Page 6-Thursday, June 8, 1978-The Michigan Daily London LONDON (AP) -The Greater London Council TGLC), which governs the British capital, plans to create in the city's tough East End what critics say is Britain's first officially sanctioned non- white ghetto. The GLC says the plan is designed to protect more than 20,000 Bengali im- migrants from Bangaladash from in- creasing attacks by white extemists: "It's a reasonable and sensible solution to a very difficult problem," said Horace Cutler, chairman of the Conservative-controlled GLC. "If they're kept together we can prevent intimidation." BUT COMMUNITY relations exper- ts, politicians and even some of the immigrants fear the move will fan smoldering racial tensions in the notoriously violent area and establish a dangerous precedent. The congroversial move by the GLC, which also is Britain's biggest housing authority, comes amid mounting fears of racial trouble in many British cities to create Bengali ghetto and Bengali agitation in the East End for "safe areas." coming here from Commonwealth A GLC SPOKESMAN said about 2, "I think in the long run this can only countries since 1948, make up 3.4 per- Bengalis from 300 families will be harmful to racial harmony," said cent of the nation's 56 million inhabitan- rehoused initially in apartment bloc Arthur Latham, a legislator who is ts. where there are already large numb chairman of London's Labor Party. Non-white areas have sprung up, we e are rad care .,; of them Howe r the B ssliH nlci 00 be ks rs It's a reasonable and sensible solution to a very difficult problem. If they're kept to- gether we can prevent intimidation.' -Horace Cutler, GLC Chairman VIUVI. nwve, ,Me tengal dousing Action Group, a militant pressure group, said it has given the GLC a list of 13 "safe areas" where they want Bangladeshis rehoused in municipal developments. "Our main preoccupation is survival as individuals and as a community," said Mala Dhondhy, BHAC's spoked- woman. "Safety from physical attacks is crucial." A GLC spokesman stressed there was no quetion of Asians being forcibly moved into the designated areas or whites being forced out. "Bengalis will be moved into housing estates with existing Bengali com- munities when and where units are available," the spokesman said. "No one is being ordered to do anything." "We are, in effect, encouraging a ghet- to. The problem is whether we're going to live with racism or try to fight it and I think we should fight it." THE GLC'S PLAN runs counter to Britain's traditional policy of discouraging the growth of ghettos among the country's 1.9 million non- whites. The immigrants, who have been especialy in decaying inner city areas where most whites refuse to live. A government spokesman said there were no plans to intervene in the GLC plan and noted: "It's our policy that local authorities are autonomous and that the wishes of residents be taken in- to consideration on housing matters. That seems to be the case here." China starts anti-Lin Piao drive A News Analysis TOKYO (AP) - At the risk of opening old wounds, Teng Hsiao-ping, China's No. 2 leader, has ordered the armed forces to renew a campaign of denunciation against Lin Piao, a hero of the Cultural Revolution who later died discredited and in mysterious circum- stances. Teng, chief of the general staff, also has called on the military to refrain from paying "lavish lip service to Mao Tse-tung thought," an admonition he says Mao himself would have ap- proved. The combative Teng, deputy premier and vice chairman of the Communist Party, says his campaign against the late defense minister Lin, who was so closely identified with the 1966-69 Cultural Revolution, is not designed to negate the accomplishments of those three years of social upheaval. INSTEAD, he says, it is aimed at achieving greater national unity and "settling accounts." Lin, who had been in line to succeed Mao as China's leader, reportedly died in an airplane crash in late 1971 after what Peking said was an attempt by him to seize power. The 74-year-old Teng, making his second political comeback, was a vic- tim of the ideological purges of the Cultural Revolution. He now says Lin tried to sabotage the revolution "initiated and led" by Mao. Teng's comments came in a speech at an all-army political work conference last Friday. The full text was transmit- ted here by the Hsinhua news agency this week. HE SAID the criticism of Lin should be coupled with the current campaign against the radical "Gang of Four" led by Mao's widow, Chiang Ching. . The four radical leaders were arrested shortly after Mao's death in 1976 and were accused of having plotted a coup. They had been responsible for Teng's second fall from power, in early 1976. "Some people say they are afraid that the inclusion of Lin among the targets for exposure and criticism along with the Gang of Four might in- volve the risk of negating the great Cultural Revolution and that this might be construed as digging up bygone problems to the detriment of unity. That is wrong," Teng told the soldiers. HE CLAIMED Lin wal scarcely criticized in the past because radicals aimed attacks at Mao's image, at late Premier Chou En-lai, who was Teng's political mentor, and at the present defense minister, Yeh Chien-ying. As premier, Chou had linked Lin to alleged anti-government subversion. Teng assured those who sided with the Gang of Four there would be no reprisals for the persecution against him and thousands of others. There is "no question of dwelling on bygones" he said, adding that the coun- try could have "full confidence" in those, like him, who had been Lin Piao rehabilitated - restored to good graces. Teng was purged by the radicals for his views that modernization of in- 'dustry, agriculture, science and the armed forces must be based on reality - not just political theory. TONIGHT and FRIDAY at W SUSECOND CHANCE MUGSY Coffee production rising WASHINGTON (AP) - World coffee left over after allowing for domestic production is expected to be up sharply consumption, was estimated at 56.3 in the coming year to an estimated 74.6 million bags, compared with 51 million million bags, the largest crop in four in 1977-78. - years, the Agriculture Department said "ABOUT 40 per cent of the total in- yesterday. crease in 1978-79 is accounted for by In its first estimate for the 1978-79 Brazil, where production is estimated season, the department's foreign at about 20 million bags," the agency agricultural service said that the new said. "This-is less than earlier expec- world crop may be about nine per cent tations since extended drought during larger than the harvest of 68.6 million the growing season reduced bean size in bags produced this year. ' some areas." Exportable production, which is how The sharp drop in production two much coffee producing countries have years ago triggered record prices. MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE COLLEGIUM MARC STUDENT HOUSING FALL AND WINTER 1978-79 Would you like to live in an elegant neo-Tudor mansion (East Quad?) Dining hall, library, cultural events, interesting associates, old world ambience. The Medieval and Renaissance Collegium is now accepting reservations for student accommodations in the MARC Residence House, effective September 1978. If you are a MARC concentrator or if you are interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, you are eligible to live in the MARC House. For infor- mation or to reserve a room for the fall, see the director, Russell Fraser (2619 Haven, 764-4140), or phone the MARC office 763-2066, or stop by the office (M-F 9:00-12:00 end 1:00-4:00 206 Tyler East Quad) with your name and address. Act now on your reservation. Only a limited number of places are available. 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