2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, CLINTON Continued from Page IA Hyde said senators would probably not break party ranks, especially if public opinion polls continue to show Clinton receiving high marks for his job perfor- mance. Showing Clinton the White House door, Hyde said, "would have to be done by the Senate in a bipartisan way." He predicted that the Senate "won't do that until the American people move." Conyers said the important point is not October 5, 1998 NATION/WORLD how the Senate might eventually vote, but whether events are moving too fast for Clinton to receive a just hearing. "The question is not whether Democrats.will vote for it," he said, "but whether we've got a fair proposal to begin one of the most serious proceed- ings that any of us have faced since 1974. And the answer, if I might, is 'No, we don't.'" In 1974 the House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against President Nixon in the Watergate scandal. Nixon resigned before the full House could vote on the issue, and his vice president, Gerald R. Ford, became president. Ford joined the ranks yesterday of those who are looking for a way out of the current imbroglio. In an essay in yes- terday's New York Times, he wrote that, although he is not interested in "rescu- ing" Clinton, he is deeply concerned that the scandal is deflecting focus from more important government issues. "I do care, passionately, about rescuing the country I love from further turmoil or uncertainty,"he wrote. To that end Ford proposed that Clinton stand in the well of the House and, before live television cameras, be subjected to a public scourging that would culminate with his censure. "No spinning, no semantics, no evasiveness or blaming others for his plight," Ford wrote. "Let all this be done without partisan exploitation or mean-spiritedness. Let it be dig- nified, honest, and above all, cleans- ing. The result, I believe, would be the first moment of majesty in an otherwise squalid year." AROUND THE NATION f Majority rules Supreme Court Clerk jobs WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opens its new term today, upholding an old tradition. Of the 34 law clerks who will work alongside the justices to research legal prece- dents and draft legal arguments, only one this term will be a racial minority, a Latina. And for the second consecutive year, no blacks are among the prestigious few hired to help the nine justices decide and draft opinions on legal cases such as affirmative action and other racially sensitive issues. Outraged by this historic domination of the clerk positions by whites, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and civil rights activists are rallying supporters for a protest in front of the Supreme Court when it opens, as usual, the first Monday in October. 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Call: (734)741-4200 www.utstutor.com IWSAI .i I I WAP 1 *. 5'r Tax pa ers will fund rebuilding efforts SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -At a shel- ter in Puerto Rico last week, Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of a $39 million dollar U.S. grant to rebuild hurricane- ravaged homes. But two weeks after Hurricane Georges pummeled this U.S. territory, thousands still languish in schools, community centers and the homes of family and friends - and her pledge looks like a drop in the bucket. The cost of getting the homeless into homes will be far greater than virtually anyone had imagined, probably well beyond $1 billion.And U.S. taxpayers are sure to foot most of the bill. "We're talking megabucks," said Michael Colon, the Caribbean coordi- nator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Officials originally estimated overall property damage to the island - including roads, public buildings, parks, beaches -at $2 bil lion, a figure now believed to be underestimated. So far, the effort to solve the home- less crisis has been accompanied by confusion. Officials still don't know how many homeless there are - or how to give them homes. Aside from killing three people on the island, Georges destroyed nearly 30,000 houses and damaged at lea another 60,000. Teachers protest certifcation test CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Aspiring teachers lined up again Saturday to take a controversial certification test required by Massachusetts schools. And the latest round of test-taking again brought a litany of complaints, ranging from concerns about the test* relevance to gripes about needing a hall pass to use the bathrooms. "I really saw no relevance to what we just did as to what we do in the class- room each day"said Leo Lawless, 48, a substitute teacher in Waltham. "I don't think it showed anything." In the first exam given in April, 59 percent of 1,795 test-takers failed. 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In an effort to head off a military conflict, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks yesterday with Syrian President Hafez Assad in riir. 1 Damascus and was due in Turkey later this week. Mubarak left after the two-hour meeting with Assad without speak- ing to reporters. But Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa sai Mubarak "backs dialogue for solv- ing disputes and not military power. and threats." Po e appeals for he p in Kosovo SPLIT, Croatia - Ending a three- day pilgrimage to the Balkans, Poe John Paul II yesterday urged Croatian to heal the scars of war and dictator- ship, and appealed to the international community to give "timely help" to set- tle the conflict in Kosovo. The pope called on more than 300,000 worshippers at a seaside Mass here to "give a new face" to Croatia by renewing its moral values. "This is an urgent task, for without values there can be no true freedom or true democracy,"he said. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 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