_.! Eighty-Five Years of Editorial Freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Chile: Two. years after the fall Thursday, September 11, 1975 News Phone: 764-0552 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104 osm a 'wE SHOULDN'T be surprised. Nevertheless, we look with alarm and a dismaying sense of deja vu at the twin busing situations in Boston and Louisville. No longer are only the parents bloodying the streets over the issue of court-ordered integration; now mobs of the students themselves are casting aside rationality in an ugly reaction of blind fear. There are two tragedies unfolding in these cities. One concerns the na- tion's loss of the notion of reason and dialogue in the consideration of pow- erful issues; the other is the sick re- turn of racism to the national forum. No doubt the two are linked. Certain- ly they feed off each other. Backlash constitutes the politics of the day once again in Louisville and Boston. When confronted with a court order to bus the children of their cities, citizens rise like a tide to block freeways, throw rocks and bottles, threaten students. And the T-shirts in Louisville say "OPPOSE TYRAN- NY." (ONE IS ANY spirit of reconcilia- tion; gone is any intellectual con- sideration of the issue; gone is re- spect for the decision of a U.S. Dis- trict Court judge. We do not suggest here the repression of dissent, only a return to intelligent dissent. The issue here is not the justice or injustice of forced integration. Cer- tainly the arguments on both sides are compelling. What we must avoid is the thinking of a Lynette Fromme, who sees a threat in Gerald Ford and pulls out her gun. It is this, the re- action of ignorance and fear, which is drawing us down so quickly to the violent void. Lurking in that void is racism - more subtle and disguised than that of the fifties and sixties, but no less bitter. Writers wanted: Mass meeting tonight at 7:30 All University students interested in getting a first-hand look at the newspaper business are invited to at- tend the mass meeting for new Daily staffers tonight at 7:30. No previous newspaper experience is necessary. All staffs - news, editorials, arts, sports, and business - have openings, and offer challenging work to any- one interested in the print media. TODAY'S STAFF: News: Jim Finkelstein, Ann Marie Lipinski, Andrea Lilly, Jo Marcotty, Sara Rimer, Jeff Ristine, Stephen Selbst Editorial Page: Lisa Adelstein, P a u I Haskins, Debra Hurwitz, R o b e r t Miller, Jeff Sorensen, Tom Stevens Arts Page: Chris Kochmanski Photo Technician: Pauline Lubens There are, of course, many who are sincere in their opposition to busing on the grounds of self-determination for their children. Time Magazine this week quotes a leader from the Boston community of Charlestown: "We are not violent and racist. But we are fiercely loyal to our commun- ity, and we believe in protecting our culture, our people and the quality of our education. Now we've got to give it all up, everything we've worked years for. They want to bus our kids out of Charlestown to the crummy schools that nobody ever worked to change." IT IS HARD TO argue with this man, to deny him what he wants for his children. We cannot condemn those who desire the right to have their children educated wherever they like. But it is not at all difficult to con- demn the students at Southern High School in Louisville who chant sim- ply "We don't want niggers in our schools!" Are we still so close to Ku Klux Klan mentality? We thought perhaps we had overcome a little bit, but now it turns out we had only covered up the scars. The blemishes of Louisville and Boston are only symptoms of the still deadly disease beneath our na- tional skin. Business Staff DEBORAH NOVESS Business Manager Peter Caplan.................Finance Manager Robert F. Cerra ............Operations Manager Beth Friedman................Sales Manager David Piontkawsky.......Advertising Manager DEPA. MORS. Dan Brina, Steve LeMire, Rhond Mae, Kathy Muhern, Cassie St. Clair ASSOC. MGRS. David Harlan, Susan Shultz ASST. MGRS. Dave Schwart STAFF John Benhow, Colby Bennet, Margie De- Ford, Elaine Douas, James Dykdema, Nine Edwards, Debbie Gerrish, Amy Hartman. Joan Helfman, Karl Jenning, Carolyn Koth- stein, Jacke Krammer, Anna Kwok, Vicki Aay, Susan Smereck, Wayne Tsang, Ruth