Cl bt 4ftt c tgat Ninety-six years of editorial freedom Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, October 8, 1985 Eight Pages Vol. XCVI - No. 24 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Protesters disrupt Bush speech VP praises Peace Corps By NANCY DRISCOLL and KERY MURAKAMI Students cheered wildly when John F. Kennedy called for the creation of the Peace Corps on the steps of the Michigan Union 25 years ago, but protesters attempted to drown out Vice President George Bush when he spoke from those same steps yesterday. Before Bush began his short speech commemorating the Peace Corps' 25th anniversary, he gestured toward the chanting protesters and said: "THAT'S ONE of the great things about freedom. I'd like to see them go down to old Lenin Square and see what happens there. Wouldn't it be nice if they could do that in South Africa.?" The demonstrators shouted questions about U.S. foreign policy in Central America and expressed dislike for Bush. Their voices, some onlookers said, overpowered Bush supporters carrying "Bush in'88" signs. But loudspeakers placed in the crowd helped to carry Bush's speech over theoprotests. He didn't stop his address once. "One of the kicks in my job is get- ting to take part in events like this one, the celebration of the Peace Corps' 25th anniversary," Bush began. "Part of it is that it gives you a little historical perespecitive." HE QUOTED a New York Times editorial in 1960 which called Ken- nedy's ideas "nothing new." Then. Bush added, "And, I suppose, nothing was new; except that within a year the first of what would be 120,000 American volunteers would be on their way overseas, a show of goodwill and caring of people, for people, unlike any country had every under- taken before." "The first Peace Corp volunteers all went to one country - Ghana in Africa. They've since worked in 93." "And let me just add a personal note" Bush added. "When i visited Africa, I visited faminie relief camps. At one, I held in my arms a child who was two years old and weighed seven pounds. Her mother had already died of starvation. Her grandmother was dying. She's part of why I feel very, very strongly about the Peace Corps' Food Systems Initiative." "So this is what we celebrate today," Bush told the crowd. "Not just the Peace Corps' 25th Anniver- sary. Not just the energy and dedication of Peace Corps' volunteers over the years. Not just what the See VP, Page 7 Corps. directors address fUture By ROB EARLE and KERY MURAKAMI Peace Corps directors of different eras agreed on one thing yesterday: there are no easy answers to the world's problems. Sargent Shriver, the nation's first Peace Corps director, and Loret Rup- pe, the organization's current direc- tor, challenged audiences to attempt small, peaceful victories. SHRIVER, speaking at a luncheon in the Michigan League for Peace Corps volunteers, reminded listeners of the ideals of peace which John F. Kennedy presented during his speech on the steps of the Michigan Union 25 years ago. Shriver encouraged expansion of See RUPPE, Page 3 Vice President George Bush, facing a small group of hecklers, tells a crowd of 4,000 at the Union yesterday, "That's one of the great things about freedom. Protesters hold up anti-Bush signs and heckle during his speech yesterday. the Vice President Changes challenge Peace Corps By ROBERT EARLE Twenty-five years after its inception, the Peace Corps - tangled in federal bureaucracy and par- , tisan politics - is changing. "My main concern is that it is submerged into a number of different agencies," said George Grassmuck, a political science professor. THE PEACE Corps is now affiliated with VISTA and has been bounced among government agen- cies such as ACTION. "(It) does not have a real home in the Washington bureaucratric system, and by being separate, it has had to fight for its existence," Grassmuck said. "It doesn't have any strong people to defend it." THIS GOVERNMENT bureaucracy checked the enthusiasm that dominated the Peace Corps during its early years. "(It glacks the enthusiasm that was there at its foundation," Grassmuck said. In the 1960s, the Peace Corps was viewed as a way to cut red tape, Grassmuck said. Now, that feeling is lost because the Peace Corps itself is immersed in bureaucracy.. In addition to domestic troubles, the Peace Cor- ps is wavering internationally, said political science Prof. Gary Hawes, a former Peace Corps volunteer. HE CITED the government's failure to remove Peace Corps volunteers from the Philippines during the declaration of martial law in 1972 as an international blunder - one that showed the U.S. favored martial law. See BUREAUCRACY, Page 2 Top cadet: Sustaining an image for Army By WALTER WHITE LSA senior Joseph Gneiser looks up from the thumb-size silver wings he is diligently polishing