The Michigan Daily-Saturday, October 30, 1962-Page 3 Black journalist warns against By PHILLIP LAWES "(Blacks) will never be taken seriously in this society until we can speak knowledgeably about everything that's important to everybody," said Roger Wilkins yesterday in an informal talk to a small group of students and community members in the Law School's Hutchins Hall. , Wilkins, a 1956 graduate of the Law School who subsequently served as special assistant in the Attorney General's Office in the Johnson ad- ministration, and urban affairs colum- nist and editorial board member of The New York Times, spoke on a wide variety of subjects in a talk sponsored by the University's Black Law Student's Alliance. "I THINK that there has been no time since I left (the Law School) in 1956 that the problems of black people in this country have been so severe," Wilkins t said. He cited the Reagan ad- ministration's return to "the old politics of racism" and "what can only be termed an epidemic of teenage pregnancies in the black community" as two of the most pressing problems facing the black community. "The old southern bigots ran on a platform which said, 'We will protect you from them and we will keep them in their place,' "Wilkins said, adding that the Reagan administration's charge that social programs are a drag on the economy, amounts to the same thing. Reagan policies "Reagan and the administration have brought back in subtle and sophisticated ways the old politics of racism," he warned. After noting that the national black unemployment rate of 20.2 percent has not been made a campaign issue, Wilkins concluded that in the present climate, "It is perfectly acceptable to ignore black problems." WITH REGARD to the issue of black teenage pregnancies, Wilkins stated that of the 700,000 children born to teenagers, more than a quarter of these are black, while more than 57 percent of all black families headed by females live in poverty. "If the demographic trends con- tinue," he asked, "it will result in a problem so large that eventually both black and white leaders will end up washing their hands and walking away from it. 'This will result, he said, in the establishment of a large permanent underclass which will prove detrimen- tal to the greater society. "One of the best things we can do to commit suicide as a society, is to raise up in our midst a group of urban savages," who are totally alienated by poverty from the larger society,' he said, concluding that such a group "will either destroy themselves or destroy the society." Wilkins, nephew of the late civil rights leader and president of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins, urged the black Wilkins ... warns of return of racism students in the audience to retain a sen- se of obligation *to their communities. He noted that in many cases, educated blacks and black professionals for a variety of reasons fail to put, enough back into their communities, con- tributing to what he called "the neglect of the black underclass." "Because of the magnitude of the problems," he said, "the efforts required of successful blacks is going to have to be sustained over several generations in order to solve them." Philip Cole a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity beats on a '73 Maverick yesterday in the Diag at the 6th annual Evahs Scholars Car Bash. Glassflies, metal twists:' Car Bash hi~ts teDiag'-. Hosptal's Clinical Center praised at 20th anniversary 'By NEIL CHASE the University Hospital's Clinical Research Center celebrated its 20th an- niversary yesterday with a ceremony featuring a keynote speech from the former director of the National In- stitutes of Health, Dr. Donald Frederickson, a University alumnus. He called the center "one of the greatest experiments in institution support," and praised former Univer- sity President James Angell for begin- ning the school's emphasis on research. "PRESIDENT Angell was a very 'clever man," Frederickson said, because he decided "to allow these professors to be scientists as well as teachers. ' The University's center was among the first of 75 such units in the coun- 'try, and has been a very successful one, according to Dr. William DeCesare, ',national director of the program. "It has been one of the largest and most active centers," he said. "To last twenty years in this competition is quite an achievement," he said, citing 30 less productive centers that have closed over the years. THE MICHIGAN center has perfor- med 457 research projects on some 12,000 patients. Dr. Irving Fox, the cen- ter's director, said they often receive more volunteers than they need. "Some hope we'll discover cures for their diseases in time to save their lives," he said in a release issued yesterday. 