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
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