Wo.man SALES Cher Bledsoe, Slyvia Calhoun, Marilyn Edwards, Steve Wright Editorial Staff GORDON ATCHESON CHERYL PILATE Co-Editors-in-Chief LAURA BERMAN .......Sunday Magazine Editor DAVID BLOMQUIST ..... Arts Editor ,BARBARA CORNELL ....Special Projects Editor PAUL HASKINS.. .........Editorial Director JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY........Features Editor SARA RIMER...............Executive Editor STEPHEN SELBST ............City Editor JEFF SORENSEN ..............Managing Editor STAFF WRITERS: Glen Allerhand, Pete, Blais- dell, Dan Blugerman, Clifford Brown, David Burhenn, Mary Harris, Stephen Hersh, Debra Hurwitz, Ann Marie Lipinski, Andrea Lily, Mary Long, Rob Meachum, Alan Resnick, Jeff Ristine, Steve Ross, Tim Schick, Kate Spelman, Jim Tobin David Whiting. Susan Wilhelm, Margaret Yao. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Rick Bonino, 'rom Cameron, Tom Ruranceau, Kathy Hen neghan, Ed Lange, Scott Lewis, Dave Wihak DESK ASSISTANTS: Marybeth Dillon, Marcia Katz, John Nemeyer Photography Staff KEN FINK STEVE KAGAN Chief Photographer Picture Editor PAULINE LUBENS .......... Staff Photographer KAREN KASMAUSKI ........Staff Photographer E. SUSAN SHEINER .........Staff Photographer STUART HOLLANDER ......Staff Photographer By ROBERT MILLER and JIM HENLE rPODAY MARKS the second anniversary of the right- wing military coup in Chile that overthrew Salvatore Allende's leftist Popular Unity govern- ment. Aided by covert CIA ac- tivities and a program of sys- tematic disruption of the Chil- ean economy by U.S.-dominated international financial institu- tions like the World Bank, the Pinochet junta seized power on September 11, 1973. It then launched a barbaric attack on Chile's working people that can only be termed Fascist. Two years after the coup, trade unions and peasant coop- eratives have been dissolved, there is no right to collective bargaining, and no right to strike. Leftist parties also are illegal. The military machine which the coup unleashed has been smeared with blood from the start. More than 30,000 Chileans have been executed; more than 100,000 have been jailed; more than 10,000 Chileans, whose only crime was political or trade un- ion organizing, are now being tortured and held in concentra- tion camps. Sham trials are rife and many have "disappeared." THE JUNTA HAS also en- forced strict media censorship. There have been massive burn- ings of books, leftist materials and such "subversive" works as Don Quixote. Many working class children whose parents showed sympathy for Allende and leftist activity are being "re-educated" and "rehabilitat- ed." University students and faculty have been subject to po- litical expulsions, and the cam- puses are overflowing with the junta's spies. According to "Science for the People," even the health care system is used to identify and liquidate health workers or pa- tients who are leftists, and to The economic hardships placed on Chile's workers must be added to the junta's cata- logue of horrors. While wages have been frozen, prices have risen at astronomical rates. Eighty-five per cent of the pop- ulation is below the poverty line and 60 per cent of all house- holds suffer from extreme pov- erty and malnutrition. A record 20 per cent of workers are un- employed. Not everyone has suffered from the coup, however. The copper companies whichwere expropriated by the Allende government (with compensa- tion) are now reaping huge profits. Other American-based internationals, such as GM, are. now attracted to the cheap la- bor supply in Chile. Corporate policy makers are also rejoic- ing now that the most developed workers' movement in Chile has been set back. IT IS NOW obvious that the democratically elected socialist government of Chile was sub- verted by the U.S. government. Secretary of State Kissinger personally directedsa far-reach- ing Nixon Administration pro- gram designed to curtail econ- omic aid and credits to Chile after the Allende election. This credit shortage created short- ages - especially in spare parts for U.S. machines and equip- ment - and led to production bottlenecks. This disrupted the economy and helped to turn groups like the independent transport workers aaginst the Allende government. Although Kissinger and the CIA were involved in the coup, it is a mistake to see the re- sulting tragedy as the product of "misguided" or "evil" for- eign policy makers. Rather it is the logical extension of the profit needs of the major cor- use health to actively resistance. skills and facilities oppose and suppress ...v:::":o:.::::::::":."e.v.::.":::::. ".::::L".ao:::v:..::v::r."":"rr.::v: ........,. .....,... ...L.. a: "Fi'+ V Vim... "Although Kissinger and the CIA were in- volved in the coup, it is a mistake to see the resulting tr the product ragedy as of 'mis- guided' or 'evil' fore- ign policy makers." :!