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Friday, October 17, 1975
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Henry supereedes authority
C ECRETARY OF STATE Henry Kis-
singer's refusal to comply with
a Congressional subpoena goes one
step too far.
The globe-trotting Kissinger has
been hailed as the master diplomat
who can solve world's crises with a
few choice words and quiet angry
combatants with a wave of the hand,
but that does not entitle him to flip-
pantly disregard the Congress' call.
The House Intelligence Committee,
which has been probing the Central
Intelligence Agency and other clan-
destine organizations, had order-
ed the State Department to produce
a memorandum detailing alleged
mismanagement during the 1974 Cy-
prus crisis.
Kissinger, however, failed to re-
spond to the order by Tuesday - the
deadline set by Rep. Otis Pike (D-
N.Y.) the committee chair.
THE EXCUSE PUT forth by Kissin-
ger and other high-level State
Department officials is that the con-
fidentiality of such material must be
maintained or else analysts will fear
making recommendations that may
later be proven wrong and held up
in, the public view.
In some sense, Kissinger's explana-
tion for withholding the memo begs
the question.
He argues that policy suggestions
ought to be kept secret. These pre-
sumably would be contingency plans
and the like - material developed
before and asa crisis actually looms
on the horizon. They may rightfully
be withheld in the interest of nation-
al security.
But the memo sought by the House
committee is an analysis of U. S.
handling of the Cyprus situation -
a document written after the fact.
Although it might be argued that
such a whitepaper would reflect bad-
ly on some state department officials,
that's part of the game. The public
and certainly the Congress have a
right to know about such goings on
-good or bad.
FURTHERMORE, WOULD Kissinger
be less reluctant to release the
informnation were it favorable to his
department's operations?
Quite probably the Secretary is
merely using a "confidential" stamp
to bury critical data - a ploy that
has been extensively and effectively
used by the CIA, the FBI, and many
other branches of government.
Nobody should be allowed to get
away with it.
Editorial positions represent
consensus of the Daily staff.
BY MARTY LEE
A GROUP of students at the
University of Michigan have
organized a large scale Teach-in
entitled "The Bicentennial Di-
lemma: Who's In Control?",
which will take place on Novem-
ber 2, 3 and 4. The Teach-in
will focus on the theme of tech-
nology, repression, and resist-
ance to repressive techniques,
covering a wide range of topics
such as corporate manipulation,
political assassinations, surveil-
lance and dataveillance, police
repression, subversion of the
forces of dissent, nd psychologi-
cal techniques of human con-
trol (psychological warfare, be-
havior modification, advertising,
etc.).
OVER twenty-five speakers
from all over the country will
be participating in the Teach-in
including: Herbert Marcuse, the
leading theoretician of the New
Left who has come out of re-
tirement to make a final public
statement, William Kuntsler,
noted activist-lawyer; Mark
Lane, the leading critic of the
Warren Report; Jeremy Rifkin,
director of the People's Bicen-
tennial Commission; Chuck
Morgan, director of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union in
Washington, D.C.; Regina Brave
Dixon, from the Wounded Knee
Legal Defense Committee; Da-
vid DuBois, novelist and leading
spokesperson for the Black Pan-
ther Party; Richard Barnet, the
authority on multinational cor-
porations; and many more.
means of the catch-all phrase
'national security,' or by a dic-
tatorial decision made behind
closed doors. when the right to
know is violated, the short-term
and long-term consequences can
only be negative.
MANY OF the speakers parti-
cipating in the Teach-in will also
travel to other schools in the
area. Programs will be held at
Wayne State, Michigan State,.
Eastern Michigan University,
and a United Auto Workers'
Night school in Detroit. During
the past year there has been an
upsurge of political activity and
interest as evidenced by stand-
ing-room-only audiences at ma-
jor conferences at Boston, Madi-
son, Berkeley, New Haven and
Los Angeles.
PRESENTATIONS will be
made in the form of panels, lec-
tures, workshops, and keynote
addresses, and will continue
throughout the morning, after-
noon and evening in Hill Audi-
torium. In addition to a very im-
pressive lecture series, the
Teach-in will feature a poetry
reading with William Burroughs,
Ed Sanders, and John Giorno.
