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"The people in the wealthiercountries are consuming muchmore protein than they need,"he continued. A large part of theincreased protein consumptionin rich nations has come from anincrease in the amount of animalprotein.

Brown explained that, be-cause animals are inefficient inconverting vegetable protein intoanimal protein, "the productionof meat, milk, and eggs requiresthe use of large amounts of grainas animal feed." As a result, "itrequires a ton of grain per yearfor the diet of the average Amer-ican. Only 150 pounds of thisare consumed directly. In con-trast, the average person in thepoor nations of the world con-sumes only 400 pounds of grainper year - about one fifth of theAmerican average. Almost all ofthe 400 pounds is consumeddirectly," Brown noted, since

the poor cannot afford the lux-ury of beef.

According to Brown, "the USis the world's leading importerof beef. American per capitaconsumption of beef, which was55 pounds in 1940, was 116pounds in 1972." Much of thebeef produced by developingcountries is exported to the US,because Americans can afford topay- more for the beef than thelocal people can. The market forAmerica's food exports, Browncontinued, is now dominated byother industrialized countriessuch as the USSR and Japan.

Urban, discussing the role ofrapid population growth in thefood crisis, commented that"Five to ten years ago, there wasa great sense of optimism thatthe 'green revolution' wouldsolve our food supply problem.However, population growth hascancelled the gains that thegreen revolution brought."

The green revolution, a resultof new plant hybrids and newagricultural techniques, broughtabout spectacular increases incereal grain yields in many devel-oping countries. An unexpectedconsequence of the green revol-ution, however, was to shift agri-cultural resources from legumeproduction to more profitable-cereal production. This shift,said Urban, has aggravated theprotein shortage in the poornations. '

According- to Urban, rapidpopulation growth is a recentphenomenon. Urban remarked,

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By Greg Saltzman"The present worldwide food

shortage is not a temporaryproblem. It's something muchmore serious than that," said Dr.Lester Brown of the OverseasDevelopment Council. In theUS, he noted, this problem ismanifested by rising food prices;in West Africa, by famine.

Brown, Associate Professor ofManagement Glen Urban, andProfessor Nevin Scrimshaw, headof the Department of Nutritionand Food Science, addressed theproblem of "Policy Responses toWorld Food Scarcity" in thespring's first Karl Taylor Comp-ton lecture.

Although the world food sup-ply generally has been increas-ing, demand is increasing also."In addition to the traditionalincrease in demand caused bypopulation growth," Brown said,"rising affluence is beginning tohave an impact."

Dr. Lester Browrn of the Overseas Development Council.Photo by Kevin Miller

million/yrThe extent of the search is

indicative of the crucial impor-tance of this position. MIT'sEnvironmental Engineer will beresponsible for all efforts to cutenergy use (and the attendantcosts) throughout the MITphysical plant. "We feel it ispossible to save a million dollarsa year," says Shepherd, "AWith-out interfering with the normal

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mnay saveBy Bert Halstead

MIT will soon be choosingthe first person to fill the newlycreated ,post of EnvironmentalEngineer.

Thomas E. Shepherd, MITsuperintendent of utilities, de-clined to set a target date for theappointment to be announced,but stated that "we're comingdown to the wire."

The search for an environ-mental engineer to work at theInstitute started in'earnest lastAugust. Applications were slowcoming in, despite an intensivepublicity campaign. As late aslast month, inquiries were stillbeing received in response toarticles in Technology Reviews,publicity in The New YorkTimes, advertisements in Spokes-woman and Ms magazines,among others, and letters tomany universities and profes-sional societies, including theSociety of Women Engineers (aspart of MIT's Affirmative ActionPlan). Altogether, there are now30-35 applicants for the job, anumber with which Mr. MichaelParr, the personnel officer incharge of the matter, feels hecan work. Although the appli-cants come from diverse back-grounds, none of them arewomen.

By Jules MollereClarence G. Williams, Assis-

tant Dean of the GraduateSchool for Minority Affairs, hasbeen recently appointed SpecialAssistant to the President andChancellor for Minority Affairs.-ilams says that he sees his jobas "trying to encourage peopleat the Institute to utilize meansthat will promote positive racialaction on all levels."

