TRANSCRIPT OF REAGAN NEWS CONFERENCE WITH BUSH ON PLANS FOR ADMINISTRATION

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Feminists Dismayed by tile Election
And Unsure of What Future Holds
By LESLIE
For advocates of women's rights, Tues-
day's election was "a total disaster,"
says Joyce Miller, president of the Coali-
tion of Labor Union Women.
The Republican sweep ousted not only
a President who supported many femi-
nist goals but also some of the leading de-
fenders of those goals in the Senate, the
House of Representatives and state legis-
latures.
While there are exceptions, many of
these officeholders were replaced by can-
didates opposed to such feminist priori-
ties as the ratification of the proposed
Federal equal rights amendment and
abortion rights. And in the wake of the
political cataclysm, both feminists and
those working against their objectives
are wondering what the results mean for
the future of the women's movement.
Phyllis Schlafly, the leader of the na-
tional drive to block the rights amend-
ment, called the election "a decisive de-
feat for the E.R.A. and for the feminist
movement."
Relevance of Women's Issues
Other conservatives disagreed. John
Dolan, chairman of the National Conser-
vative Political Action Committee, which
spent almost $5 million to elect conserva-
tives and defeat such liberal leaders as
Senators Birch Bayh, George McGovern,
and John C. Culver, said women's issues
were "largely irrelevant" in the cam-
paign.
Most feminists concurred with Mrs.
Miller of the Coalition of Labor Union
Women, who acknowledged that the elec-
tion represented a profound setback for
feminist goals but added, "I don't think
it's a backlash."
Eleanor Smeal, president of the Na-
tional Organization for Women, said she
viewed the results as "a protest vote"
against inflation, unemployment and the
Carter Administration's foreign policy.
"Not only do I think it was not a vote on
the women's movement, I don't think it
was even a vote on the social policies of
the right wing, although they will inter-
pret it that way," she said.
Karen Mulhauser, executive director
of the National Abortion Rights Action
League, saw the election as "a national
convulsion of discontent," but not a refer-
endum on the role of women.
'Sleeper Issues of 1980'
Senator McGovern, a longtime sup-
porter of the rights amendment and abor-
tion rights, and one of the, casualties of
Tuesday's purge, said he believed that a
backlash against social change involving
women was "one of the sleeper issues of
1980."
"People were reluctant to come right
out and admit they wanted to put women
in their place, but there was a strong cur-
rent of that running through much of
what happened,", he said. "There's a lot
of fear of changing sex roles, of new pres-
sures on the family, and men and women
alike were threatened by it and fearful of
where all this is going. The 'family' issue
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raised by the right wing Was a code word
for putting women back in the kitchen,
stripping themi of any decision on the
question of abortion, and forcing thein
back Into' the; old orthodox roles. There
was a counterrevolutionary aspect to this
campaign,, and !vOrilen were the chief vic-
tims, along with the poor."
No Matter hew they interpreted such
developments Most observer saw their
consequences as far-reaching. Paul
Brown/ executive director of the Life
Amendment political Action Committee,
predicted that the success of a coalition of
right-wing; anti-abortion, fundamentalist
and other groups in defeating progressive
candidates, *quid intimidate remaining
liberals on issues such as abortion. "We
have preired we do have political clout,
and we'd better be reckoned ivith,"\ he
said. "If I Were a liberal politician Who's
opposed to the pro-life movement; I'd cer-
tainiy be intimidated."' 4
,The chief goal of anti-aborticin activists
is the adoption of an amendment to the
Constritution that would accord to the
fetus fullliunian and legal rights from the
moment pf conception, thereby defiping
abortion and many birth control methods
as murder. The new Congress is expected
to be more receptive to that, both because
of the anti-abortion _stands of many of
those elected this _week and because the
new Republican majority in the Senate
will take over committee chairmanships,
in some cases replacing key Senators who
supported abortion rights with those who
want to Outlaw abortion;
Reagan Supports Abet-don Ban
President-elect Ronald iteagan has
stated his supportfor a constitutional ban
on abortion. ." .
Sarah' A. _wedding-on, an iSsistant to
President Carter who has worked in be-
half of abortion 'rights ,and the equal
rights measure,'Said, 'it'S going to take a
major effort not to go backward in the
next four year, let alone to try to move
ahead." ?
