0 Page 2-Thursday, December 2, 1982-The Michigan Daily Debate over gas tax intensifies From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - Despite bipartisan support, problems began cropping up yesterday for the Reagan ad- ministration's proposed gasoline tax increase. Some legislators said their states will not get a fair share of the 5-cent-a- gallon hike in the federal gasoline tax, now at 4 cents, to finance $5.5 billion worth of highway, bridge and mass transit repairs. OTHERS, looking out for pet projec- ts, said they were unhappy with restric- tions on the money. Congress' chief economist, mean- while, cautioned that the measure would do little to combat unem- ployment. The administration hopes the program will generate more than 300,000 jobs nationwide, with about 170,000 of them in the recession- wracked constructiontand building materials industries. In addition, industry representatives complained that they would be hit with too much of the burden in recommen- ded changes in excise and sales taxes. TRANSPORTATION Secretary Drew Lewis told the House Ways and Means Committee that unless there is action on the bill, the interstate highway system "will fall down around our ears." Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) chairman of the committee, warned Lewis that Congress may not act as fast as the administration wants in enacting the program. "It's going to be difficult to do anything as expeditiously as you expect us to do it," he said. BUT HIS committee scheduled a bill- drafting session for today. The Senate Finance Committee held a similar hearing Tuesday but has not scheduled a follow-up session. The administration wants Congress to complete action on the plan during the lame-duck session that ends Dec. 17. Lewis said it could be implemented within 90 days of enactment, "more quickly than any of the kinds of programs enacted by Congress" - a thinly veiled reference to more am- bitious Democratic public works jobs proposals. LEWIS acknowledged that the federal government will "have to be in a positin of always having some discrepancy" in allocating such funds. he noted that 11 states get back less than $1 for every dollar they contribute to the highway fund while several states get substantially more than they pay in. Rep. Bill Archer (R-Texas) whose home state gets 76 cents for every dollar it pays in, complained "we have been kicked around for too long by these distribution formulas." Meanwhile, Archer also expressed the sentiments of several legislators when he said he would not support the legislation unless provision was made for the start of new rail systems, such as one sought by Houston. The administration has opposed new rail systems, but Lewis told Archer that the administraton position may change soon. Lewis . . .highway system unless bill passes. in danger Are you thinking about the Overcrowded prisons expect early release PEACE CORPS in order to be considered for programs that start next summer, you should apply NOW. We are looking for people in all areas of agri- culture, education, civil and environmental engineering, health, natural resources, and vocational training. YOU'RE NEEDED ALL OVER THE WORLD For information, applications, or interviews contact: LANSING (UPI) - Somewhat sur- prised corrections officials said yester- day they now expect prison crowding to trigger late this month an emergency release of inmates-possibly the third of 1982. "I can't imagine that we wouldn't trigger a sentence-slashing move, said Gail Light, a spokeswoman for the Corrections Department. A CRUCIAL census will be taken Dec. 16. If the prison population remains over capacity at that time, the governor will be required to issue a sen- tence-slashing order to reduce the inmate population. As recently as September, Correc- tions Director Perry Johnson said he did not believe another crowding emergency would arise this year. He did say, however, that one was inevitable" in 1983, probably early in the year. Ms. Light said a higher than expected number of new admissions apparently is responsible for the crowding problem. Under a controversial 1980 law, the governor is required to slash the minimum sentences of most inmates by 90 days whenever the prison population exceeds capacity for 30 consecutive days. IF THE population remains about 95 percent of capacity 90 days later, another order is issued. Two orders have been issued so far this year, one in May andiasecone one in August. The orders gave early freedom to about 1,000 inmates each. According to Light, the prison system had 13,146 inmates as of Nov. 24 - 99 over its capacity of 13,047. While noting the fall is usually a busy period for new admissions, Light said "I don't think they thought it would be this high." While Milliken's 15-day period for issuing the order may run close to the end of his term, spokesman Al Sandner said the governor likely would "do what he had to do" even if it meant acting on has last day in office - Jan. 1. VICTOR BULLEN Peace Corps Coordinator U-M international Center, Rm. 18 764-9310 4fc*t IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports Oil glut hurts OPEC revenue VIENNA, Austria- Oil sales by the 13 members of OPEC fell more than $25 billion in 1981 as a steep decline in