daily nebraskan
Wednesday, October 18, 1978 lincoln, nebraska vol. 102 no. 30
Organization spokesman fears another Vietnam war
By Denice Smee
The United States' foreign policy in certain countries
may lead to involvement in another conflict like Vietnam,
a representative for an international peace organization
said in a press conference Tuesday.
Don Luce, representing Clergy and Laity Concerned,
said this foreign policy created both anti-American and
revolutionary feelings in two ways. First, the United
States continues to send military aid to the governments
in these countries and secondly, no restrictions are placed
on the practices of American multi-national corporations.
These countries include Iran, Thailand, the Philippines,
Taiwan and South Korea, he said.
U.S. military aid continues in the form of sending
money and technical assistance to governments that have
little or no regard for human rights, Luce said.
Oil dependence problem
The main reason for this is the American dependence
on the oil located in these countries, especially Iran, he
said.
For example, Luce said, the Shah of Iran receives $22
billion yearly from oil, most of which goes into buying
military equipment.
He said according to Pentagon records, $5.5 billion of
this went to the United States for American military
equipment.
"This represents half of the total arms sale of the
United States," he said.
There also are 40,000 Americans in Iran, serving
as technical representatives for the military equipment
bought by the shah, he said.
"That's almost twice as many troops as were in
Vietnam in February, 1965," when an American installa
tion was attacked, some Americans were killed and
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Photo by Mary Anne Golon
Former journalist Don Luce at a press conference
Tuesday.
Marines were sent in to protect the rest of the Americans
there, Luce said.
Blood of children
"Progress is made (in Taiwan) literally on the blood,
sweat and tears of Asian children, specifically girls,"
he said.
This lack of control on corporations hurts Ameri
cans in three ways: it exports jobs to countries where
wages are lower, causing unemployment in the U.S.:
it exports the tax base because these corporations do
not pay taxes or profits earned in foreign countries:
and finally, when the workers of these countries revolt
over the working conditions, American aid is sent.
Luce said Americans are not being consulted along
the way about foreign policy, but only become involved
after Americans stationed there have been killed.
If he had the authority, Luce said, he would end
military aid to dictators and end arms sales.
Former journalist
Luce was a journalist and an agricultural representative
sent to Vietnam 20 years ago to develop new varieties
of sweet potatoes.
While there, a friend of his was imprisoned for political
reasons, Luce said. When his friend was released he told
Luce about the small tiger cases in which he was kept.
Luce and two American Congressmen visited the prison
and discovered prisoners living in cages of five feet by ten
feet, he said. They released this information, which caused
a lot of controversy in the United States.
Later, he learned that the United States Department of
Navy had issued a contract for $400,000 to a construction
company to build 384 new tiger cages two feet smaller
than the ones already being used, he said.
The money for this contract came from a fund marked
Food for Peace, Luce added.
On a speaking tour of Nebraska and the Midwest this
week is being sponsored by Nebraskans for Peace, an
affiliate of Clergy and Laity Concerned.
Housing in lounges is not very temporary for many girls
By Sara Martens
About 80 UNL women still are residents of temporary
housing in the lounges of Schramm, Smith, Abel and
Sandoz residence halls. They have been informed by the
Office of University Housing that space in permanent
rooms will not be available until second semester.
"I understood that we would be out (of .temporary
housing) by Oct. 1," said Debra Sells, one of the three
residents of the Schramm 7 lounge.
"I probably would have stayed home if I'd known I'd
be in the lounge all semester," Sells said.
Margaret Wenke, coordinator of housing contracts and
assignments, said she was amazed at the large number of
women in the residence halls.
Wenke said this is the first year she is aware of a greater
number of women than men in the dormitories.
There currently are rooms available for men in the
halls, with the total number of men's contracts decreasing
by 41 from last year.
Freshmen requirements
Unmarried freshmen less than 20 years old, who do not
commute from their permanent homes, are required to
live in either a residence hall, cooperative or fraternity or
sorority. Sophomores fall under the same requirement un
less they file written parental permission to live off
campus. Housing Director Doug Zatechka said exceptions to
this policy are extremely rare, even for students in
temporary housing, but students occasionally are allowed
to live with immediate relatives.
He said extreme problems in temporary housing should
be discussed with the housing office and that students
with problems could be moved to the top of the waiting
list.
Wenke said any students can apply for special per
mission to live off-campus, with each case considered on
its own merits.
Request reviewed
These special requests are first reviewed by the resi
dence director of the dormitory. If approved by the RD
the request then goes before a three member board, com
posed of Wenke, Dick McKinnon, assistant director of
housing, and Glen Schumann, coordinator of residence
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Photo by MaryAnne Golon
"Call my lawyer; I want an appeal," pleads Willie Raccoon from his cell at Ager Memorial Zoo.
hall administration.
Temporary housing is livable, but there are some dis
advantages, according to the two residents of the
Schramm 3 lounge.
Cheryl Jones and Lorraine Coleman are the two
remaining residents of the lounge which housed five
women at the beginning of the semester.
No windows, imrrors or long distance telephone service
and an excess amount of air conditioning are their major
complaints.
Jones also said their room is noisier than most, since
each wall of the room faces a hallway.
Guys noisy
"The guys in the lounge upstairs are pretty noisy too.
When there's a football game on we hear them jumping
and screaming," Jones said.
Despite these problems, the women are happy with the
situation. "I think I could stay here all year with a few
improvements," Coleman said.
The housing office is considering two alternatives to
compensate for the overassignment problem, McKinnon
said.
Other solutions also will be considered, Zatechka said.
He has asked the Council on Student Life, Residence Hall
Association, the ombudsman and ASUN for help with the
problem.
Women living in corner rooms can currently offer to
have a third roommate move in from temporary housing,
McKinnon said.
99 cent rebate
In the case of triple occupancy, all three women would
receive daily a 99 cent rebate from the housing office.
This rebate currently is given to temporary housing
residents, but it isn't enough to compensate for the incon
venience, Coleman said.
Coleman and Jones also are hesitant about a consoli
dation of lounge residents being considered by housing,
and would rather stay on third floor.
McKinnon said the housing ottice may place up to four
women in a lounge, opening as many lounges as possible
to general use.
"We really like this floor," Jones said. "Besides we
can't leave now, we've already bought the floor T-shirts."
inside Wednesday
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(Richard Drey fuss) cracks the case in The
Big Fix page 1 2
Watch Out Big Eight: Kansas State's athletic
program is improving page 14