Many ferhiniets hone that the political
upheaval will galvanize their supporters
into action. they point to the fact that na-
tional WI'S have consistently shown a
majority of the American people in favor
of the rights amendment and' of abortion
rights, but they accuse that Majority of
unwarranted complacency. "This will
help us to organize, because until now we
have, not been able to convinqe people
that there wash a genuine threat,' said
Mrs. Mulhauser,
s
Some say there must also be a re-evalu-
ation of feminist strategy. "The future of
families is not a rightying concern, it is
a feminist concern, and it was all wrong
to let the right wing get away with pre-
empting it,' said- Betty Friedan, the
feminist and author.
But most feminists, believe that
changes in the role and status of women
are irreversible. "The women's move-
ment didn't start in Washington, and it
won't be stopped by it," Said Gloria Stei-
nem.
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Women. It's significant, I think, that 13
? of the 15 states who haven't ratified
,that amendment have Democratic ma-
jorities in their legislatures, and with a
Democratic majority in Congress and a
Democratic President, they still were
not able to get these states to ratify that
amendment.
So those who chose to believe that my
feeling about the amendment ? during
this campaign ? meant opposition to
equal rights for women were absolutely
wrong and I think in some instances
many of them knew that. Because my
record is Clear and I've made my asser-
tiOn to you of what we're going to do.
Carter Action on Hostages
Q. Governor, there are reports out of
Washington this morning "quoting sen-
ior Administration officials as saying
that President Carter might be pre-
Pared to take unpopular actions to free
the hostages. Is there any concern on
your part that, as a lathe chick Presi-
dent, Mr. tarter might be ready to
knuckle under to Iranian demands?
And would you counsel him not to?
A. Well, he several times has made
the Statement that he woirld not do any-
thing that violated the honor of coun-
try, or our interests, and we have to ac-
cept those statements that he will do
that. And so I don't think there's any
place for Me to intervene in, that re-
gard.
A Tribute, in Vermont:
Election After Death
BARRE, Vt., Nov. 6 (AP) ? Barre,
the self-proclaimed tombstone capital
of the world, has elected a dead man to
the Legislature.
Barre voters elected Sergio Pasetto,
an incumbent Democrat, to the House
on Tuesday, even though he died last
month.
Mr. Pasetto defeated the Republi-
can, Lauren Leavitte, 'by 609 to 338, ?
after a vigorous campaign by Barre
Democrats. Residents of Barre, known
for its granite quarries, said his re-
election would be a fitting tribute to the
70-year-old legislator, who died last
month of a heart attack.
Democrats also conceded that Mr.
Pasetto's re-election would keep the
seat in Democratic hands since they
would be able to nominate a replace-
ment. In the event of a vacancy in the
Legislature, the local committee of the
legislator's political party recom-
mends a replacement to the governor.
The governor then makes the final
choice. '
The Republican challenger has cried
foul and says she is talking with her
lawyers.
"I'll pursue it as far as I can go," she
said. "It doesn't seem right to me."
Get new ideas on the Op-Ed Page
Camp Ravid and P.L.O.
Q. Governor, do you intend to pursue
the Camp David peace process? And
would you still characterize the P.L.O.
? as you did about a year ago ? as a
terrorist organization?
A. Yes, I think the P.L.O. has proven
that it is a terrorist organization. And I
have said repeatedly I separate the
P.L.O. from the Palestinian refugees.
No one ever elected the P.L.O.
And yes I intend to do, again? and to
cite the other situation we discussed
earlier ? whatever can be the
United States can do. We don't intend to
mandate or dictate a settlement, but
whatever we can do to Promote peace
in the Middle East, that we're going to
Meeting With Begin
Q. Governor, will you meet with
Prime Minister Begin when he comes
to the United Statea, within the next
couple of weekt a' he' plans to do?
Would you invite him up to you ranch,
for instance? ?
A. I think here is a question that has
to await some of our transition process.
I would not there's a delicate point
here as to whether you seem to be,
again, putting yonraelf in the place that
is not yet mine, the Presidency, and I
wouldn't want to do anything, in any
way, to give that impression. And,
again, I recognize the necessity of con-
tact, but deciding When that is proper
and right, we haven't settled on.
LYN NOFZIGER, a Reagan aide:
Governor, this is your last one.
Priority on Human Rights'
Q. At the beginning of President Car-
ter's term, he gave human rights a
very high Priority and he said he did
this because of his belief in the Bible.
