| NEWS &
 VIEWS
 The Clergy Drain
 Whatever additional evi-
 dence is needed to document
 the "hemorrhage" among
 Catholic clergy is provided
 in the current issue of Dias-
 pora, newsletter... | 
    
    
      | CORRESPOND.
 ENCE
 Vouching for Education
 New York, N.Y.
 To the Editors: Maurice R. Berube is
 more enthusiastic about the voucher
 plan than anything in his article [Jan.
 29] justifies.... | 
    
    
      | HAYING IT BOTH WAYS
 Another Earth Day observance is coming up, and its approach inevitably
 invites assessment of the Administration's performance on what Mr. Nixon
 himself defined as the "now... | 
    
    
      | The Synod of
 Small Expectations
 There are some pretty tricky questions coming up at
 the next Synod of bishops which will be held in the fall
 of this year, but so far nobody seems to bother.... | 
    
    
      | OF
 BUDGETS
 & MEDIA
 PETER STEINFELS
 T ast February 20 the National Ur-
 *"* ban Coalition presented a "Coun-
 ter-Budget" for the United States.
 That was not just an advertising... | 
    
    
      | THE AIM * OF ABM
 A serious obstacle to this nation's pursuit of worldwide peace and stability
 PETER J. OGNIBENE
 Those who had been hoping for a break in the arms
 race had some of their... | 
    
    
      | THE POLITICS OF
 SUICIDE
 Yukio Mishima and the spirit of Japan
 RICHARD T. HALLORAN
 SEVERAL YEARS ago, when the
 Red Guards were rampaging
 through the libraries and temples
 of China,... | 
    
    
      | IMPOSSIBLE
 BEAUTY
 Yukio Mishima, 1927-1970
 MICHAEL GALLAGHER
 Isao drew in his breath sharply and
 shut his eyes as he ran his left hand
 caressingly over his stomach. Grasping
 his short... | 
    
    
      | HEARTTHROB AND HEARTBURN
 THE SCREEN
 Love Story would be a good thing to give up for Lent,
 or any other occasion. Unfortunately, it's too late for
 me to enjoy this particular form of... | 
    
    
      | HEARTTHROB AND HEARTBURN
 BIRON WALKER
 WO EASY REACH
 Out at the end
 of that thin skyward limb
 no easy reach
 glows
 one
 last
 sun-sweet fruit
 the hired pickers would not risk.
 I... | 
    
    
      | BOOKS
 Is criminal justice a cop-out on justice itself?
 Crime  in  America
 RAMSEY CLARK
 Simon & Schuster, $6.95
 ISIDORE SILVER
 As this review is being written, a six-
 day strike by the... |