AS A WMI16,NORTNERN UBERAL 'M ALL FOR INTEGRATION!' HOWEVER, BUSING JUST WON'T WORK UP HERE! AND FORCING REPEAL OF SNOB ZONING LAW5 WOULD VIOLATE FREEPOM OF ECONOMIC CHOICE! mP# rl ' LIVING WITH LIMEAL PtRItCIP.5 YOU OUGHT 10 TRY R EIN' IS DIFFICULT THEEPAYS !fBLACK AND LUVIN W113I'm ! To The Daily: ATTENTION, GRP STUDENTS: If you were billed fo credit hours" this Sp Summer half-term, you have to pay for them. If you are refused en this Fall for non-pay that "extra" fee, this le interest you! The minimum fee sch stated in the R'ackha' logue covers only ful There is at present n minimum enrollment terms. Therefore, all 9 dents who registered than three credit hours er half-term of 1975 n only for the hours elec The University will n you about this. The ov can be cancelled only registrar's window of (Betsy Volaric). The University will b to keep all monies alres although clearly a refu order. Sandra C. Brow Graduate Stude Department of Linguistics Sept. 1 Letters grads ple who negotiated that contract have appointed a committee to ADUATE write our local bylaws. Those people - the former Bargaining Committee - have NO constitu- r "extra tional right to do that, but they pring or can, and they will, if we let u do not them. We feel it is time to stand together and insist we elect a irollment Bylaws Committee from the ment of membership. ;tter may There is a meeting scheduled iedule as for Wednesday at Noon in Angell m Cata- Hall in Room 1025 to discuss l terms. ways of stopping the members o stated of the former Bargaining Com- for half mittee from usurping the rights grad stu. of the membership. There is a for less petition being circulated by cler- in eith- icals who want a Special Mem- ieed pay bership Meeting to elect a By- ted. laws Committee from the mem- ot notify bership, and to elect Interim ercharge Officers. We wish to encourage at the all clericals to attend this meet- f L.S.A. ing -we are all affected by the consequences of a poorly run lo- e happy cal, that is, a poor contract. ady paid, Carolyn Weeks ad is in Sue Ellen Hansen Janet Laczkowski me Lisa North nt Pam O'Connor Sept. 8 democracy to /w Th ( /VIZ registration, voting, and democ- racy in general. Democracy hinges upon the right of individuals to partici- pate in decision making at some level. In looking at democracy in the UnitedStates we must look at not only who is allowed to participate, but also at what kind of decisions they are al- lowed to make. In the U.S. only persons 18 years old or over are allowed to vote. Those under 18 are ruled without their consent and without their participation. This law stems from a cultural as- sumption that young people are incapable of making decisions for themselves and are better served by the decisions of adults. This same reasoning was previously used when males said that women were better served through the votes of their husbands, and blacks through the votes of more civilized whites. And it is this same ide- ology which excludes young peo- ple from significant decision making powers within the schools and within the home. (It is interesting to note that much the same reasoning is used in saying that department heads are better able to make decisions than workers.) The Human Rights Party, and the national People's Party with which we are affiliated feel that individuals should be able to make decisions which affect their lives whenever they feel they are able, and that there should be no arbitrary age law concerning voting or any other activity. BUT LET'S LOOK at what kinds of decisions voters are al- lowed to make within the pres- ent political system. It turns out ?Daly that the decisions are very nar- row - usually down to the level of which Democrat or which Re- publican is allowed to supposed- ly speak for us. We have no voice and no control over what kind of jobs are available to us, what kind of schools and health care are available to us, what kind of profit levels the banks, corporations, and private indi- viduals are allowed to amass. This results in the mass unem- ployment we are now experienc- ing - 15 per cent in New York City and 12 per cent in our own county, while Rockefeller, GM, the banks, and Standard Oil roll in profits. Democracy within the current economic system is used as a ploy to keep people from realising their true powerless-' ness. Only when the economy and the country's resources are controlled by working people will we have real democracy - both political and economic. That is the meaning of social- ism. When we harness our re- sources and wealth to meet our+ needs we will have decent jobs, good health care, quality hous-l ing, and quality education. We are a long way from that with- in a capitalist political system. I CAN ONLY LOOK with ironic repulsion at the argu- ments against door-to-door vot- er registration. The decisions l voters are allowed to make are pitifully limited as it is. TheI Human Rights Party believes it is the obligation of a govern- ment to make it as easy as pos- sible for its citizens to partici- pate in the decision making t process. Those who argue 1 against door-to-door are moti- vated by their own lust for pow- er and the political and econ- omic control that power gives them. Kathy Kozachenko Ann Arbor City Councilwoman, Human Rights Party Member of he Washtenaw County Unemployed Council Sept 4 fair To The Daily: IT WOULD BE difficult, to add much to your appealing ar- ticle concerning the Third An- nual Ann Arbor Multi Ethnic Fair except by drawing the at- tention of your readers to the fact that these festivities are to take place during the forth- coming Friday and Saturday, the 12th and 13th of September. This year the number of eth- nic groups appearing has in- creased by the participation of the Scandinavian, Turkish, and Czech Americans. Traditional- ly