> ViI 14t:""::J!":: ":.: : }:"::. ::.^::::.:; }:.:::: .'::,^..:::::: n::.: :::::: "; : : ?: iii::: ::i+"?'r?:::v: F":{L:":.4:: Y. L : :.:i':"." ":'}}Y ........................... .......1.. .....'Y .:'.W.\.: ' .. 1. '..".:.. . .+ ... M1" " p:i{.. ......................................................................................................................................!?}: !.:"::.^.:".'}:':.: :":: :::A :N ti. K":'.'::. .' ^. :.Wi ': A }:" :'titi1 :'i' :i :": }}i 'O :Y 'h " 1Y porations who use any means necessary to deny working peo- ple the fruits of their labor. The capitalist structure which the U.S. largely controls is a world structure. Accordingly, by breaking worker movements abroad the ruling class of the U.S. weakens the worker's pow- er at home. In Fascist con- trolled countries like Korea and Chile, the government represses wages. As multi-nationals take their factories abroad they tell the American labor force that they must bring their wage de- mands in line with the "free" market. AMERICANS MUST. support resistance to Fascist govern- ments and create a government here which does the same. Robert Miller and Jim Henle are members of the New Amer- ican Movement. Ethnic Festival: Beyond the melting pot By TOM STEVENS EXPANSION and diversity are the main features of Ann Arbor's Third Annual Mul- ti-Ethnic fest of this weekend. The sparkling plethora of food and entertainment will be aug- mented by at least two new clubs. Peripatetic Nancy Petterson, spokeswoman of the newcom- ing Scandinavian club, says that all the people working in the club "are really gung-ho about this." Akva Vit (Latin for 'Water of Life'), omnipo- "Cultural heritage is here to stay. Everyone is working toward the fete with considerable Secretary Pro Tem of the Festival, Kitty Wallace, a mem- ber of the Irish - American group, emphasizes that "there is more to Irish culture than ham 'n' cabbage." Irish food- stuffs will include beef sausage roll, pastries, torts, and so on. She thinks that cultural heri- tage is here to stay, that every- one working toward the fete is doing so with considerable excitement and looking forward to the weekend. THE ETHNIC COMMUNITY in relation to this particular af- fair is undoubtedly gaining ground. More clubs, more peo- ple expected - the festival has grown. It is more than merely a vehicle "to acquaint the peo- ple with the ways of other eth- nic denominations," said Art French, president of the Ann Arbor Multi-Ethnic Alliance. enthusiasm an( ing forward i weekend." tent Danish booze, wil and so will manyc prises and good things, seems to have retain enthusiasm despite that many members their homes acrosst permanently this sun d look. In a fair as diverse and ex- panding as his one, profits are to the a foregone conclusion. Ten per cent of the total will go to the Down Town Business Owners' Association, festival co - spon- sors, to cover the electricity ll be there and other services they provide. other sur- Secretary Wallace is uncertain . The club of what to expect in the way of ied a high profits. It is obvious, however, the fact that the proceeds will exceed s left for those of last year as a result of the ocean the modified hours of this year's mmer. blast. The festival opens 5 p.m. on Friday and 4:30 p.m. Satur- one murky American pot, but3 day. will remain separate in their tastes, and values. THE SUCCESS OF this year's festival seems firmly in hand, but what does the future hold in store for the many American ethnic groups? Kitty Wallace believes that they won't simply melt into Sait Ozdalkirian of the Tur- kish club brought up a long- neglected point when he said the festival will allow Ameri- cans of various ancestries to familiarize themselves with the "old country" most of them have never visited. Ozdalkirian