Avle.dnesday, March 2, 1977 1"HE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Nednesday, March 2, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Trudell speaks on Indian movement Mediator halts 'U', GEO may vote on ..r (Continued from Page 1)" forum on Native American- Soli- darity. SELO BLACK Crow, a spiri- tual leader of the Lakota people, began with a prayer to honor Leonard Crow Dog and Peltier. During the course of his talk, he held up a sacred pipe. Holding it aloft for the entire audience to see, he said, "Custer smoked the pipe with Indians and said he'd never go against them." Bringing the saga up to date, he continued, "The people who call this a peace pipe are the ones who went to Pine Ridge and flew around in helicopters. They're still shooting at Pine Ridge tonight, but you won't read about it in the papers. I fear for my people." he said. Trudell, the chairman of the American Indian Movement and: co-ordinator of the Peltier de- fense committee, took up the tale of Pine Ridge. "There comes a time in a man's life - in a people's life, when you have to stand un. You can only t'arn your cheek for so long., They have charged Leonard Pel- tier with murder because he dared to think he could defend himself end the ones he loved," he said. Stating that 10,000 rounds . ofj ammunition were fired, Trude'U continued with a description of the incident. "A fire fight tools TRUDELL BEGAN an assault ate structure goes in and rapes place. A fire fight is usually in- on the American system of val- the earth and destroys the air." itiated as an act of war. In Pine ues by asking the crowd if they We view the FBI as a military Ridge, 250 armed agents and were going to sell out and buy arm of the corporate structure. BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) into the American way of life. Their job is to carry otu the or- CWAT teams were called in. "I guess the main difference ders," he said. Questioning thet Leonard Peltier did not kill between us," he continued, is crowd, he asked, "How long canb those agents. Nobody knows who that your ancestors willingly they get away doing it in yourt killed them." gave up their culture to become name?" part of the American Dream. "e TRUDELL increased the My ancestors said we wanted i "When we look at what Amer- scope of his subject to encom- to be ourselves. We wanted to ica has to offer, we understand pass the American system. "The be human beings. My ancestors that if our people are to survive, a first lie they told you was this taught me to think that way," we must not become what yourj government was created for the ne said. government wants us to become,a people. We wonder how you can Focusing on the Indian move- because we will not survive," heo believe in the Constitution, te n thTu eilIsaidn"emhve Isaid. S, ment, Trudell staildWe have I'b Bill of Rights and the Declara- buried more people in the last tion of Independence, documents five years than any other move- BANGKOK, Thailand (UPI)_ that were written and approved ment in this country. We've More than a million American' by 'a group of landowners," he been to more courtrooms and combat soldiers served in Viet- said. watched more of our people, nam and all of them spent timeP He detailed the exclusion of railroaded off to those f --- ing -coming or going-at the Long; the majority of the American prisons. We are still here." Binh State Farm.d people from these documents. bLong Binh Peaceful Dragon "Women didn't have minds, so "IT'S TIME to evaluate, our- is still run by the army: The they couldn't vote. Indians were selves," Trudell continued. "Ii Vietnam People's Army.: the enemy. Blacks were prop- might offend some people. Well, inatheles A ry ' erty. It was the same feudal what offends me is having a In the late '60s and early '70s system that was sent over from black person called nigger, is it was the headquarters of thec Europe," Trudell said. having Indian1 women raped in United States Army - Vietnam "When Nixon committed trea- jails. What offends me is Ameri- USARV. son, you accepted it. You let can history, poverty and hun-! At any given time moredthan the FBI cover it up. You let ger. b 50,000 U.S. servicemen and wo- them hide behind the constitu- Trudell further criticized the men marched, tended battle t tion," he said. Questioning him- American people, saying, "Most wounds, sweltered in replace-f self, Trudell continued, "Am I of the people inT America today ment centers or spent time ine UnAmerican for saying this? are dependent on the people who jail at'Long Binh, once a rub- Am I a communist, or a radi- continue to oppress us. Every- ber plantation 20 miles from cal? Or am I a realist?" one sits idly by while the corpor- Saigon.a AFSCME talks (Continued from Page tended period of time" bargainers ever return table. Anderson was more opt and said he was sure .th versity would be willing to a better offer to the uni at least two or three da3 But, Anderson added, don't make headway by t of this week, it looks lik be out there for a while "WE'RE PREPARED f he said. Neff admitted "there is possibility that (the union) still be on strike" whe dents return from their break on March 14. "But we're looking at frame of two weeks," he "I would hope that the will assess their attitude come down to reality." MEANWHILE, AFSCM 1) services for which they con- before tracted with the University, they to the have a legal right to withold their rent payments. imistic Of the over 400 students who e Uni- have signed up for the rent make strike, so far, an estimated 140 on "in of them have already paid into ys.'' the escrow account. "If we Other student efforts to sup- he end; port the AFSCME strike yester- e we'll day were not