1 Sfand aDailj Eighty-one years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Phony fools GOP, a 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1972 4NiL.xon's war plan faling hummintg Hoffa tune By LINDA ROSENTHAL ANOTHER ROUND in ,the ever-exciting game of political oneupsman- ship, or in this case onedownsmanship, is over. Not so long ago, Republicans were "appalled'" at the handling of the "Eagleton affair," by George McGovern and his staff. Denounc- ing the South Dakota senator and his advisors as incompetent and slipshod for not turning up -Sen. Thomas Eagleton's mental history prior to his selection as the vice presidential nominee, they "serious- ly questioned" the loyal opposition's ability to take command of the nation's highest offices. But now the screw has turned and the Republicans have been caught with their security pants down. Just last week a man claim- ing to be Jimmy Hoffa's attorney was able to secure a modification of Hoffa's probation restrictions and to persuade the state depart- ment to validate Hoffa's passport for a journey to North Vietnam. WILLIAM TAUB, by employing Hof- fa's name and alluding that he was an. . attorney, m~et with high ranking of- } ficials- Deputy Atty. Gen. Ralph # Erickson and presidential foreign pol- icy adviser Henry Kissinger. Erickson, Kissinger and the nation have now finally' learned Taub is not I even a lawyer. Furthermore, he had been posing as a representative of others, sans authority to do so, for over 20 years. At one time he called himself "world- wide representative" for Pope Paul VI's film interests. He e- 1 went so far as to accept a "Golden Globe" award as co-producer for the film "Z." He was later publicly branded an imposter by the real producer. T-HE WAR in Indochina, annoyingly persistent as ever,, figured in two news stories yesterday. One related the commonplace - details of war: Saigon troops were reported within the ancient walled citadel of Quang Tri'city, a former communist stronghold. The second, seemingly less important, summarized portions of two government studies of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Because much of the information in the second story was "leaked" directly to New York Times reporters, many newspapers (including, regrettably, this one) missed tl-is story entirely. Given the nature of news reporting in this coun- try, much of the information contained in the reports may now-as "stale" news -never get the attention it deserves. The conclusion of the two studies, con- ducted by the Central Intelligence Ag- ency and the Defense Intelligence Agen- cy, is significant in itself. Basically, the reports say, President Nixon's four months of intensified bombing of the North have failed to halt Hanoi's war ef- fort. Moreover, they estimate North Viet- nam can continue its present level of combat for two more years under present conditions. North Vietnamese infiltra- tion is on the rise in the Mekong region near Saigon, in spite of thorough bomb- ing of troop routes from the North. Pe- troleum is now being shipped to Hanoi through three highly mobile pipe lines Combined with reports from more im- partial sources. that the mining and blockade efforts are failing anyway, this is hardly news to inspire faith in the President's method of ending the war. THIS IS NOT to say that word of these setbacks for Nixon's war strategy should necessarily be cause for rejoic- ing among those opposed to the current air war and Nguyen Van Thieu. It is un- likely to change Nixon's mind about the course he has stubbornly chosen, as long as an apathetic and war-weary electorate prefers to consider the end of American lives lost the end of American responsi- bility for continued death. It's not a new theme for American - perhaps that's why we now rebel at the thought of considering it once more. But this is an election year, and if Novem- ber's choice is to be based on reality and not a slick ad campaign, reports such as these must continue to remind the pub- lic that our death-machine is still at work. IT MAY BE that the unnamed Pentagon sources leaked the news unwilling- ly, and tried to minimize the damage by releasing the information to Dnly' a few. In any case, the fourth estate must like- wise not forget the reality of Vietnam, as the candidates will likely distort or omit it from their political rhetoric if it seems expedient. To do so would only continue the tragedy. -MARK DILLEN "if in November this war is not over, I say that the American people will be justified in electing new leadership!" IF McGOVERN and his staff were incompetent in their investigation of Eagleton, the Republicans have cer- tainlv done no better withrTaub - un- less, of course, Taub is really all that good a phoney. Linda Rosenthal is an assistant night Jimmy Hoffa edtor on The Daily. Congressionalpassions inflamed by busing REP. WILLIAM HUNGATE from the Chinese border, venting the U.S. blockade thus circum- of Haiphong. IF BY BUSING you mean that system whereby count- less young children in remote areas across our na- tion have been transported to improved facilities where they can enjoy a hot lunch program and take part in musicand athletic activity and study foreign languages and advanced mathematics and science courses not available to them in the sparsely