to stress the importance of keeping up an image as the top-ranking University student in the Army Reserved Of- ficers Training Corps: "My uniform must look as good as City orders pension divestment By AMY MINDELL The Ann Arbor City Council voted 7-4 last night to "direct" the city's retirement board to divest $19 million in pension funds from South Africa-related companies amid heated debate over whether the resolution would have any effect. Although City Attorney Bruce Laidlaw said the in- dependent board was not bound tofollow the directive, Mayor Edward Pierce said he would vote to remove any of the five appointed trustees wh do not support divestment. Four other board members are appointed by city em- ployees and cannot be removed by the council. "WE DON'T need any grounds for removal," Pierce said last night. "We've given directives on how the city policy should be. If (the trustees) don't follow it, we will take a vote (to remove them)." Fourth Ward RFepublicans Larry Hahn and Gerald Jernigan said they opposed apartheid but were voting against the proposal because they feared it would set a precedent of giving the council too much control over its appointees. "It creates a rubber stamp," Hahn said during a break in the meeting. Councilmember Jeanette Middleton (R-Third Ward) said she shared Hahn's concern but was supporting the proposal because of her opposition to apartheid. Retirement board member Alan Burns said Saturday that the board members will need the answers.to questions about whether divestment is legally and finan- cially feasible before they can take a vote on the divest- ment proposal. An unusually large audience - including 35 people who protested against apartheid before the meeting - cheered when the resolution was approved. Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Cadet Lt. Col. Joseph Gneiser stands in front of North Hall yesterday. Gneiser has risen to the top post in the ROTC program. *. . . . . . . . . .""""".""".. ...... . . . . . . . . . . . Pro file it possibly can at all times," he says in a low, serious tone. "It symbolizes my pride in ROTC and the United States Army as well." PRIDE - coupled with strong leadershp skills - have propelled the stocky, 5'7" 21-year-old beyond the 132 rank-and-file cadets in the Army program here. As Cadet Lieutenant Colonel, Gneiser now coordinates their ac- tivities, from physical training to tactical instruction, color guard to sharpshooting. Often, he's also their teacher. "I am a tough leader," he says, pinning the polished wings onto the lapel of his olive suit. "I demand a lot of participation. If they don't per- form up to my expectations, they know it very quickly." But the student from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin quickly adds that poor performers are a rarity in the ROTC -program and, hence, so is his need to issue stern verbal reprimands. He believes students keep in line because they understand the Army's rules of behavior. But his supervisor says it has more to do with Gneiser's "natural leadership ability." See MILITARY, Page 2 - Former 'Nixon aide criticizes SReagan By VIBEKE LAROI A crowd of about 90 people questioned John Ehrlichman on issues varying from the upcoming Geneva Summit and Watergate at Rackham Auditorium last night. Ehrlichman, former advisor to President Nixon, spoke on "Reflec- tions on the White House Policy: Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan," and left plenty of time to answer students' questions. DEBRA RICH, president of the University Activities Center, said her group chose to sponsor Ehrlichman's visit because he "has proven to be a successful lecturer as well as a con- troversial speaker." But she added, "our choice of speakers doesn't indicate any political affiliation with the association." Ehrlichman has been on the college circuit since 1982, drawing an average See EHRLICHMAN, Page 3 ................ .............. .............. . TODAY- Mandatory attendance HE AUDITORIUM at the First Baptist Chur- ch of Oklahoma City was nearly full Sunday, a welcome sight for the pastor who went to through sermons, and specially marked pews were reserved in the front of the sanctuary - for those who complain they can't hear the sermon - and in the back, for people who complain that the preachin' is too loud. Garrison said "spare relatives" were on hand to sit with members who otherwise would stay at home because their kin are coming to town. winning is "the will to want to do it." It also helps to have a strategy for staying away from the bathroom, he said. "I just didn't eat or drink the two days before I went up, so it wasn't much of a problem at all," he said. Oktoberfest statistics INSIDE ITCHY: Opinion examines President Shapiro's impatience over the impending code of non- andemic onnduct f I