A political film series and daily
guerrilla/street theater happen-
ings in and around the campus
area during the week prior to
the conference will culminate in
an all-day street theater extrav-
aganza Saturday, November 1st.
THE PURPOSE of the Teach-
in is not to put forth a particular
political line, but rather to dis-
seminate information which, be-
cause of the screening process
Big Br
of the corporate media, is not
easily accessible to the public.;
It is ironic that an alternative
educational experience such as
a Teach-in should be necessary
in a university community,
where education, one would as-
sume, is the first priority. The
significance of this point can-
not be over-emphasized. By
stubbornly withholding financial
support, the U Administration
has made it as difficult as pos-
sible for the organizers of the
Teach-in.
This year, over two dozen
Teach-ins focusing on covert in-
telligence operations and politi-
cal assassinations are set for
campuses and cities throughout
the country.
The enthusiastic response to
the Teach-in on the part of in-
dividuals and organizations in
Ann Arbor is indicative of a
growing concern among Ameri-
cans who share a common fear
of certain dangerous trends this
country is followning. The or-
ganizers of the Teach-in wel-
come any kind of support or as-
sistance from interested persons
who would like to contribute
creative energy to this project.
Those who are involved with
the Teach-in approach politics
with the attitude that political
practice should be a creative
and liberating experience, and
that politics is a vehicle for
overcoming alienation. This is
not the politics of local sectar-
ianism or the dreary bi-annual
argumentative involvement in
American electoral boredom.
THE TEACH-IN Committee
lother
holds regular meetings every
Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. at
332 S. State St. Teach-in litera-
ture and information is avail-
It is ironic that an
alternative education-
al experience, such as
a Teach-in should be
necessary in a univer-
sity community, where
education, one would
Kuntsler
assume, is
Priority."
the first
BY REFUSING to grant cred-
it for the Teach-in as a mini-
course, even though it had met
all of theerequirements and had
been approved by the Curricu-
lum Committee, the Executive
Committee of the LSA College
clearly demonstrated its com-
mitment to a policy of indirect
censorship and suppression of
information. With this latest vio-
lation of students' rights, the
University calls itself into ques-
tion by contradicting the basic
premise upon which it rests: the
right to know. In a society
where democratic institutions
supposedly exist, the right to
know is paramount. Whether by
able in the Fishbowl during
weekdays, along with free show-
ings of the Zapruder film of the
JFK assassination. Tickets for
the entire conference are $3.00
and can be obtained at the Fish-
bowl or at the UAC tiket desk
in the lobby of the Michigan Un-
ion. For more information con-
tact the Ann Arbor Teach-in at
332 S. State or call (313) 995-0404.
Marty Lee is a co-ordinator
of the upcoming Teach-in,
"Bicentennial Dilemmas Who's
in Control?"
AFL-CIO Convention
Economy takes a
back seat
Rosenbaum blocks reform
TWO BILLS AIMED at reforming
Michigan's marijuana laws are
currently sitting in the state house,
facing an uncertain future as a re-
sult of one man. Paul Rosenbaufh,
Chairman of the Judiciary Commit-
tee, has refused to hold hearings on
these bills claiming he is already
busy with "more important" things.
The first bill, sponsored by Jackie
Vaughn would completely legalize
marijuana. Though a noble effort on
the part of the representative from
Detroit, realistically the bill has no
chance of passing due to prevalent
biases surrounding the marijuana
issue.
A second bill, introduced by Repub-
lican Floor Leader William Bryant,
has a much better chance ... so long
as Rosenbaum doesn't get a hold of
it. Instead of being sent to the Judie-
iary Committee, as was the case with
Vaughn bill, it went to Perry Bul-
lard's .Civil Rights Committee.
THIS BILL WOULD eliminate jail
sentences and set fine of $100
for use, possession and distribution
without renumeration. In addition it
TODAY'S STAFF
NEWS: Tom Allen, Glen Allerhand,
Gordon Atcheson, Steve Hersh, Rob
Meachum, Sara Rimer, Curt Smith
EDITORIAL PAGE: Michael Beckman,
Steve Harvey, Paul Haskins
ARTS PAGE: James Valk
PHOTO TECHNICIAN: Scott Eccker
would be enforced by citation, like
a traffic violation, rather than ar-
rest. Though hardly perfect, it would
place Michigan among the leaders of
marijuana reform.
