The Michigan Daily-Thursday, June 12, 1980-Page 5 Jordan leaves White Honse staff for new Carter campaign job FromAPandUPI WASHINGTON - Hamilton Jordan, who has been calling the shots in President Carter's re-election cam- paign for months, is about to leave the White House staff to devote his fulltime attentions to political activities. The Carter-Mondale President Committee announced yesterday that Jordan would take a leave of absence as White House chief of staff "in the im- mediate future" to become deputy chairman of the campaign committee. ROBERT STRAUSS, chairman and principal spokesman for the re-election committee, issued a statement saying that "Hamilton will join Tim Kraft and me in overseeing the day-to-day operations as we move toward the fall campaign." In Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan, who would be the oldest man inaugurated as president if he is elected, said he would leave office if his physicians found that he was senile, his press secretary con- firmed yesterday. "I would think that any president would do that, including Jimmy Car- ter," said Ed Gray in a telephone inter- view. "Anybody would, whether they're 65, 70 or whatever. The American people ought to expect that any respon- sible person would do that." REAGAN, WHO IS69 and would turn 70 less than a month after being inaugurated, repeatedly has stated he would step down if he became in- capacitated. "If I were president and had any feeling at all that my capabilities had been reduced before a second term carpe, I would walk away," Reagan said in an interview with The New York Times. "By the same token, I would step down also." Meanwhile, in Oakland, Calif., Rep. John Anderson, who considers Califor- nia a key to his independent candidacy, predicted yesterday that Americans won't risk "turning in one ex-governor for another" in the presidency. THE REPUBLICAN congressman said his California campaign visit has made him "more confident than ever" that his independent bid will succeed. After two appearances in Oakland, Anderson left for Sacramento for more campaigning. He needs about.102,000 signatures to get on the state's ballot in November. Referring to the probable Democratic and Republican noninees - Carter, former governor of Georgia, and Reagan, former governor of California - Anderson said: "The American people are going to be pretty skeptical about turning in one ex-governor for another." G.I. joke AP Photo Army Secretary Clifford Alexander (left) and Army Gen. Edward Meyer share a laugh yesterday prior to appearing before the House Armed Services Committee to testify on the status of Army manpower. Prof. advises ending trans-racial adoption (Continued from Page 3) rather that love does not socialize. And in terms of trans-racial adoption, we are talking about socialization." BRABSON SAID his first prib6ty is the quality of life for the adopted black child. He spoke of the child's probable future identity problem living in a white family, and called it "a no-win situation." Social workers in many state adop- tion agencies also oppose trans-racial adoptions. The adoption of black children by white adults in Michigan has stopped. However, Brabson said, this cessation is not nationwide and ap- pears to be on the upswing. White couples are the predominant candidates for adopting due to standar- ds requiring middle class status, ex- plained Eliana Papadakis of Catholic Social Services in Ann Arbor. With an abundancy of white couples, white in- fants are adopted quickly, leaving "dif- ficult-to-place" children - those who are black, handicapped, older, or members of a sibling group - waiting in institutions. PAPADAKIS EXPLAINED there is a dire need for adoptive black parents and stressed the need for publicity of the subsidized adoption program which exists in the state. Michigan is only one of a handful of states which offers such subsidies. Brabson said the nationalization of such a program is a major goal of the NABSW. "Subsidized adoptions would enable us to better assist families, as well as the chila, serving as an equalizer," he claimed. "State welfare organizations are paying out huge sums to maintain the children in foster homes or in- stitutions," he continued ,"Wuldn't it make more sense to invest the same money in subsidized adoptions?" Gail Sharley of the city's Department of Social Services added a medical sub- sidy may also be awarded to adoptive families in addition to the support sub- sidy. Both grants are based upon the child's need as determined by the department, she said. Sharley said an additional benefit of such subsidies is their effect of obliterating the discrimination that has been implicit in adoption standards for years. Subscribe to The Daily- Call 764-0558 The CONSER VA TOR Y SUMMER DRINKS -are made with Fresh Fruits and Ice Cream. Attuned to your good taste M-sat 11-9 516 E. Liberty 994-5360 Second Chance