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Emerald Vol. 80. No. 51 Eugene. Oregon 97401 Monday. November 13. 1978 United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young told 500 Democrats Saturday night that neither he nor Pres Carter have any easy solutions to problems in Iran, South Africa and the Middle East He says no alternative besides supporting the Shah of Iran exists for the president. Young declares Carter must aid Iran 8v KEVIN HARDEN and ANN TRENEMAH Of the Emerald ft there was a message m what United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young told a crowded room of Democrats Saturday night it was that no one realty knows the answers to the trouble in Iren and South Africa. What would really worry me most of all is if the president of the United States would know all the ans wers .' Young said today A not-so-conventionai pastor, John Fry, was dropped like a hot potato" 10 years ago by Chicago s First Presbyterian Church due to his political notoriety. Now here in Eugene he publishes frying pan. a no-nonsense magazine that canc&dty addresses social problems and battles Mary Worth-ism See Page 6. Elizabeth Claire Prophet, leader of the Church Universal and Triumphant stumped in Eugene for “the awning revolution in higher consciousness." She encourages her followers to find their ‘inner tight," On Page 7, In what Oregon football coach Rich Brooks called a country ass kicking, the Ducks ended their home season with a dismal 24-3 loss to Arizona State For aN the sports, see Pages 9 and 10. Young pointed out that although the rest of the world still leans toward the U S., ex pecting solutions, the Carter administration and Andrew Young don t have the solutions and probably won't for some time. Before addressing the 500 person crowd at the Wayne Morse dinner on the delicate subject of Iran. Young smiled and spread Ns arms to quiet the applause Let me go ahead now and get m trouble again,” he said Young, who has been noted for his ex treme candor in a post usuafly marked secrecy, opened his mouth too wide sev eral times in the past year. Carter chastizec the veteran of the civil rights movement fa telling a French newspaper that there were "hundreds, maybe thousands of political prisoners in U.S. prisons The remark came at the same time Carter was attempt ing to show the Soviets Ns distaste for the dissident tnais in Moscow Young said that the president s support for the Shah erf Iran was the result of care fully weighing the consequences of that country's unrest. The trouble in Iran wi# continue, he said, untii there is a voice that can articulate the anger in Iran s streets to the rest of the world “We don t have all the answers. That s (Continued on Page 3) Misgivings stirred by budget rise By KEU OSBORN Of the Emerald Almost lost m the shuffle of other last minute work by the 95th US Congress was the approval in both the House and Se nate of a Selective Service budget mere than $1 million greater than last year’s. The $7-miilion-ptus budget which is still smaller than the figure Pres. Jimmy Carter sought ts viewed suspiciously by many who fear the Department of Defense is looking towards a reinstatement of the draft or. at least, of draft registration The San Francisco office of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors warns that the Selective Service is now readying the system for draft registration. The Senate originally passed Carter s request for a $9,5 million budget. CCCO says, so that the Selective Service could increase its personnel, expand to tO reg ional offices and establish a computer sys tem to update records and addresses. The House first approved a substantially smaller figure and a conference committee of both bodies later developed a com promise budget that falls somewhere in be tween A special House subcommittee on the draft budget had suggested $17 million for the purpose of reinstating draft registration, but many members of Congress consi $7 million received by Selective Service dered such funding premature ’. Discussion in Congress and tie Depart ment of Defense of reinstating draft regist ration anses from the widespread belief that the volunteer army is failing Last February, the Senate subcommittee on manpower and personnel met to hear testimony on tie costs of the all-volunteer force Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia cited a comptroller general report, which shows that the volunteer force has cost an addi tional $18 4 billion since 1971 when con version from a draft force began “Clearly tie. report with its estimates by the government s accounting experts indi cates that costs have indeed been signific ant " Nurm said. "I think many people will be surpnsed that the volunteer force has cost $18 4 billion. ’ Nunn said the number of personnel brought into the military who then fail and are forced out is also significant. The rate of failure has increased to about 40 percent, he charged, which increases the turbulence within the system at the expense of a large number of young people. ’ “The real question we must face is the future capability to meet our national sec urity problems, Nunn said He quoted Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, who earlier said. Inflation, in creased pay and the need to modernize our forces have meant curtailed funds for oper ation and maintenance.'' Nunn concluded his statement by saying that a return to the draft was not the only alternative to current problems, in the short run. he said, management initiatives by the defense department can help Former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke submitted his own assessment of the volunteer force to the subcommittee Brooke s essay outlined the major prob lems of the AVF. one of which he called the numbers problem He said a shocking youth population, personnel turnover and the generally lowered quality of recruits creates a sehous national security problem Brooke said a volunteer force is a peacetime concept. In case of a national mobilization, the Defense Department in tends to rely on draftees he said, adding that the Selective Service is currently not capable of conducting an effective stand-by draft Brooke also claimed the volunteer prog ram heightened the normal problems of discipline and attntion in the armed forces (Continued on Page 11)
