i It ir%4 B Eighty-two years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan 420 Mqynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Ecology battle not overt ONE OF THE more incongruous sights in the world of posters is one of 4ichard and Pat Nixon shuffling along a beach. Imprinted on the picture are the President's own words: "The 1970's must be the years when America pays its debts to the past by re- claiming the purity of its air, its water and our living environment. It is liter- ally now or -never." Unfortunately, despite the President's poster rhetoric, it appears this country .will delay, perhaps until it is too late, in facing up to the major environmental is- sues. Last week the President asked Con- gress to approve nineteen pieces of en- vironmental legislation ranging from controls on strip mining to a program to attempt to modify the weather. And yet, even though he recently impounded sev- eral billion dollars intended for pollu- tion control, and proposed legislation which, at least in the case of the strip mining statute, is clearly inadequate, the President has the audacity (an admitted- ly chronic one) to proclaim that the fight to safeguard the environment is almost won. MANY OTHERS, Richard Nixon is in the proverbial spot of not being able to see the forest for the trees. In- stead of going to the heart of the mat- ter and controlling resource and energy use, the President is deluding himself into thinking that the world's problems are simply a matter of aesthetics. However, while Nixon may have en- gaged in window dressing last week, oth- ers did not. Last Tuesday, the National Commis- sion on Materials Policy, a group of re- searchers and businessmen, gave an en- tirely different and considerably grim- mer forecast for our environment. The report concludes that the U. S. is growing dependent on imported raw re- sources and unless it reduces its consump- tion of certain materials, the world will suffer a global crisis. It further con- cludes that the world, and the U. S. in particular, will have to move toward a no-growth economy. ALAS, THE PRESIDENT sees things differently. He derided those who had the temerity to suggest that the U.S. could never reconcile environmental pro- tection with continued economic growth. "I reject this doomsday mentality," he exclaimed. "I believe we can meet our environmental challenges without turn- ing our back on progress." The world is not a bottomless pit. It is closer to economist Kenneth Boulding's "Spaceship Earth" than Nixon's flowing cornucopia. And sooner or later, we must face up to our planetary limitations - and not merely by applying another coat of paint. Another By JAMES WECHSLER THAT TEMPORARY muted phrase, "a long hot sumnmer," may soon be very much in the air again. When the pillars of commerce are absorbed in the ramifica- tions of world currencytmovements, there are new rumblings of storms in the cities. They are a direct result of the domestic budget cuts to which the President has pug- naciously committed himself. A preview of the upheaval will be vis- ible next Tuesday when thousands from this and other metropolises ride buses to Wash- ington in a protest that will evoke re- minders of scenes from Depression-era newsreels. It has no doubt been noted by White House wind-watchers that Sen. Ed- ward Kennedy is listed to speak at a cli- mactic rally. MUCH OF the discussion about the pro- jected dismantling of the Office of Eco- nomic Opportunity and the abolition of its Community Action programsbresembles an academic debate about the virtues and deficiencies of anti-poverty bureaucrats. It assumes a more human dimension in a conversation with Mrs. Bertha Thomas and Jimmy Denegal, who head, respectively, the program and training divisions of the Fort Greene Community Corp. - one of the 26 OEO community operations in the city slated for extinction by June 30. They cannot be lightly dismissed as job- holders seeking to protest private vested interests. They are dedicated conscientious citizens; they are sensitive to the needs and moods of Brooklyn's Fort Greene area, where more than 500,000 people - overwhel- mingly black and Puerto Rican - dwell, many of them in conditions of deep depri- vation. When Bertha Thomas says angrily that "Mr. Nioxn has declared war on these people," she is not a solitary voice. Neither she nor her associate contended that the OEO effort has been flawless. Ra- ther, they argue with some ardor that it is being cut off just as it was beginning to show its brightest promise on many fronts. Ironically, that was the basic conclus- ion voiced by the OEO's own Office of Op- eration after a survey of 591 Community We've trained men to kill, and now they're coming home- and it's been our job to help them find their way back to education and training. If you don't offer them some con- nection with the community, what can you expect? But now Washington is saying--well, just go make it the best you can. -Bertha Thomas Yp y fv.v:. / . :yM u E ".