Mayoral candidates :debate city concerns By ARONA PEARLSTEIN The two men vying for the Democratic nomination for Ann Arbor mayor squared off last night on housing and the quality of life of area residents .during a debate at the Ann Arbor Public Library. "We have had a gradual process of the poor being pushed out of Ann Ar- bor," Ed Pierce, a local doctor and former state senator told the crowd of about 100 last night. "We have to main- tain decent housing base so we can all live here. PIERCE'S challenger, University, Prof. Bunyan Bryant, agreed. But the two men had different plans for in- , creasing the amount of inexpensive housing in the city. Pierce outlined a plan which would combine a cut in local property taxes, lowering interest rates at area banks, and reducing the cost of land. He diclined to give specifics, saying he would have more details on the plan in the future. Bryant, a professor in the School of Natural Resources, said his camp is "planning a very different kind of for- mat." He called for a land trust in which the city would set up a non-profit corportation to purchase blocks of land and then lease the land for develop- ment. AN AGGRESSIVE energy conser- vation campaign could also help save area residents an estimated $2.3 million a year, Bryant added. "The quality of life in Ann Arbor depends on social class and background," Bryant said. " We must think globally and act locally." Bryant called upon the city to divest its finan- cial holdings in forms which operate in South Africa. Pierce directed the quality of life issue in Ann Arbor to concern for the homeless and poor. "All of us can go down tomorrow at 7 in the morning to the local shelter and see the homeless people. We can then watch them trying to stay warm in this library during the afternoon," he said. ONE- audience member asked the candidates what they would do to stop { rape on the university campus. "I would like to have patrol cars in neighborhoods," Pierce answered.' "That may mean beefing up the size of the (police) force somewhat." Bryant said: "If I'm mayor, I'd make people in this community know that rape is a serious problem. I would also increase lighting around the city and { give police training in handling the rape victim," he said. Another audience member com- plained of parking meters. The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 23, 1985 - Page 3 'U' prof says Pentagon desires armi By RUTH GOLDMAN The stockpiling of nuclear weapons and national defense are not closely related, said a University physics prof. "The word 'defense' has very little to do with the build up of nuclear arms," Prof. Daniel Axelrod told a group of about 15 community members gathered at the First Unitarian Church on Washtenaw Ave. "THE STOCKPILING of arms is to assure victory in any type of nuclear war," he said. According to Axelrod, documents obtained during the past couple of years reveal that the Pentagon is using nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union as a political weapon. In other words, the U.S. is practicing a philosophy called escalation dominace," he said. DIFFERENT types of nuclear weapons are like steps on a ladder, Axelrod said, explaining that the U.S. wants to dominate a battle or situation at their own levels of destruc- tion. The U.S. has, in the past, used this domination to threaten non-nuclear states such as Korea and Vietnam with nuclear aggression in the past. "They knew that the threat of nuclear attack gave them political clout to dominate any situation," Axelrod said. "The threat is everything. The U.S. government wanted to get across the feeling that small nuclear weapons are just as glorious as conventional weapons of the past, and would have liked other countries to believe they would use them just like conventional weapons," he said. " 0 s superiority AXELROD LIKENED the Pentagon's nuclear strategy to a mugger's. Both stick guns in someone's back and forces them to hand over their money, he said. Neither of these practices are credible, Axelrod said. "To be credible, you must use a limited weapon for a limited pur- pose, and maximize the intimidation value." In other words, the mugger just uses the gun in order to make a threat - just as the U.S. uses its nuclear weapons to make threats. ACCORDING to Axelrod, it is the United States job to stop this practice. "The responsibility to stop the policy of escalation dominance is with the side that started it - and that's the United States," he said. According to Axelrod, since all "rungs of the escalation ladder are interconnected" and depend on one another to work, the peace movement can stop escalation dominance and nuclear arms build up by working against just one or two of those "rungs." He said this was done in Vietnam and Korea. Axelrod has co-authored a book with Michio Kaku, called "To Win a Nuclear War," while will be published sometime this year. The book discusses the history, strategy, and technical features of the Nuclear Arms Race, he said. It focuses on the historical desire of the U.S. government to gain nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union, he said. The speech sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILF) and Michigan Alliance for Disarmament (MAD). University Physics Professor. Daniel Axelrod, speaks yesterday on the hid- den nuclear strategy of the Pentagon. Col dmpem im uration 763 1107 (Continued from Page 1) "We're just so disappointed," said Frank Fields, an official of the Hyat- tsville, Md.,- company which built and now is demolishing the platform without a presidential step having been taken upon it. "It's so sad to go through this. " Three catering service employees, chef Tony Kline and assistants Dan Fox and Pat Stahlmecker, clowned on the platform where Reagan would have taken his oath, taking pictures of each other standing behind one-inch thick bullet-proof glass that had not yet been removed. "A lot of guys got frostbite the day before yesterday. They didn't come prepared," said Kline. "They ought to do this in the spring." "I've never served so much coffee and hot chocolate in my life," he added. Near the White House, another team from the same company began tearing down the open reviewing stands which stretched several blocks along Pen- nsylvania Avenue, as well as the special, bulletproof enclosure built for the president. Those structures, estimated at $600,000, were paid for with private funds by. Reagan's inaugural committee. Some of the materials - the struc- tural steel, for example, - will be stored by the District of Columbia government for future inaugurations. The bulletproof glass in owned and stored by the Secret Service. The Inaugural Committee promised refunds to 26,000 people who bought special reviewing seats, 'at prices ranging from $12.50 to $75, for the parade, though it hinted it would be nice if many of them bit the bullet. "We're expecting a good many people will un- derstand the circumstances we're in,' said John Buckley. "Even though the parade was canceled, all the costs of the parade get paid out anyway." Even so, Buckley said, the committee still hopes to break even despite the setback wrought by the weather. It initially estimated costs of the inaugural at $12 million, and preliminary figures indicate more than that amount was raised through ticket and souvenir sales,he said. USE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS Pool Speed Reading WEDNESDAYS 7-9pm WEDNESDAYS 7-8:30 pm 2/6-2/20 2/13-3120 $1 2/person $50person Beer Bridge Appreciation WEDNESDAYS 7-9pm S2 2Thursdays 7-9pm 3/6-3/20 $20/person $15/person Aerobic Dance Winetasting Section 1: ADV., THURSDAYS 7-9pm MW 3-4pm 3/7-3/28 Section 2: MW 4-Spin 1/28-4/3 $25/person Section 3; T Th 4-5pm 1/29-4/4 $25/person 2/11-4/1 2/12-3/26 ona Med 7 3M0UESDaY 7-pm Section 2: T 7-9pm $25/person 2/12-4/3 $20/person ** Basic *. f Conversation Skills for European Travel I"0~ITUESDAYS 7-9pm $18/person Ballroom Dancing MONDAYS 7-9pm 2/1 1-3/25 $28/couple Dream Interpretation Section 1: Z Z Z 2 1S 7-9 pm. Section 2: THURSDAYS 7-9pm ° $15/person Cross-Country Skiing SUNDAYS 1-4pm 2/10-3/17 $25/person Registration JANUARY 21 thru FEBRUARY 6 Michigan Union Ticket Office Mime MONDAYS 7-8:30 p.m. 2/11-3/18 $16/person Financial Planning TUESDAYS 7-9pm 2/12-3/ 12 $18/person Sign Language WEDNESDAYS 7-9pm 2/13-3/20 $15/person Section 1: M 7-9 p.m. Section 2: M 9-11 p.m. Section 3: T 7-9 p.m. W~1E Section 4: T 9-11 p.m. 2/12-3/2" $20/person -HAPPENINGS Highlight The center for Russian and East European Studies will present a brown bag lunch today at noon to discuss Soviet mortality. Barbara Anderson is the speaker. The lunch will be in the Commons Room at Lane Hall. Films MED-A Place In The Sun, 7 p.m., From Here To Eternity, 9:15 p.m., MLB 3. Hill St.-Little Big Man, 8 p.m., Hill St. MTF-Richard Pryor Live On the Sunset Strip, 7 p.m., Michigan. Performances Ark-Hoot Night with Lady of the Lake, 8 p.m., 637S. Main. School of Music-Recital, "Basically Beethoven," 8p.m., Recital Hall. University Music Society-Music from Marlboro, 8:30 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. Speakers Chemistry-Cynthia Friend, "Surface Chemistry of Modified Tungsten," 4 p.m., 1200 Chemistry Building, Caren Rock, "1, 3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Nitrones," 4 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Building. Biology-Dr. William Fink, "Parsimony, Units of Selection, and Phylogenetic Inference," 4 p.m., Lecture room 2, MLB. Computer Center-Forrest Hartman, "Introduction Ontel Terminal," 1:30 p.m., "Advanced Ontel Terminal: Full Screen Editing," 3:30 p.m., Ontel Room, NUBS. Meetings Minority Student Services-Black Student Union,.7 p.m., Trotter House. Latin American Solidarity-8 p.m., Michigan Union. Society of Physics Studies-7 p.m., Duffenback Lounge, 2038 Randall Lab. Student Legal Services-Board of Directors meeting, 7:30 p.m., 3000 Union. Turner Geriatric Clinic-Alzheimer's Disease Support Group meeting, 10 a.m., 1010 Wall St. Academics Alcoholics-1:30 p.m., Alano Club. Ann Arbor Support Group for Farm Labor Organizing Committee-5:30 p.m., 4318 Union. Science Fiction Club-8:15 p.m., League. Dissertation Support Group-8:30 a.m. 3100 UCS. LSA Student Government-6:30 p.m., 3909 Union. Campus chapter, the American Civil Liberties Union-7 p.m., Anderson Room, Aud. C., Union. Miscellaneous International Center-Brown Bag Lunch, "Customs Tailoring Your European Trip," noon, International Center.