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Council cuts funding requests, axes construction

It) S'I'I‘TVI'I Il.\|.l.|f\lil'llt
Kernel l‘iilitor-iu-t ‘hief

The University's $46 it million budget request for an
increase in state funding was trimmed significantly
by the Kentucky (‘ouncil on Higher Education
yesterday. as expected.

IIK fared little worse than other state schools.
though. as the council officially announced its budget
iecomniendations for the I97tt‘l9tt0 biennium.

The council approved $Il millionin additional funds
for I'K during the first year and $7.8 million during
the second. A raise of $3.7 million was ru-ommcnded
for l'K community colleges during the biennium

‘l‘lie rcciimmeiidalions will be forwarded to the state
department of finance, where they will be used in
formulating the govemor‘s budget request next
spring. 'l‘hal request will then be taken to the state
legislature for final action.

t‘ollectivcly.the schools asked for increases of $87.2
ll illion and$424 m illion for thetwo years. The schools
received $232 in state funds for operations this year.

The councilrecommended increases that will raise

that figure to $272.9 and tains million for the two
years. about half of what was requested. The bulk of
those increases will bespent on cost of living increases
and toraise salaries to more competitive levels.

IiK l’resideiit tllis Singletary said that while the
Iiiinted l't't'ttllllllt‘lltltllltlll could give only a small part
of what he said the l7niversity needed, “significant
results are possible if the funds are provided,"
especially in the area of faculty salaries.

The strongest criticism of the budget recom-~
n endalioiis came from l‘iiiversity of Louisville
I’iesident James G. Miller. U of L‘s role as an urban
ltttl\'t rsity was not recognized in the recom-
t! t‘tltlttlttllls,un(l the university would not be able to
develop some programs to even minimum standards.
I c said.

Ill-cause l' of L was still making thetraiisition from
a private university toa state school. it had a greater
need for additional funding, said Miller.

I‘ of L's $31.7 million request for more funds ii11978-
.‘0 was the largest of all schools. and its second-year
request of nearly $8 in illion was exceeded only by UK.
I' of I. received $7 and $0.4 million for the twoyears,

i espccl ivcly .

The council's proposals for capital construction.
towever, did not fare as well as their budget
t‘t't‘tillllttt'lttlttlItIIIS. Severaluniversity presidents tall
are nonwoting coltncil members) criticized the ab‘
senee ol' cndoiscmcnts for projects they feltwere
important

From a listol‘77 projects proposed by the schools,
only two received staff reciiinniciidations, ('lll‘I
I'Lxccutive Ilircclor llarry Snyder said the council
I ceded tocarct'ully examine all proposals and “get a
handle" on each scliool‘snced l'orconstruction.

The two recommended projects were power plant
developnw-nt and campus parking.both at Northern
|\cnlueky I'nivcrsity. (if almost $2.30 million
requested, only $0 million. tor those two, was
t(‘t'tlllllt‘t‘lltl('(l.

Singlctary said the refusal to recommend the $0 it
I: illion pharmacy building, l'K's loppriorily project.
would create"a problem that willl)e absolutely in-
tolerabloa problemthat we cannot livewith." He also
questioned whether the council had given enough

The pitill’llldt‘y building would open up needed room
.ittlie Medical School. said Singletary. The [K school
has only .iu per cent ol'ttie space of the smallest
university lt‘t‘tllt'ill center in a recent suwcy con
ducted by Illx'.he said.

In iespoiise to Siiiglelary's and other school
piesideiits' criticism ol the construction recom-
e endalions.couiicil member Lawrence Forgy Jr, of
louisv ille.said tlicaclion would signify that t‘lll‘l had
.i tuin. centralizedcontrol over institutional requests.

"’I'I We is a feeling tlialhiglier education has been a
'at rat llt Kentucky." l'Idward l“. l’richard .lr..
Illilll'lllilll ot the council's financial alfau‘s committee.
ltt' tltllllt'll has “eiiipliasi'zcd capital outlay and
ionstruetioii more than education," said l’ritcliard.
IhaI preoccupation with burldiiigs has also caused
increases Ill ii:.iiiiteiiaiice and other operating costs.
I c said.

