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

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.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistead visits Kobe in Japan after a day's rain has further hampered efforts to rescue people trapped by Tuesday's devastating earthquake. Magistead reports that the only foreign assistance the Japanese government has accepted are Swiss army dogs which are trained to resuce people trapped by avalanches and earthquakes, but these dogs are not finding their task easy.

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.

Yesterday, United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor nnounced extensive punitive tariffs on a long list of Chinese goods worth over billion dollars, and the Chinese government has promised to retaliate. Liane ansen speaks with reporter Matt Forney about international reaction to the ack-and-forth trade battle between China and the U.S.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new recording by Dion Farris, who used to sing with ... (?).

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Merril Peterson, Professor meritus of History at the University of Virginia, about his book, "Lincoln in merican Memory" (Oxford University Press, 1994). In his work Peterson examines incoln's image in American thought and how the strands of that image have been nterpreted and adpated over the years.

Journalist GERALDINE BROOKS, author of "Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Woman" (Anchor Books). While BROOKS was Middle East correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal," she investigated the role of women in the Islamic societies where she lived and worked.

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.

SCOTT AND WEEKEND EDITION SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Daniel talks with freelance journalist Shane Cave who covers business and economics in New Zealand. Cave compares analyzes what's happend in New Zealand in the 10 years since a new political party was voted in and radically changed the way the government there did business. He also talks of how the political changes there are similar to what the Republican Party here wants to do.