Former weapons designer
blasts nuclear arms race
By Michele Matassa
Of tlw EnwraM
Robert Aldridge, a former de
signer of nuclear weapons,
painted a fairly gloomy picture
of the arms race but admitted
there is hope for an end to the
escalation of nuclear weapons
production and deployment
Monday night.
Aldridge, who worked 16
years for Lockheed Missile and
Space Company before resign
ing to fight the arms race, said
an anti-arms race grassroots
effort and groups within the
medical field, such as Phy
sicians for Social Responsibili
ty, are examples of a cause for
hope but not a cause for
apathy." Everyone should take
an active part in opposing the
arms race, he said
The main aspect of the arms
race that encourages it is busi
ness, Aldridge said By attaining
decision-making positions in
the defense department, cor
porate executives are replacing
military decisions with business
decisions, he said
"The profit- and the power
seekers are exactly what is
keeping the arms race going
The design expert added that
fear of the Soviets and unem
ployment are also causes of the
arms race Fear of unem
ployment can be countered by
studies which show that em
ployment levels could actually
be improved by moving money
away from nuclear weapons
and the military, he said.
The concept of "selectivity
and flexibility,” is a "eu
phemism for what is known as
Photo by Dav« Kao
Former arms designer Robert Aldridge lamented nuclear prolifera
tion in a speech Monday sponsored by the Cultural Forum
limited nuclear warfare,'1 he
said The idea of limited (or
"theater") warfare is dangerous
because it makes nuclear war
seem more feasible and more
acceptable to the public, Ald
ridge said
The fallacy in using "limited
warfare" to justify arms build
ups is that any type of nuclear
war between superpowers is li
kely to escalate into full scale
nuclear war, he said
After outlining the possible
fatalities involved in nuclear war
— a fatality rate of 80 million for
the Poseidon weapon system
alone — Aldridge discussed
deaths already caused by the
arms race
Nuclear weapons are killing
people right now," he said "We
don't have to wait for the bombs
to explode “
The departments of energy
and defense have admitted to
26 incidents of major nuclear
accidents, which contributed to
this death rate. Alridge said He
defined major nuclear ac
cidents" as those which could
result in detonation of a nuclear
weapon “
The major factor in current
nuclear deaths however, is a
loss of social needs due to un
precedented military spending,
according to Aldridge. In fiscal
year 1982, the military spent
$10,600 every two seconds; in
undeveloped counties, one
child dies every two seconds,
Aldridge said
In order to stop the escalating
arms race, Aldridge said the
people of the United States
need to experience a change in
attitude
Olum appoints
student choices
University Pres Paul Olum has ap
pointed 13 more students to student-faculty
committees
Olum confirmed the appointees,
nominated by the Student Committee on
Committees, last week
Students appointed and their commit
tees are Alison Cooney — Student Health
Services, Dave Bauer, Jeff Nudelman, Jill
Summers — Academic Requirements;
Thomas Egan — ROTC Advisory; Mark
Cleveland — Admissions Policy; Robert
Mooers — Equal Employment Opportunity;
Gary Okazaki — Ethnic Studies; Dean
Freed, Jay Johnson — University Appeals
Board; and David Montgomery, Roy Yack
ulic and David Gwynn — Student Conduct
Survival Center
seeks organizer
The Survival Center is now accepting applica
tions tor its legislative coordinator position.
The new coordinator will monitor bills and
legislative committees and organize testimony for
committee hearings, says Jan Flaharty, the
group's assistant director The position is sala
ried, he adds
The coordinator will be working with environ
mental legislators such as Margie Hendriksen,
Grattan Kerans and Mary Burrows, Flaharty says
The center may try to submit bills not already
under consideration, he adds.
One concern will be uranium mill tailings, a
low-level radioactive substance that is stored in
Oregon, Flaharty says. Although the depressed
economy has halted such storage, the Survival
Center wants to 'sure any types of low-level
radioactive matr. .ais are stored outside the state,
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