"I intend to go to students,faculty, administrators and em-ployees to see what each has tosay. This is the only way to domy job as they are the ones whowill be affected by any deci-sions."

Williams said that these dis-cussions would help him toassess "what is being done hereand what direction minority af-fairs should take," He said thathe would then advise the Presi-dent and Chancellor accordingly.Concerning other offices thatinvolve minority affairs such asthe 'interphase' program and fi-nancial aid, Williams said hewould use "persuasion." "Inareas that involve minority af-fairs I would try to encourage,help and influence these of-fices."

Williams stated that his func-tion as MIT representative andspokesman to minority commu-nities outside MIT would "callfor a different approach."

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By Howard D. SitzerAdministrators at MIT are

continually considering theadoption of a year-roundacademic calendar patternedafter a plan presently inoperation at Dartmouth College.Discussions commenced in 1972on offering courses andinnovative educational activitiesduring the summer months.

There are numerous benefitsto such a program which arebeing evaluated against theadministrative and social costs.A major calendar change mightfacilitate major course revisionsin such areas as curricular reformand degree requirements. As anincreasing number of studentsare graduating in less than four

full academic years, the programmight enhance the developmentof a three-year bachelor's degree.

The full-year calendar mightalso enable students to receivemore enriching summerexperiences than the ones theynow have. "Some faculty feelthat the time spent away fromthe Institute by many under-graduates is not as rewarding inthe total educational sense as itcould be if they continued atMIT," according to a report byKenneth R. Wadleigh.

Financially, students couldpotentially increase their life'sincome by entering graduateschools and theJob market oneone year earlier. The Year-roundoperations would simulate the

"real-life" employment situa-tion, and increase the matura-tion rate in undergraduates.

There would be efforts tocoordinate the twelve-monthsession with undergraduate cooperative programs and the exten-sion of UROP opportunities onand off campus. Exchanges withother universities would be en-couraged as well as a staggeredadmissions process for freshmen.

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Draper Laboratories, divestedby MIT eight months ago, hasannounced plans to relocate itsresearch facilities into a 6.2 acresite in Technology Square.

Construction will start thisspring on a complex of low-risebuildings and landscaped plazaswhich will serve as the head-quarters for the Laboratory.Occupancy of the Tech Squarecomplex is expected late in1975.

The announcement was madejointly Tuesday by MIT VicePresident for Research Albert G.Hill, who is also Chairman of theBoard of Directors of DraperLaboratory, and President GeraldW. Blakeley of Cabot, Cabot andForbes, the .original developersof the Tech Square project.Cabot, Cabot and Forbes will beconstructing the new Drapercomplex.

The new headquarters will,according to Hill, help theLaboratories overcome seriousoperational problems caused bytheir current location in twelve

different buildings scatteredthroughout Cambridge. Anotherfactor behind the move, MITofficials noted, was that many ofthese buildings, some of whichare owned by MIT, are "prettygrim" - overcrowded and struc-turally unsound.

MIT officials indicated to TheTech earlier this week that therelocation of Draper had beenconsidered for some time, butthat the particular solutionchosen -- the move to TechSquare - had only been discus-sed in the last few months. Theystressed that the rmove.was main-ly a relocation, and did notinvolve substantial expansion ofthe Laboratory facilities.

"Smart money" staysReaction from Cambridge

officials to the announcementhas generally been favorable.City Manager John H. Concoran,addressing a press conferenceshortly after the announcementTuesday, noted that "It 'has

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"I'm naturally very interesin knowing what concerns tipeople but my major responslity would be-to tell, them.wthe Institute-is all- a-beut ,'

As speciai assistant for minity affairs Williams will alsoan ex-officio member of M]Personal Policy and Equalportunity Committees andthe Faculty and Administratcouncils. Before acceptingnew job Williams had'worked with these committas such. However Williams stathat he had either heard ofknew "practically everyonethese committees" and has rwith each (committee,) at leonce since taking office.-

Willimas also hopes to act"a point of appeal" for for]and informal complaints-concerns. He said this she

,include not only minority m4bers but anyone with a caplaint or problem involvingnorities. He stressed howethat this should be thought: oa "tfinfal appeal."'

