European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes columns de Blanche Khomeini using Rushdie to keep pot boiling Nicosia Cyprus Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is drawing the islamic curtain around Iran again drag Ging ii Back into if self imposed isolation from which More pragmatic leaders were seeking to Lead it his Call on moslem to Kiil British author Salman Rushdie for allegedly slandering islam in his novel the satanic verses has alienated ran at a Lime when figures like parliament speaker Hashemi Rassan Jani were trying to present a More moderate image of Iran to Lite world. Western countries were horrified when iranian clerics uttered a Bounty of up to $5,2 million Tor the assassination of Rushdie who a gone into hiding with police pre Lection in Britain. The denunciation by Khomeini of moves to Normal ize relations with the West and of demands for Politi Cal social Imd religious Reform now that the War with Iraq has ended came on the heels of criticisms of the islamic revolution s shortcomings by several rival Ira Nian leaders. He s Happy when it s fortress Iran surrounded by enemies said Philip Robbins an Iran analyst wit the Royal Institute or International affairs in London. Shahram Chubin an Iran specialist with the Institute for International affairs in Geneva said the West Ern reaction to Iran s fury Over the satanic verses Lias reinforced Khomeini s belief that Iran is sur rounded by a sea of corruption and conspiracies " 11 was perfect for him. Khomeini clearly thinks there s still some mileage out of a militant Stan against the superpowers Chubin said in a recent interview Tuic moves by Khomeini 8, Are a major setback. For the prag Maliss particularly a Sfanjani and boost for hard liners who feared a Sfanjani was get Ting too powerful and believed restoring tics to the West would undermine the revolution the 12 european common Market countries have recalled their ambassadors to protest the death threats against Rushdie while Khomeini and Iran s hard Lin ers have accused the West of ganging up on islam and Iran in particular. " 1 Sweden and Norway also pulled heir ambassadors out of Tehran. Iran retaliated by withdrawing All its envoys from common. Market  British who Only normalised relations win Tehran in december after a lengthy dispute recalled their diplomats from Tehran and said the. Wilt not return until the iranians rescind their threats against Rushdie and reject All forms of violence. West Germany Iran s main european trading part Ner has suspended plans to provide economic Aid to Anthony Lewis Iran to help with postwar reconstruction and cancel scheduled visits by senior government officials. The Bonn parliament branded Khomeini s order to kill Rushdie a declaration of War against Western culture thai the revolutionary patriarch has so often denounced As morally repugnant Hundred of dutch writers have called on their government to sever relations with Tehran. The dutch foreign minister Hans Van Den Brock called off a planned visit to Tehran to protest an act of International crr Ortini. Khomeini declared that the West s action in allow ing the satanic verses to be published in the first place and their subsequent diplomatic moves prove that it was wrong for Iran to have tried to re establish links.  -. But Robbins and other analysis questioned How Long Khomeini can afford to keep Iran alienated from countries that it will need to help its massive reconstruction program Bat will Cost an estimated $400 billion it is Money that Iran exhausted by its eight year persian Gulf War and poor economic condition docs not have and is not Likely to have for years to come. But the real problem remains the Power struggle within the Hierarchy Chubin said. Khomeini has slapped a Sfanjani Down to site. But Khomeini has been playing both sides being very equivocal and has t been decisive on important issuer such at he Economy and the Constitution. He s been in a state of Shock since he had to accept the  Robbins noted Ore explanation is that he sliding with the radicals on this one after they were weakened by Iran s failure to defeat Iraq. He wants to keep an equilibrium Between the opposing factions to uphold his own authority. He does twant the revolution  de Blancha. Miarl of Cut Newl Fedt Tif few Tow aau Dalm i full. B to sol inn cosh ind Hii co Tiki be Gaul Hui Una thu. Judges pay should t be made political football tiie american Constitution might have foundered Long ago if its framers in. 1787 had not taken special care for the Independence of those who were to have the main responsibility  and cd Force it. That is Federal judges. In panicle Iii the framers wrote the judges both of the supreme and inferior courts shall hold their offices during Good  life tenure was Nec Essary Alexander Hamill on explained so judges would not be afraid to guard inc Constitution and the rights of Indi  the framers did not Stop there. They went on in article 111 to provide that the judges shall receive for their services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in of  that clause was designed to pre vent Congress from punishing judges for unpopular decisions by reducing their salaries. But the Wise men of 1787. Did not anticipate one fact of 2qlh-Intury life inflation. The Rise in prices in recent years has had a devastating effect on Federal judges reducing them from what was a secure if not lavish economic status to genteel insecurity. In 1969 the salary of District judges the trial judges in the Federal system was fixed at $40,000. It is now j8�.ioo. Bill because of inflation their real income has fallen 30 percent Over those decades. Supreme court justices have done even worse. In 1969 associate justices were paid $60.000 a year now the figures j110,000. Taking inflation into account their income has fallen 43 per cent. In. The metropolitan areas where most Federal judges sit it is difficult to pro vide Good housing for a family and to put children through College on 169,500 a year. And by the standards of the Legal profession the figure is extremely mod est. Wall Street Law firms now pay their starting associates fresh out of Law school. 582,000 a year. Within a few years the associate will be earning More than a Federal District judge. The judge can look Down from the Bench Ana real ize he. Has less to support his family than that Young Man  carrying Brief cases into the courtroom,1 it is often said that professors too earn less than practising lawyers. But they now do a Tot better than Federal judges. At 25 top Taw schools salaries Range from $102,000 to $121,000, that is Abr nine months. And professors unlike judges can add to their earnings by practice and consulting. The Point is not to feet sorry for Feder Al judges. As the saying goes nobody Halo be a judge. But if compensation Falls so far below professional Levels who will want to be a judge that is the Point that should concern society increasingly those who go on inc fed eral by Nib will be in one of these classes people with inherited wealth. Men and women who have completed Many years of Law practice and have already paid for All their children j schooling. Younger men and women who plan to remain judges for a limited Lime per haps five or 10 years then go Back into private practice. Ralph Nader argues that it would be easy to till Federal judgeship at mod Cal salary Levels with lawyer who arc not in the High paying professional world those who provide Legal services for the poor for example. Yes More Public spirited younger lawyers should become judges. But it is quite unrealistic to expect such appoint ments in Large numbers the income squeeze will produce More and More Federal judges who Are Rich or who see a judgeship As a Brief interlude in professional life. Resig nations from the Federal Bench which used to be extremely rare Are already increasing. The problem is not a difficult one to solve. A it takes is a Little disinterested Ness on the part of Congress. For the last 20 years Congress has tied its own members pay to that of the judges and officials in the executive  system designed to avoid Politi Cal retribution for raising congressional salaries was to have a commission and Ilie president propose Levels that would become effective unless Congress said no. But the system is in ruins after polite Eal uproar led Congress id reject the lat est proposals members of Congress ask Why should we treat judges differently from others a Good answer is that the framers of the Constitution did. We rely on judges to protect the Constitution a protect us and their compensation should not be made a political football the opinions expressed in the columns unit cartoons on thu Pirge represent hos of the authors and an in no Way to be considered As representing the views of the Stan and stripes or he United site it government