The Michigan Daily Vnl I YYYVII t'No. 7-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, Mdy 12, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Stanford students buck Ford By LANI JORDAN A group of Stanford University students will confront Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford It with questions concerning Ford's investments in white-ruled South Africa at a stockholders' meeting today. The student group--Stanford Committee for a Responsible In- vestment Policy (SCRIP) - is supporting a resolution of the Inter- faith Council for Corporate Responsibility which will be submitted to the stockholders at today's meeting calling for an end to Ford's expansion in South Africa. STANFORD BOLDS 93,350 shares of Ford stock and will vote on the resolution. Phillip Lewis, a University of Michigan student, will read this statemept to the stockholders: "In view of the racist and murderous political, social and economic policies of the Republic of South Africa, we question and indeed demand to know where the line will be drawn between r , Ford company profits and the moral obligation we assume as -. Americans in a democratic republic." THE GROUP claims the autoinotive giant's investment in the x ; country contributes to the continuation of discrimination, inferior treatment and low wages for blacks in that country. The Universiy of Michigan recently joined other Mobil Oil Company stockholders in voting against a similar resolution which would have banned Mobil's investment in white-ruled Rhodesia.- 4 . That resolution was submitted by the United Church Board of Ministries, a group with goals similar to those of the Interfaith Center. It gathered less than three per cent of stockholders' votes. Although SCRIP is not directly related to the Interfaith Coun- cil, a member of the Council may represent the students at to- day's stockholders meeting. SCRIP will present a statement dur- ing the meeting listing their grievances and demands for changes .. in Ford's South *Africa policy. STANFORD student protests over their university's position on Ford's participation led to the arrest of 294 students Tuesday. Nearly 500 students organized by SCRIP gathered in Stanford's (ld Student Union for a sit-ins until Santa Clara County Cheriff'' - officers initiated the arrests. There were no reports of violence as police bussed the arres ted students assay. "They'd come in, tap you on the shoulder and say y.... ... 'you're under arrest.' You'd go quietly," Nick Nyhart, a SCRIP spokesman said in a telephone interview yesterday. AP Photo "IT DIDN'T happen out of radical spring fever," Nyhart said A STANFORD University demonstrator is carried to a bus for the ride to jail, joining 294 stu- of the number of students who participated in the various rallies, dents arrested for protesting South African Apartheid. This demonstration was part of the con- See STANFORD, Page 3 tinuing non-violent protest against Ford Motor Company expansion of its services to South Africa. U.S. may an fluorocarbons Locals favor ban By PAULINE TOOLE Although reaction around the University toward yester- day's ban on fluorocarbons was generally favorable, many experts questioned its effectiveness. Professor James Crowfoot of the School of Natural Re- sources was pleased about the announced ban. "My feeling is, given the impact of flurorocarbons on the atmosphere the program is overdue. My question is: is it enough, soon enough? With the effects scientists are announcing these flurocarbons have on the ozone, I wonder if this ban will be enough." PROFESSOR RICHARD Andrews, also of the Natural Re- sources school echoed this. "Most of us can go back without great strain to roll on deodorant," he joked. On a more serious note he-,added, "The ban is probably a good thing. The evidence indicates we shouldn't throw the stuff into the atmosphere. How much difference the ban will make is another thing. I question if it includes the freon used in refrigeration units as well as in aerosol cans. "There is the problem of other countries following suit," he continued. "In a worldwide question such as this, the United States is setting a good example" STUDENTS REGISTERED surprise and approval of the announcement. .'That's amazing. It increases my confidence in society to know that action can be taken against harmful products," said Sharon Mills, See LOCALS, Page 19 WASHINGTONIN ") - Virtually all fluorocarbon aerosol sprays will disappear from the American market in less than two years if a ban proposed by the government yesterday becomes law. Three federal agencies, in an unprecedented joint announcement, said the ban is necessary because the fluorocarbons can damage the earth's ozone layer, which protects life on earth from the potentially skin cancer - causing ultra- violet rays of the sun. THE COUNCIL on Atmospheric Sciences, an industry group, said the mandatory phaseout pro- posal would require study, but a spokesman de- nied the ban would save consumers money as the government claimed. If put into effect, the ban would eliminate near- ly 700 million pressurized containers used in spraying deodorants, pesticides, hair sprays, air fresheners and various household cleaners, ac- cording to industry figures. However, it does not mean aerosols would no longer be available. The industry group said fluorocarbon use in aerosols has been declining in recent-years and estimated less than 30 per cent of the 2.3 billion aerosols produced in 1976 were cowered by fltorocarbons. JOHNSON WAX, for example, announced last year that it had eliminated fluorocarbons from all of its aerosol products, including furniture polishes, insecticides and repellants and numer- ous household cleaners. Most spray paints now use hydrocarbons for propellants: The proposed regulations issued yesterday will be subject to public bearings and comment for the next 60 days. A decision on whether to go ahead with the ban will be made after the com- ment period ends. A handful of products classified as essential would be exempted from the ban, including con- traceptive vaginal foams, inhalers used by asth- ma sufferers, cytology fixatives used in cancer diagnosis, a mine safety warning device, ejec- tors used to remove plastics from molds and fly- ing insect sprays used on airplanes and in com- mercial food handling areas. GOVERNMENT spokesmen said the exempt products make up only 2 or 3 per cent of the market Some oroducts, such as aerosol foghorns used on boats, aren't affected because the cans con- tain only fluorocarbon gas, and the regulations only cover products in which the gas is used to oron'l something else out of the container, , The three government agencies that joined to anownce the pronosal are the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agen- cv and onsoomer Products Safety Commission. FDA COMMISSIONER Donald Kennedy, whose agency regulates about 85 per cent of the affect- ed products, told a news conference the ozone depletion theory that led to Wednesday's action has been confirmed but that scientists still don't know just how serious the problem is.