European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 15,1986 serious rights violations found in Philippines . Report finds reasons for Hope Washington a the 10th annual .human rights report has found serious violations in the Philippines by the Marcos government and by communist led guerrillas. But Richard Sci fir director of the stale department Bureau that issued the report thursday also found greater Hope there than in some of the 163 other countries surveyed. There is no doubt that in the Philippines there is a infrastructure on which democracy can be built he said. That in itself is an optimistic  and the hundreds of . Diplomats who com piled the 1,440-Page study saw Little to cheer about inmost of the countries surveyed. Only latin America showed a Clear trend toward democracy. Only Yugoslavia of the communist countries showed Progress in Termi of political and civil , Over time maybe it s going to be better Schifler said As he searched for signs of democratic sprouts around the Globe. Critiquing the Way other countries treat their own peo ple is relatively new. For the United states it probably began with president Theodore Roosevelt s criticism of the Czar s pogroms against jews in 1907. Congress instituted the annual reports a decade ago to help it decide which countries ought to get . Economic and military assistance. A few years later with a nudge from conservatives Congress broadened the scope by re _. A Lantry by country review. Union and the Eastern Quiring a More comprehensive country by country  meant including the soviet unit bloc. The Czar is Long gone. The soviets have a , according to this year s report soviet performance in the realm of human rights fails to meet even the most elementary of accepted International standards. Schifter concluded that under Mikhail Gorbachev the energetic and relatively Young soviet Leader the situation is not As Good As it was even under Leonid Brezhnev decade ago. The report said the soviet regime confined citizens trying to exercise their rights to prisons labor Camps or psychiatric  of individuals who attempt to express themselves outside state controlled channels continue during 1985," the report said. Among others Iran Chile South Africa Cambodia and Afghanistan were criticized. In the Western hemisphere Nicaragua was singled outs running against the one hopeful regional trend. The sandinista markedly increased their intimidation of theroman Catholic Church and civic opposition to their control of society the report  evidence exist of a number of politically motivated killings during 1985," it said. Schifter said the coun try is i used by Leninist. However in the past year Uruguay and Guatemala installed new democratic governments elections were yield in Peru and Honduras As Well As in Costa Rica i eng democratic outpost. And last week the Duvalier family s 29-year Rule Over Haiti came to an  of the contested election in the Philippines and president Reagan s assertions of is. Neutrality the assessment of the situation in that country is probably the most  a legacy of is. Colonialism the pilipino people have a Long standing attachment to democratic principles the report said. They have had a Constitution since.1935. Schifter taking a Cue from Reagan refused to say whether democracy could flourish if president Ferdinand Marcos emerged As the Winner Over challenger Corazo Aquino. The president at a news conference tuesday night said the election showed there is a two party system in lie  about fraud and violence he said it could have been that All of that was occurring on both  the report prepared before the controversial election said the accuracy of statistics on human rights abuses was highly questionable. They showed a decline in the number of political prisoners but an increase in alleged political  of the charges against the Marcos government were not reliable the report  believe in the Philippines there is Hope Schifter said. There is greater Hope than in some other placet while refusing to be drawn into the election controversy Schifter insisted the United states was anything but Neutral about human rights around the world. We do have a Point of View he said. We believe i democracy. We do not believe in any form of  but the lawyers committee for human rights Laid the study should have been More critical of the philippine it reflects the administration s apparent determination to obscure or minimize the ongoing and serious abuses tint Are being committed by a strategic ally said Michae Posner executive director of the Independent monitoring organization. Kinlock pledges loyalty to nato repeats vow to scrap nuclear weapons the Hague Netherlands a British labor party Leader Neil Kinlock Friday said Bis country would remain Loyal nato partner if his party came to Power despite its Promise to scrap British nuclear forces and order out nato cruise missiles cruise must go Kinlock told re porters referring to nato medium Range missiles currently deployed in Brit Ain. 7  added that Britain s nuclear Force the submarine based Polaris missiles soon to be replaced by the controversial and costly Trident system would be scrapped in any Case if labor gains majority in the next general elections scheduled for 1988. Speaking at a press conference he also stressed that under a labor