But Rosenbaum, upset because he
is not being allowed to determine
the fate of the second bill, has
threatened to take the issue to a vote
of the house in order to have it re-
assigned to his committee.
Last year 18,000 people were ar-
rested for marijuana violations in
this state. A recent survey shows
about a quarter of 24-year-old men
in the nation smoked grass last year.
In addition there is no medical evi-
dence proving marijuana a health
hazard. In light of all this marijuana
reform is important.
Removal of jail sentences for pos-
session and use would keep people
found guilty of violating law from
sharing the same cell with a killer
or thief.
IN ORDER TO save this legislation,
it is important to write your rep-
resentative in Lansing, c/o State.
Capitol Bldg., Lansing, Mi. 48933 and
urge them to support the assignment
of H. B. 5627 to the Civil Rights com-
mittee, and ask their support of the
bill when it comes to a floor vote.
Another letter is also in order: one
to Paul Rosenbaum telling him to
stop his mindless obstruction of this
legislation. Send it to Room 303
State Capitol Bldg. Lansing Mi.
48933.
By CAROL MARSH
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13
(PNS) - AFL-CIO President
George Meany left little doubt
here at the federation's recent
convention about what worries
him most - and it was not the
economy.
Meany failed even to mention
unemployment or the current
recession until halfway through
his keynote address. Instead, he
devoted himself to bemoaning
the "rise in the military power
of the communist totalitarian
world."
"Their purpose is to conquer
the world," he said. "What is
our purpose? Frankly, we don't
seem to have one any more ...
That's not wholly true . . . we
do have a policy - it's called
detente."
The delegates found booklets
on their tables about "Solzhen-
itsyn: The Voice of Freedom",
and were treated to a movie
featuring the anti-communist
Russian author, the only movie
shown during the convention.
THE REPORT of the AFL-
CIO Executive Council to the
convention had this to say about
the Vietnam War: "The war has
ended except for the poor mil-
lions who must now somehow
survive the degradation of the
vanquished and the mental and
physical enslavement of an ide-
ology which for more than 20
years they worked and died to
oppose."
Meany did finally get around
to the problem of unemploy-
ment, which he blamed on gov-
ernment policies of high inter-
est rates and tight money. The
solutions he suggested were gov-
ernment jobs, extended unem-
ployment benefits and lower in-
terest rates.,
The delegates - 850 men and
only 22 women - applauded
Meany enthusiastically. Most
were officers of national AFL-
CIO affiliated unions.
The differences between the
officials inside the hall and the
rank-and-file workers leafleting
and picketing outside were
sharp. One coalition of rank-and-
file caucuses - the United
Trade Unionists - picketed
against a bill moving rapidly
through Congress that would set
up a national board with the
power to intervene in and settle
construction trade strikes.
THE PROTESTERS saw the
bill - the Construction Industry
Bargaining Act of 1975 - as a
sign that AFL-CIO leaders were
more interested in cooperating
with industry and government to
settle strikes than in encourag-
ing rank-and-file mobilization.
Inside, the convention dele-
gates applauded a speech by the
bill's author, Labor Secretary
John Dunlop, and passed a reso-
lution supporting the bill.
Another rank-and-file caucus,
the Bay Area Trade Union Com-
mittee for Chile, leafleted the
convention for several days in-
viting delegates to a seminar on
Chile, featuring delegate Abe
Feinglass, international vice
president of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Work-
men. Feinglass had been to
Chile, seen the abusesbof the
military dictatorship, and hoped
to unite workers to boycott Chil-
ean goods..
The only delegate who came
was Feinglass. The convention
passed a resolution saying that,
"Free-trade unionists did not
mourn the departure of a Marx-
ist regime in Chile," called the
coup a "necessary act, despite
the cruel and inhuman suppres-
sion of civil rights," and said
Chilean dictator Pinochet's re-
gime was "on a level with the
dictatorships of Castro, Brezh-
nev, Mao, Duvalier ..."