'The main hope of others is to help those who will become afflicted in the future.". "The discoveries made here are destined to be passed on to patients and physicians from all over making the (Clinical Research Center) 'a statewide and nationwide resource," Fox said. Frederickson said that he was not up- I set about the reductions in federal aid. this is "a realization that the fantastic growth of the whole federal science system came to a point where it couldn't be sustained," he said. He ad- ded that he is confident that adequate funds wil continue to be available. The ceremony closed with Dr. Betty Pickett, new director of the NIH divison responsible for the CRC program, presenting a plaque to the center, honoring its achievements. In accep- ting the award, Fox thanked NIH for its support and promised new and impor- tant discoveries in the future. By JERRY ALIOTIA Glass was flying, fenders were smashed in, and bumpers were knocked off. No run-of-the-mill car crash caused this destruction-it was yesterday's Sixth Annual Evans Scholars Car Bash on the Diag. "I was thinking about doing as much damage as I could in 45 secon- ds," said Chuck Fanin, a 6-foot-10 computer engineering major who knocked the hood off a 1973 Maverick. THE CAR BASH was a contest among representatives of 25 frater- nities divided up into two teams, Nor- th ,and South, competing to smash cars with sledge hammers. In the 13 events, each represen- tative had his chance to annihilate fenders, hoods, windows, and grills- all for the big chance at an official Budweiser Car Bash trophy. All the participants were equipped with a sledge hammer, hockey gloves, and a motorcycle helmet before they were let loose to destroy. "I WAS thinking about the midterm I bombed yesterday in Calculus-it gave me a lot of incentive," said Jim Berger,a car-smasher representing Phi Delta Theta. The severity of auto damage was determined on a scale of one to 10 af- ter each event ,by three celebrity judges-U.S. Congressman Carl Pur- sell, former University band director George Cavendar, and disc jockey Jan McCaffrey. "We take the total points of the three judges, and at the end the team with the most points wins," explained Margaret Hparn, a member of the Evans Scholars and co-chairperson of this year's bash. MCCAFFREY, a disc jockey for Ann Arbor rock station WIQB-FM, said she thought the Bash was a great time. "I had a ball judging, and all the frat people were marvelous," she said. I "At the end we also award the celebrities a plaque. Our appreciation to them for coming out," Hearn said. Each fraternity donated about $25 to enter the contest. "They sign a' check with their name on it, and it'S turned over to the American Cancer Society," said Evans Scholar Ken Guerrini. Along with fraternity donations, the 71 Evans Scholars also contributed. "Each member in the house donated about $8, part of our excess house dues that were rebated from last year," Guerrini said. "Man, I think it's a total spectacle. I think it's pure human drama and existential realism," said Mike Lee, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. . . . Student runs for commission seat -H.APPENINGS- Highlight For Homecoming 1982, the University Activities Center will sponsor an en- tire day of events, beginning with the "Go Blue" Run at 9 a.m. at North Campus. The run will be followed at 10 a.m. by the Mud Bowl at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on the corner of South University and Washtenaw. An Alumni Center Open House is scheduled after the homecoming game at 4 p.m., followed by a Postgame Tail-gate at the U Club at 4:30. The day's ac- tivity will be concluded with the Homecoming-Halloween Masquerade Ball, featuring the band "Astralight" in the Michigan Union Ballroom. Films Alternative Action-Atlantic City, 7 & 9 p.m., MLB.3. Cinema Guild-Marianne and Juliane, 7 & 9 p.m., Lorch Hall. Cinema Two-Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 7, 8:40 & 10:20 p.m., Aud, A, Angell. Hill Street Cinema-The Last Metro, 7 & 9 p.m.,. Hillel Aud., 1429 Hill St. Meoiatrics-Halloween, 6:45, 8:30 & 10:15 p.m., MLB 4. Ann Arbor Film Co-op-Diabolique, 7 p.m., Night of the Living Dead, 8:45 p.m., Curse of the Demon, 10:15 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. Gargoyle Films-A Wedding, 7 p.m., Three Women, 9:15 p.m., 100 Hut- chins Hall. Performances Sound Stage- 'In the Club" Jazz Series, featuring The Les Bloom Sextet, 9:30 p.m. Union. The Performance Network-Samuel Becket's Endgame, 8 p.m., 408 W. Washington St. School of Music-Contemporary Direction Ensemble, featuring vocal team of William Bolcom and Joan Morris, 8 p.m., Rackham Aud. Ark-Michael Cooney, a "one-man folk festival," playing guitar, banjo, and concertina. Doors open at 8:30, show begins at 9 p.m., 1421 Hill St. University Musical Society-Soprano