Arizona legislators praise O’Connor

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bet to cast a negative vote. Most endorsed her, and several predicted she will be approved overwhelmingly by the full Senate next week and sworn in before the court convenes Oct. 5. The small groups of picketers who had appeared outside the previous day did not return Thursday atla for the first time all the spectators standing line were able to obtain seats. Turley said he thought opposition was aimed at President Reagan rather than O’Connor. “I think they feel the president let them down a little bit in temlS of this appointment and they want to let him to know they’ve noticed it and they don’t want it to happen again.” Op~sition in _testimony today could provide the only fireworks m the proceedings. On the agenda ~e Dr. Car?lyn Gerster of the National Right to Life CoDlJlllttee and other pro-life and likely anti-O’Connor, witnesses. ‘ But first Gov. Bruce Babbitt is scheduled to add his praise. He’ll be followed by Phoenix Mayor Marga~et Hance, Arizona Regent James McNulty and Arizona Chamber of Commerce Director Bill Jacquin. Hamilton told the committee he came to support O’Coru_ior because_ “she is totally and resolutely COIDDlltted to the ideal of equal justice under the law.” He called her a “good and decent person of compassion and good will.” After the Ari~o~ House members spoke, Grassley, an unyielding pro-life advocate asked them if they would speculate about how o•’connor would vote in a Supreme Court abortion decision. All said they could not be sure. But Tony