UNION MEMBERS outside
the convention also leafleted
delegates about the American
Institute for Free Labor Devel-
opment (AIFLD), founded and
funded by the AFL-CIO. AIFLD
has been identified by former
CIA agent Philip Agee and oth-
ers as a CIA labor front group
in Latin America, instrumental
in the overthrow of Allende in
Chile. The Executive Council's
report praised AIFLD, and in
no way alluded to links between
AIFLD and the CIA.
Among AIFLD's achieve-
ments, the report cites this in-
stance in Uruguay: "AIFLD
was instrumental in 1974 in as-
sisting the democratic labor
movement in Uruguay to enroll
its unions in the National Regis-
ter of Unions established by the
new Uruguayan labor law. Be-
fore this registration, the Marx-
ist-dominated National Conven-
tion of Workers (CNT) con-
trolled an overwhelming number
of Uruguayan unions."
THE CONVENTION dealt with
more than 200 resolutions rang-
ing from nuclear energy to
metric conversion. A resolution
supporting the Coalition of La-
bor Union Women (CLUW)
failed to pass, when it was
brought up for a vote at noon
while the women delegates rep-
resenting CLUW were all absent
from the hall. The Resolutions
Committee had recommended
against it because CLUW in-
cludes unions not affiliated with
the AFL-CIO.
Hubert Humphrey, friend of
labor, got the warmest welcome
of anyone addressing the con-
vention. Other friends of labor
who also gave speeches were
San Francisco Mayor Joseph
Alioto, U.N. Ambassador Daniel
Moynihan, Sen. Henry Jackson,
Meany
D e f e n s e Secretary James
Schlesinger - and United Farm
Workers President Cesar C a-
vez.
Chavez was one of the few at
the convention not wearing a
business suit.
HIS MESSAGE, too, went
against the grain. He told the
delegates the farmworkers knew
from long, bitter experience that
the government #sn't a reliable
ally of workers and that workers
can only depend on their united
strength.
Carol Marsh worked as a re-
porter for several California
dailies before becoming a free-
lance writer. Copyright Pacific
New Service, 1975.
Letter's
to
The
Daily
THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL
Field N wape ya v. Is
contingencies
To The Daily:
IF YOUR LOCAL nuclear
power plant had an accident
and dangerous amounts of radio-
active substances were being
releasedsinnto the surrounding
environment, what would yoo
do? How would you leave?
Where would you go? Chances
are you've never thought about
it. This is written with the as-
sumption that you do care, feel
you have some control over
your life, and maybe want to do
something about a disturbing
situation that could become a
dangerous reality.
The Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mittee (NRC) requires all plant
licensees to have plans for
evacuation of the surrounding
areas in case of an accident.
The Commission does not re-
quire detailed plans, only a
summary of events they hope
would take place. The plan us-
ually consists of some under-
standings between the utility
company and local public offic-
ials.
It is the view of some citi-
zens' groups ,however, that ex-
tensive, definite plans should be
required and made public. The
lack of plans may be in part,
caused by the industries' reluct-
ance to alarm the public to the
licensing requirements for evac-
uation procedures for every nu-
clear facility.
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC
Interest Research Group (PI-
RG) has begun a campaign de-
manding public distribution of
plans and actual test drills of
+1. c ni nn Ta n..aC+nn +thpn
meet the same guidelines.
A letter to Pirgim member
Marcy Bohm from NRC, on
Feb. 21, 1975 about evacuation
plans, states, "The (emergen-
cy) plan must include provisions
for suitable arrangements to be
made with state and local of-
ficials and prompt notification
to them in case of an emer-
gency. The detailed procedures
for carrying out the plan are
audited at the site by our in-
spectors and it must be shown
that the licensee does in fact
have the appropriate arrange-
ments and means of notifica-
tion of appropriate officials."
"Neit-er the NRC or the li-
censee, however, has any au-
thority to direct the activities
of the general public outside
the facility site boundaries. Re-
sponsibility for emergency re-
sponse plans offsite is vester in
state and local government."
