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Eighty-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom
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Wednesday, February 23, 1977
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Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan
AFSCME workers deserve
our sympathy and support
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SOVIET
DISSIDENT
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YESTERDAY, UNIVERSITY service
workers voted overwhelmingly
to reject a proposed contract with
the University. They decided to go
out on strike rather than accept an
administration offer that would have
given them less real pay for each of
the next two years than they got un-
der last contract. To repeat - less
pay.
The vote by American Federation
of State, County and Municipal Em-
ployees Union (AFSCME) Local 1583
means that students must confront
a moral dilemma. On one hand,
AFSCME's cause is worthy, and calls
for our support. On the other, there
is the realization that a strike will
mean many inconveniences and a
possible tuition increase.
On balance, the Daily feels it
must throw its backing to the union
and its struggle for a decent wage.
For years,' the 2,300 AFSCME
members have seen their pay checks
shrink because of inflation and the
Editorial Staff
ANN, MARIE LIPINSKI T JIM TOBIN
Editors-in-Chief
KEN PARSIGIAN............Editorial Director
LOIS JOSIMOVICH....... ........ Arts Editor
JAY LEVIN.............. .. ".. Managing Editor
GEORGE LOBSENZ ............ Managing Editor
MIKE NORTON .............. Managing Editor
MARGARET YAO .............. Managing Editor
SUSAN ADES ELAINE FLETCHER
Magazine Editors
Sports Staff
KATHY HENNEGHAN .............Sports Editor
TOM CAMERON ........ Executive Sports Editor
SCOTT LEWIS .......... Managing Sports Editor
DON MacLACHLAN"Associate Sports Editor
,STA1, WFlITERS: (wen Barr, Susan Barry,
Bria~nBtanchard, ?Achael Beckman, Phillip
Bokovoy, Linda Brenners, Lori Carruthers, Ken
chtotiner. Eileen Dalex Ron DeKett, Lisa Pish-
r, David Goodman, marnie Heyn, Robb Haim-
es, Michael Jones, Lni Jordan, Janet Klein,
Gregg Kruppa, Steve Kursman, Doblas Matu-
jionis, Stu McConnell, Tom Meyer, Jenny Mil-
ler, Patti Monteimiri. Tomn O'Connell, Jon
Parisus, Karen Paul, Stephen Pickover, Kim
Potter, Martha Retallick, Keith Richburg, Bob
Rosenbaum, Dennis Sabo, Annmarie Schiavi,
Elizabeth Slowik, Tom Stevens, Jim Stimpson,
Mike Taylor, Pauline Toole. Mark Wagner. Sue
Warner, Shelley Wt)!0n, Mike Yellin, Laurie
Young and Barb Zahs.
Business Sta ff
declining value of the dollar. They
have seen their incomes fall far be-
low those, of service workers at all
other state universities and colleges.
Finally they have said, "enough."
Frankly, we agree with them.
The University must offer AFSCME
a contract that allows service work-
ers to keep abreast of cost of living
increases. In effect, this means a pay
hike on the order of seven to eight
per cent a year, according to re-
cent inflation estimates for the com-
ing year. More is unrealistic now.
Less is unconscionable.
The next question is where the
funds would come from to meet such
a pay increase. Over the long run,
the University has the power to set
its own spending priorities. One rea-
son for the poor pay situation the
campus AFSCME workers face now is
the fact that the administration has
put a low priority on decent pay for
low level University employes. While
administrators' salaries climb, while
new buildings go up, workers' pay
has been allowed to lag.
We would be less than realistic,
however, if we failed to recognize
that the University administration
will use an AFSCME pay hike as jus-
tification for some increase in tui-
tion next fall. In the short run, they
are partially correct - priorities
cannot change over night.
However, if administrators say
tuition is the only source of money
for an AFSCME pay hike, they are
seriously misrepresenting the facts.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, there is
the matter of state funding..
Democratic leaders in the legislature
have already indicated the Univer-
sity can expect some increase In
funding over the governor's budget.
