6 Speaker BY FRED FIEBER Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet and other books, told a Michigan Union crowd Wednesday night that the technology exists to feed everybody in the world, including natives of third world countries. Her talk was part of a two-day teach-in in connection with World Hunger Week. The teach-in, which began Tuesday night with a benefit concert by Harry Chapin, focused on many aspects of the world hunger problem, including that in the U.S., and the problems with donating food to foreign countries. Author and world hunger strategist Lappe was the best received by the 400 people who heard her Wednesday night. She stressed that farming technology has created part of the hunger problem, in uprooting small farmers and laborers who have then had to relocate in cities and ghettos. LAPPE SPOKE about the increasing monopoly power in the U.S.: "We've lost 1900 farms per week over the past 25 years," she said, "and right now, one fourth of one per cent of the U.S. food firms control virtually all of our market. Thus, there can be more food and still more hunger, due to inflation." Lappe said she feels the biggest ob- stacle in combatting hunger is Americans' feelings of powerlessness concerning the huge agribusinesses. "We feel that while monopoly power is increasing, at least the land is being used efficiently. But our studies show that the smaller producer can actually produce more per acre," she said. Author, pediatrician and public health physician Roy Brown appeared with Lappe, and spoke on "The Tragedy of Starring Children." He agreed with Lappe that hunger is prevalent in the U.S., adding that it is an everyday situation which is often distorted by the media. "We only see and read about hunger during wartime, droughts and floods. But mroe people go to bed hungry every night than we're aware of," he said. BROWN STRESSED that hunger education is needed most. "The U.S. sent powdered skim milk to Africa in years past, partially to help establish price supports for (American) farmers. But some of the children who received this milk actually went blind because the missing A and D vitamins, impor- Study: State teachers dissatisfied examine world hunger tant to sight, were lost with the milkfat. Donated food is definitely not the an- swer." Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public In- terest in Washington, D.C., presented a humorous talk titled "Junk Food as World Hunger." His speech targeted the average Ameican diet, and criticized the nation's supermarkets, which he called "emporiums of weird food." Jacobson displayed two pr'oducts, Garbage Candy and Sloppy Waffles, which he claimed "deserve an Academy Award, as they represent the pinnacle of junk." "GARBAGE CANDY," he continued, "is most aptly named. It comes in a non-biodegradable toy garbage can filled with miniature sugar-and-corn syrup dog-bones,'old shoes,'and the like. Sloppy Waffles is a full ounce of waffle- shaped bubble gum, complete with a package of artificial syrup containing artificial flavors, coloring and preser- vatives. Jacobson added that nutritious food can be found in supermarkets, "as long as you stick to the outside edge where vegetables, fruits and poultry are located. On the inner aisles, anything goes.,, ALl three speakers suggested food co- operatives are good consumer alter- natives to both monopoly power and unhealthy food. "By supporting them, we can only help ourselves," said Lap- pe. By DOUG FELTNER Southeastern Michigan school teachers feel considerably less satisfied with their jobs and their general "quality of worklife" than the average American worker, according to a recent study conducted jointly by the Institute for Social Research (ISR), and the University's School of Education. The study, co-directed by Assistant Professor of Education Hyman Kor- nbluh and ISR research scientist Robert Cooke, surveyed 200 southeastern Michigan school teachers from 25 schools. The results were com- pared to the results from a Quality of Employment survey administered in 1977 by ISR to approximately 2,000 workers across the country. The teacher study cited inconvenient or excessive work hours, health and safety hazards, poor job mobility and security, and a shortage of available resources as some of the sources of teacher frustrations. "It isn't that teachers are big com- plainers," Kornbluh stated. "They showed a relatively higher overall life- satisfaction than the subjects in the national study." Kornbluh explained that the teachers surveyed felt a real sense of job in- security, which was due, he said, to changing demographics of the country, resulting in declining enrollments. "The schools have laid off teachers," said Kornbluh, adding that there has not been a reduction in class size. "Also, it is much more difficult for new teachers to get in," he said. "I think that's a very negative effect." Kornbluh said more females than males took part in the Michigan survey, and the Michigan teachers were better educated than the workers surveyed