as successful. WHAT WAS HOPED to be a or it,'' huge rally of strike sympathiz- ers on the Diag at 11 a.m. turn- a good ed out to be only a handful of ) could students. n stu- spring a time Wheeler nsa idi st rike referenu (Continued from Page 1) ing was held last month before have done a lot to change peo- the Michigan Employment Re- pMe's minds." lations Commission (MERC), GEO filed an unfair labor;but a decision on the matter is practice charge against the Uni-1 not expected to be handed down versity last November, accusing the administration of holding up for atleast another four months. the signing of the new contract. If MERC's decision is appealed, that might take another six to WHEN NEGOTIATIONS broke eight months. down at that time, the Univer- sity and the union had reached agreement on all provisions of the new contract except one - the clause determining who was covered by the contract. The University has not chal- lenged the ULP, but rather, has contended that graduate student assistants (GSA's) are students, not employes, and therefore can't file ULP charges. An unfair labor practice hear- EITHER side could file an ap- peal through the coirt system after that point. Members of GEO have charged the University is trying to destroy the union by challeng- ing the status of GSA's. "We've been working without a contract for six-seven months," Moran explained. "This is clear- ly an attempt by the University to break the union." union es and inspects E has1 arranged for many of its mem- bers to receive food stamps forE the duration of the walkout, further indicating that they may Mayoral race still wide open i l l (Continued from Page 1) in the past, to bring forth some of the issues that we find to be most pertinent to the city," she said. Even with -this double threat to his political security, Wheel- er says he is confident of win- ning, and points to his record of streamlining many social ser- vices provided by the city as well as better utilizing federal funds. BUT HE ADDS that the amount of money the city re- ceives from the federal govern- ment does not go very far to- ward solving one of the cities most pressing needs - housing. Since Ann Arbor is a relative- ly affluent community, it often loses out in the battle for public housing funds to cities like De- trait and Pontiac, says Wheeler. The shortage of these funds, in turn, forces less l affluent residents to look for housing in other areas.- Wheeler says he does not want Ann Arbor to become a community of just the affluent and promises to work hard to free up more federal money to ease the housing shortage. But, he cautions, "to even hold out any great hope of an immedi- ate increase in the amount of housing available would be to create false hopes." BUT PUBLIC HOUSING is not the solution to the city's critical shortage of adequate liv- ing space, says Belchelr. Instead, the private sector should be able to build housing in 1-r.P amounts if the city offered cer- tain breaks to private develop- ers, he contends. A tax, credit would ease the tax burden on a developer, greatly reducing the cost of building, Belcher says. Coupled with city-sponsored low-interest loans, a tax credit could result in a tremendous increase in rental housing, he adds. "IF YOU'RE GOING to make any significant impact on stu- dent housing at all, you're go- ing to have to build it in the form of multiple housing units," he says. Belcher also proposes upgrad- ing existing housing by hiring more inspectors and by enforc- ing city housing ordinances more strictly. "I'd certainly beef up the inspection and code enforcement," he said. I voted for it last time (on City Coun- cil)." SLAUGHTER BELIEVES the city should take an active role in the construction of housing and "should make available more funds to build housing." She says she doesn't know where the city would get the money to build on its own, but is against increasing taxes to raise the funds. Tax incentives offered to bus- inesses should also be curtail- ed, Slaughter adds. She pro- poses a change in emphasis in city policy that would not bene- fit business so much as it would help many of Ann Arbor's strug- gling co-ops., "I think the city is now in a1 position to give aid to these sort of special interest groups," she says, "I don't think it's fair for the city to constantly be giv-; ing priorities to businesses when! 'this sort of thing (co-ops) is providing much more of a s.r- vice to people who live here." BUT THE THREE candidates disagree most violently on theI conflict between the private au- 'tomobile and mass transit. The City Planning Dept. staff last year submitted a plan for downtown development that in- cluded plans for five additional} parking structures by 1990 and' the widening and improvement of many surface streets. The plan has stirred up con- troversy among city residents because many charge the plan subsidizes the use of cars at the expense of mass transit. Qp- ponents say the city should up- grade the Ann Arbor Transpor- tation Authority (AATA) and' discourage traffic from already congested downtown streets. SLAUGHTER agrees with' these opponents. "I think that the priority given to private automobiles in this town is ab- surd," she said. "And I think that if people insist upon rug- ged individualism and insist up- on owning their own private au- tomobiles, then they can just figure out some way to get their streets fixed by themselves." She advocates the improve- ment of the AATA and the use of parking on the city's perip- hery to ease downtown, auto congestion. She says this would eliminate the need for any new parking structures. Belcher is a strong supporter of the plan but says he only sees the need for "two or three" new