The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, September 25, 1990 - Page 3 Controversy stalls environment bill WASHINGTON (AP) - A * quabble that threatened to delay Douse approval of legislation to pro- tect 554 miles of Michigan rivers apparently was settled yesterday. The vote was postponed, how- ever, when it became entangled in an unrelated controversy It now appears the measure will be voted on next week, said an aide to Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Flint). The bill cleared the House Inte- *rior Committee earlier this month despite strong opposition from many residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where 12 of the 15 rivers in the bill are located. It appeared headed for easy pas- sage after Rep. Bob Davis (R- Gaylord) leader of the opposition, conceded defeat and said he would not carry the battle onto the floor. 0 "It's inevitable that the bill will pass overwhelmingly, so I do not in- tend to demagogue on the issue," Davis said. "We took our best shot in committee and we lost." But late last week, Rep. Toby Roth (R-Wis.) mounted a last- minute push to remove the Brule River-which forms a portion of the Michigan-Wisconsin border in a portion of Iron County-from the bill. Roth feared that including the Brule in the Wild and Scenic River System would prohibit construction of a planned railroad bridge across the river, an anonymous aide said. Kildee's aide said the bill would not affect the planned railroad bridge. The Brule would be classified as "recreational," the category that poses the fewest restrictions on de- velopment, the aide said. The most stringent limits are placed on rivers designated "wild," and the middle category is "scenic." KRISSY GOODMAN/Daily Break time Students recline between classes at the chemistry building. Bush says Palestinian conflict nt tied t crisis Bush may vet'o budget cuts delay WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- trillion federal budget, an amount dent George Bush will veto any at- that would hobble many federal pro- tempt by congress to postpone the grams. It's also the day the gov- $85 billion in Gramm-Rudman ernment will run out of money be- spending cuts that loom next week cause the budget gridlock has unless a budget deal is reached, blocked all spending bills. White House officials said yesterday. Democratic congressional leaders "We're T-minus seven," said planned to begin moving legislation presidential spokesperson Marlin through the House today, temporar- Fitzwater, referring to the number of ily providing financing to the gov- days before the slashes occur. ernment. But frustration with the "We're sticking with1 it and still talk- stalled budget talks caused every bill ing." brought to the House floor yesterday Fitzwater spoke as administration to deteriorate into an argument over officials and congressional leaders which party was to bglmefthe prepared for yet another session budget impasse. aimed at working out a five-year, $500 billion deficit-reduction pack- A day intended for action on 37 age. With the new fiscal year be- non-controversial bills became one ginning next Monday, the two sides of parliamentary delays by Republi- remain locked in a budget stalemate cans, angry because a vote on the that has persisted all year. "We're budget had not been scheduled on getting closer, but we're not there, this week's calendar. Democrats said that's for sure," said White House a vote couldn't be scheduled on a bill Budget Chief Richard Darman. that didn't exist. "This place is in Negotiators continued to reveal total disarray," said Rep. Gerald little about the details of their Solomon (R-New York). closed-door discussions. The princi- House Speaker Thomas Foley pal hang-up remained a dispute over (D-Washington) said if a budget a reduction in the capital gains tax compromise is reached, the legisla- rate, which Bush wants and tion would also delay the Gramm- Democrats oppose. Rudman spending reductions. The Oct. 1 is the day the Gramm- postponement is expected to last Rudman law will automatically im- through Oct. 20 to give lawmakers a pose $85 billion in cuts in the $1.2 chance to enact the budget into law. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush declared yesterday, "I'm not going to be dis- tracted" by Saddam Hussein's efforts to link the Persian Gulf crisis with the Israeli-Pales- tinian dispute. "First we've got to take care of the situa- tion that exists right now, naked aggression of one country against the other. That cannot be permitted to stand," Bush told a group of Arab- American leaders. The President said that the United States "simply cannot" link the Kuwaiti takeover by' Iraq with the Palestinian issue. The Iraqi leader has suggested that one way to ease the crisis would be for Israel to with- draw from the Arab territories it has occupied since 1967, where many Palestinians live. The United States, Bush said, is committed to peace in the region, and "once the Gulf cri- sis is on its way to resolution," he wants to, "go forward with the peace process." Any ul- timate solution, he said must include recogni- tion of Israel by Arab nations "and legitimate political rights for the Palestinians." Bush, telling members of the audience that they understood the tensions in the region bet- ter than most people, said: "To permit Saddam Hussein to link these two questions and ap- prove of his aggression that way, we simply cannot do it. We are going to resist his at- tempts to justify what he did based on other regional concerns. In a lively question-and-answer session, Bush was asked why the United States would not negotiate with Iraq. He answered with a de- scription of U.S. policy. "No negotiations," Bush said. U.S. policy, he continued, remains clear: Iraq must with- draw from Kuwait completely, immediately and without condition. Kuwait's legitimate government must be restored, the security and stability of the Persian Gulf assured and Amer- ican citizens abroad must be protected." Asked why the United States was depriving the children of Iraq of food in the international trade embargo, Bush said that the Iraqi regime would not permit relief organizations to send in supervised food shipments. "I am much less interested in feeding Sad- dam Hussein's army at this point," Bush said. He said he was concerned about the plight of women and children, including Asian refugees stranded in Kuwait. The State Department, meanwhile, said at least 900 American men, women, and children remain trapped in Kuwait and Iraq, and 93 have been detained by Iraqi authorities. Some of those detained are ill, and their captivity is "barbaric" said the department's principal spokesperson, Margaret Tutwiler. Iraq has said it is putting American men in strategic installations to deter attacks. Department officials said they had no knowledge of a claim by Iraq that the United States rebuffed an offer to release the captive Americans in exchange for permission for the Iraqi foreign minister to land in New York in an Iraqi plane to attend United Nations meet- ings. 