"I can't handle every lidetail," Williams -said, "as-never have time for anythelse. However if anyone can'ta problem: hearr'`t.hZ y'ca'nways brihg-it to me:"' :;__n - -

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* RCA has created a new chemicalcompound which could increase ahundredfold the speed of datareadout of the bubble memoriesbeing developed for use in infor-mation processing systems. Bubblememories made with bismuththulium garnet can be read out withlow-power light, and this opticalreadout permits higher speed of dataretrieval and increased efficiency ininformation storage over previoussystems. The bubble memory is anintegrated circuit-like device of gar-net material in which data is stored astiny magnetic cylinders or "bubbles."It should replace the magnetic diskand drum presently used. Until now,high-powered light' sources such asgas lasers were required for opticalreadout, so non-optical approacheswere utilized. These techniques arenot only slow but also reduce theinherent data storage capacity by upto 25%. But the new compoundpermits the employment of lightsources as low-powered as light-emitting diodes. This is possible be-cause the reaction occurs ten timesmore readily than with presentmemories.

A bubble device consists of a thinfilm of magnetic garnet epitaxiallygrown on a non-magnetic garnet sub-strate. When surrounded by theproper magnetic fields, the garnet'film sustains stable, extremely small'areas of reversed magnetization,

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referred to as domains.. Althoughthese domains appear as bubbleswhen viewed under polarized light,they actually are cylinders that canbe moved electronically at high speedalong predetermined paths past asensing device. The presence of abubble represents a one, or on bit. Tobe sensed by present magneto-resistive techniques, the 6 micronbubbles must be enlarged 100 times,a requirement that ties up much ofthe memory area with sensing. RCAengineers have utilized Faradayrotation (an effect which convertsdomains to a visual pattern underpolarized light) to detect thepresence of a bubble. Bismuththulium based garnet was found tohave a large Faraday rotation andvery good techniques permitted thegrowth of thin films, in which thebubbles can be detected by low-power, IC compatible diodes. Higherdetector density will also permitfaster readout.

* HEWLETT-PACKARD has an-nounced the production of the HP-65billed as "the first pocket sized calcu-lator to provide full programmingcapability for electrical engineers,laboratory technicians, and universityand industrial researchers ... " TheHP-65, which can perform essentiallyall of the functions of the HP-45,enables users to write and edit theirown programs and to use prerecordedprograms developed by HP. The pro-grams, which are stored on magnetic

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cards, can be edited piecemeal andcan be erased when no longer needed;The user enters the program using thecalculator's keyboard, and one pro-gram containing up to 100 steps (orseveral programs totaling 100 steps)can be recorded on one card. Branch-ing, logic comparisons, and condi-tional skips can be used. HP will bedeveloping a library of prerecordedprograms for purchase by HP-65owners. The calculator will cost$795.

A report by economists JerolynLyle and Jane Ross has found thatindustrial firms with the largest num-bers of employees and the highestlevels of assets practice less educa-tional discrimination toward womenthan do smaller, financially weakerfirms. In the book Wonmern in Indus-try: Employmenrt Pattems of Womenin Corporate America, Ross and Lylereveal that one problem that inhibitsthe entry of more women into man-agement positions is employee resis-ance to female supervision. Thestudy recommends that both achange of attitudes and policy are inorder: "We must reevaluate the wayin which we educate young womenand the occupations we encouragethem to enter."

Professor Paula- Harper of Stanford University told a group of MITpeople last week about the power of posters in politics. Her. lecturewas part of a Symposium on Art and Architecture in the Service ofPolitics. Her topic was "Votes for Women? A graphic Episode in theBattle of the Sexes." Photo by'David Relman

ALIYA MONTH ,to be noted by student gathering

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aware of the differences betweenthe two wastebaskets they see,"Doan said. "The recyclablematerials get contaminated."

Another problem, Doan said,is that one of the students thatdid the original work developingthe recycling plan, Fred Gross'73, has graduated, and no otherstudents have taken over theoperation or improvement of theplan. Lack of a group takinginterest in the plan has led toignorance about its existenceand misuse of the facilities pro-vided for it.

