Dow Spokesman Contends
Napalm Still Useful Tool
By STEVE PETRANK
Collegiate Press Service
MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow
Chemi cal Corporation has
elected to take a moral stand
on napalm — they’re going to
stick with it.
“You can debate the war,
you can talk about whether or
not we should be there,’’ Dow’s
President H. D. Doan said yes
terday, “but while our guys are
there we feel like giving them
the weapons they need, and be
lieve me, they really need this
one.”
Although Doan feels the Vi
etnam war has “gotten com
pletely out of hand” and favors
an immediate troop withdrawal,
he also says that napalm is “a
fantastically useful strategic
weapon.”
Tactical Weapon
“There’s only one iactical
weapon that can turn hack the
human wave and that’s napalm,”
he said.
Doan also said he believed
the American soldier would
have been militarily defeated in
South Vietnam without na
palm.
With napalm representing
less than one-half of one per
cent of total Dow sales, the
decision to continue making the
sticky and fiery gasoline gel
could be little more than prin
ciple.
Dow is not forced by any gov
ernmental pressure to continue
making napalm either. Gov
ernment contracts represent
less than 5 per cent of total
sales.
But Dow does have an im
age problem.
Military Association
Citing a recent survey taken
by the company, Doan said that
although no one associated Dow
with military products in 1966,
over 90 per cent of college stu
dents polled now know Dow
makes napalm and “the great
majority of the students think
Dow is the number one sup
plier of war materials.”
Dow ranks 75th on a list of
the top defense contractors for
the war and Doan noted that
he was “not a bit surprised to
see several universities ahead
of Dow.”
Napalm was developed before
and during the second World
War, and Dow has produced it
only since 1965, when the Air
Force changed its specifications
to include a thicker gelatin base
for its active ingredient, gaso
line.
Interviews Not Affected
The thicker base became sty
rene, a basic building block for
most plastics. Styrene was de
veloped and first patented by
Dow. Company officials con -
firmed that Dow is the best
equipped major chemical firm to
produce styrene.
According to company re -
cruiters, response of top stu
dents to Dow campus, interviews
have not been affected, despite
the more than 138 demonstra
tions in the last year.
Richins Takes Post
As New Grad Dean
Dwaine Richins, formerly di
rector of graduate studies for
the College of Business Admin
istration, has been named asso
ciate dean of graduate students
at the University.
The University-wide office,
one of the few of its kind in
the country, was established in
1966 to aid graduate students
with both personal and academ
ic problems.
The post was formerly held
by Francis Rummel until 1967
when he was named dean of the
School of Education at the
University of Montana.
Richin’s offices are located in
Chapman Hall in the general
administration offices of the
Graduate School.
John Bramwell, a doctoral
candidate in educational psy -
chology has been named assis
tant dean for graduate stu -
dents. He was formerly a staff
assistant to Richins.
Doan says the company feels
a “right and a responsibility
to be on campus for those stu
dents who want to discuss job
opportunities, and we have al
ways supported the right of oth
ers to debate the issues, to dem
onstrate peacefully, and I hope
we always will.”
It has been suggested by stu
dent leaders that although Dow
has only five products available
for direct consumption, such
as Saran Wrap and oven clean
er, a boycott of these products
might force Dow to reconsider
napalm positions.
Doan denied such a move
would work. He said Dow’s po
sition would not be subject to fi
nancial considerations. Dow’s
five consumer products repre
sent only two and a half per
cent of their sales.
Job Service Offers
Advice, Placement
Recruiters are now on cam
pus to interview 1968-69 gradu
ates and alumni for positions in
business, science and indus -
try, according to the campus
Placement Service.
Recruiters visit the campus
during the two recruiting sea
sons, mid-October through De
cember and mid-January to
April.
Graduates and alumni may
register for interviews at the
Placement Service Offices on the
second floor of Susan Campbell
Hall.
According to spokesmen, in
terested students should sign
up several months before grad
uation, or before they leave
the campus.
A business technical place -
ment counselor will meet with
students, when current trends
in employment and vocational
opportunities are discussed.
At a stockholders meeting
last year, a Wall Street broker
suggested that Dow might lose
as much as one third of its sales
due to its napalm policy. An
estimated 5.000 shareholders
have sold their stock for rea
sons attributed to this policy.
Dow denies that they have real
ly been hurt.
“We certainly couldn't show
that we've been hurt statistical
ly. What worries us are t h e
long-term aspects," Doan said.
"He suggested an example
would be a great scientist who
might invent something fan
tastic for Dow but who might
refuse to interview with t h e
company because of their pol
icies.
Wind Symposium
To Start Today
Contemporary wind music and
numbers by local composers
will highlight the Thirteenth An
nual Wind Symposium to be
held today and Thursday.
Approximately 350 musicians,
including students and teach
ers, are expected to attend the
concerts and informal discus
sions during the two-day pro
gram.
A fanfare by Ed Soule, mu
sic librarian, will be featured
in tonight’s open concert, sched
uled to begin at 8 p.m. in the
School of Music Auditorium.
Also slated for this evening is
an informal discussion on re
cent works for wind ensembles
by a panel of composers and
conductors.
Thursday's concert at 8 p.m.
in the Recital hall will include
solos by University students.
Admission is free to both
events.
Committee Considers
University's Image
“The image of the University
is one of filth and a place
where unpatriotic people exist,"
according to Randy Farleigh.
paraphrasing a remark by act
ing University President
Charles Johnson in an ASUO
Higher Education Committee
meeting Monday.
Discussion centered on ob
scenity in student publications
and University relations with
the state legislature and the
State Board of Higher Educa
tion.
Farleigh, who is chairman of
the committee, said the Senate
tried for state subsidy for the
Student Health Service last
year, but no positive action was
taken.
The portion of student in
cidental fees supporting the
Health Service is closer to $480,
000 instead of the $450,000
quoted in a recent letter to the
editor of the Emerald, he
added.
The doctors are now operat
ing on a ten minute appoint
ment schedule, Farleigh said,
and students are being charged
for drugs and x-rays in addi
tion to the incidental fee.
The committee has presented
no bills to the Senate so far
because, Farleigh explained,
these bills usually come before
the state legislature and take
more research than those from
other committees.
Farleigh plans to mail a ques
tionnaire to all elected officials
asking their views on what per
centage of the cost of education
the state should pay. Whether
the state should assume a por
tion of the financial support of
the Student Health Service and
whether guidelines or limita
tions should be imposed on
speakers and organizations on
state campuses.
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