emerald
Vol. 82, No. 143
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Wednesday, April 29, 1981
Morse chairer says
U.S. needs research and development
By MARIAN GREEN
Of the Emerald
The United States must encourage more research
and development to keep its standing as a major
economic power, a noted economic and international
affairs specialist told a University audience Tuesday.
Phillip Klutznick, secretary of commerce during the
Carter administration, spoke on "The American Econ
omy — An Assessment” as part of his stint as the
second occupant of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and
Politics.
The 1980 election caused people to think the
economy is in worse shape than it really is, the former
delegate to the United Nations said.
With regard to Reagan’s budgetary approach to
economics, Klutznick said, "I’m fearful that the discus
sion of tax cuts and supply-side economics is confusing
people into thinking that the budget will solve the
nation's economic problems.
"Many people are proclaiming that we’ve seen the
heights and are about to fall into the depths."
But that’s not the case, Klutznick said.
"The latest estimates end us at about a $3-trillion
economy. That represents something under 25 percent
of the GNP of the universe."
In addition, Klutznick said the latest census figures
show the United States has only 6 percent (227 million)
of the world’s population.
"We also are employing more people now than in
the history of the United States,” he said. The United
States has added 19 million new jobs in the last ten
years, he added.
"It is not so that we are in a desperate situation
generally, but that we have some desperate problems
particularly.”
Those particular problems, such as those in the
steel industry and the automobile industry, stem from
"an economy that has fallen behind in productivity —
the only means by which we’ve kept ahead,” Klutznick
said.
“Production has declined because our R & D
(research and development) has declined ”
While Japan, West Germany and France have been
increasing their development outlay, the United States
has reached its lowest level — slightly over 2 percent
And it’s not because the United States pays its
workers more than other countries, he said.
“That’s history. It’s a current fact that the wages
and benefits Japanese workers get are every bit as high
as our workers’.
”1 don’t think the government should be looked on
as adversaries. Labor and management shouldn't think
of government as an adversary if we want to solve our
problems.”
Klutznick said the Carter administration "tried it
with the steel problem, and we were far more successful
than we had hoped. The settlements in September and
October have done considerable good "
However, the administration failed to solve the
automobile industry’s problems mainly because the
Congress needs to update antitrust laws, which keep
the United States from competing as effectively as
possible, he said.
Klutznick cited three other “modest’’ solutions
developed by the Commerce Department's bureau of
standards. These solutions include building major
construction projects and improving machinery he
said.
Major construction projects and improved ma
chinery production is needed because some U S.
industries are outmoded and rely on other countries too
much, he added
The University and Congress established the
Wayne Morse memorial program to commemorate the
former congressman and University law school dean.
Klutznick will spend two weeks lecturing to University
classes, faculty nad community members.
Photo by Steve Dykes
Phillip Klutznick
Lditor sees rebel defeat in El Salvador
oy durr daivch
Of the Emerald
El Salvador's military junta
will win because terrorism
works, a Harper’s magazine
editor predicted Tuesday.
The assassination of Archbi
shop Oscar Romero and the
murder of four American nuns
were violent acts that effectively
stifled rebel opposition, T.D.
Allman said.
The murderers of the Amer
ican nuns have been known for
six months, but a cover-up of
the affair is being led by Secre
T.D. Allman
Photo by Steve Dykes
tary of State Alexander Haig,
Allman claimed.
The murderers will not be
revealed because the El Sal
vador military "will not coun
tenance any member being held
accountable for his actions,"
Allman said.
The rebels are not the har
dened guerrillas portrayed by
the Reagan administration. All
man said. They were much more
interested in using nonviolent
methods to achieve their limited
goals until the government
became more aggressive, he
said.
"They didn’t want to fight but
to parade and use Christian
methods of nonviolence."
Violence by the military
changed rebel tactics quickly. A
history of repression and the
rebels' lack of organization and
sophistication has hastened
their demise, Allman said
Allman said he deplores the
Reagan administration's at
tempts to make El Salvador a
symbol of its virulent opposition
to communism.
Administration attempts to
portray the rebels as Moscow
backed terrorists are fradulent,
Allman believes. The heralded
State Department "white
paper" that purported to show
the rebels received massive
arms shipments from commun
ist nations bore “no
relationship” to internal State
Department documents, he
said.
“General Haig has gone
beyond the permissible boun
daries” in his effort to discredit
the murdered nuns and support
the junta, Allman said.
"Civil war is not very different
from politics on Capitol Hill, it
just uses violence.”
Allman gave a glum prognosis
for El Salvador and it's Central
American neighbors. They are a
"victim societies" that have
been exploited since they were
colonized, he said.
"Much ot the history of Latin
America is ot well-intentioned
people being stomped."
The real tragedy of El Sal
vador is not that it will become
another Vietnam for America,
but another Chile or Uruguay or
Dominican Republic that is
given "bankrupt support" by
the United States, Allman con
cluded.
Related story on Page 8A
Police identify man
found in Science I
Eugene police have identified the body of a man found
Friday in Science I as that of Walter Deposki, a 51-year-old
Eugene resident.
Deposki, whose body was discovered at approximately
2:30 p m. Friday, died of natural causes, according to a Lane
County coroner’s autopsy.
Deposki was involved in a I978 controversy about mys
terious radio signals that were monitored near his Santa Clara
home. The signals also were detected at five other Eugene
spots and 3,000 feet above the city An investigation of the
signal was unable to pinpoint its source
Deposki was working at the University as a clerical
trainee for the psychology department through the Lane
County Comprehensive Employment and Training Act pro
gram