Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 7, 1970 Hickel critical of Nixon on youth Cam bodian plantation manager WASHINGTON (R) - Secretary of Interior -Walter J. Hickel has told President Nixon the adminis- tration is .no t demonstrating enough concern for the attitude of 'young Americans. Hickel suggested Vice President Spiro T. Agnew should let up on his attacks on campus dissent- ers, and that the President should meet with Cabinet members to discuss ways to alleviate the alie- nation of youth. Administration policies appear "to lack concern for the attitude of a great mass of Americans - in error if we set out consciously our young people," Hickel said in to alienate those who could be our a letter to the President. friends." The letter, first disclosed yes- As for Agnew, the letter said: terday in the Washington Even- "I believe the vice president ini- ing Star, proposed Nixon meet "on tially has answered a deep-seated an individual and conversational mood of America in h i s public basis" with Cabinet members con- statements. However, a continued cerning dissension among the attack on the young - not inI young. He said conferences should their attitudes so much as their be held also with college officials. motives - can serve little pur-1 Hickel's letter advised," the pose other than further to cement President: "Addressed either politically or s philosophically, I believe we are those attitudes to a solidity im-' possible to penetrate with reason." The secretary said also the ad- ANN ABLLEGOF JEWISH STUDIES SPRING HALF MAY 12--JUNE 17 BASIC JUDAISM-Jewish views of God, Man, Ethics, celebration, and social change. Tues. eves., 7-8:30 p.m. Beg. Tues., May 12. ,Rabbi Gerald Goldman HASIDIC EXPERIENCE GROUP - Hasidic songs, stories, and dances in an open group. Tues. eves., 8:30-10 p.m. Beg. Tues., May 12. Rabbi Gerald Goldman and staff READINGS IN PROTOCOLS OF EDUCATED ELDERS OF ZION --Prerequisites: A-3 courses in social sciences in different disci- plines; B-general background in Jewishhhistory.kWed. eves., 9- 10:30 p.m. Beg. Wed., May 13. Dr. Joseph Ben Dak CLASSES MEET AT HILLEL, 1429 HILL ST. FOR INFORMATION 663-4129 ministration "must win mVOI our philosophical enemies by convinc- ing them of the wvisdom o~ he pa we have chosen, rather itn ignoring the path they pI'0 > "Today our young people, or at least a vast segment o them, be- lieve they have 11 oiportuni f y to communicate with government. regardlesb of administration. oth- er 'thn lehough violent confron- tation. But I am convinced ce - and they - hafe the npacity, if we will have the wi inemess. to learn from history,"" Hickel said meetinas with col- lege pr'3sidents might help bridge the gap between the admaistra- tion and the young. He said such conferences should concern "the situation that is erupting, because before wi can face and conquer our enemies, we must identify , them, whether those enemies take physical or philosophical forms." In the depression, he said "our youth lst their ability to com- m tunicate with th Republican party." "What is happening today is not unrlated to what happened in the '30s," Hickel continued. "Now being unableato communi- apparently heading down the road "oAndaregardless of how I. or any American, might feel individ- ually. we have an obligation as leaders to communicate with our youth and listen to their ideas and problems." SNOUL. Cambodia & - The l neb manager of a rubber lntation caught in the fight- ng here said Wednesday that h e Not thVietnamese armed sof 1,600 workers and too1 them along as they fled ron U.S. tank and air attacks. "hey gave guns to the peo- pie and now they are fighting ith the Viet Cong," said Jac- ques Louat de Bort, 47. "I think they x ould come back and work if the Americans stayed to pro- tect them. But the Americans will not do that." T h e Americans captured Snoul Wednesday after reduc- ing it to rubble with tank guns and air attacks the day before. De Bort, who has managed the 12,3o0-acre Societe de Plan- t ation de Kratie here for sev- oral years and weathered two pitched battles in the past two weeks. also is leaving. He and his wife and a few others sipped champagne over lunch as they waited out the fi- nal h o u r s before a company, plane arrived to fly them out to Phnom Penh, first leg on the trip home to Paris. "We cannot stay," he t o d visitors who had arrived here in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment's drive to Snoul. "The Americans have been here, and now nobody would ever trust us again," De Bort said the North Viet- namese had operated freely but rather unobtrusively in the Snoul area for some time until the Cambodians moved a 500- man garrison into town after the coup overthrowing chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk March ,18. Then, on April 22 the North Vietnamese attacked and