The Michigan Daily Vol. XCL No_ 52-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, July 31, 1981 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Sp issue hits Con By JOHN ADAM University community have alleged the He also called on the Justice Depar- Daily staff writer same thing in earlier- reports - that tment to see if new authority in the A Congressional hearing held yester- Kuomintang (KMT) agents are, in fact, form of legislation is needed to insure day investigating the mysterious death operating on the Ann Arbor campus. that "this monitoring, harassment, and of former University Ph.D student AT THE HOUSE subcommittee intimidation" of Taiwanese in the Chen Wen-Chen sparked charges that hearing, Congressman Jim Leach (R- United States is afforded to stiff and the Chinese Nationalist government in Iowa) urged the U.S. State Department punishable penalties, said Anne Taiwan may operate a spy network in "to make unequivocably clear to the Haskell, a spokeswoman for Leach. the United States to monitor the ac- highest levels of Taiwan's government The chairman of the Asian and tivities of Taiwanese citizens in this that their intrusive surveillance and in- Pacific Affairs subcommittee, country. timidation in this country must be Congressman Stephen Solarz (D-N.Y.), Numerous Taiwanese living in the brought to a halt." said the State Department has already gress delayed export of $300,000 worth of riot control equipment to Taiwan, accor- ding to wire reports. IN ADDITION, according to an aide of Solarz, the subcommittee chairman mentioned amending foreign aid legislation to Taiwan and even con- ditioning U.S. arm sales to foreign sur- veillance operations of that Asian coun- try. "It wasn't just an isolated hearing that will lead nowhere," he said. In his testimony, Carnegie-Mellon University President Richard Cyert emphasized how incredible it is to believe that Chen would have commit- ted suicide. The Nationalist Chinese government in Taiwan reported that Chen was not murdered but said that his death was the result of an accident or suicide. Chen, an assistant professor at CMU, was found dead on July 3 in Taipei. EARLIER, CYERT said that Chen's death was "politically motivated" and the hearing held yesterday took the same tone. "Criminals, whether in or out of government, must be held accoun- table," Leach said. "This was the lesson in America of Watergate and Koreagate. We expect of "Taipeigate' no less." Leach has said he hopes there could be future hearings on the issue of foreign surveillance of foreigners in the United States that would include coun- tries such as Libya, Iran, and South Korea, in addition to Taiwan. ON THE basis of yesterday's hearing, it is "very, very likely that there will be more hearings," said an aide to Leach. The subcommittee hearing didn't in- clude any representatives from the Kuomintang regime, the government party in Taiwan. James Shiung, who was to represent the unofficial KMT view, backed out at the last moment, said Leach's spokeswoman, Anne Haskell. 'Friendly' foreign intelligence operations in the United States have been the subject of previous Capitol Hill reports. TWO YEARS ago, a document known now as the "Glennon report" was leak- ed to The Washington Post. The classified report (which a Senate In- telligence Committee spokesman referred to as a "rough draft") men- tioned the activities of a number of countries. "The intimidation (of foreign in- telligence agencies) has worked to deprive the targeted emigres, some of whom are naturalized U.S. citizens, of constitutional rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and association that are guaranteed to all U.S. residents," the newspaper reported. At least 45 Taiwanese intelligence of- ficers were present in the United States at the beginning of 1979, said the report. "Ten to 25 of them are believed to be on U.S. college campuses . . . MICHAEL GLENNON, now a University of Cincinnati law professor, and primary author of the report, said See CONGRESS, Page 13 EDWARD DOUGHERTY, assistant to the vice-president for special projects, explains the review process for the University's Physical Therapy program. Last June, the program was slated for discontinuance. HUNDREDS OF LETTERS UR GE PR OGRAM IMPR OVEMENT: 'U' therapy supported By ANN MARIE FAZIO Daily staff writer University officials have received more than 300 letters urging support for the Physical Therapy program, curren- tly under review for discontinuance, of- ficials said yesterday. Last June, Medical School Dean John Gronvall made a recommendation to University Vice-President for Academic Affairs Bill Frye to eliminate the program, claiming that training physical therapists "is not central to the mission of the medical school." EDWARD DOUGHERTY, Assistant to the vice-president for special projec- ts, has since been gathering infor- mation for Frye. He said the review process will be "very similar to the thing we did with geography," following the standard program discon- tinuance guidelines as set by the University Board of Regents. - Dougherty said that about 50 letters emphasizing the state-wide need for trained physical therapists have reached Frye. The 300 letters sent to Dougherty are also in favor of main- taining theprogram. Frye said the letters' content would play an important role in his review. The number of individual responses to the proposed program cut is "astonishing," he said. DOUGHERTY SAID he has already outlined many alternatives to discon- tinuance for Frye, including relocation of the program within the University, or examination of the feasibility of shif- ting it to another state-funded in- stitution. Both Dougherty and Frye said they recognize the need for trained physical therapists. Richard Darnell, physical therapy curriculum director, stressed that salvaging the University's program is not as important as maintaining a sup- ply of competent physical therapists - regardless of where they receive their training. Darnell has said repeatedly that if his program doesn't receive the funds necessary to raise its educational standards to an acceptable level, it should be phased out. DARNELL HAS already launched an expensive mail campaign specifically targeting professionals in the physical therapy field. In the letters, he urged. concerned individuals to write Univer- sity officials stating their objections to See HUNDREDS, Page 10