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Rhodesian settlement
SALISBURY, Rhodesia (AP)-Black
and white negotiators reached broad
agreement yesterday on the future
makeup of Rhodesia's security forces
under their new plan for majority rule,
political sources said. The plan, mean-
while, won cautious backing from the
British government.
The sources gave no details on the
proposed composition of the security
forces. They said the agreement came
in a two and-one-half-hour session in the
continuing talks between Prime
Minister Ian Smith and black
moderates based inside Rhodesia.
A PRELIMINARY accord on black
majority rule was announced by the
negotiators Wednesday and was im-
mediately condemned by leaders of
black nationalist guerrillas based out-
side Rhodesia. The guerrillas have
been fighting a five-year-old war again-
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in question
st the predominantly black, white-led
government forces.
A key item in any final settlement
will be the mixture of blacks, whites
and possibly former guerrillas in the
armed forces of the new nation.
General agreement on that would
leave one major unresolved issue-the
establishment of an interim ad-
ministration leading to majority rule.
OWEN, IN WHAT seemed to be a
long-distance swipe at Young, told a
rowdy House of Commons yesterday
that it would be "most unwise to make
judgments until we have far greater
detail."
But then, under pressure from
shouting opposition Conservatives,
Owen offered a judgment of his own:
"This is a significant move towards
majority rule and it should be
welcomed."
BLACK NATIONALIST sources said
yesterday's discussions focused on a
recently announced "safe return"
policy for guerrillas.
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University of Michigan and all the other
universities of the country, and the
federal government, are on a collision
course." Baker stated that since the
University signed an affirmative action
agreement with the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
on Jan. 9 the University can no longer
use the "ability to do the job as the base
line criterion upon which these
(promotion) decisions are presently
made."
President Fleming said Baker's
statement did not represent his
opinions despite the fact that Baker
quotes Fleming in the=memo. Regent
Thomas Roach (D-Detroit) said he had
studied the agreement and found the
agreement only asks that the Univer-
sity rkeep clear records of minority
hiring and promotion practices.
After Baker's statement two
speakers asked the Regents and
University officials to reveal all finan-
cial ties with businesses in South Africa
and that an investigation be made into
all University connections in that coun-
try. (See related story, this page).
NOW THAT THE Regents have given
the go ahead for a study of the Union
there is a possibility that the following
changes will be made in the four-lane
structure at the foot of South Univer-
sity :
" A new organizational structure that
would be run from Student Service Of-
fice, instead of by the Regents.
* A change in food service to initiate
a rathskeller, or more informal
gathering place, to serve more students
and staff.
9 Turning the hotel rooms into dorm
space for 160 students.
The Union is now run by an 11-
member Board composed of five
students and six faculty and alumni
members. Tom Shaker, president of the
Union Board, said that the ideal group
would be five students, one faculty, and
one alumni member with represen-
tatives from Student Services and the
Financial Office sitting in on
discussion.
"I'm a cock-eyed idealist but I think
we can do all this," said the graduate
student. Shaker added that finances
have to be watched carefully because,
"if you don't do the revenue producing
things on this campus it will ultimately
show up on tuititon."
The proposal by private planner
Wolsfeld calls for the construction of a
new four-lane road south of Fuller Road
to handle University and city traffic
approaching the campus from the nor-
theast. An important part of the plan is
an attempt to encourage coinmuters to
form car-pools and use mass transit,
mostly buses. UATS has predicted
there could be a drop of up to 40 per cent
in traffic passing through the Huron
Valley if these encouragements were
successful.
Both Regents Roach and Baker were
skeptical that the plan would be suf-
ficient to move, traffic through the
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Valley easily in the future, but the
Regents agreed to return to the issue at
this morning's session which starts at 9
a. m.
Friedan
warns of
'backlash'
By PAULINE TOOLE
Nationally prominent feminist Betty
Friedan yesterday warned women of
dangerous "backlash" organized by the
conservative right and perpetuated by
figures such as Phyllis Schaffley and
urged young women to "address their
own needs."
Friedan, along with feminists
FLorence Kennedy and Barbara Plet-
cher, spoke at a week-long seminar on
women's issues at Michigan State Uni-
versity.
"THE REAL THREAT is not the
woman's movement," Friedan said.
"The real threat is right wing reac-
tionary forces. A move to stir up rage
and fear in the country. You have to
know about. Phyllis Schaffley and
Maribel Morgan" she said. "They are
playing on the fears of women who are
afraid to change."
Kennedy, renowned activist, cite the
media as part of the system used to
"keep women in the trap." "Women's
magazines never addressed themselves
to battered women or unwanted
pregnancies until feminists came
about," she said. "Hustler will never be
the enemy that Ladies Home Journal is
for women. Ladies Home Journal sets
up this bullshit model for women to
follow."
Friedan said, "The success of the
woman's movement is so threatening to
the right wing that they're moving to
block the Equal Rights Amendment.
The right wing knows by the success in
blocking the Equal Rights Movement it
will be the signal to take away the
things we have won."
"You have to pay your dues or we can
lose," she said.
