At most public-interest organizations, where job openings are rare, salaries for newcomers average about $25,000, said Susan Butler, director of the program.

Mr. Kehler also said public-interest organizations and the press would have to do a better job to keep the public informed on budget issues.

These funds are often used by public officials, civil-rights organizations, and public-interest organizations.

A great public-interest organization has acted in its private interest and sadly misled the public.

Mrs. Gandhi, who is gaining support from some public-interest organizations making their political presence felt in India, has several major projects under way.

Companies and public-interest organizations are also using satellites to arrange live interviews between their representatives and television stations.

The cause was cancer, according to the Education Law Center, a Newark-based public-interest organization of which she had been executive director since 1979.

And a campaign by a public-interest organization to put a nonbinding referendum on the ballot has been approved in six of the state's 21 counties.

A coalition of public-interest organizations had opposed any increase, saying it would fall most heavily on the elderly and the poor.

Some members of Congress and some public-interest organizations joined the President in appealing to distillers to keep liquor ads off television.