41vS rWeeklyai One hundred two years of editorial freedom Volume CIII, No. 6S Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, June 2, 1993 -1993 The Michigan Daily Sal'inas, workers clash on NAT A By HOPE CALATI and ERIN EINHORN DAILY STAFF REPORTERS While dignataries and observers gave Mexican President Carlos Sali- nas deGotari a standing ovation inside the Power Center last Thursday after- noon, bus loads of picketers protested with megaphones and labor union chants outside. The Mexican president's involve- ment with the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFFA)turnedhisftrstvisittoMichi- gan into a polarized debate about whether the propsoed trade pact be- tweenMexico, Canadaand the United States would boost the economy and create jobs or send industrial labor positions below the border. "NAFTA is a job creation agree- ment," said Salinas who argued that thepactwillenableindustry inallthree countries to expand. "It will increase competitiveness...andforMexicansa wage increase agreement (and a) mi- gration reduction agreement" If approved by U.S. lawmakers, NAFTA wouldcreate theworld'slarg- estfree-tradezone byeliminating tarrifs on products and removing barriers to investment. U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said he expects the agreement to go to Congress by September. Mexican President Carlos Salinas American Free Trade Agreement Center Thursday. Canada's House of Commons ratified the agreement Thursday. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, leading more than 400 union members in protest against the agree- ment, said the opposite. "NAFTA is bad for the people of America and it's bad for the environ- ment," Brown said. "I'm here because the Mexican president is here. I don't want him coming to the heartland of Michigan where so many jobs were lost and try to pretend he's not cul- pable." Salinas argued that NAFTA is neccesary for North America to com- pete with European and Asian coun- tries which have established trade agreements. "It will mean that North America willhave the capacity tocom- pete. To face the challenges of the next generation." The 85 million Mexican citizens will benefit from higher wages for Mexican workers, Salinas said. "We EVAN PETRIE/Daiy s de Gotari praises the North amid protestest at the Power NAFTA is badfor the people of Ametica and it's bad for the environment." Jerry Brown former California governor want them to have better economic opportunities." Mexiconeedseconomic growth to support its expanding population, he said. Salinas said higher trade barriers have stifled Mexico's economic growth.TheMexicangovernmentsaw this trend and moved toward freeing trade restrictions. "Why NAFTA? Because we want to export goods and not people," Sali- nas said. "We want trade and not aid." John Peterson, a union retiree and See SAums, Page 2 Fraud-buster foregoes food By BRYN MICKLE gan State University, MVLlY STAFF REPORTER a commitment from NIH to bet- Two scientific fraud investigators, ter investigate cases of scientific mis- who were instrumental in helping a conduct and fraud University research assistant win her and a reopening of Stewart and fraud case against the University, have Feder's lab. been silenced by the federal govern- In 1990, Stewart and Feder began ment. Researcher Carolyn Phinney full-time investigations of scientific claimedhermentorMarianPerlmutter, and research fraud - with the full stole her scientific ideas on wisdom approval of the NIH. As recently as and aging. March 26 of this year, both men had The National Institutes of Health been given excellent job ratings by (NIH) took action against the investi- their supervisors. gators on May 10. Walter Stewart and When the men ventured outside of Dr. Ned Feder were sanctioned for science fraud, their work came into using governmentresourcesforinves- question. tigating non-scientific activity. NIH Feder and Stewart tested their pla- administrators changed the locks on giarism machine - a computer soft- Stewart and Feder's lab, sealed their ware program capable of scanning files and reassigned both scientists to documents for evidence of copied writ- other positions. ings-on Stephen Oates' book "With "This is ethically and completely - Malice Toward None: The Life of wrong," Stewart said in a phone inter- AbrahamLincoln."The scientists con- view. "NIH has never said we've done cluded that Oates had in fact plagia- anything wrong. " rized parts of the book. Included in these now-sealed files, Their claims of plagiarism were officially considered classified infor- not without credence. In 1991, the mation by the NIH, are the last five American Historical Association yearsof Stewart andFeder's investiga- (AHA) investigated claims that Oates tionsintonationalscientificfraudcases had plagiarized parts of his Lincoln and the software for their "plagiarism biography. AHA did not accuse Oates machine." of plagiarism, but instead charged him Stewart and Feder developed the with failing toprovide enoughattribu- plagiarismmachineinresponsetothen- tion to another Lincoln biographer. University Researcher Marianne Stewart and Feder, using govern- Zorza's accusations that then-Univer- mentstationery, as wellas government sity professor L. Cass Terry had pla- mailing privileges, sent a 1,500 page giarized Zorza's work. plagiarism accusation to Oates. Horri- The investigators' supervisor, Earl fied by what the two federal scientists Laurence-the acting deputy director had done, Oates contacted Sen. Paul of the National Institute for Diabetes Simon (D-Ill.) to fight back. andDigestiveandKidneyDiseases- Simon, whohasauthoredabiogra- said the two scientists had been re- phy on Lincoln, requested an inquiry moved fromtheirduties at this division by NIH director Dr. Bernadine Healy. because they had "gone beyond the Two weeks later, NIH made the mission of the NIH." decision toreassign Stewart and Feder Stewart has been on a hunger strike to different positions. Stewart works as for the past 22 days to protest the NIH a research chemist in the Biophysical order. He has asked NIH to consider a Chemistry Section Laboratory. Feder list of requests before he will end his is working in the ReviewBranch of the fast. Division of Extramural Affairs, where Included in his demands are the he reviews grant applications to the following: NIH. M A fair and thorough NIH inves- Simon, in a letter to Department of tigation of Marianne Zorza's scientific Health and Human Services (HHS) fraud case against the University, Secretary Dr.DonnaShalala,requested a fair and through investigation the two scientists be given access to ofJeffreyWilliams' caseagainstMichi- See HUNGER, Page 2 No change in state funding for 'U' By HOPE CALATI CO LY EDITOR N CHIEF The University willnotreceive any increase in state funding for the '93- '94 fiscal year. Yesterday the Senate Higher Education Appropriations sub- committeeapprovedmostoftheHouse amendments to the Higher Education Bill. The revised bill will be heard by a conference committee today. Director of University Relations Walter Harrison could not be reached for comment. Subcommittee Chair Sen. John Schwarz (R-Battle Creek) said, "Be- cause there arenomore dollars coming into the state there are no more dollars for higher education. 'The danger isif(tuitions)don't go up the quality of education will go down," Schwartz said. Schwarz said the state of Michigan has moved from 36th to 21st in per- student appropriations in the last three years. He compared Michigan's higher education budget to those in California and Illinois where the higher education systems have suffered cuts. The subcommittee struck down a House proposal that supplied equitable funding for state colleges anduniversi- ties. Schwarz is strongly against using a formula to determine funding because it would not take many variables into account "This is the first shot fired in a civil war in this state," he said. Sen. Vernon Ehlers (R-Allendale) called for an investigation of the effi- cacy of formula funding in other states.