European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes monday february 17,1986 Flora Lewis . Can f escape involvement in Philippines Haiti the Philippines and Haiti Are quite different countries and cannot seriously be compared beyond the fact that both spawned brutal corrupt dictatorships. What they do have in com Mon is a historically close relationship with the United states and a widespread sense amont their people thai nothing can be done against America s will Asle Monde of Paris puts it. And at last be Monde added Washington understands that in such countries when it digs in alongside a bloody tyranny it Only adorns the soviet Union with the Aura of  showing that the United states can reverse this stand is an important foreign policy gain a Fitch can resound around the world and put Hope Back on the american Side. But it in t enough for the . To prod Jean Claude Duvalier of Haiti into exile and certainly not enough to Cluck disapprovingly at president Ferdinand Marcos s outrageous fraud in the Philippines and to suggest that the opposition simply Wail until he tires of cheating and killing them. For the ., the key Point in both of these countries is their intimate involve ment with America. Whether that is for better or for worse it is a fact of their live Sand of America s International position and has to be acknowledged. It Means the us. Cannot avoid the dilemma of responsibility. Arranging for baby Doc to flee in luxurious safety was a crucial first step for Haiti. What is left behind is scarcely More viable. It is hard to convey what an utterly Downtrodden impoverished incapacitated country Haiti is. One startling detail on the flight from the dominican Republic which Borders Haiti to port a Prince you can see the fron tier from the plane window. It is the line where the Green stops and the Hills turn bar Ren Brown. Even without a dictator Haiti has no Bootstraps to pull on. It cannot be left to Wallow in its misery for that would make despair even worse after the joyous explosion of Relief. But neither can the United slates move in As it did in the very differ ent situation in Grenada and try to Organ ize the country. No matter How Good the intentions that would Only renew the. Crypt colonial Cycle and probably Lead to a new dictatorship for which the . James j. Kilpatrick would be rightly blamed. Standing aside or taking Over Are both bad but they Are not the Only choices. This is a Case crying for into National action. Both political and economic guidance and organization Are needed. The Best approach could be a joint commission appointed by the organization of american slates and the world Bank charged with preparing elections of a constituent Assembly and a development program. There Are some very competent haitians in exile but probably not enough to provide an effective administration. In any Case they Are far More Likely logo Back and create the required team if that can be done in the framework of temporary inter National supervision. No real precedent exists for such an Effort. The old ideas were league of nations mandates and trusteeship but those Date from colonialism. Now the United states would have to take the initiative but it also has to be seen to be sharing influence and responsibility. The Philippines is a different Case per haps trickier in the Short term but better off in the Long run. It has known decent democratic government under president Ramon Magsaysay and the tragic farce of elections showed that there is a political and economic infrastructure probably Ca Pable of turning the country around. The Catholic Church has put itself on the Side of the democrats and can provide Strong organizational support. Cardinal sin s auxiliary Bishop monsignor Bacani has said it would Back a Campaign of civil disobedience. President Reagan who had to be persuaded to cancel his trip to the Philippines after the murder of Benigno Aqui no said wisely before the election that the United states would help a government that the people themselves found Credi  now he is waffling by asking aquino3 to cooperate with the tyrant. It would be a disaster to convince filipinos that the Only Way to prove there s no credibility is to Taketo the streets and spread civil strife. Wash. Lington has to make it Clear to Marcos that cheats Are losers and he must go. C new York to Law militant feminism appears to be declining in . A modest Little Flap developed recently at Catholic  student government association had.  Smeal president of the National organization for. Women to appear on its lecture series. Then complaints rolled in that the gentlewoman surely would use her platform to advocate abortion on demand. On reflection the association concluded that it would be improper to pay a $1,000 lecture fee for the propagation of what the Church regards As heresy so the invitation was withdrawn. This decision set off a Small commotion. John Gil More a third year Law student said that As soon to be attorneys we have an obligation to protect the rights of those whose views we disagree  Gilmore rounded up ,500, from three Law school organizations and extended the invitation anew. It is tempting to argue the proposition that Smeal has no right whatever to appear under auspices of the student government association. Sen. Jesse Helms to make the Point has no right to speak at a convention of the nation Al organization for women. No one has � right to have his letter published in a newspaper. It would be useful and especially useful to third year Law students to get straight on this business of  let it go. The interesting thing is that the Flap Over the invitation to Smeal kicked up so Little attention. Here she is the fire breathing name throwing president of the country s largest organization of militant feminists and not Many people any longer give a particular Damn. The steam leaks out. Women have gone Back to wearing bras not burning them. ,. If this were Only my opinion it might Well be discounted in the marketplace of ideas. Some years ago washingtonian Magazine identified the capital s 20 leading male chauvinist pigs. Joe Aesop ranked first i ranked about no. 12. It was an Honor i Felt undeserved but no matter. My observation i confirmed at every hand. Dinesh Dsouza writing in policy review finds the women s movement in decay and  its Lead in Are anxious and  she quotes belly Frie Dan on the profound paralysis in feminism. Fifteen years ago Germaine Greer was whooping it up for free and easy sex in the female eunuch. Now in sex and destiny she delivers an attack upon the ideology of sexual  Susan Brownmiller once a crusader in the Field of sexual politics now denounces the doctrine of comparable Worth As dumb and  Elizabeth Lilla writing in commentary provides an absorbing account of an Effort to revamp the curriculum of Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio so As to establish a new program of women s studies. This Reform was not sought by activist students it was sought by an activist administration catering to what it perceived to be Aca Demic Chic. After five years of conflict involving the hiring of feminist faculty and the firing of student editors it appears the movement has fizzled. The women s studies course is not being offered in this academic year for one compelling reason Only seven of 1,400 students signed up for it last year Down from 32 in 1983-84. Evidence of the movement s decline comes from other Quarter. Some months ago sociologist Robert Sherwin announced results of a 21-year study of sexual behaviour at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. He found dial virginity is making a comeback among women students. Between 1978 and 1984, the percentage of female Vir gins Rose from 38 percent to 43 percent. On a National level divorce appear to be losing some of the attraction it once held. Motherhood once again is being equated with Apple pie and baseball. The doctrine of comparable Worth is getting nowhere in the courts. The equal rights amendment languishes in parliamentary limbo what Ever became of Geraldine Ferraro what s the explanation my guess for whatever the guess of a no. 12 male chauvinist pig May be Worth is that two factors have played a part. The women s movement became identified with extremism and its Leaden ran into a tide of social and biologic forces too Strong to be overwhelmed. Many persons who were sympathetic to ending sexual discrimination in employment were not at All sympathetic to rewriting the Bible. Phyllis Schlafly in a dress seemed More of a role Model than a lesbian in combat shoes. The new order Chang eth. Yielding places to old. Air transit Gloria Steinem and Here s to the ladies god bless pm. E Una Vetrul prut synd Cili