The Michigan Daily-Saturday, October 4, 1980-Page 3 Reagan accuses Carter of politics in decision on Stealth Daily Photo by DAVID HARRIS PROMINENT LOCAL DEMOCRATS kicked off the Carter-Mondale re-election campaign in Washtenaw County yester- day. From left to right: State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor); Kathleen O'Reilly, Democratic congressional candi- date in the 2nd district; George Salladle, an honorary Carter campaign co-chairman; Bob Anderson, Carter campaign coordinator; and State Sen. EdPierce (D-Ann Arbor). Local Demoras blast ,Reagan at press meeting From AP and UPI Ronald Reagan said yesterday President Carter's decision to keep a top aide from testifying before Congress on a new radar-defying air- craft shows the president puts his re- election campaign above national in- terests. Reagan made the accusation in a statement released aboard his airplane en route to Lynchburg, Va., where he spoke before a meeting of religious broadcasters at Liberty Baptist College. MEANWHILE yesterday, in a jab a Reagan and the platform he is running on, Carter said he will never appoint judg on the basis of whether they hold "beliefs on someone's list of so-called right attitudes." Speaking to representatives of the National Association of Women Judges, Carter said, "As long as I am President, potential judges will not be subjected to tests of religion, gender, race, or personal beliefs on someone's list of so-called right attitudes." The Republican Party platform pledges the party to "work for the ap- pointment of judges at all levels of the judiciary who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of in- nocent human life." JOHN ANDERSON, campaigning in California, compared Carter to Calvin Coolidge, who he said as a Republican president of the 1920s showed little con- cern for the unemployed. I Reagan said Carter should not have invoked executive privilege to keep national security aide David Aaron from testifying on Capital Hill about leaks on the "Stealth" aircraft. However, he would not say how he would act as president under similar circumstances. A HOUSE ARMED Services sub- committee, investigating how leaks on the secret project occurred, summoned Aaron after retired Adm. Elmo Zum- walt-a Reagan advocate-said he learned Aaron was the source of the leaks. Later in the day, as he arrived at the Lynchburg airport, Reagan rejected the notion that God hears the prayers of Christians only. Reagan was asked if he agrees with a statement by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who said, "We've traditionally as Christians for 2,000 years believed that we pray through Jesus' name. That doesn't mean we're anti-Semitic." No," Reagan replied. "Since both the Christian and Judaic religions are based on the same God, the God of Moses, I'm quite sure those prayers are heard. I guess everyone can make his own interpretation of the Bible. Many individuals have been making differing interpretations for a long time." SENIORSI INTERVIEW NOW LEARN NOW EASY AND CONVENIENT IT IS FOR YOU TO INTERVIEW FOR A JOB OR GRADUATE/ PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL ADMISSION. EVEN IF YOU ARE GRADUATING IN MAY IT IS NOT TOO EARLY TO START INTERVIEWING NOW. YOU ARE INVITED TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY BY ATTENDING: "THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWING" DATE:,OCTOBER 6th and 7th, 1980 TIME: 4:00-5:00 p.m. PLACE: CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT 3200 STUDENT ACTIVITIES BUILDING A BRIEFING ON EVER YTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RECRUITING AND ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWING butm mml~o / ARMY SURPLUS aircraft IN HIS SPEECH to the National Religious Broadcasters Association, Reagan said, "I know how much you respect, and strongly support-as j do-the separation of church and state. This is one of our most important traditions and it must continue to be protected in the future." He urged the broadcasters to "share the responsibility to work for peace . the peace of the spirit that comes only through religious values. It is the bedrock of true peace." By PAM KRAMER The world will not be safe if Ronald Reagan is elected president in November, local Democratic party officials and candidates insisted yesterday. 