0 Page 4-The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 19, 1991 G be £trJn1aI 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan ANDREW K. GOTTESMAN Editor in Chief STEPHEN HENDERSON Opinion Editor Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. ............................................................: } _ ~ _ . ""Fr{_ 'w ,F-}r ,:rv~ ::.v r{+{.":4}"""":}":{{"" r"F""r:{{":"::FNY;Jr r:r V :" .fJ Y. ,¢v.. ...:.:e?.. '} :, :o- A} y . "'"Y r 4 .~ r .} S ,. Y ": ..r"""...r.S .:J "r2 r}:"4 w ""r: "":"J Y":""..""" 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But given its systematic violation of the democratic principles it was pledged to defend - and now that the threat of communist infiltration is no longer real-it is long past time for the CIA and its twin bureaucracies, the National Security Council and National Security Agency, to disband. Such apparently radical positions often invite accusations of political naivete. It is commonly argued, for example, that the CIA is a necessary tool to protect American democracy and American interests. But demanding the abolition of the current American intelligence network is anything but naive. The basis of the argument is the under- standing that the CIA has failed to -promote de- mocracy and freedom time and again, and - by contrast - has often derailed democratic aspira- tions. Under:Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, the CIA was literally given a free hand to expedite less than savory American foreign policy goals. The CIA seized this opportunity to become an independent government within our elected gov- ernment, working to promote its own agenda rather than that of our elected officials.' The examples of CIA interference in nominally sovereign states are endless: the CIA supported the Shahof Iran inhis 1953 coup and solidified popular support forIran's fundamentalist mullahs in ensu- Reca Laws should be more realistic, N ow thatthe effort to recall Michigan Gov. John Engler has clearly failed, it is time to set aside partisan politics and examine the outdated laws governing such campaigns. Michigan's current law - with its almost im- possible requirements - fails to strike the proper balance between responsible government and the peoples' rights. Recalling a Michigan governor requires sig- natures from 25 percent of the people voting in a gubernatorial election. There is nothing unrea- sonable with this number; if not even one quarter of the voters are upset enough to sign a recall petition, then no already elected official should be forced to suffer the humiliation inherent in a spe- cial election. But forcing citizens to collect these signatures ing decades. The CIA-sponsored coup against President Salvador Allende of Chile put the tyrant Augusto Pinochet in power. Militant Sikhs in India received CIA weaponry through Pakistan. But even staunch supporters of a policy tram- pling the rights of sovereign states cannot ignore how the CIA has been involved in drug-running in Panama and other Central American nations - thereby directly harming American citizens. Despite all this havoc, one would expect the CIA to have accomplished something positive during its 44-year history. Unfortunately, no such victories exists. The CIA's cold-war activities have failed to establish a single democracy - only ruthless dictatorships. More upsetting still is the realization that CIA operations have not been confined exclusively to foreignnations. The Iran-Contra scandal subverted basic constitutional principles of checks and bal- ances, establishing a secret government beyond the authority of Congress. There also exists a suspicious amount of evidence connecting the CIA to the assassination of President Kennedy and the Watergate scandal. Although it isn't apparent today, the CIA's original purpose was only to collect and analyze intelligence data - not organize coups or revolu- tions. The Agency has failed even to do this much. Year after year, the CIA reported to Presidents Carter and Reagan that the Soviet Union was growing economically more powerful and dan- gerously stable. Our agents had little idea that the Soviet Union was on the verge of collapse and would soon cease to be a significant threat. Of course, the United States needs an agency to collect intelligence. But it must be a wholly new agency, with an itemized budget that must be presented to Congress every year-no secrets and no covert operations. democratic in a mere 90 days is unreasonable - and, in a sprawling state like Michigan, perhaps impossible. This time limit should be doubled, to 180 days. The right of recall provides the public with a potentially valuable check on their elected repre- sentatives. But to fulfill its function, there must be at least a small chance that it can actually be exercised. Naturally this chance must remain small. An emotional appeal to anti-authoritarian rhetoric about "throwing the bums out" cannot jeopardize an elected official's ability to take controversial and unpopular positions. But the people must also have the right to remove officials who have clearly and repeatedly violated their elected mandate. 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J. 5 .. 