ยง1S3' OVA A PA l $OTHfU-AC0 (&6 7+{6 KENJD 1 & THE 0 5 Dit u l O14r-H lSydiat t PG TH, I CN6Y -f ALDfIIS- tf'OL)PG MOT 62AI TO 7 Ait>(OR9 It Letters to The Daily Muskie: Muddling in the middle Aiding E. Pakistan To The Daily: CHESTER BOWLES, former ambassador to India in 1963- 1969, has said that South Asia is in "imminent danger" of a full- scale war over Pakistan and that the conflict eventually could in- volve Communist China and Rus- sia- We presume you all know the "murderous frenzies" the Paki- stan Military Government has in- dulged in during the recent Paki- stan Civil War beginning March 25, 1971. Over 200,000 civilians civilians have been killed and 6 million refugees have fled to India. Clearly the Indians cannot be expected to bear this financial burden on top of the all but in- tolerable political strains which the refugees' influx has imposed. Tensions are rising every day. Sen. Frank Church ea member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committeehas reported thatian estimated $35 million worth of military equipment is still in the pipeline for Pakistan and "the Presidet refuses to stop the flow." Sen. Edward Kennedy has said, "It saddens me that our great nation continues to be more ef- ficient in moving military hard- warethan in arranging human- itarian relief in East Pakistan." HOWEVER. Local 829 of the International Longshoreman's Association (Baltimore) refused to load a freighter carrying an arms shipment to Pakistan on July 15, 1971. The first concrete move in the Congress to use foreign-aid poli- cies as a means to bring about an improvement in the internal situation of Pakistan is the "Gal- lagher Amendment". This pro- posal to halt American aid to Pakistan was approved by the House Foreign Affairs Commit- tee on July 15, 1971, by 17 to 6. The proposal stipulates that be- fore the funds may be resumed East Pakistani refugees must be returned to their home and "rea- sonable stability" achieved. We request all the readers of this letter to write to their rep- resentatives immediately asking them to support the "Gallagher Amendment" which is to be voted on ver ysoon. We want Congress to know that public opinion sup- ports the amendment. Aria/Basu/Diksmit/ Hook/Jain "The Concerned" July 19 Supporting CRCR To The Daily: IN AN ERA in which interna- tional tensions have escalated at an alarming rate, the closing of any institution which seeks to minimize and resolve these con- flicts represents a tremendous loss to society. The Center for Research on Conflict Resolution's record of scholarly research and positive action is a matter of widespread public recognition. Its national reputation in the area of conflict resolution is indisputable. To terminate the activities of this most vital institution would be to tarnish the University's image as a leader in educational and social progress. Equally distressing is the dis- tinct possibility that internal po- litical considerations, not arny impending financial crIsis, may be the motive for closing the cen- ter. As a state legislator, it has always been my belief that what is examined in an academic set- ting ought not to be dictated by politics and external pressure. Students and faculty must feel free to explore subject matter without thought of recriminations. In addition to theoretical and practical research, the center has served as a valuable tool in re- ducing actual conflict on cam- pus. It is to be hoped that a more enlightened attitude may be sub- stituted for the closing of the center. State Sen. Jack Faxon July 16 By JAMES WECHSLER of the white Democratic citadels, vative brand of T'xas Democratic THE EFFECT of the pressures the arithmetic of a Census Bureau politics-now most dismally ex- on Sen. Edmund Muskie - (D- study published the next day add- hibited in the national arena by Maine) to play it safe and emerge ed a new dimension to the story. Mr. Nixon's new ally and apolo- , as the candidate of Democratic The latest population figures, gist, John Connally-exerts major respectability is illustrated by his based on the 1970 census show i n f lu e n c e in the Democratic ambivalence toward the excit- that 102 counties in the nation Party's high councils, the pros- ing Mississippi gubernatorial cam- are at least 50 per cent black-all pect of a serious fourth-party paign of Charles Evers. of them located in the 11 South- threat will grow. To welcome the In obvious deference to coun- ern states. Actually this reflects possibility as a form of protective sels of conservatism, Muskie has no basic change since 1960-and coloration for the Democrats is