Tuesday, September 30, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Tuesday, September 30, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Poge Three M STUDY CONCLUDES'- 'G-men' By RICK SOBLE have self-esteem I After sharing the dirty work of garbagemen for three years, Edward Walsh has found "G-men" are happy enough with their lot and often find their self-esteem increased because of their occupation. Walsh, a University researcher who labored as a garbageman in the city, Detroit, and Minneapolis, says his findings contrast sharply with the common notion that garbagemen feel degraded by collecting trash. AP Photo . ..to the sh rres of Tripoli Carl Spencer, pedalling through a Chicago pnrk, is practicing for a cross-country bicycle jaunt that will be held to commemorate the Mai ine Corps 200th anniversary. The 56-year-old ex-Marine has logged 8,700 miles practicing :tor the forthcoming event, which requires riders to carry a capsule of Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. SIMPLE SELF TEST. Expert saysb exams thw rt By TERI MAGEAU Do college age women have to worry about breast cancer? After the discovery of breast cancer in Betty Ford and Hap- py Rockefeller, women all over the country began to examine themselves for cists or lumps. While the disease is most preva- lent in middle age women, can- cer researchers agree that the self-examination process should start as early as possible. "Despite the fact that they, are not at a dangerous age, col- lege age women should always - every month-- do aself- breast examination," asserts Ruth Kummer, supervisor in charge of work flow at the Uni- versity Breast Cancer Detec- tion Center.I A L T H O U G H MOST BREAST tissues undergo chan- ges as the woman gets older, Kummer feels there is a psy- chological advantage to start- ing early. "Starting young develops a good mental attitude," she says. "Older women who have never examined themselves until they come to our center are very reserved and inhibited. They are completely unaware of their own bodies." Kummer cites the increasing awareness of women as "en- plains, it's a very simple and painless process that takes on- ly minutes. Doctors say the ex- amination ;hould be performed on the lar t day of the men- strual peri d, or if a woman is on birth control pills, during one of the ;seven days when the pill isn't ta ken. The exa- m is performed as follows: -with b, tck straight and arms relaxed at the sides, sit before a mirror aid study your breasts for change ,s in size or shape. Look for puckering and dim- pling of ti.e skin, or discharge, or a chan ge in the nipple. -with arms raised high ov- erhead, Ic iok again for the same signs or any change since the last exan iination. -sittint in the chair with your hands at chin level, place the heels; of the hands together and pre ss to make the chest muscles contract. Look for any dimpling of the skin. -Next , lie down on your back on a be d and place a flat pil- low or towel 13 inches under your leoft shoulder. Raise the ireast cancer left arm over your head and rest it on the bed. Keep the fingers of your right hand to- gether and straight. Use a gen- tle patting motion, feeling with the flat part of your fingers throughout the examinntion. -Start at your ozeastoone and press carefully on the in- ner, upper quarter of your breast, moving toward the nip- ple. Still using the flat of your fingers, feel the area around the nipple. -Next feel the lower, inner part of the breast. In this low- er, inner section, a ridge of firm tissue or flesh is normal. -Bring your left arm to your side and with the right hand feel under the armpit. -With a gentle patting mo- tion feel the upper quarter of the breast -Complete the examination on your left breast by feeling the lower, outer section of the breast, moving from the outer part to the nipple. -Shift the pillow to the right side and repeat the procedures on your right breast. I asques protest oi MADRID (Reuter) - A wave of strikes swept through Spain'sI northern Basque country yes-i terday in protest of the week- end executions of Basque sep- aratists. Factories, schools, shops and bars closed as more than 120,-1 000 people answered a clandes- tine strike call issued over the weekend by nationalists and op- position groups, local sources said. IN MADRID, the Cabinet heldI an emergency meeting to dis- cuss worldwide protests against the executions of five urban guerrillas, including the two Basques. They were accused of3 killing policemen and were shot at dawn on Saturday. Legal sources in Madrid said yesterday that up to 20 Basque separatists arrested in a series of gun battles earlier this month would be court martialled this week - and several could face execution