4 410 3 ttan t 111 Eighty-Six Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Ml 48104 Tuesday, February 24, 1976 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan f - HOUSE fPICIARY COMMIlTTEE Vtt *E MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Din Psc 4?, *~a er M , W4?t m 'Believe mne, we're in the process CIA By LAURIE YOUNG THE UNITED STATES is probably violating two ma- jor treaties signed by over 50 nations, including the U.S.S.R., claims Tony Hodges, Hawaii's foremost evnironmentalist. He has found evidence which points to the planning and deploying of nuclear missilesites in the ocean bed by the United States. Hodges will speak in Ann Ar- bor this Thursday, February 26 at 1:30 in Rackham Auditorium. After investigating for eight months, Hodges exposes Opera- tion Desktop, the believed code- word for the U.S. program, in his 48-page "warning docu- ment." He charges: The deployment of nuclear weapon systems on the sea-bed is presently feasible and is con- sistent with the perceived needs of top military strategists. " The Glomar Explorer, built by Howard Hughes for $300 mil- lion ostensibly to recover a Rus- sian submarine, had the real purpose of installing missile silos in the deep ocean (prob- ably in July and August of 1974). The CIA's "Operation Jennifer" was only a sham to protect the ship's real mission. The most probable locations appear to be south-southwest of Honolulu. 0 Off-short drilling rigs pro- vide another means and a per- fect "cover" for the installation of sea-bed missile silos. The first silos off the East Coast may have been installed in 1971. Since the release of the warn- ings document, a memberof the Department of Defense has admitted that holes indeed had been drilled for the silos, but for anti-submarine warfare de- vices, rather than for nuclear missiles. * The U.S. may be develop- ing/deploying tidal wave and earthquake generating systems (TWEGS), useful as a credible threat against third world coun- tries to force export of vital raw materials. * Operation Desk Top may help explain why the Navy is pushing so hard to implement Project Seafarer (formerly la- belled Project Sanguine) in Up- per Michigan. This project would construct an extremely low frequency radio transmitter which could send messages di- rectly to undersea receivers around the world. Why the Si- lence? New Times magazine will fea- ture a cover story of Hodges' allegations at the end of Febru- ary. However, until now Hodges has tried unsuccessfully to get both media coverage and ac- knowledgement in Washington. Jack Anderson and Les Whit- ten had planned to reveal Hodg- es' allegations on the December 17 ABC-TV morning news. They changed their minds after An- derson received late night phone calls from CIA Director William Colby, National Security Direc- tor Scowcroft, and White espionage on the Desktop 'The deployment of nuclear weapon systems on the sea-bed is presently feasible and is con- sistent with the perceived needs of top mili- tary strategists.' :} ":;..:i.:ilia:':{ir"::ti}:ff:'":ee ::vaf.1 "{ i :. f f: House's Richard Cheney, in which each hotly denied these charges. Hodges suggested that Anderson and Whitten add these denials to the end of their story, but they refused. During December 17-20 Hodg, es delivered copies of his warn- ing document to United Nations ambassadors of 54 nations who are signatory to the 1971 Sea- bed Arms Control Treaty. On December 15 Senator Frank Church had stated that he would begin an immediate Senate investigation, but noth- ing is known of his progress. The Global Issues Forum, a group of concerned faculty, stu- dents, and campus and commu- nity organizations, are bringing Hodges to Ann Arbor. They be- lieve that Hodges' allegations demand public exposure and ex- amination. A panel of technical and legal experts will be pre- sent to interpret the document and to question the validity of' Hodges' accusations. The Forum also has invited participation by Department of Defense officials, key members of Congress, and representatives of the 52 treaty countries. WHO IS TONY HODGES? Tony Hodges is nationally known as an articulate citizen advocate. He is the Executive Director of Life of the Land, Hawaii's most widely respected and active citizen's group. Hodg- es entered the U.S. race for Senate in 1970 to focas consider- ation on environmental issues and drew 25 per cent of the vote. In 1974 Hodges was spokes- person for the New American Revolution, a group which vis- ited every U.S. state capitol to advocate increased government- responsiveness to citizen inter- ests. Hodges has taught ecology- related subjects at the Univer- sity of Hawaii and regularly Iosted a weekly radio talk show devoted to the environment. Hodges has received front page attention in print media, such as The Wall Street Jour- nal, The National Observer, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. He has appear- ed in lengthy articles