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AFSC: A
helping hand to the world
By STEVE STOJIC
LOU SCHNEIDER, Executive
Secretary of the American
Friends Service Committee, was
in Ann Arbor last Thursday
visiting the local branch of the
AFSC. He spoke on his organi-
zation's activities and the find-
ings of his trip to North Viet-
nam in August of 1974.
The American Friends Serv-
ice Committee, Secretary Sch-
neider explained, is an organiza-
tion ' dedicated to traditional
Quaker principles. It deplores
war and offers humanitarian
help to both sides in a conflict
situation by making available
means to help the suffering.
There are approximately 125,-
000 members of the AFSC in
the United States and about 509
persons are active as staff
workers and volunnteers in its
programs. Financial support is
received from individuals,
groups,hand foundations t t a,
sympathize with the goals of
the AFSC. The budget for the
year totals $8.5 million.
IN ITS international aairs
program, the AFSC takes an
educational approach by hold-
ing seminars. It has offices bas-
ed in Tokyo, Singapore, and
Bengladesh, where its sponsors
and supports local Bengalis in
community development. In
Africa, the AFSC is working
with Zambians on an urban site
improvement program and is
helping to develop conects of
community involvement.
Under contract by the United
Nations Relief Works Adminis-
tration, the AFSC is working in
the Middle East to train moth-
ers in child education. In the
city of East Jerusalem taken
by Israel in the 1967 war, the
AFSC has set up a center to
provide legal and civil infrrna-
tion to Arabs. The object is to
help the Arabs reorient 'hem-
selves to the new laws 'f the
Israelis. The AFSC is aN) ac-
tive in Chile, Guatemala, and
Mexico.
THE AMERICAN ' Friends
Service Committee first b.ucatme
involved in Vietnam in 1961.
Since that time, a total of rl-
most $2 million has been spent
in humanitarian aid to both
Vietnams. A sum of $1,600,1VI0
went to Quang Ngai province
south of Hue in South Vietnam
to provide artificial limbs and
medical treatment for 'njredi
South Vietnamese war ve'erans.
The North Vietnamese and
Provisional Revolutionary Gov-
ernment (PRG) received about
$300,000 in aid. Medical equip-
Contrasting conditions
in the North and the
South, Secretary Sch-
neider stated that the
"sense of vitality, en-
terprise, and nation-
hood in North Vietnam
tends not to be true in
South Vietnam." He
thinks the "public has
no aspiration, but to
survive in the South"
due to the "disintegra-
tion of institutions and
the government struc-
ture." Both food and
schooling app e a r e d
more readily available
in North Vietnam.
ment was provided to B a & h
Mai Hospital in Hanoi for heart
and cancer research. The PRG
received penicillin, medical
equipment including 100 aid kits
for paramedics, and agricuitural
equipment such as diesel en-
gines for irrigation pumos.
In response to invitations frrm
the North Vietnamese and the
PRG, Secretary Schneider vis':-
ed Quang Tri Province fo, two
weeks. He reports that of the
approximately 600 villages in
that province "only 3 remain
untouched by fighting" and that
there is a "need for hamlet
and village reconstruction." Be-
cause of an unusually good rice
crop, he says that the minmum
level of agriculture was met this
year and that the North Viet-
namese take pride in te fact
that theirs is a "poor coon-
try, but everyone eats.'
SECRETARY Schneider also
states thatthe North Vie'narn-
ese take great pride in their
developing health deliver;? sys-
tem and educational system.
The adult school system offers
a minimum level of literacy to
the population. In its develop-
ment program, the PRG listed
its priority needs to Secretary'
Schneider as "equipment i o r
small industry, agricultral
equipment, home reb'ilding,
health facilities, and toois fr'r
the repair of medical equip-
ment."
Contrasting conditions in the
North and the South, Secretary
Schneider stated that the "sense
of vitality, enterprise, ansl na-
tionhood in North Vietnam 'ends
not to be true in South Viet-
nam." He thinks that the "pub-
lic has no aspiratiob, bt to
survive in the S )uth" dtne to
the "disintegration of inst u-
tions and government s'r iz-
ture." Both food and s ;vs
appeared more readily avail-
able in North Vietnam.
NORTH VIETNAM a unxally
needs 6,000 tons of paper nod
for this year it was faced with
a deficit of 1,000 tons. They ask-
ed help from the AFSC wih this
paper shortage in their educa-
tional system. The AFSC Board
voted $50,000 for the, purpose
of composition books. This
amount provided for acquisition
of about 1,800,000 books.
Secretary Schneider s t a t e d
that the AFSC suoports t h e
total cutoff of American mili-
tary aid to the Thieu regime.
