Nuclea reekles y JERRY ALIOTTA The Michigan Daily-Saturday, October 23, 1982-Page 3 rdevelopment s Udall char es I B. Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Blanchard speaks at "Victory '82" rally while Senator Donald Reigle (far left) awaits his turn to speak at Labor Temple in Ypsilanti. Democratic candidates The government's policy to develop nuclear energy is reckless and irresponsible, former cabinet secretary Stewart Udall charged here yesterday. "I was one of the marchers in the '60s for nuclear power, but now I've turned 180 degrees because I know about radiation," Udall told local ecologists yesterday. "We're using humans as guinea pigs." IN DEVELOPING nuclear energy, the government is dealing with something it does not understand fully, and is risking the public's health in ex- perimenting with it, claimed Udall, who served as Secretary of the Interior for presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He warned that dangerous accidents, like the one which contaminated many Michigan dairy products with the chemical PBB, could happen in the course of government-sponsored ex- periments. Udall said the government handled the PBB problem poorly, and never really addressed the severity of the contamination. The result, he said, is that Michigan residents have never come to understand the reasons for the accident or how to prevent similar ac- cidents in the future. "People in Michigan just don't want to talk about it," he said. Udall said part of the problem with nuclear energy development is the country's rush to develop it without fully realizing its possible consequen- ces. "THIS COUNTRY never thought we'd have an energy problem," he told about 40 citizens gathered at Ann Ar- bor'suEcology Center. " 'If we run out of this (kind of energy), we'll invent some of that,'" was always the prevailing American assumption, he said. But in its hurry to develop nuclear energy before fossil fuels become too scarce, the government is taking too many risks, he charged. Much of what he called government's blind drive to develop atomic power, Udall continued, is personified in Ed- ward Teller, one of the inventors of the hydrogen bomb. "HE'S AN evil genius of the atomic age," Udall said. "He's always behind the scenes, fighting (for nuclear development) all the way. He's always saying they have a new weapon and if we don't develop a new weapon, the Russians will get us." In contrast, John Gofman, who was commissioned by the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1960s to research the :party atl By KENT REDDING Special to the Daily YPSILANTI - Michigan's Demo- cratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, at a rally for their party last night, slammed Reagan economics and called for the creation of new job' programs. Nearly 250 avid Democratic suppor- ters showed up for the event, which was sponsored by Rep. William Ford and the fifteenth district Democratic party. It was the last of four campaign stops through Wayne and Washtenaw coun- ties that was topped off with the ap- pearances of gubernatorial candidate James Blanchard and incumbent Sen. Donald Riegle. RIEGLE AND Blanchard marched to the podium to the tune of "Happy Days Are Here Again," flanked by most of the democratic candidates for state of- Ypsilanti rally fices, including Lana Pollack, can- higher education system. didate for state senate and George "We don't have the enrollment wf Sallade, who is running for a U.S. in the1960s. We will probably ha congressional seat. have some consolidation of progr, "This thing is getting worse," Riegle among the several state college said of the economy, and echoed earlier save the student system," he said. campaign calls for toughening of im- He also said that he would adv( port laws in the United States. the formation of state financial Blanchard said the state needs a new programs to make up for the lo: approach to solve its economic federal funds. Riegle said tha problems. "We can't depend on the Congress to, advance in the are Reagan administration for a financial aid programs, "We've g miraculous recovery in auto sales, hefg really hard in the next sess said, emphasizing his plans for a publi Congress." He added that some o works program i the state, toughest battles are coming up ag the Reagan administration concer "WE HAVE more unemployed than financial aid. some states have people," Blanchard said as supporters cheered and waved All the party-goers expressed their beer glasses in the air. fidence about the coming electi In a brie f, interview before the "We're going to win and we're goin speech, Blanchard indicated that some win big. . . and so will all the peop changes pay be needed in the state's this state," Blanchard said. Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall speaks against nuclear power yesterday at the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, 417 Detroit St. e did ve to rams es to ocate , aid ss of A for ea of ;ot to on of of the ainst !ning con- on. ng to le of effects of low levels of radiation, is a hero of the atomic age, Udall said. Gofman reported after his studies that low levels of radiation do harm humans, a finding that the Atomic Energy Commission refuted, Udall said. Gofman was one of the few atomic pioneers who stood up to the gover- nment, Udall said. "The government decided to leave him alone. The effort to discredit him hasn't worked and will not work," Udall said. "He can speak with extraordinary authority. I think he's a great man." Udall praised the cause of the Ecology Center, which arranged for Udall to speak in Ann Arbor before his speech last night at Eastern Michigan University.. The Ecology Center was founded in 1970, during the height of the environ- mental movement. Since its founding, the center has worked on a number of environmental issues, and has now concentrated its lobbying efforts in support of the Clean Air Act. As part of Ann Arbor's Ecology Week, which is this week, the center is holding its annual Green Tag Days to raise money for its causes and ac- tivities. Volunteers, wearing green vests, will be collecting contributions l for the center today at major Ann Arbor street corners. Much of the money will be used to support programs like the center's Recycle Ann Arbor campaign. "The mdney will be going to start-up costs," explained Wendy Wilson, education coordinator for the center, "like getting a glass crushing machine and improving our operations at the landfill." -HAPPEN.INGS- Highlight Today is the second and last day of a teach-in at MLB sponsored by the Latin American Solidarity Committee on "The Widening War in Central America." Workshop topics are: "Introduction: The History of U.S. Policy in Central America," 10 a.m., Lec. Rm. 1; "Nicaragua: The Revolution Besieged," 11 a.m., Lee. Rm. 2; "The Church in Central America," 11 a.m., Lee,. Rm. 2; "Guatemala: The Struggle Escalates," 1 p.m., Lee. Rm. 1; "Women in Central America," 1 p.m., Lec. Rm. 2; "El Salvador After the Elections," 2:30 p.m., Lec. Rm. 1; "Agrarian Reform and Agrarian Revolution in Central America," 2:30 p.m., Lee. Rm. 2; "Building the Solidarity Movement," 4 p.m., Lec. Rm. 2. Films. Mediatrics-Excalibur, 7, 9:30 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. Hill St.-Citizen Kane, 8,10 p.m., 1429 Hill St. Alternative Action-My Brilliant Career, 7:30, 9:30p.m., MLB 3. AAFC-Film Paroday Shorts (Bambi Meets Godzilla, Bambi's Revenge, Hardware Wars, Pork Lips Now, The Dove, Closet Encounters of the Nerd Kind), 7,10:15 p.m., MLB 4; Gumby Shorts, 8:30 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema Guild-Fiddler on the Roof, 6:30, 9:30 p.m., Lorch. Cinema II-Victor/Victoria, 7,9:30 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Gargoyle-The River, 7 p.m.; Siddhartha, 9 p.m., 100 Hutchins Hall. Performances Ark-Joel Mabus, acoustic music, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill St. Latin American Culture Project-Pena, Music of Venezuela and the Caribbean, 8 p.m., E. Quad Halfway Inn. Sch. of Music-Bandorama, University Marching Band, Jazz Band, Sym- phony Band, Concert Band, The Friars, 8 p.m., Hill Aud.; Dances for a New Space, 8 p.m., E. Quad Residential Coll. Theater. Eclipse Jazz-Gateway Trio, 810:30 p.m., U-Club. Univ. Musical Society-Zagreb Grand Ballet of the Croation National Theatre, 8 p.m., Power Center. Meetings Ann Arbor Go Club-2-7 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall. Graduate Christian Fellowship-7 p.m., League Conf. Rm. C. Arch. and Urban Planning-Final day of regional mtg. of Assn. of Collegiate Schools of Art. Miscellaneous Tae Kwon Do Club-Practice, Martial Arts, 9-11 a.m., CCRB Martial Arts Rm. Folk Dance Club-Workshop in Rumanian Men's and Couple Dances, in- termediate, 10a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m., Dance Studio, State and William. CEW/Rackham Grad. Studies-Workshop, "Gearing Up For Graduate School: A University Welcome to Women," 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Rackham four- th floor. Nat'l. Assn. of Schools of Art and Design-Portfolio Day, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Sch. of Art. Milford Jaycees-Haunted House, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Prospect Hill Shopping Center, Milford. Matthaei Botanical Gardens-Bonsai Workshop with Jack Wikle, 10 a.m.