Judith Blegen, international opera soloist, will perform excerpts from music by Wolf, Brahms, and Milhaud, 8: 30 p.m., Hill Aud. Eastern Michigan University-Symphony Orchestra Concert, following an all-day workshop for surrounding high school string players, 8 p.m., Pease Aud. Miscellaneous Pilot Program-Pilot Program Alumni Reunion Weekend, celebrating its 20th anniversary, is featuring the film, Alice's Restaurant at 8 p.m. and a Halloween Costume Party at 10 p.m. Alumni Association-Sixth Annual "Go Blue" Brunch, 10 a.m., Track & Tennis Building, Ferry Field. Canterbury Loft-"Dreaming the Dark," music by NADA for Halloween, 332 S. State St., 2nd floor, 8 p.m. Asian American Association/Chinese Students Association-Halloween Dance and Costume Contest, 9 p.m., Trotter House, 1443 Washtenaw. AIESEC-A Halloween Masquerade Party, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., Pendleton By JANE JUNN If Earl Edelmann has his way in Tuesday's general election, he'll be the first University student to sit on the Washtenaw County Commission in nearly a decade. Edelmann, a third-year Inteflex student and chairman of the Michigan College Republicans, is up against eight-year incumbent Catherine McClary for the newly appointed Ninth Commission seat which includes the entire University. ACCORDING TO Edelmann, the main problems facing the county are limited resources and rising taxes. "Taxes have risen 46 percent in the last five years," he charges, suggesting that one way to hold the line would be to cut the commissioners' salaries in half. "I understand that if taxes go up, my rent and tuition go up," he said. McClary, a Democrat, says Edelmann is just plain wrong. "I think my opponent was misinformed on some things," she said. "We cut the millage and maintained the rate the same last year," she said. As for tuition and taxes, she said, because the University doesn't pay property taxes, they "don't affect tuition one iota." THE TWO also disagree on the impact of Univer- sity-county interaction. Edelmann says the major problems facing the University are money, person- nel, and "a decreasing trust of anything educational or technical." A partial solution to these problems, he says, fs in- tegration between the University and county which might i. de the University contracting its ser- vices-in mental health, for instance-to the county. Such integration, he claims, would raise University revenues. Again, McClary says he is wrong. Although she, says she is not opposed to further coordinatiion, she emphasizes that "I don't think the University will in- crease revenue from interdependence with the coun- ty:.. I'd like to see (Edelmann) get specific on that." This is- Edelmann's first attempt at any type of public office. "The advantage of having a student (on the commission) is that I have the same experience and feelings they have," he said. "There are a lot of feelings of students in the community that are blun- ted or not heard." And because Edelmann received only $100 fdr campaigning from the Republican party, he said, he is counting on that student vote to win. If he doesn't get it, he said, "It is quite likely (McClary) will have a landslide victory." U' erred, says ISMRRD head TONIGHT AT The Director of the Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities in a written release yesterday, said he felt the University had "erred" in its recommendation to close the entire institute. "Because of the substantive flaws we see in both the review process and the subsequent recommendation, we disagree with this recommendation from the University's central ad- ministration," Grossman said. GROSSMAN'S response came nearly a week after Vice-President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye announ- ced that he would ask the University Regents to close the institute when they meet later this month. Frye's decision to cut the institute came after a recommendation by the budget committee which reviewed the unit. .Grossman refused to comment fur- ther on the recommendation or the review process, saying "We do not in- tend to participate in the ongoing 'trial' of the institute in the media." Subscribe to The Michigan Daily "Come to the Mountains" Top brother/sister camps in POCONOS JUNE 25-AUGUST 21 Waterfront (WSI), Drama, Canoeing, Sailing, Bike Leader, Waterski, Ath- letics, Office and Kitchen help. GOOD SALARY. Call Camp Office, (215) 224-2100 or write 1iA Ben- son-East, Jenkintown, PA 1946. FEMALE NUDE MODELS needed for Eastern Michigan University's Art De- partment's Life Drawing Classes. Experience preferred but not necessary. Only dependable and reliable persons need apply. Apply at 112 Sherzer Hall or call 487-0186 between 8:15 and 12noon, Monday thru Friday. The hours are varied and flexible at $4.20 an hour.