European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday may15, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 new study links pornography violence critics say pane von of censorship Washington not a Justice department commission on pornography has concluded that Mosi pornography sold in the  is potentially harmful and can Lead to violence. In a 211-Page introduction to its final report the attorney general s commission on pornography urged action against the Parno Raphy Industry including Marc severe penalties for violation of obscenity Laws. The report and a 26-Page list of recommendations scheduled to be made Public in july found that exposure to most pornography bears some Caudll relationship to the level of sexual violence sexual coercion or unwonted sexual  the commission s conclusions conflict with those of a 1970 presidential commission that found no link Between pornography and violence or other types of Ami social behaviour critics learning of the new report said its conclusions were not based on firm scientific evidence. Some of the commission s supporters agree that social scientists arc divided on whether most pornography is harmful. For this commission intuition bus taken the place of science said Barry Lynn legislative counsel for the american civil liberties Union the commission has never gotten off the track i said they were on a year ago the track of  the 11-member commission formed by attorney Gen eral Edwin Meese Iii a year ago said most pornography in the United states would be classified As degrading particularly to women on the basis of what it acknowledged was tentative scientific evidence the commission found that substantial exposure to such material is Likely to increase the extent to which those exposed Wilt View rape or other forms of sex Ual violence of less serious than they otherwise would have.". We conclude the commission said that substantial exposure to materials of this Type Bear some causal relationship to the level of sexual violence sexual coercion or unwanted sexual aggression in the population so  the commission placed violent pornography including depictions of rape and sadomasochism in a separate significantly More harmful category. We have reached the conclusion unanimously and confidently that the available evidence strongly supports the hypothesis that substantial exposure to sexually violent materials As described Here bean a causal relationship to anti social act of sexual violence and for some subgroups possibly to unlawful acts of sexual violence,1 the report said. The commission cautioned however that its attitude toward violent pornography does not mean thai we have concluded that the evidence is sufficient to justify govern ment prohibition of materials that both meet that description and arc not legally obscene in its list of recommendations the commission called for consideration of a Federal Law requiring a mandatory one year prison sentence for anyone convicted a second Lime on Federal obscenity charges. It also made Lac suggestions legislation should be approved permitting prosecutors to seize Money and other assets gained through Viola lion of Federal obscenity Laws. Stale and local officials should use Laws against pan Dering to prosecute people involved in distribution of obscene material. The Federal communications commission should ase its full regulatory Powers against obscene dial a porn Telephone services.". Labor Law should be rewritten to Maku it an unfair business practice far an employer to hire people to participate in commercial sexual performances. The Justice department should or cat an obscenity. Tusk Force to Foci is on prosecution. Congress should adopt a Federal in prohibiting the use of performers under the age of 21 in certain sexually explicit visual  state judges should be permitted to impose a sen tence of lifetime probation for convicted child pornographers. The 1970 presidential commission found insufficient evidence to reach conclusions about a relationship Between organized crime and sexually explicit material. The new panel found lies Between the pornography Industry and organized crime. There seems Strong evidence that significant portions of the pornography Magazine Industry the Peep show Industry and tie pornographic film Industry Are either directly operated or closely controlled by la Cosa Nostra members or very close associates the new taxi Mission found. The commission s report followed a yearlong investigation of the pornography Industry including hearings around the country. " the objectivity of the panel came under Early i criticism when it was disclosed that a number of commit ii n Mem Bers had backgrounds in Law enforcement. The chairman Henry a Hudson is a local prosecutor known fur his efforts to end pornography sales in Arlington county. Va., where he works. Burger says lawyer fees should be limited in injury cases Washington a chef Justice Warren e. Burger said tuesday that limits should be considered for lawyers fees in personal injury cases to restrain Over reaching by attorneys. There is a place for the contingent fee. But there Are some limits which must be studied and considered Burger said. Happily some led the clients from this overreaching contingent fees apply to cases in