'Banned book week' focuses on censorship by Jon Rosenthal Wilt Chamberlain, Kurt Vonnegut, and Benjamin Franklin have one thing in common: all have written books that have been banned in America. This week, the American Library Association (ALA} and the American Booksellers Association will highlight these authors and others as part of Banned Books Week. The ninth annual Banned Books Week, endorsed by the Library of Congress, aims to encourage an aware- ness of censorship in America. Bookstores and libraries across the country are using displays of books banned since 387 B.C. to tell readers "Caution: some people consider these books danger- ous." In Ann Arbor, Ulrich's, Borders, and the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library are hosting displays. "It is important to have material representing alt' points of view, and the University is a place to examine ideas. Even those repugnant to us," said Carla Stoffle, deputy director of the Harlan Hatcher Library. Judith Krug, director of the ALA's Office of Intellec- tual Freedom, which records incidents of banning and: advises people of the best solution to their problem, dev fended the free flow of information. "It is very difficult to govern ourselves appropriately if we don't have ideas and information at our finger tips," Krug said. OIF defines banning as "the removal of materials from libraries and schools that have been duly selected- by appointed people according to policy and procedure In 1989-90, OIF received 1,000 reports of censor ac- tivity and estimates 4,000 more incidents occur than are reported. Ten years ago the number of reports was 300, but it rose to 1,000 by 1982. For example, according to the OIF resource boo the Gaylord, Mich. Middle School Library in 1975' banned Wilt Chamberlain's autobiography Wilt be, cause officials said pupils are "more interested in learn=, ing how to dribble and shoot" than in his off-court ac- tivities. Kurt Vonnegut has been banned numerous times for "vulgar and offensive" language, and Ben Franklin, one, of America's founding fathers, "became in the earlyg twentieth century one of the most censored and yeC widely-read authors in American History." y mgThwghejj THE LIST Guest Speaker: Fr. Angelo Artemas, Pastor of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Toledo, Ohio Michigan Union - Room 2209 Wednesday, September 26 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm 9t What's happening in Ann Arbor today Meetings University Students Against Cancer (USAC) - Mass meeting, 7:30 p.m. Union Anderson AB. Call Melissa Gedris 764-7038. Filipino American Student Association - Mass meeting, 7:30 p.m. Pond Rm., Union. Department of Germanic Languages - Kaffeestunde Tuesday. Practice German conversation skills with native speakers. 4:40 p.m. 3rd Floor, MLB. Hellenic Students Organiza- tion - Mass meeting. 9 p.m. Kuenzel Rm., Union. Contact: Veronica Kalas 998-1255. Speakers "Israel, Palestine and the Middle East Crisis" - Lea Tsemel, Israeli attorney and human rights activist. 6 p.m. 100 Hutchins Hall. "Inferentialism and Expres- sion" -- Prof. Robert Brandon. 4 p.m. Anderson Rm, Michigan Union. "Actually I Do Like My Mother Very Much! - Mother- Daughter Relationships From a Sociolinguistic Point of View" -Ruth Wodak, chair of the Depart- ment of Sociolinguistics and Psy- cholinguistics at the University of Vienna, Austria, noon 1524 Rack- ham. "The USSR Today" - Dr. Igor Krupnick, Institute of Ethnog- raphy, USSR Academy of Sciences, Engineering, University of Connecticut, 4 p.m. Dow Bldg. Rm. 1013, North Campus. "Studies of the Interactions of Hydride and Thiolate Ligands with Iron and Nickel" - Marcetta Darensbourg, Prof. of Chemistry, Texas A&M University. 4 p.m. Rm. 1640, Chem. Bldg. Wallenberg Lecture - Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. 8 p.m. Hill Aud. Tickets Available at Hillel and Ticketmaster outlets: $25, $10, $7. Call 769-0500 for more info. Furthermore Michigan Crew - Novice Practices every afternoon for men and women. No rowing experience necessary. For more info call 747- 9585 or 662-2189. University of Michigan Handbell Ringers - Rehearsals. 4:10 p.m. 900 Burton Tower. You need only to read music. Blood Drive - Sponsored by Washtenaw Community College. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Board Room, 2nid floor of Student Center Bldg. Career Planning and Place- ment - Medical School Practice Interviews. 4:10 p.m. CP&P Rm. 1. Career Planning and Place- ment - Introduction to CP&P. 4:30 CP&P library. Career Planning and Place- ment - First Impressions: The Employer Perspective. 5:10 p.m. CP&P library. Career Planning and Place- ment - EMP PRES: "The May { >r A t 'The Temptations of the Media" SasrdbytheoChurches of Metropolitan Detroit t. Supporting a cause 4 John McCarthy, a canvasser for Lyndon LaRouche, talks to LSA senior Nicole Smith in front of the Union yesterday. It wored>ar. T m'ayd n Food- Buys i tAli Marine Corps ofie' proram, you follow your major befoe youd flo ours A college major leaves you little time to minor in anything else. So how do you become an officer in the United States Marine Corps if you want to concentrate on your major before you devote your undivided attention. to one of ours? Join the Marine Corps' PLC (Platoon Leaders Class) program, where all your training takes place in the summer The kind of training that will really test your ability If you want to become an officer in the Marine Corps, join the PLC program. And this summer you can change major:~