production more than offset an in- crease in prices, the cartel said yesterday. The drop in oil income, which analysts believe has accelerated this year, reflects the emergence in early 1981 of a worldwide oversupply of oil-a glut that has persisted and is putting intense pressure on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to reduce prices. The situation is expected to create friction when the cartel holds its regular winter meeting Dec. 19 in Vienna. Although there appears to be general agreement among the ministers that OPEC's official benchmark price of $34 a barrel must be kept, the members strongly disagree on how to combat the glut. Hussain Najadi, chairman of the Arab Asian Bank, said in Singapore yesterday that oil prices could tumble to between $25 and $28 a barrel if the cartel fails to allocate production among its members. Such a system was created last spring, but it fell apart four months later after some members began cheating. Israeli journalist contradicts foreign minister on massacre TEL AVIV, Israel- A journalist challenged the testimony of Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir yesterday, saying he heard another Cabinet mem- ber tell Shamir that Phalange militiamen were carrying out a slaughter of Palestinians in Beirut refugee camps. Ze'ev Schiff, the first Israeli journalist to learn of the killings, met with Communications Minister Mordechai Zippori at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17- the morning after the militiamen had entered the camps-and told him he received a report they were slaughtering civilians. "I received a report there is a slaughter," Schiff said. "In my presence Zippori passed the warning on, using the same words." Shamir said last week he could not recall his Cabinet colleague using the word "slaughter," but did remember Zippori saying the Phalange were "running wild." Moslem leader escapes bomb BEIRUT, Lebanon- Terrorists detonated a remote-controlled car bomb yesterday in a failed attempt to assassinate leftist Moslem leader Walid Jumblatt, and the state radio said the fiery blast killed six other people. Hospital authorities said four were killed and 38 wounded. The differing reports on thenumber of deaths could not be reconciled. Emergency room attendants at American University Hospital said Jum- blatt had several shrapnel wounds in his forehead, but was released from the hospital after doctors cleaned and bandaged his injuries. His wife, Gervette, was being treated at the hospital for shock, but was ex- pected to be released soon, medical attendants said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack in Moslem-populated West Beirut. The right-wing Christian Phalange Party denounced the bombing as "an effort to rekindle sectarian warfare and block the march toward peace. " But Jumblatt, whose Druse Moslem militiamen have been battling Maronite Christians in the central mountains during the past five weeks, vowed the bombing "will not affect the general peacemaking efforts, especially in the mountain areas." U.S. troops caught smuggling family out of East Germany BERLIN- A child's crying defeated an attempt by two U.S. soldiers to smuggle an East German family to the West in a car trunk, resulting in the GIs' court-martial, the U.S. Army said yesterday. A military court sentenced Pfc. Austin Stockmann, 22, of Wilmington, Del., and Pfc. David Pearce, 18, of Flint, Mich., in June for hiding a family in the car with U.S. military license plates and attempting to drive into West Berlin, said a spokesman for the army in West Berlin. "All soldiers are briefed not to get involved in illegal activities when they arrive here," the spokesman said. The U.S. Army made no mention of the case at the time of the court mar- tial, waiting until a civilian court had acted on the cases of two civilians in- volved. The soldiers were promised $7,200 by two West Berlin law students who have masterminded a series of escapes from East Germany with the help of U.S. soldiers. Mexican president inaugurated MEXICO CITY- Vowing not to "allow our homeland to crumble through our fingers," Miguel de la Madrid became president of Mexico yesterday and announced a 10-point program to combat a deepening recession and widespread official corruption. "Mexico is undergoing a grave crisis," he said in an hour-long inaugural speech. "This is an emergency ... the situation is intolerable." De la Madrid, a 47-year-old Harvard-educated economist, took the ceremonial red, white and green sash of office from outgoing President Jose Lopez Portillo during a ceremony at the new House of Representatives. He said he planned to reduce the growth in public spending, redirect job programs to rural and depressed urban areas, cancel "unnecessary" public works projects and strive for "efficiency and scrupulous honesty" in gover- nment spending. 01 e fiidbigan lBalug Vol. XCIII, No. 69 Thursday, December 2, 1982 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Sub- scription rates: $13 September through April (2 semesters); $14 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mor- nings. Subscription rates: $7.50 in Ann Arbor; $8 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Ar- bor, MI. 48109. 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