._ 1l ro (y1\ BDTjr1A5V Fi~g$TofArc U K)OT6SA- -IT IS A THE PAR- tEAS E Lt TO R A JL 1P AL 6- IT 1. 1oI-IS( T'CTUQ A k I ((I ( Ro~FWsaCk kW 1H10 l2EmU2S THAT 1J L atJ P21VAST6 176NoIT. Mt)Vr ,THE( AC V k)o MoT AT UG-C TI{ IR ACTS, DI AL-0C6A PMTUATIKS FOUR MO26 .J W RS OF ACE £t{ H~lOR )0Z AI 4 LSAWk) JTH SOUC' po&Y T. k)O, £OATh- @-ATG &)AS' CFICAGO IW lb V WtE WA~f'TR:5A E ,5A (171 , F vI -tQ fr7 THE Summer Daily Sssssssnr Eitssioof T11 MIMICHIGAN DAILY Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Thursday, June 14, 1973 News Phone: 764 0552 di e In di an ai d neee THE DISGRACEFUL, humiliating, and deceitful treat- ment of the Indian population in this country is a subject that has recently been brought closer to the pub- lic eye by the seizure of Wounded Knee by the Oglala Sioux. Yet, raised consciousness does not in itself alleviate the problems of poverty, discrimination, and so forth which Indians face. The Congress has dealt with much Indian legisla- tion since 1970, when President Nixon himself came out in favor of increased aid for Native Americans. Yet, those bills which came up before the 92nd Congress were re- viewed, studied, and debated to death--failing to meet Congressional approval before that session ended. IT IS THUS in the hands of the current 93rd Congress to deal with vital Indian legislation. There'are cur- rently two important bills before Congress which we en- dorse, and which should be of interest to all Americans as well as Indians. They are Senate Bill 1017, the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Reform Act of 1973, and Senate Bill 1341, the Indian Financing Act of 1973. It is urgent that the Congress give high priority to these two bills, so that action, most likely affirmative, can be taken. We also urge our readers to right their representatives in Washington-Rep. Marvin Esch, Sen. Robert Griffin. and Sen. Phillip Hart-to urge them to support these bills. RILL 1017 would further Indian self-determination by authorizin the Secroturies of the Interior and Health, Education. and Welfare, to enter, upon request, into contracts with tribal organizations so that these organizations may plan, conduct, and administer needed projects. Equallv important is the edisation section, which would provide better Federal assistance to local public schools in fulfilling their resoonsibility to education, eliminating defects in the existing Federal assistance programs, and would also create new programs to improve Indian education in public schools. S;ENATE BILL 1341 is meant to alleviate Indian economic deprivation. It would do two things: 1) expand the existing Revolving Loan Fund which loans money for Indian Economic development protects, from $25 million to $75 million, and 2) would provide additional incentives to Indians for self-help through loan guarantees, with the money to be used for investment in industry on or near the Indian reservations. $200 million would be made available for this purpose. We wholeheartedly support these measures, and again stress the importance for prompt Congressional action. The American Indians have suffered long enough; they should not have to wait much longer for relief. VOU CAN write to Sen. Hart at Room 253, and Sen. Griffin at Room 353, of the Old Senate Bldg, Capitol Hill, Wash., D.C. 20515. Write Rep. Esch at Room 412, Cannon Bldg, Capitol Hill, Wash., D.C. 20515. Nixon's s A frighten By PETE HAMILL [ET US TODAY assume that the worst will happen. Or in oth- er words, let us assume that t h e trouble with paranoia is that it is true. We are deep into August, sitting on a stool in Mr. Flood's Bar on Liberty Street. T h e air conditioning has, of course, broken down all over the city. We are watching a 'Hawaii-Five-O" re- run, trying to cool off in the cel- biloid surf. Suddenly a bulletin ponears. The Senate after a 12-day trial oIution for Watergate; ing look into the future answering the phones. In the sky a squadron of military airplanes, flying very low, heads for Metro airport. And then, "Hawaii-Five-O" is in- terrupted again. On the screen Richard Nixon ig sitting at h i s desk in the Oval Office. There are statutes of Eisenhower, Truman, Wilson and Douglas MacArthur on a shelf behind him. To. his left is the family; Pat, Tricia, Julie