European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes april columns comments James Kilpatrick doctrine of comparable Worth int worthwhile philosophers teach us that for Many of the most abiding questions of no definitive answers what is truth what is Justice what is Beauty lately we have been hearing a great Deal about what is Worth people Magazine recently reported the 1984 incomes of 57 in Atlan the Constitution rounded up the Sala Ries of the cites professional in the Post published the re Flection of a physician who do doctors deserve what they earn consider a few people Magazine reported that Clint Eastwood earned Mil lion for his role in City Sally Field got million for playing in places in the Tom Selleck is paid for each episode of or million for the Geraldine Ferraro has received a million Advance to write an autobiography she was paid a Hal million for a 30second Pepsi cola Gavin Captain of the love sails along at nearly million a Bill Cosby earns million for his other to salaries Brent the use Are tv4e million Bryant More than and Diane the dog that does commercials for Strohs takes Home a in Home of the outfielder Dale Murphy tops the club payroll at third base Man Bob Homer scoops up Pitcher Bruce Sutter threw for last on the the Falcons running Back William an Drews runs for on the Basket Ball the Hawks Center tree Rollins dribbles along at the Washington a woman intern provided some figures from the Ameri can medical in on the a practising physician earned a few chiefly earned in excess of the typical paediatrician takes in after a family doctor might charge for half an hour of the doctrine of comparable Worth is a hot topic in Washington and in the state if roughly the same Levels of Edu cation and stamina Are required for 1 driving a truck and 2 running a laundry Are not the jobs of comparable Worth  the wages therefore be roughly the same what is the Job of a trash collector Worth Are Rock doctors and truck Drivers Worth what they earn Kubilius who spent much of his life writing provided the Best of All an Swers years said this philosopher in his Maxim is Worth what its purchaser will pay for 1 have a Lois de Bakey of who rumbles and growls incessantly at the injustice of an economic system that pays a Rock Star More than it pays a the Rock Star May not be Able to write a Cohe rent sentence he May be a High school dropout his social responsibility is his after is million a is he Worth it obviously the Rock Star is Worth the free Market says there is Only one Michael and thanks to a benign Only one person called but evidently there Are enough neurosurgeons to meet the Ger Aldine Ferraro would not be getting that Advance if her publisher didst expect to make it As custom in the Market place yields to Laws against sexual Dis More women Are driving and More men Are becoming flight Debakey insists that something is All wrong something is woefully false in the Way society fixes its Ray who served As Jimmny Carters Secretary of says that theories of the marketplace break Down when it comes to comparable Worth Adam Smiths invisible he gets to be All but the alternative in a free society is not to have a free the alternative is to have government fix so that one neurosurgeon is officially Worth four nose maybe such decrees would work in a totalitarian they would never work c 1985 Universal press Syndicate David Broder oklahoman seek answers to the right questions it began 10 years ago when David then governor of and author Alvin Toffler sat Down with a group of students from Oklahoma colleges for a seminar on the future of Oklahoma and the a nearly oklahoman of All Ages have gone through the scholar leadership enrichment pro Gram Slep that Boren now the states senior senator on a recent several Hun dred people with an interest in the Slep program Gath ered in to celebrate the first decade of this unique and successful educational they ranged in age from some Lawton High school to people old enough to be their it was a remarkable sitting in seminar rooms in the Shadow of the football stadium that dominates the University of Oklahoma the participants plunged into Earnest conversation about the most serious and sweeping topics though some had driven from Chicago or san Anto or from Corners of Oklahoma 200 Miles the conversations went on Long into the night As they tend to do at the regular Slep which last for four or five Borens original concept has proved its effectiveness and its Worth students from the 21 participating colleges and universities work in a Small group usually a couple dozen people a visiting scholar on a topic of Mutual almost always involving choices for the with afternoon and evening sessions for the it becomes a real bonding a faculty member is along to and to Grade the papers each student is expected to write afterwards to get credit for the the mix of students is drawing from the undergraduate and graduate ranks of of and Oklahoma from such private and denominational schools As Tulsa and Oral Roberts and from tiny campuses As in the seminar i led three years we had a wondrous variety of races and there has been As much diversity in the visiting scholars poet Maya sociologist Daniel so chemist Harrison political scientist James Mcgregor psychologist Kenneth editor orman architect Buckminster physicist Herman psychiatrist Elisabeth economist Wassily physician playwright Jona than Miller and too Many others to the general Public is invited to a lecture almost every visitor and some sessions Are taped for classroom or Public television but the personal interchange of the seminar room is Central Ana the experience is in of acting president Martin Jischke recalled that when he shared a Slep seminar on the future of tie world with physicist Victor Many of us were in tears when it much of that same passion to grapple with fundamental questions was evident at the reunion week Clayton the Slep invited four past visitors to return for a discussion of critical is sues facing the nation Catherine May a for Mer Republican member of Congress and of the inter National Trade commission James the head of the Council on a former College business executive and Carter administration official Hazel a Futurist and critic of conventional whether marxist or and Freeman a physicist at the Institute for advanced studies at As Moderator of this High powered All i had to do was lean Back and let the ideas Bedell talked about the growing Challenge of economic survival in International Competition and the test it was posing for both the leaders and citizens of this Joseph raised the Issue of the moral use of not Only with nuclear weapons but with Many of the other technologies coming out of the Henderson challenged her listeners to rid themselves of dysfunctional belief she the ridiculous idea that the people of 20th Century Central America have to choose Between Karl Marx and Adam Smith their and Dyson stunned everyone by arguing that if we just Stop trying to play Nanny to the and get about the business of sharing available techno we can get this planet in shape in the next 100 years and then spend the next spreading human civilization to the the response from the oklahoman of All Ages was As provocative As the ideas How do we overcome voter apathy have we outgrown nationalism do we really want to Transfer nuclear technology with terrorists at work How do we begin to get the Dollar Back in line with foreign currencies is there an ethical approach to immigration issues is it a service or disservice to the future to try to help Farmers facing a credit crunch there were More questions than of but 1 think All of us were struck by Jim Josephs com ment it is More important to ask the right ques even if the answer is not than to come up with the right answer to the wrong As a cooperative Effort by oklahoman to ask the right Slep has More than fulfilled Borens Hopes and could Well serve As a Model for other Washington Post writers group i Pont feel like a Unicorn i feel like a Pamm