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Daniel talks to Frank Keith, spokesperson for the IRS, and Greg Holloway of the General Accounting Office, about a GAO study that concludes that the IRS' internal bookkeeping system is so bad that it is virtually impossible to audit them. Keith says that the IRS deals with more recipts that the top 30 Fortune 500 companies put together with computer systems designed in the 60s, and that, given their present system, it is impossible to provide auditors with the information they need.

Daniel talks with Shannon Faulkner, who's back home today in Powdersville, South Carolina, after quitting the Citadel. Shannon made history last week by being the first female to be admitted to the all-male military college. Shannon says she dropped out for health reasons; the emotional stress of the last two years finally caught up with her.

Daniel talks to Jay Maser, President of the Union of Needle, Trades Industrial and Textile Employees about the poor conditions workers face in many garment manufacturing plants in the U.S. Many of these shops use legal and illegal immigrants and pay them much less than minimum wages. They have often been compared to slave labor because of the low pay and poor working conditions. Maser says more government enforcement is needed and calls on retailers to play a bigger role in improving conditions for these workers.

up Radios - Daniel talks to Trevor Baylis, the designer of the windup radio. The radio will initially be used by aid agencies in remote areas such as Rwanda and Sarajevo, where people do not have access to batteries because of expense and availability. Owners of the radio will only need to wind it up for 20 seconds and it will play for 40 minutes. This new invention is being manufactured by disabled people in South Africa. Bayliss says demand for the radio is high worldwide.

Maureen Meehan (f) reports on the reaction in Hebrun to today's agreement between PLO and Israeli leaders, expanding Palestinian self rule in the West Bank.

Daniel talks to Andy Pasztor, author of the book, "When the Pentagon was for Sale," about corruption in the Pentagon during the Regan presidency. He describes Pentagon officials who routinely directed defense contracts to their friends and took kickbacks for inside information about possible defense contracts.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that early this morning the Senate Finance Committee approved the Republican's plan to overhaul medicare and medicaid. The legislation now goes to the Senate floor. The plan calls for senior citizens to pay more in medicare premiums and deductions, and also lets states use block grant to run medicaid, which serves poor women and children and elderly in nursing homes. The Republicans say their plan would reap billions of dollars in savings, thereby saving medicare. President Clinton today said the Republican plan is ill-considered and goes too far.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports that alien life forms are invading the nation's harbors and coastal waterways as a result of ballast water discharges from visiting ships.

Last year, a cajun dance hall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere, allegedly denied entry to an African-American patron. The federal Justice Deptartment has sued the club saying it violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We traveled to the region to investigate the case...and to talk about race relations with the whites and blacks who live there. This is part one of a piece that continues in the second half hour of the show.