European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. Junel 198b the stars and stripes Page 7 Meese hints he would consider quitting to avoid hurting republicans in election Washington up attorney general Edwin a Csc while vowing to stay in office to set the record straight monday night hinted that would consider leaving to avoid hurting the Republican party in the presidential election. Interviewed on Cable news network television a Csc argued that to leave office in controversy would be a real liability to Republican political for tunes and though he confirmed meeting recently Wilh vice president a conc Bush he denied pledging to step aside anytime soon if his Legal problems were widely perceived As a liability for Bush in his Campaign for he White House if 1 were to quit now under fire in would be a real liability because people would say there is something  a desc said the thing 1 want to do is to accomplish some objectives and if i can get that done then i think my own personal plans Are going to be the deciding Point As to when the proper time is to step Down whether it s the 20th of january 1989. Or whether in s sometime before then he said. That comment indicated a Csc has not ruled out the possibility of departing before the general election. Pressed by interviewer Pat Buchanan a former administration colleague As White House communications director the attorney general said i Don t think i be ruled anything in or anything  earlier monday Bush confirmed the meeting with a desc and when asked if a Csc had disagreed not to harm his Campaign. Bush said yes yes i think that s fair to say  in an interview telecast sunday White House chief of staff Howard Baker had said a Csc s Legal troubles have hurl Bush s presidential bid and president Reagan shares hat View. Monday night a Csc maintained he has been the victim of a very one sided barrage from the news Media if of look at what has occurred and this is one of the reasons thai i want to set the record straight the big question is what is it hated me Csc is supposed to have done the Legal and ethical questions about Meese have Arisen during a yearlong investigation of him by Independent prosecutor James Mckay prompting some High level resignations at the Justice department. Mckay said on april 1 that he did not intend to bring Tui indictment against Meese based on available evidence bul he is expected to deliver a critical final report within the a Cal week or so. Meese said it would be premature and inappropriate to comment on what might be in the report but he asserted that if it cites the facts it will show that de Meese in t guilty of any wrong  Mckay has investigated Mccase s con duct in several matters including his involvement with the scandal torn wed tech corp., his Stock holdings in regional Telephone companies and his role in a proposed $ t billion iraqi Oil pipeline. Poll supports major change in election process new York a most americans favor major changes in lie selection of presidential nominees with six in 10 saying they would eliminate conventions and let voters choose the candidates directly a Media Gen eral associated press poll has found. As the primary season winds Down Wilh the final contests june 7, the Survey found Broad dissatisfaction with the selection system. A majority of respondents said they do not follow the campaigns regularly and Only half believe the races provide a Good discussion of the issues. Sizable minorities said the Best candidates generally lose their bid for the nomination particularly on the democratic Side. Fifty two percent of the 1,204 adults in the National poll favored major changes in the Way the parties pick nominees while Only 38 percent said the system works Well enough now. Ten percent did t know. The dissatisfaction evenly spanned ideologies and political affiliations. The most striking split was in age the youngest adults Ages 18-29, thought by a narrow margin that the system works Well enough while the oldest those older than 64, broadly favored major changes by 56-28 percent. The age split was mirrored in Levels  to the races. Just 27 percent of the youngest group said they had been following the primary campaigns regularly compared with 54 percent of the oldest group. Fifty nine percent said they would prefer to have voters select the nominees without any delegates to party conventions. Only 31 percent favor the party convention system. Though rules vary by state Gener ally voters select some delegates the party selects others and the delegates meet to choose the nominee at conventions where under some circumstances delegates can switch their allegiance. Just 3 percent liked the idea of letting parly leaders select the nominee on their own. Sizable minorities of americans said the parties Gen Cost of presidential elections 1 total a Nihil rvs " " in millions of dollars for Prenol nation conventions and general election 400 300 2dd too 01 eel Chick a Jeff. A i in dollars spent in at temping to elect Noel need Bow Hoed nol  Obma Aab 1648 52 be so 64 68 72 78" 60 84 $2.127.296 8.608,623 7,778.702 10,128,000 1 6,026.000 29,402,000 by. 400.000aij.7ee.64i 29.iee.ib8 40,400,000 Dewey   Nixon Goldwater