declined to let his name be in- in many places, there has been madness. eluded on the prestigious and some drop in the black percent- It has become fashionable in growing roster of Evers supporters. age, reflecting the continued Ne- the Strauss set to recall that Harry In the same interval he has help- gro exodus. Truman won in 1948 in a four- ed promote a Washington fund- But what renders the figures party race. What they have chosen raising party at which he per- politically momentous are the vast to forget is that, under the pres- sonally contributed $2000 to the prospective expansion in black sure of the Henry Wallace insur- war-chest b e i n g raised for the voting, the intensified registration gence, Truman moved steadily spirited mayor of Fayette in his drives being waged and the new "left" during the '48 campaign,- attempt to stage a Southern po- rules governing representation at especially on the issue of civil litical miracle. next year's Democratic convention rights-while Wallace's campaign The absence of Muskie's name It is premature to assess the full was ruined by sectarian Commu- from the n a tio n a 1 committee impact of these developments; but nist manipulation. formed in Evers' behalf is likely -along with the enfranchisement This time a new party could to become increasingly conspicu- of the 18-21 voters - they may make infinitely larger inroads if ous because five other Democrats dramatically upset the old-fash- the Democratic nominee is a pa - who loom in one way or another ioned calculations of those who see lid creature shaped by the Strauss * as potential rivals for the nomi- brigade, with the stodgy acquies- nation have signed up the deadly center as the promised cence of George Meany. These land for a Democratic candidate. will not be the men who make THE CO-CHAIRMEN are Hu- history in the new voting era of bert Humphrey and Ted.Kennedy; IN THIS CONTEXT a remark 1972. other members are George Mc- attributed to treasurer Strauss de- In fact, Eveis' campaigis this Govern, Birch Bayh and Ramsey serves to be pondered long and year will reveal much about many Clark. Thus Muskie finds himself, critically by those from whom he along with Henry Jackson and so men. Attorney General John Mit- far, Harold Hughes, apparently is soliciting funds for a Deno- chell has been implacably resist- signaling the (white) Southern cratic comeback. The emergence ing pleas for federal aid to combat Democratic oligarchs that he is of a fourth party, he was quoted violations of voting :ights in Mis- not one of those dangerous char- as saying, might. be a good way sissippi. This should be a fighting actersnsponsoring Evers daring to demonstrate that "the Demo- issue. And the next Democratic crats are in the middles" Yet he made no bid for anony-' Presidential nominee should be 't mity when he transmitted his There is admittedly a certain able to say that he was in the tangible fiscal aid to the Evers self-serving logic in Strauss' con- forefront of that fight. forces even while telling them- tention; for as long as his conser- New York Post 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Mich. 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 in all reprints. Tuesday, July 20, 1971 News Phone: 764-0552 NIGHT EDITOR: JONATHAN MILLER Sittmer Editorial Staff MARCIA ABRAMSON LARRY LEMPERT Co-Editor Co-Editor ROBE T CONROW .... ................... ... ........... Books Editor JIM JUDKISR.. . .. .......... .........Photography Editor NIGHT EDITORS: Anita Crone. Tarui Jacobs, Alan Lenhoff, Jonathan 1 1illee. after much meditation - that he did not feel his presence on a letterhead was consequential. In the end, however, such efforts to reconcile caution and conscience frequently consign the practitioner to the worst of both possible worlds, ultimately inviting the suspicion of hostile camps rather &e than the esteem of either. While the admonition-"to thine own self be true"-has rarely pre- vailed each hour of every day in the life of any candidate I have known, it may still be infinitely sounder than the guidanceMuskie seems to be receiving from Demo- cratic treasurer Robert Strauss and other conservative Democrats publicly trumpeted by their jour- nalistic echoes, Messrs. Evans and Novak. ON THE SURFACE the news has been favorable for the man from Maine. A New York Times headline cheerfully said: "Muskier Reported South's Favorite: Sur- vey of Seven States Shows Demo- crats, in Search of Winner, Lean to Center." 4 40 $SWI w While The Times' Southern sur- vey was based almost entirely on interviews with established leaders Rep. Harley Staggers