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President Clinton spoke in Honolulu Hawaii today to comemorate the signing of the Japanese surrender 50 years ago which Second World War. We'll hear an excerpt from the President's speech.

Commentator GERALD EARLY reflects on the legacy of Booker T. Washington, who among other things, founded the Tuskegee Institute. Today is the 100th anniversary of a speech given by Washington at the Atlanta Exposition, which celebrated a "new" industrialized, post-reconstruction South.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the Krickets, a cricket team made up of homeless men in Los Angeles. The team has been competing in a local league and has been so successful that it's been invited to play a series of exhibition games in England.

Tattoo artist and tattoo historian DON ED HARDY. He came to tattooing by way of a Fine Arts degree in printmaking, and he studied in Japan with a traditional tattoo master. He was the first non Asian to gain access to that world. HARDY also publishes colorfully illustrated books of tattoo art. (Hardy Marks Publications, P.O. Box 90520, Honolulu, Hawaii 96835). And he's curated the exhibition, "Pierced Hearts & True Love," which is at The Drawing Center in New York City (Sept. 16-Nov. 11). The exhibit then travels to Williamstown, Mass., Miami, and San Francisco.

Publisher and editor RICHARD STRATTON of the magazine Prison Life. The magazine is written for and about prisoners, and includes such regular features as In Cell Cooking and Cellmate of the Month. It also includes legal advice, medical and health tips, and fiction, poetry, and art by prisoners and ex-prisoners. STRATTON spent eight years in prison for pot smuggling. This year HBO began a series of documentaries on life behind bars with the Prison Life magazine. (The phone number for the magazine is 1-800-207-2659). (THIS INTERVIEW RUNS INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

A recent United Nations report on the world wide status of women ranks Sweden number one in terms of women's equality. Last year the Swedish Prime Minister decided that half of Sweden's parliament and half of Sweden's cabinet should be female and so many men were forced to resign. Daniel talks to the deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Mona Sahlin who is also the minister of equality affairs.

Julia Haybell reports on an American invasion of Great Britain...an invasion of frogs that is. American Bullfrog tadpoles, which were inadvertantly transported in a shipment of aquatic plants, have escaped into the wild and have grown up into big American bullfrogs which are eating the smaller British variety.

Daniel goes for a walk in the Virginia woods with USDA entomologist Dave Nickel to listen to the sounds of a summer night. Nickel says there is an incredible array of crickets, katydids, and cicadas, all contributing to the nighttime natural symphony we hear during the hot weather.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH SINGER FONTELLA BASS ABOUT HER NEW CD "NO WAYS TIRED" ON NONESUCH RECORDS (9-79357-2), HER FIRST RELEASE IN DECADES, AND ABOUT HER CAREER SINCE HER 1965 HIT "RESCUE ME."

NPR's John McChesney reviews the efforts to crack down on kiddie porn on the internet. The FBI and America on Line worked together to find pedophiles using the private networks to solicit sex with minors, resulting in arrests and further ongoing investigations.