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--> PORTED TO UNITEX BY: ABC World News Tonight Friday August 25, 1989 Jim Hickey Warsaw, Poland 2:30 (12%) In Poland today, Robert Dole, Senate Republican Leader, and Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Labor, called on Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. The Doles said that the Bush Administration is looking for ways to help Poland that doesn't involve more money. For example, American advisors can help retrain Polish workers that are replaced as factories are streamlined. ELIZABETH DOLE said that helping to provide that safety net for workers is something that will be needed and won't be easy. A group of Democratic congressmen, also visiting the Prime Minister today, suggested that the President's limited aid package may not be enough for the new Polish government. Senator FRANK LAUTENBERG, D-NJ, says they are looking for serious and aggressive response from the US. In Gdansk, Solidarity's leader Lech Walesa said Poland's money problems will mean sacrifices, meaning that strikes will have to be minimized. With a $39 billion foreign debt and 200% inflation, the Solidarity leaders will have to make tough, unpopular decisions. In a interview with Barbara Walters, Walesa warned that the US has a stake in getting Poland back on its feet. WALESA said if Poland fails it can blame the world, even the US. The US will be to blame, WALESA said, if it doesn't give the cooperation needed for Poland to succeed, because Poland, by itself, doesn't have the technology to keep up. * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | UNITEX : United Nations patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-