The Michigan Daily-Thursday, February 8, 1979-Page 5
MA YOR MEETS WITH REORM GROUP:
City ethics code discussed
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By ELISA ISAACSON
The mayor's office yesterday served
as a tentative testing ground for the
city's morality when the American
Citizens for Honesty in Government-a
reform organization currently touring
various cities-met with Mayor Louis
Belcher to encourage him to implement
a code of ethics. ;
The organization's regional director,
Rudy Riefstahl, met with Belcher to
discuss Ann Arbor's present code of
ethics and to acquaint him with the lit-
tIe-known Federal Code of Ethics for
Government Services. This federal
code is the result of a 1958
Congressional resolution.
"THIS IS NOT a witch-hunt," Rief-
stahl assured Belcher during a
discussion of corruption in government;
which both agreed is for more
prevalent at the state and federal level
than at the local level. Riefsta'
stressed that the purpose of meeti;
with heads of city fathers inthe agef
Watergate, Koreagate, and FBI inr-
mers is to "help mayors to becae
aware, not to tell them what to dot's
up to the mayors to decide what ido.-
They can pass a resolution enduing
this resolution of Congress.. . whever
they feel is appropriate-or notlig at
all if they wish."
Belcher said the city does adeed
have a collective code of ethic-com-
pose f the oath of office statement,
the (Y manager's code, and individual
deptment head codes-but insisted
thaAnn Arbor's healthy citizen par-
tic tion in loacl politics is the key to
thoity's clean slate. "You can write
adhing down you want, but the
stngest thing is to hve the par-
tipation of the electorate," the mayor
41ared, adding that "except for
6ior employees' embezzling," the
ly harbors no corruption.
Mhe Citizens for Honesty group was
unded last April by Church of Scien-
logy Rev. Arthur Maren, who had
een jailed for refusing on the grounds
if the First and Fourth Amendments to
'estify against his parishioners after
scientology churches were raided by
the FBI.
ACCORDING TO Riefstahl, Maren
considered this treatment a violation of
his constitutional rights and an attempt
by the government to harass ministers.
Upon his release from prison, Maren
formed Citizens for Honesty to fight
government corruption.
Besides the mayoral interview
project, Citizens for Honesty has
arrived at other methods for battling
crime. A reward campaign has been
started, offering up to $10,000 to anyone
who can provide evidence leading to the
conviction of a government official.
"We invite whistle-blowers ... and we
guarantee confidentiality," Riefstahl
said.
However, Riefstahl added "the
reward chest is building up nicely, and
we have gotten no convictions yet."
Riefstahl blamed the lack of convic-
tions on the length of time it takes a
case to go through court. In the tri-state
area, 40 cases are now being in-
vestigtged, he said, adding "not one of
the reports has to do with local city
government."
"CORRUPTION IN the state and
federal government leads citizens to
believe they can't touch these people
(officials)," said Belcher. "But you can
touch city government, that's for
sure-and that's the way it should be."
The mayor classified Ann Arbor's
government as "a young government
that turns over quickly." He attributes
the turnover to the city's partisan
quality and to the demands of a city of-
ficial's job. Belcher declared he
couldn't see anyone occupying the
mayor's seat for more than six years,
because "you'd burn yourself out."
Belcher acknowledged that the more
frequently the city officials change
over, the less efficient the government
will be, but he said he sees this as
positive for the citizens. "The less ef-
ficiency, the greater the spread of
power," the mayor pointed out.
Riefstahl told the mayor, "You're
voicing pretty much the sentiments I've.
heard from others on this tour,"
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Qom, Shiraz and others specially in
southern Iran, reports frd those cities
said.
In the western city eSanandaj an
armed group attacke a television
station Tuesday night,:illing a guard
and destroying cars inhe parking lot,
state radio said.
YESTERDAY, 8,00 supporters of
Bakhtiar's shat-appoited government
gathered at a "ehrasports stadium to
give him backng.
The rally vas atended mainly by
middle and pper Oass Iranians, and
was punctuled b slogans backing,
Shah Mohatmad leza Pahlavi, who
was forced i leav Iran Jan.16 by the
Khomeini-ld mases opposed to his
rule.
Men andwome with tears in their
eyes, chared, "long live the shah"
and knelt in homage to the monarch.
Said one woman: "I love my king and if
.I had a little blood in my body I would
give it for my king."
BAKHTIAR HAS ordered the army to
keep a low profile during Thursday's
demonstrations and intervene only if
there - is violence. Thousands of
Khomeini marshals have been ordered
to control the demonstrators.
Many Iranians and Western
diplomats say they fear radicals will
use the occasion -to spark violence and
cause military retaliation.
The loyalty of the military -to
Bakhtiar is questioned by Khomeini's
aides, who claim mass defections
among the 430,000-strong military and
say uniformed officers will demon-
strate for Khomeini Thursday.
GEN. MOHAMMAD Massumi,
deputy defense minister for parliamen-
tary affairs, said morale is "absolutely
Ir1rnans grow tense,
confrontation looms
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messags from he religious leader.
SOMI IRANAN students here ap-
plaud tt downfill of the Shah's regime
but thy queston the succession of
Khomini. Ai Iranian teaching
assistat said, "When you topple a
goverrnent ant take something away,
you rust question what you are
replacng it wit."
The Iranian situation has left Iranian
students questioning what the effects of
future events will be for them. In the
words of an Iranian student, "I am
calm, and we will see what will happen.
Eventually things will work themselves
out." In the next breath, he said with
apprehension, "Please be quiet, there
is something on the news about Iran."
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