nationally. But he said these demographics differences do not ex- plain why the teachers reported a lower quality of worklife. "We compared the Michigan teachers surveyed to college-educated people in the national survey," said Kornbluh, "and that didn't chanIe the results." In addition, the study stated that "Women in both surveys are more positive about their jobs than their male counterparts." The study, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Labor, was conducted'{ by a team of organizational psychology' students, University faculty, and education graduate students who were also employed full-time as teachers and administrators in Michigan schools. "It was a unique combination of social scientists and practitioners," Kornbluh said. "It was an important and unique learning experience." Kornbluh found some of the survey results surprising, including both the juxtaposition of the relatively higher life-satisfaction and the relativel$y lower job satisfaction and the lack of any significant difference in teacher at- titudes between males and females. "The difference between male and female teachers are practically non- existent," Kornbluh said. "If anybody has retained the stereotype of the prissy school mom, the basis for that; has been wiped out." 4th Ward council vote unpredictable, tm CINEMA 11 NOb 10v PRESENTS r0 'IIjc hr HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (PRESTON STURGES, 1944) HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO is Sturges' barrage at patriotism and small- town America. Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith who comes from a family of war heroes, is about to return home in disgrace after being discharged from the service for chronic hayfever. In San Francisco he falls in with six Marines, led by ex-fighter Freddie Steele as a pug with a severe mother complex, who persuades him to pose as a hero in order to please. his mother. "HAIL" is pitched at the point of hysteria where the ticker- tape parade and the lynch-mob meet. 7 & 10 CHRISTMAS IN JULY (PRESTON STURGES, 1940) CHIRSTMAS IN JULY is the most unjustly neglected of Sturges' master- pieces, being his purest exposition of overnight success. Sturges under- stood the drudgery of the office grind and the capariciousness of the rise to success. Dick Powell is the clerk who wins the prize for his brilliant promotional jingle: "If you can't sleep at night, it's not the coffee-it's the bunk." Also starring Ellen Drew and William Demarest. 8:45 Only. (Continued from Page 1) no really big issues to help decide this year." Surprisingly though, both candidates have run issue-oriented campaigns, particularly stressing the issue of high taxes. "I think the cost of housing is the main issue. And property taxes are a major portion of the high rates," said Fisher. To counteract this, he has asked the city's administration to submit an alternate budget with a 15 per cent millage reduction' (about 5-7 per cent tax cut) for council to study. "WE HAVE TO take the sting out of these huge increases," he said. But Perkins claims Fisher's tax issue is merely a political maneuver. "It's becoming clear to a lot of people that it's phony," she said. Perkins claims "Millage reduction is at best a temporary solution. For us, it is important for (the city) to get off property tax, we're losing the state and federal revenue sharing, my thrust - be involved with state legislatures on what will go on the ballot in the fall." ALTHOUGH Perkins said she does not have a specific answer for reducing property taxes, she said she thinks there should be a careful study of city tax assessment methods. Perkins said she doesn't see a lot of fat in the city budget. But she said she wants to better organize the police and fire department so that administrators can be reassigned to duties which put them in more direct contact with the public. She lists solid waste and road repair among her highest concerns. The candidates hold opposing views on the issue of a city-wide energy plan. Fisher supports a city investigation of harnessing the Huron River to produce hydro-electric power, but disagrees with a proposal to mandate housing in- sulation after a voluntary five-year program. PERKINS ON the other hand, sup- ports the energy plan proposed by the city administration and said she believes in "a, really strong energy program." The two also differ'on the issue of rent control - Perkins for and Fisher against. But Perkins has no specific rent con- trol proposal. And Fisher blasts Perkins for not being more specific on the issue. 0 6 0 Fishrr ...door to door campaigning ANGELL HALL $1.50 one show, $2.50 both shows Tomorrow: MIDNIGHT EXPRESS Gonzomania Strikes AnnArbor! THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S OFFICE OF MAJOR EVENTS IS PLEASED TO PRESENT ... WANGO-TANGO TOUR'80 Perkins ... phoning prospective voters sue4... FRIDAY, APRIL18 8:00 CRISLER A&M Recording Artists; SQUEErZE !J t; I A .'- ~ , e 1 " '" . .--' : ' - - J-- 0 0 A 4N RENA trbor _, . frh lINM A PRIl .I i M i