Page 2-Thursday, September 20, 1979-The Michigan Daily Kennedy bills repressive, NCARL head says By TOM MIRGA Sen. Edward Kennedy has teamed up with the most reactionary and racist members in' Congress in attempting to enact the most repressive legislation this nation has seen in the last decade, including a born-again version of St-a controversial Senate bill to revise the criminal justice system-according to political activist Frank Wilkinson. "Ted Kennedy is not only the primary sponsor of this new bill called S-1722," said Wilkinson, executive chairman of the National Committee' Against Repressive Legislation, "but the sole pusher of the revitalized bill." WILKINSON WAS keynote speaker at a forum; sponsored by a number of local organizaions, titled "Senator Kennedy-Liberal Architect of Repressive Legislation." Wilkinson directed his attack on Ken- nedy's policies in four areas of legislation-the death penalty, wiretaps, a revision of the crimial justice codes and a new charter for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Looking at the features of these bills," he said, "the first question most people ask is 'But are they con- stitutional?'In fact, many of the acts Kennedy proposes are variations of laws already on the books that came an- New Celebrate the International. Year of the Child with HAROLD SH A PIRO, Vice-president for Academic Affairs joined by School Children from the Ann Arbor Public Schools and featuring Dr. Estefania Alcdaba-Lim ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD SEPTEMBER 20, 1979 8:00 p.m.-RACKHAM AUDITORIUM The University of Michigan 9 it I during the Johnson administration or earlier." TO UNDERLINE his point, Wilkin- son made note of a little-known bill in- troduced in the Senate in 1950 by Hubert Humphrey that Wilkinson says would have placed all communists in the nation into concentration camps without due process. "Don't think that these four bills of Kennedy's are the start of repressive legislation," Wilkinson said. "We've had it for a long time in my political life and I expect that we always will." Wiretaps, which became a legal police tool in 1968, were justified as necessary for fighting organized crime, Wilkinson said. "But in the last eleven years,'' he continued, "282,412 in- dividuals were wiretapped, and there are only an estimated 10,000 people in- volved in organized crime in the United States." OF ALL THOSE people wiretapped, he said, approximately one per cent were convicted. "Ninety per cent of the taps made were for gambling cases," Wilkinson asserted, "and anotherseven per cent involved the student use of pot." Senate Bill 1566, which Wilkinson said was authored solely by Kennedy, would broaden current wiretapping practices to allow the unquestioned surveillance of "non-U.S." persons, the speaker said. "Under the provision," he said, "there will be no need to show probably cause of crime, (before tapping the phones of) undocumented migrant workers, foreign students or foreign educators." WILKINSON REBUKED Kennedy for letting bill S-114, a death penalty bill, out of his Senate Judiciary Com- mittee onto the Senate floor. According to Wilkinson, Kennedy could have kept the bill in committee, as his predecessor James Eastland did with civil rights legislation. Instead, Wilkinson said, Kennedy made deals with supporters of his criminal justice bill, which stipulated that he bring the death penalty bill out onto the Senate floor. In discussing S-1722, which Wilkinson called "the grandchild of Spi," he gave examples of how nuclear demon- strators could be prosecuted under the law. According to Wilkinson's inter- pretation of the bill, a person could be finedeand imprisoned for giving a friend a ride to a demonstration site under an expanded provision for aiding and abeting a criminal. Wilkinson remarked that Kennedy's legislative record lately has improved. "Granted, he's made some improvem- nts," he said, "but there hasn't been' one (improvement) that we haven't forced on him." Doily Photo by LISA KLAUSNER FRANK WILKINSON, executive director of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, spoke last night about Senate bills recently spon- sored by Sen. Edward Kennedy which Wilkinson called "repressive." New federal law boosts middle-income aid 4 All events open to children and adults without charge Problems and Prospects for Children of the world in the 1980's Friday, September 21 3:30 P.M. PANEL DISCUSSION Auditorium C Angell Hall. John Hagen, Introductions; Rosemary Sarri, moderator. Participants: Dr. Alda- ba-lim, Ms. Beatrice Bonnevaus, Community Psychology, Dr. Tsuneka Yoshida, visiting scholar trom Japan, Dr. Teshome Wagaw, Professor, School of Educa- tion and Center for Afroamericon and African Studies. s a ifl fl - (Continued from Page1) - - I still available with the* Housing Division 1CIIIThe University of Michigan To apply, call: Central Campus Betsy Barbour . 764-1166 - East Quad 764-0136 Lawyer's Club .......764-1115 South Quad .........764-0169l Hill Area, Couzens Hall ........ 764-2142 Alice Lloyd Hall ...... 764-1183 Mosher Jordan Hall .. 764-2111 Stockwell Hall .......764-1194 North Campus Bursley Hall.........763-1121 -/- -D1 ceiling. "Many parents were reluctant to reveal income figures," she said. "Now they don't have to." RAPHAEL SAID she felt the new legislation was good for students. "It opens it (the GSL program) up to anyone who wants assistance, especially to the middle income group whigh was eliminated from (loan) con- sideration previously." GSLs come from three sources, Raphael explained; commercial len- ders (banks and credit unions), the state of Michigan, or the University. Daily Official Bulletin , THlU RSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1979 D~aily Calendar: Computing Center: Hands-on demonstration of LA 36 Model 2 DECwriter, 405UGLI, 8 p.m. Medieval & Renaissance: Brown bag lunch, Charles Witke, "Why Study the Past?", Green Lounge, E. Quad.. noon. Highway Safety Research Institute: Armin Meyburg, Cornell-U., "Goods Movement-An Over- view," W. Conf. Rm., Rackham, 3:30 p.m. Physics/Astronomy: J. Donoghue, MIT. "Can the 1 equals 1.2 Mule Be Understood Now?", 2038 