furnished one room schoolhouse-then I support busing wholeheartedly. But if by busing you mean that heartless and inhuman doctrine whereby young people - infants, mere babes- are snatched from their mothers' bosoms against their will to be hauled like cattle from before the break of dawn until after dark over countless miles to strange surroundings far from their own neighborhood and play- mates for the mere purpose of satisfying some sociolo- gist's statistical need-then I oppose it. Escb views Esch news The proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives generally make for bor- ing reading. Recently, however, as the House debated a-series of anti-busing provisions, dormant rhetoricl t a l e n t Marvin Esch KEEP his constituents informed, Republican Congressman Marvin Esch sends out a number of newsletters each year. Though the latest newsletter lists the congressman's position 'and record on welfare reform, revenue sharing, water quality legislation, war making powers, senior citizens, education, science and astronautics, economic conversion, con- gressional reform, the 'environment, and Today's staff: News: Cindy Hill, Tammy Jacobs, Jim Kentch, Jim O'Brien, Eugene Robin- son Editorial Page: Arthur Lerner Photo technician: Denny Gainer youth involvement, there is not a word concerning Esch's position on Vietnam. Ponathan Brown, Esch's, legislative aide, reports that the reason no mention is made of Esch's Vietnam record is that "we haven't been able to get anything done." Esch has backed anti-war amend- ments, but Congress has not approved any of them - so it wasn't mentioned in the newsletter, Brown says. Esch, how- ever, greets his newsletter readers with a "personal message":- "This report is a brief summary of what the Congress has done -and left undone-over the past year." POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS did not lay behind this omission, Brown ex- plains. In his campus literature, Brown continues, Esch is very clear about his anti-war stand. The most recent news- letter, 100,000 of which were distributed throughout the congressional district, wasn't even part of Esch's campaign for re-election, Brown points out. To support this contention, Brown notes that the reason Esch's Republi- can Party affiliation is not mentioned once in the newsletter (which mentions Esch 51 times) is, "This newsletter was a constituent newsletter, not a campaign oriented brochure." "All our campaign material mentions what his party is. Obviously we don't try to hide that we're Republicans," he con- cludes. MARVIN STEMPIEN reach for your guns. The non-campaign campaign is on. -ARTHUR LERNER HOAT sW REP. MARIO BIAGGI A MOTHER is a mother, whether she is black or white, Spanish or Italian. She wants her child near her. She wants her child to have a good education in a neighbor- hood school, to succeed in life and be happy. For many busing does not do this. Perhaps for those deprived chil- dren bused to the best schools in town, there is an ad- vantage. But what does a mother tell her children when they report that they feel even more acutely deprived side by side with a well-off child? And what does a mother say to her child who must remain in the disadvantaged school because he was not chosen to be bused? And what does the mother of the well-off child say when her son or daughter is bused to an educationally deprived school to make room for those bused in? Is sitting next to a white child the only way for a black child to get a good education? Life is too short to spend it in a bus. Boosting jd Three Democratic congressmen, Del- lums from California, Hungate from Missouri and Biaggi from New York, issued these remarks just prior to House passage of a series of anti-busing legis- lation . sa:.::.::n burst forth. REP. RONALD DELLUMS VOTE YOUR conscience, not vote your district. Do not be concerned with whether you can get re-elected. Do note vote on the basis of self-aggrandizement or whether you commit political suicide. I urge you not to engage in political expediency. If you have any political spirit and any political heart, any political leadership, any political integrity; you would not come to the floor of this Congress and vote whether you come back to Congress, but you would vote your in- tegrity and concern for this country. We should be guided by morality in this country, by human values in this country, and by a philosophy in this country that speaks to the human needs of all the people. BUSING IS NOT and has not ever been the critical question in America, but our problem is the fear and the trepidation of politicians walking *illy-nilly through their congressional districts, smiling, shaking hands, and opposing busing, but saying on the other side, "I am liberal, but I cannot vote for this because if I do they will send a real racist to Congress." Well, maybe they should send us a real racist. Send us some real racists, and then we will know what we are dealing with. We do not need people who are not willing to stand up on their integrity as human beings and be counted on the moral issues of these, troubled times. Let us help the people who deserve education in this country, people who have the right to education in America. That is the reality we ought to be dealing with. On both of the sides of the