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•SHE TWIG
APRIL 23, 1974
THE
MEREPITH
TWIG
Jack Anderson’s
COLLEG-E
Weekly special
Care for your health:
Attend the May clinic
The upcoming May 1st health clinic offers an excellent op
portunity to receive vital health care at an absurdly low cost, and
it is hoped that everyone will take part and contribute to the
success of the clinic. Pap smears will be given with a disposable
spectum for each girl to ensure proper safety at a cost of only
$2.50, while classes teaching self-examination to detect breast
cancer will be held at no charge.
This is a chance of a lifetime that no woman over eighteen
years of age should pass up, be she sexually active or inactive.
For the sexually active woman, the risks of contracting cancer of
the cervix are great enough that a pap smear every year is im
perative, and the chance to receive one from competent personnel
at a mere $2.50 just can’t be beat. There are also reasons why a
sexually inactive woman should participate in the clinic. To begin
with, she will be among her peers, sharing the experience of a
first-time examination with them, which should remove a great
deal of dread from the process. The persons administering the
tests further make this an excellent time to get a first pap smear.
They are nurse family practitioners: registered nurses who have
studied an additional year for extra qualifications. These women
will make every effort to be gentle and careful with each person
they examine. They are compassiraiate and sensitive to female
health care needs. In addition, the nurse practitioners plan to take
time to explain the procedure to each person individually, in the
interest of replacing fear with confidence and knowledge. Such an
explanation is a consideration which doctors often fail to provide.
A program of regular health care should be a part of every
woman’s life, and there is not time like the present to get started
for those who haven’t yet established such a practice. Please go to
the clinic, have a pap smear, and learn to examine your breasts
for cancer. Then remember to do it again next year and every
year after that. You may save your life.
G.R.
WASHINGTON
Newspapers have reported
that ^e Chinese - American
detente is in trouble. As
evidence, they have cited the
new cultural revolution
sweeping through Communist
China. This has sparked a
campaign against all things
foreign. Even Henry
Kissinger’s friend. Premier
Chou En-lai, has spoken out
against alleged U.S.
“aggression.” China ,also
turned back U.S. wheat
shipments contaminated with
fungus.
Everything I have seen,
however, indicates the reports
of a deteriorating detente
simply are not true. The
secret cable traffic and in
telligence reports indicate
that Chinese - American
relations not only remain
friendly, but probably will
improve.
The confidential cables
from American diplomats in
Peking, for example, reveal
that daily contacts between
Chinese and American of
ficials are lengthy, candid and
cordial. U. S. businessmen are
pleased over their reception in
China.
Intelligence reports,
furthermore, indicate that the
new cultural revolution is
completely controlled by the
Communist party; this was
not true in the last political
upheaval. Party officials have
issued strict orders, for
example, that propaganda
posters are to be put up only
after working hours.
The “revolution”, in
short, is not going to be con
ducted at the expense of
production. Chou En-lai’s
critical comments can be
attributed to the fact that he is
a wily leader with a survival
instinct which rivals Richard
Nixon’s. And as far as the
wheat rot incident is con
cerned, the simple fact is that
the Chinese refuse to pay good
money for tainted grain.
The China - watching
press tends to put too much
emphasis on trivial incidents.
They sometimes see a
calamity in a simple sneeze.
This time, it appears, they are
reading the signs wrong.
Power Fever; Energy,
czar William Simon and
budget chief Roy Ash, like two
rams locked in mortal com
bat, have been butting heads
over who will control the
nation’s economic policies.
Their power struggle
illustrates what’s going on in
government these days.
President Nixon is so mired
down in Watergate .that
deicsion making has been
delegated, more and more, to
others. This has caused a
spring outbreak of power
fever in Washington.
The Simon-Ash fight of
fers an excellent case study.
As Watergate widened.
Secretary of Treasury George
Shultz assumed virtual
control of the nation’s
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economic policymaking. He
became a sort of domestic
Henry Kissinger. His
resignation, therefore,
created a power vacuum
which Simon and Ash are
scrambling to fill.
Insiders say Ash wanted
the Treasury job, but Simon
got it. Ash then sought to
whittle down Simon’s new
responsibilities. On a flight
back from Key Biscayne, Ash
urged the President not to
grant Simon the super-cabinet
status that Shultz enjoyed.
Ash argued that some of
Shultz’ power should be
passed to his own budget
office. Nixon reportedly
agreed.
However, it was a hollow
victory. My White House
sources say Simon and Ash
have been battling over status
and power that neither of
them will win. It will be
distributed evenly among all
economic aides.
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themselves and also
delineated a procedure for the
dismissal of tenured faculty in
the event that such a need
might arise.
Letters to
the editor;
To the Editor:
I would like to apologive
for the delay in the results of
faculty evaluation, " he cards
for processing h, ve been
punched and are being
verified, and the summaries
should be in the hands of the
faculty next week
I take compk respon
sibility for this dela jut offer
in explanation that dat,^
processing, which was beyonci
our control is the area in
which the delay occurred.
Sincerely,
Charles Davis
Dear Editor,
I write concerning the
proposed position of the new
music building between Mae
Grimmer Alumnae House and
Joyner Hall. The placement of
a building that is allegedly
larger than Johnson Hall on
such a small lot is ridiculous.
The supposed reason for the
selection of this lot is to
balance arrangement. First of
all, it seems to me that if
anyti.ing, putting ;.he music
building here would un
balance the front of the
can.,.as, no* to mention the
“crowded” ,ffect '.lat it is
bound to present We ap
preciate the effort.s of the
planning com mitte' > give us
a “ c .■ npact camp; but not
at th,', expr.ase of breathing
room.' Secondly, on the.
proposed site, ultramodern
architecture will rot blend
with the more stately ar
chitecture of the su rounding
buildings. It would oe much
more ragica to p. . such a
building bet- .cen Cate Center
and Weath arspoon Gym
nasium where the modern
architecture of these buildings
would compliment each other.
I know that I do not stand
alone on this issue, and I
would like to others to take a
stand, also.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Styron