Randall Lab., 4 p.m. Aerospace: James Chrzan, Bendix CorD., "F-18 Engine Development," 107 Aerospace, 4:15 p.m. Chemistry: Robert Hanzlik, U-Kansas. "Chemical and Enzymatic Hydration of Epoxides," 1300 Chem., 8 p.m. General Notice: Adult men and women who are thinking about at- tending the University of Michigan are invited to spend a day on the Ann Arbor campus. "You and the University: Options and Opportunities for Adults" is planned by the U-M Center for Continuing Education of Women. It will be in the Assembly Hall, Rackham Center for Graduate Studies, East Washington and Thayer Streets, from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. There will also be a campus bus tour until 3:45 p.m. Free parking is available in the University parking lot near Crisler Arena off Stadium Boulevard. Free commuter buses run every 15 minutes to a con- venient stop on central campus. All interested people are welcome. Advance registration by September 24 is appreciated. Contact 763-1353 or visiting at 328-330 Thompson St. Many students, however, have a hard time getting commercial credit, and turn to the state if they are residents and to the University if they come from out-of-state. Non-Michigan residents are ineligible for state aid. Ann Arbor Bank and Trust is one commercial lender that participates in the program. Loan officer Wayne Wagner said that his bank lends to students who are offspring of its long- established customers. "We consider it a service for parents of long standing," he said. WAGNER REPORTED a "substan- tial increase (in applications) over the same period last year." The bank limits loans to $1,000 for freshpersons and sophomores and $1,500 for upper- classpersons. Graduate students are ineligible to receive loans through the bank. Jack Pelton of the National Bank and Trust Co. of Ann Arbor expressed sur-, prise at 'this year's volume of loan business. "We didn't plan on it doubling," he said. He said all the bank's GSL money will be used up, and the large number of applicants will result in the money being spread out so that not everyone will get the amount he or she asked for, Pelton added. National Bank and Trust's only prerequisite is that the applicant have at least a two-year deposit account relationship with the bank. Loans may go as high as $2,5000, but the majority are $2,000 or less, according to Pelton. THE GSL PROGRAM began in 1965, and since then the seven per cent in- terest rate has not changed. Repayment begins after ten months af- ter the student's status is reduced to less than half-time (six credit hours for Cummings said that this hurts an in- dividual's credit record. Any other loans may be hard to get with a GSL default, he warned. The other federal loan program, National Direct Student Loans, carries a three per cent interest rate. These are reserved for needy students, and family income must be reported on the ap- plication. 'The Middle Income Assistance Act open it (the GSL program) up to anyone who wants assistance, es- pecially to the middle income group. -Carol Raphael, Senior Financial Aid officer undergrads, four for graduates), and must be completed in 10 years. The federal government pays the in- terest on the loan while the student is still in school and during the nine- month grace period. A student can receive up to $2,500 for an academic year with a maximum loan of $7,500. Graduate students may borrow $5,000 each class year. Any student can receive no more than $15,000. Defaults are common, but The Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority (MHEAA) in- sures the GSLs. Money for the program: at the state level comes from state bond sales. Banks and credit unions use their own private funds, and the University uses receipts from previous loans and: donations which have been set aside for: loans. Last year's University loans for the Ann Arbor campus totalled $12,549,504. A 2 schools: on Black ISRAEL LOW COST FLIGHTS * X-mas/New Years * Intersession * Easter (212) 689-8980 Outside N.Y. Statec TOLL 18o r. FREE 1-800-223-7676 The Center for Student Travel" 1140 RROADWAY. N Y C, N Y (Continued from Page 1 ) school board lawyer John Weaver urging the board to appeal the decision by Judge Joiner. The superintendent THE MICHIGAN DAILY (USPS 344-900) Volume LXXXX, No. 13 Thursday, September 20, 1979 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor,Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: $12 Septem- ber through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.00 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POST- MASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. said that the District Court findings were insufficient, and that an appeal would likely result in a reversal of the decision, but there was no certainty. "I recommend that the board vote to appeal, but we (the board) should go ahead and implement and evaluate the program," Howard said. FOLLOWING Howard's briefing was a two-hour public commentary segment. Rachel Schreiber, principal of the King School, staunchly spoke in support of the appeal. , "In service dates are set, and we're ready to go, the board should appeal the decision," she said. IN ADDITION, Wendy Raeder, another in favor of appealing the decision, said, "To single out eleven on the basis of race is contrary to the thrust of the findiings of the desegregation committee, which deals 1 ,nglish with changing student enrollment. But+ this issue has yet to be discussed by the board."] Raeder said, "This case has national and local impact. The judge's finding was erroneous, and it should be challenged. If it was reviewed, it would be overturned." However, one of the attorneys for the children, Gabe Kaimowitz, emphasized that there would be no continuous monitoring of the schools, and that no one intends to harass the Ann Arbor; school district or board. In the midst of the debate, Board President Kathleen -Dannemiller suggested the possibility that the board, together with attorneys representing the children, file a motion not to im- plement the proposed evaluation program that is aimed at evaluating the effects of Joiner's order. 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