i Eighty-Six Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, M1 48104 Carter: Big smile, forked tongue Thursday, March 4, 1976 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan wIwti " ti'FORDES SEfC ECYACr1 EFFECT I(.,E 191' By ELAINE FLETCHER Although Jimmy Carter's fourth place finish in the Massachusetts democratic presidential primary could signal the last bright bursts of a dying firecrack- er, if the ex-governor proves true to form, he will not remain out of the running for long. With one win already tucked under his belt, the man from Georgia will be depending on Florida to show all those yankees that only one frontrunner - himself - can pull enough votes from above and below the Mason-Dixon to win the nomina- tion. Carter's opponents may use his poor showing in Massachusetts to discount his candidacy. But a close look at his New Hampshire win gives reason to fear him as an opponent. Carter could quite easily pull off a similar victory in Florida. "The main issue, for someone who is from the south is exposure," com- mented a Carter supporter during his blitz campaign of the "granite state." HIS SIMPLE STRATEGY which won Carter a heavy vote in New Hamp- shire may again prove to be the key to success in the state of sunshine and retirement villages. While the Massa- chusetts voters had to form their opin- ion of Carter on the basis of what they read in the newspapers, Florida citizens will get to see him in person. A hush spreads over the room as Carter strolls into a senior citizens lunch in New Hampshire. "Look, I got to shake his hand" giggles one lady de- lightedly. "He's so handsome, isn't he - I touched him and look I gave him one of these." She holds out her out- stretched palm in which three of four pink valentine hearts still set. While Mo Udall plods through the state of Florida taking time out to talk to individuals about subjects ranging from Lockheed to Watergate; Carter could again prove that his "kiss and run" strategy works best. "He's young and good-looking," said a New Hampshire building contractor when asked to pinpoint just what he liked about Carter. "He has a hell of a Southern accent - it's all superficial." A POLL THAT RAN concurrent with the Massachusetts primary results revealed that nearly half of the voters questioned in that primary felt that too much attention was being paid to blacks and other minorities. Carter can be ex- pected to win support from voters with similar feelings in the South. For al- though the yankees in his campaign may believe differently, Carter's attitude to- wards blacks can be summed up neatly as one of "benign neglect." Carter's opposition to a constitutional amendment against forced busing (al- though he opposes the desegregation measure) lost him the support of South Boston in the Massachusetts campaign. But such a thing need not happen again as he moves towards home territory where his general attitude towards blacks is more well known. In a state where busing per se is not so much of an is- sue, Carter can appear like just enough of a racist to draw in the segregation- ist vote, while appealing to "progres- sive" southerners as well. "I think that integration is better accomplished not by busing but by open housing laws," Carter said in a New Hampshire interview. "Because the only people that are ever bused are poor people's children anyhow." However in his next breath Carter indicated just how far he would really want to de- segregate the poor and the black. When asked about an essential and logical alter- native to forced busing in our urban ghettos - the gradual development of low and moderate income housing sites Daijy Photo by STEVE KAGAN in predominantly white or suburban areas - Carter's response was that he favors an end to restrictive zoning practices that block such developments "only if it's a matter of restrictive zoning because of racial bias. I don't think it's right to force a neighborhood that averages $50,000 in income to put up with low income high rise in their neighborhood." A Georgia student at a Carter rally best summed up Carter's condescend- ing attitude towards the poor and black. When asked just what he had done about race problems in Georgia, she an- swered, "He did more for the blacks of Georgia than any other governor. He gave them moral support." tu n cIoc-ic Student registration critical Kissin' kin: Jimmy and Ron on the road ITH ALL THE excitement of the presidential primaries, it is easy to forget that another election is coming up here in Ann Arbor. On April fifth three important propos- als Will be on the ballot, as well as the names of council representative candidates. In order to be eligible to vote you must be registered by Monday. It is all too easy, with spring break coming up, to postpone regis- tering. But slim voter registration could have a drastic effect on the outcome of the election. Currently the Democrats hold the majority on the Council by one seat. If they lose a single seat, any hope of new pro- gressive action from the city will be lost. Wards One and Two will most like- ly retain their progressive look, and wards Three and Five promise to re- main in the hands of the Republi- cans. But the Fourth ward, the TODAY'S STAFF: News: Mitch Dunitz, Jay Levin, Rob Meachum, Cathy Reutter, Jeff Sor- ensen, Bill Turque, Michael Yellin Editorial Page: Michael Beckman, Steven Hersh, Maureen Nolan, Tom Stevens Arts Page: Chris Kochmanski, J e f f Sorensen Photo Technician: Pauline Lubens swing ward, could go either way, de- pending on whether or not the stu- dents remain interested enough to register to vote. THE BALLOT PROPOSALS, which include door-to-door voter regis- tration and a question on retain- ing