The i'lillltt‘ll postponed action on construction
reconuiiiidations until its Nov. to meeting. l3ntil
then lilt‘t ()llltt‘ll slall'w ill meet with school officials to
itt‘illll I t \ icw those priorities. said executive director

Vohime LXIX, Number 44
Wednesday, October 19. 1977

  
 

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Success breeds change

Ticket policy altered;
guests must wait a day

By CHRIS BLACK
Kernel Reporter

The Wildcats‘ 33-13 waxing of the
Bayou Bengals had more of an effect
than pushing Kentucky into AP's
Top 10. UK‘s recent footballsuccess
has caused a change in the
distribution policies for UK student
and guest tickets.

The new policy is similar to the
method used for distribution of
basketball tickets—student tickets
come first, with guest ticket
demands met later on in the week.

Individual ticket distribution will
be essentially the same. Priority
seating in sections 208 and 210 will be
from6 pm. to 10pm. Monday at the
two left windows at the front of
Memorial Coliseum. Students can

pick up two tickets by presenting
either two validated IDs and ac—
tivity cards or one ID anda spouse
book.

Tickets for all student sections
other than 210 and 208 will be
distributed at the windows on the
right in front ofMemorial Coliseum.
Studentscanpick uptwo ticketswith
two lD‘s or one ID andaspouse book
from 8 a.m.until 10 pm. Monday
andfrom 9 am. untilnoon Tuesday.

No guest tickets whatsoever will
besold atlhis time.ineither high or
low priority student seating.

Group seating for registered
student organizations will be han-
dled as it was in the past. except
cadi group may now requesta total
of only two guest tickets.

Guest ticketdistribution willbegin

Health fee probably
will rise next year

By RICIIARD MC DONALD
Kernel Reporter

It appears inevitable that the
student health fee will be raised
from $12 to $17 next year.

Unless the funding situation
changes. thefee will have to go up,
said Health Service Administrator
Jean Cox. The increase would be the
third since the fee was instituted in
1971.

(‘ox said the reason for the in-
crease is that while tliecontribution
from the University's general fund
to the Student Health Service
budget has remained the same since
1968. costsbave increased steadily.

She called the chance for increased.

funding “slim to nil."

The University has provided
approximately $610,000 to the health
service each year. This represents

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Tuesday from noon to4 pm. and
continue Wednesday from 9a.m.to 4
pm. at the two ticket windows on the
right in frontof the Coliseum. At this
time, any student can present a
val ida ted ID andpurchase one guest
ticket. Students wanting two tickets
together canturn in their previously
acquired student ticket when pur-
chasing a guest ticket and receive
two adjoining seats of lesser quality.

Dean ofStudents Joe Burch said,
“The new policy is necessary
because ticket demands of in-
dividuals tudents was notbeing met.
High demand for guest tickets by
both individuals and groups is only
part of the problem,“ hesaid.

“Manystudents believe that they
have some inherentright to a guest
ticket. This. plus outside pressure
from ticketless fans and alumni
exerted upon groups for guest
tickets. are the real culprits.

“In past seasons we have been
able to accomodate all of these
people withno problem, but with the
success ofthefootball team,this all
changes,“ Burch said. “Now
legitimate demands are high enough
totake up most of the tickets allotted
tostudents.“

“There is a tendency to crystal
ball this problem and attempt to
estimate the demand for student
tickets," he said. “But that‘s im-
possible. ()urprimaryconcernisfor
the student. We‘ve tried to reach a
solution that will be fair to all
people."

 

Joday

state

investment In 00 oil and gas wells to avoid any conflict of

Ililetl'sl

.\ l N l'l‘l'll) .\Il.\|‘IS \\'lllll\|‘ll{§ ttH"I('IAI. said yesterday
tie union would ptls'llitllll for about looslriking Slearns ('oal
('o, min-rs arrested in a heated picket-line confrontation
\\Illl Kentucky State Police

l‘.\tW organizer lee Potter said miners would not give up
their eltorts to keep Slearns' Justus mine. where they have
been on strike to months. from operating.

About Ito riolequipptd state police fought with a crowd of
about no iii‘iners Mimeal‘med with baseball bats and clubs-
who blocked the road access Monday. Five police and a
number of strikers were injured, officials said.

Itll.l.\' t” \It'l‘l'ilt‘S lttII-th-SlilJJNt‘. enterprise may save
l.ouisVille's last brewery and the jObs of its nearly 300 cm-
ployes. says tic brewery president

"Hilly willgive its ashol not only to save lhisbrewery. but.
for the first time in many years, enable us to hire some
petpb." said .lames 'I'ate, president of the Falls (‘ily
brewing (‘0.