The recycling plan drawn upby Gross and Donald Whiston, aformer Physical Plant supervisorsince retired, was designed to getaround many of the problemsassociated with previous pro-grams. Source separation by thesecretary or office workerfwOuld*;eliminate later separation of con-'taminated garbage; separatedumpsters were to be used forthe reusable and non-reusablematerials, and Physical Plantemployees would make pick-upon alternate nights.

However, the dumpsters thatwere designated for recyclablematerials often have trashthrown in them by people whodo not realize what their inten-ded use is. Fire laws also regulatethe collection of the paper andother recyclable materials inpublic places, such as the Build-ing 7 lobby, due to the safetyhazards involved.

Physical Plant hopes to resus-citate the plan both for econom-ical and ecological reasons,according to Doan. "In all hon-esty," he added, "in the futurebusinesses not unlike MIT willhave to recycle, so I see nothingthe matter with getting startednow."

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often been said... that the share of the p'smart money has been going out March of 1971of Cambridge.' It seems to me Drapernow that perhaps we have been wholly-ownedable, and will continue to be Institute untiable, to reverse this trend." when it was

Driper's move to Tech from MIT andSquare, which will double the separate corpcoffice and laboratory footage in divestment wthe area, will "add significantly students durinlto the Cambridge tax base and of 1969-70, dLto annual tax revenues," accord- the research thing to Blakeley. The decision to doing for theremain in Cambridge, rather ment.than relocate outside the city,will also result in the retentionof almost 2,000 jobs in this area.Concoran noted that the Drapermove "will not provide any sub-stantial number of new jobs atthis time," but added that itmeant the, "saving" of jobswhich "we have come precari-ously close to losing altogether." pt

President Jerome B. Wiesner, min a statement released with the soannouncement, expressed "greatpleasure and delight" at the re-location, and noted that "This fcmove is bound to keep close tie pcfuture relationships between theLaboratory and the Institute andenhance our joint educational c]and research activities." ar

MIT is closely related to bothTech Square and Draper Labor-atories historically. Tech Square jwas originally developed jointlyby the Institute and Cabot,Cabot and Forbes (thirteen yearsago) as a means of increasingcommercial office and research

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By Dave DanfordThe political situation in the

Middle East has been tense sinceOctober's Yom Kippur war.However, a State Departmentofficial said earlier this weekthat "we now have the bestopportunity for a just and last-ing peace in the Middle Eastsince 1948."

Speaking at a political scienceseminar, Deputy Public AffairsAdvisor Wilbur Wright elabora-ted on the reasons for a hopefuloutlook, pointing out that thereare a number of differences be-tween the present situation andprevious postwar periods.

"The differences focus pri-marily on Israeli demands,"Wright began, citing several pe-,rennial demands which no longerloom as insurmountable obsta-cles to peacemaking. In particu-lar, he mentioned that the issueof Arab recognition of Israel hasbecome less important now thattalks are proceeding.

Further, Israel's demand for anon-aggression treaty may, inWright's view, be unimportant ifprogress along other lines ismade. We might have such atreaty in fact and not in words,Wright proposed.

In the context of recentevents, he said that Israel's pastdemands for defensible bordersare difficult to interpret. "onlygood neighbors make defensibleboundaries," Wright commen-ted.

On the Arab side, Wrightnoted the presence of a confi-dence and dignity missing afterthe wars of 1948, 1956, and1967. "The world of psychologyseems to be much more impor-tant to the people in the MiddleEast than we might feel," heexplained. "Both sides are vic-tilms of the same psychologicalproblems."

It is important for peace,Wright stressed, not to be im-posed by one side upon theother.

Wright, from his viewpoint inthe Bureau for Near Eastern andSouth Asian Affairs, describedthe American position in theMiddle East: "Our ambition is tocontribute toward a friendlyrelationship between Israel andher neighbors." Reiterating thepositive outlook he carriedthroughout the seminar, Wrightsaid; "I've seen miracles before,and all parties to the situationbelieve in miracles."

