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SCOTT SIMON AND WASHINGTON, D.C. MAYOR MARION BARRY TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES THE NATION'S CAPITOL IS CURRENTLY FACING.

This past week, a handful of Senate republicans called for the ouster of Senator Mark Hatfield as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee as punishment for Hatfield's failure to vote in favor of the balanced budget amendment. The effort failed, and prompted these comments from a democratic supporter of the amendment, Senator James Exon of Nebraska.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews two new murder mysteries: "Original Sin," by P.D. James (Knopf) and "Cranks and Shadows" by K.C. Constantine (Mysterious Press).

Writer/Director/Producer SAM RAIMI. He is best known for 1982's cult classic, "The Evil Dead," which Steven King called "the most ferociously original horror film of the year." He has just directed his first big budget film, "The Quick and The Dead," starring Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman. It is a 90's western with a touch of humor. He also directed 1990's hit "Darkman.

terview with ROBERT TEMPLE continues.

Fresh Air commentator Maureen Corrigan reviews The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank (Doubleday). The book is a newly expanded edition of the famous diary which Anne''s father, Otto Frank, the only survivor, published.

FROM MEXICO CITY, NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS ON CONTINUING MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY MEXICO TO REPAIR IT'S SAGGING ECONOMY AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING THE MEXICAN PEOPLE.

Jacki talks to Anthony DeCurtis, an editor at Rolling Stone magazine, about the album, "I Ain't Movin" by the singer Des'ree. (dez-ray) DeCurtis says that effectively combines the slick production of contemporary R+B artists and the tradition of social comment in some of the R+B musicians of the 60s and 70s.

Jacki talks to Lynda MacCartney, the curator of the C.I.A. exhibit centre in the C.I.A. HQ in Langley Virginia about the new exhibit on the film director John Ford. Ford, who received a total of 6 oscars, worked for the Office for Strategic Services, the precursor to the present-day C.I.A. during World War two. During his work with the OSS Ford pioneered aerial camera techniques that saved many lives and pushed the medium of film in new directions..

DR. THOMAS MOORE, Senior Fellow at George Washington's Center for Health Policy Research and author of the new book, Deadly Medicine: Why Tens of Thousands of Heart Patients died in America's Worst Drug Disaster (Simon & Schuster) Moore tells the story of a certain line of drugs that prevented irregular heartbeats but were consequently shown to be dangerous and even fatal. Yet the drug remained on the market due in large part to the giant pharmaceuticals power over the FDA. Deadly Medicine is MOORES's third book on the medical system

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ANNE FRANK PIECE BROADCAST ON "WEEKEND EDITION/SATURDAY" LAST SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1995 WILL BE RE-BROADCAST THIS WEEKEND ON "WEEKLY EDITION: THE BEST OF NPR NEWS."

SIMON/BALLOONIST: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH STEVE FOSSETT, A 51-YEAR-OLD CHICAGO OPTIONS TRADER, WHO HAS JUST BECOME THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO PILOT A BALLOON SOLO ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN.