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’IN HOMAGE TO MOTHERHOOD' Oksana Lukaszewycz — Polon A thousand May blossoms with this day will awake, Surrounding her springtime with fragile elegance still, Easing past tomorrow’s regret and future fears, Yesterday’s years are tommorrow’s eternity. A grieved soul, her sadness masked, With winter’s coming, her past is spent, Immortality savoring life, for a stranger she’s not, For snow fallen upon arid desert sands must perish. As wisps of wind in the radiance of youth, She exists eternal as spring, Her measure of life the sons and daughters she bore, For love to her was all and more than all. Moments flowing in the ebb of time, Universal thoughts of days to come arise, Into the horizon of winter’s dawn she passes, Only sleeping in the alabaster chambers of memory. Оксана Лукаииевич — Попон. Рисунок олівцем Oksana Lukashevych — p e n cil draw ing MOTRIA KUSHNIR WOMAN VIEWS & NEWS IN WOMAN'S WORLD Phyllis Schlafly, outspoken opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, was recently hit in the face with an apple pie. The incident occurred at a reception preceding a luncheon organized by the Women’s National Republican Club to honor Mrs. Schlafly. The pastry was deftly wielded by Aron Kay, who shouted ’’That’s for ERA,” as the projectile hit its target. While somewhat stunned by feedback of this nature, Mrs. Schlafly was not speechless. She found the pie-throwing "shocking,” yet remained thankful for the choice of pie filling. ” 1 appreciate that they didn’t pick cherry pie— that would have stained my dress," she said. The luncheon in New York City was an all-around dismal failure. In addition to the aforementioned unpleasant ness— which Mr. Kay undertook independently without the knowledge or backing of any women’s group— Mrs. Schlafly had to pass through pickets chanting: "Two, four, six, eight, E R A in every state!” Once inside the hotel, she found that a num ber of prominent guests had avoided the affair upon learning that she was to be the guest of honor. Guffaws and chuckles aside, the ERA is in bad trouble. It needs to be ratified by three additional states before March 22, 1976, if it is to become the 27th Amendment to the Constitu tion. While 35 states of the required 38 have adopted the measure, getting the last few votes has been an entirely up-hill battle. Moreover, anti-ERA sentiment has been mobilized during this period of delay. Three states— Tennessee, Nebras ka and Idaho— have voted to rescind their approval. The ad ministration has asked the Justice Department for an interpre tation on the legality of a state’s withdrawing its ratification of an amendment. During the last few months the ERA suffered defeat in four different states. Despite the fact that President Carter, Roslyn Carter and Vice President Mondale made lobbying phone calls to all Florida state senators, the amendment was rejected in a narrow 21 to 19 vote. Carter family and Cabinet members also struck out in Virginia, North Carolina and Nevada, where their lobbying efforts failed to effect passage. The amendment did pass, however, in the Indiana State Se nate where it had been defeated in 1973, 1974 and 1975. The three-hour caucus was followed by a roll call vote in which 26 votes were cast for, 23 against, ratification. Indiana is the 35th state to pass ERA. Other states in which voting will take place this spring and summer are Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma. In most of these states, the Houses have passed the amendment but the Senates have consistently killed it. Supporters say that the amendment's fate rests on the 1978 elections in the South. Unless there are major changes in the makeup of Southern legislatures next year, proponents fear that the Equal Rights Amendment is probably dead. In last month’s column we published a report on the Wo men’s Rights Project class action suit against the Navy. In the case Owens v. Brown, military women are challenging the Navy’s regulation 6015 which bars females from serving on board all vessels of the Navy except for hospital ships and transports. The regulation is a Catch-22 rule, since the Navy no longer maintains either hospital ships or transports. The rule thus effectively prevents women from gaining education, on- the-job experience and advancement. This month, we have an update on the case. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, ТРАВЕНЬ 1977 27
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