Page 10-Thursday, June 5, 1980-The Michigan Daily
Afghanistan government launches
draft drive to replenish army
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The met in Tehran yesterday, and they hope ted centers," it said. A former Afghan official now living in
Soviet-backed government in to meet in the coming days with Soviet "IF ANY person does not comply exile said he had been told of Kabul
Afghanistan has launched a conscrip- and Afghan officials in Moscow and with this sacred order, he will be sub- parents who sent their sons to the coun-
tion drive to replenish the ranks of its Kabul and with Afghan rebel leaders. ject to severe punishment." tryside to escape induction, or to family
army, hard hit by desertions and civil MANY OUTLYING areas in Except for the career officer corps, friends with influential posts in the
war casualties, Afghan and Western Afghanistan are under rebel control, the Afghan military is 100 per cent con- ruling Marxist party to get a special
diplomatic sources said yesterday. complicating the Kabul government's scripts, with a two-year term 'of ser- exemption.
But there are indications of resistan- difficulties in conscripting soldiers. vice. In much of the countryside, the two-
ce to the draft, the informants said, This was reflected in a recent broad- Casualties and desertions, compoun- year guerrilla war has so disrupted
particularly since students rose up in cast by the state-run Radio ded by induction problems, forced the government machinery that escaping
protest of the Soviet military oc- Afghanistan, which ended a program government to lower the draft age to 16 the draft is an almost riskless under-
cupation of Kabul, the Afghan capital, with a warning: in recent'weeks and to refuse discharge taking.
in April. "Those who have been recruited and to soldiers completing 24 months' duty, "There certainly is a conscription
ALTHOUGH THE normal strength of conscripted for military service shall said the sources, who asked not to be drive on in Afghanistan," said a
the army is about 80,000 men, Western report with patriotic fervor to appoin- identified Western military specialist.
military analysts say it may now have
fewer than half that number. Senate
"Much of the Afghan army has just
melted away since the Russians
arrived last December," said a West
European source. "If they had 40,000 ms, a hi ib u ste
men under arms, I would say they're
lucky."
In another development yesterday,
angry shouting from the audience in-
erptda Soviet delegate as he
defended his country's Afghan inter-
vention at a "Crimes of America" con-
ferencein Tehran, Iran. C
MANY OF those at the anti-U.S. con-
ference are from Islamic and other
nations that have condemned the d ra ft
presence of 85,000 Soviet troops in
Moslem Afghanistan. Moscow inter-
vened there last December to help the (Cotinuedfrom Pagei
Marxist government put down an
Islam-inspired, anti-communist For nearly five hours, Hatfield held
rebellion. the floor, talking almost nonstop except
The loud objections to the speech by when interrupted by questions. He
Soviet delegate Evgeny Sergeev were called registration one of the most im-
quieted by Iranian Foreign Minister portant issues since the Vietnam war,
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh. but frequently he was the only senator
Ghotbzadeh, Pakistani Foreign on the floor.
Minister Agha Shahi, and Tunisian HATFIELD ALSO argued that the
diplomat Habib Chatti comprise a c6urts and prisons are not equipped to
committee designated by a conference handle the possible felony cases that
of Islamic nations to try to settle the would result from youths who fail to
Afghan conflict. The three-man panel register. The maximum penalty for not
registering is five years imprisonment
and a $10,000 fine.
Supporters of registration are expec-
ted to present their arguments
today when the debate resumes.
Hatfield, at a news conference, Acquitted AP Photo
Ann Arbor-1980 estimated that35of the100senators are Roman Welant, 68, of Towson, Md. ,was acquitted Tuesday of charges
firmly opposed to registration, 20 are stemming from the death of an 18-year-old neighborhood youth and the
EN O A" administrationiestimates it has wounding of a 16-year-old boy. The victims were members of a group which
at least 60 senators on its side. pelted Welzant's home with snowballs Jan. 4.
Thursday-Saturday The key question is how long Hatfield
June 5-June 7 and his allies can keep up a threatened " ."
filibuster that would block a final vote an U mon renovation
GREEK FOOD - on registration.iov
11 am to Midnight Hatfield said he hoped to prolong the
debate long enough so that other bills
P'SRY SALE are delayed and the leadership
becomes so frustrated that it withdraws
11 amto M ni registration.
Byrd said he would not immediately (Coninuedfrom Page 3) permanent location on either the first
E NNfile a cloture petition to choke off a "which flow from one to another," or second floor, according to the direc-
LIE80OZOUIBAND filibuster, but he was expected to file a Young said. The shops will provide a tor.
--8-pm to Midnight Daily petition by the end of the week. check cashing and postage service, Union renovations already completed
sundry items, tobacco, and include the painting of all public walls,
Evening admission: $1.50 after 6:30 pm newspapers. the repair of all marble items, and the
The CONSER VA TOR Y The task force report alsoesuggested cleaning of all granite and wood
the first floor of the Union be used "for paneling, Young said. The Union's front
SSOUPSeither studying or as a casual meeting stairs, which were deemed dangerous
are Homemade in our place." due to excessive wear, are currently
* Kitchens daily . THE UNION GALLERY, which is being repaired, she added.
-f presently situated in temporary quar- The Regents approved a $1.3 million
ters in the lobby, will be moved to a budget, which was suggested by a
committee of University staff members
IGHTAT in 1978, for the renovations and other
Attuned to your good taste EC" proposed changes in the building's con-
ST. NICHOLAS struction, Young said. The final cost of
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH MS. 9 516 E. Liberty the project, however, will most likely
414 N. Main St. 994-5360 Seond to.Boor oga B i exceed the allocation by approximately
., p Arbor ' $30-$40,000, she added.' a 3 a .,.