excellent weather, secured by highly influential contacts of Father Aneste and Rabbi Marshall - two of the original organizers of the Fair - an ex- tremely rich program of stage performances, the colorful and diversified cultural displays, ap- petizing culinary attractions, and spiritous immemorabilia guarantee the success of the festival. On behalf of the Multi Ethnic Alliance of Ann Arbor I wish to invite herewith the members of the UM community to come, to see, and to succumb to the joyfulness of multi-ethnicity. Andrew S. Ehrenkreitz Sept. 8 Qf;,7 E MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Pietd Nrp.m.v"P.a*e& *7 clericals To The Daily: SOME OF US who are mem- bers of Local 2001 feel com- pelled at this point to commun- icate briefly with all U of M clericals regarding the contract and the "state of our union." Right now, Local 2001 has no leadership with any constitution- al authority. The Bargaining Committee lost its right to exist when the contract was ratified. Yet right now, those same peo- To The Daily: AT THE LAST Ann Arbor City Council meeting a lot of debate ensued around the question of door-to-door voter registration. While I am, of course, happy that door-to-door voter registra- tion passed, I think it's import- ant to look at the issue within a broader context. The follow- ing statement which I gave at last Tuesday's council meeting, gives you some feeling of the position of the Human Rights Party concerning door-to-door ihie 3mirfjian Daily Eighty-Five Years of Editorial Freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Tuesday, September 9,1975 News Phone: 764-0552 Prisons lack minimum health services 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104 Gun control: A first step By CLAUDE WILLIAMS FOLLOWING TWO YEARS of complaints through other means, the Prisoners' Progress Association (PPA), a group founded in 1972 to "regain and retain certain rights of prison- ers, parolees and mental pa- tients," filed a class action complaint in federal court con- cerning the inadequacy of medi- cal delivery systems at each and there are over one and a half million registered handguns in the state. However, it must be admitted that no gun control plan could ever pre- vent all or even most homicides. For example, such unfortunate incidents as presidential assassinations and at- tempted assassinations are probably unavoidable - if someone wants a handgun bad enough, he'll probably be able to find one. Similarly, the hardened, profes- sional criminal will likely not be de- terred since some guns will probab- ly still be available illegally. CRITICS OF GUN control, particu- larly those from the powerful gun lobbies, contend that gun con- trol would disarm law-abiding citi- zens and leave only criminals in possession of guns. They also believe that every citizen should have the right-as guaranteed In the Consti- tution-to bear arms. Proponents of gun control argue instead that the "right" to own fire- arms was much more relevent 200 years ago than it is in today's more crowded and more violent society. Although both sides present some valid arguments, we believe that the present dangers to our society are so pressing that action must be taken. Admittedly, gun control has its drawbacks - enforcement would be exnensive and time consuming and will never, by itself, reduce the level of violence to a safe level. To truly reduce crime, we will have to recognize and act upon the real reasons for crime, which are often poverty and social injustice. NEVERTHELESS, GUN control could serve as a first step in the right direction-even If the plan results only in deterring a small number of homicides, those committed between close friends or relatives in a heat of pa ssion, Any such measure must be given serious consideration and Is deserv- ing of strong support of citizens who want to see a change in our rapidly deteriorating situation. Business Staff DEBORAH NOVESS Business Manager Peter Caplan..............Finance Manager The Lighter Sidenk - The courage of two dimensional voting memnasammsama. Dick West -e By DICK WEST WASHINGTON UPI - There are, at present, two highly pub- licized congressional rating systems. Each year, Americans for Democratic Action-ADA- ana- lyzes the votes in the House and Senate and rates the members from a liberal standpoint. Then Americans for Constitutional Ac- tion-ACA--does the same thing from a conservative vantage. This is all very well as far as it goes, but it leaves one in- creasingly important group unrated. I refer to members of Con- gress who vote two ways on the same bill. These highly versatile lawgivers don't just take sides on a given issue-they surround it. They stand not merely four-squared, but eight-square. Although they may wind up being rated both "conservative" and "liberal" on a single piece of legislation, their triumph of adaptability frequently is overlooked, the reason being that the ADA and the ACA publish their ratings at different times. CLEARLY, in an age when specialization is rampant, the two- way players deserve a rating system of their very own. The ADA recently moved in that direction by compiling a list of House members who originally voted for passage of certain legislation and then voted to uphold President Ford's vetoes of said measures. That bit of recognition, however, is unsatisfactory on two counts. 