- noon, Rm. 125, Gardens. (1nn ..,nnrr T nft-nn 1Dn nna Q n m -9 n m T190.q Cftn Soviet's concerned by MOSCOW (UPI)- Soviet authorities have laun- ched a media campaign to reverse the country's growing divorce rate, urging troubled couples to seek marriage counseling and happy ones to have more babies. In the latest of a series of articles, the labor union newspaper Trud said yesterday the number of divor- ces in one town, Dnepropetrovsk, has grown to half the number of marriages registered each year. ONE OUT OF three families there is childless, Trud said. Citing sociological surveys, the newspaper said 60 percent of the working women in the Ukrainian in- dustrial center would rather stay on the job than spend all day at home with children. "Such a one-sided scale of va women only to professional stability of the family, to small said the writer, Z. Sumina, de town council. SOVIET AUTHORITIES a trend among Russian fami children, while the popula republics of Central Asia is stea U.S. government estimates Russians, who comprised population in 1979, will dropt year 2000. Family problems occasional Soviet press, but in recent w growing divorce rate lues, the orientation of spate of coverage on the topic. success, leads to in- WHILE UP-TO-DATE statistics are difficult to ob- numbers of children," tain in the Soviet Union, Radio Moscow has said that eputy chairman of the one out of three marriages ends in divorce. A report in the newspaper The Week said the divor- re concerned by the ce rate climbed 40 percent between 1967 and 1977. ilies to have fewer Sophia Kulaeva, head of the Moscow marriage tion of the Moslem registration bureau, said in a recent interview that adily growing. alcoholism is the most common cause for divorce. indicate that ethnic "Our women are very independent. They don't 52.4 percent of the want to put up with abuse," she said. to 46.7 percent by the Infidelity ranks second as the cause for divorce, followed by lack of housing, medical problems and ly are mentioned in the the inability or lack of desire to have children, she eeks there has been a said. Identity of Rembrandts disputed THE HAGUE, Netherlands (ap)- A Dutch team of art detectives says 44 "Rembrandt" paintings probably were not painted by the Dutch master- including 11 works held by American museums and collectors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fogg Art Museum are among the American owners of paintings that the Rembrandt research project decided "cannot be accepted" as genuine. THE 44 paintings rejected by the team after 14 years of research are, among 93 attributed to the Dutch master's brush during the early years of his career, from 1625-1631. Project leader Dr. Josua Bruyn said his group is the first to have applied scientific analysis techniques to the en- tire known body of work of the prolific 17th century Dutch master. He stressed that his group's con- clusions constituted only an "opinion," buttressed by the latest scientific techniques. BRUYN SAID the project's, con- clusions were "not a great surprise" because the authenticity of many of the 44 paintings has been previously called into question. Richard Pierce, a spokesman for the Metropolitan in New York, said that un- til the museum could study the allegations, it would have no comment. But he added, "In Art history, it's always opinion. One scholar's opinion against someone else's. That's what art history is about." Subscribe to The Michigan Daily ISMRRD closure nears SEE ROBERT ALTMAN's NEWEST MOVIE In a Special Benefit Sneak Preview! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 - 8pm MICHIGAN THEATRE Tickets only $5 (Continued from Page 1) statement then, he objected to the committee's findings, and also said he felt the decision to close the insititue was reached long before the review was completed. James Novak, program coordinator of the institute's Continuing Education division, agreed with Grossman. "They (the administration) didn't pay anyhat- tention to our input. So other units in the University beware-the process stinks." He claimed that the review was full of errors and factual omissions. "We (ISMRRD staff members) don't have some feeling of open, intellectual con- $290,000 last year, is scheduled to be completely closed down by June 30, 1983, assuming the Regents approve the recommendation in their November meeting. Staff membersiwho have tenure in another University department will stay on, but the rest will be laid off by June 30, Frye said. THE INSTITUTE, established in 1967 to "understand and work with the problems of the handicapped" has fallen from a peak of 130 staff members to the current 23. Much of that decrease came about two years ago when a large grant from the Department of Health and Human Services fell through.e' Prof. Victor Hawthorne, one of the I . 91 1 art- on -,alp at the Michman I