Page 4-Friday, October 4, 1979-The Michigan Daily The new Nicaraguan regime needs U.S. support: g F 1. r. 4 On July 19, 1979 the brutal Somoza dic- atorship of Nicaragua fell to the San- dinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Since May 4, 1927 when 4ugusto Cesar Sandino proclaimed the Y'war of liberators to end the war of the oppressors," the Nicaraguan people hiave fought against the U.S.-installed $omoza family dictatorship. Over 50,000 Nicaraguans, most of tbem between the ages of 8 and 20 years old, died in the final offensive against Somoza's national guard during the past year. This figure is out of a population of 2.5 million people. 500 lb. bombs given to Somoza by the U.S. and bank have been nationalized, left the country with a $1.53 billion foreign debt-$596 million is due this year, having been incurred on short term loans at very high interest rates. These loans were misspent, squan- dered and sent out of the country to Somoza's personal bank accounts in the U.S. and Europe; loans earmarked for the reconstruction of Nicaragua after the 1962 earthquake that basically levelled the capital, Managua. Somoza, who reportedly took $4 billion with him when he fled Nicaraguia, left only $3.5 million in the state coffers. By Bob Warren needs trade schools, which of course need tools. Any tools such as hammers, screwdrivers, etc.are needed. No offer from the U.S. to send tools has been heard in Nicaragua. NICARAGUA NEEDS a massive amount of medicine to treat its woun- ded an4 diseased. The U.S., the home of the world's largest pharmaceutical in- dustry, has been silent in this area too. More than anything else, Nicaragua needs massive sums of money to pur- chase necessary goods. In the U.S., Humanitarian Aid for Nicaraguan Democracy (HAND), the fundraising Eden Pastero (Commaridante Ceto) discusses organization and armed struggle in Nicaragua. The film in- cludes interviews with women and men of the, FSLN. Ernesto Cardenal celebrates mass in camp and speaks of the oppressed and of liberation. AT THE TIME of the film's showing the solidarity campaign will be .ex- plained and supporters can begin pledging aid and/or energy to the :ef- fort. The Ann Arbor Committee for Human Rights in Latin Americais planning many other events around "The Nicaraguan people need 300 tons of food per day to feed one million hungry people. As little as 20 tons per day and no more than 80 have been sent to date.'> ,.. "Nicaragua needs a massive amount of medicine to treat its wound- ed and diseased. of the world's l industry, has be too. The U.S., the homer argest pharmeceutical en silent in this area,; government were dropped on many vital institutions in Nicaragua. TWELVE OF THE 90 grammar schools were completely destroyed, 28 .were half destroyed and 26 had some damage. Many hospitals, homes and almost the entire industrial complex of Nicaragua were demolished by these same bombs. A study published on August 14 by the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) maintained that Somozaist bombing resulted in $580 million in material damage 'to the physical and social sectors. At present, $741 million is needed to activate production. Added to these figures are the losses :to the system of production that stem from the paralysis of economic ac- tivities; The Gross Domestic Product has declined 25 per cent this year. In Sper capita terms, that puts the GDP back to the level that Nicaragua was at jin 1962, a 17-year slide backwards. SOMOZA, WHOSE land(50 per cent of ,Nicaragua's), industries (70 per cent), THE CARTER administration, reneging on almost all of the aid it promised to the FSLN, has sent $7 million of aid this far to Nicaragua; $3 million for transportation costs and red tape. The Nicaraguan people need 300 tons of food per day to feed one million hungry people. As little as 20 tons per day and no more than 80 have been sent to date. The Nicaraguan government is currently setting a massive literacy campaign as one of its major priorities in reconstruction. Under Somoza, one- third of the children between the ages of six and 12 did not attend school. Almost 80 per cent of those, between 12 and 18 did not attend classes. Almost 94 per cent of those over 18 did not attend the university. Only a small segment of the population attended school. Of those who started school, only about half graduated to the next level. FSLN has proposed a literacy cam- paign in 1980 to reach 700,000 illiterates in the countryside. They want to double the budget of the Ministry of Education wing of the National Network in Solidarity with Nicaraguan people, is accepting monetary contributions to be sent to Nicaragua. It also accepts food such as dried grain, beans and rice. Canned goods and food processed in glass are not being sent to Nicaragua. THE ANN ARBOR Committee for Human Rights in Latin America is initiating a full-scale solidarity cam- paign of aid and education for the Nicaraguan people, freed from U.S.