in News-, Neek, Life, Forbes and Der Spiegel. Life of the Land was formed in 1971 after the wind up of Hodges' campaign. Its members work through the news media, through the state legislature to influence sound legislation and through the courts to seek legal remedies. Its recent actions in- clude forcing reappointments to over 200 State Board and Com- mission posts, scrutinizing a land use review involving the proposed rezoning of over 56,- 000 acres, and guaranteeing en- vironmental safeguards for ma- jor public and private develop- ment projects. Presenily, they are trying to expose corporate theft of public resources. Hodges, 36, is a graduate of Stanford University. His first career as an Air Force fighter pilot led to his work as a com- mercial airline pilot in Ifawaii. Hodges has been a consultant to various urban planners. His work involved over 30 master plans in the state of Hawaii, as well as work in the continen- tal U.S. Most notably, his mas- ter plan 'for the Colorado State Capitol was singled out by the governor of Colorado for special praise. Laurie Young is a Residential College junior and member of the Global Issues Forum. Munching 'mudbugs'for zip and verve of hammering 6.a bill!' Reagan wrong on welfare N HIS LAST-MINUTE campaigning in snowy New Hampshire, Re- publican presidential candidate Ron- ald Reagan has repeatedly attacked "big government," and the welfare system in particular. Everyone, by now, has heard of the Great Reagan $90 billion welfare plan boondoggle. Reagan continues to push this plan, although its flaws have been brought to light again and again. Unfortunately, the idea remains attractive to some, and Reagan illus- trates the shortcomings of the pres- ent welfare system by telling audi- Editorial Staff ROB MEACHUM EBILL TURQUE Co-Editors-in-Chief JEF'F RISTINE. ............... Managing Editor TIM SCHICK Executive Editor STEPHEN HERSH Editorial Director JEFF SORENSEN ................... Arts Editor CHERYL PILATE..............Magazine Editor STAFF WRITERS: Susan Ades, Tom Allen, Glen Allerhand, Marc Basson, Dana Bauman, David Blomquist, James Burns, Kevin Counihan, Jodi Dimick, Mitch Dunitz, Elaine Fletcher, Phil Foley, Mark Friedlander, David Garfinkel, Tom Godell, Kurt Harju, Charlotte Heeg, Richard James, Lois Josimovich, Tom Kettler, Chris Kochmanski, Jay Levin, Andy Lilly, Ann Marie Lipinski, George Lobsenz, Pauline Lu- bens, Teri Maneau, Angelique Matney, Jim Nicoll, Maureen Nolan, Mike Norton, Ken Par- sigian, Kim Potter, Cathy Reutter, Anne Marie iSchiavi, Karen Schulkins, Jeff Selbst, Rick Sobel, Tom Stevens, Steve Stojic, Cathi Suyak, Jim Tobin, Jim Valk, Margaret Yao, Andrew Zerman, David whiting, Michael Beck- man and Jon Pansius. ences of a Chicago woman who al- legedly earned $150,000 annually from illicit welfare payments. Reagan's picture of welfare cheats is shabby. The use of one bad apple (if it is true) to indict the whole bar- rel is a cheap and deplorable cam- paign tactic. CERTAINLY, Reagan can, discuss the issues of welfare reform on a more intelligent level than that of shoddy, sensational horror stories. The welfare issue is too important to be left to the emotional rhetoric of presidential hopefuls like Reagan. At the same time, the former movie star has raised specters from the battlefields of Vietnam in a post- mortem that holds all' the logic of General Curtis LeMay's "Bombs away" Stone Age philosophy. Reagan has made clear that he feels the U. S. should have fought to win - although he correctly calls the war a "unforgivable sin." If any two issues show Reagan's true stripes, these will. The tragedy in New Hampshire is that the only way to punish Reagan rhetoric is through a vote for - you guessed it-Gerald Ford. TODAY'S STAFF: News: Sue Ades, Rob Meachum, Mike Norton, Ken Parsigian, Cathy Reut- ter, Bill Turque. Editorial Page: Stephen Hersh, T o m Stevens Arts Page: Chris Kochmanski Photo Technician: Ken Fink By DAVID PEYTON LAFAYETTE, La. (PNS) - One un- discovered answer to the world's food shortage lurks in the bayous and swamps in this area-"mudbugs." More commonly called crawfish, cray- fish, or crawdads, the freshwater cousin to lobster and shrimp is highly under- rated as a food source, says Donald Gooch, crawfish researcher at the Uni- versity of Southern Louisiana. "I predict that in the not-too-distant future, farmers can harvest a ton of crawfish from a one-acre pond or flood- ed field," Gooch said. The per-acre yield would be roughly the same as the amount of wheat, corn or rice raised in the same space. Crawfish are a popular food during the cooler months around southern Louis- iana. There are 300 species of crawfish around the world, Gooch said, and many types will grow anywhere with swampy conditions and a few months of warm weather. Someday soon, Gooch suspects, mid- western farmers and northeastern busi- nessmen may also be able to enjoy the crawfish. THOUGH CRAWFISH RESEARCH is