Page 4-Wednesday, July 25, 1979-The Michigan Daily Eighty-nine Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor. Ml 48109 Vol. LXXXIX, No. 51-5 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan F__ t measure, obviously because it clearly would have died in committee. Several similar bills have been submitted to Congress since the Supreme Court approved busing to wipe out racial segregation in 1973. All of them met their fate in committee, and were not supported widely enough to be forced to the floor. Fortunately, enough Congress members had the sense to vote against this measure. Although it was aimed at ridding sch- ools of busing to achieve desegregation, it also would have prevented busing to alleviate over- crowding' and to carry handicapped children to special schools. Busing is neither a pleasant nor harmless practice. In fact, any alternative which could achieve desegregation without further denying rights to free choice in housing and social selec- tion would be quite welcome. But due to decades of racial steering and redlining, it is necessary in order to Busingbill poor resolution T HE HOUSE yesterday rejected a constitu- tional amendment which would have ended all busing programs aimed at eliminating racial segregation in public schools. The amendment never should have made it as far as the floor, not only bacause it would mean a giant step backward for racial desegregation, but also due process was averted entirely in bringing it to a vote. ThereforeCongress members could have approved a constitutional amendment without even exploring the issue or the public's opinion of it. No hearings were held on the "" PQt!irr n Y R be Jt SE6r I = WE A LWAYS y I BUY erce, srv_ WHY warS SGNG.RpSyiPS