Burundi Horror Adds Little to Genocide Solution Hopes

The book is written from
the diplomatic point of view,
and deals little with the his-
tory of the tribal frictions
and distrust which have led
to periodic wholesale slaugh-
ter among the two groups of
Africans.
In his book, Ambassador
Melady places part of the
blame for the Burundi mas-
sacres - on the Organization
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brella organization for Afri-
can states which had an
opportunity to halt the blood-
shed and failed to do so
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lists preventive measures in
his last chapter.
Melady says that aroused
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peoples can halt such blood-
shed: "In the United States
we have seen what aroused
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regard
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Genocide. An ugly word
with horrible memories for
Jews and other people. An-
other chapter was added to
the horror of genocide in
1972 in the African country
of Burundi.
The minority but dominant
Tutsis annihilated from 80,000
to 150,000 of the Hutu major-
ity after a bloody coup at-
tempt.
American Ambassador to
Burundi Thomas P. Melady
wrote a brief history of this
tragic event, "Burundi: The
Tragic Years," published by
Orbis Books.

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He argues that with ,better
communications, and our
knowledge of past genocide
we can halt such tragic epi-
sodes in the human experi-
ence.
It is inconceivable that a
man with U.S. ambassadorial
rank can be as misguided as
his book makes Melady ap-
pear to be.
The world has lived through
many of these situations, and
the U.S•. experience in Viet-
nam, the Nazi Holocaust and
the problems in Ireland to-
day show what the world will
do in these situations . • •
nothing!

To believe that world opin-
ion can be marshalled, that
humane reasoning will over-
come political expediency is
to live too close to Utopia,
and a bit too far from reality.

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Not only does the book
fail in presenting an answer
to genocide, it also fails to
fully explain the Burundi
situation. Melady only tells
the reader what he saw dur-
ing his three years in Bur-
undi, and gives a partial, but
inadequate in light of the
book's other failings, history
of the Burundi situation.
—Alan Hitsky

Old Foe May Hinder Levi's
Chance at Cabinet Nomination

WASHINGTON — Edward
H. Levi's chances of being
nominated as the next United
States attorney general have
`nose-dived badly," informed
sources on Capitol Hill'say,
since Levi has failed to win
needed support from an old
foe, Sen. James 0. Eastland,
(D.-Miss.), chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee.
News sources ,say Eastland
told President Ford privately
that he would not back the
nomination of Levi, president
of the University of Chicago.
Without the support of
Eastland, it is unlikely that
President Ford can win Sen-
ate confirmation for Levi,
wlfn would replace Atty. Gen.
William B. Saxbe.
With the start of the new
Congress next month, Vast-
land will become the Senate's
most senior member. He
heads the committee which
must approve Saxbe's re-
placement.
The trouble between East-

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years, sources say. At that
time there was a showdown
in a Senate Judiciary Sub-
committee chamber when
Levi was asked if he had ties
to organizations 'and indivi-
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linked to Communist-inspired,
un-American activities.

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"blue ribbon" state investi- to launch a state-wide inves-
gative commission to probe - tigation of corruption and
alleged "corruption and Mis- illegal practices in the oper-
management of nursing ation of nursing and 'old-age
homes afid the • resulting homes in New York City
degradation of aged and in- and state, "even if this means
the indictment of Jews."
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next governor, Naomi Levine, "appalled by evidence that never too thin or too rich.
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