government Britain would stick to a Complete adherence to nato and sustenance to our commitments to the Alliance referring to British conventional forces in the North Atlantic and Germany. Britain would have the same position As Canada Denmark and Norway he said referring to nato nations that bar peacetime deployment of nuclear weapons on their territories. Well require that the United states of America take them cruise missiles Back with the same Means with which they brought them. And  whether such a requirement was realistic Kinlock replied it would be extraordinary. If we were part of an Alliance whose first function is the de sense of democracy for that Alliance to inhibit or forbid the operation of the will of one of its member democracies. Even with the Reagan administration there has been absolutely no Indica Tion that the is. Government would wish to inhibit the democratically expressed will of the British  Kinlock who was in the Netherland for the dutch labor party Congress noted that he and other British Labril leaders had discussed with the soviet leadership in 1984 what he called a bilateral arms reduction process involving a missile by missile reduction of the Brit ish and soviet nuclear arsenals. We went even further and propose to the soviets a. Comparable missile by comparable missile Exchange said Kin Nock noting however that our reduction in armaments in t conditional upon that bilateral arrangement but. I m. Sure that for a mixture of reasons the soviet Union will recipient  comments on the recent squabbles within prime minister Margaret Thatcher s conservative government Over the Westland affair and Calls for her Resig nation As party Leader and prime min ister Kinlock said i Don t care very much whether Thatcher Steps Down Ornot. More important than.  departure is the departure of her policies Kinlock said. And he claimed that her resignation and subsequent More moderate tory policies would have no effect on electoral support for the labor party which he said was very  news update Singer misses hearing Jonesboro a. A Singer Connie Francis failed to show up for arraignment on charges of simple Battery and criminal trespass Stem Ming from a december incident on plane at Hartsfield Atlanta International  county state court judge Harold Benefield revoked Francis $1,100 Bond and issued Bench warrant for her arrest obviously this Means that to time she comes through the Airport Shell be subject to arrest Sejd Clayton county solicitor John Cattel i. Who said no deputies would be sent to her California Home. The warrant we have is basically Good to the boundaries of the  air lines officials said Francis was asked to leave the plane 1dec. 3 after she refused to put out a j cigarette during refuelling in Atla Taon a flight from the Bahamas to los authorities said Francis 4ujkicked a police officer who tried to remove her from the plane. Leau Srini i Qai n Caneo 01 support for the labor part which a r a same position lateral arms reduction process involving Saj was very  big three automakers report lower profits in 1985 Sass higher Avera profit arts a Jeffi Jug a ism Detroit a Ford motor co. Said thursday it made a net profit of $2.5 billion in 1985, a decline of nearly 14 percent from a year earlier. Chrysler corp., meanwhile reported profit for last year of $1.6 billion Down about 33 percent from $2.4 billion a Yea earlier. The reports brought 1985 net profits of the big three automakers to $8.1 billion compared with More than $9.8 billion in1984, the Industry s record year. General motors corp. Last week reported $4 billion profit Down 21 percent from $4.5 billion the previous year. The big three expected the profit de Clines because in All cases the 1984 re sults were records set during a period of tighter japanese import controls less spending on capital improvements and Competition increased greatly in 1985because of the relaxation of japanese import quotas and growing Market shares by most european importers. Costly incentive sales campaigns and heavy spending on new tools and plants depressed big three prof Ford the nation s no. 2 automaker listed its worldwide sales at s52.7 billion com pared with s52.3 billion a year ago. Net income per share at Ford came to$13.63 a share for the year compared with $15.79 a year  s net profit in the fourth Quarter was-$720 million compared with $721 Mil lion a year earlier. Ford said its is. Operations earned $400million less in 1983 than in 1984, an j were cd n  said. The company however doubled its earnings in the competitive european 1 tits losses in latin America and the far East. Much of Chrysler s decline was the result of its renewed status As a full fledged tax a of \. Per share earnings at Chrysler for the Niyear were $14.07 compared with $18.88 i i 1984. The earnings per share for 1985 would be $9.38 a share if figured according if 1 to last week s 3-for-2 Stock split Chrysler fourth Quarter earnings were pot set jk$215 million or $1.96 a share compared of with $609 million or $4.91 a share a year earlier. Chrysler said earnings per share adjusted for the Stock split wout be $1.31 Tofor the fourth Quarter compared with $3.27 j a year earlier. / pm regaining its status As the nation largest corporation reported record revenue1 of $96.4 billion compared with $83.9 billion a year earlier