Sunday, October 10, 197
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE
LOOKING
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Butz resigns
N A DECISION that he called,
incredibly, "one of the sad-
dest of my presidency," Presi-
dent Ford accepted the resig-
nation Monday .of Agriculture
Secretary Earl Butz, following
reports of a racist comment he
made after the Republican Na-
,tional Convention in, August.
The comment, attributed to
Butz by New Times magazine,
was made aboard a west coast
flight from Kansas City, where
he explained to former Whitet
House Counselt fJohn Dean and
entertainer Pat Boone why the
GOP had failed to attract "col-
oreds:
"Coloreds only want three
things: You know what they
want? I'll tell you what they
want. It's three things: first a
tight pussy; second, loose shoes;
and third, a warm place to shit.
That's all."
More remarkable than Butz's
comments was Ford's nearly
three-day hesitation in giving
Butz the gate. The secretary
was reprimanded "very severe-
ly" by the President last Fri-
day, but it was apparently felt
that the massive outrage over:
the remarks could be outlasted.
It couldn't.
Butz "resigned" on Monday,
with the White House maintain-
ing that it put no pressure on
him to quit. In the end, he
still demonstrated no real
awareness of what he had done,
tearfully announcing to report-
ers that his departure was "the
price I pay for a gross indis-
cretion in a private conversa-
tion." Butz', indiscretion may'
have exacted a far greater price
from Ford's election hopes.
*d* *
Ford smbles
Thai dictatorship
THE DARK HAND of totali-
tarianism cast its shadow
over Thailand Wednesday as a;
military regime with a tough
anti-communist stance toppled
the civilian government of
Prime Minister Seni Pramoj
after a bloody battle that left
41 dead and hundreds wound-
tract negotiation deadline with
the Administration.
At a well-attended member-
ship meeting Tuesday night un-'
ion members voted overwhelm-
ingly for the extension - os-
tensibly to take one more shot
at the bargaining table with
the Administration, but 'also'
with an eye towards mobiliz-
ing the rank and file for a
walkout. GEO also agreed to
offer the Administration a'
chalice to enter binding arbitra-i
tion, an offer that will almost
certainly be refused.
"I'm disappointed if in fact
they are just biding their time
to mobilize for a strike," said
Chief University bargainer John
Forsyth.
But union leaders were heart-
ened by the showing Tuesday
night,, which turned out about
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400 GSAs. "I thought it indi-f
cated that people are solidly be-
hind the issues and are willing
to fight for what they believe
in," said GEO Treasurer Bar-
bara Weinstein.
If by Oct. 19 an impasse still
exists, the membership will re-
assemble to consider taking a
strike vote.
, * * .
Murder unsolved
"THE STILL UNSOLVED mur-
der of 17-year-old fresh-
woman Jeannine Boukai took a
bizzare twist this week as au-
thorities confirmed that she tookj
out a life insurance policy short-
BACK
ly before her death. Boukai was
found shot to death in the Arb
last Friday morning.
Meanwhile, the search for
Ricky Wayne Wilson, 19, the
transient suspected in Boukai's
arirder, turned south this week.
A spokesperson for the Washte-
naw County Sheriff's depart-
ment said on Tuesday they have
reason to believe that Wilson
might be in Florida or Georgia,
in the company of another wom-
an, with Boukai's Yamaha mo-
torcycle.
"Looking Back" was com-
piled by Co-editor-in-chief Bill
Turque.
T[HE UGLINESS of Butz's ob- ed.
senities was exceeded this i The strongman in the new
week only by the sheer stupidi- regime, which calls itself the
ty of the President's latest, and Administration Reform Commit-
possibly most damaging, cam- tee (ARC) 'is 60-year-old San-
paign gaffe. In his foreign poli- gad Chalawyu, whp had served
cy debate with Jimmy Carter as defense minister for one day
Wednesday night in San Fran- in Pramoj's government. Chal-'
cisco, Fordtassertedtthat "There awyu told the country on radio
is no Soviet domination of East- Wednesday that "One thing I
en Europe," and that the peo- must stress to you is that ARC!
ple of Yugoslavia, Romania, and will strictly uphold the prin-
Poland are "independent and ciples of democracy."
autonomous." The ARC promptly demonstra-
The blunder drew a barrage ted its dedication to democratic
of protest from Eastern Euro- ideals by arresting 3,000 persons
pean Americans, and a gleeful on blanket charges of subver-
round of taunting from Demo- sion, declaringmartial law,
crats. On Thursday, carter' and shutting down Bangkok's
buoyed by reports that his de- 30-odd newspapers.
bate performance might have
won' him new support, said that UAW contract
Ford had "disgraced our coun-
try." Democratic Vice Presi-: THE FORD Motor Co. and the
dential candidate Walter Mon- United Auto Workers (UAW)
dale called Ford's comment "the came to a tentative contractj
most incredible and unbelieve-' agreement Tuesday evening,
able ever made by a sitting three weeks after a strike thatI
President since the iron curtain! sent 170,000 Ford employes off
clamped down." .the job.. The agreement, yet to
0 the university of michigan artists and craftsmen guild-
invites you to on exhibition and sale of ceramics,
fibers, graphics, jewelry, paintings, and sculpture
by 75 guild members
saturday, oct. 16 8 am to 6 pm
sunday, oct. 17 12 noon to 6 pm
grounds of community high school, across from the
farmers market in ann arbor
AP Photo
A Thai army trooper, armed with a machine gun, watches at
a checkpoint to Bangkok, following the military coup and
violent suppression of leftists Wednesday.
be ratified by the membership,
is a three-year pact calling fort
reduced work time (which could
be the beginnings of a four-day
week), improved Supplemental
Unemployment Benefits, and
wage increases of approximate-'
ly three per cent for each of'
the contract's three years.
