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Friday, July 30, 1971
Ann Arbor, Michigan
News Phone: 764-0552
ANTI-NUCLEAR STATEMENT
U . Hiroshima film aired
ASSISTANT SECRETARY O1 LABOR, W. J. Usary. chief federal
rail troubleshooter, walks along a Labor Dept. corridor yesterday,.
He is meeting with rail negotiators summoned by President Nixon
in another attempt to settle the nationwide dispute.
0.1Effect o rati strike
evident across nation
by peace group rep.
By ZACHARY SCHILLER of a world from which war is rounding the bombing due to
"The only way to eliminate banned forever." skillful brainwashing job wl
the danger of nuclear destruction Reynolds says that young audi- the country was in a state
is through ending war - we have ences have been much more re- shock," she claims. In fact,
to build the feeling that peace is sponsive to the film than adults adds. "many equate the bomb
possible." says Barbara Rey- are and that she gets a particu- with the Japanese bombing
nolds. larly good response in high Pearl Harbor, or say that
In keeping with that philoso- schools. saved half a million lives."
phy, Reynolds is seeking to She says she will continue to Reynolds also plans to s
broaden the public's knowledge show the film in both high schools the film to the national con
about the dropping f the at'rric and nearby colleges. Following ence of the Concerned Cle
bomb on Hiroshima in August. each showing, a discussion of its and Laymen Against the W
1945. contents is conducted.
Most Americans are unin- which meets in Ann Arbor
Currently, Reynolds is showing farme about the cve.nts 'r- gust 17-22.
a film throughout the Ann Arbor fg
area which depicts the actual
scene in Hiroshima tie day the
bomb was dropped.
According to Reynctds, the
showing of the film is part of a
wide effort to educate Americans
both of the bombing of the oapa-
nese city and about nuclear wea-
pons in general.
"The film," she stresses, "i.
not in any way trying to point
any finger of blame--not once in
the film does it say what coun-
try dropped the bomb. The bomb
is a human problem," she says.
Reynolds has participated in
the formation of an ad hoc com-
mittee in Ann Arbor which will
try to expose to the public the
"facts" surrounding the Hiro-
shima bombing.
Eventually, she says, she
would like to start a Hiroshinsa
Information Center somewhere
in the country which will distri-
bute information about the bomb-
ing.
The center, as she doscrib"s it,
would contain a library with
books and essays about the-- - --
bombing, copies of the Hiroshima
film and listings of speakers will- KNOX J 4CANCY-
ing to talk about the bombing.
The Center would also be a
key force in starting a lobbyo for
"realistic history being taught in
the schools," she says. The lobby
would push for the use of read-
ing and visual aids in high research eon 'mttec
schools. which would ensure v
"that no one could graduate with- By CHRIS PARKS
out knowing what nuclear wea-
pons are," she adds. Graduate Assembly (GA) has nominated two studer
R ynolds was a participant in for the Classified Research Committee, to fill the vacar
a conference in Hiroshima last created by the resignation of Michael Knox,
year which commemorated the The nominations, however, have raised anew issues o'
25th anniversary of the bombing. the representatives of GA, and called into question whett
At the conference, delegates further nominations due in the fall should be made by t
called for the destruction of all
nuclear weapons and appealed to group or the recently formed Rackham Student Gave
the world to "never forget Hiro- men
shima and never lose the vision The Classified Research Committee is a group whi
"a
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By The Associated Press
Millions of dollars of perishable
farm products are being lost
daily and thousands of workers
in a wide range of industries have
been idled as effects of the strike
against four major railroads con-
tinue to mount.
In California alone, lettuce, cit-
rus, melon and tomato growers
estimate they are losing about
$2.5 million worth of crops daily
and in some cases overripe let-
tuce is being plowed under.
Approximately 22,000 coal min-
ers were out of work yesterday in
six slates served by the Norfolk
& Western Railroad. one of the
lines struck by the AFL-CIO Unm-
ed Transportation Union. (UTU).
The stalemated nationwide rail-
road labor dispute has so far shut
down the Southern Railway, Un-
ion Pacific, Southern Pacific and
N&W, stranding tons of farm
commodies, coal and other ship.
ments in 17 states and idling
some 120.000 employes of the four
railroads.
Effects of the strike are sched-
uled to become even more wide-
spread today with walkouts set
then by the UTU against six
more railroads.
