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Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "The Wedding," by Dorothy West, one of the last surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. (Doub

Daniels talks with Russell Freedman, author of "Kids at Work, Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor". (Clarion

Jacki Lyden visits several arts organizations in Baltimore and discusses the relationship between private and public funding. As politicans speak of defunding the National Endowment for the Arts, agencies which receive that money say they are responsibile to public tastes and make that money go further than ever before. But, without it, art in America will be damaged, they claim...even if the amounts they receive are really quite small.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new biography "Thomas Paine: Apostle of Freedom," by Jack Fruchtman Jr.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews John Sales'' new movie, "The Secret of Roan Innish."

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH LOUIS (LOO-ey) VALDEZ, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF NOGALES, ARIZONA, ON THE MEXICAN BORDER, ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S DECISION THIS WEEK TO DISPATCH 62 ADDITIONAL BORDER PATROL AGENTS TO ATTEMPT TO STEM ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS DURING MEXICO'S CURRENT FINANCIAL DISTRESS.

Day - Danny asks listeners to call the Weekend All Things Considered Valentine's Day Hotline in order to pass on the pet names they call their loved ones. The number is (202) 408-5183. Callers should leave at least their first names and where they're calling from...unless of course they're too embarrassed in which case just a location will do.

David Baron of member station W-B-U-R in Boston reports on a woman who has spent her life in and around doctors. Now she's become a patient and is battling cancer. She is hoping to pass on her first hand experiences to other doctors.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a recording of music by Czech composers Gideon Klein and Viktor Ullman. Klein and Ullman were both imprisoned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War 2, and later put to death at Auschwitz. The album is called "Chamber Music from Theresienstadt," on Channel Classics. (REBROADCAST FROM 10

SCOTT TALKS WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT ABOUT TOMORROW'S SUPERBOWL BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AND THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS. THE NINERS ARE HEAVILY FAVORED...RON DOESN'T DISAGREE.