European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday september 10,1936 Rehnquist memo on Era released believed it would have Adverse effect on family Washington a chief jus Tice designate William h. Rehnquist in a memo made available tuesday wrote in 1970 that passage or the equal rights amendment could Lead in the eventual elimination of the american family. Rehnquist whose nomination goes be fore the Senate on wednesday wrote the memo while he was an assistant attorney general in the nil on administration. It was released by civil rights organizations. Rich Nuisl wrote to then while House aide Leonard garment on May 4, 1970, thai the proposed amendment was in needed because rights of women already were protected by the Constitution. The memo said the effect of the amendment which was never passed would not be to Confer any benefits or privileges upon women but to prohibit virtually All distinction Between my and women presently embodied in the Law Rehnquist called it highly dubious whether the majority of american women and men would support the amendment if they knew that this were the main  consequences of a doctrinaire insistence upon rigid Equality Between men and women cannot be determined with certainty but the results appear almost certain to have an Adverse effect on the family unit As we have known it Rehn quist said. He went on the Overall implication. Is nothing less than the Sharp reduction in importance of the family unit with the eventual elimination of that unit by no Means  Rehnquist added that the nation might be heading in this direction any Way even without the amendment. Posing hypothetical questions to american women Rehnquist wrote do a majority of women wish to be deprived of special Protection in Hazar Dous occupations. To Sec their preferential treatment under the social Security act taken away. To be eligible for the military draft put in broader terms do a majority of women realty wish to have the Only distinction Between themselves and men be the preservation of separate rest rooms in Public buildings Judith Lichtman executive director of the women s Legal defense fund said the memo reflects an extreme position and a deep sealed animosity to women Basic rights As partners in the Fame  Rehnquist she said has an archaic notion of the family and the Way ded Sions get made. His Legal views do not reflect the Legal mainstream. In his View men Are masters of the House and Rehnquist fears that an equal rights amendment would under mine it Man s right to determine All Deci Sions in the  Senate judiciary committee chair Man Strom Thurmond , a staunch Rehnquist supporter commented i am not surprised by All of these attacks from liberals which arc clearly aimed at Stop Ping the nomination of Justice re Ina 1st. We expect to vote on the nomination in the next few Days and As i be said ill along. Justice Rehnquist will be con firmed by a very wide  Bresof feed no gets support in National Survey Washington up most americans believe in breast feeding and a majority think employers should give working mothers a place to nurse infants a National Survey reports. In the first of its kind Survey More than two thirds of the respondents said a wording woman should be Able to continue nursing her baby and 53 percent said employers should provide room for women to collect their milk or Nurte. The result Are delightfully reassuring surgeon genes c. Everett Koop said it a news conference monday. The working woman can be confident now that More of her co workers will support her decision to continue breast feeding. Once armed with the knowledge of this general attitude he said employer should be encouraged to make certain that the workplace has facilities for a working  Koop and Alice Smither Nian president elect of the american dietetic association said breast milk contains antibodies that help boost an infant s immune system and cannot cause allergies the Way cow s milk or formula can. Breast feeding also is believed to help Cement the emotional Bond Between Mol Herand child. The Survey of 1,062 respondents was commissioned by the healthy mothers healthy babies coalition a group of 80 voluntary health professional and govern mental organizations. The 55,000-Mcmber dietetic association plans to use the results to further breast feeding Smitherman said Noling that nursing is less expensive than bottle feeding. Balky Cord unveils a smile App Bolo former Secretary of slate Alexander Haig smile untie hts successor George Shultz struggles with the Tell covering Hung s new portrait at the state department. The release Cord on the veil refused to work during the unveiling ceremony monday Forden Shultz to pull the Rell off b hand. Airport beagles Hove a nose for smuggled foods Washington api a Beagle. Brigade of trained sniffers is being expanded As part of the agriculture department s Airport War against illegal entry of such items As foreign mangoes and pen Croni. Agriculture Secretary Richard e. Lyng announced tuesday the trained beagles Are part of a Pilot Detector dog project started More than two years ago at International airports in new Vork los Angeles and san Francis co. Wearing leashes and distinctive Green us a jackets the beagles demonstrated at a news conference How they sniff in coming Luggage for prohibited meat and fruit items which might Harbor foreign livestock and crop pests and diseases that could jeopardize . Food production. If food is found the Beagle sits Down and lets Agency inspector Lake Over. They be done a remarkable Job Lyng said noting that the dogs have had a High rate of positive detection since the program began William Helms Deputy administrator of the department s animal and Plant health inspection service said the Bra Gocs have an average sniffing accuracy rate of 80 percent. The dogs and handlers Are trained As teams in a 9-Wcek course at Lackland fab san Antonio Texas. Helms said that by the end of the year the Beagle project will have 13 dogs working in airports. Three of the dog will join Veteran teams at new York los Angeles and san Franciso and of Befi will go to International airports in Miami Atlanta Chicago Dallas and either Boston or Seattle. The Beagle program has a Federal Bud get of nearly 510 5,000 a year but us a officials say that is Small compared of Tai the losses to Farmers and Consumers if major livestock and crop diseases and insects Are introduced from overseas. First lady s maid pleads innocent to charges Richmond a a Nancy Reagan s person Al maid and two other people pleaded innocent tucs Day 10 being part or a conspiracy to smuggle munitions out of the United states. A fourth person failed to appear. Anita Sanabria Callelo 45, of Tacoma Park md., a member of the while House staff and two of the three men charged in the alleged plot appeared before . District judge Robert r. Merhige or. They face charges of conspiring to Export ammunition without a License and exporting ammunition with out a License. Also entering pleas were Julio Cesar Baez Acosta of Paraguay and Eugenio Silva of Richmond. All Are free on Bond. None of the defendants made any comment beyond staling their pleas. The fourth person charged Hernan Pedemo Duarte also of Paraguay did not appear in court and assistant . Attorney Gregory Welsh said he is fugitive. Casclo a native of Paraguay and the others Alleg edly conspired from november 1985 to aug. 5 to Bay .22-Cahbcr ammunition in Richmond and ship in to Paraguay aboard a freighter captained by Acosta. Duarte was the chief officer aboard the manual Jose Felix esl Gambia. Authorities seized 350,000 rounds of ammunition aboard the ship the night of aug. 4. I