- supported Somoza domination. The dampaign will commence with the showing of the film "Nicaragua: Patria libre o morir" ("Nicaragua: free homeland or death"), on Friday, October 5 at 4 p.m. in Angell Hall' Auditorium A and Sunday, October 7 at 8:00 p.m. in Angell Hall auditorium B. The movie is part of the Office of Ethics and Religion's El pine Politico. The film begins with scenes of the fall 1978 uprising by the FSLN. It explores the history of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua and the role of Sandino against this intervention. Nicaragua to educate the community about the Nicaraguan revolution and to build the solidarity campaign. One focus of the campaign will be to demand that the U.S. government provide the aid needed with no strings attached. Last week when three members--of the Government of National Recon- -struction visited the Senate Foreign Relations committee they were toldjy one committee member that humanitarian aid would be held up uptil "the Nicaraguans show their t ue political colors." With such--an attitude by the U.S. government, the Nicaraguan people can only appeal to the American people for aid for their newly found indepgn- dence. In Ann Arbor this means thatin- terested people should participate in solidarity efforts like the one being organized by the Ann Arbor Committee for Human Rights in Latin Americaq Bob Warren is a member of the Ann Arbor Committee for Human Rights in Latin America. Somo za next year, opening up 2,500 jobs for teachers and beginning massive con- struction of schools in the countryside. THE CUBANS, who eliminated illiteracy in Cuba in 1960-61 through similar campaigns, will help prepare the campaign and send teachers and aides to participate in the campaign. No such offer of aid has come from the Carter administration. To rebuild this country devastated by U.S.-made bombs, Nicaragua needs aid from people around the world. They need $10 million for the literacy cam- paign. Nicaragua could also use 1,500 tape recorders, 50,000 cassettes and 650,000 exercise books which they could print if they had the paper. A shipload of paper from the U.S. would be a major step forward in the literacy campaigns. To rebuild the industry, Nicaragua S S , 5 y ,+ I Is A- 7 etters to the Daily if dkir~ 3be 3tdtigan 1ai1 Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXX, No. 26 News Phone; 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan I--ARL4~a-A-A- and b mess hear disti Nati( Souti It i from seek facti whit thro hum Du deliv milli sting has poor hope Ye atter crov wait pse else iit is Th a rei Pope Jot m-nPaulil1 brings a message of peace LANKED BY world dignitaries and rightfully so. As in his earliest trips and politicians, by civic leaders to Mexico, Poland, and Ireland, the common folk, he has carried his Pope has espoused the-ord of peace in sage to the United States. It can be a world of wars. In Poland, he lashed d loud and clear, both by the out against the dominant communist nguished diplomats at the United regime. In Ireland, he called for a ons and the anonymous poor in the cease-fire in that country's brutal war. h Bronx. And in this country, he has urged s a message of peace. It is the call Americans to return to the sacred vir- the Vatican to this great nation to tues that symbolize Catholicism. inner peace among its divided He has shown courage and candid- ons - rich and poor, black and ness rarely seen in most politicians. At e - and to achieve world peace the same time he appeals to the ugh the diplomatic art of dignitaries and the upper echelons of anitarianism. society, the Pope can cast his eyes on. iring his brief tour, the Pope has the poor and give them hope. With 'ered his message forcefully to graceful charm he shows his deep con- ons of Americans. His voice bur- cern for humanity. with emotion, Pope John Paul II The Pope deserves praise, for in touched the hearts of the nation's these times, there are few people who and underprivileged, radiating can rise above the hatred of the world to calm the flood of dispair. and instill some optimism in its t, during this papal visit, too much people. nti6n has been focused on the huge The issues that he has talked Nds gathering at every stop, about-birth control, divorces, ing for hours just to catch a glim- celibacy for priests - must be con- of the pontiff. More than anything sidered by the religious leadership in the visit has become an event, but the near future. In recent years, there much more than just that. have been continual conflists between e Pope's six-day American tour is the traditional interpretation of minder that the Vatican is concer- Catholicism and the views adopted by To the Daily: The Daily's portrayal of the September Regents meeting, "Regents alter S. Africa policy slightly," contained one enor- mous factual error. I did not, in any way, shape, or form speak on behalf of the SAACFA report. I even doubt I mentioned it more than once. Rather, my presen- tation focused almost entirely upon conditions in South Africa, and why the University should completely