j The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 26, 1978-Page 3 Egyptian slur impedes peace talks FMU SEE W1S HAPP EN CL- Ginsberg backs tenant issues Poet Allen Ginsberg, in town for the past few days to make some public appearances, gave his somewhat cryptic endorsement to the two tenants' rights proposals which will appear on the Ann Arbor ballot in the April election. It seems Ginsberg was in the local Cen- ticore book shop autographing books when he was told about the proposals by two members of the Coalition for Better Housing (CBH), the group sponsoring the legislation. The CBH members were carrying printed copies of the "Truth in Renting" and "Fair Rental Information" proposals, which they showed Ginsberg. "Where do I sign?" the poet asked-. "Anywhere," came the reply. Ginsberg put his John Hancock at the top of one of the printed forms, and wrote beside the signature, "This looks like right livelihood." If music soothes the savage beasts, can poetry do anything for recalcitrant landlords? I CAN Sudsy serpent Jean Smith of Belmont, Calf., found more than just clean glasses in her dishwasher. Instead, she discovered a seven-foot boa constricter wrapping itself around her pots, pans and silverware. The snake was left behind by Laura Ramstetter, a former tenant. Ramstetter, a dan- cer, used the snake, named "Huggy", in her act, prior to its disap- pearance. Happenings.. . Say no to Project Seafarer at a rally on Liberty St. from noon to 1 p.m. in front of the Federal Building ... the University Minority Student Service will present several films depicting views of Asian Americans, blacks, Chicano/Latino and Native Americans. "Our Land is Our Life," will be shown at 1:10 and 8:15 p.m.; "Yo So Chicano," at 2:55 and 9 p.m.; "Why We Boycott" at 3:55 p.m.; "Heritage of Slavery" 4:25 p.m.; "Guilty by Reason of Race," 5:30 p.m.; "DuPont Guy" 6:25 p.m.; "Broken Treaty at Battly Mountain,'' at 7:15 p.m. . . . at 7:30, Ruth Cadwallader, co-ordinator of the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, will speak on "Mobilization for Survival" in the Ann Arbor Public Library Meeting Room, 343 S. Fifth Ave..,. . John Reinhard will read selections of his poetry at 7:30 at Guild house, 802 Monroe. .. and again at 7:30, the Anthroposophical Student Association will meet in the Welker Room of the Michigan Union ... yet again at 7:30, Mark Lance, Worker's Vanguard correspondent will speak to the Spartacus Youth League about "Coal Strike in Danger: What Strategy for Victory" in conference room A, Michigan Union basement ... at 8 p.m. parents of young children are invited to a "parenting" session at the Clonlara Center, 1289 Jewett. The film "Everybody Rides the Carousel" will be shown ... Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will be read from 9 p.m. to midnight in the Pendleton Room at the Michigan Union. On the outside.. . Button up your- overcoat because today will be winter at its meanest-cold, windy, and snowy. It's going to snow all day, piling up to a healthy seven inches by tonight. Winds will pich up during the day, so blowing snow will abound. The high today will reach 26 eith a low of 18. The weekend will be colder and snow will diminish to flurries. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP)-When an Egyptian journalist recently compared Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to the fictional Jewish moneylen- der Shylock, the comment quickly drew charges of Egyptian anti-Semitism and helped paralyze the Middle East peace talks. Mustafa Amin, the American- educatededitor of Akhbar el-Yom, wrote three weeks ago of the meeting of Begin and Egyptian President Anwa Sedat, "This meeting was not with the representatives of the state of Israel but with Shylock the arms merchant." AMIN SAID later he did not intend it as an anti-Semitic slur but was trying to emphasize the price Begin wants for peace with Egypt, likening him to the character from Shakespeare's "Mer- chant of Venice" who demanded a pound of flesh from a creditor. But Begin didn't see it that way. "This is ari expression of hatred of the Jews for the past 300 years," he said in a speech Monday, explaining why he suspended military talks with Egypt. "These things I have read are from the abyss . .. this is not an atmosphere in which the Israeli defense minister can return to Cairo as if nothing was said." BEGIN CHARGED the Egyptian press with conducting an anti-Jewish slur campaign with tacit official con- sent. Ranking Egyptians have denied that an anti-Semitic campaign is under way, saying occasional stray remarks should not be viewed as an Egyptian consen- sus. They said Egypt would not have received the warm, spontaneous welcome he did on his Christmas visit to Ismailia, Egypt, if the Egyptians were anti-Semitic. FOR THOUSANDS of Israelis the slightest hint of anti-Semitism raises memories of Hitler's death camps. Amin may not have fathomed how deep his comment would cut. "This campaign may have had more influence in the breakoff of negotiations than any differences over territory," said the speaker of the Israeli Parliament, Yitzhak