Ninety- Two Years of Editorial Freedom E Midtigan :4Ia iu MORE SNOW Cloudy with snow flurries likely and a high in the mid- 30s. - - - - - . _. ... _ .. _ _ - ,.-Tv 'Q n'e - Vol. XCII, No. 70 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, December 4, 1981 Ten Cents Sixte en Pages Reagan Mideast policy shortsighted, says lobbyist By JOHN ADAM The strategic accord announced Monday between Israel and the United States fell short of Israel's desire to stockpile American arms in the region, a director of the American-based Israeli lobby said yesterday. The watered-down accord, together with President Reagan's recently passed AWACS package, represent a shortsightedness on the Middle East situation, which is dangerous to U.S. interests said Jonathan Kessler of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, in an interview yesterday. THIS NEW agreement commits the two countries to cooperate militarily in efforts against Soviet and/or Soviet-controlled forces posing threats in the Middle East. Israeli of- ficials had wanted the accord to include the stockpiling of U.S. Tanks and other heavy armaments in Israel. "The United States under the Reagan Ad- ministration is not protecting American in- terests," Kessler said, adding that "there's no way in the world that peace can be facilitated by throwing arms at Saudi Arabia." The controversial AWACS deal gives the Saudi's $8.5 billion in sophisticated military equipment including Sidewinder missiles, auxiliary fuel tanks, aerial refueling tankers, ground radar stations, and the five AWACS. AFTER THE Senate passed the AWACS package, the Saudi's raised their oil prices $2 per barrel. The price hike, contended Kessler, will allow the Saudi's to pay for the entire AWACS package within 500 days. The United States has a one-sided relation- ship with Saudi Arabia, Kessler said. "We get no favors from Saudi Arabia." "Saudi Arabia is still working against U.S. interests," Kessler said, noting that the oil rich sheikdom condemned the U.S. military exercise Bright Star, and called the United States-Libyan air shootout an "act of American piracy." IN ADDITION, the Washington-based lob- byist said, Saudi Arabia has offered to pur- chase $500 million of advanced Russian arms for Syria, a Soviet ally. The Saudis also con- tinue to fund the PLO at $400 million a year, he said. Kessler, who gave two lectures in Ann Ar- bor yesterday, said the Reagan ad- ministration should recognize that Israel is a strategic asset to the United States. Although Arab nations presently use oil as a political lever against the United States, Kessler said America has to realize it doesn't have to fall prey to Arab interests. "THE UNITED States may need the milk, but the cow needs to give it even more," he said in reference to Libya, which even after the Gulf of Sidra dog fight incident, still sup- plies the United States with oil. In contract with the 'Arab states, Israel recognizes the Soviet threat to the Middle East and seeks to Strengthen its strategic relationship with the United States, Kessler said. The young lobbyist said Reagan was dragged into the . AWACS campaign by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weingerger who, Kessler contended, initiated the deal while the president was in the hospital. See U.S., Page 5 Europeans to join peace force in Sinai JERUSALEM (AP) - The United States and Israel published a joint declaration yesterday aimed at clearing the way for European par- ticipation in the Sinai peacekeeping force. But Jewish settlers opposed to Israel's planned withdrawal from Sinai in April staged violent protests in the area. They burned a government office in the Sinai town of Yamit on the Mediterranean and barricaded the town gates to protest the governnent's refusal to meet their compensation demands. The office was damaged but there were no injuries. THE JOINT declaration said the 2,400-man force, half of it American, will have the functions defined in the Egyptian-Israel peace treaty and an at- tached protocol, "and there can be no derogation or reservation from them." The declaration said Europe agreed, in letters to the United States dated Nov. 26, that "they have attached no See EUROPEANS, Page 5 Grad students threatened by GSL cuts By PAM FICKINGER Government funds for Guaranteed Student Loans may be cut to the point where graduate students will be eliminated entirely from the GSL program, Secretary of Education Terrel Bell said yesterday. Even though no official action has been taken in Washington concerning the GSLs, drastic reductions in the loan program are being considered, accor- ding to Donald Deskins, associate dean of the graduate school. DESKINS, WHO attended a luncheon in Washington at which Bell spoke yesterday, said the effect of the possible cuts would be "disastrous" to graduate students. Of the University students who receive GSLs, 22 percent are graduate students. Nationwide, graduate students comprise 30 percent to 40 percent of all GSL recipients, Deskins said. Graduate students are eligible to receive a maximum $5,000 per year in GSL funds, while undergraduates are eligible for $2,500 per year. The GSL program is "one of the most important programs at this school," said Thomas Butts, assistant to the University vice president for academic affairs. IN LIGHT OF other recent cutbacks in financial aid-such as large reduc- tions in the Pell Grant program-the GSL has become one of the major sour- ces of financial support for graduate students. GSLs-currently used by 14,000 University students-are low-interest student loans subsidized by the federal government at a cost of $2.7 billion this year, Butts said. University students received $49 million in GSL funds this year. See WASHINGTON, Page 2 f B a knbloodDaily Photo by JACKIE BE Registered nurses Janis Thaxton and Dorothy Scheibner reassure student donors at a blood drive in the Michigan Union yesterday. The drive is being sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, a charitable fraternity. Red Cross volunteers will con- tinue collection efforts in the Union through 5 p.m. today and re-open for business at Bursley 11 a.m. Monday. November auto sales dive DETROIT (AP) - U.S. automakers suffered their worst November in 22 years