OPINION Friday, August 1, 1986 Page 6 The Michigan Daily ( E t t ttlt Mtl Guidelines lack morals To the Daily, Vol. XCVI, No. 11-S The Daily reported that the committee reviewing the guidelines on classified research 96 Years of Editorial Freedom will come out with a document that makes "a strong moral statement" (Daily, 7/18/86). The Unsigned editorials represent the majority views of the Daily's Editorial Board article stated that the committee's proposed Cartoons and signed editorials do not necessarily reflect the Daily's opinion. guidelines do not allow researchers to generate classified documents and called this a moral stance. Actually the supposed "ban on generation of classified documents" is not at Rehnquist's past clause four of the recommended guidelines acleafor inthe commitee'suepoiater Associate Justice William requirements." says "the University will not permit restric- Rehnquist will likely become Such narrow interpretation of the tions on publication...beyond approximately America's sixteenth Supreme Court Constitution also led Justice one year". This is absolutely no different from Chief Justice later this year. A Nixon Rehnquist to condone Nixon's secret the pesent guidlline Moreov r, rese er appointee, Justice Rehnquist has invasion of Cambodia. Nixon's ac- classified research with access to classified been one of the most consistently con- tions, argued Rehnquist in the New documents. As Vice President for Academic servative members of the court and, York University Law Review Affairs James Duderstadt said, "Other univer- at age 61, has the potential to exert his were "precisely the sort of tactical sities around the country do much more influence on the judiciary for years to decision traditionally confined to the (have the same guidelinedo, even though they come. There is no doubt of Justice Commander in Chief in the conduct of committee), so I don't think the report will Rehnquist's legal ability or experien- armed conflict." have much of an effect on military research in ce. Experience alone does not make a The issue of Justice Rehnquist's the future." In other words, military research Chief Justice, and several important alleged 1960s harassment of black will continue to increase to its expected issues must be dealt with by the and hispanic voters in Arizona has yet doubling next year. issus mst e daltwit bytheand ispnicvotrs urtermrethe proposed guidelines Senate Judiciary Committee before to be resolved before the Judiciary eliminate the enforcement mechanism and confirmation can be justified. Committee this week. More impor- student and faculty influence on research tant, though, is the effect the decision decisions. Currently, projects are reviewed for -Rehnquist has been called a "reac- will have on the course of the compliance with the guidelines by two student an~a xrms"a mria uiir.Ln fe and faculty bodies, the Research Policies tionary" and "an extremist" as American judiciary. Long after Committee, the Classified Review Panel, and regards his decisions on minority and Ronald Reagan has left the White the Vice President for Research. The commit- women's rights. Justice Rehnquist House his Supreme Court Justices tee report replaces the RPC, CRP and Vice has regularly ruled against the press will be sitting on the bench of the President with the department head. The DR- in libel cases and is a supporter of highest court in the nation. And school prayer. On the issue of school Justice Rehnquist, who once said it busing to achieve desegregation he would not be "at all unreasonable" wrote in the Arizona Law Review in for the Government to ask the We encourage our readers 1970 that "certainly there is nothing Supreme Court to reverse itself on respond to issues of their con in the language of the Constitution it- Miranda v. Arizona, may well be University, Ann Arbor coma self which can be said to impose such presiding over that court. national issues in a straightl DA is just an administrative processing center with neither the inclination nor the resources to review projects. The project director and the department head have the vested interests in seeing that the project is accepted. This is like having "the foxes guard the chicken coop". In this case, the chickens research money and these "foxes" are hungry. Without enfor- cement any guidelines are totally useless. Finally, the committee'sproposed guidelines do not take a moral stance, but rather, take away any moral stance that the guidelines have right now. The July 18 article failed to mention the fact that the committee's report totally deletes the clause that prohibits classified research destructive to human life. This was the strong moral stance that students fought for when the guidelines were enacted during the Vietnam War. This was the strong moral stance that three years ago, the Michigan Student Assembly, the Faculty Sen- tate, and the administration recommended by extended to cover unclassified research as well as classified. At that time the Regents ignored the plea and now a committee appointed by President Shapiro to review the guidelines has proposed that the clause prohibiting classified research destructive to human life by eliminated altogether. We should not be calling the committee's report a moral stance, but rather a moral outrage. - Robyn Watts July 31 Watts is the Michigan Student Assemblv's milirtary research ad- risor. 'to use this space to discuss and cern. Whether those topics cover munity, state, national, or inter- orward or unconventional man- s a crucial function of the Daily. Nominate Baker Two strong candidates are vying needs at the forefront of U.S. policy. for the Democratic nomination in the He would reallocate resources from Second Congressional District next military to social services. Tuesday. Between Don Grimes and Grimes' strength lies in his sense of Dean Baker, the best choice is Dean the district's needs. He has per- Baker. suasively shown this by his support of Baker, a PhD candidate in dairy price subsidies and revenue economics, has shown an ability to sharing that Pursell has voted again- get things done. As an activist, he has st. Grimes' immediate opponent, worked on the peace in Central however, is not Pursell, it's Baker. America ballot proposal passed in the April city election, a series of sit-ins, By choosing Dean Baker the second resulting in 100 arrests, at incumbent district's Democratic voters can congressman Carl Pursell's office choose a candidate more committed protesting his vote for aid to the to peace. Nicaraguan Contras, and his own candidacy, which has brought further attention to peace issues. l ifC t n Baker has supported complete san- ctions against South Africa. Baker The Daily's editorial board believes that the would make human rights a con- University can participate in research ap- in U.S. foreign policy. To plicable to either weapons development, or siderationinbeneficial peacetime uses; only research promote economic revival he suppor- specifically aimed at harming human life ts a shortened workweek and a should be barred. An editorial in last week's national industrial policy. edition implied that all weapons researchshould These jplicies correctly put huma'n be barred ner, we feel such a dialogue i r--5 _________________________ 6 1bEsl SMVW - U.L01 ~ 6VNYuW&CC Elll&N 1}! BOSON { o5 I$ : A 7 17YN"