2/1/74Malicious damage to four motorvehicles parked in the Tang HallParking area. The reports re-ceived were that a window hadbeen smashed on all four cars.No sign that entry into the carshad been made nor was anythingmissing from the vehicles.

2/4/74Larceny of two wall clocks fromRooms 10-800 and 10-407, bothvalued at $50.00. Complainantsreport that clocks were stolensometime between' February 1stand 4th, 1 74.

2/5/74 - 12:1 OamLarceny under $100.00. Stolenfrom the East Lounge at StudentCenter during "Rock RevivalDance:" one brown leatherjacket, one gray coat with whitepainted sleeves.

2/6/74 - IO:00amPatrol reports the recovery of astolen motor vehicle in theAlbany Garage. Investigationrevealed vehicle was stolen inCambridge on February 5th,1974.

2/6/74Larceny of a pocket calculatorfrom Bldg. 26. Calculator wasmounted on wall of an inneroffice by means of a securitycradle. A bolt cutter or othercutting device was used. No signof forced entry. Value $295.00.

2/9/74Larceny of a tool box contain-ing an assortment of' tools, val-ued at $50.00, from a car parkedin the Albany Garage. Glovecompartment contents strewn a-bout car. Theft occurred some-time between 1:00am and9:50pm this date.

219/74Larceny of a typewriter fromBldg. E10, theft occurred some-

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2/11/74Larceny of a table from Room10-500. Theft occurred some-time between February 8th andFebruary 1 lth, 1974. This tableis dark brown and weighs about200 pounds.

2/12/74Attempted larceny of a motorvehicle from the East Garage onFebruary 12th, 1974. Patrolfound a broken off antenna pro-truding from car window.

By Charlie ShooshanRecycling of paper and other

materials at the Institute, longadvocated by groups rangingfrom student ecologists to ad-ministrators, has suffered an-other set-back with the failure ofa plan for separation and reuseof office paper established over ayear ago.

The plan, based on a studydone in 1972 by students andimplemented in November ofthat year by Physical Plant, de-pends on "source separation" byoffice workers of recyclable andn o n-recyclable materials. Aspecial waste basket was placedin many administrative and aca-demic offices, so materials thatwere recyclable could be pro-cessed without costly separation.

Turnover in secretarial posi-tions and lack of a central groupto work on the plan are causesfor its failure, according to Man-ager of Building Services TedDean, Jr., of Physical Plant."Secretaries come in and aren't

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Inpeachm ent: slow b ut steady-By Norman D. Sandler

Last, week the House of Representa-tives voted overwhelmingly to give theHouse Judiciary Committee broad,sweeping powers of investigation. for itsinquiry into the 'impeachment of Presi-dent Nixon.

The week before the floor vote on theresolution (which met with oppositionfrom only four representatives) the com-mittee had met in its first public sessionto discuss the impeachment of the Presi-dent.

In a packed committee room in theRayburn Office Building, chairman PeterW. Rodino, Jr., D-N.J., read the commit-tee's chare. "The Committee on theJudiciary," he announced, "is authorizedand directed to investigate fully andcompletely whether sufficient groundsexist for the House of Representatives toexercise its constitutional power to im-peach Richard M. Nixon, President of theUnited States of America."

The public reading of the resolutionwas quite dramatic. As Rodino went on,the only other sounds in the committeeroom were the television cameras, set upto record the historic reading. (Later,Rodino was to inform Rep. JohnConyers, Jr.,' D-Mich., that no stenog-raphers had been hired by the committeeto make transcripts of the meetins, eventhough it was only the second time in thehistory of the Republic that the Househad decided to `'exercise its constitu-tional power" to impeach a president.)

During the three hour discussions onthe subpoena powers resolution, Rodinoand committee Democrats resisted Re-publican attempts to place a deadline ontheir inquiry into whether sufficientgrounds exist to impeach Nixon.

