Page Two WHE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, une 16, 1977 Page Tw CHE MCHIGANDAILY hursda,.Jn 6,17 ftN u o esl Jobs, British troops af issue in today's Irish elections DUBLIN, Ireland (WP- - Irish voters elect a new government today after a campaign marked by promises of more jobs and higher pay and a bitter last- minute debate over British con- trol in Northern Ireland. The eight-year sectarian war in the British province, north of the Irish Republic, has be- come "a very important issue,"- Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave said at the campaign neared a close. UNTIL EARLIER this week, the two major political rivals, Cosgrave's ruling Fine Gael and Jack Lynch's Fianna Fail, cam- paigned primarily on bread and butter issues of inflation and unemployment. Both parties offered a bonan- za of pledges including more jobs, more pay and massive tax cuts, prompting one for- eign diplomat to. predict that neither would be able to honor the "rash promises of goodies galore" because of the repub- lic's shaky economy. Cosgrave shifted the cam- paign focus onto Northern Ire- land with a speech by his For- eign Minister, Garret Fitzger- ald, who accused Fianna Fail on Monday of seeking to force a British withdrawal from the province. Fitzgerald claimed such a move would provoke widespread bloodshed as armed Protestants and Roman Catho- lic extremists jockeyed for con- troy of their areas in advance of a British pullout. COSGRAVE WANTS the Brit- ish to stay in the province for the "foreseeable future" to con- tain the violence. Fianna Fail wants Britain to issue a decla- ration of its intent to withdraw, and has suggested United Na- tions intervention if necessary. Countering Fitzgerald's accu- sation, Fianna Fail leader Lynch said his party's policy was "sane and safe." Fitzgerald claimed Fianna Fail was packed with Irish Re- publican Army (IRA) sympa- thizers who would start trou- ble if elected. The IRA, outlawed on both sides of the border, has been fighting for union between the predominantly Protestant pro- vince and the majority Roman Catholic republic. Cosgrave fears British withdrawal would force the million-strong Protest- ant majority in Ulster to un- leash a militant campaign in the south against a union which it opposes. A FIANNA FAIL spokesper- son contends Cosgrave's coali- tion is "trying to frighten peo- ple who want a change of gov- ernment." Fianna Fail held power for 16 years before being ousted in the last election in 1973. Political commentators and public opinion polls put the par- ties neck and neck as the cam- paign ended. But Cosgrave's labor coalition was expected to win another five-year term with a narrow majority in the 148- seat Dail, lower house of Ire- land's parliament. The party winning themost seatswill formthe seats will form the new gov- ernment. Fine Gael now has a four-vote majority in the Dail. MEMBERS OF the Dail are elected by the more than 2.1 million voters while the upper house, or Seanad, is chosen in- directly. It was unclear what effect the Northern Ireland issue would have on voters. Commentators thinks economic issues will de- cide the election. "The people are in a shop- ping basket mood, not a blun- derbuss mood," said Tim Pat Coogan of the Irish Press, which supports Fianna Fail. More top business executives -1,762-hold degrees from the University than from any other public university. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXVII, No. 3-5 Thursday, Jne 1, i is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-502S. Seond class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 4119. Published dly Tuesday tihrougb Sunday morning during te univer- sity year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 410. Subsription rates: $12 Sept. thru Apri (2 semes- ters. 413 by mall outaide. Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tues- day through Saturday morning. Subscription rates: $.0 isa ann Arbor;i $7.0 by mail outside nn Arbor. Au too oten, when the party If someone gets too drunkto ends, the trouble begins. drive, drive him yourself. Or call a People who shouldn't be % cab. Or offer to let him sleep over. doing anything more active than Maybe your friend won't be going to sleep are driving a car, feeling so good on the morning after, Speeding and weaving their way but you're going to feel terrific. to death. Before any of your friends drive home from your party, make sure they aren't drunk. r---------------- Don't be fooled because they IDRUNK DRIVER, DET.Y drank only beer or wine. Beer and ROCKVIILE, MARYLAND 20852 wine can be just as intoxicating as Iwant to keep my friends alive I wixed drinks. I for the next party. ! And don't kid yourself I Te lme what else I can do. - because they may have had some I MYnaue black coffee. Black coffee can't Addr- sober them up well enough to drive. L y- -_--_-la_ r -i--__ FRIENDS DON'T LET fRIENDS DRIVE DRUNK.