It supports the sending of hu-
ma iitarian aid, but aot through
Thieu because the corruption
in the South Vietnomese govern-
ment prevents this aid from
reachi'g the peoale. I ooking
ahead, he announed that the
AFSC has a firm agreement to
send three American school
teachers to visit North Vietnam
in May or June to observe the
educatioial system. Ile said
that although Amern'icaus think
that the war in Vietnam h a s
ended and have lost interest,
the "level of hurnai need is very
'high." Meeting that human
need is a part )f the target of
the American Friends Service
Committee's continuing human-
itarian aid program.
Steve Stojic is a staff writer
for the Editorial Page.
ROTC: The credit question
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M1e 'Mre a~n Daily
Eighty-four years of editorial freedom
Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan
Friday, January 17, 1975
News Phone: 764-0552
420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104
Sliding into dhe Depression
GERALD FORD'S economic propos-
als will cause the following
things to happen in 1975:
* Inflation will run between 15-20
per cent. The rate of inflation is al-
ready 12 per cent. Administration of-
ficials admit that the hike in oil
prices to come in the next few
months will add another 2 per cent
to the inflation rate. So, if the over-
all economic situation remains the
same, prices will rise 14 per cent this
year. But if things get worse .. .
* Unemployment nationwide will rise
to over 10 per cent. As inflation ac-
celerates and sales continue to drop,
the capitalists have a choice: keep
workers, hold down prices, and ac-
cept lower profits, or fire workers
and raise prices to protect profits.
We all know what happens, and the
Detroit area knows better than any-
where else. After the January lay-
offs, the score will be Employed Auto
Workers 360,000, Unemployed Auto
Workers 325,000.
" Tax Rebate will help the wealthy
and their corporations, do nothing
for the workling class and the poor.
"$1,000 Tax Rebate" scream the
headlines. Doesn't that sound nice?
But to get back $1,000, you have to
pay $8,500 in taxes in the first place.
(12 per cent of $8,500 is $1,000). And
to pay $8,500 in taxes, you have to
make over $25,000 a year. What about
a worker who earns $10,000? She may
receive a rebate of a hundred or two,
but that gain is more than offset
by the upcoming hike in gasoline
prices alone. What about the poor?
Uncle Jerry wants to give $80 to
everyone too poor to pay taxes. Big
deal.
" Corporate Profits, especially those
of the oil companies, will skyrocket.
Big Business is receiving some more
tax breaks, including a reduction in
their income tax rate. Ford has also
promised total decontrol of domestic
oil prices. Yippee !
* Gasoline will cost seyenty cents a
gallon. Taxes on foreign and domes-
tic crude oil will be raised a few dol-
lars a barrel. The price of home heat-
ing oil will rise drastically and gaso-
line, now at fifty-five cents a gallon,
will go up at least ten cents over the
course of the year.
* Social Security and food stamp
payments will be impounded. That
isn't the word Jerry Ford used, but
a 5 per cent limit on Social Security
and food stamp increases this year
amounts to nothing less than im-
poundment of funds. Jerry learned
much from his predecessor. How
many old peonle will freeze to death
this winter? How many will starve
during the year?
A Deaths caused by air pollution will
continue to rise. Ford wants a five
year nostnonement on the 1977 Clean
Air Standards. In return, the car
manufacturers during that time
will imnrove the mileage on their
cars 40 per cent voluntarily. Chuckle,
chuckle.
f Budget Deficit will be 40 billion
dollars this year, maybe 60 billion in
1976. This is perhaps the most inter-
esting 'fact of all. It means only one
thing: 1975 is the first year of the
Second Great Depression.
-VINCENT BADIA
Life on the Tube:*
Glazed-eye view
By JOHN ELLIS
IN CONSIDERING whether the
University should give aca-
demic credit for courses offer-
ed by the ROTC, two mawnr
questions have been raised:
(1) do such courses have "aca-
demic merit," i.e. are they com-
parable to other University
courses, and (2) what is the
"moral" judgment to be made?
However, there appear to be
additional considerations which
argue against granting credit
to ROTC, regardless of h w the
above questions are resoived.
Even if such courses a r e
academically respectable, he
prior question is why the Uni-
versity should permit an out-
side agency to come to campus
and do what is the normal func-
tion of its own academic depart-
ments, namely offering courses
for credit. Which outside agen-
cies, if any, should be given this
opportunity?
Clearly, this is rot a priv-
ilege which the Unive-:ty norm-
ally extens. Even f kne ac-
cepts that the training of mim-
tary officers is a covbuio to
society, there are o'h"r voca-
tions whien might make a claim.
SOCIETY also needs w e 11 -
trained clergy, new >ro ie-
porters, or governm-t 1eaders.
Yet we do not invite the sem-
inaries, tie big city dailies, or
the legisa"res to am.)jiar d
then certify their pe rnje as fa-
culty members and make weir
training activities part of our
decree program.