The President‘s brother and brewery officials last month
.innoiuced that tiny will corporate in the marketing of
"Billy "beer. a newbrand lobe brewed by Falls City.

nation

'l'lll‘l \ll“ “MK YANKEES won the lifl7 World Series

last night by trouneiig the Ins Angebs lmdgers. See story on
page .'i

Tlll-Z SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE told Energy
511‘ retary James It. Schlesinger ycsl‘rday to sell his indirect

 

N'lllt'sltlpt‘l' had disclosed to the committee that he and his
who hold groin shares. worth about $34.00", in the Newhall
I and and |".'irmingt'o.. w liich ll-saiil (xx-rates the wells.

“II" "III Sl‘l HI" llI'II'RIiSI'LN'I‘A‘l'IVI‘IS voted Monday to
snspcid .tlty lederalsacchann ban for 18 montls while at the
same time ordering Il'w tests on the benefits as well as the
risks of the artificial sweelner.

world

“I’S'l‘ “I’ll“ \\ lllNlMANlle stormed a hijacked
lIIlllttltistl .it soinalia's Mogadishu airport, rescued all 86
hostages aboard and killed all four hijackers. a government
spokesmin said yesterday.

Spokes-man Karl Itielling said om passenger was taken to
.i lltlsplldl “in a state of collapse“ and one German com-
mando was injured. other passengers were treated at the
airport. biil lil‘t‘xlenl of injuries was not known.

The Germans attacked less than two hours before the
lII_|.’It'l’4‘I's had threatened to blow up the plane the plane
unless their demands were Ill'l.

weather

I'\It'l‘l.\ t'l.IiI‘II\‘ ,\NIH'tml. today lligh inthe upper Sin.
\lttslly clear tonight. low near to. Sunny and warmer
tomorrow. high in the om.

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In true lfidgar .\llen l'oe tradition. Kevin “ii-i.
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University of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

duty Inlnfl

gruesome end in the March of Dimes Haunted House.
\‘ it'l' is ii member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.

Greeks to ghouls

Groups sponsor Haunted House for charity

By DEBBIE MCDANIEL
Kernel Staff Writer

UK Greeks are masquerading as
normal citizens this Halloween in
their support of the March of Dimes
Haunted House.

Greeks by day and ghouls by
night, UK's sororities and frater-
nities temporarily set aside their
witches brew and joined area high
schools in converting an empty store
in the Garden Springs Shopping
Center into 16 unusual rooms, in-
cluding an insane asylum, haunted
maze and torture chambers.

Entering the house through the
Welcoming Room. visitors tour a
long dark hall with open rooms
tsuch as Satan's Den and Witches
Cove) on either side. When the hall
turns to the right. umuspecting
visitors are funneled through the
haunted maze, where the danger lies
not in getting lost but in jumping into
a concrete wall to escape a lurking
ghoul.

The second half of the tour leads
through the insane asylum. where
one girl reportedly got so scared she
jumped backwards and broke down
part of the set.

Two other displays are the
Phantom of the Opera, where a
phantom sings to his prisoner, and
the Mad Doctor Room, which con-

tains the Snakeman. a hideous green
worm with asemi- human head that
lays upon a table.

The black lights. bloodeurdling
screams and creative construction
work, combined with the musty
smells and cold concrete floor. lend
a certain eerie reality to the whole
house.

The UK Greek Activuies Steering
(‘ommittee teamed three groups for
each UK display. usually two
fraternities and one sorority. The
assigncdgroups decided on themes
and submitted ideas to the steering
committee for approval.

Jim LeMaster. chairman of the
Bluegrass chapter ofthe March of
Dimes. said there has been excellent
support in the area and that students
have been working for a month on
the house.

Although LeMaster said there was
no official goal set, Brad Plaschke of
the steering committee said they
hoped to raise 310.000.

Proceeds from the $1 admission go
directly to the March of Dimes
program to fight birth defects.

More than40 Lexington stores and -

organizations donated construction
materials forthe house. and the
March of Dimes supplied all ad-
ditional materials, such as paint and
wood.

v..po—-~v"

Students built mostof the struc-
lure and rooms, and were respon-
sible for furnishing their area with
props. Many workers said they
borrowed items from doctors and
classrooms and usedthings laying
around the house.