1. The ADA already operates a liberal rating system. One questions whether it could undertake a whole new category with- out spreading itself too thin. 2. The ADA apparently disapproved of pluralistic voting. It used perjorative terms such as "inconsistent" in citing the con- gressional "switch-hitters." Since the liberal rating system is operated by an organization that espouses liberalism, and since the conservative ratings are compiled by a group that endorses conservatism, fairness de- mands that panoramnic voters be rated by people who believe that perception is improved by double vision. IN THAT CONNECTION, permit me to call your attention to an immortal line by novelist Peter DeVries: "There are always two sides to every question, and it behooves an honest man to take them both." Wit DeVries as our spiritual father, some of us who admire honesty in lawmaking are in the process of forming a rating organization to be called Americans for Convertible-Dualistic Con- sensus-AC-DC. Once we get rolling, the liberal and conservative ratings will be augmented by annual bilateral ratings to honor that won- derfully flexible band of congressmen who have the courage of their convictions in two dimensions. WATCH FOR THE results on television. They'll be brought to you via split screen. Dick West is a syndicated UPI columnist. ... .":q.":i{?.";y;,}.W" ":itt' t ;: ? . Contact your reps- Sen. Phillip Hart (Deny), Rm 253, Old Senate Bldg., Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 2051S. major prison in Michigan on July 8, 1975. The action is before Judge Noel P. Fox, U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. No date for a hearing has been set. Also listed as plaintiffs in the suit, PPA vs. Milliken, is the Justice Corporation, an organiz- ation founded with goals simi- lar to those of PPA's. The complaint is represented by a "jailhouse lawyer," Ron- ald L. Jordan, and attorneys Judith Magid and William Ras- tetter. JORDAN, PPA ADIVSORY consultant, lauded by both judges and attorneys for his legal acumen in criminal ap- peals and civil actions, said the complaint should bring some improved health care to Mich- igan prisoners. "With our complaint, we should be able to make the Governor's Committee's recom- mendations bear fruit," Jordan said. He is referring to a recent governmental study, "Key to Health for a Padlocked Soci- ety," which reported that medi- cal facilities throughout Michi- gan are completely lacking in the delivery of medical services the spread of infectious dis- eases; * A total lack of health care for prisoners. f The suit also charges that present facilities are, "unsani- tary and vermin - infested .. . thereby inhibiting the recovery of . . . prisoners." THE ACTION, BROAD in scope, lists both male and fe- male plaintiffs, including pris- oners at the Detroit House of Corrections. Judith Magid, an attorney keenly interested in the rights of women prisoners, said that women at the Detroit House of Corrections receive less medi- cal attention than do male pri- soners at other institutions. "After interviewing women at DeHoCo, I felt they must be included in this action because the medical care they receive is as good as no care at all," Ms. Magid said. Ms. Magid is also involved with attempting to gain a law library for women prisoners at the Detroit House of Correc- tions, and plans to coordinate a workshop to teach them how to file appeals and other legal briefs. William Rastetter said one of S"Responsibility f o r prisoners' health should lie not with he state Department of Corrections but with t h e Department o f Public Health." quette, said, the right of pri- soners to receive adequate med- ical care is only one example of why the Prisoners' Progress Association was founded. The class action is expected to gain answers to the question or responsibility in regards to prisoner health care. It also ex- presses the belief that respon- sibility should lie with the Michigan Department of Public Health, and not the Michigan Department of Corrections, as is presently the case. The suit demands that state prison health facility standards be raised to meet the minimum statutory requirements set up for non-prison hospitals and uses "A Key to Health for a Padlocked Society," and other governmental publications as proof that the charges claimed are factual and that the case has meritorious pleadings. THE ACTION HAS not yet been answered by defendants. Claude Williams is an inmate of Jackson Prison and a nation- ally known advocate of correc- tions reform. Letters should be typed and limited to 400 words. The Daily reserves the right to edit letters for length and grammar. ... f. "A recent governmental study reported delivery of medical services to prisoners in the state is completely lacking." to prisoners. The action claims deprivation of prisoners' fifth, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment the reasons the Justice Corpora- tion was founded, is to assist prisoners in civil rights issues. ri m m ec ca ghts. It alleges: WE FILED THIS action in an * Inadequate emergency attempt to bring proper medical iedical care; care to all Michigan prisoners," * Inadequate and untrained Rastetter said. "Health care is iedical staffs; the most basic of all human 0 Health - deficient diets; rights." * Antiquated facilities and Rastetter is also representing quipment; an action to gain the "right to e Lack of post-operative vote" for convicted felons. are; Charles Eaton, PPA board * Conditions that promulgate chairman and prisoner at Mar- A change in gun possession laws o u l d require a constitutional mendment. Briefly; such a proposal rould ban private ownership of andguns or rifles or both and would llow only police, military personnel, scurity guards, antique gun collec- 3rs, and pistol clubs to possess reapons. )ROPONENTS BELIEVE THAT ban- ning guns would cut down the umber of homicides committed in ae heat of passion since statistics iow that most homicides are com- ftted between people who know ch other and are not premeditated. Advocates of gun control argue at the availability of firearms ntributes to the state's high homi- de rate, which is in excess of 1,000 inually. Some 55 per cent of the urders are committed with pistols, m m