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2: JOHN LEE is a former member of the Masters of Doom. Federal agents had been monitoring the rivalry between the two gangs. LEE was arrested and sent to jail.

Poet LLOYD VAN BRUNT (pronounced like "grunt"). He grew up poor and white in Oklahoma. He writes, in the The New York Times magazine section, "To be poor in a country that places a premium on wealth is in itself shameful. To be white and poor is unforgiveable." (March 27, 1994). BRUNT says poor whites have no defenders ("white trash" they are called) and they are made to feel ashamed of themselves because of the assumption that they "should" be able to make a success of themselves. BRUNT's father abandoned the family, his mother died when he was eight. BRUNT spent years in foster homes and orphanages where he was abused. BRUNT has written several volumes of poetry. His latest is "Poems New and Selected 1962 - 1992," (The Smith, Brooklyn). He's currently working on his memoir, "I fall in Love with Nancy Drew: Tales of Childhood." (REBROADCAST from 5

SCOTT TALKS WITH NPR'S AFRICA REPORTER MICHAEL SKOLER. THE U-N IS SET TO COMPLETE A REMOVAL OF ITS TROOPS FROM SOMALIA BY THE END OF MARCH, BUT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR THE COUNTRY ANY BETTER THAN IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN TROOPS ARRIVED?

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

NPR'S LYNN NEARY REPORTS ON THE SUGGESTION FROM SOME REPUBLICANS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR HELP TO DEFRAY SOME OF THE COSTS OF WELFARE REFORM. SHE VISITS SOME CATHOLIC-RUN CHARITIES' PROGRAMS -- AMONG THE BIGGEST PRIVATE PROGRAMS -- AND FINDS THAT, THERE, GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS ALSO LARGE.

2: Interview with JIMMY CARTER continues.

Interview with GOLDERBERGER continued.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Kobe Japan. She follows around police officials who are helping people cope with this weeks devastating earthquake.

Daniel talks with Jim Wallis, author of the "Soul of Politics". Wallis says both Republicans and Democrats are entrenched in old ways of thinking, particularly when it comes to the topic of welfare reform. Wallis says that both the left and the right have some good ideas when it comes to solving welfare woes, but he says real reform will only occur when both the public and private sector begins to take collective responsibility for the country's problems.

NPR's Ann Cooper attends the funeral of Joe Slovo, a long time South African anti-apartheid activist, member of the African National Congress and Communist Party. She has this remembrance.