divest. Since the Regents would not allow me e en one minute to rebutt their arguments following my presentation Friday, I would like to set out several major poin- ts. To begin, the WCCAA has long maintained that the profitable nature of South African invest- ment holdings stands in the way of significant action by the Regents. Regent Laro stated that in the Regents' discussions of the issue, traditional portfolio con- siderations (book value, returns, etc.) were never the issue. At the same time, he likened divestment to "dictating morality," and thus essentially argued that economic considerations are the criteria by which to view the issue. Further, at the April, 1979 Regents meeting, Chief Financial Officer Brinkerhoff, reporting on two companies which had not adequately declared support for the Sullivan Principles(Black and Decker and G.D. Searle Co.) moved divestment from Black and Decker, but to wait an ad- ditional 30 days on Searle. The reason given for Searle's extra 30 days was to see whether Searle's ''affirmative action program"~ could become the Sullivan Prin- ciples. It is interesting to note that at the time, G.D. Searle was listed as one of the "ten most ac- tive" stocks on the Dow Jones Exchange. Regent Laro also questioned the "seriousness" of my report, because I could not provide him with an alternative to divest- me~nt. Unfortunatelv. there is no from Black & Decker Co. last April, it took the Regents until May to complete this "action." Regent Laro, like several other Regents before him, told us that apartheid was not the issue in- volved. As quoted in the Daily; "None of us here in any way con- done the oppression and racism in South Africa," he said. I would take exception to this. Apartheid is the issue. Apartheid is the structure and ideology of racial inferiority and separate and unequal development. Apar- theid is the reason that South Africa desperately needs foreign capital-for this capital allows South Africa to pursue separate and unequal development. Op- pression yields negative dividen- ds, and with investments from the U.S., luxury for a minority and depravation for the majority can continue. Apartheid is the reason that racial discrimination is the foundation of South Africa's legal -system. Apartheid is the reason that many giant industrial operations in South Africa are run by the regime. Apartheid is the reason that poor people in South Africatwill always be black people. Apartheid is the reason that South Africa is physically moving its black population to "homelands," so that one day, SouthtAfrica will be al white! Apartheid taxes foreign cor- porate income at a 40 per cent- rate, funds to aid in the develop- ment of "homelands." Homelan- ds investments are a primary criteria in South Africa's accep- taace of foreign loans. Thus, University money is used directly in the development of a South Africa without black citizens (if indeed any blacks in South Africa were ever considered citizens). Apartheid is the reason the WC- CAA attended the March 1978 Regents meeting, and apartheid is the reason we will be there in March 1980. Apartheid is the reason we will continue to say, "U OF M-OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA"-until our victory is achieved. We are not asking the 1~LZ / } U V !v; / 6. t { /! 1 ; n. ,. 1 a c w 9 } 5 4 i b 't i 4 i 1 ry 1 i 9 Y I , SCie-AJc~E ACT : -rgeA6 is HeENO~W. "The new Daily-we're not just another Trotskyist cadre") will encourage the articulation of all viewpoints radical to pa'leozoic. Accordingly, what place could serve better than your editorial page as a "springboard for discussion" (credit here is due to Reader's Digest) of how the departure of our erstwhile college president might best be commemorated. After all, although he has ostensibly gone on to bigger and better things, Robben Fleming is not Kingman Brewster, and the Corporation for Public Broad- casting is no Court of St. James. A guest appearance on Master- piece Theatre might be expected, but that is scarcely tribute enough to a man who has in- delibly left the mark of his Rolling Writer on this Univer- sity. Who can forget the lavish tea parties he threw for the student body each September? Month at Baskin-Robbins. James B. Angell has his Hall,. Harlan Hatcher his Graduate Library, and Nat Sci his Auditorium..t3 At the same time, that venerable ashtray with boolbs, the Undergraduate Library, suf- fers from an - undeserved acronym. Austere, yes, but ugly, no. The discarded coffee cups alone give it a frenetic yet liv4d- in charm unique to the University of Michigan. Repeated attempts by library staff to euphemize the "UGLI" have understandalbly failed. Thesolution appears obvious *What could be more fitting than to rename the UGLI the Robtien W. Fleming Library? Picture future classes of Michigan students trudging off to the "Flem" for an eveningf of debauchery, procrastination, and (perchance?) study. It is (he least we can do for a man who,'by his own admission, used tear gas r.,ils acP alast 1r0Qnrt