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The Aum Shinrykio sect is now the principal suspect in the Tokyo subway gassing last Monday. Over the past few days Japanese police have confiscated huge amounts of chemical compounds from their headquaters. But as Anne Garrels reports from Moscow the sect also has a large following in Russia - almost three times as many members as in Japan. But some of them are less willing than others.

ENTERTAINMENT: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW MOVIE "DON JUAN DeMARCO" STARRING JOHNNY DEPP, MARLON BRANDO AND FAYE DUNAWAY.

NPR's John Burnett spends an evening with Dr. Marvin Tuttle - a man whose mission in life it is to protect and educate people about the misunderstood bat. Tuttle says bats are key to ecological balance not to mention they're great at keeping the mosquito population and other crop eating pests under control.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that the Senate this week took up a 13 billion dollar spending recision bill. The House has passed a bill of 17 Billion. Arnold reports on the differences between the bills and that President Clinton says he will veto the House version.

South African Journalist ALLISTER SPARKS. He's written about secret negotiations that started in 1986 between South African leaders and then-jailed political prisoner Nelson Mandela. The meetings ultimately led to the dismantling of Apartheid. His new book is Tomorrow is Another Country. He served as South African Correspondent for The Observer and for The Washington Post from 1981-1992. He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Film Director SIDNEY LUMET has directed 40 films, which have received over 50 Academy Award Nominations. His films include "Network," "Fail-Safe," "Dog Day Afternoon," and "The Prince of the City." He details his craft in his new book Making Movies. We'll feature an interview with Lumet recorded in 1988. (Originally aired 8/

Writer WALLACE STEGNER. STEGNER died in 1993. A new edition of his collected stories will be published in June. STEGNER's novels and essays are often based in the West where he grew up and lived for many years. STEGNER started the creative writing program at Stanford University in California, which he ran for 26 years. His last book of essays, published in 1992, is called Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs (Random House) (REBROADCAST FROM 4/

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH DR. GARY MILHOLLIN (mil-HALL-en), DIRECTOR OF THE WISCONSIN PROJECT ON NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL, AND DR. PAULA NEWBERG, SENIOR ASSOCIATE SPECIALIZING IN SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS AT THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ABOUT THE MANY ISSUES RAISED BY PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON THIS WEEK.

2: Film director MARTIN SCORSESE, one of the most influential men of contemporary film. SCORSESE has helped restore four classic films from the 1950s which he says had a profound influence on his own films: "Force of Evil," "Johnny Guitar," "Pursued" and "A Double Life."

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