What quickly becomes obvious
in the d soussion is Viat the
University's regularway of per-
forming such service is urher
directly 'rough its own spec:al-
ized school such as medicine,
education cr law - o ivdirecty
- through various ' academic
programs which gi e suSilets
the background for useful social
roles.
The outside agency (e.g, the
hosital, the school )r :e oar)
makes the Universltvs faculty
and courses part of its rain-
ing activity, rather tha tryn
to bring their pers mnncl ,rnd
programs onto camo"5
Should the Univerity, thcn,
not grant "cedit for the R)FC
program bt rather establiin its
own school or deratieit of
military s exice?
THE LSA Commitree w . i h
undertook a review of P)TC
courses si,,died them iti IC ;r
categories and ind'ated t Ii e
schools which ofer similar cour'-
ses: histo:v - poliI ,al s c i -
ence (LSA): management -
leadeshio (Business Admiis-
tration, Engineering, Educa-
tion); technical, non-r:utry
(Engineering, Natural Resourc-
es); and military (no academic
equivalence).
Clearly, in the first t h r e e
areas, the Universiu already
has substantial courre offer-
ings, and in many if not most
cases, the Universtys p r o -
grams are regarded as among
the best in the nation. With
regard to the four:h category,
the military, does "no academic
equivalence" simply mean there
are no such courses at present
in the schools or :leges, or
does it refer to the subect mat
ter itself?
According to a ,'evieV corn
mittee member rec inly qu-ted
in The Daily, the miliarv cize-
gory "contained cwrses t n o
military to tontain caaug pure-
ly academei content. We did no,
recommend credit far courses
on how to kill peop).
IF ONE ACCEPT tha: re-
striction, the Unive sity arc idy
has the resources, without a-
tablishin~ ar new d
If the military winhes to have
college graduates in i's officer
corps rather than oily the pro-
ducts of th? military .cademies,
there see'-'s to be a radvantage
in hNavin> those graduatez take
":ilege" ;-orses rath r than
co'lrses offered by the mini-
military aidemies woi ch ROTC
programs in fact n'>w are.
THESE considera'ions, then,
point not only to iCxying aca-
demiccredit, but to the desire-
ability of disbanding r ost of the
existing RrTC cour v.- and re-
;laving them with U7niversity
co" rses as a regular pact of of-
By CLIFFORD BROWN
WELCOME TO the real world.
tr When I first arrived in De-
troit for the break between the
fall and winter terms t h e s e
thoughts flew immediately
through my mind. I saw differ-
ent architecture and more im-
portantly, I felt a different at-
mosphere. Again, I character-
ized Detroit as the real world
but I then had no idea of how
true that would be.
The real world is different
from the artificial one we live
in. Ann Arbor, particularly
around the campus area, is a
place heavily populated with
poeople of the same relative age
group, that being 18 to 26, and
it is not only a homogeneous
area in terms of age, but also in
terms of intellect and social
and economic class. Ann Arbor
Ls also radical and different.
Things that are done here peo-
ple in the real world never think
about doing. In Ann Arbor, mass
boycotts are in effect against
denced by all the new ones
that have hit the scene since
I last made snide remarks at
the T.V. listings in August. They
have great ones like 'Money
Maze' and 'High Rollers' and
a song show that is definitely
not for music lovers called
'Name that Tune.' They a I I
seemed to be aimed at house-
wives as the ads between the
garbage advertised things from
toilet bowl cleaners to pills for
"female complaints." S o a p
operas still abound all centering
on marriage, infidelity, c hir ld
bearing and blackmail or drug
addiction. In every one there
always seems to be an 'illit'
love affair between unmarried
persons, not to mention those
illicit affairs between two pe-
ple who are married. And V'
each other!
TELEVISION sexism be ;ays
itself. There are basically four
kinds of people on television:
Men, boys, girls and ladies.
Boys usually become men at
Television's sexism betrays itself. There
are basically four kinds of people on tele-
vision: men, boys, girls, and ladies. Boys
usually become men at the age of sixteen.
Girls become ladies at the age of forty-five.
*****a..
to provide a good ,"t of the
training which the ROTC now
does itself. Why d )ri' t h -
ROTC nrogeam cero#W Univer-
sity courses as part of i t s
'cred.it-oeirmngr acg", ;
have University co'vves coUnt
toward a commissi: 1 raher
than ask the Unversitc to grant
ROTC academic creiJK
While ROTC and 'etuiar Un>-
versity courses might be com-
parable, )r even nave the
same "academic m.}'it " there
are not doubt some differences
Why else would the ROTC pre-
fer its own instrutors a n d
courses?
ficer tranim'. The 'military"
co-rses wouilJ no dout remain,
b-'t not fwr Universjxy credit.
In addition, the ROTC Pro-
gram might incorp'o:ate Uni-
versity courises in other areas.
