Page 6-Thursday, August 2, 1979-The Michigan Daily GM chief: crunch on auto makers to last DETROIT (UPI)-Unlike the 1973-74 gasoline crunch, this year's fuel shortages and surging prices likely will have a lasting impact on the auto industry, General Motors Corp. (GM) President Elliott 'Pete" Estes said yesterday. In a way, he said, that's good. IT MEANS THE industry can cater to consumer demand for fuel-efficient cars rather than to gover- nment dictate, Estes said. The assessment appeared to conflict with those of several other industry officials, who have predicted motorists will return to buying larger cars when gasoline availability worries have eased. "Our U.S. customers, concerned about the availability and price of gasoline, are buying with fuel efficiency paramount in their thinking," Estes said in a speech at a University of Michigan management seminar at Traverse City. "It seems clear that this will continue to be the case in the future. - "THERE IS EVERY reason to believe that the im- pact of the fuel shortages and higher prices that arrived in 1979 will be longer lasting than they were in 1973-74. "A cat which sits on a hot stove and gets burned might forget and do it again. But twice burned is a hard lesson learned," Estes said. Estes predicted two other forces will shape the in- dustry in the future: competition to capture expanding world markets, and the drive toward new technology as represented in the electric ar and the versatile tur- bine engine. IN IGNORING gas-guzzlers and turning since March, to smaller, fuel-efficient cars, consumers "seem to be reasserting themselves as our No. 1 taskmaster," he said. "The advantage of working to meet the customer's demands rather than the government's is obvious: the risk that the industry will invest billions to produce cars that the public doesn't want to buy is greatly reduced." Estes refused to concede that the government was correct in imposing fuel economy standards on the in- dustry or that additional regulations are needed-requiring costly "gold-plated technology"-to further improve gas mileage. "JUST LOOK AT the distortions-the mess-that we have because of the regulation of energy-prices and allocation-in this country," he said. WEDNESDAY IS "GUESAT NIGHT I "BARGAIN DAY" TWO ADULTS $1.50 UNTIL 5:30 II ADMITTED FOR THE - 1 Political leaders urge gov't to help Chrysler DETROIT (UPI) - Political leaders "Before Congress considers a billion 'responded yesterday to the financial dollar tax subsidy or loan guarantee for plight of Chrysler Corp. with ex- Chrysler like that once extended to pressions of concern and appeals for Lockheed, members need to be convin- action on the automaker's request for ced that Chrysler is doing everything government help. possible to help itself," Rep. Henry Chrysler announced Tuesday it lost Reuss (D-Wis.), said. $207.1 million in the second quarter of "Congress would also want to be con- this year, its largest quarterly loss and vinced that Chrysler has definitive and more red ink than is recorded in all of realistic plans for getting back on solid last year. ground," Reuss said. TOP CHRYSLER executives said "THE FACT that the economy may they are counting on $1 billion in federal be heading into a recession deepens the tax relief and a two-year waiver of auto worry about possible failure of such a exhaust emission standards to return to giant corporation, even if its difficulties profitability. are substantially of its own making. U.S. Sen. Donald Riegle, (D-Mich.), Immediately after Chrysler reported said he met with Treasury Secretary- its loss, the treasury department said it designate G. William Miller in is studying the company's financial Washington and discussed Chrysler's position and will forward its findings to situation in a "frank exchange of government policymakers. views." Gov. William Milliken said the state "I am convinced that Miller under- is prepared to help the No. 3 automaker stands the urgency of the situation and - but that the real solution lies with the the importance to the nation of keeping federal government. Chrysler in operation," Riegle said. "We continue to maintain a very "THE CARTER administration is special interest and concern to be help- giving the problem a top priority and I ful rather than to hinder Chrysler's ef- think is close to developing a policy forts in working its way into a strong position on how best to strengthen position in the market," Milliken said. Chrysler." 'U' profs offer advice for aidin Black English users (Continued from Page 3icurrence among Black English r The FIRST Certified Crazy Person's Comedy PETER ALAN FALK ARKIN (UPPER LEVEL) TODAY o 1:15-3' 40-7:20-9:50 FRIDAY and SATURDAY ENDS TONIGHT Last 2 Shows 7:15-9:45 Last 2 Shows 7:00-9:35 "'ALLEN' Isacorkar, a walloper, a rouser, ..sce.cher anda town offn." Ge." Shl*t 12:20-2:40-500-7:25-9:55 ARE YOU READY FOR A GOOD TIME? BILL MURRAY, not hear certain sounds in "white English" just as English-speakers learning a foreign tongue often do not hear sounds which are different from the ones they normally speak. Smith added, however, that it is possible to "train children to make the distin- ctions." ACCORDING TO Smith, three areas of Black English have been studied at the University. In 1975, Assistant Classical Studies and Latin Prof. Glenn Knudsvig completed his dissertation which contained "instructional material for children in which they're trained to hear and speak Black English and school English, find equivalents between the two languages, and develop the ability to move back and forth between them." Smith said that by working with Black English-speaking children for 30 minutes a day for six weeks, Knudsvig increased the youngsters level of school English from approximately 29 per cent to approximately 95 per cent. Earlier this year, Corrine Erikson Strand nuhlished he'r dissertationnon- speakers, Smith said. Strand now teaches this method to a pre-school language class in Muskegon. THE FINAL AREA of study is in the "Rules of Negation." This area, studied by doctoral candidate Hollis Ar- mstrong, focuses on the use of negatives by Black English speakers. Armstrong explained that he is trying to combine these three methods to begin teaching Black English speakers in the first grade. He said eh hopes his program will be ready for implementation by Septem- ber, but implementation could take another year. Armstrong added he would like to work in Ann Arbor, but would work elsewhere if necessary. Burling also said he believes society's attitudes toward Black English speaking should be changed. "People sneer at you if you don't have good table manners, and people sneer at you" if you use Black English, he said. "Schools have been trying this (to change Black English speakers) for a couple of hundred years and have failed," Burling said. "That's a challenge that's defeating. (The Child) has failed before he's begun."