0 Local Democrats took pot shots at Reagan's personality and politics yesterday during a press conference launching the Washtenaw County Carter-Mondale re-election cam- paign. REAGAN'S CAMPAIGN behavior has changed so much in recent weeks that it's been frightening, said Neil Staebler, honorary co-chairman of the county's Carter-Mondale re-, election campaign. "Reagan's staff has isolated him, keeping him from talking," Staebler said. "He has put his foot in his mouth so often. "He has lived all his# life off scripts and we don't know who's going to write his scripts in the future," he said of the WRepublican presidential candidate. KATHLEEN O'REILLY, the Democratic challenger for* Rep. Carl Pursell's (R-Plymouth) congressional seat, said Reagan must be defeated so war can be prevented., She:said., she fears that defense-oriented right wing advisors and legislators would have too much influence in a Reagan ad- ministration. Other local Democrats said a vote for independent presidential candidate John Anderson is a vote for Reagan and asked backers of Anderson to swing their support to Car- ter. "We've got to convince them there's no chance for Ander- son to win," said county Carter-Mondale campaign coor- dinator Bob Anderson. "I VOTED FOR A third party (presidential) candidate in '68," said State Sen. Edward Pierce (D-Ann Arbor). "I regret it now." Just as his third party vote in 1968 was a vote for Richard Nixon, a vote for Anderson is a vote for Reagan in 1980, Pierce said. The Democrats said they want to schedule a debate bet- ween themselves and supporters of both Reagan and Ander- son as part of their local campaign. They also plan to make their appeal to students at football games, in the dorms, in the Fishbowl, and at other campus locations. It is important that the Democratic vote is unified, so that Reagan can be defeated, siad George Sallade, honorary co- chairman of the county campaign and former supporter of one-time presidential candidate Ted Kennedy. "Make it emphatic-vote Democratic," Sallade exhorted. The last day to register to vote in the November election is Monday. 1 1 - I I I e Entire Stock of New 1981 Insulated Vests (Thinsulate, Down/Feather, Down, Hollofil II) 20% OFF This ad must be submitted for this sale SALE ENDS OCTOBER 4, 1980 Complete Backpacking and Camping Outfitters 201 E. Washington 994-3572 II Open 9-6 Mon-Sat -U :, _, I 1 CONSERVATIVE GROUP ABANDONS OPPOSITION: McGovern mountin comeback 4g I I I~ - E.. PIERRE, S.D. (AP)-The National Conservative Political Action Commit- tee is abandoning its effort to defeat Senator George McGovern in his bid for re-election amidst indications that McGovern is mounting a comeback and concerns from, challenger James Ab- dnor that the group is hurting his cam- pa n. A South Dakota committee leader says his group will now stay out of the campaign because polling shows Ab- dnor, a { four-term Republican congressman, with a 12-percentage point lead. "We think it's solid enough that we're out," said Hal Wick yester- day. "No more money, no more ads." HOWEVER, Abdnor forces once pointed to- a 26-point lead and McGovern's backers say their own polling shows the race is a dead heat. Abdnor himself is trying to put wide distance between himself and political action group, saying last week that if the group tried to re-enter his cam- paign, "I'd tell them to get the heck out." "If you ask me," he continued," when they (NCPAC) were here, I didn't think they did a single thing all that effec- tively. Those ads they ran didn't even make sense." Wick heads People For An Alter- native to McGovern, the committee's South Dakota off-shoot. In announcing yesterday that the political action group was giving up its effort, he estimated the group has spent $150,000 to defeat McGovern. GEORGE Cunningham, McGovern's top campaign strategist, said, "We think NCPAC feels their negative cam- paign has backfired on them, and if they came back in at this point it would have a negative effect on Abdnor's cam- paign." The political action committee is a nationally funded ultra-conservative group that is trying to defeat five Senate Democratic liberals-M- cGovern, Frank Church of Idaho, John Culver of Iowa, Birch Bayh of Indiana, and Alan Cranston of California. The committee typically runs negative campaigns, critical of the incumbent rather than boosting the challenger. It is this character, and the fact that "out- siders" are involved, that