Page Two THE MJCNIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 6, 1917 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY LUNCH DISCUSSION TUESDAY, FEB. 8 - 12 NOON THE HUMAN RIGHTS PARTY Speaker: BILL WILCOX HRP Candidate, Ann Arbor City Council Ecumenical Campus Center 921 CHURCH STREET 75c -- Food prepared and served by , Church Women United in Ann Arbor CAC fights for consumers r I I 4 (Continued from Page 1) business transactions. A recent CAC survey showed that theI lowest complaint rate is in the central campus area. Although Knapp said he feels the student community is more aware of its consumer rights, he suggests that they have no knowledge of CAC. "STUDENTS do not do as much buying as do other seg- ments of our population, but they should be just as cautious as anyone in spending their money." Knapp falso said a largepor- tion of a student's budget is used for food purchases and rent. To avoid hassles with lo- cal merchants, Knapp recom- mends that before a major pur- chdse is made a consumer should call the CAC to find out about the firm's complaint rec- ord. Most of the CAC's clients have THIS 15 IT! TOMORROW NIGHT JACK WHITE in the UNION BALLROOM 4:00 pkm. & 8:00 p m. FREE POCKET BILLIARD EXHIBITION complaints about auto dealers, and repair shops, but the crea- tion of the state Bureau of Auto- motive Regulation has lessened those concerns. MOST of the Center's staff members are volunteers, and most of those are Univerjity students working for two credit hours as part of Project Out- reach. "It's very personalized .he e, said .Cindy Leiberman, a junior majoring in political science. "We work on a one-to-one bnsis with the consumer. We spare them the trouble of hassling with the bureaucratic red tape. The CAC is one agency that really helps people." Bob Stulber, an economics major, agrees. "I HAVE learned to be sym- nathetic to consumers," he said, "while at the same time, learn- ing to aunreciate the concerns of the businessman." Knano praised the enthusiasm and comnetence of the student volunteers. "They are fresh and eager to tackle the problems. whereas an old-timer -t the job ePts burned out and jaundiced." The only drawback to efficiency' is the element of chaos that is inherent when five student,; have to share one desk and cre Oho-e. "B't whatever chaos there is," Knanu added, "it's well worth it!" CAC was founded by five Uni- versity students. They had worked in the summer Washing- ton Internship program in a ronsimer 'complaint agency supported by the Georgetown University law clinic and a tele- vision station. Enthusiastic about their ex- perience, they approached the! University Law School for aid in establishing a simialr pro- gram here. The University turned them down, so they ap- pealed to the Ann Arbor Cham- ber of Commerce, who fur- nished them with a room and $3,000 to begin operations. The new facility was soon' swamped with complaints, and Knapp applied for a federal grant to expand services. The center received a $38,000 grantj and was supplied with office space by the county in 1973. Ball may lose job in P i BB scandal DETROIT (UPI) The no- litical wing of the United Auto Workers has called for the re3ig-1 nation of State Agriculture Di- rector B. Dale Ball because of his handling of the PBB s.:andal in the state.e At a Lansing meeting of the union's Community Action Pro- gram Friday, members ap- proved a resolution accusing thel denartment and other state of-' ficials, including Gov. William Milliken, of bungling the PBB case. THE TOXIC fire retarrientt was accidentally mixed into live- stock feed in 1973, resulting in] the death or destruction of hun- dreds of farm animals. Studiese are under way to assess the ef- fects of the contamination on hu- mans. The resolution accused Ball of "failure to protect the henith of the people of Michigan." It also said Milliken's administration had a "long record of negligen- cy and incompetence" in hand- ling the matter.f The state Public Health De-1 partment also drew fire in rhe I resolution that accused thatt agency of covering up damaging evidence about the hazards arid extent of the contamination. Gardner quits Common Cause WASHINGTON (AP) - John Gardner, founder and chairman of Common Cause, said yesterday he is quitting his post with' the citizens' politi- cal action group. "Every organization must renew itself," Gard- ner said in an'nouncing his resignation to the or- ganization's governing board at a meeting in Washington. GARDNER, WHO HAS SERVED two three-year terms as Common Cause chairman, said he would head a 10-member committee to search for a spc- cessor. David Cohen, president of the organization who assumed Gardner's duties as a chief executive officer last year, is a member of the commit- tee and considered a prospect to take over. Gardner, 64, said he would not seek re-elec- tion when his term expires in April but that he would continue as a member of -the board. His board term expires next year. Gardner founded Common Cause in the fall of 1970, saying he hoped to create a citizens' voice in the political field. Gardner SEARCH FOR DESERTERS COS TLY: Study slams AWOL policy 1 I¢ the World wants the Jews Dyad The Jewish Community Centers of Chicago OFFERS SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTU N ITIES SOCIAL WORK ORIENTED COUNTRY CAMP CAMP-CHI-located 50 miles north of Madi- son & the University of Wisconsin. POSITIONS: Counselors-,male & female. SPECIALISTS: Tennis, Sailing, Music, Senior Adult Program Staff, Camp Craft. UNIT HEAD: Male & female. INTERVIEW DATES: Call for appointment February 15th, Tuesday-Call the Hillel Office, 663-3336,_ 1429 Hill Street February 16th, Wednesday-Call Mrs. Cooper (SAB) RM. 3200 at 763-4117 WASHINGTON (P) - The congressional audit agency says "it makes little sense" to spend millions of dollars hunt- ing down military deserters be- cause