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Monday, November 6, 1972 SAL€MIT£ McGovern conf'd Page Five Thomas Settles home and income, and a chance to a fulfilling retirement are bas ic human rights of older Ameri cans. Social Security. Substantial improvements must be made in Social Security to be financed from general revenues. The in come of older Americans should better reflect their earnings be fore retirement and should not be based only on regressive taxa tion. The Senator voted for the 20 percent Social Security increase and calls to move the minimum payment up at least $150 a month, and remove the restric tion on outside earnings. (Sena tor McGovern strongly sup ported legislation in Congress to protect Social Security recipi ents against the rising cost of living.) Good Health Care. Senator McGovern has called for a com prehensive national health insur ance program and is a co-sponsor of the Health Security Act intro duced by Senator Kennedy. He I has introduced legislation to es tablish a network of emergency medical systems throughout the country, to assure that every ci tizen has access to adequate ser vices when needed. An impor tant part of this program calls for the release of at least 1,500 of the pre-packaged health units now in storage under the civil defense program. Decent Housing. Older A- mericans are gouged more than almost any other group by high property taxes, used to finance the cost of pubhc education. In one state, aged homeowners were paying about 30 percent of their total income in proper ty taxes. In some cases, it went as high as 58 percent. Under the McGovern proposal which calls for the federal government’s as sumption of one-third of the cost of education, this would fall dramatically. Fulfilling Retirement. Sena tor McGovern has proposed the establishment of Retirement Ca reer Guidance centers, in coop eration with existing non-profit organizations. Small groups of older people could then come together with trained councelors to identify their skills to see how those skills could be put to work in voluntary, part-time or full time work and to learn job find ing techniques. CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES Abortion. Senator McGov ern believes that the federal gov ernment should not be involved in legislation regarding abortion. Unlike Mr. Nixon, Senator McGovern would undertake no federal action to implement his personal views. For that reason, the Senator feels that abortion should not be an issue in the Presidential cam paign. Marijuana. Senator McGovern opposes the legalization of mari juana. Instead, he favors the re moval of jail sentences for the private possession and use of marijuana. That is, private pos session and use should be made a misdemeanor not involving a jail sentence. The Senator supports the strict enforcement of laws against the commercial sale of marijuana, especially to minors, and favors more vigorous efforts to control the use of hard dmgs. Senator McGovern recognizes drug abuse as one of the most dangerous and complex prob lems facing this nation and pro poses a $1.5 billion coordinated attack on dangerous dmgs, in cluding herion and hallucino gens. OPEN GOVERNMENT Student Poll I Wilmington - A straw vote pken Friday, October 20, at the University of North Carolina at milmington by the Youth for [Bowle$ organization has shown dim Holshouser leading his Dem- icrat opponent by better than two-to-one in the race for the 'Overnor’s Mansion. Of the 350 students ques- [tioned, 70% indicated they 'ould vote for the 38-year-old igislator. Hargrove Bowle$ re ceived the endorsement of 10% d the remaining 20% of those lueried were either undecided not registered to vote. ror Senator McGovern believes an informed electorate is neces sary for democracy to work. He believes the deception and secre cy in government today raise ser ious questions and doubts about the survival of self-government. He would hold regular, fre quent Presidential and Cabinet- level press conferences. His Pres idential appointees would make financial disclosure statements as has Senator McGovern since he began his campaign, and make regular reports on contacts by lobbying organizations and special interest groups. Professbnal personnel respon sible for the collection of statis tical information would be avail able for press briefings and inter views. Finally, classification of documents would be limited. The people need to know the facts; the government has a re sponsibility to present them. That is why government under a McGovern Administration would be open government. I CfcverfafeSUff»«J COME SEE US gifts - POSTERS - INCENSE - NOVELTIES Info W-S Life by Gwen Smith When I entered a third floor office in Main Hall, Dr. Michael Thomas was seated behind the standard wooden desk, comfor tably leaning back in his chair. Eyes framed by a pair of wire- lims, the interview began by a confession from him of being unusually tired. The morning had begun at 6:00 A.M. His rea son for such an early start was to type his first test for the stu dents in Sociology 100. As this was the test I was to take the next day, and I had not studied yet, I was ready to quickly change the subject. The inter view proceeced with a few gent ly prodding questions which were all willingly answered and elaborated upon. My companion was Sylvia Aldini, Salem’s ex change student from Italy, and as a result our discussion ranged from the seating arrangement within a classroom to the distur bances on the campuses of Eu rope, Africa, and South Amer ica. Dr. Michael Thomas relaxes in his office after a strenuous day in Salem's Sociology department. class participation he had found, and he is impressed by the free dom felt by the students to visit and discuss matters with the fac ulty. The students exert a “passive de pendence” on the professor and they expect an entertaining lec ture from each class they attend. Mike Thomas grew up in Ala bama, attended college at Baylor University, was graduated from divinity school at Harvard, and then received his PhD in Sociolo gy from UNC at Chapel Hill. He has been teaching for seven years, first at the University of North Carolina then Washington and Lee and the University of Maryland. In discussing class structure, Mike Thomas is very open to change when it is beneficial. He feels the lecture method is an antiquated method of communi cating knowledge and should on ly be used when relating material that is not readily accessible. However, he feels the students reinforce the lecture method. The shelves that lined one >ide of the office were complete ly filled with books, and there were more stacked on the floor. He confirmed the obvious fact that he liked to read. This new, well-informed member of the Sociology De partment is very eager to en counter Salem. Already fitting into Salem’s community. Dr. Thomas was one of the Junior class sponsors for Founder’s Day, and he can usually be seen eatipg lunch in the Refectory on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He enjoys talking with the students and is very positive about being at Salem. One of the obstacles he has in a classroom of all girls is that they are inclined to talk at the same time. 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