over- ran the town killing many of the Cambodians, capturing some and putting the rest to flight. De Bort watched f r o m his bungalow residence on the plan- tation grounds on the edge of town as the fighting came to within 400 yards. "The North Vietnamese were very impressive," he said. "They were well equipped a n d they gave an impression of extraor- dinary mobility. There were not more than 50 or 60 of them but they moved around and made it s em as if there wer e many mre." aterthe North Vietnamese moved in more troops and re- sumed proselyting activities among the town's people and rubber workers. A North Vietnamese political commissar called regularly at the plantation and even sub- jected De Bort, his wife and the other six French supervisory personnel to propaganda har- angues lasting several hours. "But that is one reason why I would rather have the Ameri- cans here," De Bort said. "That is better than to h a v e those hours of lectures by the com- missar." The commissar was there Moi-ay, the day before the Americans made their DiBbtning armored thrust up Highway 7 to Snoul. On that day they saw planes and helicopters. The commissar said he didn't think the Ameri- cans would attack the t o w n with troops but thought they would bomb De Bort said. "He went to hide in the trees and invited us to come along. We told him: Thank you we prefer to stay here," said De Bort. The plantation buildings es- caped damage in the attacks Tuesday and yesterday, al- though fighting again came to within a f e w hundred yards and the town itself was destroy- ed. The people had been told by tWe North Vietnamese troops to leave and most did. So did the rubber workers and thgeir fam- ilies, about 6,000 people, De Bort added. De Bort remarked that t h e coup that overthrew Sihanouk was a propaganda bonanza for the North Vietnamese. They ex- ploited the fallen prince's pop- ularity among the workers, who were about 95 per cent Cam- bodians. De Bort said there was little sympathy for Premier Lon Nol's regime among them, adding: "You can't be taught to like somebody for years and then suddenly be expected to turn against him." "There is nothing left for us here," said De Bort. "I h a v e been liberated f o u r times - first by the Viet Cong, then by the Cambodians, then by the Viet Cong, and now by the Americans. "That is enough for me." Ap. dlescri~bes Amnerican rescue' 4- School of Public Health students study Ann Arbor air pollution Five students in the School of Public Health have begun to test Ann Arbor for air pollution this summer. The graduate students in the Air Pollution Program in Indus- I trial and Environmental Health have planned their three 'month study to develop some bacjk-up data for use by those concerned with improving the local environ- ment. "Increased attention (to kir phur dioxide, carbon monoxide, quality) in recent months leading suspended particles and total oxi- to an air pollution ordinance be- dants found In the air. Oxidants fore the City Council prompted the students to conduct this sur- vey," said Prof. Paul Giever, as- sociate professor of Industrial Health. Approximately t e n sampling stations will be set up around the city to measure wind direction, velocity, and the amounts of sul- I CI cc YOMUR "'""D THROUGH TRAVEL t Cooks Travel Cheques are your passport to adventure. Specia Stu ent Mini-Price, only 50C per $100 issuance charge. With prompt refund if lost or stolen !Go with Cooks..."The Action Money." are irritants in the air which re- sult from interaction among sun- light, various chemicals, and the air. "This study will give us an idea of what Ann Arbor faces and what steps, based upon a scientific foundation, may be needed to an- ticipate the future situation in,, this area," said Bertram D. Din- man, M.D., Director of the Insti- tute of Engineering and Industrial Health. "This research f i t s in well with our teaching program at the University and will benefit the community as well." The t w o professors estimated1. that if the city paid for a similar three month study by a private firm, the costs would approximate $40,000-$50,000. "We either have the equipment already in our department or are able to borrow it from other de- partments in the University," said 4p Dr. Dinman. The bright blue and gold-letter- ed sampling stations a r e being placed in strategic areas around Ann Arbor. According to Giever, the units have been positioned in students' homes, on North Cam- pus property, in fire stations around the city and one is on the Climax-Molybdenum grounds. The students involved are: Del- no Malzahn, Grad, Gerald F. Ar- kin, '71; Louis P. Pocalujka, Grad; Bertram B. Townsend, '72 and D. Jeffrey Burton, '72. What career at RCA fits your talents? I k , ,.. i . ..r b> tr } . °ti 2, 3 t. > ',. Three Days Only.. . 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