M~g i H IHGNDIYSnaOtbr1,17 .- IWR - Pape Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, October 19, 1975 OUTSIDE AID NECESSARY NYC disaster still imminent (Continued from Page 1) city and the federal government For that reason, Carey and agreed to use its pension funds has assumed two intertwined other advocates of federal aid to help refinance $453 million dimensions - one largely po- to New York City are marshal- in debt obligations which came litical, the other economic. ing a long string of witnesses to due at 3 p.m. In the view of politicians of tell Congress in hearings under At the height of Friday's both arties ,Ford and man way this week that the city's crisis, White House Press Secre- members of Congress have im- problems do indeed pose grave tary Ronald Nessendecla portant political incentives for economic risks. that Ford "will not take action resisting aid to New York. AN IMPORTANT new name to prevent a New York City de- . fault " Across the country, these poli- was added to the list of aid ad- fault." ticians say, the city is perceived vocates yesterday when A. W. AND INDICATIONS are Pres- as being arrogant, hooked on Clausen, president of the na- ident Ford is still resisting the wild spending and, in short, get- tion's largest bank, the Califor- idea of such aid. His spokes- ting just what it deserves. nia-based Bank of America, said people say a federal bailout BUT THE no-aid position is that "the effects of a New York than default because, in their politically safe only if Ford's City default may well be grave view, it would reward thecity economic advisors are right in and enduring, not only in terms for its spendthrift ways, andt their assertions that a default of our economy and financial would set a pattern which could by the city on its debts would markets, but also of public con- eventually make local govern- have only a minor effect on the fidence in government and loss ments across the country vas- nation's economy. of international prestige." sals of Washington. If Carey and a growing num- State and city officials are The argument between the ber of bankers, economists, lo- pinning their hopes on Congress, cal government officials and fi- believing that the Republican nancial analysts are right - President might sign aid legis- CHARING CROSS that a default would severely lation, despite his protestations, BOOKSHOP hurt state and local govern- if the Democratic majority in Used, Fine and Scholarly Books ments across the country and the Capitol takes on the political 316 S. STATE-994-4041 perhaps cripple the economic re- burden of acting first. covery - a federal decision to Open Mon.-Fri. 10-8, let the city collapse could prove 'The most optimistic of Carey's Sat. 10-6 , politically disastrous. advisers profess hope that Ford will eventually acquiesce, say- . ing the President is publicly maintaining an adamant stance SUN DAY at H LL E L only to insure that the state pro- ceeds firmly in massive budget OCTOBER 1 9 cuts it is now imposing on the GRAD BRUNCH-- il a.m. - 75c;city. - - - - _ - _ ITHE OB(1JECT1VE of the cuts ISSUE SPARKS NATIONAL CONTROVERSY Parents aisk for euthanasia By ALLAN R. BRUCE But New Jersey's attorney on Feb. 24 passed a statement United Press International general said it would be murder of policy on a definition of Doctors speak of it matter of to unplug the respirator. The death saying: "For all legal pur- factly. It's called "pulling the Morris County Prosecutor says poses, a human body with ir- plug." Those in favor say it's no one has the right to choose reversible cessation of total the only humane thing to do. death. Those who obiect call it murder The case of Karen Ann Quin- lan has sparked a nationwide controversy over the legal ques- tion of "When does death occur?" / KAREN, 21, suffered massive brain damage and slipped into a coma last April 14. Doctors have told her adoptive parents -Mr. and Ms. Joseph Quinlan of Landing Section, N.J. - the brain damage is irreversible and there is no hope for re- covery. Karen is being kept alive by tube feeding and the use of a respirator. Her parents want her to die naturally, with "grace; and dignity." The Quinlans go to court in Morristown, N.J. tomorrow to seek a court order to halt the life-preserving devices. Dr. Robert Fishman, chair- man of the Neurology Depart- ment at the University of Cali- fornia, disagrees. "Murder is an act of commission and iot an act of omission," he said. "WITHDRAWAL of vital sup- ports happens all the (ime in hospitals," Fishman adds. "It is an act of omission. If the diagnosis is correct, it is a com- pletely futile situation. There's no need to dramatize it to bits and nieces. No one will fver ^riticize a physician, for exam- nle, for not calling a 'code blue' lart on a terminal cancer pa- tient." A code blue alert brings doc- tr'r.s in from all nsrts of the hos- nital to heln revive a natient vhose heart has stopped beat- in4. "Tn an ae of informed con- "t." Fishman said. "the nhv- i brain function according to usual and customary standards of medical practice shall be con- sidered dead." But in Massachusetts the state's top medical attorney, William Chayet, objects to the' idea of legislation that would de- fine death. "WE HAVE nothing in the state which defines death and I would be opposed to any such legislation," Chayet said. "We have enough to deal with on day to day legislation, never mind after we're dead. To push the Massachusetts legislature, or any legislature into determining when death occurs would be a tremendous error, but I can understand that everyone wants to pass the buck here." "A Quinlan case could come up in this state," he said. "Failure to keep it (medical as- sistance) going could constitute murder in Massachusetts. There has been so much pressure be- cause of the Quinlan case, how- ever, it could have a shot in the legislature. The pressure is on the- physician and he's the swing guy. "Many physicians have told me privately they not only have not continued life saving methods, but they've actually stopped them when the family was in full accord," he said. "THAT'S terrible. But it's 0a 'If the person is in horrendous pain, it's the only humane thing to do--to shorten their misery by a couple of lousy days.' -A northern California physician s ISRAELI DANCING- 12:00-Social Hall ALL WELCOME DELI - 5:30-7:00 p.m. ALL YOU CAN EAT-$2.50 1429 HILL ST. 11124 .JL~tJe.Zt-II~ LVl "V 1C U is to eliminate this year's pro- jected deficit of $800 million by cutting the current budget and later making cuts large enough to generate a $300 million sur- plus next year and a $200 million surplus the following year. r t l - - r r * .Fa ti pr- f~ti ztand. I f WHAT complicates the Karen 5in n no lonqar hide behind Quinlan case is that she some- a cloak of incantations." times breathes independently of the respirator. And irregularly, ANOTHRR northern Califosrnia but sometimes, the electroence- "hvgii-jn who trained at one of phalograph measures b r a i n 'Tw York's leading cancer hos- waves. , dsai "doctors learn who She doesn't quite fit into the +, kill. If a nerson is in hor- "Harvard criteria"-the absence r-ndons nain it's the only hi- of brain activity-for a defini- mare thing to do-to