+ ss v xn, ..spSS v. ::.VV.A . NS.}SY .v Y."'ib: i~lh :"s:~v"¢{: '.°:: ...1" / KS ." r ' "F.E"Sv: :.'? .:7RS . . rvvf . " .y.S ... i~ti:j* : ..fG:C".:: :?:i* a "} job training and even in this static time, to employment openings in local banks and other enterprises. It sponsors basketball leagues in which about 2000 kids play. It has promoted housing projects for the aged and low-income groups and urban renewal projects. Health tests for many long denied adequate medical care have been organiz- ed. A mental hygiene clinic has a work relationship with Cumberland Hospital for 'long hot summer' or cities? they're coming home - and it's been our job to help them find their way hack to education and training," ihe said. "If you don't offer them some connec- tion with the community, a. hat can you ex- pect?" "But now Washington is saying - well, just go make it the best' you can." THE WASHINGTON POST remarked ed- itorially recently: "Anyone who has the slightest familiarity with the (OEO) pro- gram knows that one of its major benefits has been what it has done for people. It has uncovered - from the ranks of the people themselves - several new layers- of leadership in communities around the country. It has given people the opportunity to develop skills that help them participate in the management of their own communi- ties and of their own lives. It has given thousands a new sense of their own dignity and worth and some stake in the society." Clearly, it added, these gains oversha- dow the acknowledged "excesses; mis- takes and false starts." '.ut all the pro- gress - in Fort Greene and countless other places - is now threatened with sudden destruction. There is no way of knowing whether Mr. Nixon will hear any of the sounds in the Washington streets next Tuesday; he may choose to leave town or simply avert his eyes and ears. But this mobilization could be the prelude to a new, bitter era of do- mestic conflict. That is the ear message from Fort Greene; the "other America," one suspects, has just begun to fight. action agencies complete 1 a s t month - just before the Presidential axe descended. THE FORT GREENE Corp. operates on essentially two levels - providing service and counselling in centers of its own and acting as a conduit to other agencies and institutions. The range of its activity is as broad as the roster of problems confront- ing thousands in the area. It has a drug-addiction program that of- fers counselling and, where necessary, ar- ranges hospital referral. It has a re- habilitation center that teaches art, sew- ing and printing, among other things. Its Manpower Service Center leads the way to out-patient care. IT HAS BEGUN to expand its horizons; plans for a food co-operative were being developed when the grim news came from Washington. "We have been trying to show the people they have a place, that they can regain pride inthemselves and try to achieve for themselves, and give them something they can identify with," Denegal said. Bertha Thomas stressed the problems of veterans who will once again be Eubjected to malignant neglect. "We've trained men to kill, and now James Wechsler is the editorial of The New York Post, copyright the New York Post Corporation. director 1973 by .i'2?.. . < L:}%:. S$:t .}}'a;:;r;:~wr~T' }??<} .:,..y:YvY- 3 _ + :_ '+__w.yyy,"},2 ..+,.+".."+ - Nx; x'. N .q :2... i,-. .i T "7T . -. 1~. "Y is'S :: .,: . ~ }x :,},ti.:,..,:..: .r.kk.;::;:.: .:'t . . :.., .. . .. ";7..;,, :x~e. .... .:::, ,R: :::.:^}::~~cTb1N.'x :9.a:.;:i.,i +}i7...>'mLJT:v N ro : , ::. x:, ".?:..n:S:,v. :. :.k.. ~a~v<., :::",i:.a.,+7.a:7.777:::.: . :. ."...:. ... ..: N. Vietnam should give us foreign aid I 1 The Navy's dolphin project T9H NEWS THAT the Navy has a "top secret" project to train dolphins should elicit a response of laughter and incredulity, that is, until the program's .