Page Eight \ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, January 22, 1976 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAiLY Senators call for panel to watch spy agencies Blood test may spot clot risks with Pill WASHINGTON (Reuter)-The chairman of the Senate Intelli- gence Committee, Frank Church, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield called yesterday for the creation of a permanent Senate panel to sup- ervise the activities of all U.S. intelligence agencies. Testifying at the opening hear- ing on ways to reform intelli- gence-gathering operations, the Senators said the proposed com- mittee should have the power to block what the Senate might deem to be ill-advised U.S. spy operations abroad. THE HEARINGS, being con- ducted by the Senate govern- ment operations committee, got underway following an investi- gation into a long series of abuses by the CIA and other in- telligence-gathering agencies. The proposal is almost certain, to provoke an open confronta- tion between Congress and the White House, which has con- tended that the proposed com- mittee, with its unusual powers, would usurp the President's con- stitutional prerogatives in the conduct of foreign policy. The White House is also said to be upset by another contro- versialpproposalaadvanced by Church requiring that the CIA notify the Senate in advance of planned covert operations. REFLECTING the W h i t e House views, Senator John Tow- er of Texas, the senior Republi- can on the Intelligence Commit- tee, testified in opposition to the creation of a permanent over- sight commaftee, contending it was premature and a simplistic solution to a complicated prob- lem. Other points in Church's pro- posal, expected to be formally introduced in the Senate later this week, included: . -Membership of the proposed committee be limited to nine members with the membership being rotated, giving every Sen- ator a turn and avoiding the dangers of developing too close a relationship between the com- mittee and U.S. intelligence; and -The imposition of stiff pen- alties, including censure or ex- pulsion from office, for Sen- ators disclosing sensitive infor- mation about secret U.S. opera- tions. The-Senate Intelligence Com- mittee has issued two interim reports and will issue a "final report when its investigation is completed by the end of next month. In its earlier reports, the panel documented such abuses as CIA plots to assassinate for- eign leaders and the agency's covert operations aimed at top- pling the government of Chile's first Marxist President, Salva- dor Allende. THE HOUSE of Representa- tives Intelligence Committee, Which is conducting a parallel inquiry, is holding a series of closed door meetings to act on a draft report of abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies. TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - -A sim- ple blood test now appears pos- sible that would identify women who may develop dangerous blood clots while taking the con- traceptive "pill," a research scientist said yesterday. For women thus identified, the drug heparin - a so-called blood thinning agent - could. then be used for protection against clots that may form during surgery or after injury. THE TEST might also relieve the worry of millions of wo- men by showing that they are not in particular danger of forming clots when taking the oral contraceptive containing estrogen, the female sex hor- mone. About 12 million American women take such pills and ex- perts say relatively few risk formation of clots because of it. The first steps toward such a potential test were described to an American Heart Associa- tion science writers' forum by estrogen effects the reaction time to bring greater chance that factor Xa could' induce. clots in the legs, heart or brain. ONLY A ,very small percent- age of women taking the pill ever get into trouble with blood clots, Dr. Wessler said. Their tendency to form clots is in- creased if they undergo surgery or suffer injury. Small doses of heparin en- hance the ability of antithrom- bin-3 to neutralize factor Xa. It thus can be given before sur- gery or might be given 'in the event of accidental injury. Dr. Wessler stressed that other laboratories would have to confirm the findings before the blood test or treatment with henarin would be accepted. He is associate dean of-ยข the New York University postgrad- uate medical school. His asso- ciates in the research are San- ford Gitel, Ph.D.; Livia S. Wan, M.D., and Bernard S. Paster- nack, Ph.D. _ _ _ v , SGC dismantled, replaced by MS/i (continued from rage 1) when it would go into effect," she said. Goodman also noted that David Schaper, a former SGC official who representedrFree- man at the hearing before CSJ, has been charged with alleged- ly embezzling some $33,000 in SGC funds. "There is no government now, and all actions of the gov- ernment are now halted," Good- man said. "It's going to be so destructive and really hard to get the plan on its feet in a positive fashion." SHE asserted that it will now take "another two weeks to a month" to implement the plan. The chief justice of the CSJ,. Robert Diehl, complained that the plan "should have been im- plemented with all deliberate speed" and'-that "it wasn't pro- per for them to wait until Ap- ril." "CSJ didn't disband SGC, the students did," Diehl said. GOODMAN contended that "everything we've done since November is technically void," but Diehl said that SGC was functioning