The AFSCME. strike should present
clearly to our state representatives
just how desperate the University's
financial siuation really is.
Second, selective economies can
be made by not filling certain posi-
tions as vacancies occur. This saves
money without lay-offs, although a
decline in service inevitably results.
Then, and only then, should a
moderate tuition hike even be con-
sidered. Many regents say they are
fighting to keep student costs from
going up; let's keep them to their
word.
For the duration of AFSCME's
strike, all of us are going to be in-
convniecedin mutitude of was
Rather than blaming workers, let's
place responsibility where it lies -
with the pitifully low pay offers by
the University.
Finally, maybe we can learn a
little appreciation for the people that
keep our academic lives going
through their daily labor. AFSCME
workers, good luck!
protest too much
By JOSHUA PECK
The Soviet news agency, Tass, called the Voice of America's coverage
of Russian dissidents in recent weeks "a hullabaloo about mythical human
rights infringement." The statement is only a highlight of the incredible- sen-
sitivity the Soviets have displayed over the issues of political freedom and
mistreatment of dissidents.
Moscow's uneasiness ; is a very good sign.
Queen Gertrude remarks in Hamlet, "the lady doth protest too much, me-
thinks." Her observation - that criticism engenders discomfort most notice
ably in those who recognize its truth - applies pointedly in this situation.
The majority of the Soviet Union's most gifted and talented men and women
have either emigrated or been imprisoned. Kontinent, which many consider
to be the best Russian-language literary journal, isapublished in Paris, since
many of its editors have been exiled, Alexander Ginzburg and Yuri Orlov,
leaders of a group that monitored adherence to the principles of the Hel-
sinki Pact, have been jailed on unspecified charges. Soviet .artists, too, have
been leaving in increasing numbers.
The recent instances of scolding the Western press are evidence that
Russia's pride is wounded. The homeland of Tolstoy and Tchaikowsky is
losing its modern luminaries in droves: Solzhenitsyn, Baryshnikov, Brodsky,
and Maximox are just a few.
President Carter's recent letter of support to Andrei Sakharov is the first
step in an excellent direction. What a shock it must have been to Party
Chairman Brezhnev to discover that Carter had ignored the tradftional un-
spoken rules of foreign policy conduct, and taken a stand on Russia's in-
ternal affairs. With most Americans supporting his position, Carter oan, con-
fidently initiate a program of diplomacy with members of the dissident fac-
tion. The Soviet- government, at first, might be' tempted to break relations
with the U.S. But in the long run, the Soviet interests would best be served
by yielding to the pressures for egalitarianism. If Moscow realizes this, and
the chances are good that it will, something really remarkable will have been
achieved: influence wielded by an external power will have effected internal
change. The effort is well worth disgruntling Messrs. Brezhnev and Gromyko.
Joshua Peck, a Daily staff writer, is a sophomore
majoring in Russian language and literature.
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Health1
By SYLVIA HACKER and NANCY PALCHIK
QUESTION:
Given the super-cold winter we have been having,
why don't you do a column on the best way to handle
frostbite?
ANSWER:
Good idea! Let's hope that by the time this column
is printed, the information will no longer be necessary.
According to a recent issue of The Medical Letter,
from which we have obtained most of our information
on this problem, the areas of the body most likely to
suffer frostbite are the ear lobes, nose, cheeks, hands
and feet. This is because when the body gets too cold
it is unable to supply enough warm blood to these areas.
Make certain to insulate your body with adequate dry
clothing when you go out in the cold. (If clothing is wet,
its insulating effect will be greatly diminished). Also
avoid touching, with your bare hands, cold metals or
petroleum products that have been stored outside; this
can result in instant frostbite.
