The Michigan Daily-Sunday, November 5, 1978-Page 7 Other races OR THE REMAINING state executive offices - attorney general and secretary of state - the Daily endorses the present office olders. Secretary of State Richard Austin has built an adinirahle record as a red-tape-cutter. He was instrumental in extending drivers' licenses from three to four years and license plates from two to three years. Mr. Austin also initiated the system whereby people can register to vote while retewing drivers' licenses. He should be reelected. Attorney General Frank Kelly gets the Daily's nod as well, although with less enthusiasm. On the plus side, he has been a fighter for the public when utilities have grabbed for excessive rate increases. On the negative side is Kelley's wavering support for the rights of criminal suspects and his failure to block political spying by:state police. Overall, though, Kelley has done well enough to deserve another term. Two members of the University of. Michigan Board of Regents are up for reelection this year. Neither deserves your vote. James Waters and Paul Brown, both Democrats, share in the board's moral collapse on the issue of the University's ties to South Africa. Neither dissented when the Regents voted to continue University investments in companies which help prop up the oppressive white regime in that overwhelmingly black nation. Neither Regent Waters nor Regent Brown voted for any meaningful student participation in the selection of the next University president. Since the Republican challengers - Gilbert Bursley and John Axe - seem to be cut from the same cloth on the South African issues, we can't back them either. For the two spots on the state Supreme court, the Daily backs incumbent G. Mennen Williams and newcomerGary McDonald. Justice Williams has helped build the court's record as a firm supporter of civil liberties. McDonald seems to be a judge who would continue that tradition. The other incumbent, James Ryan, has been running a law-and-order-style campaign for reelection. His ads imply that suspects' rights need to be subordinated to the public's need for safety. Finally, the Daily hopes that voters will not neglect the races for County Commission. Kathleen Fojtik has represented the 14th district since 1972. A committed feminist, she has pushed hard for social services and better county services for her constituents. Catherine McClary, seeking her third two-year term on the county board, is chairwoman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, a post she earned through her hard work on the commission. She has stayed in tune with her constituents' needs and interests. We hope voters will keep her on the job. Other proposals This year's ballot is unusually large. One reason is the presence of a whopping 11 different statewide ballot questions. In , addition to the tax questions dis- cussed above, they deal with everything from a constitutional convention to collective bargaining for state police. PROPOSAL A, if passed, would convene a state constitutional convention. Although this basic state document is essentially sound, it could use some review, especially in the area of taxes. A constitutional. convention, is the best way to work for a fairer system of paying for local and state services. This proposal deserves a yes vote. PROPOSAL B would limit the authority of parole boards to shorten the sentences of people convicted of certain violent crimes. This proposal would remove whatever incentive there is for these prisoners to leave the cycle of crime, or to maintain good conduct while in prison. This plan should be voted down. PROPOSAL C, if approved by the voters, would allow state funds to be deposited in savings and loan institutions and credit unions. Only bankers have anything to lose if this passes, while the public has everything to gain from the higher interest rates the money will bring in. A yes vote is in order.; PROPOSAL D is an unmitigated dis- aster. This bill would raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. Rather than ending youth drinking, this proposal will create a new class of criminals, whose crimes have no victims. This deserves a resounding no vote. PROPOSAL G would allow state troopers the fundamental right to bargain collectively. This is a narrow proposal, which does not deal with the bargaining rights of other state employees. Still, it ought to be approved. PROPOSAL K would deny judges the discretion to allow certain sus- pects to go free on bail. This law and order bill, which violates basic civil rights of those innocent in the eyes of the law, should be voted down. PROPOSAL M would allow use of some state gas money for public tran- sit needs. This is an idea whose time has come, given depleting energy resources. Vote yes on this proposal. PROPOSAL R would create a state railroad authority to pump state funds into track improvements. What's really needed is public ownership of the rails. This is a step in the right direction, so a yes vote is in order. The tax proposals (Continued on Page 4) a progressive, graduated state income tax. Such a system would tax those making $50,000 per year at a higher rate than those making $10,000 per year. In this way, taxes would be reduced for those who need relief - the middle and lower classes - while the rich would finally be forced t'T1onttibtt hcc rdattre ith their nability to pay. Although such a plan is not on the ballot this Tuesday, there is an alternative. Proposal A would convene a constitutional convention at which the entire tax clause of the state constitution could be rewritten. Such a conventibn could institute a graduated income tax. Do a Tree a Favor: Recycle Your Dail y vwhaw.aw .u,.dstag.presents COFFEE HOUSE TUES., NOV. 7-9 pm In the U CLUB F RE E E NTE RTA INM EN T Student talent performing in an informal atmosphere Sponsored by Union Programming-UAC You're invited to attend an evening seminar with Sheikh Sarmad Brody of the SUFI ORDER On: spiritual health and healing; using con- sciousness, energy and ecstasy "Consciously or unconsciously Date: Monday, Nov. 6 every being is capable of Time: 7:30 Price: $3.00 healing himself or others" Place: Friends Meeting House 1420 Hill-769-7397 Read & Use DAILY CIassifiedsz Guest Artists, Donald Sinta saxophone William Abright piano, Tickets at Tix- Info, Jacobson's phone 662-5129 I I r V1tIVERSITY S fYc USICAL 28OCIETY present Th DJVLWfi lTfTO I 1 from the echola Cantorum, Eight Swiss woodwind artists form on original 18th century ins ments. You hear the music ofJ zart, Beethoven and Haydn asi -AIthemselves heard it. For this concert the ensemble will play: National March of Hungary........Haydn Partita in B-flat major............Myslivicek Trio in B-Flat ..... .. . ........... Lefevre Divertimento in E-flat, K. 226.... . Mozart Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from "Don Giovanni"..............Beethoven Octet in E-flat, Op. 103 .................Beethoven Tickets are $4 to $7 at Burton Tower, 9- 4:30. On Tues. box office opens at 7. Phone 665-3717. Tuesday Rovember ' at 8:30 iachham luditorium . per- stru- Mo- they I I LI l ~IYr .. Ann Arbor Committee for Human Rights in Latin America presents: mu I o Contours of Crisis ...-m m I- sfr * ~I~IIICILIJ IFAA too IHIUIC; 77"ft""%%%% Tuesday, November 7: THE LEGACY OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION JAMES D. COCKCROFT-Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University. SHELDON LISS-Professor of History, University of Akron. JULIA PRESTON-Freelance journalist andcommentator on the women's movement in Mexico. Wednesday, November 8: MEXICANEXILES SPEAK IN THEIR OWN DEFENSE HECTOR MARROQUIN-Exiled Mexican student leader seeking political asylum in the U.S. JUAN JOSE PENA-founder of the Raza Unida Party, on independent Chicano political party in New Mexico. Thursday, November 9: THE UNDOCUMENTED: MEXICAN WORKERS NORTH OF THE BORDER ALPHA HERNANDEZ-Legal Aid attorney from the border town of Del Rio, Texas. PETER SCHEY-Los Angeles attorney active in the movement to protect undocumented workers from deportation. 1 iii)T VCi I ____________ I