OPINION Page 6 The Michigan Daily Thursday, May 5, 1983 4 The Michigan Daily Vol. XCill, No. 1-S 93 Years of Editorial Freedom Managed and Edited by students of The University of Michigan Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Editorial Board No gold ticket HE NEWEST Soviet proposal in the ongoing attempt to limit nuclear arms in Europe is a null solution as it offers no basis for further negotiation and only emphasizes the many points ofudisagreement that still need to be worked out. The measures, which Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov presented Tuesday, would reduce the number of Soviet warheads in Europe to the same level set by NATO nations. The problem with this proposal is that Andropov is drawing NATO into arms negotiations which have been previously restricted to the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Andropov's proposal would sell the U.S. short by including 162 French and British owned nuclear weapons in the number of missiles allotted to the U.S. These and any other weapons owned by our NATO allies would also be included under the Soviet plan. The British government has already said it would refuse to participate in such an accord and one can hardly fault them. Only after the U.S. and Soviet Union have set an arms ceiling, they say, can NATO nations be brought into the negotiations. The Russians, on the other hand, cannot be expected to negotiate with the U.S. as long as the threat of attack by other NATO nations is still present. Any agreement with the U.S. alone would put them at a substantial disadvantage. Rather than bringing the United States and Soviet Union closer together, the remarks by Andropov reestablish the chasm that still separates the two nations and make a com- prehensive solution even more elusive. The pursuit of limited nuclear arsenals is an admirable endeavor, but the Soviets can not expect the United States to blindly grab at peace proposals without fully considering the ramifications. Andropov's proposal is a step in the right direction, but in no way is it the golden ticket to nuclear disarmament in Europe. Our policy Daily editorials represent the majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial Board. The board is composed of the Daily staff and each member has an equal say in editorial positions. The right side of the page is open to any of our readers or staff members. Columns and letters that appear on the right are signed and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Daily's Editorial Board. Names will bewithheld from letters only under unusual conditions. Cartoons, either by Daily artists or nationally syndicated cartoonists, appear on either side of the page and should not be construed as representing Daily opinions. Wasserman IT ' 5HIGHTIME YOU PULLEP MY INVESTMENTS ITEY HELP YOUR INVESTMENTS OUT 0 &\VE BLACKS- TERE A ANDFUL SoUTN AERicA Joys AND oPbr~tuN\TY %SAQS ...WILE BOLSfRING THE SOUTH YES, IT'S ALWAYN NICE AFRICAN MIL\TARY AND \NHEN OoD WORKS ETUR\N& A\ TIDN PROIT ARE REWAIDED LETTERS TO THE DAILY: True peace needed today 4 4 4 4 To the Daily: The letter by Randy Watson in the Daily of April 15 made me feel good all day. The need for peace has never been so strong before. Not one of us can overlook this today. We as people, as human beings, are the only ones to make our world better. Although we all realize the need for peace, somehow we all try to forget it in our daily lives. We seem to say, "everything will be OK, or even if they are not OK, even if something will someday destroy us... well, what the heck!" Or maybe once in a while some of us will join the peace procession, the nuclear freeze rally or the like, and the rest of us will forget about it the next moment. If we are to stall the ominous march of destruction, we all have to take that right step forward. Our daily lives, the way we deal with our neighbors, our co- workers, our children, our bosses, and on and on, all tran- slate in a not so obvious way into matters of national and global in- portance. Just the bomb is no threat, but the attitude of emnity, the hatred, the greed for power all raise the possibility of their use leading to mass-destruction. If we are to achieve true peace we must not only freeze the bomb, but freeze all the evil for- ces that are likely to put this otherwise innate mixture of radioactive chemicals into use to destroy the most beautiful thing of all, life. We all have to learn to reduce hatred for the things and people we don't like, to accommadate a little more for those things we consider bitter, to make the fun- demental grassroots change in the attitude we hold in dealing with fellow human beings. The time for just sympathizing with the need for peace, just ap- preciating some of thise peace movements over a cup of coffee, is soon to be over. It is the time for all of us to take to correct and easiest step toward peace and amity in out daily lives, at home at every business, at every corner of the world. We must transform our minds to ac- commodate love for our enemies and to make the step to make friends with a witty neighbor. Let us realize that, as Mahat- ma Gandhi said, "an eye for and eye makes the whole world blind," but a sense of love and amity by every human being for every fellow human being can make the whole world lovely and lively. -Ashis Saha April 16, 1983 4 Schultz is misdirected To the Daily: Secretary of State George Schultz is on a stampede to acheievehpeace in the Middle East. The effort, however, is more likely to incite war than bring about peace, because the way it is being done is wrong. Schultz is in a tremendous rush to start his peace campaign by getting a autonomous Arab state established quickly on the West bank. But allow an autonomous Arab state to exist on the West Bank-inside the heart of Israel-before Israel has achieved peace with all her Arab neighbors would be suicide for the state and the Israelis well know this. Only after her Arab neighbors have given Israel peace, and that means real peace, with commer- cial exchanges, cultural ex- changes and tourist exchanges, can Israel be ready to negotiate having an autonomous Arab state inside her borders. Schultz is hell bent on achieving a West Bank set- tlement first, then solving the problem of peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors. -It is a totally wrong approach to the problem. Either Schultz does not realize this or he ignores it but, in doing so his stampede to impose his kind of peace in the Middle East certainly will not bring about peace and may result in another war in that area. -Ryman Olken April11, 1983 4 6 I Letters and columns represent the opinions of the individual author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the attitudes or beliefs of the Daily.