summer of 1979 to bail out a Bureau staggering under preparations for the 1980 head Barabba was working for Xerox at the time and said he was unsure whether he could afford the significant salary Cut in taking the census he finally took the Post Only after working out an agreement to ensure that his Xerox Job would be Avail Able when he completed government its Nice to be in an economic position to be Able to take a significant salary Cut to make a Barabba said at the Why do people do that Hes just quietly said a Friend of who asked not to be Barabba recently left government service to return to private for Many of the people named to top jobs by president the financial sacrifices will be Large whether Cabinet pay stays at or climbs to the proposed there Are of such As Dave Stock new chief of the office of management and Bud and Richard head of the department of health and human Stockman was a member of the House of representatives and Schweiker a both with base salaries of Carters pay plan would raise congressional salaries to about his proposal followed a recommendation from a Federal pay advisory commission last calling for Sharp pay hikes for top government that commission actually urged higher raises than Carter it wanted a increase for members of Congress and boosts of 40 percent to 50 percent for top bureaucrats and Federal that would place the High est paid appointees in the the stars and stripes Page 13