Sigma Nu pledge Gary Galbraith,
who played the phantom in the opera
room, said workers from his
fratemity signed up for certain
hours each week. He praised the.
cooperation between rival frater-
nities.

”One guy from another fraternity
even gave me his shirt to wear."
Galbraith said.

All workers are free to give their
own interpretation of the roles. so
the house differs slightly each night
due to different actors.

All the committee members
agreed that working together has
benefited the Greeks. “We hope this
will improve the Creek's standing in
the community," Plaschke said. He
attributed low community opinions
of the Greeks to their “party"
reputation. Plaschke called the
Haunted House a total service
project.

The Haunted House is open
Monday through Thursdays 6 to 9
pm. Fridays 6 pm. to midnight,
Saturdays 1pm. to midnight and
Sundays 1 to 6 pm.

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game is to liar-i: super
market i_"‘ieckoiit mm
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paying tin-titli. tic waxes 2hr others
are outs-di- - \fli’; goes
home They folliw by walking in
iron ot hct‘ W on the .ill."l' Gift" of tire

jimmy
breslin

>‘il‘t‘tlillitl tlicy 9." to Ft". a nahway
or in the clei..tor of i' housing
project ”the older flit sort-an. the
more Slitybcat her tlt ll.i.\' t'-elped
put :i eouph oi Elm warn il’ the
hospitals

lit‘ had I:‘ twtt‘ was -~ it"t"~i\ lit
the lr‘ainiiy (curt. "zan-rtlc court.
.irecalled it :s .. . ‘.i t.» and lie
ts small eating"; '-~ 7" ., '8 "in to bcd
atnight; ticzs .i. \ctera-i at :2

lie was standing Iii‘l.~'ii'l5‘tlllt.‘ :ifthc

tiiiLIdit;i;~. .2? flue twist

‘ii.
iii ‘

(ironiriis
Houses. just across .t small filthy
river. the Ilaricrn itiver'. front
Yrti'kteStatliitii‘i where they play
the World Scries

"\‘dtat do you think of Regga-
hi.‘ was asked

'l‘hecer i‘.‘.‘l'~' of l‘is 'iioiitir moved ti:
when licdidn't care

"Do you aiiniire anybody” he
u as asked.

“Somebody rial tough.“he said.

“Who‘s the toughest around
here" '

"Bobby the toughest now He stick
upNicky Barnes bar.”

"Who was the toughest before
’iobliy‘”

"liondi. lie. was the toughest
before Bobby. lle were Bobby‘s

Jackson" '

partner when they stick up Nicky
Ba rries‘iirir. But they blow up Dondi
the other night Now Bobby the
toughest ”

"Because he stuck up Nicky
he was asked.

' That‘s right." hcsaid.

‘ hell. if Bobby's tough because
he held up Nicky Barnes. then what
if". you think of Nicky Barnes. lle
rzns’. tit-something.“

tilt. he real tough and all that
Bu! t-z-‘s too fly Buyin' all those cars
and osowio‘that money around I‘m
not kill” buy all those cars One
«unit iiinio. ’l‘hen riobody‘ll know
it..it itil‘ I won‘t belike Nicky.’l‘oo
iiy "

By 'ioo fly" he meant being “too
:~Upt‘l'ii}' “ 'l‘hekids who runin packs
in iiiit'lcttt fiave decided that "too
tly' 1-; wrong. it bringsin the law.
Nicky Barnes. the biggest black
narcotics name in the natron. bought
too many .‘ilercedes cars and had too
.iiaiiy big parties. t'urtis says he and
his supermarket packwill know how
to do it better when they take over:
the naslcarned by watching the king.
\"icky tarnes
ioiinil sitting at one end of a long
defense tablein a federal courtroom
on i“iilt‘y square. He was hunched
owr \il2;|e he listened to a govern-
rnentw itness. Robert Geronimo ino
km to t‘esar. “one run scores. two
unis score. Geronimois under it
he‘s got it” Geronimo). try toplace
Barnes in the middle ofa major drug
sale in a garage on 145th Street in
Harlem Barnes' attorney. David
ltreithart. sat alongside him. There
\‘Pl‘t‘ H other defendants and 14
other law yers at the defense table.
f-‘.\er_v time Barnes glanced down
the defense table. he could see his
career spilling away: 15 lawyers to
pay .

lit the middle of the morning there

l-‘iat'ncs

‘i’i-sicrday. was

was. a recess and Barnes and his
lawyer wentup to a cafeteria on the
fifth floor of the court building.
Barnes had on a purple corduroy
suit and shoes with free Is that were
quite high. He wore atan shirt and
blue tie. He is short. with ali-i‘teyes
that sit undcra high forehead

Hit the cafeteria liiic. Barnes said:
“I can‘t talk about the case I
mentionanything about tliecase the
judge llrevoke my bail " lie is out
on$33tiiitltthaii Barnes can comeup
w rtli that kindof money: iti‘lllts‘ been
involved in ownership of housing
projects in Plymouth. \lich. and
t'levelaritl.

