Page 4-Thursday, November 29, 1979-The Michigan Daily ' ,, , , Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXX, No. 69 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan .__. f Shut up ESTERDAY SECRETARY of - State Cyrus Vance told former Secretary Henry Kissinger to shut up bemoaning America's supposed "im- potence" in Iran. Its about time. Dr. Kissinger has had time enough to debase American foreign policy during his tenure in the White House and on the seventh floor of the State Depar- tment. His mark of immorality has been forever etched in the anals of history, from Cambodia to Chile to the jungles of Angola. His policies of cold war confrontation destroyed a viable country (Cambodia), subverted and overthrew a democratically-elected ;government (Chile), and financed a secret civil war (Angola). His bed- fellows include the most vile despots of the world, from the Shah of Iran to Anastasio Somoza, the U.S. "allies" Dr. Kissinger would have us go to war to protect. And even after his exile from public life, the former secretary has used his stature to continue to influence U.S. policy in the worst ways possible. Yrom his position on the sidelines, he accused the Carter administration of not dealing firmly enough with the Soviets in the horn of Africa; not being harsh enough with the Cubans for their role in the invasion of Zaire's Shaba province; not moving quickly enough :to prop up the Shah's regime in Iran; and not showing sufficient resolve to help Nicaragua's dictatorial regime survive internal discontent. .Kissinger represents the age of Jerome C ACED WITH an escalating crime rate and a poverty crisis, he ought the city's bureaucracy to be the first to appoint blacks to important city ositions. As mayor, he kept the scene of the nation's worst black riots from exploding into an even more tense racial confrontation. He exercised restraint while others urges :retaliation. And now, at the young age of 52, Jerome Cavanagh is dead. He died of :xan apparent heart attack Tuesday .,while. visiting a friend in Lexington, '.Kentucky. , The former mayor ruled the city :from 1960 to 1968. During that time, t Cavanagh worked vigorously to eliminate Detroit's image as a :miserable, poverty-ridden 0metropolitan area plagued by in- :cessant crime. He launched the urban :renewal projects under Lyndon John- son's Great Society to pick up the pieces of a shattered city. Using federal funds, the former mayor spent ,numerous dollars on rebuilding the ,slums, and the morale of city residen- ts. As one of the youngest mayors in the country, his career in the national ;political arena seems to be justa few ,years away in the horizon. Some were : already grooming him for other, more ,glamorous roles. Henry American interventionism that passed with Vietnam, a time when this coun- try used military might and the C.I.A. to impose its will on the world. Foreigni policy under the Carter ad- ministration, while surely faulty in many respects, has at least shown a recognition, however grudging, that the U.S. can no longer control events across the oceans. No one is questioning Dr. Kissinger's right as a private citizen to voice his opinions on Iran. But Dr. Kissinger has not only voiced opinions, but has used his still weighty influence in Washington power circles to continue to influence and shape American policies. It was Kissinger, lest some forget, who caused the current mess in Iran, by pressuring the Carter administration into allowing the deposed Shah into this country. Now Kissinger is decrying President Car- ter's weak response to the current crisis, inciting the already volatile and misplaced anti-Iranian passions in this country and providing fuel for those who are shouting for direct and dangerous action against the Iranians. Dr. Kissinger, you have done enough damage to this country while in office, so please, take the advice of current administration officials and shut up. You, Mr. former-secretary, have got- ten us into another fine mess, so why don't you now rest on your laurels and stop meddling in, and sabotaging, U.S. policies. You are doing more harm than good. Thanksgiving By Bruce Brumberg' I was glad to go home for Thanksgiving. It is good getting away from college, to see how the real world is doing. But this Thanksgiving was different. In the past my parents questioned me about school. How are your grades? How is your fraternity? Who is your new girl friend? This year I didn't hear these questions. When I arrived home the atmosphere had changed; so did the interrogation. My parents didn't want to know about mun- dane matters. They wanted my opinion on Iran. What do you think of The Ayatollah? What do you feel the U.S. should do? I WAS AMAZED. My parents discussing current events-this was a first. In the past they talked about movies, not militay inter- vention. I gave them my opinion. Using political science theory and jargon, I explained our op- tions. I outlined what the U.S. should have done and should do. Then my parents gave me their thoughts. I was shocked and surprised. My mother, an apolitical woman and a good cook, felt we shoud assassinate The Ayatollah. Tough words from someone who thinks football is too violent. My dad, the model middle-class father, was more