REGISTRATION See editorial page tE Eigtan Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom 1:IaiIt PILING UP See Today for details f I f i 1XC, No. 94 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 25, 1980 Ten Cents Twelve Pages ' women pond By STEVE HOOK with wire reports Among the controversial by-products of President *arter's draft registration proposal Wednesday night is the possibility that women will be required to register for the draft along with men. According to a White House spokesman interviewed yesterday, this is an "open question" being discussed in Washington. "The administration's position will become known shortly," Defense Department spokesman Thomas Ross said at the Pentagon yesterday. He refused to reveal the administration's thinking on the issue, but recalled that Defense Secretary Harold Brown had previously warned of the legal problems in registering only men. "The secretary said if the draft were revived there would be a serious legal question of registering just one sex," Ross said. ON CAMPUS, female students generally seemed ready to accept draft registration-under one very specific circumstance: The passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). "To hell if I am going to w.Ar until I get equal rights," said LSA sophomore Susan sValla. "This country, that doesn't guarantee equal rights to women, wants to send them to war. Until the ERA passes, that will be my way of saying 'no way."' Valla explained that if women are asked to register ter draft1 for the draft, ERA backers will get a shot in the arm because "it would do away with much of the op- position's arguments." In this respect, she said, "this might be a good idea. "WE'VE (ERA supporters) said all along that if there ever were a war, women would be drafted," Valla commented. "But until I'm fighting as an equal citizen, I will resist being drafted." Under the Selective Service Act, President Carter has the authority to resume registration of men bet- ween the ages of 18 and 26-but Congress would have to provide funds to finance such a move. Also, Congress would have to amend the act to include women. Presumably, the question of obligatory See 'U' WOMEN, Page 2 registration Students and draft, registration Do you agree with President Carter's proposal to revitalize the Selective Servic6system? Yes ............................................ 42 No ...................................... .... 52 Undecided ..................... .............. 6 The above results were based on an informal Daily survey of 100 Uni- versity students, both male and female. Draft registration opponents mobilize, promise long fight AP Photo THE LEFT-OVERS from the last draft lottery in 1973 wait stored in acardboard box in the Selective Service System office in Washington. The capsules were used-in the drawing of names for military service. oviet Union: Persian Gulf not 'vit al' to U.. WASHINGTON (AP) - Opponents of President Carter's plan to register draft-age youths vowed yesterday to "picket, teach-in, protest, and demon- strate" in every major city, but acknowledged they will have a hard time stopping the program. As student groups and others mapped campaigns to rally public opinion against registration, several members of Congress denounced Carter's action and promised to try to block it. MEANWHILE, employees of the Selective Service System have been sent scrambling in an effort to reorganize the office after six-and-one- half years of virtual silence. All 18 lines on the switchboard have been jammed since President Carter's speech, with just one receptionistattempting to carry the load. The agency has 98 employees, a budget -of $7 million, and a continuing mandate to be ready to institute a draft in a hurry if conditions warrant. Much of that money was used to train 715 National Guardsmen if a national emergency dictates raising an army quickly. With an increased budget and" enlarged staff, the Selective Service System would begin the arduous task of organizing the draft registration. The president has strong backing on registration from key congressional leaders, including Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd and House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, and it ap- pears now that his plan would be ap- proved. HOUSE REPUBLICAN Leader John Rhodes of Arizona said Carter has "overwhelming support" among Republicans on the issue and that he sees no effective opposition to it from any quarter. Even so, representatives of various groups opposing registration went to Capitol Hill and declared they would fight an admittedly uphill battle. Most of the spokesmen predicted that registration would lead to a draft. In his speech, Carter said he hoped a draft will not be necessary but that "we must be prepared for that possibility." BARRY LYNN, spokesman for a coalition of 42 peace, student, civil rights, and religious groups, said it "is U.S. Olympic boycott wins House support absolutely committed to an all-out ef- fort to prevent draft registration from being reimposed in this country now." He said the coalition - the Commit- tee Against Registration and the Draft - would lobby against funds for an ex- panded Selective Service System, laun- ch a public relations campaign i every state, and would file court challenges against any legislation approved by Congress. From AP and UP! -WASHINGTN-President Carter won swift House approval yesterday for his stand on the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, but his hope for speedy action by the full Congress was stymied by the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. By a 386-12 margin, the House adop- ted a resolution urging the U.S. Olym- pic Committee to honor Carter's request that the Games by postponed, moved, or canceled unless the Soviet Union withdraws its military forces a From The Associated Press The Soviet Union yesterday scoffed at President Carter's claim that the oil-rich Persian Gulf area is vital to the United States. Britain announced a tough package of measures to protest the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan. Responding to Carter's State of the Union address Wed- nesday night, the Soviet news agency Tass said "the absur- dity of Washington claims that the Persian Gulf area is a sphere of U.S. 