relatively new, Gooch says he and oth- ers have found that the creature-which looks like a miniature lobster - is very efficient-atconverting refuse and waste into high-protein food. And the crawfish adapts quickly and easily to many en- vironiments. Crawfish are omnivorous. "They prefer meat," Gooch said, "but if they can't find meat, they'll eat any- thing - dead leaves, grass, straw or even each other. What's more, it all makes them grow." The crawfish are rapid growers - reaching bite size of four inches long in about four months. In earlier days, simple traps baited with meat were used in swamps and bayous to catch wild crawfish. Recently Gooch and other research- ers have perfected new systems of rais- ing crawfish on Louisiana rice farms during the late fall and winter. Craw- fish could prove a protein source for countries where rice is the major food staple. "WE HAVE A LOT of rice farmers in the crawfish business now," Gooch said. "And there could be many more, if they understood just how simple the growing process really is." Crawfish grown in rice ponds need no special food. They eat the rice har- vest leftovers and are resistant to almost all diseases. With modern trapping meth- ods, one person and a specially modified- boat can harvest hundreds of pounds of crawfish each day. Discarded crawfish shells - crawfish shed their shells 15 or 16 times during their life - are rich in calcium and other trace minerals which go into the soil. When crawfish die, their bodies become a natural fertilizer. "'Louisiana rice farmers plant rice on a plot for a couple of years," Gooch said, "then must give the land a rest for rejuvenation." Researchers have found when crawfish are raised be- tween rice crops, they rejuvenate the soil. CRAWFISH FARMING s best in warm, sub-tropical climates. However, Gooch says, further research into the growth habits of the crawfish will most certainly shorten the period from egg to mature adult. "I can see the time coming when crawfish can be grown in any area where there are warm summer months. That means anybody nearly anywhere with a small fish pond will be able to raise their own crawfish." Crawfish are traditional in southern Louisiana. They're served in the finest New Orleans restaurants as well as the mom-and-pop eateries in the rural areas. They're at home on tables set for kings as well as those set for oilfield rough- necks. Now, crawfish could become food enjoyed around the world. David Peyton is a staff writer on the 'West Virginia Huntington Advertiser. q p I I 1 I On Democracy in the factory I By MIKE CONTE WORKERS' CONTROL over their work place is a subject which is being given more attention that ever before in the United States. While workers' participation and control has been the subject of a great deal of politics and legislation in Europe for decades, it is only recently that activists (such as the People's Bicentennial Commission) and intellectuals have organized in this coun- try to promote "industrial democracy." Perhaps the broadest based group 'to be formed here so far is People for Self- Management (PSM): People for Self.Management was founded in 1972 at Cornell University by a economist named Jaroslav Vanek. PSM has defined itself as "an open, democratic association for the study of self-management and the enhancement and development of self-management and organizational democracy." Its sole purpose is to study and facilitate work- ers' control over their environments. SO FAR, MEMBERS of PSM have established about eight local "chapters" and sponsored two international confer- ences. The last international conference was held at Cornell in June of 1975, and attracted about 500 persons. While the academic community was heavily repre- sented, their were many representatives of political groups, labor unions, and even a scattering of workers. The concept of self-management is one that needs a bit of defining; specifi- cally to differentiate it from the notions of workers' participation and control. Workers' participation implies a shar- ing by workers to participate in owner- ship without participating in manage- ment, and vice-versa. Employee stock ownership plans are an example of the former, and are catching on in numer- ous large companies. There are very few examples of control without owner- ship, however. This goes to point out that the key question in the workers' control movement has less to do with 'ownership than with decision-making power. WORKERS' CONTROL implies dom- ination of the management function by workers. In a completely worker-con- trolled firm, the workers make all the decisions of the firm; from wages and working conditions (the typical domain of labor unions), to production deci- sions (the normal domain of "manage- ment.") This is not to say that there is no management in a worker-controlled firm. Rather, that the ,management is responsible to their colleagues, and not to outside stock-holders. Where