Does your belief in the Bible compel
you to make human rights a similar
high priority ? especially in the Third
and Fourth World countries?
A. Yes, I think that allot us in this
country are dedicated to the belief in
human rights. But I think it must be a
consistent policy. I don't think that you
can turn away from some country be-
cause here and there they do not totally
agree with our concept of human
rights, and then at the same time'main-
tain relations with other countries, or
try to develop them where human
rights are virtually non-existent.
This is what I think I meant earlier
about that subject, as well as others,'
should be part of any negotiations on
the foreign scene, any relationships we
have with other countries,.
But I don't think that our recoro of
turning away from countries, that were
basically friendly to us, because of
some disagreement on some facet of
human rights, and then finding that the
result was that they have lost all
human rights in that country ? that
isn't a practical way to go about that.
MR. NOFZIGER: Thank you ladies
and gentlemen very much.
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THE' NEV r YORK'. TIMBa FRIDAY,AVOVEMBER' I, -1980
Anti-Reagan Protests Continue
For 3d Day on California Campus
By WALLACE TURNER
Special to TheNew York Times
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 6? A group
of radical organizations held a third day
of protests against Ronald Reagan's elec-
tion at President today but failed in an at-
tempt to confront the administration of
the Berkeley campus of the University of
California.
The group held anti-Reagan rallies on
the campus Tuesday night and yester-
day. Yesterday's protest turned into a
march. on California Hall, where 54
demonstrators were arrested last night in
a torridor outside Chancellor Ira Michael
Heyman's -offices. Thirty-three were stu-
dents, according to the authorities. Most
of those arrested were charged with mis-
derneaner trespassing and 10 were also
charged with resisting arrest. All were
released without bail.
Today a crowd again assembled in the
plaza of Sproul Hall and was never larger
than about 700, as against an estimated
2,000 protestors Tuesday night. About 70
marchers, many of them nonstudents ac-
cording to a campus spokesman, walked
behind a red banner to the campus Re-
serve Officers Training Corps building,
where they chanted anti-R.O.T.C.
slogans. The group then tried to go into
Chancellor Heyman's offices again, but
they found the doors to the building
locked.
Marchers' Numbers Dwindle
The marchers, members of the Pro-
gressive Students Organization, Berkeley
Students for Peace and the Berkeley Anti-
-draft Association, who by now had dwin-
dled to about 50, Moved back to Sproul
Half, where about 20 of them settled down
on the steps in the Sunshine and listened
to a someone playing a guitar.
- ? There Was a symbolic quality to the re-
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One of the demonstrators being removed by carripus police from the adrrib&
tration buittling at the thilieraity of California at Berkeley.- -
? cent pretests becauSe one of the themes of
? Mr Reagan's first campaign for Gover-
A pt CAlitonAa in 1,966 was tough meas-
urea to deal with the radical behavior of
students on the steps of Sproul Hall.
And it was there that many of the stu-
dent protests of the 1960's began and
where they culminated in the Free .
Speech Movement sit-in in December
1964. A young Alameda County deputy .
district attorney was given the job of
prosecuting 804 young persons arrested in
that sit-in.
He was Edwin Meese 3d, who later be- .
came a member of Governer Reagan's
staff in Sacramento. Mr. Meese was one -
of the main figures in the day-to-day -
operation of Mr. Reagan's Presidential
campaign and was named today as direc-
tor of Mr. Reagan's transition group.
As Governor, Mr. Reagan was often in
conflict with the University of California. ?
Governor Reagan, as a member of the 7
state Board of Regents, pressed for the ?
dismissal of the university president,
Clark Kerr, cutting the university's ,
budget and imposing tuition for the first
time in the university' a history.
Hongisto Wins Contest
For San Francisco Post
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 (AP)
Richard Hengist?, the former sheriff
who wore a peace symbol on his badge
and gained national attention for his
unconventional approach to law en-,
forcement, has returned to San Fran-
cisco and won election to the Board of
Supervisors.
"I've always intended to come back;
it was just a question of when," said the
map who served on the police force for
10 years and was sheriff for six years
before short stints as Chief of Police in
Cleveland and as the head of New York
State's prison system.
Mr. Hengist?, who, as sheriff, en-
joyed rapport with minorities and
homosexuals, won the 10th spot on the
board in voting Tuesday.
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