which a lawyer agrees to represent a client with the understanding he or she will receive a percent age of any court award if the suit is successful. Burger said lawyers have an unfair advantage in negotiating such payments Burger a frequent critic of the Legal profession said in a speech to the american Law Institute he has no Quick solution to the Pray Lam but he added some members of the bar have defended absolutely open and unrestricted use of the contingent fee on the ground that this guarantees Access to the court. In its sweeping form that is an obvious  noted that judges always have wealth and professions richest americans in percent of households earning $280,000 or More lawyers accountants 43% bother x,/professionals.not a or managers working clerical or sales 1% health service professionals 2% of All americans in percent of total households banking insurance % unskilled skilled craftsmen clerical or sates or foremen health service professionals Chicago Triune Chut source Federal Duwve Boieri exerted control Over fee contracts involving minors. Many adults. Injured persons or survivors of deceased persons arc no More Capa ble of making a valid judgment on the appropriateness of the valid fee contract of 33 or 40 or 50 percent than a 12-year-old child he said. The lawyer unlike the client has a Good idea in Advance of How difficult in will be to win the Case and what the proper Contin gent fee should be Burger said. The chief Justice also touched on other related topics. Tie questioned whether lawyers real their profession More like a Trade applying rules of the marketplace governing the Sale of Auto mobiles rather than standards. Dedicated to the adminis Frlion  also said same attorneys spend too much time trying in pict 1 jury favourable to their Side that can be manipulated by skillful  we see the degrading spectacle of lawyers spending weeks on weeks and in some cases Many months in the selection of a jury he Laid. Military base asked testimony in Whitworth trial to remove Cross data was critical Navy officer says.  i if f i i a a. A of Rul met Honolulu a a 65-foot Cross will be removed from an Oahu military base because of objections by a non Chris Tian religious group according to a military spokesman. Marine col. Gene Castagnetti com manding officer of Camp . Smith made the decision Afler receiving opinions from base Legal officers and the judge advocate general of the Navy that the Cross constitutes an infringement of the first amendment base spokesman it col. Jim Prndergast said monday. The religious group which asked the Mili tary not to make in identity Public Corn planned last August thai the Cross Diphe christianity is the favored religion of the is. Government. The illuminated Cross erected in 1966 for an easter Sunrise service will be removed in june. The Cross at Camp Smith Headquarters for in . Pacific cd can be seen fro much of Honolulu and Leeward Oahu. San Francisco a the Classi. Fied material that Jerry Whitworth is accused of passing to master spy and . Navy buddy John Walker for delivery to the soviet Union was the most critical information a Navy official testified tuesday at Whitworth s trial basically what you have Here is the Cookbook of How to do business said it. Cmdr. James Jeter an exercise officer with the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii referring to the Navy code and communications system allegedly passed by Whitworth it s a recipe Jeter said. It s a Cook Book. It s the meat critical  Whitworth 46, a former Navy radioman is accused of Selling secrets for 1332,000 to Walker for relay to the soviets Between 1974 and i9b3. Walker also a former Navy radioman has admitted running a spy ring for 17 years. He was the chief prosecution witness against Whitworth his alleged prize recruit into espionage. Walker pleaded guilty last october to three espionage related charges. His son Michael also pleaded guilty. His brother Arthur was convicted by a Federal judge the prosecution contends that Whit Worth knowingly and willingly passed documents to harm the United states and to Aid the soviet Union. But the defense Hopes to get Whitworth acquitted by proving that he did not know to whom the classified information was going. Previous testimony has shown that officials found a note from Whitworth to Walker that said he had obtained All Mes Sage traffic from the aircraft Carrier enter prise on which he was stationed during Heel exercises Between 1932 and 1983. The specific message traffic Jeler Dis cussed during testimony was from an exer Cise that took place in april 1983 off the coast of the soviet Union. When asked by the defense whether other nations Monitor such exercises Jeter said. They Are monitored. They have ships that lag  Jeler said even though the monitoring of such movements docs not provide thai much information message traffic would allow a country to relax its observation tactics. Pope planning visit to . Next year Austin Texas a pops John Paul ii will visit Texas Florida California and possibly Arizona next year the Austin diocese said. The pontiff Wilt celebrate a Public mass and meet with the . Directors of Catho Lic charities while in san Antonio. Other details of his Terai visit have not been worked out Bishop John Mccarthy said