A number of Republicans -led byRep. Robert McClory, R-Ill. - wantedthe committee to decide by April 30whether formal articles of impeachmentwould be returned against Nixon. How-ever, through a series of votes decidedstrictly along partisan lines,,all atemtto limit 'the 'committee's .powerwere ".defeated. , ,,;* :

The subpoena authority contafined inthe resolution was badly needed by thecommittee. According to committee staffmembers, the major questions whichcommittee counsel have had to deal withare not ones of evidence critical to theinvestigation. Rather it is the basic deter-mination of what constitutes an impeach-able offense.

Both majority counsel John Doar andminority counsel Albert Jenner have beengrappling with this issue for more thantwo months, and a decision should bemade by next week. Doar and Jenner areexpected to report to the committee nextWednesday to present their recommenda-tions on impeachable offenses. Then, thestaff will begin its extensive review ofprevious investigations into Watergate andrelated matters, and begin to gather itsown evidence - armed with the strongsubpoena power backing of the House.

Rodino believes the committee nowpossesses the power to obtain any evi-dence it deems necessary to its inquirycurrently in the possession of any federalofficer - including the President himself.Those are strong, direct terms, but thepowerful judiciary committee chairmanhasn't said what would happen in theevent a subpoena issued to the Presidentis r efused .And, if the mentality of theWhite House legal staff is similar to thatrelayed by Nixon Press Secretary RonaldL. Ziegler, that event is a certainty.

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White House, announcing he, like thePresident, had had enough of Watergateand would not answer any further ques-tions concerning tapes, subpoenas orresignations.

Ziegler also would not spell out theextent to which Nixon intends to "co-operate" with the Judiciary committee.In his State of the Union message hepromised cooperation, but with broadqualifications.

Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott,R-Pa, said at the White House that hewas confident' ":relevant' material'shouldand Will be made' available" by the-WhiteHouse. However, the committee's sub-poena resolution contained no require-ments of relevance, and it appears thePresident's legal staff and GOP leaderswill negotiate with committee counselover what material the committee shouldbe supplied.

Members of the Committee believetheir investigation cannot be crippled byan obstinate White House. Rep. EdwardMezvinsky, D-Ia., said prior to the meet-ing on subpoena authority that the com-mittee wanted braod powers to "avoidcourt action" in defining its precisepowers. The subpoena power, he told TheTech, would allow the committee toobtain any information it needed assum-ing, of course, that the parties involved -particularly the President - cooperate.

However, the freshman Democrat didnot believe Nixon could hold up theinquiry. Asked what would happen ifNixon flatly refused to honor the com-mittee's requests 'for information, Mezvin-sky stated; "if he doesn't comply withthe subpoena, we'll hold him in con-tempt."

Interestingly, a new horizon for theimpeachment inquiry could open if thePresident is cited for contempt of Con-gress. That in itself, according to Mezvin-sky, could possibly be an impeachableoffense, although final determination isleft to the House.

To the. casual onlooker, it would ap-pear that the impeachment of Richard M.Nixon, "President of the United States ofAmerica," for high crimes and mis-demeanors, is well on its way. Not true.Even when basic constitutional issues areresolved, the staff will be bogged down insearching through thousands of pages ofevidence from other investigations, inorder to begin its own.

The staff will wade through volumesof material accumulated by the SenateWatergate Committee and other cong-ressional committees and subcommitteesthat have been looking into the Watergatebreak-in, illegal campaign contributions,Nixon's personal finances and the Presi-dent's misuse of governmental agenciesunder his control. All of these issuescould be regarded as impeachable of-fenses, and the judiciary -committee can-not merely single out several prominentallegations to investigate. Rather, it hasthe responsibility to examine all existingevidence, in addition to running its owninvestigation, gathering its own evidenceand calling its own witnesses. This is alengthy process, and one which is notlikely to be completed by the end ofApril.

In the meantime, Rodino is provinghimself to be a strong committee chair-man, handling a politically explosive issuein what he likes to term "a spirit ofbipartisanship."

However, Rodino is under a great dealof external pressure from colleagues aswell as adversaries. The Democratic lead-ership wants to insure that the committeehas a strong case against Nixon when thearticles of impeachment are referred tothe entire house.