1, }, 1,..'y.. .{ti'i i }i:{ti4444':-i:";iiy'{1i.} .}1 "{.4i':4".Ji4{{4{: {.i:1 "'i41N.}}i .Y.i }i":4{"}: .Y:41'"1;{':4":ti4 . .": :>.'}:4S':^:4.:";{'1:x:1">::1'':tt':Yi:: i:::Y> 41441Y: J:4'hi: is1"-J:.S1.41''rr."}. '}}:{.}>.'"1'4yih."'S"':'L'':1L'1"'L'41'>x'y11R> R'1''Cl."AJ.'1 ''j:Y'{b : "C"}.'Y.": :f 'J:'{:Q+1^y.''" 't.'t '1" .i1"7'C41 4".W:141i GEO, Daily claim s incorrect To the Daily: In last Tuesday's article on the GEO-University contract negotiations by GEO President Tom Oko, it said, "In the past 10 years, TA salaries have increased roughly one percent." Then on Thursday, the Daily's editorial on the subject, that claim was repeated as "TAs have had only a one percent pay increase since 1983." These statements are flat out wrong. In fact, the previous two-year contract resulted in a more than 14 percent pay increase for TAs, not even counting other pay increases over the past decade. Perhaps what was meant was that TA salaries have increased by less than one percent relative to inflation over the time period. This would also be misleading. It com- pletely ignores the introduction of tuition waivers in the mid- 1980s as part of overall TA compensation. GEO took a zero percent pay raise for one year in order to get tuition waivers.; While not strictly part of a TA's salary, tuition waivers can range from about 50 percent to almost 300 percent of a TA's salary for a term, depending on In fact, the previous two-year contract re- sulted in a- more than 14 percent pay increase for TAs, not even count- ing other pay increases over the past decade. Perhaps what was meant was that TA salaries have increased by less than one per- cent relative to inflation over this time period. their fraction, residency, and candidate status. This should certainly be included when determining total compensa- tion - particularly since the cost of tuition waivers is charged to departments and has a direct effect on the number of TAs hired. This is the latest in a series of incorrect mathematical statements by GEO leadership. Last term, a GEO propaganda flyer claimed that TA salaries were such that TAs could do better flipping burgers at McDonald's. To my knowl- edge, no McDonald's pays the more than $13 per hour that was the TA wage rate (which does not include the cost of tuition or health benefits for those TAs who receive them). Another example of mislead- ing with statistics are the frequent claims that more than 75 percent of those voting supported the work stoppages last winter term. While this is true, out of more than 1,600 TAs, only about 330 voted for the one day stoppage and about 305 voted for the three-day stoppage. Thus, only about 20 percent of all TAs supported the work stoppage enough to vote to hold it. The opinion of a number of TAs who I spoke with Winter term was that they supported neither GEO nor the administration's positions during negotiations. While this may have changed with the new bargain- ing positions taken at the end of Winter term, continued incor- rect claims such as the supposed one percent pay increase do nothing to promote GEO support among those who bother to check them for accuracy. Tom Galloway Engineering graduate student 9; Israelp U.S. aid is inappropriate, unavailable th Israel facing a large influx of emigres from both the Soviet Union and Ethiopia, the Shamir government has asked the United States for $10 billion in loans to build new housing. President Bush has asked Congress to delay four months before making any decision on this unusual request. Pointing to the stalled Middle East peace process, Secretary of State James Baker rightly insists that rubber-stamping this loan will jeopardize any chance for real talks. While the conference itself willpmbably achieve little beyond convincing the world that the situa- tion in the Middle East is far from simple, there are two even better reasons for not backing these loans - the U.S. deficit and continuing Israeli intransi- gence regarding its settlement policy. The U.S. budget crisis - coupled with a shaky recession - is hurting millions of Americans. Combined with new aid demands coming from famine-plagued Ethiopia, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union, the U.S. Treasury is broke - and can ill afford such a large drain on its coffers. And make no mistake-drainthose coffers this request will. Though packaged as a loan guarantee, Israel is essentially asking for $10 billion dollars gratis. Even the most conservative economists concede Israel's inability to repay this giant loan. This would stick Washington with the bill. Israel already receives $4 billion annually from the United States - more than any country in the world. It is the only U.S. aid recipient that is not required to itemize how it spends Washington's money. These policies have combined to breed massive inefficiency in the Israeli state; new money, will simply exacerbate these trends. The second problem with Israel's request is epitomized by the tone with which Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir continues to flaunt all the new settlements he plans to build in the Occupied Territories. Israel cannot be permitted