has prom- pted critics to predict that the organizatipn's efforts would eventually backfire. In his announcement yesterday, Wick said a poll of 303 South Dakotans con- ducted during the last 10 days by pollster Arthur Finkelstein shows Ab- dnor with 51 per cent of the vote to 39 per cent for McGovern. "THIS POLL indicated that Congressman Abdnor's own efforts were doing the job," Wick said. "People For An Alternative to McGovern therefore believes this race will be decided by the voters of South Dakota themselves, which is the way it should be." Cunningham said he was glad to see the committee gone and he laughed off Wick's claim that Abdnor was running away with the race. "We think this is sort of a face-saving gesture on the part of NCPAC," Cun- ningham said. "We do not concur in the Arthur Finkelstein poll." CUNNINGHAM said, "NCPAC has been heavily involved in'raising money" fore GOP' presidential challenger Ronald Reagan. "According to the information we have, they don't have a lot of money to come back into these states." Jeff Brockelsby of the McGovern campaign said, "If the Arthur Finkelstein poll showed 51 per cent to 39 per cent, that's a very significant erosion in comparison to their previous polls that showed a spread which was 26 points." mmmmm - m - i ..TE R _ uL . ..;4 , __ pp- AUEIl' N State Supreme Court rejects second attack on Tisch tax proposal ,, . '\ 3Jr-c o /~ f l& , x -HAPPENINGS FILMS AAFC-Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 7 p.m.; African Queen, 9:15 p.m., MLB 3. Alt. Action Films-The Last Picture Show, 7 and 9:20 p.m., Lorch Hall. Cinema II-The Marriage of Maria Braun, 7 and 9:15 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Mediatrics-The Kids Are Alright, 7,9, and11p.m., MLB 4. PERFORMANCES Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra Society-Music of Handel and Hayden, 8:30 p.m., Michigan Theatre. Ark-Sandor and Laszlo Slomovits, the Gemini, 9 p.m., Ark Cof- feehouse,1421 Hill St. PTP-"Dancin'," 8p.m., Power Center. School of Music-Faculty clarinet/piano recital, 8 p.m., Recital Hall; Organ Recital, 8 p.m., Studio 2110. MISCELLANEOUS Contemporary Fiction Review-accepting submissions for fall, 1980 issue, info. at Angell, Hopwood Rm. Dance-Awareness Through Movement workshops, 9:30 a.m., School of Dance.nk Internatinal Ce~nter-GreenfieldI Vi11sa0pk."Autumn WHarvest LANSING (UPI)-Ballot posters explaining the radical Tisch Tax Cut Amendment need not explain how the proposal would change the state Con- stitution, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled yesterday. In a 6-1 ruling, the high court over- turned Ingham County Circuit Court Judge James Giddings' order that would have forced officials to print posters outlining the constitutional alterations made by the Tisch measure, Proposal D. THE COURT, WHICH earlier this week temporarily set aside Giddings' ruling pending more thorough con- sideration, said ballot posters must cite which articles of the Constitution will be affected, but not how they would be changed. The move was a rejection of the last- ditch effort by activist attorney Zolton Ferency to block the 50 percent tax cut amendment. Earlier this fall Giddings-at Feren- cy's request-barred Proposal D from the ballot, ruling petitions circulated for the plan were legally defective. GIDDINGS RULED the signature sheets failed to list all provisions of the state Constitution which would be altered or abolished by the amendment, authored by Shiawassee Drain Com- missioner Robert Tisch. Giddings agreed with Ferency that Proposal D, by requiring 60 percent voter approval for new or increased state taxes, radically changes the legislature's law-writing powers as well In its decision, the high court ruled the ballot posters must only list the por- tions of the Constitution the backers of the amendment say it affects-not tell how they would be changed. * "The burdens imposed by the election law have been met," the court ruled. "The risk that the voter will be con- fused by over-inclusion and will lose sight of the provisions being directly af- fect are at least as great on a publication posted at the polls as on a petition."~ J ST EMERALD CITY. ' f ty c tf tfr it7r kr oll CHURCH~ PH-ONE 796-2 -117 1' '1 WHAT'S IN STORE FOR YOU? If you are looking for a career that is dynamic, challenging, and people- oriented, perhaps Macy * s is for you.