The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, September 22, 1981-Page 5 Panel suggests hostage WASHINTON (AP) - A presidential commission recommended yesterday that the Americans held hostage in Iran be paid $12.50 for each day of the 444- day ordeal. If approved by Congress, the proposed tax-free benefit would total about $5,550 for each of 51 hostages who were released last January. Hostages freed earlier also would receive $12.50 per day of captivity. The benefits are in addition to regular salaries. THE NINE-MEMBER panel also suggested the government pay for treatment, without time limit, of any emotional or physical problem the hostages may be suffering from as a result of their confinement. The benefits would not apply to Jerry Plotkin, a California businessman who was among the 52 hostages released in January. The commission decided that the U.S. government has no legal responsibility to provide benefits for private citizens, noting that warnings against travel to Iran had been issued before the hostage taking. An attorney for the hostages and their families, Brice Claggett, had told the 'There is no way the hostages and their families can be compensated for the 14 months of hell they went through.' -Louisa Kennedy, wife offormer hostage commission that $1,000 per day com- pensation for each hostage would be on the"conservative side" in light of the suffering they endured. BUT RETIRED Army Col. Charles Scott, one of the 52 hostages freed in January, said: "I've come out publicly before and said I didn't feel the U.S. government owed us a thing. I still feel that way." He added Iran should be "held responsible for any reparations we are due." Louisa Kennedy, wife of former hostage Morehead Kennedy, said in a telephone interview the commission was "dealing in symbolism" and the $12.50 per day recommendation was a "good symbolic figure." "There is no way the hostages and TIRED OF FIGHTING FEAR? Your life can their families can be compensated for the 14 months of hell they went through," she added. AS FAR AS she is concerned, the American - people already have provided compensation. "The country cared. And the country was as deeply involved as we were. I can't think of more wonderful compen- sation than that," she said. Dorothea Morefield, wife of former hostage Richard Morefield, said that as LR NOW, we're offering our most popular low-priced dinners at even lower prices- becausewe want you to enjoy Ponderosa more often 3354 East Washtenaw Ave. (Across from Arborland Shopping Center) O. West Stadium Blvd. (Just North of Intersection of Stadium & Liberty) 1 I Penefits a "token payment, I think it's quite ac- ceptable." But, she added, she would rather have the money come from Iran than from the American taxpayer. JOHN COALE, a lawyer who? represents 13 former hostages, called the commission's recommendation "ridiculous" and a "joke." The former captives "probably could have got that much on welfare," Coale said in a telephone interview. He contrasted the $12.50 per day recommendation with the $192 per diem the nine commission members received. Panel members included former Secretary of Sate Cyrus Vance and former Health and Human Services Secretary Patricia Harris. As the basis for its per diem figure, the commission cited the $5 per day benefits paid to Vietnam prisoners of, war. The $12.50 figure for the former hostages was arrived at by taking int account inflation., -r Ponderosa. Big Chopped Steak Dinner .NOW ONLY Extra-Cut Rib'eye Steak Dinner ONLY30 Steak and Shrimp Dinner ONLY Dinners include a Baked Potato All-You-Can-Eat Salad Bar and Warm Roll with Butter. 1981 Ponderosa System. Inc I . 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