to continue settling new immigrants there - in violation of international law and official U.S. policy - and still expect to receive wads of money from the United States. Certainly, provision must be made for the op- pressed Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia who want to leave. But Washington could better serve them by allowing them to come here. This is where the overwhelming majority of them want to come, but strict U.S. quotas force most of them to emigrate to Israel, where Shamir can manipulate their just plight for his own cynical ends. The leaders and the best? To the Daily: With the exception of Central Michigan University, Michigan schools haven't started off the year very well. There's supposedly a caliber of excellence at the University. This has to be true because when we screw up, we screw up well, because our screw-ups are always newsworthy. If I may stretch this absurdity a bit further, I believe that University students are guilty of "Fans of the other team-ism" because all of the Notre Dame fans had to stand on one side of the street last Friday night (if the Daily's facts were accurate). I don't know what to think about the University anymore, but when I graduate, the only thing I'll miss is the $10 green feeat the University golf course. Ryan Fard LSA senior Daily should offer solutions To the Daily: I found it slightly amusing to read two of the Daily's editorials on Friday, Sept. 13, criticizing the University for increasing tuition to improve building maintenance and for not sending the marching band and the full cheerleading squad to Boston College for a football game. While I agree in general with both editorials, a casual reader might infer that the Daily believes spending money on football games is more important than building maintenance. Regarding the maintenance fee, the Daily shows that Univer- sity administrators make twice as much as the median salary for administrators and makes vague noises about cutting administra- going to pay for it? You can put 250 marching band members into buses for a "short" ride to Michigan State withouta great. deal of expense, but I don't think a 14-hour bus ride to the Univer- sity of Minnesota would be cheap. (or even practical). Is the Daily willing to increase the price of football tickets by $1 to let the band travel to each away game? If not, what other athletic programs would the Daily cut to make up the money? It's easy to point fingers and say "This is wrong." It's much better to say "This is wrong, and this is how to fix it." The Daily should try to do more of the latter in future editorials. Jim Huggins Rackham graduate student Daily attacks Thomas unfairly To the Daily: The Sept. 10 Daily editorial attacking Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas was confused and uninformed. We are warned that his judicial record should strike fear into our hearts, and that his political views are "bizarre." Later we are told he has "an almost non-existent paper trail," which calls into question how the Daily could have made such a decisive evaluation of his record and beliefs. The editorial accused Thomas of "embracing" natural law, claiming that he considers it more important than the Constitution. There is nothing in any of his speeches or writings that even remotely lends truth to this claim. As for the fact that he consid- ers the Constitution an embodi- ment of the principles of natural law, he is not the first to do so. Thurgood Marshall invoked natural law when he argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court. Are Sen. Alan Simpson seems to be correct when he suggests that the bogey of natural law has been played upon by liberals because it allows them to make wild speculations about what Thomas would do once appointed. Anthony J. Woodlief Rackham graduate student DHHS charges erroneous, unfair To the Daily: First, the $8.5 million number mentioned in the original leaked report on the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) audit of the University's billings for overhead research costs is fake. Most of that amount has already been worked out in negotiations between the Univer- sity and DHHS. The amount currently under discussion is around $300,000, of which the University can find only around $50,000 of audit mistakes on its part. Second, out of $1.6 billion in total University expenditures for 1988-89 and $177 million in Federal R & D support (represent- ing a myriad of individual transactions) to have only $50,000 in contention after a full field audit is a terrific accomplishment. I would doubt there is a university or a corporation in the country that can claim more competent or responsible steward- ship of the public's money than the University of Michigan. Third, as a former reporter and administrative assistant for a member of Congress, the circum- stances surrounding this furor raise some suspicion in my mind. Who leaked the draft audit report -which was for discussion only and embargoed from release by DHHS itself -- in the first place? Why was it leaked with so many inaccuracies and with such a nronounced anti-University spin? 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