People who,are wet; very tired, who have problems
with blood supply to the peripheral areas of their
bodies, or who are intoxicated are especially susceptible
to frostbite. Although alcohol may cause a temporary
feeling of warmth, it has a dilating effect on the blood
vessels in your body and may lead to a loss of core
heat. So make sure you are in a warm place before
drinking. Also, some experts feel that cigarette smok-
ing, which causes constriction of the peripheral blood
vessels, can lead to a further decrease in blood supply
to a frostbitten area.
er vieHndoo
"Frost nip," or mild blanching of the skin, can be followed by re-freezing, avoid thawing the frozen
usually be treated by simple rewarming with a warm part; "walking on frozen feet to shelter is much less
hand, by blowing through cupped hands, or by placing damaging than walking, on feet that have been thaw-
frost-nipped fingers in the armpit. ed, and it is also less" damaging than staying out
Deep frostbite is a much more serious problem in the cold."
and should probably receive medical treatment and QUESTION: I have heard you have to take vita-
follow-up to minimize the possibility of irreparable mins only on a full stomach. Is that true?
tissue damage. Deep frostbite is best treated by rapid, ANSWER: Upon dipping into our pool of Health
prompt and thorough rewarming in a warm (not hot) Service experts, we came upon our nutritionist, Irene
water bath. The temperature of the water should be Hieber, who suggests the following:
carefully controlled (104-108*F) "and should never be There are several reasons why it is advisable to
pre-tested with the frozen part. Also, the container take vitamins on a full stomach:
should be large enough to allow the frozen parts to The concentration of the vitamin may be irri-
move without bumping against its edges. This rewarm-
ing process usually takes about 20-30 minutes (until T the presence of fat increases the absorption of
the flush has returned to the thawing parts). Dry heat certain vitamins which are fat soluble (e.g., Vita-
as in an oven, is not recommended as a thawing tech- min A).
nique; it is difficult to regulate and will not rewarm - Absorption takes place in the upper region of
evenly. Tissue damage can result from even brief ex- the intestinal tract. The presence of food will aid in
posure to very high temperatures. carrying the vitamin from the stomach to the intes-
Even after frostbitten parts have been thawed,"the tinal tract.
healing process is not complete. These parts should be - If you've ever taken B complex vitamins on an
seen as injured tissue, and as such they require medi- empty stomach and have had the occasion to burp,
cal follow-up to ensure complete healing and to avoid the taste is close to intolerable. Taking it with food,
further damage and/or infection. therefore, minimizes the effect.
One more point: thawing or thawed tissue is ex-
tremely sensitive to trauma. Be careful to avoid re- Send all health related questions to:
exposure to freezing cold and those types of physical Health Educators
activity that might result in further injury. Do not University Health Service
rub cold-injured parts of your body with your hands Division of Office of Student Services
or with snow as this can further injure thawing tis- 207 Fletcher.
sue. Also, if there is any possibility that thawing could Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109
DEORAH DREYFUSS
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DAVID HARLAN
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CA0SIE ST. CLAIR
BETiI STRATFORD ...
Business Manager
Ass't. Adv. Coordinator
Finance Manager
Sales Manager
Advertising Coordinator
Circulation Manager
Circulation Director
Phoirgraphy Staff
PA' LINE LUBENS ...... Chief Photographer
ALAN BILINSKY.....Picture Editor
BRAT? BENJAMIN .. Staf Photographer
ANDY FREEBERG_ Staff Photographer
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Editorial positions represent a
consensus of The Daily Editorial staff.
Letters to the Daily
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The option of mass transit:
Will City Council awaken?
IN THE PAST FEW months, a tre-
mendous amount of pressure has
been put on the Ann Arbor City Coun-
cil to approve the construction of as
many as five new parking structures
in the downtown a r e a. Downtown
merchants, understandably, h a v e a
great interest in seeing an increase in
convenient parking facilities for their
employes and customers.
When the few small voices on Coun-
cil - notably among the Democrats
in the First and Second Wards-have
mentioned mass transit as an alter-
native to increased traffic and park-
ing downtown, they have been told
flatly that mass transit won't work.
Programs for peripheral parking
and free employe bus passes have al-
ready been tried, say the proponents
of the parking ramp, and they have
transit to h a v e been contemptibly
small.
Two downtown businesses-Jacob-
son's and Huron Valley National Bankr
-have adopted a program of offer-
ing free bus passes to their employes,
and have had a respectable success.
