NOTEBOOK.

Reports on various political issues from around the world. Criticism that the fiction jury of the National Book Award acts on ethnic concerns, ideology and moral self-righteousness; Argument that even if Iraq does develop the bomb, President Saddam Hussein will not use it on account of his fear of retaliation; Profile on Stanislaw Tyminski, the politician who forced labor leader Lech Walesa into a runoff for the Polish presidency; Discussion of the foreign relations between the Soviet Union and China.