parking facilities - one of them with a bus terminal on; the ground floor. There is no way people can be forced out of their cars, he contends, if' the public transportation system is inefficient. PREVENTING DIAL-A-RIDE' from further expansion, run- ning buses on a more regular schedule and adding new lines would encourage people to use the AATA more often, Belcher says. But, he adds, there al- ways will be a need for the private car and it is up to the city to provide that alternative to people who commute down- town. Wheeler deftly sits on the fence on the issue of parking and street expansion. He says he opposes the construction of1 all but one of the parking ga- rages - and the one he sup- ports has a bus terminal built- in on the bottom floor. While he opposes the expan- sion of existing roadways, he says he is a "realist" and must deal with certain apparent prob- lems. Therefore, even though he is against street widening, he acknowledges the need for im- provements. But he points out that he al- ready has ordered the AATA to begin express commuter routes during rush hour in an effort to ease traffic congestion. Perip- heral parking lots may hold the promise of solving many of Ann Arbor's traffic problem in the future and Wheeler says he will push for adequate study and possible implementation of that: alternative.j Midwest's Larqest Selection ofj European Charters Canadian and U.S. from $289 CALL 769-1776 j ,. Great Places l"RA EL ONSU ANTS 216 S. 4th Ave, Ann Arbor i l l 1 I expect a long siege. Striking union members have been told to report to different area welfare offices at varying times to apply for the benefits. However, not all workers are eligible. For example, the ap- plicant can own only one ve- hicle and have no more than $1,500 in total savings. THOSE REQUIREMENTS eliminate many AFSCME mem- bers immediately, a union spokesperson said. The dormitory rent strike, which has been developed by students to place additional fi- nancial pressure on the Uni- versity for a "speedy" end to the walkout, continues to col- lect participants. One co-ordinator, Bob Miller of Alice Lloyd, said last night that at least $35,000 had been placed in escrow with the Ann Arbor Tenants Union. ORGANIZERS of the rent strike reason that as long as students are not receiving the (Continued from Page 1) Arbor are owned by Southfield," Wheeler joked. The inspection trip was plan- ned by the mayor's staff as a way for him to see firsthand some of the older housing in the city. "I talk to students a lot and the bitch they have often as not isn't the rent, it's what you get for the rent," Wheeler said. WHEELER SAID houses such as the one on Oakland had been brought "up to code" with the help of federal funds several years ago, but added that the current sorry state of some of those houses - indicated " a "windfall" for the landlords. "It'd be interesting to find out what the rent on these places was," he added ominous- ly. 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Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. U-H Stylists will be open regular hours during Spring Vacation. 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Dave, Harold & Chet I ; v' w , , : r _ .. { . ,, r 1 ', + .. _.. f'' 'I I Jury selection begins in V A trial (Continued from Page 1) Philippines, the nurses' home- land, and some $60,000 has been raised there for the defense, ac- cording to a defense spokesper- son. The Philippine government has sent an official observer to the trial here, Bienvenido LIan- eta, assistant Philippine consul general in Chicago. Pratt confirmed speculation that the trial could take up to four months, and he acknowl- edged the controversy surround- ing the case. "BECAUSE of this case and the publicity it has received," Pratt said, "we will not follow th: ~usual procedure in selecting a iury." Prospects sat alone in the jury box as Pratt spent up to a half hour asking questions about per- sonal history, possible preju- dicesand hardshins that a four- month trial would cause. Among subjects receiving sne- cial attention were nast contact with Filininos and other Asians, family rmilitary exnerience in- clitding VA hosnital treatment and recollectinns of news renorts on the case. Some were asked to ramn'e the newsnaners and tele- vision and radio stations carry- ing stories'they heard. DURING the onestioning the! jurors faced a blank film screen that will be used to show inter- views of witnesses, victims and other visual evidence. Pratt asked prospective jurors if they had ever been hypnotized, allud- ing to the method the FBI used to help some victims recall de- tails of their breathing failures. As he had earlier indicated, U.S. Attorney Philip Van Dam was not in the courtroom when the session started. He took per- sonal charge of the case after Pratt ruled assistants had not shared FBI evidence with de- fense lawyers. Van Dam trimmed several counts from the indictment, but he said his three assistants will handy' the trial duties. Daily Official Bulletin Wednesday, March 2, 1977 Day Calendar WUOM: Panel discussion on courts as agents of social change, panelists, Lyle D e n n i s t o n, correspondent washington Star. Donald Harowitz, attorney and author of Courts and Social Policy, andNina Totenberg, legal correspondent NPR, moderator Robert Crolich, NPR,'10 a.m. Ind./Oper.' Eng.: M. Z. Nashed, "The Role of Cones of Tangents in Mathematical Programming,"' 229 W.E., 4 p.m. Guild House: Poetry reading. Car- olyn Gregory, Genghis, 802 Monroe, 7:30 p.m. Music School: Varsity Band, Hill Aud., 8 p.m. I A caeerin law- A apwithout law school. What can you do with only a bachelor's degree? 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