the controversial preferential vot- ing system, are based on city-wide totals. If the students don't vote, both of these will be defeatd. Students, as well as permanent residents, are allowed to register in the city. We live here eight months of the year, and are affected by city laws. We have the right to decide what goes on in the city where we spend most of our time. It was a long and hard fight get- ting the right to vote in the city where we attend school. Let's not lose it by ignoring our right to regis- ter and vote. . . . t D il By JIM TOBIN SOMEWHERE BACK IN the frost- bitten White Mountains of New Hampshire, down the road and around the bend, past the farm and over the bridge, there's a fork in the road. One fork comes from the right, of course, and the other comes from the left, but it's hard to tell just where they meet. Anyway, it was just about at dusk one evening last month when two men who wanted to be president came plodding down the different forks, and they darned near bumped into each other. One of them was Jimmy Carter. He used to be governor of Georgia, and he made a name for himself down there by cutting back on the bureaucrats. The other one was Ronald Reagan. He used to be governor of California, and he made. a name for himself out there by cutting back on the bureaucrats, too. It was a narrow miss, and they both looked a little startled to see the other one standing there so close. "WHY, RONALD REAGAN, you old son of a gun," Jimmy cried. "What the hell you doin' back on this little ole country road?" "Well, I'm just running for presi- dent the same as you, Governor Car- ter," Ronald said. "Gosh, Nancy and I are traveling all over the state, trying to spread the word to the good people of New Hampshire. I'm trying to give America back to the people, to whom it really belongs." "Do tell!" Jimmy said with a sur- prised grin. "You know that's the same danged thing I've been talkin' peoples' ears off about!" "Goll, governor, do you mean to say you're opposed to giantism in the federal government as well?" "How's that again, Ronnie?" "Giantism, I say; that mass of bureaucrats who turn out a stack of documents every year which, all to- gether, would make a stack of paper seventeen feet high." "SAY, I'M GLAD you brought that up, Ronnie," Jimmy said confidenti- ally. "I been tellin' the folks that there stack was only twelve feet high. You sure you're shootin' straight on those figures?" "Why, I'm one of the straightest shooters there ever was, Governor. Didn't you ever see me on 'Death Valley Days'?" The Georgian did a double-take, eyes bulging at the Republican. "Shucks, Ron - I knew I knew you from somewheres else. You mean to tell me you was in movin' pic- tures?" "Many years ago, Governor, many years ago. Yes, in my days in Holly- wood I depicted many of those fron- tier types who symbolize so much of what we have lost in these great United States. Take gun control, for instance. Why, in the Wild West no one ever talked of taking away peo- ples' guns - back then your free- dom was as good as the pistol you packed, and now they want to take that freedom away." THE SOUTHERNER slapped his thigh and let out a whoop. "That's darned near what I've been sayin', Ronnie! Shootin' stars, we got to do some more jawin'!" "Tell me, Governor Carter, what are you telling the people of this, the Granite State?" "I'll tell ya true, Ron; I believe the people of this country are fed up. I believe they're fed up with big government, fed up with Washington, fed up with people who are fed up, and fed up with bein' fed up. I'm tryin' to restorenthe spirit of optim- ism this country lost somewhere along the way, tryin' to put the poli- tics of love back in the Oval Office, tryin' to bring back the majesty of America.'' "Do you mean that purple-moun- tained majesty which has been slow- ly eroded away by a stream of offi- cials who have gone beyond the con- sent of the governed, who have stolen the God-given Constitutional rights of the citizens in do-gooding schemes that don't do and aren't good?" "You bet, Ron." THE CALIFORNIAN sighed, his face flushed. "Amen, Mr. Carter," he said. "I'm fired with the desire to bring back the same spirit of which you speak." "Governor?" "Yes, Governor?" "Let's you and me go run the coun- try together." And so they went, arm in arm, down that winding road; sometimes they wound right, sometimes . left. The sun set slowly in the west. CARTER'S POLITICAL ambiguity on such matters as race, and his phony, slick campaign style hints at weakness behind the polished exterior. Yet under- neath one finds a personal drive to acheive unmatched by any of the other presidential candidates. While in New Hampshire he campaigned eighteen hours a day, nonstop. His earlier race in Georgia which bumped him, an ob- scure senator into the governor's chair was conducted in just as dogged a man- ner. It is this personal lust for the pre- sidency that has helped make Carter one of the top contenders. "I have often been called an uncom- promising man," darter commented in New Hampshire. "But I would rather stick to my principles than compromise on some points like reform of the gbv- erment bureaucracy." Carter has approached his presiden- tial bid much like he approached the reorganization of the Georgia state gov- ernment. When he encountered potent legislative opposition to the F)ill ques- tionable reform plan, he boasts 'of hav- ing taken the issue "directly to the people." With the help of popular emo- tional sentiment he succeeded in push- ing the plan through the state congress. In the same way his presidential "mis- sion" has appealed to the crowd's fer- vor with its anti-Washington-bureaucracy