4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily -Sunday, March 24, 1985 O'Neill predicts close MX Frn.m AP and UPI vote WASHINGTON - House Speaker Thomas O'Neill says opponents of the MX missile are within striking range of blocking the weapon in the House this week, and that the outcome could be decided by a margin as slim as six votes., "It's an uphill battle, but it's close," O'Neill, a sharp critic of the missile, said in a weekend interview. THE Massachusetts Democrat* disclosed that a Democratic headcount conducted within the past few days showed "a hard 196" votes against the MX among the 251 majority-party Democrats in the House. "How the Republicans are going to vote, I really don't know. We have to get some Republican votes, there's no question about that," he said. The administration has argued the MX is needed as a bargaining chip in the U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms limitation talks - a contention O'Neill and other critics dismiss. "We've got too many nuclear warheads in place at the present timie," O'Neill said. O'NEILL SAID oponents seemed to be gaining ground over the past few days with "ones who were wavering." But, he noted, "The president is the most powerful man in the world. He has an awful lot to offer to someone who is in public life." The House on Monday takes up President Reagan's request to free fun- ds for an additional 21 MX missiles, with a vote set for the following day. REAGAN SAID yesterday that he ius optimistic the House will vote in his favor on the MX, "if common sense is there." After a heavy lobbying campaign by the president, the Republican-led Sean- Sena- te voted to provide $1.5 billion for the missile by a 55-45 margin. The missile was then dealt an unex- pected setback as the House Ap- propriations Committee, which had earlier supported the system, voted agianst releasing tihe funds by a 28-26 margin. However, the pro-defense House Armed Services Committee sup- ported a companion bill. O'Neill characterized the MX as a "sitting duck" with an overall pricetag to taxpayers of $41 billion. "There's no question that the president is doing everything he can over the weekend and pulling out all the stops," O'Neill said. "They're talking to all my people." Regent understands barriers women face (Continued from Page 1) courses in high school, Sm ith 'was the only one who actually carried her for- mal education past twelfth grade. Smith was working at her insurance agency when she got married in 1952, and she continued working there for another 10 years. From 1962 until about a year ago, she was a substitute teacher for Wyandotte Public Schools. The flexibility those jobs gave her made it easier to raise six children along the way. And upon each of them Smith says, she tried to impress how important getting an education is. SMITH'S SON Glenn, a senior in economics at the University, agrees that his parents stressed education for the four boys and two girls. But while he says his mother is "supportive of women's rights," he also notes that she is conservative on other issues. Specifically, Smith is fairly conser- vative on economic issues-especially after helping all six of her children get through the University of Michigan. "At the time that I came to the University, tuition was $120 a year, and you really could earn your way through school," she says. "I think now it's an impossibility because the costs are so excessive.' TUITION FOR in-state students is currently more than $2,000 a year, and an increase of at least 5 percent is likely next fall.nThe regents froze tuition for in-state undergraduates last year, but they may have to make up for a deficit with an increase this year. Yet Smith says she doesn't have any plan for keeping tuition down and that fee increases are almost inevitable because state appropriations fail to keep up with hikes in costs for operating the University. "I want to help in that area, but at this point I don't know how," she says. ONE thing she says she will consider r is keeping tabs on the University's in- vestments-she was licensed to- sell mutual funds and served as president, secretary, and treasurer of the Invest- ment Club of Gross Ile. Gertrude Huebner, a former regent who recommended that Smith run for THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS ARE A GREAT WAY TO GET FAST RESULTS CALL 764-0557 INBRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports Pan Am may settle with strikers NEW YORK-Pan American World Airways reached a tentative set- tlement yesterday with striking ground workers after a 24-day walkout that halted half the airline's flights. Negotiators said the agreement must be submitted to a ratification vote by 5,800 members of the Transport Workers Union before they can come back to work. The financially troubled airline still faces an April 1 strike deadline set by its 6,000 flight attendants. "Needless to say, I am delighted that an agreement has been reached," said Robert Brown, the federal mediator in the dispute. "I want to com- pliment both sides on a very vigorous bargaining effort." Jeff Kriendler, a Pan Am vice president, said the company preferred not to comment until it found out whether the three-year contract would be ratified. The TWU struck on Feb. 28 after rejecting a company offer to raise salaries by 20 percent over 36 months, plus an immediate $1,200 bonus and a $900 bonus for other employees negotiating for new work agreements. Gene1ra Dynnils bils tdpyers WASHINGTON-General Dynamics Corp. billed taxpayers more than $2,500 for a company executive's 1982 and 1983 trips to New York and, California, where they hostedunidentified guests at an exclusive military ball and the Super Bowl, sources said yesterday. In expense claims for the two trips by Gen. William "Moon" Mullins, a company vice president, General Dynamics also charged the Pentagon $802 for a "business conference" for 14 people at a New York night club and $70 in babysitting fees, House subcommittee sources said. The company has denied improperly billing taxpayers for entertainment expenditures, asserting that except for a few errors all travel for which it sought reimbursement related to legitimate business. But investigators for the Energy and Commerce subcommittee chaired by Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) question whether taxpayers are being charged millions of dollars for the company's entertainment of federal of- ficials. U.S. airlifts last Ethiopian Jews LOS ANGELES-U.S. military transport planes, in a top-secret exodus directed by the Central Intelligence Agency, have airlifted the last group of Ethiopian Jews in Sudan to Israel, it was reported yesterday. The Jews, known as Falashas, were moved Friday in an operation that began at dawn when the first of about'10 turboprop C-130 planes landed at an airstrip 8 miles north of Gedaref and 6 miles from a refugee camp in eastern Sudan, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Falashas, who