$Q million-price tag is mentioned. There are a lot of things that can be done with that kind of money. The list of needed social welfare projects is end- less, But instead the government de- cides the money should be spent to train undersea mammal maulers, Todays staff:. News: Dave Burhenn, Michael Duweck, Cindy Hill, Eugene Robinson, Char- les Stein Editorial Page: Denise Gray, Ted Stein Arts Page: Herb Bowie Photo Technician: Rolfe Tessem CIRISTOPHER PARKS and EUGENE ROBINSON Co-Editors in Chief "BMT RIN.................Feature Editor 'DIANE LEVICK. .............Associate Arts Editor DAVID MARGOLICK...........Chief Photographer MARTIN PORTER ................. Magazine Editor KATHY RICKES.....................Editorial Director ERIC SCHOCH.........Editorial Director GLORIA SMITH......... .................Arts Editor CHARLES5 STEIN.............City Editor TED STEIN.....................Executive Editor MARTIN STERN ....................Editorial Director ED SUROVIL................. ....BHooks Editor ROLFE TSSEM ..................Picture Editor Photography Staff DAMID MAROOLICK ..........Chief Photographer RoLlS TESSIM...,.............Picture Editor VENNY GAINER.............. Staff Photographer THOMAS G'I2IEB ............Staff Photographer KAPN KASMAUVSKI...........Staff Photographer According to a CBS report, the dolphins have been trained to plant and retrieve from a foreign harbor a device used to detect the type of atomic fuel used in Russian nuclear-powered submarines. According to a diver who has dealt with the deadly dolphins, the mammals can "pick us (the divers) up without fail, run us to the surface with their noses and corral us into an area." The dolphins apparently use tech- niques such as pulling off face masks, and tearing regulator hoses to defeat their opponents. THE ABSURDITY OF the situation is obvious. Using dolphins to detect div- ers is beyond the imagination of most science fiction. But apparently, if one can believe the reports, the "marine bio- logical weapons" program may be effec- tive. However, there is also something of an ethical question involved. Why use dolphins to do man's dirty work? Isn't it enough that we bomb, kill, and maim one another? Now we have dolphins do- ing it for us. There must be a great satisfaction for a military man to sit in the back room and try to concoct schemes as bizarre as the dolphin program. And for the scien- tists that train the dolphins to combat the enemies of our country, there must be the satisfaction of seeing undersea animals harnessed to do our chores. But for the rest of us, who have seen what the military and scientists have done in Vietnam and on other battle- fields, there is little satisfaction. Only a reluctant recognition that they have come up with another creative weapon for espionage. I By DICK WEST WASHINGTON, - Secretary of State William Rogers said the other day he forsees some dif- ficulty persuading Congress to pro- vide postwar aid for North Viet- nam. I believe that expectation is well founded. The opposition could be more than just a matter of some mem- bers of Congress being reluctant to render financial assistance to the North Vietnamese. The administration also may en- counter a feeling that the North Vietnamese should be giving aid to us. I have heard that view expressed more than once by foreign affairs analysts in recent days. If it takes hold on Capitol Hill, the aid issue may become even more sticky than Rogers anticipates. "FAIR. IS FAIR," one foreign affairs analyst told me. "By pre- cedent and tradition, the United States renders assistance to the enemies it defeats in war. "We therefore have a right to insist that any enemy we don't defeat should render assistance to us." A good point. Any such claim on our part, however, is weakened by the ambiguous manner in which the Vietnam War ended. In other words, the question of who should give aid to whom was fogged over by the failure of the peace agreement to designate a winner and loser. It is, indeed, almost impossible to characterize the war's outcome. While the foreign affairs analyst quoted above was correct in ar- guing that we did not defeat the enems. 'either did the eneiny de- feat us. So how would you label the re- sult? As a tie? A stalemate? A' draw? A dead heat? A standoff? An impasse? A dealock? A stand- still? None of those terms quite fits. SOME ANALYSTS believe the matter turns on a technicality. Since the United States is the only participant that is withdraw- ing from the area of combat, they contend that America is theoreti- cally more of a non-winner than is North Vietnam. Consequently, we should, be the country that receives the postwar aid. "But, I protest upon hearing this rationale, "Vietnam is t h s country that needs rebuilditg." "Look at it this way," an ana- lyst replied. "The United States achieved the greatest sustained economic growth in the history of the world during the period after World War 11 when we were aiding our former enemies. "If that stimulated our economy, it stands to reason that giving us aid would create a boom in Norin Vietnam. "The North Vietnamese will ra- cover more quickly by giving us aid than they would if. we aided them." In that case, making North Viet- nam the donor would require a sa- crifice on our part. But nothing is too good for a former enemy. Dick West Is a special feature writer for the United Press In- ternatioial wire service. I \ x~ . : , . .:"'.":,. } 77...77N .. . ... 