aisle there are too many people here, both men and women, who are frightened to death to face the reality of this amendment. THIS AMENDMENT is politically inspired. This entire legislation is politically inspired. Let us vote for the people, whether they are black, brown, yellow, red or white, and stop playing the dangerous expedient games we are playing on the issue of busing. I I I pay-too high a lready? By JERRY DE GRIECK Daily Guest Writer CITY COUNCIL asked Lloyd Fairbanks (R-Fifth Ward) and Nelson Meade (D-Third Ward) and me (HRP-First Ward) to serve on a committee to review the salaries of the city's two district judges. The district judges are paid $19,500 a year by the state. Local government have the option of supplementing that income. Pres- ently Ann Arbor is paying the judges aun additional $9,500 for a total yearly income of $29,000. Since' the average income for a family of four in this country is nearly $20,000 below that which the judges currently receive, it seems absurd that Councilmen Meade and Fairbanks recommended that Ann Arbor tax payers shell out an additional $2,000 per judge for a grand total salary of $31,000. What is the justification for such an increase? Judge Pieter Thom- assen stated his workload was one of the heaviest in all of southeast- ern Michigan, and since his and the other district judge's salaries can legally be increased to $32,- 000 they deserve an increase. It is true that their workload, at least statistically, is greater than other districts in the area and that some ceive do - sue. of the other judges do re- somewhat more than ours but that really isn't the is- I IF2 51-V9% 1t\)L 10 EXISTS. "" 1 I IHAor 5 L~ove: no>74 Further, our committee was in- formed that within a year there will probably be a third district judge who will substantially re- duce the workload for Judges Sandoff Elden and Thomassen. And when that third judge comes, we all know that City Council can not and will not decrease their salaries. Therefore, the taxpayers of Ann Arbor are not just being asked to supplement the salaries of two judges but very soon for three, and sincetheRepublicans and Democrats on council have had their way, this will mean a total added expense by the city of $34,500 per year. IT SEEMS to the Human Rights Party that $19,500 is more than an adequate income to live on - to say the least! The secretaries and clerical employes start out at only about $6,000 per year and our janitors and maintenance people at only a little more, and the city states we cannot afford to pay them more and that they receive more than an adequate income. Why this discrepancy? The eco- nomic class system of this coun- try demands that the white, male and upper income judges who send people - primarily the young, the poor and black people- to inhu- mane prisons, and who enforce and sit in judgement over those who break illegitimate and victimless crime laws, be paid super bour- -9 system will be maintained. And until the laws are made by the working people and disenfranchis- ed, those who do not now share the power and wealth, and until the law enforcers and judges re- flect and are a part of those groups, then our legal system and process shall continue to reflect the wealthy and protect property rights over people. If City Council had, the legal power to cut the judges' salaries, the Human Rights Party would have proposed that the city give no supplement to Elden and Thom- assen. However, legally we can- not propose this, so we urged City Council to vote no on the $2,000 increase. I ASKED Judge Thomassen why he needed more than his present $29,000 salary. The answer was that it is a matter of life style. And indeed it is. But as long as there are people in this country who must struggle to make enough to eat and live decently, then $50,- 000 homes and boats and trips to Europe will have to wait. Judges perform or least should perform a public service, but so do secretar- ies and janitors. The inequities must be ended and to each ac- cording to their needs, and not according to their class status. Finally; in a time of severe fis- cal crisis for the city, when basic services from childcare, health- care to garbage collection cannot be properly provided for, how this city can raise the salaries of the two district judges is beyond any rational common sense. This may be a small matter to some, but it shows the priorities and values of the Democratic and Republican Parties quite clearly. Jerry De Grieck is an Ann Ar- bor city councilman from the First Ward. Lettersto The Daily WFAT I DX) 9100W FEE(- A'3Hk-EP OF Cr) P'C -F. Rainbow rip-off? To The Daily: I WOULD like to take this- op- portunity to thank the Rainbow People for a fine rip-off. As a young black, I want to register my dis- may with the way the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival was run. Having heard for years the White Panthers and now the Rainbow all the money. I mean it's cool that people dig the blues but there's no way most young blacks can put up that kind of bread. The very same people who should be seeing the music because it's where they came from can't afford it. Some brothers and I went to the concert, and -stood around the fence digging the music when this jive- ass osvchedelic pig told us to split. 1' G~f '6 ,r'' N Y C r- I .n