had been moved during the night from the Tawawa refugee camp, were loaded swiftly, with each plane staying on the ground only as long as necessary. The Falashas were taken to Israel for reset- tlement. The Times, quoting sources in Sudan, said the White House directly ap- proved the operation. Officials in Washington refused to comment on the report yesterday. Syria pledges to help Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon-Syria renewed its pledge yesterday to help Lebanese President Amin Gemayel put down a pro-Israeli revolt among his fellow Christians, an official Syrian spokesman reported. In another development, Shiite Moslem leader Nabih Berri blamed "Israeli agents" for the recent spate of kidnappings of foreigners in west Beirut. The new Syrian promise came after nearly five hours of meetings in Damascus between Gemayel and President Hafez Assad. Gemayel met Assad privately, then the two were joined by Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam, Syria's expert on Lebanon, and Foreign Minister Farouk al- Sharaa. Assad's spokesman, Jibran Kourieh, said Assad "renewed Syria's pledge to stand firmly supporting the Lebanese legitimacy, esppcially in efforts to get the Israeli invaders out, and to safeguard Lebanon's unity and in tegrity." Officials permit Ohio S and L's to reopen for limited service CINCINNATI-The state-ordered closing of 69 privately insured savings and loans, triggered by the collapse of a Florida securities dealer, created a crisis of confidence among Ohioans that only time and sound banking prac- tices can repair, industry officials say. "The whole structure's built on confidence. People have to have confiden- ce in the banking system," said William Connelly, vice president of Century Savings Bank in Cincinnati. On Friday, state officials gave permission for all the closed savings and loans to reopen for deposits and limited withdrawals pending their attempts to obtain federal insurance for full-service openings. Century Savings had reopened earlier after getting insurance through the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. "As these institutions begin to open up, the crisis will pass," said William Bergman, executive vice president of the National Association of State Savings and Loan Supervisors. "I would think the confidence problem has been heightened by the anxiety of not being able to get to your money. It's not the insurance that's the key, it's the ability to get your money when you want it. If the insurance helps that public perception, that's a plus." DailyT'hoto by MATT PETRIE From left to right Regent Neal Nealson, Investment Officer Norman Herbert, Regent Veronica Smith, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer James Brinkerhoff talk at a Regent's meeting. the position last year, says that Smith will be a good regent to deal with the financial problems the University still faces. But Huebner says that being a regent now is not as exciting as when she was a regent from 1967-74, when the regents dealt with the Black Action Movement and other student protests. "The thing they're facing now is money, and I think that's depressing," she says. NEVERTHELESS, Smith seems ready to pitch in on the less glamourous bettle of balancing the budget. In a sense, she had the same responsibilities- THOUGH SMALLER IN SCALE-as a member of the Martha Cook Board of Governors. Richard Kennedy, vice president for government relations, says that Smith is adjusting well after two months on the job. "I think she is very sensitive to student interests in terms of the budget," he says. "She seems to be doing her homework well and that's an important part of being a regent." SMITH ALSO SAYS she does her best to know as much as possible about what the regents are considering. But so far, she says, she doesn't have any concrete plans or goals for her eight years as regent. Indeed, Smith's philosophy on specific issues is difficult to categorize. She is supportive of women's rights, but she personally opposes abortion. She defends student interests on the budget, but sides with the administration on issues like the student code of non- academic conduct. A "She is delightfully independent in her thinking," Kennedy says. "Women of that generation-we draw stereotypes of them that are sometimes quite wrong." SMITH IS always consistent on how she approaches a problem. She has never been one to back off from a challenge, and she usually comes out on top. "The way I've done everything is just 'Go for it and do it,' she says. "A lot of people feel that if they don't try it they cant' fail. But my feeling is that you go for it and the worst thing that can hap- pen is that you fail." When Smith began her campaign for regent last year, for example, she was considered an underdog at best because she had not been very active in the par- ty. At thehRepublican convention, it appeared that Smith did not have enough support to get the nomination. AS SHE AND the other candidates approached the podium before a formal vote was taken, another woman stop- ped her. "She asked, 'Are you going to cry?' And I said, 'About what?' " Smith did get the nomination and won the election with the support of President Reagan's landslide victory. The election, however, was just one of the more recent battles she had to wage. Fighting to get on the Board of Regents might seem a bit removed from most students, but Smith says she can relate to students because she dealt with problems in the 1940s that they are going through now. WHEN SHE was a freshman at Mar- tha Cook Dormitory, Smith faced a problem students are familiar with today: the irascible roommate. "She wouldn't have anything to do with me for the first two months," she says. "But after that, we became the best of friends." Smith had the disadvantage of star- ting in the middle of the school year, and since the cliques had already been formed, "I was an intruder. I had never been ostracized in my life," she says. Again, she was able to overcome the problem, and still keeps in touch with her old roommate today. "You've got to learn to overcome those things. That's all part of growing up," she says. Profile appears in the Daily every Sunday. I I-I -- '"7 , p r WI Ulrich's Annual Inventory Sale Involving every item in our store except textbooks. Special prices on calculators, computers and computer products. Sale Ends Saturday, March 30th i The National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce has one of the world's largest laboratories for research in ROBO TICS There are currently senior positions available at grades 1 3, 14, and 15 in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, and Me- chanical Engineering. Salaries are competitive and based on pro- fessional experience and accomplishments. ($37,599 - $67,940). These positions are part of the NBS team working to implement in- telligent and flexible robots for a wide variety of applications. 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