'vital interest' is an axiom which needs no proof .. "EQUALLY GROUNDLESS is the president's assertion concerning mythical threats to the movement of Middle East oil from any side . ..," Tass said in a Washington-dated dispatch. Tass said the only major "outside force" in the Persian Gulf area - was an American naval force - "the biggest armada of naval forces" and said Americans were the only ones blocking the gulf and the Hormuz Straits, and boycot- ting oil shipments from Iran. It said Carter's definition of U.S. interests was an an- nouncement "for all to hear that the United States regards nearly the whole world as its sphere of 'vital interests' without being interested in the least how the countries, which his administration intends to include in this sphere, will react to this." IN LONDON, meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington announced Britain would suspend "for the time being" high level and ministerial contacts with the Soviet Union, cancel military exchanges between the two countries, and beam more radio broadcasts into Russia and Afghanistan. He added that Britain also will not renew the trade agreement with the Soviets negotiated by the previous government. The agreement granting credit facilities to the Soviets expires next month. "The Russians must understand that there can be no . .. relationship so long as they behave as outrageously as. th'ey have done in Afghanistan," Carrington said. from Afghanistan by Feb. 20. Almost all of the debate in the House was strongly in favor of a boycott and decidedly anti-Soviet in tone. WITHOUT A SOVIET troop with- drawal, and in the absence of any other action against the Games, Carter has said, he will ask U.S. athletes to boycott the competition. The White House had urged congressional leaders to approve the resolutions before the U.S. Olympic Committee's executive board meets See BOYCOTT, Page 2 BULLARD, SAMOFF SPEAK FOR DIVESTMENT: Workshop pushe By MITCH STUART Three local pro-divestment groups held a workshop last night to increase awareness about apartheid in South Africa and to teach lobbying skills to divestment advocates. State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Ar- or) spoke in favor of legislation which will be considered by the state House of Representatives next month. The proposed legislation-as many as three bills-would prohibit investment of "nearly $5 billion" from state pension funds in corporations that do business in South Africa. Pension funds affected would be those of school employees, judges, and other state employees. The workshop at the Michigan Union was co-sponsored by the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA), Washtenaw County Coalition Against Apartheid (WCCAA), and Public Interest Resear- ch Group in Michigan (PIRGIM). BULLARD SAID the legislation has a realistic chance of passage. "I'd say we start with 40 votes," of the 56 required for passage in the state House, said Bullard. "I think we can do it." University Afro-American and African -Studies Prof. Joel Samoff outlined current South African racial policies. He said many South African laws which decide what people may do "based on their race . .. rather than their accomplishments." "There is no hidden corner in which ~s obbingeffort people can hide from this legislation," of the lobbying skills sessions that Samoff added. followed the speeches. He listed several SAMOFF ALSO discussed the suggestions for would-be lobbyists: strategy behind divestment in " look neat; Michigan. "What we're talking about is " make an appointment with your an escalation of pressure on South home legislator; African officials. Our eventual goal is to " work in pairs. force a change in South African (apar- He also suggested, "If you're uncom- theid) policy." fortable with a question (asked by a Samoff also cautioned the prospec- legislator), don't try to bullshit your tive lobbyists: "Recognize that South way through." Africa is not static. Concessions can Bob Stechuk, WCCAA member, also exist in margins of policy, rather than criticized South African policies. "All the core." He urged people not to be societies are held together by varying fooled by these "highly visible, sym- degrees of coercion and cooperation. In bolic changes." South Africar... the coercion side of the Dave DeVarti of PIRGIM taught one equation is much larger." California earthquake AP Photo Two Livermore, Calif., residents sit outside their mobile home after it was damaged by an earthquake yesterday. The quake, which measured 5.5 on the Richter scale, shook much of Northern California. Several casualties were reported. p Y leading to nowhere. Before coming to Washington State, Gebhardt served as an audio-visual coordinator for the Department of Defense. Did you ever wonder what they put in those training films? Q Poor Paul Paul McCartney is spending much of his time in a Tokyo jail meditating, according to his wifeLinda, who has been allowed to visit the rock star three times since he was Writing award for 'U' lecturer Joan Blos's "A Gathering of Days; A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32" has won the Newberry Award for Children's Literature. Blos, a lecturer at the University's School of Education, was named the winner at the American Library Association's conference in Chicago yesterday. The award is one of two citations given by the association every year for the best children's novel and the best illustrated work for children publishedin America. 11 On the inside . . The editorial page features a look at the world hunger problem . . . coverage of the Michigan State basketball game is on the sports page . . . and the arts page has a review of 1941. On the outside .. . i I I