constitutionally un- til yesterday. Freeman noted that MSA is merely "a restructuring of SGC and a name change." He said that "in terms of what student government does, there is no change - but in how it does it, there is a change." For MSA to take effect, all 17 college governments must be notified to select a repre- sentative. That is expected to take place today and MSA's first meeting will be held to- night in the old SGC offices at the Union. AP Photo Miro mania A Parisian pauses to ponder two ten-foot sculptures by Spanish abstract artist Juan Miro which are quarter-size models planned to decorate a public plaza in the Paris business district. Dems criticize Ford budget; wantAmore for unemployed By AP and Reuter HE SAID the key to prosper- levels," he said. He did not spell WASHINGTON-Congressional ity is to put people back to work out how this might be accom- Democrats last night attacked and said Ford intends to veto plished. President Ford's $394.2 billion a jobs program pending in Con- Muskie avoided a direct at- budget as "penny wise and gress which is designed to pro- ! tack on the $100.1 billion Defense pound foolish" and called for vide short-term public works Department budget, the only more action to reduce unem- and financial assistance to com- sector to show a significant in- ployment. munities with high unemploy- crease, but criticized weapons The attack was made on be- ment rates. costs that went above estimates. half of the Democrats by Sen- Muskie said that plan, sup- Inept and often panicky man- ator Edmund Muskie in a tele- ported by many Democrats, agement of the economy had' vision a d d r e s s replying to would create 300,000 jobs this started with the first Nixon ad- Ford's State of the Union mes- year alone. Thosp should be in ministration, Muskie said, add- sage on Monday night. addition to jobs Congress could ing: "What this nation needs at create in private industry "by this time is leadership that will THE MAINE Senator heads additional tax cuts without in- not jump froft one economic the Senate Budget Committee, creasing p r e s e n t spending panic button to another." which is to set government ___ spending priorities as Congress sees them. Senator Muskie charged that F o rdh the administration's budget un- veiled earlier yesterday offered no new jobs for the nation's un- employed-now 8.3 per cent of indefenseaspendin the labor force-but in fact cut iR How blood clots form is an intricate process involving many elements in the blood. One of those elements or fac-0 tors is antithrombin-3, which in- hibits the action of factor Xa, apj key in the final formation of The test would show whether (Continued from Page 1) Teeth h r THE student - faculty boa rd's The Rudolf Steiner I OF THE GREAT LAKES AF TWO PUBLIC LECTURES: 1. A KEY TO UNDERSTANDI AND FAIRY TALES REA Dr. Stanford Wessler of New York University School of Medi- pn cmne.pa e THE BLOOD test would iden- tify women in whom the estro- gen pill interfered with defense ( O mpproves mechanismssagainst formation of' blood clots. Students want to recommendation will be for- warded to Vice President for Research Charles Overberger. "I think it was 'an appropri- ate vote and I am very pleas- ed," Senior said last night. Senior added that the pro- posal will now be submitted to the U. S. Air Force for con- sideration. If the projectris ac- cepted, it would cost about $80,000 and take a year to com- plete. 0 * NG MYTHS pinpoint by DR. L. HEIRMAN, N. Ill. U. FRIDAY, January 23 at 8 p.m. 2. THREE STREAMS OF MYSTERY WISDOM by C. VAN HOUTEN, Emerson College--England SUNDAY, January 25 at 3:30 p.m. BOTH LECTURES AT 1923 GEDDES AVENUE Admission each lecture $3-students $2 1, S AD 2455 S. STATE ROAD... BETWEEN TH E CAMPUS AND BRIAR WOOD. back an existing emergency job program. "The President's budget is de- signed to keep unemployment over seven per cent and more for aonther year and to keep seven million American unem- ployed at this time a year from now," Muskie said. MUSKIE included no specific detailed proposals in his speech, nor did he give dollar figures to show how much his general proposals would cost. His response to President Ford's Monday night State of the Union address was televised by all three networks, unpre- cedented coverage for such a speech.' In his prepared text, he said most economists believe that if Ford's policies are followed, un- employment "will not fall below seven per cent in this decade." -- -~-~-~ (Continued from Page 1) taxes in 1977 by $227 for a Ford hinted for the first time family of four making $15,000 he no longer would insist on the a year-compared with 1974 tax $395-billion 1977 spending ceil- rates - the increase in Social ing he demanded previously as Security taxes would take back a trade-off for permanent reduc- $45 of that. The Social Security tion in income taxes, although increase would amount to $119 he made clear he prefers that for families with incomes over ceiling. $16,500. COMMITTEE Chaifmran Law- rence Brockway of the Chem- istry Department refused to (Continued from Page 1) discuss the group's action until meeting last month by just one the results are made public vote. through official channels. "It's not going to cost any- But other members of the body anything. We have a grant board confirmed the vote. from the Michigan Art Guild The proposal in question out- which will cover the cost of the lined the development of a ra- project," protested the pin's dar antenna to be used to