European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 columns the stars and stripes sunday february 15,1967 William Buckley is drug education a Federal responsibility the Exchange Between Sens. Alphonse d Ama to of new York and Lawlon Chiles of Florida on the one Side and John wallers assistant 10 the Secretary of education representing the administration on the other Gol headline treatment because of the racy Exchange. In should have gotten headline treatment for its abundant demonstration of the major economic superstition we live by. The Issue was the president s recommended budget for dope resistance in particular narcotics education. The focus at one Point in the hearing was on the sum of $200 million appropriated by Congress for year 1, now pro posed by the administration to be reduced to $ 100 million Tor year 2. The reason for this reduction said the administration is that the Start up costs of the program already undertaken do not need to be repeated. But that argument was lost tit the commotion. D Avalo turned on the administration witness and said for god s Sake gel in the real world Chiles exploded is that All the hell that needs to be spent you Don t care. You Don t give a rip. You Don t think we count have you Ever read the const Lulion you Don t think Congress  and d Amato was not through. His homily went on you be got a National epidemic that is killing our youngsters and i Don t think that you have the slight est idea that it is taking place. You know what this docs it sends the wrong message. It sends the message that we re not dealing seriously with this that we re not acknowledging the problem. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves now that is the Way unhappily hat politicians lend to behave. The adversary does t care has t read inc Constitution docs not live in the real world i giving out the wrong signal. All that Walters was Able to say in response reflecting his own fms Haljon was Why not spend $400 million Why not $600 Mil lion and of course he has a Good Point. But wallers missed the main Opportunity dramatically to underscore the superstition under which every year Congress and the administration act. Whether we spend $1 million on drug education or $200 million on drug education the Money is going to come from the taxpayers including taxpayers in new York and Florida. Ii is not of incidental interest that Florida is the principal Access Point of the drug dealers into the american Market or that new York is the primary drug consumer in than both d Amato and Chiles Nave a pronounced interest in drug education perhaps More say than Wyoming. Now since Ibe question of familiarity with the Constitution was brought up i would have been inter Esting if Walters Hod asked the senators where in the Constitution it specifies that education of any sort is a Federal responsibility we Are so accustomed to asking Congress to Deal Withall our problems that we have completely lost tight of the presumptions. The maintenance of the army Navy and air Force is clearly a collective responsibility. And Resis Tance to drug traffic is clearly a Federal responsibility inc coast guard does t report to individual state Capi tals. But education about drug use there Are two reasons Why d Amato and Chiles Are so eager to raise the Federal subsidy for drug education. The first is that they seek to slake the appetite of their own constituencies for massive anti drug efforts. The second is that they would much rather tax Wyoming along with their own states than to Bear the Burden themselves. But since new York is the Seth wealthiest stale in the Union and Florida the 21st. Why is it necessary to plead with Congress for Money for drug education since a Federal program Means Money take by the irs from new yorkers and floridian sent to Washington depreciated there by the bureaucracy an then sent Back in reduced volume to the drug Educa tors Why not seize the alternative the traditional alter native which is that new York state sets up its drug education program exactly what it wants and axes its own citizens to finance it. Ditto Florida. And yes ditto Wyoming. T proposed it years ago. It remains a Good  congressional spending Bill should be subject to truth in tabling protocols. Before a Money Bill is Dis cussed a primed tabulation should be circulated Indi Cating exactly How much Money that measure would take away from every stale and How much Money it would return. Anthony Lewis ins putting immigration act to dangerous use it is a Basic constitutional right in this country to read and express political ideas however unpopular. We can sub scribe to pravda. We can distribute literature calling for replacement of Israel by a palestinian state or calling for a greater Israel with its arabs expelled All that is so Clear that i would have thought it unchallengeable. But it is being challenged now from an Aston Ishing Quarter the United states govern ment through its immigration and naturalization service. The ins is taking the position that Freedom of political expression does not apply to aliens resident in this country. If after coming to America they join an organization that circulates certain publications the ins says they can be imprisoned and deposed. And that is so even though the organization and the publications arc entirely lawful and could not constitutionally be made unlawful. This amazing theory is being pressed by the ins in a Case involving eight palestinian residents of los Angeles and one s kenyan wife. They were arrested at gunpoint on Jan 26, and proceedings to Deport them began. Seven arc in prison without bail under conditions of strict Security. When they talk to a lawyer they Are Pul in shackles. You might think that those seven were charged with throwing bombs or some other horrifying crime. The actual charge is that each is a member  Organiza Tion that causes to be written circulated distributed published or displayed written or printed matter advocating or teaching economic International and governmental doctrines of world communism the organization is the popular front for the liberation of Palestine awing of the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion the pulp Colls itself marxist. But As everyone knows in is a Radical palestinian nationalist group dedicated to the establishment of a palestinian stale. A pulp Magazine. Democratic pales Tine is in University libraries and on news stands in California where people of palestinian origin live in considerable numbers. No one has suggested that there is anything illegal about the Magazine. The supreme court has raid that the right to argue politics and organize to that end is at the Core of the first amendment. And of course the Amend ment makes no distinction Between Citi Zens and others. It says that Congress shall make no Law. Abridging the Freedom of speech or of the  the Freedom covers the country. The so called ideological provisions of the Mccarran Waller immigration act have been used to keep out foreign visitors disliked by Washington officials. Now the ins is trying to put them to an even More dangerous use to Deport resident aliens for using american political freedoms. A second doubt about the Case a mat Ter of decency As we As constitutionality is the Way the palestinians Are being treated they have lived in this country for As Long As is Yean. Suddenly they Are thrown in jail shackled denied bail instead of just being notified of an alleged immigration violation As is usually done. Why the harsh treatment it seems de signed to suggest some terrorist involve ment. Bui Justice department officials say the Fri investigated these people for months and found no activity connected Wilh terrorism. Indications Are that some ins officials Are using this Case to try out a Contin gency plan for handling suspected terrorists. A draft plan leaked to the press suggests that when no evidence of terror ism can be found suspects be charged with technical immigration violations denied bail treated As Security risks. A third reason for qualms about this Case is the targeting of palestinians the draft contingency plan said the ins would have to concentrate its coun Ler terrorism efforts against particular nationalities or  it listed eight example seven Arab countries and Iran. But in America guilt is individual. To a previous column f wrote about a Young woman in san Diego an Ameri can citizen of palestinian origin who was brutalized by unknown officers in an attempt to make her testify against those eight palestinians. In reaction to the column High officials of the Fri and the ins conure Dably said they were going to investigate the episode. Now attorney general de Meuse should Lake a Broad look at the whole proceeding. Surely he docs not want to go Down As the Man who presided Over an attempt to mate a mockery of those words on the statue of Liberty the Welcome to America for those yearning to breathe free now York tim4a nr4 ban rec