and the boy husbands. Mamie Ei- senhower nods on a chair. "My fellow Americans," Nixon "A uqust .. . the Senate... has just voted 67-23 for impeachment . . . (Meanwhile, on TV), Nixon launches into a speech explaining how a group of subversives in the Congress-and the rress had handed together ..." very life and death of this planet. Now, some have suggested that I do the politically popular thing and resign this sacred office, or ac- cept the hoaked-up charges of a kangaroo court. But that would be to cut and run. I will not bug out. Our national security is at stake, my fellow Americans ..." TO PRESERVE national secur- ity, he goes on, he and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have put all the armed forces on alert and ordered American troops in Europe to re- turn home. For a while, in con- junction with the FBI and the CIA, these troops will be "guarding' some of 'our free institutions: al radio and TV stations, and our leading newspapers." Those Sena- tors and House members who vot- ed subversively against hin, were, "even as I speak," being rounded up. "They will have their day in court," he explained. A number of reporters were being charged with sedition. "This is a great country and we are a great people with great leaders. Tonight you may sleep well. God bless America." There is no instant analysis on CBS, because the bosses have al- ready stopped it. We switch to the other channels, but there is 'to analysis there either. The sky is now loud with aircraft. Armored personnel carriers are moving down Broadway Av., to secure the bridges. It is a very hot evening, and the Tonight Show has been re- placed by 'Sergeant York." T h e crisis, thank God, is fully over, and the truth won't have Richard Nix- on to kick around anymore. Pete Hamil is a columnist for the Ni-w York Post. Copyright 1973, Newi York Post Corpora- tion. at which Richarl Nixon failed to appear, has just voted 67-23 for impeachment. In the weeks before, as John Mitchell, H. B. Haldeman, john Erlichman, John Dean, and the rest of the boys presented their testimony, the dollar had been de- valued almost 30 per cent, steak was selling at $26 a pound and the first white middle-class food riots had broken out in major cities. THE HOUSE had not even both- ered to hold hearings. The evi- dence gathered by the Ervin com- mittee, the newspapers, the Cox sffice, and other investigative bod- ies had been overwhelming. Rich- ard Nixon had approved an illegal alan for a secret fascist police force; he had approved burglaries and illegal wiretapping; he had oined in the, coverup of the Water- gate burglary; he had helped cor- rupt the FBI, CIA, State Dept., Commerce Dept., Post Office Dept. and the Internal Revenue Service, and hadmadeinnumerable deals with private enterprises in ex- :hange for campaign contributions. Rational men had approached him to resign, rather than face the humiliatian of impeachment.tNix- an refused. Me also refused to ex- alain himself to reporters e v e n though Howard K. Smith had promised to do a private televised interview limiting the questions to the weather in Iceland, Irving Ber- lin's music, and the heroic deeds of the PWs. But here is was: the first shock- ing news that a President of the United Stales had been impeached. Nixon would be succeeded by Spiro Agnew. It was all over. SUDDENLY, IN mid-broadcast, . the bulletin ends. We are again watching "Hawaii-Five-O". We try the radio, but the all-news stations are all playing Kale Smith re- cords. We call The Daily, The News, and The Advisor; nobody is begins. "We live in momentous times, and tonight I bring you mo- mentous news . . " And he launches into a speech explaining how a group of sub- versives in the Congress and the press had- banded together to bring 'hoaked-up" charges against the Presidency. "Not against me," he says, "but against this lonely of- fice, against the majestic office that General Eisenhower had held, and Thomas Jefferson and Abra- ham Lincoln." This group was trying to inter- fere "with the most delicate high- level negotiations" with the Rus-' sians, the Chinese, the Israelis, and the Arabs. "These negotiations could determine whether you will drive a car for the rest of this century. They will determine the