“I don't want you to talk about the
case,“ I said to liiiri ‘i want to tell
you something and see what you
think."

I told him how (‘urtis‘ had rated
people as tough-guy heroes on the,
basis oftheir pcrtornuinee against
the top man. Nicky Barnes. Nicky
listenedcarefully

"Do you think that's good. that
some kids exanune you and decide
that you'rethe standard“ he was
asked.

“That'snot fair." he said. "You‘re
singling out one individual. It‘s the
system that makes it this way The
kidsdon'lhavc anybody to look tip to
because they don‘t see anybody
around them making it."

He turned to the counter to get a
cup of coffee. Then he said. “The
kids lookup to only what they can
attain. what is realistic.”

There was. as Barnes spoke. a
savage truth. Realistic. in the
matter of a boy like Curtis. is the
dream ofbcirig a jtirik peddlcr. You
have heard this many trrnes front
schtxtlteaclm‘s: flow can I tell a kid
to be somebody when the. people he
looks up to are in policy numbers
and narcotics? Now you were get-

ting a similar answer from the
narcotics dealer the kids perhaps
look up to the most.

At the same hour Wednesday
morning. iii the Supreme (.‘ourt in
\t'ashington. they were arguing the
Bakke case. it lticliis abouta young
man in (‘alifornia w hite, who wasn‘t
allowed into medical school because
a special admissions program for
blacks had to be filled.

The Bakke case has more to do
with our lives thana matter of ne
person going to medical school. It
places alcns on the entire notion of
atfirniatiy e action. of special helpto
the iii inoritics who have been denied
rights in the past. In Washington,
.‘irchibald (‘ox argued that a special
admissions progam was needed
because "all other alternatives
suggested simply will not work."

While many in the country
screamed in disagreement Wed-
ncsday. Nicky Barnes. who stands
as one oft he altcrruiives. finished his
coffee and walked back into the
coiirtroomto continue the case.

The government witness.
tii. roriimo. resumed his story.

He said thathe and another man
and a federal agent had gone into the
garage frequented by Barnes, had
icft 533.000. and liadcome outwith
heroin. ’l‘heythen had met in the
ironx. Geronimo quoted a con-
tiirsation he said he had with the
agent.

“I said tohim, ‘I bet you didn‘t
know who was looking atyou when
you were in there‘?’ And he said to
me. Who?“ I said. ‘Nicky Barnes
was looking at you as you walked
in

Barnes face showed nothing. He
has lived much of his life by standing
on the human wreckage he has
helped create. In the poor neigh»
liorhoods of the cities. in the

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Ilarlems, they can read about
Reggie Jaeksonin a newspaper and
see Diana Ross in a movie and be
told about Thurgood Marshall in
school.

But outjn the streets around them,
still, for decades now, itis a Nicky
Barnes who attractsflattracts so

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much that some kids, the ones like
Curtis, never see that the broken
humans Barnes is standing on is
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(c) ism by JIMMY BRI‘ISIJN.
Distributedhy The (‘hicago Tribune-
New York News Syndicate. Inc.

The best way to fight terrorism is political Sonism

BY ”\thY B MILLER III

Politicalterrorism .i‘i frightening
course of action it is frightening
because of one .ispcct its \ictims
generally are chosen completely at
random. Regardless of political
itlt‘llltitllt)lL‘.}'till maybe subject to a
xiiiicrtt act for political porposcs for
~iniply choosing the wrong plane to
fly on sen t‘lt':.~ arbitrary and
il‘rt’iltt'.‘:l';‘.