77'.:'.7..2.... ....'N'.. Y. .ri f " .. ...{" ~k';:jf , .}.. .N ..v ..,....:...,.". .... q::::. . . . . . N . { Letters to The Daily County health care RECENTLY THERE has been much discussion at the county and local level concerning the need for effective local control over health care planning. This discus- sion has, in part, been stimulated by the serious problem of closed- door planning of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. It was also stimulated by the efforts of the Washtenaw Community Hospital and Health Care Corporation (WCH), as men- tioned in various news articles. As Co-Chairperson of WCH Education/Outreach Committee, I would like to mention a few of our efforts in this regard. The WCH has prepared a first draft proposal for county health care, including hospital and am- bulatory facilities. Our plan is pres- ently being reviewed by the South- west M i c h i g a n Comprehensive Health Planning Council and by concerned citizens and citizen's or- ganiz,,tions in Washtenaw County. When we receive their comments and suggestions we will proceed in developing a formal proposal. /+ r) PVkT r/ V +0 To TUC' GTA2 (/ a '78tr OUT, L, 0 £iMY OPLW . 'TH-AT GOT86 /(S WCH believes that only by stand- ing firm on some of the principles which our proposal highlights, will the average citizen enjoy good health care. We call for respect for the consumers' concern and intel- ligence, both in regard to their own health needs and those of the rest of the community. We call for mechanisms to involve citizens in the early planning stages and not after unknown and unaccountable "health experts" have made their decisions. Anyone interested in receiving information from us providing us with information, becoming a mem- ber of WCH, obtaining a speaker to address a citizens group, and/or making a contribution to WCH, please contact WCH through me: Washtenaw Community Hospital Corporation, c/o Dan Ringler, 3516 Larchmont Dr., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48105. As a new group we would ap- preciate that requests for material, if possible, be made with a small donation to cover duplication costs. Washtenaw Community Hospital Corporation encourages consumers involvement in health planning. Health consumers' frustrations, concerns and needs are our prin- ciple concerns. -Dan Ringler Syvia s1Signs WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1973 Pisces Persons Should Avoid Quarrels . and Debts.. Pisces. An individual trying to impress you is using status to cover up flaws. Go vogue and change your hairdo or style F, of dress. Beat them at their game. Aries. Haste makes waste, so be prepared in any situation. A lot can be gained if you plan ahead. A seduction scheme should prove, to be very successful. Taurus. Your appearance will be impressionable on others, but they may fail to look deeper. Know what you want others to think. Don't blow your cover. Gemini. Be enterprising and original and create something exciting. There is much to accomplish. Experiment with new positions. Gain experience. Cancer. People judge you by your reputation. Watch your step. Avoid associating with deviant characters. Show your own worth. Friends involve you in scandals. Leo. You will find yourself in an unusual situation involving a casual acquaintance, (possibly a student in your class), but you craftily solve it. Avoid grilled pecan rolls and start a diet. Virgo. Accept a small catastrophe in your stride and carry out your normal activities. Your next campaigns will result more favorably to you. Don't be a poor loser. Libra. People do not approve of your actions. Listen to their criticism for they will prove helpful if heeded. You are not what you wear. Find a new way to attract attention. Scorpio. Make reservations for spring vacation now. Tend strictly to your own affairs. Bad vibrations in relationships will lead to trouble. Avoid company this evening. { 4f y Ent6 I~ RO-f~fi- . Z60- ,j4 Lam! TL CK 14 ' LL PE b I R -- t x I I