At issue in the strike are wags
and industry-proposed new' work
rules which the railroads say will
increase efficiency. The union
says the rules changes would
cost men jobs and work hard-
ships on others.
Secretary of Agriculture Clif-
ford Hardin said yesterday rail
stoppages are causing "rapid
deterioration" of orderly move-
ment of essential food products
from farms to markets.
Hardin said in a statement that
the Santa Fe rail strike sched-
uled for today will mean that
nearly all movement of farm pro-
ducts from Calofirnia will be
eliminated at a peak harvest
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tine. He also said tie broiler
chicken industry in the Southeast
has limited feed supplies and is
threatened by the strike.
"This tieup of rail transpcrta-
tion is having an adverse effect
on our farm exports which are
essential to our international bal-
ance of payments." Hardin said.
Gov. Tom McCall of Oregon
said he told Transportation Sec-
retary John Volpe in a telegram
that the combined rail and West
Coast longshoremen's strike leave
his state "facing a shar-ring
compound of potential economic
ruin unlike anytlhinga itsh Iis-
tory."
McCall and Sen. Masrk Hat.-
field (R-Ore. predicted yestlr-
day that continuation of the
strikes for another 10 days would
put 70.000 men out of work in
Oregon's forest products induis-
tries. McCall said he expects
4,500 men out of work by today
and 10,000 by early next week.
Ninety per cent of the state's for-
est products are shipped by rail.
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STUDY FINDINGS
Violent TV hurts kids
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ) -
Preschool kids who watch tele-
vision are affected by the violence
they see. And researchers insist
that programs with constructive
social themes can influence good,
cooperative behavior.
A federally sponsored study by
two Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity human development profes-
sors, also acknowledges the use-
ful role television can play in so-
cial development.
"There are behavorial effects
associated with viewing vio-
lence," Drs. Aletha Stein and
Lynette Friedrich said concern-
ing reactions of 97 four- and five-
year-olds in nursery school play
situations and at home. "Such
viewing has an impact not only
on aggressive behavior but also
on self-control.
"On the other hand programs
which stress themes of coopera-
tion, persistence in the face-of
difficulty, tolerance of frustration
and delay, and verbalization of
feelings can be understood by
very small children and may al-
ter- their behavior."
Children in the study, support-
ed by a grant from the National
Institute of Mental Health, were
split into three groups. One
watched programs like Batman
and Superman w h i c h were
termed aggressive, others viewed
pro-social programs and the
third saw child-oriented films
considered neutral.
"The clearest effect of tele-
vision viewing appeared on the
self-controlling behaviors," the
reports said.
"Children exposed to the pro-
social programs, and particular-
ly those with above average
IQs, were more apt to obey rules,
tolerate delays and persist at
tasks than children who watched
aggressive programs.
"Cartoons and their attending
violence made children already
relatively high in aggression even
more so. At the same time, self-
controlling behavior, particular-
ly tolerance for minor frustra-
tions, declined in all children ex-
posed to these programs.
"Those in the neutral group
generally fell between the two
extremes."
The study also disclosed that
pre-schoolers who came from
low-income homes were greatly
and positively influenced by the
pro-social programs.
"They registered increases in-
cooperation and verbalization of
feelings," Drs. Stein and Fried-
lich observed.
The researchers, h o w e v e r,
could not determine whether the
effects attributed to the television
viewing were directly proportion-
al to the amount of viewing log-
ged.
"We really can't tell on that
point yet," Stein said, but fur-
ther study is planned.
is charged with reviewing
research projects and
screening out those "the
specific purpose of which is
to destroy human life or to
incapacitate human beings."
Knox, who was one of the
three student members, resigned
at the March 22 meeting of the
group charging they "continue
to be an ally of the military re-
search establishment."
This spring, Graduate Assem-
bly was asked by the Senate
Assembly Committee on Univer-
sity Affairs (SACUA) to make
nominations to fill the vacant
post.
Following interviews this week,
it was announced yesterday that
two students, Michael Flynn,
Grad, and Brad Mason, Grad,
had been chosen by GA.
According to Jana Bmmers-
bach, GA president, the two
names have been submitted to
SACUA and it is hoped that the
nominations will be acted upon
before the end of August.
In addition, two other seats
held by students on the commit-
tee will be vacated at the end of
August.
While the issue over nomina-
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