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... Baseball-Pages 7-10 VOL. XIV, NO.T66 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary’s THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1980 Militants threaten to kill hostages if US uses force (AP) - The young readicals adeeh told a Tehran new holding 50 Americans in Teh­ conference Iran has “decided ran threatened yesterday to to overthrow” the Iraqi gov­ burn the U.S. Embassy and ernment of President Saddam kill their hostages if the U- Hussein, whom he accused of nired States tries “ even the being “America’s agent.” smallest” military move a- Border tension between the gainst Iran. two countries has heightened The Carter administration is since the revolutionary victory hinting at a possible naval in Iran 14 months ago, and it blockade of Iran if the hos­ flared into reproted frontier tages are not freed. But in skirmishes this week. Washington and other world The embassy hostages were capitals Wednesday, Ameri­ midway through their 23rd can diplomats sought the help week of captivity in Tehran of U.S. allies in a broader In announcing a U.S. econ­ ::::::: program to punish Iran econ­ omic embargo and a break in omically, a program they say diplomatic relations Monday, could make tougher moves Carter warned that “other I unneccessary. actions” against Iran might Secretary of State Cyrus become necessary. He repeat­ Vance summoned ambassa­ edly has considered a blockade dors from 20 nations to the or the mining of Iranian ports State Department to present to cut off economic lifelines. Baldemar Velasquez spoke on the recent attempts ofFLOC to negotiate worker the U.S. case, and foreign The embassy militants is­ contracts last night in LaFortune. \photo by Joel Annable] ministers of West European sued a statement yesterday, nations were gatering in Port­ read on Tehran Radio, declar­ ugal for consultations on the ing, “ In the name of God the crisis. avenger we plainly warn the West European an other criminal government of the nations were considerin: United States that if it under­ taking action with the Unite* takes even the smallest mili­ Velasquez outlines FLOG goals States, but any decision might tary intervention in Iran we be weeks away. will kill all the spy hostages Iran, meanwhile, was also together and we emphatically by Tim Vercellotti volunteers who talk with the FLOC’s efforts. intensifying its showdown with Staff Reporter workers in the fields. Velas­ FLOC’s leader congratulated neighboring Iraq. Iranian For­ [icontinued on page 12] quez told his audience that Notre Dame for doing its part eign Minister Sadegh GHotbz- The efforts of the Farm communication with the labor­ in spreading the word about Labor Organizing Committee ers is not always easy. He cited his organization by the passage (FLOC) in its campaign to gain a situation where the tomato of a referendum banning all Sanctions vs. Iran the right to negotiate a contract fields were surrounded by a Campbell’s and Libby’s prod­ with the produce canners was crop of corn, thus preventing ucts from the University. the subject of a program pre­ FLOC members from having The group has not met with sented by Baldemar Velasquez, contact with the workers. The success everywhere. Velasquez Vance seeks president of FLOC, last night problem was solved with the related an episode when some in LaFortune Little Theater. rental of an airplane and a FLOC pickets were jailed on a In characterizing his organ­ loudspeaker. nute mee nt between Vance and misdemeanor. According to WASHINGTON (AP) - Secre­ ization’s work, Valasquez said Velasquez pointed out that Velasquez, when one of the tary of State Cyrus Vance called the group of allied diplomats, that “ you can cut down a tree the cause of FLOC is becoming Canadian Ambassador Peter organization's lawyers tried to the amba? 3adors of two dozen with a toothpick; just keep known throughout the country. have them released, he was countries to the State Depart­ Towe said his government al­ picking until it falls.” ready is doing about all it can. He supported this claim by assaulted by the local sheriff s ment yesterday as the United The primary weapon that reading portions of letters from deputies. An FBI investigation States pressed its allies to Its embassy in Tehran has been FLOC is using is the strike. closed since the February es­ various parts of the country. revealed nothing, and the inci­ support new sanctions against According to Velasquez, two Velasquez also revealed that dent was dismissed. Velasquez Iran. cape of six Americans who took refuge there. “We’re no longer thousand workers walked off schoold throughout the Mid­ explained that the inquiry con­ Department officials said the the job in 1978. The protests west have dropped the Camp­ sisted of interviews with the initial reaction of U.S. allies to importing Iranian oil and our trade is insignificant,” he said. continued during last sum­ bell’s label program, and that deputies