sentiments. The old guard Democrats like Bayh, have been left to bite the dust behind him. YET FOLLOWING CARTER'S worse- than-expected showing in Massachu- setts, a win in Florida is by no means a sure bet. He cannot expect to triumph by riding on the momentum kicked up by his New Hampshire win. Jackson has demonstrated that he is as capable of winning as much racist support as any segregationist, and Wal- lace will siphon off a faithful following no matter what happens. And if Udall can make himself heard, the ambiguities in Carter's political platform will be- come more of an issue with the voters than they already are. On the day before the primary, en- route to a New Hampshire factory, the Carter entourage unwittingly passed right by the building's front entrance. Laugh- ter erupted in the press bus as the long line of, cars turned on the high- way, headed for the gate a second time - but again slid by. "He's (Carter) going to be mad at this," chuckled ABC news correspon- dent Sam Donelson, "I just hope I don't have to watch him have a tantrum. As we missed the gate yet a third time, Donelson could stand it no longer, "I'm going to do another piece," he shouted, "None of this calculated smooth run- ning - scary - campaign stuff." "What a bumbler," said another. Editorial Staff ROB MEACHUMf Co-Editors-in-Chief BILL TURQUE JEFF RISTINE................Managing Editor TIM SCHICK..........Executive Editor STEPHEN HERSH............Editorial Director JEFF SORENSEN ..... ........Arts Editor CHERYL PILATE ......... . .... Magazine Editor STAFF WRITERS: Susan Ades, Tom Alien, Glen ) , S'6 0 y _. - AtMItS \\ y AONC~N' women To The Daily: March 8, International Wom- en's Day, which commemorates the heroic struggles of working women, should be celebrated by all those seeking an end to the grueling oppression women face under capitalism. The Revolu- tionary Student Brigade's braz- en posturing as "fighters for women's liberation" is a slap in the face to the masses of op- pressed women matched only in arrogance by the RSB's cyni- cal attempt to "celebrate" In- ternational Women's Day with a forum. The RSB, youth group of the Revolutionary Communist Par- tv and campus frontmen for the Chinese Maoist bureaucracy of- fers us the example of "wom- en's liberation" in China as a solution to the oppression wom- en face. While the Spartacus Youth League recognizes and defends the real gains the Chi- nese Revolution has won for Letters ishable by a six-month jail term! Unlike the Bolsheviks who sought to replace the fami- ly which stifles women in a life of domestic work, the Maoist bureaucracy relies on the nu- clear family to reinforce the respect for authority it requires to perpetuate its undemocratic stranglehold on the Chinese working class. QIMILARLY THE RSB/RCP, which bans gays from its organization, sees this key op- pressor of women, the family, as "one of life's few bright spots" and claims that this his- toric brake on the militancy of the working class can be "fight- ing unit for socialism". Thoiuh the RSB forum will include a film lauding the striking Farah women, the RSB/RCP's con- temnt for working women's struggles frenzied attack on women trade union militants demonstrating in favor of the ER A in San Francisco in June 1974. to the SYL further fights for jobs alternative other than to allow for all with free 24-hour day a flurry of court suits to block care to link women to the real MSA from any effective action. social power of the working It was the CSJ's policies of class. The SYL sees that wom- blatant and extensive interven- en's liberation will be won only tion in the affairs of the legis- by international socialist revolu- lative branch - MSA - that tion ,forged by the revolution- made this necessary. It was -- ary leadership of a united work- in fact - the CSJ's directive ing class and not by the para- that the Michigan Students As- sitic bureaucracies of Moscow sembly plan be implemented and Peking. We urge all stu- suddenly in mid-semester, rath- dents seeking the real strategy er than in an orderly, step-by- for women's liberation to attend step manner as intended by the our forum celebrating Interna- plan's backers that convinced tional Women's Day: Thursday many of us to follow the recall at 7:30 p.m. in the General procedures. Assembly Room basement of The All Campus Constitution the Michigan Union. under which student govern- Crystal Colby, ment operated gives the MSA Spartacus Youth the authority to recall CSJ jus- League tices after a vote of three Mar. 2 quarters of the members to do so. As in the U. S. Constitution, a very high percentage is re- quired to impeach so that it will MS be used only in extreme cir- To The Daily: cumstances and not as a po- litical move. THE DAILY'S EDITORIAL mLT-V Tl~~TYN r 1 A The courts are supposed to be - but often aren't - above politics. CSJ's political interfer- ence in the affairs of the other branches of student government led to the recall decision. MSA members hopes that the soon-to- be-appointed new members of The Central Student Judiciary will actively pursue their con- stitutionally - mandated duties and firmly uphold the rights of all students. Which brings up one major mistake innthesDaily's editorial. David Schaper, the individual behind much of the anti-stu- dent government effort, is not (as stated in the editorial) a student in LSA. He is a former student (who hasn't enrolled since 1973), and former SGC treasurer who is now being sued in civil court for mis-ap- propriation of tens of thousands of dollars in student government funds. My feeling is that he may be pursuing revenge, but certainly not the best interests of students in what he is doing. The Daily