Given the conduct at tl'e U.S.
military in Indochinr in the last
decade, courses in ethics, or
other coir es in the h mianities
dealing with the value of human
life, might be included in the
training of military >fficers.
John Ellis is a graduate student
in the Center for the Study of
Jlgher Education
Energy splurge must end
WE'RE RUNNING OUT, folks! Even
the President admits it. The
great era of energy splurge is over.
President Ford is proposing a gaso-
line tax as a negative incentive for
conserving.
In addition, Ford is extending the
deadline for stricter pollution controls
until 1980, instead of this year. The
auto industry only has to meet the
standards applied for California, a
task which the auto industry already
has the technology to accomplish.
For the sake of prosperity, the en-
vironment gets shafted again. Why
are businessmen and ecologists al-
ways bumping heads? Environmental
control could become big business. It
seems an efficient engine would be
both gas-saving and clean. The gov-
ernment could give incentives like
untarily install pollution controls. In-
stead, we have non-cooperation as ex-
emplified by the Gary steel ~mills.
Given four years to clean up their
stacks, they instead chose to delay,
and the plants were shut. It dips too
much into the companies profit mar-
gin to control their wastes.
IN THIS country's attempt to free
itself from foreign energy (or
enemy as President Nixon described
them) sources, shale oil deposits in
the west will probably be tapped.
President Ford won't mind unless it
affects Vail.
In curtailing the use of oil, other
measures should be employed. The
money from the gas tax should be
used to develop other energy sources,
especially solar energy. The use of
gas eating recreational vehicles, such
grapes and grape products in
support of the United Farm-
workers. In the real world many
people have never even heard
of the United Farmworkers.
Sad to mention is that they
have all probably heard of Gal-
lo and Boone's Farm's, what
"great' wines they are because
of their advertising.
A BIG THING I noticed that
was very different in the real
world was in the area of sex-
ism. I saw few women in the
real world only girls and ladies.
And strange ladies they were.
People in the real world couldn't
seem to differentiate between
girls and women. I wondered
why.
As I sat down for an afternoon
of entertainment at home one
day, I discovered a social phe-
nomenon, and it just happens to
be one of the biggest sexist soc-
ializers of them all. It happens
to be the love of many Jives,
that great entity affectionately
known by such names as idiot
box and boob tube and various
the age of sixteen. Girls usually
becomes ladies at the age of
forty-five. Rarely does one have
the privilege of seeing a woman.
It's almost as if they didn't
exist. Television makes you
doubt such things.
In the real world, people
seem to be much mor ; in-
volved in roles inhtheir rela-
tionships than people indulge in
here in Ann Arbor. Traditional
dating roles are very much still
in existence, (and V've b e e n
informed they still exist a- plen-
tv of other colleges), much more
than in Ann Arbor. i, our ar-
tificial world we seem to have
built up a more positive way for
human beings to think and in-
teract with one anoThe^. Mu ,h
more than in the real world,
people are aware of a lot of
different struggles for human
liberation, and even if tnev do
not really care, being aware is
a step in the right direction.
But for all of us in this artific-
ial world who plan to l'.eave it
someday, we should not forcet
to apply the things we've learn-
Letters: Bogus ed
undergrads
To The Daily:
AS AN undergraduate who
has frequently studied at Rack-
ham, I was appalled to find my-
self barred from tie study
lounges by military like guards.
Although the lounges we'e vir-
tually empty at 7:30 p.in., I was
turned away on the basis of the
Calley-like reasoning of "just
following orders." Even my of-
fer to leave, were it to become
apparent that I was displacing
a graduate student, proved of
no avail. I have never seen the
Rackham study lounges so
crowded as to be ina^cessable to
a student.
Furthermore, if this university
university, as oppose I to a col-
lege, can offer, ther.a i no
reason to put up wi h the flaws
in the undergradu-ife. system.
After all, graduate srudent, are
allowed to take u idergraJucate
courses at the 400 le-&I, and it
strikes me as highly iliogical
that a graduate st'uent study-
ing the same material as I can
do so on univers.ty preises
denied to me.
MOREOVER, if gradiate stu-
dents feel it necessary to be-
come so arrogant tovard under-
graduates, it would behove
them to consider moe slate of
higher education in tnis coon-
try today. Most gradoate stu-
dents aim at a coll ne teaching
C r r ' -r" nufiror tho i, fl, . 4~ ~
ucation
passes away who d'turing his life-
time achieved greatness. 0 n e
such individual was William A.
Vreeland, Accounting Depart-
ment employee for the p a s t
twelve years. He passed away
December 1, 1974.
Bill Vreeland was a
competent, cooper3Ive,
most helpful Unive'stty
ployee. He will be greatly
ver y
and
e m -
miss-
ed by his co-workers, faculty,
staff and vendors of The Uni-
versity of Michigan.
-Raymond E. Carlson
Housing Division
January 15
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