last month as new car sales plunged 18.4 percent, the five major companies reported yesterday. Sales dropped to 431,726 for the mon- th, compared to 529,288 for November 1980, automakers said. HOWEVER, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales improved slightly from October. The domestic automakers' annual sales rate of 5.3 million cars in November was up from an annual rate of about 5 million cars the month before. Among the Big Three automakers, Ford Motor Co. suffered the largest sales decline, 20.2 percent, selling 97,646 cars for the month against 122,356 in November 1980. General Motors Corp.'s sales of 270,198 cars were down 18.1 percent from 329,793 a year ago. CHRYSLER CORP. sales fell 14.7 percent to 45,011 cars for the month, compared with 52,740 last year. Sales at American Motors Corp. amounted to 9,448 cars for the month, down 30.3 per- cent from 13,561 a year ago, while Volkswagen of America's sales of 9,423 cars were down 13.1 percent from last year's 10,838. During November, domestic automakers sold cars at a rate of 17,989 per day, the lowest daily rate for any November since 1959, when the rate was 15,995 cars per day. Sales of imported cars also fell in November'to about 151,000 from 167,762 last year, but the import share in- creased to 25.9 percent from last year's 24.1 percent. For the year, U.S. car sales are down 3.9 percent from 1980 to 5,848,710 again- st last year's 6,106,810. Because there was one more selling day in the first 11 months of 1980, the percentage is based on the rate of sales per day. GM has sold 3,578,026 cars, down 6.6 percent from 3,844,478 a year ago, while Ford has sold 1,308,564 cars so far this year, down 3.4 percent from 1,359,617 last year. Chrysler sales through November stand at 681,828, up 14.6 per- cent from last year's 596,890. At AMC, sales for the first 11 months stand at 128,941 cars, down 7.5 percent from 139,844 a year ago, while at VW, sales are down.8.3 percent for the year to 151,351 from 165,981. 'Tag Day' rings in holiday spirit By LISA CRUMRINE Bright red and green tags and red ponchos will dot the sidewalks of Ann Arbor today and tomorrow ... yes, it's time for the Annual Galens Tag Day. Every year at Christmas time, mem- bers of the Galens Medical Society, a service organization of University medical students, grab buckets and canvass the Ann Arbor area seeking donations to help sick and needy children of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. FOUNDED IN 1914, the Galens society has been holding the Tag Days since 1927. Last year's bucket drive raised $47,000. Proceeds from this year's drive will be used in several ways, according to Stephen Wexler, society spokesman. "We have an annual commitment," he said. "So some of the money goes for running -the Galen's Pediatric Workshop at Mott Children's Hospital," a special program teaching young patients to read and learn. The money is used to pay the workshop's one full- time instructor and other expenses, he said. Wexler also said some of the proceeds go to the Galens Pediatric Unit at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Several years ago, the Galens pledged $100,000 to help fund a facility for the care of children and adolescents. As of last year, the pediatric unit had received 60 ;percent of the pledge. "The rest of the money goes to one- time projects," added Wexler. "We get proposals each year from various organizations and we have a committee to decide which ones get funded. The only criteria is that it helps children in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti areas, and that the places can't get money from other sources." Daily Photo by JACKIE BELL And on the third day .. . French horn professor Louis Stout becomes one of three "french hens" to bring the third chorus of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" carol to life in the Michigan Union. The performances are being staged from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. each day for twelve days. Today's performance, "four calling birds," will feature a University square dancing group. TODAY The Real Men EVEN IF YOU'RE sick of male cheesecake, don't miss the final (we hope!) inen of Michigan calendar. Dubbed "The Real Men of Michigan," this Gargoyle extravaganza is a calendar to end all calendars. It features both well-known and soon-to-be cutting into the state's alcohol trade. Officials said Wed- nesday a newly-formed border enforcement unit will be' assigned full-time to shutting off the illegal flow of beer and other alcoholic beverages into Michigan. A previously unenforced state law prohibits importation of more than a case of beer without special approval from the Liquor Con- trol Commission and payment of excise taxes of $6.30 per barrel or about 47 cents a case. "It's not our intention to harass the public, but we can't allow the present disregard for this law to continue," said LCC chairman Thomas Sch- mciorart n ,,my wr-arna rpt iltr- in Michian h vei f- the popular Christmas tune as he paid his fare. The driver warned him to shut up or get off, earning a round of jeers and boos from the rest of the passengers, who then began singing the song themselves. "In just a few minutes, prac- tically everybody aboard was singing along," one witness, who asked not to be identified, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "It was really very moving." The bus, however, was not. The driver pulled it to the side of the : road and re- fused to continue until the spontaneous caroling stopped. But for half an hour, the impromptu musicale continued. Finally, the passengers began leaving the bus and the honesty saved the athletic department $200. Amos is a big lacrosse fan, said his owner, Bob Day, who returned the balls. Day, who teaches English literature on campus, said Amos liked to join the team on the field and grab the balls. The Laborador also scours woods and tall grass bordering the practice area and brings lost balls to his master, who pockets them. Day said that he saves the balls until he has a large enough cache, usually about 50, to turn in to the athletic department. The return of 200 balls included 25 golf balls, tennis balls and soft balls. "He's indiscriminate, Day explained. I II ,I