Shamir, a long- time associate of Begin's. "Begin has had a long personal ex- perience with anti-Semitism. He was a student in Poland when Polish students were beating up Jews. He was a prisoner in a Russian prison camp where Jews .were treated like dirt," Shamir said in an interview. THE INSULT Begin saw in the remark may not have been the main reason of the breakdown of the talks. Observers say Israel wanted to 1 ook tough after Sedat recalled his foreign minister from talks in Jerusalem last week. But officials emphasize the impor- tance the prime minister attaches to the press comments. "Begin has seen so much anti, Semitism he is almost immune to this kind of remark," said his personal secretary Yehiel Kadishai. "But after an insult like that to the prime minister of the Jewish nation, in the midst of negotiations, the talks just couldn't go- on." Amin's biting wit has put him in jail in the past, so he laughed off Begin's harsh reaction. but an Israeli reporter who left Cairo for Israel on Monday m'ade this parting remark to Egyptian officials on the. Shylock comment: "That one word could wreck the whole thing." French authorities face rise of crime d r .. z F-. -7qRq N PARIS (AP)-French authorities, stymied by a daring kidnap and an elusive bandit leader, were seeking ways yesterday to confront a general rise of crime and terrorism. Justice Minister Alain Peyrefitte, who is acting premier while Raymond Barre is abroad, appealed to his coun- trymen to help police in the war against outlaws. "INFORMING on criminals is part of French law," he said. "A criminal who is not denounced is a criminal still on the loose. "We do not wish a reign of anarchy and violence to establish itself in Fran- ce," Peyrefitte had warned Tuesday night on nationwide television. 'yAny weakness or complacency is unaccep- table." Police stopped 140,000 vehicles and spot-checked 250,000 Frenchmen in the first 24 hours after mysterious abduc- tors carried off Baron Edouard-Jean Empain in Paris on Monday. The Belgian industrialist leads a giant conglomerate that, among other things, builds nuclear power plants and manufactures arms. AUTHORITIES revealed no new developments in the Empian case, and they were still not certain whether the wealthy nobleman was seized for political or criminal reasons. They also were still looking for VYves Maupetit, 29, identified by police as leader of a "Bonnie-and-Clyde" ban- dit team suspected of killing a Paris businessman and his wife last week. Maupetit's 47-year-old girlfriend was captured in an auto chase that left three policemen injured, and the fugitive later kidnapped a woman in an ap- parent attempt to ransom his partner. He released her when again forced to flee the massive police dragnet. APART FROM A series of dramatic incidents, police acknowledge there has been a steady rise in murders, rob- beries and other crimes in France, par- ticularly in Paris. A study by the conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro said the crime rate in the French capital was the highest of European cities, with a early index of 102 felonies and misdemeanors per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 78 per 1,000 for Brussels, the next highest. The survey did not include figures for New York, although statistics from New York City police indicate a far higher crime rate there. SINCE JUNE, 1975, some $9 million has been paid in ransoms for four kid- nap victims. The abductors of only one have been caught, and $3 million was recovered. Official crime statistics for 1977 have not yet been published, but authorities say the number of serious offenses is increasing sharply. Almost'every Parisian has his own story to tell about increasing robbery and assault. "It's terrible in the suburbs," said one resident. "People call up here at 1:30 a.m. and then hang up, obviously checking to see if anyone is at home. We're almost the only house on the block which hasn't been robbed." T~lE MICIGlAN D)AILY Volume LXXXVIII, No.9%.6 Thursday.January 26. 1978 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage is paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- day morning. 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MHRI: Willem Gispen, State University Utrecht, "ARCH and CNS: Behavioral and ,Neurochemical Aspects," 1057 MHRI, 3:45 p.m. Geography: John Lewis, "Recent Research in Ur- ban Climatology," 4050 LSA, 4 p.m. Chemistry: Donald Levy, U-Chicago, "Spectrosco- py with Supersonic Molecular Beams," 1300 Chem., 8 p.m. Music School: Reading, performance, Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9": Pendleton Rm., Union 9p.m. There's a solution but... BOWLING LEAGUES FORMING Sign up now at the Union, 55C Per Game Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Evenings UNION LANES Open 10 A.M. Monday-Friday 1 P.M. Saturday and Sunday The 19 78 Miehiganensian (U-M's yearbook) is looking for students interested in working on the business staff. Positions are open in marketing, sales, and general business. No experience necessary, we will train you. -Birth Mass Meeting for all those interested on h i