I would liizi' to n.:-.kc a iiroposaltii
tiicworid l il'iatit atiyotn will listen.
but I'li lliithi‘l‘cili1v‘3fii}

Propoai‘: ii are-
trigtiterang .‘zlakr it
frightening for ‘tic perpetrators

ltitterent nations lzii'ltllf‘ terrorism
in ..i spectrum .t
docot‘ seem to give a (.iiddsiriiti

't'l'T'll‘lrll‘. :iiorc

Y'I’ilt'

'l'errorists equate Algeria with
safety, It‘s aplace you can land if
you't c hijackeda plane. They don't
car'ia'l‘liey wont shoot at you.

America has taken a different
stance in the past on terrorists.
Hijackers have been pretty nruch
legislated out of business. if you
can‘t th'i on aplane with a gun, its
awfully hard to enforce your will on
lino. captain. 'l’crroristit threatening
with .t rather large salami simply
wont ilo.

'slher‘ types of terrorism in this
country are only sporadic out
breaks. flanafi Muslims every once
and a while. But they have been
convicted in the. courts. Good.
Hurray. ;\ nicrica.

world laced with constant political
\iolence. It's particulary roughon
its people They have too strong a
history in political perversion to live
down They really don‘t need any
more.

But ‘Wcst German officials tendto
play rough. too. Their response can
liestated. "You want to step on my
foot. okay just be prepared towalk
on nntshed sacs of calcium and
born-splinters for the rest of your
life."

I feel sorry for the Germans. It‘s
like a popular book title I will
paraphrase: he Been Down So
Long. It Looks Like I p. 'I‘hcyNe half
so many weirdos walking aroundfor
the last hundred years that its just

 

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'l‘oday. they never know what idiot
group will snatch an industrialist
and return liiiri piece by piece. or
will blowaway art occasional judge
or lawyer, or will hold a group of
athletes hostage until the situation
results in total destruction. et
cetera. et cctera. ad nausem.

And now the country is ap-
proaching on (if the greatest
paradoxes it may ever face.
’l'errorism is destroying the upper
echelon of society. Who will be lost
next" ('hancellor Schrnidt'.‘ A
prominent scientist? A well known
author".l An environrnentalist‘.‘ No
one is immune.

The terrorism comes from both
ends oftne political spectrum. So
it ho gets blowrn away next'.’ Nobody
knows

The German government and
people can‘t let the situation con-
tinue as it has. Their system of
government was carefully con~
structcd after World War II by
responsible members of their
.-.ocicty. People like (‘onrad
.\dcnauer and Willy Brandt. The
Americans. British and French
helped rebuild it in a way to keep
individuals freedoms from disap-
pearin g. No one wanted to repeat the
Nazi experience because it costtoo
much. So the system must be
protected. This appears to be their
thinking. Freedom. or its closest
:zlipl‘UXllIlr’tIiOtl. must be preserved.

But now tin-paradox. How do you
control a society when insane people
are going wrld‘.’ Perhaps "control“
is too Urwellian. How about main-
taining a flexible order structure,
sortiewherc bet ween freedom and
constraint. flow do you prevent
collapse or possibly a reversal to
totalitarianism? The West German
answer has been more laws and,
significantly. more action.

Some of the laws are designed to
ciit off communication between
fugitive radicals and their lawyers.
Birtit h as been reported. these laws
are a directslap in the face to the
principles they are trying to defend.
They abrogate principles of a free

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society. Visions of Nazi Germany.
West Germany might be returning
to totalitarianism in an effort to stop
it.

Another aspect of Gemran anti-
terrorism is action. I admire them
for it, They are having a rough time.
Brit they are fighting. No Algeria
here.

I don't like death. I write about it a
lot. Perhaps l do this because
civilization has refineddeath to an
art. You just don‘t kill. You find the
most painfuland revolting method.
You refinethe art. The West Ger—
man action f or the most extreme
cases has been death. I cannot
condemn them.

flow do you stop terrorism? How
do you negotiate for 86 people on an
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their lives'.’ What do you get when
you capitulate to demands? Eighty-
six bodiesandllt more terrorists to
strike again?

West Germany has wrestled with
the problem for a longtime. The
country has come up with whatit
thinks is thesolution.Attack.

Eighty six hostages were freed
Monday. They were held on an
airplane by terrorists. who
demanded money and release of
political prisoners. Four hijackers
were killed. The freeing and killing
was donehy aspecial West German
commando unit, trained to handle
situations of this type. Only one
hostage. the pilot, didn‘tsurvive the
ordeal.

That‘s sick, isn‘t it? Only one
person. Whyeven one?

Oh well.