IN ANOTHER LETTER
written to Ms. Bohm. by the
Michigan State Police dated
April 1, 1975, they state, ". . -
the actual emergency evacua-
tion plans for those plants do
not exist on the state level
. . ." Yet, the foremost safety
committee of the Nuclear Reg-
ulatory Commission, (called the
Advisory Committee for Reac-
tor Safeguards (ACRS), stated
in a memorandum dated April
1, 1975, "On the basis of its
evaluations, the Committee has
concluded that an effective
emergency plan can play a sig-
nificant role on the protection
of the nearby population in the
unlikely event of a major ac-
cidental release onfraiac.ntive
these problems is the fact that
Federal funds to lend support to
the development of state re-
sponse plans, which the Com-
mittee understood were to be
made available through the eFd-
eral Disaster Assistance Admin-
istration, have never material-
ized. Although there have been
several candidate states for the
development of model state
plans, no such plan has yet
been completed."
IT IS OBVIOUS from the
above that the federal govern-
ment grants the licenses to the
utilities, the responsibilities of
evacuation and safety outside
the plants walls is left up to
state and local governments, the
states have either no complet-
.ed plans or unsafe existing
plans, and for the states to have
adequate plans they need ex-
pertise and money, something
the Federal government hasn't
provided even though it has
been requested.
If the lack of evacuation plans
distresses you, if you care
enough to do something about it
write to Secretary, U. S. Nu-
clear Regulatory Commission.
Washington, D. C. 20555. Attn:
Chief, Docketing and Service
Section. Write to your Congress-
people and Senators. Get in
touch with your local or state
Pirg office. Show some interest.
Michael Yellin
Oct. 15
women's prisons
To The Daily:
I AM WRITING in re the ex-
ploitation of Michigan's women
nrionrs hbv n rivatp neraann-
their members and non-mem-
bers cut - rate prices for serv-
ices rendered and use women
prisoners to do the work. Thie
clubs then pocket the profit.
The Prisoners' Progress As-
sociation (PPA) is now planning'
to start a chapter at DeHoCo,
so women prisoners will have
an avenue to begin exercising
their rights as both humans
and as women.
Knowing of- your interest in
the area of prison reform, I
thought your readers would like
to know that our women pri-
soners are not only slaves of
the state, but also slaves of
private organizations!
Women in prison have been
neglected too long. The PPA
plans to bring their plight to
both legislators and the public.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS
and donations to help us regain
rights for the neglected wo-
men prisoners of Michigan.
Hence, I request that you print
my letter in hopes it will in-
fluence your readers to help us
stop the exploitation of women
prisoners.
Should anyone care to lend a
hand in helping PPA bring hu-
mane treatment to women pri-
soners, they will be more than
welcome to do so. For more in-
formation on this matter, con-
tact me at the address below,
or Claudia Cines, 413 South Di-
vision, No. 1, Ann Arbor.
Bigotry by corrections offic-
ials must be stopped now; ex-
ploitation of women prisoners
by private organizations must
be eliminated. These women
"just borrowed"
To The Daily:
AS A CONCERNED, conser-
vative parent of a University
student who usually disagrees
wholeheartedly with your edi-
torial policies, may I say
"Bravo to the Daily!" for your
front-page expose' of the Uni-
versity's professorial "borrow-
ers" of library books, by Ralph
Vartebedian. Had Mr. Vartebe-
dian "researched" any of those
7,500 versions of the Bible in the
University library ,he would
have found quite another, view
of 'borrowing" - two thieves
were crucified beside of Christ
in those days. Apparently they
frowned on "borrowing" then!
The hypocrisy apparent in
your example before our young
people is probably part of the
reason so many of them have
no respect for people or proper-
ty -- or for the moral values
of the older generation. I, agree
with Mr. Downes that some
"ideals" are more valuable than
the books involved, but I would
question whether letting pro-
fessors get away with this type
of wholesale "borrowing" is
teaching anyone the proper
ideals.
PROF. POWERS compares
his "borrowing" to the me-
chanic who "borrows" tools
from the factory he works in-
in most factories, a worker who
"borrowed" tools for six years
and was caught would certainly
be fired. But then Prof. Powers
is a "scholar" - that makes it
all right.
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