Bush blasts Carter policy here, abroad The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 10, 1980-Page 3 LocalScenem By TIMOTHY VAGLE and BONNIE HAWKINS Presidential candidate George Bush told 200 attendants at a $200-a-plate fundraising dinner at the Michigan League last night under President Car- ter's leadership, the United States has lost credibility in the world political arena. Bush added that under his leadership and guidance, he could restore it. THE REPUBLICAN CONTENDER, making a five-day Michigan swing seeking votes, for the state's May 20 primary, said Carter's main problem in foreign policy is a lack of commitment. "To make a statement and then not be able to follow through with it ... that's what's wrong with our foreign policy today," he said. "We make statements and the opposition knows we can't keep our word. "You don't overcommit in foreign policy," Bush continued. "nor do you deal with foreign policy on a broken word"Experience in foreign affairs, he said, is a very important ingredient to leading this country and the free world to peace in the '80's. Bush joked that Carter's only ex- perience in foreign affairs before becoming president was "that he had breakfast at the International House of Pancakes." SWITCHING TO domestic policy, Bush explained three methods by which he would boost the nation's faltering economy. He said he would relieve the private sector of the' burden of overregulation by government agen- cies, control government spending, and advocate a $20 billion supply-side tax cut. See BUSH, Page 18 1 Farris, Knott new acting dearn By KEVIN TOTTIS Former Engineering Associate Dean Hansford Farris and LSA Associate Dean John Knott have been nominated acting deans of the College of Engineering and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, respectively. The nominations were made by acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs Alfred Sussman. The Regents are expected to approve the nominations at their May 15-16 meetings. FARRIS WILL assume former 5Engineering Dean David Ragone's position on June 1. Ragone was recently named oresident of Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. Farris, who first came to the University in 1953, has also served as a department chairman and currently is a member of the college's executive committee, according to Sussman. In 1972 he served as acting dean of the engineering college for two months. "Prof. Farris is eminently qualified to lead the college during the interim period," Sussman claimed. FARRIS SAID he sees hischole as acting dean as one which will "maintain momentum in our programs ... and make interim decisions." Sussman said a committee of engineering students and faculty See FARRIS, Page 14 Doily Photo by DAVID HARRIS UNIVERSITY REGENT SARAH Power (D-Ann Arbor) will commute to Washington, D.C. beginning approximately June 1 when she takes her new post in the U.S. State Department. Regent says. new federal post will not e wl4 onfliet with ''duties By MITCH STUART Regent Sarah Power (D-Ann Arbor) said yesterday her recent appointment to a position in the U.S. State- Department would not interfere with her duties on the University's primary governing body, but would in fact. compliment them. Power was named last month to the Bureau of International Organizations as the new deputy assistant secretary of state for human rights and social affairs. She has previously chaired the National Commission for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization).' "MY COLLEAGUES and the officers of the University felt that I can make a difference through my presence," she said. "I can be another factor in stating the case of the University in Washington." Similarly, Power added, she can bring to the University community a wealt f information on international University President Harold Shapiro said of the Regents in general, "I'm sure they are all able to benefit the University through their contacts in an appropriate way." He said Power has done so in the past and will probably continue to do so. POWER'S COLLEAGUES in Washington praised her previous work there. Bernard Engel, director of the National Commission for UNESCO, said, "I have found her to be one of the most savvy people concerning international affairs ... she is sensitive to the realities in them." Engel added the National Commission, which Power chaired for three years, has been "very active in the field of human rights," and gave Power experience with third-world countries, which should aid her in her new position. George Dalley, Power's predecessor in her new office and currently a Civil Aeronautics Board member, said, "I worked closely with her (and) I have a Knott Farris . ,