most of them eventually are expelled from the 'armed services anyway. The General Accounting Of- fice (GAO) of Congress sug- gested that because of this, Secretary of . Defense Harold Brown should re-examine the policy of treating military de- serters as criminals in peace- time. THE GAO proposed that Brown consider "stopping the apprehension of deserters ex- cept whenthe individual is wanted for some specific pur- pose, such asanother crime or security matter, and discharge them in absentia after they have been absent for a stipulat- ed period." Or as an alternative, the GAO said, the Defense Department and the FBI could hold back on "aggressive apprehension ef- forts" until a deserter has been gone long enough to indi- cate that he is unlikely to re- turn voluntarily. The investigators dismissed arguments by military officials that treating deserters as criminals deters other men and women from over the hill." "THERE IS NO verifiable evidence that soldiers who do not desert are discouraged from doing so because of fear of becoming a military crimi- nal," the report said. The GAO study deals with the future and says nothing about the issue of extending President Carter's pardon of Vietnam-era draft - evaders to military deserters of that per- iod. Desertion remains a problem for the armed services even though the war is overand, young men no longer are draft- ed. Officials are hpeful the: problem will diminish if they can improve the quality of vol- unteers. The- GAO report said the ser- service- -"going vices classified about 84,000 military people as deserters in 1975 and 1976, after they were absent from duty for more than 30 days. The services spent almost $58 million to catch and process these deserters "only to dis charge most of them as un- qualified for retention," the GAO study said. Most deserters do not become "useful soldiers," the investiga- tors found. "They are unable or unwill- ing to meet the standards de- manded of a professional," the report said. "Most are dis- charged eventually for this reason. It makes little sense to incur the cost of appre-hend- ing deserters only to separate them, particularly when many avoid apprehension by return- ing voluntarily." Panel hits, U.S. aid to political groups I WILL YOU BE A SILENT WITNESS? presents -FLMS- THIRD DAY OF THE WAR, and U.N. 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If you have any problems with your subscription give us a call. 10 to 4, 764-0558 w Save and bundle old newspapers for recycling -s 11 IP now " all I I I S B C B E 764-0558 WASHINGTON (P) - A Sen- ate committee said yesterday the United States should firmly oppose international organiza- tions that small countries use to promote their own political causes. In some cases, the United States should even withdraw its. membership and -money from such organizations, the report said. "MEMBERS have used inter- national institutions to legitimize and support favored causes such as the Palestine Liberation Or-. ganization and to embarrass and condemn governments they op- pose," the Senate Government Operations Committee said in a report. "We must be firm in our op- position to the wrongful use of such organizations to promote political or ideological causes. Where U.S. efforts encouer only abuse, we should withdraw from the organization;" it con- cluded. In 1975, the U.S. contributed more than $1 billion to about 65 international groups, such as the United Nations Development Program and the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission, the com- mittee said. THEIR operations affect suZ h things as the price Americans pay for coffee, the Jleanliness of beaches and the safety of air lines. Chairman Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.), said the report was' issued in preparation for over- sight hearings next month on the role of the United States n these t f t c .. i:f t t T { C f c c r ti t r. i e e s t r t 'S i organizations. The report said the United States has given these orgaa'ia- tions low nriority and said that has encour aged "other countries to believe 1hat they may take Positions hostile to the Uii.ed States in the organizations with little or no consequences." IT ALSO questioned the effec- tiveness of some o' the groups and 'said major' problems in- clude: -Rapid and unsystematic growth in the number. of inner- national organizations, causipg overlap and duplication. -The absence of effective co- ordination within the United Na- tions of the activities sponsored by its numerous organizations. -"EXCESSIVE salary lewels" for groups like the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and U.N. suecialized agencies. -The apparent reluctan-e of organizations to evaluate, their own activities or adopt modern management techniques that would eliminate ineffective pro- grams and excessive bureaucra- cies. Involvement in these groups provides the U.S. with, a cnance "to resolve important prcblems in an increasingly .interdpend- ent world such as tn the areas of energy. the environment and the safeeiarding of nuclear ma- terial. "BUT THIS :does not mean that our policy toward all inter- national organizations shotd be the same, or 'that we in fact should support each and every international organizatio-n" it added. "Like every other U.S. g9ve"n- ment expenditure, paymets to nternational organizations must be evaluated in the context of a set of over-all priorities," .4he committee concluded. ADVERTISING IN THE MICHIGAN DAILY DOESN T IA I .44 i SPRINGBREAKb NEW YORK ....$102* NEWARK . .....$102* "--- BOSTON . .. . $111* PHILADELPHIA .. $95* WARM WEATHER VACATIONS! FT. LAUDERDALE (airfare only) . ... $15'*t HAWAII (airfare and hotel)...... .$359 ARUBA (airfare and hotel)........$339 JAMAICA (airfare and hotel) ........ $359 ACAPULCO (airfare and hotel) ....... $349 CANCUN (airfare and hotel) ......$342.10 COST 0 0 NEW, IwP