lo- creator, Mike Ryan, a senior at cate objects in space. It dif- Huron High. fered from present systems in About 20 students staged a that it would be easier to con- march supporting the pinhead's ceal. erection, in front of the county Referring to "uncertainties" in the economic outlook thati could change spending needs, Ford said, "There has to be some flexilibity. . . . We'll have to wait and see how economic conditions develop in coming months." BUT HE SAID his budget should put the economy on a growth path that can be sus- tained, even though unemploy- ment will remain high for the next several years. While Ford said his tax reduc-' tion proposals would cut income The increase, amounting to an additional three-tenths of one per cent of a worker's gross income, would take effect on Jan. 1, 1977. Some increase would occur anyway in 1977, but Ford said the additional hike is needed to ensure ade- quate funds for Social Security benefits.. "This budget does not shrink from hard choices where neces- sary," Ford said. "If we don't get a handle now on the growth of federal spending, we're going to be in serious difficulties in years ahead." Wekre All Culture Freaks at Heart.. Sure, The Michigan Da iI y Arts page features serious, in-depth analysis of movies and concerts plus news on what's happening around town. But j we're also into PERSONALITIES behind the arts. Read our interviews with the biggies and the up- { and-comers. And check out our fea tures-you may discove r a Ai' fascinating club or once-in-a- lifetime performance. Ya Need Some ultchah! Why not join the DAILY? THE DAILY IS A GREAT PLACE TO: " meet other good people " drink 5c Cokes * learn the operations of a newspaper " write stories " see your name in print " earn a little money Come on down to 420 Maynard anytime and join the business, news, sports or photography staffs! WHY WALK FARTHER! LEVI'S BRAND Available at Wild's Varsity Shop building yesterday afternoon.I RYAN FIRST dreamed up the project in a sculpture class last spring. The huge pin is de- signed to stand with its head' up on a fifteen degree angle and the point buried in a base shaped like a map of Michigan. "I was playing with a little straight pin," said Ryan, "And I said, 'how about enlarging this?' We thought of maybe putting it in school, or giving it to the city for something in con- nection with the bicentennial." However the county event- ually became the somewhat re- luctant reciprocants of Ryan's brainchild. "ALL WE'RE asking fromj them is 10 square feet," added Ryan. But 10 square feet is a lot to ask "from the county Board of Commissioners, the students are finding. In order for the pin plan to become a reality, it must first be approved by four different committees. Tom Bowker, an art teacher at Huron High School said, "The Ann Arbor Art Associa- tion and the University Art School have both endorsed the monument." "Darvis and Associates (ar- chitecture firm) did a struc- tural analysis of it and they said the project was perfectly feasible," he added. STUDENTS in the. sculpture and drafting department at Huron worked together on the pin design last spring. However, the pin itself has not yet been made. Only a model has been constructed. "We'll have it done profes- sionally if we get the go-ahead on the project," said Ryan. "Right now, we're trying to 'enlist the support of other ar- tists in the comminitv," said Bowker, "We're hoping that the physical plant committee will annoint an artistic review panel, to attest to the pin's es- "THE der-lion could have gone either way," Zorn said last night. "There were serious questions there. One question is when do you start worrying and call people's attention to it?" Prior to the committee meet- ing, Zorn said: "I could be mistaken but I believe this is the type of device customarily used with guns." For that reason, he believed the project violated the regent- al regulation prohibiting the University from "enter(ing) into or renew(ing) any agree- ment or contract ... the clear- ly foreseeable and probable re- sult of which is to destroy hu- man life or to incapacitate hu- man beings." A MEMBER of the Research Policies Committee said last night "this particular decision was not clear cut" but the pro- posal appeared to comply with the regental rules. "Not everybody voting for it favored the research but we were not permitted to judge the worth - only whether it met the guidelines," he said. Senior 'answered committee members' questions but was not present during the voting, according to sources at the meeting. THE PROJECT proposal was a lengthy, very technical docu- ment about which the commit- tee "had a lot of questions," one member said. Before the meeting, some members com- plained that they found the pro- posal difficult to understand. The panel is comprised of three students and. 11 faculty members, most of whom have little technical background in this type of researcl. At the end of yesterday's meeting, the committee decid- ed not to release any informa- tion about the session to the media, pending an official an- nouncement. BROCKWAY last night ex- FEATURING: " Denim Bells * Brush Denims " Cordurovs o Panatello 0 Work Shirts Knit Slaks . Flannel Shirts f Boot Jeans " Pre-Wash Slaks 0 Denim Jackets I ~ Wild's Varsity Shop 311 S. STATE STREET FEATURING: I thetic value." Some/M mressed displeasure that The _ _. -- Aore Free Daily hqd run a story yester- dav detailing Zorn's comments on the research proposal. Zorn's I