enthused, "It is mutual, colorful exchange and a good thing for students new to Ann Arbor to see." Tom Stevens is a freshperson in LS ami A. I Letters to The Wheeler To The Daily: LAST APRIL AL Wheeler was elected mayor. A critical issue of that election was the priorities of CDRS funds. As a candidate, Al Wheeler repeated- ly argued that CDRS monies should be directed towards the needs of low and moderate in- come residents, and primarily human services. As mayor, his efforts have been consistent with campaign pledges. The current Republican charges center on the recom- mendations of the committee headed by former Republican Councilman C. William Colburn and appointed by former Mayor J a m e s Stephenson. Al- though thirty people were ap- pointed to the committee, the final recommendations were voted on with only twelve peo- ple present and only seven af- firmative votes. Many of the intermediate but crucial fund- ing decisions were made with the affirmative votes of only four or five people. This com- mittee recommended that sev- enty per cent of the funds be dation of the Colburn commit- of deciding the constitutionality tee. Yet, when Mayor Wheeler and legitimacy of the leadership and the Democratic majority of a group numbering over 2,500 exercise this same legal pre- people. We are people they don't rogative, they are the subject speak for. Although Weeks was of this unquestionably partisan not eligible to vote in Novem- abuse. ber, and therefore did not parti- Since his election, Mayor cipate in the bargaining com- Wheeler has also been follow- mittee election, nevertheless, ing through on his promises to the bargaining committee was plead for the delivery of hu- elected and therefore represents man services and to increase the will of the majority of voters the effectiveness . of our job as to who shall lead them. If employment program by over- the members of CDU were hauling the city's troubled elected, they did not invite the CETA operation. These cam- membership of this local to par- paign issues were decided by ticinate in their election. Al Wheeler's election. The CDU letter claims that The Council Republicans' bit- the legitimacy of the bargaining thrresonciltRepublicans bit- committee ended with the rati- te rsponse to MarWthattee' fication of the contract. We are proposalswshosdtha theh Re- somewhat amused at their ar- publicans wish to deny him the rogance and a bit surprised at righ toexecis nededand their naivete. Whom do they. proper leadership for the city propose should handle Step 3 of on these issues. The city does the grievance procedure and ar- not need more personal rancor bitration until a new bargaining or partisan hysteria, committee is elected? Whom do Lana Pollack they propose should sign the Chair, Ann Arbor contract? Whom do they pro- Democratic Party pose should do the routine work Sept. 10 of this local? MOST IMPORTANTLY, even if elections for officers were U1iOfl scheduled for tomorrow, who Dail The point is, taking this logic (?) to its ultimate conclusion, nobody is qualified to do any- thing, since no matter where one begins, the first step is someone's arbitrary decision. We personally feel, that if a de- cision has to be made the bar- gaining committee has the legit- imacy to make it. At present, they are certainly the most knowledgable people in the lo- cal; and they have worked very hard to build this local, while their detractors devote their time to building roadblocks to a viable union and perpetuating conflict. Another thing in the committee's favor is that at one time or another, someone, that is the members, elected them. We suggest to Ms. Weeks et. al., that the local first have official by-laws and elections proce- dures, not to mention nomina- tions, before they campaign for office. Local 2001 needs more than vocal dissenters. Local 2001 needs workers. Robert Dale, U. Hospital Shirley Oliver, Flint Judy Sisung, Law School Kathy Merr, Dearborn Edith Judge, U. Hospital Mary Cullen, ISR Sept. 9 .. .. .. .: .: ii i a..:" a{L:-?:v:4.i}'::: Contact your reps- Sen. Phillip Hart (Dem), Rm 253, Old Senate Bldg., Capitol 11H, Washington, D.C. 20515. Sen. Robert Griffin (Rep), Rm 353, Old Senate Bldg., Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 20515. r-hL iI n ..- Dm V... annn n ld r.aital P- qw~k°Ia A NVORRM 1