But the city has failed to persuade
any others to adopt similar schemes.
It has failed, not because such pro-
grams are unworkable, but because of
poor communication and half-heart-
ed commitment to the idea of mass
transit. Through failure to contact
many downtown businesses, through
failure to follow up on those con-
tacted, through failure to inform its
own employes that free passes were
available to them, the city has shown
itself blatantly uninterested in pro-
moting public transportation as an
alternative to the automobile.
One is almost temnted to conjure-
right on
To the Daily:
Congratulations on your addi-
tion of Chuck Anesi's coluhn 'to
your editorial page. By having
the courage to present an intel-
ligent articulate spokesman for
views obviously antithetical to
your own, you have greatly
strengthened your publication.
May I offer one possible reso-
lution to a paradox you posed
in an editorial some time ago?
It does not seem to me at all
inconsistent to oppose abortion
because life is sacred and to
f a v o r capital punishment be-
cause life is sacred. The belief
that life is sacred does not fore-
close all killing. One may kill
a Hitler to save six mililon
lives. One may kill to save to
save his own life or the lives of
others from on who is attempt-
ing murder. Thewmurderer, by
shedding innocent blood, has
forfeited his right to live. If
society may prevent the murder
of the innocent by executing the
guilty, it should do so.
Capital punishment need not
deter all potential murderers for
der rates. It need only
some potential murders..
For the life of me, I ca
how unborn babies have
ed their right to live. It
ally horrifying to me th
ciety should permit wom
have voluntarily conceeive
babies to kill them becau
now feel inconvenient to
them. These women are r+
ing for freedom over the
bodies, in my view. The
asking for 'freedom from
sponsibility which ought
company they choice tot
in procreation. Having
chosen to take the chan
a baby would be conceive
owe to that baby a ch
develop until it can be cal
by someone else, if theyv
care for it themselves.
s-Greg
To The Daily:
Your account of the
versy concerning former
gan Student Assembly rr
Stewart Mandell is son
confusing and inaccurate
rdeter
n't see
forfeit-
s mor-
hat so-
en who
:d these
Hats off to the Hat Lady:
She doesn't want the job
By Marnie Heyn
se they I KNOW SHE'S a bossy lady who won't take
o bear off her hat in a. concert, even if she's sit-
iot ask- ting in the first row. I know she reminds almost
air own everyone of a least-favorite great-aunt who wears
ey are too much Sweet Violet cologne and gives nieces
the re- and nephews stale horehound drops instead of
engage "good presents." I know her uneuphonious voice
freely makes even her staunchest political allies wince
ce that and cower. But I still like Bella Abzug.
d, they Just about everyone else who's been in the
ance to national 'limelight and is now unemployed has
red for taken up the Nonelectoral Sidestep: "Hi, Jimmy,
will not remember me and my strong stand on human
rights?" The high-status have-nots have lined up
g Hill to be appointed to bizarre sinecures and obscure
advisory positions. Not Bella.
msA 'She said, "No, thanks," and went on with her
own work, which is apparently more important
to her than personal prestige or a stable income.
It is refreshing to see something like integrity
contro- at a time when many bloody liberals groan about
member necessary expediency, cash in their scruples, and
mewhat pocket the difference.
IT'S A MYSTERY to me who was voting the
day Pat Moynihali won and Bella Abzug lost.
Perhaps it's not so mysterious; the big thug
may have swung the organized Thug and Racist
vote into the Democratic-Liberal column. In any
case, Bella should be supported in her independent
political activities and, since she's masochistic
enough to want the job, in her race to be Her
Honor, The Mayor of New York.
Bella certainly shines in comparison to Ann
Arbor's own former representative, Mary Esch,
who just announced that he's taking off his dis-
guise and working openly for U.S. Steel. I al-
ways knew be had it in him ...
Not that I want 'to ring any old New Frontier
bells, but this would be a better place to live
if more folks would follow Ms. Abzug's example
and simply, graciously offer to help - without
title, without portfolio, without salary.
Marnie Heyn is a former Daily
editorial director.
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