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A little while ago, we (Advent) ran a kind of
survey in this publication (and some others),
asking for your views on stereo equipment and
whatever else you wanted to talk about.
More than a thousand people so far have
taken the trouble to reply - a healthy number,
especially since practically everyone replied in
full. Our thanks, here and now, to all of them
(you).
A lot of people thought it would be pretty
interesting and enjoyable for us to read through
the replies. It was.J
A lot of people also thought it would be next-
to-impossible for us to quantify all the things
people reported into the usual hard statistics.
It was. (A little like trying to describe life by
the numbers.) But we did come up with some
interesting statistical stuff that we hope to be
able to send out to the people who asked for it
before too long.
In the meantime, we'll use this ad to report
on the feelings that people brought up the most
in their replies.1
On matters relating to stereo equipment, for
instance:
Recorded music is a major kind of nourish-
ment for an awful lot of people. (A few of them
actually expressed worry about the degree to
which they depended on it.) And most people
were willing to spend a healthy amount of
money (an average of $700-$1,000) to get really
good equipment on which to listen to it. To
quote K. (Kathryn? Kathleen? Karen?) Fite of
Austin, Texas, on her stereo system: "It's more
than a recreational toy; it's access through
music (rock, classical, whatever) to feelings,
philosophy, and to my own understanding of
living."
Most people seemed to think that stereo com-
ponents are the most satisfying category of
product around these days. And while there was
some dissatisfaction with some brands of equip-
ment, most people seemed to like what they
own. (They wouldn't all do it again, but they
didn't mind having done it.)
A lot of people went to lengths to say that
quality of records was mostly terrible (in terms
of extraneous noise, warped records, and other
manufacturing defects). They consistently
pointed to major labels as some of the worst
examples.
Many people preferred to stay away from the :
bigger chain, appliance, and discount stores for
their audio shopping experiences. (That kind of
figure, of course, reflects the fact that somebody;
who would take the trouble to answer our long
list of survey questions would be more active
and selective than the average person in looking+
for stereo equipment.) Practically everyone at
least wanted some breathing room in a store
and the chance to listen to equipment, and most
people (unsurprisingly) wanted to deal with
knowledgeable and non-pushy salespeople. (We
do too.)
Most people (a good majority anyway)
seemed to feel that most salesmen aren't ter- !
rifically knowledgeable. But quite a few people
pointed to good experiences in stores, and some+
went out of their way to single out a person (or
at least a store) as unusually informative. No-
body, as you would expect, liked being conned.
A number of people who liked to shop in one
kind of -store wound up buying in another '
because of price, but not as many as we expected
-and not enough to drive the others out of
business.
Some 90-95% of the people owning our
equipment said they were satisfied with it,
which made us feel good. (We had to keep in
mind, again, that our survey was bound to be
"skewed," with happy Advent owners being
more likely to respond than unhappy ones. But
it still made us feel good.) Not all of them would
buy it again now, mostly because they think
some of the "new and improved" models from
other companies must have something to them.
(It ain't necessarily so, though.)
The most ambitious stereo system described
was worth more than $20,000 and contained not
one name-brand (big name or small name) com-
ponent in the "consumer" area. (Everything was
custom-made studio-style equipment.) And the
least ambitious system contained "transistors,
screws, wires, solder, dust and a cricket."
Finally, an awful lot of people said that stereo
components were the only consumer products
they found satisfying-and that most of the
other goods they came across were of poor work-
manship and mediocre design.
Now, as to things people expressed on non-
stereo matters in the world around them:
studies and is currently an inspector in a steel
mill. (A lot of those people in turn thought it
might be fun to work for us and asked about
jobs. We aren't sure yet what to do with their
requests, but we are holding onto them.) Four of
the happier-sounding jobholders were driving
cabs, including our headliner from Milwaukee
and the driver (part-time, anyway) of Checker
*29 in Boston.
Lots of people who talked about the world at
large said that the big thing was that very few
people seem to care anymore, and that human
values were fading fast in today's society. A few
mentioned nuclear power as a big worry, and
some the neutron bomb. But the big thing was
the lower content of human qualities in every-
day life..
But, to finish these entries, many people who
were disturbed by the world still found plenty
to enjoy in it. Michael Campbell of Lake
Katrine, New York, for instance, started off by
citing the lowered quality of life and goods cur-
rently, but wound up saying this:
"Not to panic, though. I'm not totally dis-
illusioned. Good products are available; the few
things you see done correctly (and even well) at
work make up for the kluge of bad things; and
the feeling you get after talking, etc., with a
good person, friend, or anyone far surpasses the
let down of a bad encounter.
"We'll survive after all."
Amen to that. And once again our thanks to
all who replied to our survey, and to the many
who said they enjoyed answering it. We may
not be able to respond personally to all the peo-
ple who deserve personal letters (there are very
few of us to cope with a large volume of mail at
the moment), but we will try.
For those of you who didn't receive informa-
tion on our equipment, or would like to now,
there's a coupon below.
Our best to all, including Mimi in Murfrees-
boro, North Carolina.
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