£ tiy n ait Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of the author. This must be noted inoall reprints. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1972 News Phone: 764-0552 iii' . .r a ROTC: An offer u cant refuse ROTC IS manning a large attack aimed at freshmen in an attempt to swell the ranks of cadets on campus. The weapons have been well chosen and prove a bit hard for some to resist. The Department of Defense has pro- vidd ROTC with ample funds to dole out to cadets. ROTC also has a recreational program to provide cadets with opportunities for extracurricular activity. To sample some of ROTC's offerings, stop by North Hall some weekday (except Friday) around 3:30 or 4 p.m. Walk up the stairs to Room 200. There an officer of the Army, Navy or Aair Force will greet you and shake your hand. He'll introduce himself and ask you to sign in-but you don't have to if you don't want to. GO ON in and take a seat. Look around. An officer from each branch of the Armed Forces will be there, as well as freshmen interested in joining ROTC. (Plus, of course, curious souls such as yourself will also be there). If you're lucky, you can get a soft drink to help your- self cool off. The officers will be explaining the various programs available to freshmen. Some of the bolder freshmen will be asking questions about the programs. The officers have a very nice manner and field the questions adroitly, if somewhat militarily. SOME OF the potential recruits are a little nervous, however. Perhaps the slides on the wall of various types of military hardware in action is a bit scary. Or maybe the prospect of committing up to five years of one's life to the military is a prospect some aren't too keen on. But the freshmen's anxieties are soon mollified when they hear of the benefits offered by ROTC. Being a cadet means good pay, they learn. One hun- dred dollars a month in their junior and senor years.. And a scholarship can mean that the Department of Defense will pay tuition, books, lab fees and transportation for four years. But money is not the only good thing about being in ROTC. Cadets can join any number of intramural sports The Pershing Rifles, a crack drilling outfit, offers a chance to blow off steam. The Scabbard and the Blade, an honorary fraternity, is an opportunity for extra- curricular activity. The Military Ball is a gala event which all cadets can attend. --ABOUT-FACE ON AGNEW- President Nixon, who by his si- tence had encauraged rumors that he might dump Spits Agnew tram the 1972 Republicsan ticket, made a sudden about-face Saturday and announced his endorsement of Ag- new as his running mate. Pressures were building up both inside and outside the White House to dump Agnew. In the past few weeks operatives for John Connally, Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan have been busy wooing the White House inner cir- cle. In efforts to keep the Republi- can Party united, the President moved quickly before the Dump Agnew Movement got out of con- trol. Before Saturday's dramatic an- nouncement, the President delib- erately hedged on his choice for Vice President. We understand that in private the President never seriously considered choosing any- one else for the ticket. He decided to keep the American public guess- ing only to stimulate interest in the Republican Convention next month. When Nixon learned that his si- lence was seriously undermining Agnew's prestige in the public and the press, he decided to speak up and endorse his loyal running mate. As a result ambitious Republi- cans like Reagan and Rockefeller are looking elsewhere for a spot in N i x o n's 1 9 7 3 administration. Rockefeller, for example, wants to be Secretary of State. But as we resorted in an earlier column, President Nixon's favorite Demo- crat, John Connally, is the- odds- on favorite to replace Secretary Bill Rogers. All of this nrestmes, of course. that Nixon will win in November. Looking bak on past Nixon cam- psi us. a Nixon victory this year it hardly a foregone conclusion. Flseathere on the campaign scene. the president is working hard to take votes away from Geor.e McGovern among union members, -NARCOTICS GATEWAY- B-ouiful Vancouver boasts that it is Canada's gateway to the Ori- nt. St cortains one of the largest Chinese nopulations of any city in the world ontside of Asia. Now, a aicret report prepared by federal intctllifence and narcotics agents reveals that Vancouver is rapidly b-coining one of the ma'jor nar- cotics centers of North America. A-cording to the secret report. Chirese heroin dealers are worm- ing their way into Vancouver's ethnic Chinese cotnununity. We have learned that many of these diug dealers are Chiese seamen atlas tumpsoship, They strap packets of lieioins around their waists ad thtighas and slip into Vancouver as sirtutal one-mni he- tottn cetntetrs. The heroin which is 90 per cent pure - is then shipped fron Vancouver across the border into the state of Washington. F r o m there, it goes to major cities in the dissidents are trying to push Hoff- tian and Robin aside. Radicals in the new, so-called Zippie movement are claimting that Ribin and Hoffman are more in- terested in digging tip material for a forthcoming book abaut the con- ventions than in heading a radi- cal insurrection. The Zippies have a point. Rubin and Hoffman are among the highest paid ,orres- pondents at the Democratic con- vention. thanks to a $33,000 book advance. - WASHINGTON WHIRL - Even in Braille - We dropped by the Library of Congress the other day to check on the services of- fered to blind Americans. We dis- covered that the Library not only translates books but also maga- zines for the blind. The magazine most frequently requested in broil- to: Playboy. Flag wavers - We are always looking for those rare souls in government who do more than merely shuffle papers. We have uncovered a number of ordinary folks with extraordinary jobs. This week, we salute James Reed, a married man with three children. Reed's job is to haul hundrads of flags up and down flag poles on- the roof of the U.S. Capitol. This permits congressmen to send their constituents flags that - at least technically - have been flown over the Capital. Reed and his col- leagues flew 27,659 flags last year. "When I get going," he told us, "I'll be running them up and down every three minutes." And then there is David Dinius, who works for the Agriculture De- partment. For several manths, David tried to raise cows by feed- ing theta the Washington Post. The idea was to see if newspapers could be recycled as low grade forage. David, however, found that the animals liked the liberal Wash- ington newspaper short as maics as Spiro Agnea did. Letters to The Daily should be mailed to the Editorial Di- rector or delivered to M a r y Rafferty in the Student Pub- lications business office in the Michiga'n Daily building. Let- ters should be typed, double- spaced and normally should not exceed 250 words. The Editorial Directors reserve the right to edit all letters sub- mitted. United States including Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. -ZIPPIES ZAP YIPPIES- fast week, we reported t h a t Miami Beach police have been in close contact with Yippie leaders Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman in an effort to avoid violence at the Republicsan convention next taonthi. Now we learn that the authari- ties stay be talking with the wrong leaders. Younger, more radical RUT IF the freshman decides to join, able events soon come to an end. After four years he or she must enter do what he has been trained to do: assist human beings. all these enjoy- 'active duty and in the killing of -JIM KENTCH Today's Staff .I News: Alan Lenhoff, Chris Parks, Marilyn Riley Editorial Page: Carla Rapoport Photo Technician: Denny Gainer WHAT I - C)'T.- tO)MT TO ' BE6 WK6E.) - L GRo) UP. Ii 6 M 30 , Ir R-AT WAY Tr wI-WF WIJA)T, IL 136 A OOB