The chairman is also under attackfrom some conservative members of theHouse for running a partisan assault onthe White House. So, Rodino must becertain the committee's work appears tobe done on a bepartisan level. If it takeson an atmosphere of Democratic ven-geance there is no way impeachmentwould get past the House.

A third, more "sinister" force mayalso be at work on Rodino - thatpressure being directed from "up thestreet" at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.Like so many other New Jersey poli-ticians, Rodino has been linked withorganized crime in and around Newark.The questions concerning his past con-nections have not been publicly raisedsince last year, when he took charge ofthe impeachment inquiry. That, however,does not mean that should the committeeprobe too deep into Nixon's affairs therewould not be an effort to publicly dis-credit Rodino to slow the impeachmentprocess.

The Tech has learned that the InternalRevenue Service has conducted a secretaudit of Rodino's federal income taxreturns, although it is not known whetherthe audit uncovered any information thatmight be used prejudicially against thejudiciary committee chairman. IRS of-ficials will not comment on the story.However, sources close to the committeehave said Rodino is not yielding to anypressure to slow or stall the committee'swork.

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By Storm KauffmanOne axiom that has become increas-

ingly prevalent during the reign of theNixon administration is that science must,justify continued funding with immedi-ately applicable or forseeable results. Pureresearch has suffered from this govern-mental -'~nd, in general, pulicdesire forconcrete accomplishments of provablevalue. The error of. following the path ofquick returns is great - it attacks thebasis on which future discoveries will.have to be made.

A concrete example of this trend wasthe extensive backing given to cancerwork a couple of years ago. Cancer is the"in" disease; in other words, it is themedical area in which the public feels ithas the most to gain. The decision tosupport such work against this serioushealth problem is to be prasied. However,when that support comes only at the

.expense of equally important -but lesspopular- programs, the policy must bequestioned.

We have fallen into an almost per-petual state of crisis. We totter from oneimminent disaster to another (from thecrisis of overpopulation to the crisis ofenvironmental degradation to the crisis ofinsufficient energy . . .), never seeming torecognize the causitive factors earlyenough to prevent the evolving crisissituation and never completely solvingthe problem before the next crisis over-takes us. And, even. if forseen, futurecatastrophes would have to wait in turnfor solutions, the disaster of the daytaking precedence.

The point that I am trying to developis that these monumental bursts of franticactivity are wasteful and rarely satis-factory. Research applications work is, bydefinition, directed at the current prob-lem. On the other hand, the importanceof pure research is in laying the founda-tion on which the solutions of futurecrises may be laid. A backlog of formerlyunrelated, and possibly unusable, datacan mean that science will not have tostart from scratch and, thereforeyshouldbe able to produce a more satisfyinganswer in less time. If speed is of theessence in prevention of a catastrophe, aheadstart should be reassuring.

Looking at our latest crash program,Project Independence, one should readilysee the importance of pure research.While immediate programs were backed,those of less obvious payoffs sufferedfrom neglect. If research into solar, tidal,and geothermal power has been pursuedmore avidly in the past, it would not nowbe necessary to scramble like mad to getthem going. If coal gasification and liq-uification has not been viewed as acuriousity, viable technology mightalready be available. Pure research, bywhich I mean work that promises noimmediate payoff, can by its very natureproceed more slowly and orderly than acrash search for applications. And thediscoveries will be available when neededto provide the basis for continued work.

People at MIT hardly need to bereminded of the value of research. How-ever, they should realize that a majorityof the public probably does not share asimilar attitude. MIT faculty and gradu-ates - and the Institute itself- as leadersin science, education, and industry, mustplay a leading role in convincing themajority of the need for work whichproduces no apparent immediate results.Like a Savings Bond, science must be soldto the people with the promise of assuredreturns to come. Scientists must sell theirproduct with all the energy expended byan ad agency peddling a deodorant. Afterall, where would the deodorant industrybe without all that pioneering work bychemists?