GEO extends talks
'HE POSSIBILITY of a strike
this semester by members
of the Graduate Employe Or-
ganization (GEO) remains very
much in the picture, even
though the union approved a
two-week extension of their con-
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No velist flees
Moscow and
(continued from Page 3)
Five weeks before the wed-
ding, she left to visit her moth-
er in Vienna. At the Moscow;
airport, an official crossed outE
the word "return" on her visa.{
"They made an X on her.
passport, like this," Sokolov
says. He marks a large X' on
a sheet of paper with a ball '
point pen. Although his English'I
is fluent, his thoughts are rac-
ing ahead of his words, and he
appears agitated by the mem-
ory.
Moscow officials said their3
hands were tied. Viennese offi-
cials said there was nothing!
they could do. The wedding date
was drawing nigh; Sokolov and,
Steindl staged a hunger strike.
Sokolov pads across the living;
room to find a photo of Steindl.
Proffer is in the room, and So-j
kolov lapses into Russian while,
trying to describe her.--
Once again, the couple wal- they would let her come to
lowed in bureaucratic excuses.' Moscow or let me go to Vi-
The wedding, officials claimed, enna," says Sokolov.
could not be rescheduled until Steindl wrote U.N. Secretary
September - long after the ex- General Kurt Waldheim, and al-
piration date of Steindl's visa so Soviet Foreign Minister An-1
July 4. drei Gromyko.
"A' life lived separated from
While Soviet officials claimed each other is, for us, meaning-!
they were helpless in facilita- less," she wrote,
ting Sokolov's marriage, they Sokolov, in turn, wrote a let-
responded with relative alacrity' ter to Soviet leader Leonid,
to Sokolov's refusal to be vol-| Brezhnev - an almost unheard
untarily examined. The military of gesture:1
medical commission, which had "I grew up in a country where1
given him a low draft status from childhood the concept of!
a decade earlier due to nervous human dignity is lauded, where
tensi ordered him to submit the word freedom appears in!
to an xamination. alphabet books, and it is bit-,
By then, however, Sokolov ter and shameful to have to
was no longer a private figure.; beg the mercy of unknown peo-
"The authorities are afraid to, ple, for the permission of un-
arrest famous people in famous known people, for things that
situations. They can arrest no- any citizen of any country has
bodies," says Sokolov. They a right to =-- simply because
were, apparently, equally reluc- he is a member of the human '
tant to declare him insane. race." '' ,
"I couldn't stay alone, there
was no guarantee they wouldn't
arrest me," he says. "It cost
me very heavily in nerves. Ma-
ny people didn't believe me,'+
they thought it was my fantasy.
They were very much afraid,
when they saw it was true."
On the day Sokolov was final-
ly permitted to leave for Vien-4
na, Ardis announced the publi-
cation of his book. With a lit-
tle goading, Ardis was also able
to obtain a special U.S. ar-
tist's visa for Sokolov. For the
-meantime, his wife will remain I
in Vienna.
Sokolov is pleased that so ma-3
ny people seem to be "fond"
of his book, which is the story*
of a psychologically disturbed
boy.
"This boy, the hero, is much
more clever than the teacher
and the others who surround
him," says Sokolov. "Actually,
he's very nervous. A great'
dreamer."
Most people, however, have
been more than "fond" of the
book. Vladimir Nabokov called;
it "enchanting, tragic, and
'KGB
in a publication called "Life of:
Blind People." (The name was,
later changed to "Our Life," a
switch Sokolov finds symbolic
of the Soviet world in general.)
At present, Sokolov is work-
ing on a "rather large" novel
about Russia, tentatively titled
"Between the Dog and the
Wolf."
It's possible that Russian lit-
erature will evolve outside, rath-
er than within, the land where
it? language is spoken.
"It's too early to tell yet,"
says Proffer. He pauses. "But I
think so.
."It may happen more in this
house than anywhere else, with
Sasha here."
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"The government was not sure I
IE PHOTOS, from a Vien-, what was better: to send me to'
nese press service, show a a madhouse or to jail. They
diminutive woman with large were checking out the facts in{
eyes against the backdrop of my biography. I was a little bit
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photo shows the reunited cou- their moment," says Sokolov.
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The hunger strike continued, #ried in a small Protestant ser-a
for four days. Austrian Chan- vice in the woods outside Mos-
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the day of her wedding. Inex- humiliating and senseless game"
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at the top," he received in-
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him at a distance of 10 to 20
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