But action hasn‘t always meant
successNone of the Jewish athletes
taken hostage at the 1972 Munich
Olympics survived. Action was
used. It failed miserably. There are
a lot of dead people because of what
the West Germans have done and
are doing. Would there be more dead
if they had always given into

demands? Will more live if they
start giving into demands? An
impossible question. Rational
thought doesn't work with irrational
people. You must react by feel.

I feel the West Germans are
taking the only course available. It‘s
political Sonism. according to Chas
Mainfiernel columnist. If you can't
get along with ‘em. shoot 'em. I don't
like this descriptionbut I guess he‘s
right. I don‘t like violence. But I
don't know if there is any alter-
native. West Germany is making
terrorism more frightening-for the
perpetrators.

They're trying to take a stand
against political terrorism. It‘s a
strong, violent positionl don't know
if they are right. I feelthey are. The
future will tell.

I like and respect people that
stand up when someone is trying to
run over them. I know that the. cost
in doing so makes it sometimes
seem futile. I like the way West
Germany handled the situation
Monday. I like the way Isreal
handled Entebbe. More countries
should do it. Without making movies
aboutit.

People who choose political
terrorism are worthless. Sonism
againl don't feel they should be
allowed to get away with what they
do. Too many people involved. Too
many innocents dying. Too many of
everybody dying. But if terrorists
want to become martyrs, I do hope
someonewill oblige them.

A West German special anti-
terroristunit obliged four terrorists
Monday. Willit work or be suc-
cessful in the future? Who knows.
Lets tryit for a while.

I am kind of revolted with
myself at am measuring “success"
by body count. It's digusting. But if
anyone has a better way, I am
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Motive behind Canal
treaty questioned

This commentary was sub-
mitted by the Young Socialist
Alliance.

The discussion surrounding
the Panama (‘anal treaty has
been dominated by the soft
cop IJimmy ('arterl versus
the soft cop i Ronald Reagan)
routine of the representatives
ofthe American ruling class.

Carter has pretended to be
concerned with the needs of
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Reagan triesto outdo him in
representing imperialism.
The Young Socialist
Alliance =YS.\> would like to
take some time to present the
views of some of the
Panamanians who are op-
posing continued American
dominationof Panama.

Despite the jingoistic
version of history ofsome of
our politicians. US.
acquisition ot‘the Canal Zone
was: anything but fair and
squareBlackmail is a much
more accurate description.
Here is a shortened version of
the events.

First it involves US.
support of a move for in—
dependenceof Panama from
(,‘oiumbia The American
government reversed its
previous position and refused
totransport t‘olumbia troops
to quell the Panamanian
rebellion. i'I‘lieodorel
Roosevelt immediately
recognized the new regime.
Three weeks later a treaty
was signed giving the United
States control over a canal
zone andthe right to station
troops there

How the deal was made is
an interesting comment on
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First,the deal gave a French
(Tompanys40 million and the
US. control over the zone.
while taking away
sovereingty from Panama
andgiving it only $10 million
inconcessions.

Second, the deal was
negotiated with the US. not
by representatives of the new
government but by a rep of
the French company. Why
would the Panamanians let
the Canal Zone be stolen so
brazenly? Because the US.
simply reminded them we
could just as easily change
our positions again and
support Columbia, ending
Panama‘s independence.

This is Reagan's concept of
fair and square!

Today the Carter Ad-
ministration is trying to
maintain American
domination by imposing a
new treaty while trying to
appear to give a fair deal to
the Panamanians.

According tothe treaty the
(S will maintain direct
control until the year 2000 by
being able to keep troops
there and then indirect
control by the guarantee of
our right in perpetuity to send
troops there to maintain the
canal‘s “neutrality”.

Even members of the
Pentagon, who support the
treaty.point outthat theU.S.
is giving upnothing.

Miquel Antonio Bernal, an
exiled Panamanian anti-
imperialist activist. puts it
this way:

“The new treaty is not a
genuine abrogation of the old
accord, which is what the
Panamanian people have
been struggling for for 73
years. ()n the contrary. it
replaces a ‘Perpetuity' im-
posed by force with a
legalized perpetuity."

The YSA supports Berna]
because we agree with the
joint statement by the US.
Socialist Workers Party and
the Revolutionary Socialist
League of Panama which
says in part:

“Against the proposed
treaty as well as those
reactionary U.S. politicians
who oppose it b