only, in spite of the the new sanctions, announced mer’s harvest, and FLOC ex­ FLOC representatives are now Monday by President Carter, Canada is nearly self-suffi­ presence of nearly forty wit­ cient in oil.for other allies, Iran pects the efforts to go on recieving invitations from labor nesses. A recent meeting of was supportive. through the approaching sea­ unions to speak at conventions. But they could not yet cite is a more vital trade partner. FLOC members and Justice J apan imports about 10 percent son. Stron support has also come Department officials resulted specific cases where other go­ The strikes are supple­ from the northwest, where the vernments have joined in any of {continued on page 14] mented by picket lines, nightly state Democratic party in Ore­ {continued on page 6] the sanctions, intended to pres­ vigils at the labor camps, and gon has come out in favor of sure Iran to release 50 Ameri­ cans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. U.S. officials said they felt it was still too early to expect Court consolidates sex discrimination cases action from allies, but said responses were expected late this week. by Chip Block — represents the women faculty at Notre Dame and is a The United States has asked subcommittee of the Association of University Professors. its allies to take “parallel The sex discrimination suits filed by Josephine M. Ford and Elizabeth Gilbert, chairperson for the committee and a University steps” to match the Carter Dolores W. Frese against Notre. Dame were consolidated by a professor, said that the acceptance of the EEOC would benefit administration’s four-point U.S. District Court judge on March 26. Both cases concerned the the Ford and Frese cases. sanctions program, which in­ promotion of women faculty members at the University. “This will widen the burden of proof,” Gilbert stated. She cluded severing diplomatic re­ According to Bridget Arimond, attorney for the plaintiffs, ‘ ‘The went on to explain that the burden of proof lies with the lations with Iran and an embar­ consolidation will make the court case move along more quickly plaintiffs and a large organization like the EEOC will relieve go on all trade except food and and will also save money.” some of the burden from Ford and Frese. medicine. The cases were originally combined but separated because of Because the Frese suit is a class action suit, the court But there is no “ check list” of problems among the attorneys. The controversy centered around bifurcated the case. This means that the case is split into two countries willing to cooperate Attorney Kathleen Ross who represented Notre Dame. She parts, examination of patterns set by the University concerning with the United States, said allegedly knew John Fre husband of one of the plaintiffs. Ross women faculty and individual complaints. State Department spokesman recently resigned from . Ford case because she left the firm According to Arimond, the case is currently in the examination David Passage. He said U.S. that represents Notre Dame in that suit. of patterns stage. officials prefer that each ally The court also ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Thomas Murray, a local attorney representing the University, decide on the basis of its own Commission (EEOC) could be admitted in both court cases. said that he believed the consolidation would have very little circumstances what actions to Before the ruling the commission had only been allowed to effect on the court cases. take. participate in the Ford case. The suit involves 64 faculty members and is scheduled for trial Following yesterday’s 45-mi- Another group involved in the suit is Committee W, which on November 17, the date originally set for the Frese case. News in brief Thursday, April 10,1980 -page 2 Washington cap in on Mount Saint Helens Pope announces France visit VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Pope Paul VI, suspended from Rome but was carried off to VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — the American free enterprise his priestly functions in 1976 Fontainbleau in 1812 and allow­ system is proving equal to the challenge of making a buck John Paul II announced yester­ day that he will visit France, the and threatened with ex-com­ ed to return to Rome two years form the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Hawkers and munication. later after Napoleon suffered vendors are peddling T-shirts, beer mugs and other first pope to do since the humbling experience of Pius John Paul, who summoned the military reverses. souverirs of the first volcanic eruption in the continental archbishop for a Vatican meet­ During the so-called Babylo­ United States since 1915. And then there are such items as VII, who went there in 1804 to crow Napoleon I on orders of ing shortly after becoming nian captivity from 1309 to volcano ice cream sundaes, volcano cocktails and one the French emperor.

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