does this all leave the "own- er?" the question almost answers itself, as the entire definition of "ownership" is changed when control does not go along with it. If the workers, who con- trol the firm, also "own" it, there exists a classically defined "producer coopera- tive." This is the apogee of workers con- trol in a capitalist framework. If the workers, who control the firm, do not also own it, then the issue of owner- ship, indeed, the very issue of property, is a very interesting one. Self-management has been defined by members of People for Self-Management as worker control, with the separation of ownership from control. As you can see, beginning with the definition, there is a lot to discuss. Some of the relevant issues are: if one is "for" self-manage- ment, can one also be "for" participa- tion, or for producer cooperatives. (In general, most folks in PSM would give a hearty yes.) What is the likelihood of transforming a society of non-worker controlled firms into a society of coopera- tives; or into a society of self-managed firms? Is this a feasivle prospect, and what, if anything, can be done to facili- tate it? (PSM has set up a fund to be used to start self-managed firms. This, however, is far from all that can be done.) FINALLY, A QUESTION that should come before all the others: is self-man- agement a positive good to be strived for? If you are interested in these ques- tions, please come to our meetings. We will be meeting next on Sunday, Febru- ary 29 in Room 3209 of the Michigan Union at 3:30 p.m., not at 2:30 as an- nounced in the Rackham newsletter. We will be discussing the experience of a group of cooperatives that has been operating in Oregon for over 30 years. Future topics of discussion are open to suggestion. Mike Conte is a graduate student in economics and a 'n ember of People for Self- Management. Letters to rhe Daily DNA sequences) the research should not be carried out; or at least To The Daily postponed. Actually, in my first IS THERE A ban on Recom- letter to the Record I never binant DNA research? Yes, used the term "ban", but only there is - a moral ban. Nobody suggested that, to my know- is in a position, or should be in ledge, unless Committee B ap- a position to control or forcibly proves the research, the Re- determine what kind of prob- gents will not allocate money lems a scientist or a scholar necessary for the conversion of should investigate; unless of labs; and then in actuality 'the course the results of this re- research would become non search may impair or harm grata. others. It is precisely because there still are some large unre- SCIENTISTS ARE responsible solved doubts about possible ef- people. If there are serious fects of the DNA research (on (and justifiable) doubts about the community at large, and so- the consequences of their re- ciety in the long run) that cau- search they should not rush on tion and restraint has been with the research, but re-exam- urged. ine the issue carefully a n d If there is no ban of any sort, thoroughly, and prove to others NSA-CIA To The Daily: L A S T WEDNESDAY'S de- bate between the Coalition to Stop NSA/CIA Recruitment on Campus and U-M President Fleming served the sole, pur- pose of underscoring the bound- less hypocrisy of the University administration. Fleming's claim to be the champion of the "ma- jority of students", defending their "right" to join the blood- soaked imperialist spy agencies, rang only too hollow in the ears of the majority of students whose right to an education was clearly not a consideration when Fleming imposed hikes in tuition and dorm rates this year. His defense of the NSA/ ist class which requires these secret spy agencies to impose its rule. It is equally clear that the administration won't be con- vinced to stop NSA/CIA recruit- ing through debates with the students. The only "arguments" that will convince Fleming and his cohorts to stop NSA/CIA campus recruiting are those of militant action by students, teachers, and campus workers who must take it upon them- selves to DRIVE the NSA/CIA off campus. THE SYL OPPOSED debating Fleming because we saw it as a substitute for such militant action. A main proponent of the debate, the YSA, argued that it wold attract students and in- spire them to future struggle: admitted that the coalition "does not claim that it will pre- vent people from interviewing with the CIA" and in fact re- spectfully suggested that such people desiring campus inter- views instead simply "drop a card in the mail". While the Maoist RSB correctly noted that no amount of reform will curb CIA/NSA terror campaigns, these thumpers of the Red Book likewise stopped short of de- manding the abolition of the NSA'CIA. No wonder - CIA agents have been all to helpfull allies to Mao's military advis- ors in Angola fighting the so called "Soviet Social Imperial- ist" hacked MPLA. THE SYL ALONE urged stu- dents to link up with the work- ; ';