lion Khion Ford a Biggin a a n 2.736.334 5.mj.926 a 106,651 0.797,000 8.757,000 t1,sb4,Ood 30.000,000 21 .800,000 29,382,787 40.400,000 t j Trunin St Vonson Slomanson Ker Nety Jehnon Humon Rev Mcgavern Carter Carter Mondale so 72 76 w 4 so Mato " 1 876 Hepfl Jenl the first Tom a putto funding was used to Fesl Amtal of actions pot Bun pm ii a we i int a i sch Foroni it on. Gong 1 Quanty Irwi. Mwry and exact Emu really do not nominate their Busl candidate from among those running. The democrats fared worse to the Point that a plurality of the men in the poll said the democrats do not choose their Best candidate. Overall 46 percent of respondents said the democrats generally do pick their Best candidate from those who seek the nomination and 40 percent said they do not. But while women by a 51-33 margin said the democrats do Lake their Best candidate men by a 47 41 split said do not. More respondents Overall 52 percent said the re publicans nominate their Best candidate from among those running while 36 percent said not. Respondents who identified themselves As republicans or democrats ended to favor their party s choices. But the democratic respondents said by 51-38 thai the republicans make their Best Choice while the re publicans and the independents were split on whether the democrats make their beat pick on the selection of vice presidential candidates less than a Quarter of the respondents said the second place finisher should be the nominee while a targe majority favored leaving the Choice to the presidential Candi Date. Fifty one percent said the nomination campaigns usually provide a Good discussion of the issues. But 40 percent disagreed and College graduates and higher income americans were split on the question. Nurse shortage adding to medical care costs new York not an acute shortage of nurses in hospitals and nun ing Homes has added billions of dollars to the nation s escalating expenditures for health care. Of the nation s 1.9 million registered nurses at least 1.5 million arc currently working in the profession but at least 150,000 More arc needed. Hospitals will spend i 3, i billion this year to recruit and train nurses said car Olynick. Davis head of a Federal com Mission that is studying the situation for Secretary of health and human services or. Otis r. Bowen. For the Lack of nurses Many Large hospitals especially in Large cities have had to take Beds temporarily out of service forfeiting revenues. For example the University of Michi Gan hospitals system estimated that in had lost More than $2 million in net in come since october after temporarily lving6fi Beds empty. There have been cyclical nursing shortages for years. The last one in 1979 and 1980, was remedied when nurses pay Scales were raised on average 13 percent. But experts say the current shortage will be harder to solve because of changes in the health care held. As the Federal system of paying pc set fees for medicare Palienie took effect in 1983 and i9s4, Hospital Beds were left empty and some nurses were dismissed. The hiring soon resumed As hospitals Cut payrolls eliminating medical technicians and aides while seeking to maintain Stan Dards by giving additional duties to registered nurses. As a result hospitals arc using More registered nurses about so for each 100 patients than Ever before. Davis and other experts have pro posed various remedies Starling Wilh raises flexible benefits and child care services for nurses. New York area nurses won double digit increases in recently signed con tracts raising Starling pay to $29,000 higher than that of police officers and firefighters. The National average for be ginning nurses is about 512,000. In the past most nurses have not received the kinds of rewards for experience and education that teachers and other professionals have. This is also changing in California and new York City experienced nurses Wilh special expertise earn up to 555,000 a year according to Judah a. Ryan executive director of the american nurses association. Bul higher pay alone will not attract students Back 10 College nursing pro Grams Ryan said. Enrolment in nursing courses has fallen As have government scholarships for student nurses. Meanwhile to make better use of the nurses on their staffs hospitals May have to relieve them of tasks that could be performed by non profession ats said Joan Moss director of the Center for nursing of the american Hospital association. The american medical association is suggesting a new category of support worker to be known 84 registered care technologist. After nine months of train ing they would take Over some support jobs such As giving Back rubs helping patients walk and making Beds. But National nursing organizations argue that nine months of training would not be sufficient for technicians responsible for the welfare of Palienie. Hospital spokesmen said they would need increased reimbursement from medicare and other insurers both to raise nurses pay and to hire new employees to assist nurses. What we Are getting now is not reflecting the dollars out the door that we tie paying to stay in business said Ken Neth e. Raske president of the Hospital association of greater new York