next weekend. SLawyers for the Basque mili- tants said they had been told to appear before a military inves- tigating judge, who will prepare; the prosecution case, later to-, day. They said this was the step1 immediately before a summary court-martial. A GOVERNMENT spokesman said the trials would not be held within the next few days, but it nevertheless appeared to ob- servers that the government was determined to maintain a: hard line and deal in its own way with what it considers to be an essentially domestic prob- lem. Local sources said the fiercely independent Basque country,E which has its own distinct lan-1 guage and cultural traditions,1 reacted massively to Saturday'sI executions - the first of Basque i separatist guerrillas. More than 100,000 peoplet struck in San Sebastian and its industrial belt and 20,000 did not turn up for work in the key in- dustrial center of Bilbao, the t sources said. A GOVERNMENT spokesper-I son said in Madrid that only 30,- 000 Basques responded to the strike call. Despite the Basques' show of defiance, the government ap- peared poised to try up to 201 separatists within the next few, strike in f killings days under emergency court procedures laid down by a re- cent anti-terrorist law. These procedures, which speed up the hearing and elim- inate appeals, were employed in two of the four trials that led to last weekend's executions. THE Cabinet met yesterday under Prime Minister Carlos Arias Navarro to discuss reac- tions to the executions which have ranged from demands for Spain's expulsion from the Unit- ed Nations to condemnations from Pope Paul. Highly-placed sources said the government was angered and grieved but had no intention of altering its policy. LabornMinister Fernando Suarez Gonzalez said before the meeting that the government remained absolutely calm. THE MINISTER, speaking at fan official ceremony, said: "Facing terrorist crime the law must be exercised. Even though the carrying out of the law sometimes produces sorrow, it would be more sorrowful if the law were not applied." HIS REPORT concluded.that garbagemen are "well protected against job related threats to their identity" and that "many of the G-men used various facets of their jobs to enhance their self-esteem." A survey of local garbagemen apparently confirms this view. Asked about their work, many G-men responded, "I love it," while another remarked, "I feel I'm performing a community service." The workers insist that they don't associate their job with stigma or shame. An employe pointed out that "ninety per cent of these guys wouldn't return if they were ashamed of their work." City garbagemen claim there are positive aspects to col- lecting trash ranging from "being my own boss with no fore- man to hassle me" to "working out in the open air." "COLLECTING GARBAGE is hard work," commented a five- year employe. "I almost quit after the first two days." But he says that the Sanitation Department provides an incentive plan to make the job more attractive. The plan allows workers to quit work early if they complete their route ahead of schedule, with no loss of pay. Thus gar- bagemen can be paid for a full eight hours of work after putting rin only five. Walsh says that a worker's conception of his social-occupa- tional worth is influenced by "the amount of on-the-job support" he gets. CITY GARBAGEMEN admit that they are sensitive to public feedback about their work. Most of them say they really appre- ciate the periodic compliments they receive from residents. The men also have strong opinions about people who look down upon garbage collectors. "They don't realize that they're the ones putting it out there," observed one worker with a ban- daged hand. He had cut it badly and missed a week of work after lifting an unmarked box filled with broken glass. "PEOPLE ARE IGNORANT," he continued. "One lady even chased me away from the faucet in her yard." Walsh's report is critical of "work humanizers" who want to see conditions changed, since he says workers have little de- sire for change. In the city, the municipal employe's union has t already secured garbagemen a number of privileges. The biggest complaint that most local garbagemen express concerns "Shupak," a garbage truck designed to be operated by a single individual. Workers who drive the truck say they ex- perience loneliness and alienation. They prefer to work in teams on other trucks, even at reduced pay. Walsh's study states that the garbagemen of the city, "al- though aware -of the social fact of their job's stigma in main- ,streamsociety, seemed to ignore job status in evaluating them- selves." He added: "The times which we are living are not least bit easy." in the N OB KOX Tolkieon - e o rd s 9