European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 18, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Blackmun criticizes fellow justices by name St. Louis a Justice Harry a. Blackmun singled out fellow supreme court members by name for personal criticism in a speech in which he expressed concern about bloc voting by president Rea Gan s appointees. All the appointees of the present administration Are voting one Way Blackmun said at the close of the 8th circuit judicial conference which Blackmun was attended by More than 500 lawyers and jurists. When i started we tried to just be Good  Blackmun who was assumed to be a conservative when he was appointed to the supreme court in 1970 by president Nixon has evolved into an Independent Force often aligning with the court s liberals As he did when he wrote the 1973 landmark decision legalizing abortion. But in his speech Friday he had in kind words to say about the two justices appointed by democratic presidents Byron White selected by president Ken Nedy and Thurgood Marshall named by president Johnson. Blackmun characterized White s writ ing As hard to understand and said Marshall can be sullen and at times overbearing to lawyers appearing before him and described Justice John Paul Ste Vens who also sometimes votes with the Liberal justices As a Maverick uni magi  Blackmun gave High Marks to Justice Anthony Kennedy a Reagan appointee but was sharply critical of Justice Anto Nin Scalia another appointee of the cur rent administration whom he labelled As perhaps the court s most conservative member. He is the professor at work. He asks far too Many questions. He takes Over the Case from the counsel Blackmun said of Scalia. He will argue with the counsel. He can t get out of the court  even Justice Sandra Day o Connor who also asks numerous questions has become exasperated by Scalia said in soviet arms control inspectors Are escorted by army and air Force officers As they arrive at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville Ala. Soviet inspectors reach 3 Sites by the associated press soviet inspection teams arrived at army facilities in Texas Oklahoma and Alabama on saturday to begin Monitor ing compliance with the  medium Range missile treaty calling for destruction of Pershing 2 missiles. The visits under the intermediate Range nuclear forces or inf treaty in clude verification of the number of mis Siles launchers and support equipment. Saturday s visits were so called base line inspections to verify the location and description of Pershing missile hardware listed by the United states. Both sides have 60 Days from july 1, to finish their Baseline inspections. After the Baseline inspection the soviets May make random unannounced visits during the next three years of missile destruction and for 10 years after that to assure that Pershing Are not re introduced. Fourteen . Missile Sites training facilities and Industrial plants Are to be open to soviet inspectors As the soviet Union and United states begin the three year process of destroying All medium Range and Shorter nuclear missiles. Americans will examine 133 locations in the soviet Union East Ger Many and Czechoslovakia. Soviet inspectors were taken sat urday to fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma Redstone Arsenal near Nasa s Marshall space flight Center at Huntsville Ala., and the longhorn Arm ammunition Plant at Karnack Texas near the Louisiana Border. Pentagon spokesman cmdr. Kendell Pease in Washington said the soviets could stay 24 hours at the Sites with a possible Extension of up to eight hours if both sides agree. Blackmun. Blackmun 79, joined the supreme court after spending 10 years on the Bench of the 8th . Circuit court of appeals in St. Louis. It was happier Here. It s a fast track on the supreme court said Blackmun. You feel lonely in the decision Mak  since Marshall is 80 and Justice Wil Liam Brennan is 82, there Are bound to be changes occurring with the passage of time Blackmun said. For better or for worse the 1988 election will be a very significant  if vice president George Bush wins the court could become very conserva Tive Well into the 21st Century Black Mun said. Morse said Fri spy target Portland Oregon a the late sen. Wayne Morse and his supporters were the targets of Fri spying because of his opposition to the Vietnam War a newspaper reported in sunday editions. The sunday oregonian reported that president Lyndon Johnson ordered the Fri to seek information that could be used to Embarrass Morse s supporters in Oregon and around the country. In August 1964, the Oregon Democrat and sen. Ernest Gruening a Democrat from Alaska were the Only two senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Reso Lution which became the basis of . Action in Vietnam. The sunday oregonian reported that soon after the vote an Fri Domestic Intelli gence specialist notified Fri director j. Edgar Hoover of the identities of 196 peo ple including 38 from Oregon who wrote letters to Morse supporting his vote. The newspaper said its report was based on documents recently obtained by free Lance writer Mark Kirchmeier of washing ton d.c., who requested Fri records under the Freedom of information act. Mother Teresa to have surgery by the associated press Mother Teresa has Cance Jed a planned visit to Australia and will instead Fly to new York monday to undergo Eye sur Gery the organizers of her tour said Sun Day. Mother Teresa Winner of the 1979 Nobel peace prize for her work among the poverty stricken in the slums of Calcutta India saturday began a visit to Cuba Fol lowing visits to Mexico Nicaragua Costa Rica and Al Salvador and was due to arrive in Sydney monday for a five Day visit As a guest of a group known As the families of Australia foundation. Demo delegates More Liberal Survey says Atlanta not delegates to the democratic National convention Are More Liberal wealthier and better educated than the democratic voters who sent them to Atlanta and the american Public in general a new York times Survey shows. The delegates display enthusiastic support for positions such As combating drugs and controlling imports that the Rev. Jesse Jackson pushed Long before they were championed by Michael s. Dukakis the party s prospective presidential nominee. And they want to Cut military spending a position closer to Jackson s than to that of  Dukakis has More than enough delegates to assure himself the nomination and control the party platform the lean toward liberalism on the part of Many of the delegates May have Little Impact on the convention or the image that the party attempts to present to the Public in the  a year in which the democratic party is trying to woo Back the voters who defected to Ronald Reagan in Large numbers in 1980 and 1984, this year s delegates Are More inclined than their predecessors to resist la Beling themselves As liberals despite the attitudes they showed in the Survey. One example of this is their View on taxes. Sixty five percent of the delegates said the party s platform should not talk about the possibility of tax increases just As Dukakis representatives to those drafting the platform have  just about As Many 67 percent said they thought a tax increase would be necessary in the next four years. Dukakis who was one of the 1,059 delegates in the Sample has said taxes could be raised As a last  even if the delegates seem to support some of Jack son s themes the Dukakis Campaign is confident that it has enough votes to keep the party platform general and thematic. Jackson still has Only about 25 percent of the delegates to promote the specific predominantly Liberal planks that he wants in the platform. Tad de Vine Dukakis Delegate Shepherd said the Campaign s contacts with delegates indicate it has enough votes to control the party s platform. To conduct the Survey the new York times inter viewed 1,059 of 4,203 delegates who will cast both total and partial votes adding up to 4,162 from june 20 to july 12, including 320 of 672 delegates who were not elected in primaries or caucuses but serve As delegates by virtue of their elective offices or party posts. Sixteen years after the 1972 convention pressed to diversify what had been a nearly All White male club the poll found some consistencies roughly half the delegates Are men and half Are women and some striking disparities from the general population. For example 6 percent of the delegates Are jewish while Only about 3 percent of the population and of registered democrats nationally Are jewish