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Year-rrounz2 cd calendar considered* The political science departmentis sponsoring a WASHINGTON IN-TERNSHIP program for studentswho want in government-relatedwork this summer. The departmenthas a limited amount of financialsupport for this work, and studentswho wish to be considered for suchfunding should apply to ProfessorJeffrey Pressman, E53-421, x3-2449.Assistance can be provided for thosestudents who need help finding asummer position, and applicationsare due March 15.* MIGRAINE: If you have diag-nosed migraine headaches 2 or moretimes a month, or if you have severemigraine attacks at least once amonth, and would like to participatein a program at the MIT Clinic to testa promising non-drug treatment formigraine, call the MIT Migraine Con-trol Program, x3-2916.

* Nominations for the GoodwinMedalist are now being accepted bythe Dean of the Graduate School.Please submit the names of any can-didates to Dean Irwin W. Sizer,Room 3-136, before Monday, April1, 1974. Nominations may be madeby any student or faculty memberand submitted through the Read ofthe nominee's department, theUndergraduate Association, or theGraduate Student Council. TheGoodwin Medal is awarded in recog-nition of conspicuously effectiveteaching by a graduate student whojseither a Teaching Assistant or anInstructor. Further information maybe obtained by calling extension3-4869.

(Continued from page 1)Finally, undergraduates will beable to enter the employmentmarket during the fall, winterand spring seasons when betterjobs might be available.

Wasleigh states in the reportthat "it is conceivable that thestyle and format of additionaltime spent at the institute eachcalendar year could be quitedifferent than the "regularterms."

Costs May Be HighAn ipcrease in the faculty,

facilitated by the extended pro-gram, could also result in anincrease in undergraduate admis-sions. With the decline in applic-ations over recent years, a largeradmissions rate may reduce thequality of the student body.

An accelerated three-yearprogram has disadvantages inthat it would quash any oppor-tunity for student psychologicaland physical release from Insti-tute pressures. This may serve toexacerbate student identitycrises by further insulating thestudent from the outside worldduring his tenure at MIT. Inaddition, it would re-enforceMIT's think-tank-factory imagethrough the publicizing of three-year degrees.

Administrative problems arelikely for the flexibility ofcourse offerings. It would becostly to offer specialized, smallenrollment subjects more ,thanonce each year. Student schedul-ing would be limited to specificsemesters, which would not nec-essarily coincide with their per-sonal on-campus programs. Insubjects in which enrollment islarge, were offered continuously,the faculty would have littletime for evaluation and revision.

Many students might resentthe year-round schedule as animpingement on their summervacation time. The summer termcould prevent them from pursu-ing high school friendships withstudents attending other shcoolsas well as spending time withtheir families.

The Institute may not bephysically equipped to convertto summer operations. Many res-idences and older academicbuildings are particularly uncom-fortable. Under the present ener-gy constraints, it may by finan-cially prohibitive to install an airconditioning system.

While efforts are being madeto disseminate information onthe twelve-month calendar tofaculty members and solicit

views-from the MIT community,the administration is investi-gating various aspects of theschool's present summer opera-tions. Although there are fewregular subject offerings, about

60% of the graduate students areenrolled for the summer term.Most faculty also devote a largeportion of their summer work toInstitute-related matters.

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isfied either of two major goals:to cut deaths and to cut costs.For example, Cox's project hasbeen computer analysis of elec-trocardiograms (ECGs) to findventricular fibrillations andother problems requiring quickattention. Trained nurses anddoctors. can easily detect theseproblems, with however the haz-ard of boredom and sloppy per-formances attendant uponwatching an oscilloscope forlong periods of time. Computeranalyses, however, are less than40% accurate. Monitoring ofECGs by first computers andthen cardiologists have doubled.the number of ECGs the cardiol-ogist can read, without a mea-sureable difference in mortality,but with an increase in cost.

By Stephen BlattLarge government expendi-

tures and an emphasis on devel-oping technology led to what isnow referred to as the "militaryindustrial complex."

However, Washington Univer-sity's Jerome R. Cox, Jr. '47,said Wednesday that the samething has not happened to themedical industry.

"The United States does nothave a medical-industrial com-plex," said Cox, who is directorof the Biomedical ComputerLaboratory at the St. Louisschool.

Cox, noting that the medicaland military professions have thesame goal, "to stamp out deathby natural causes," listed severalreasons for the absence of amedical-industrial. complex par-alleling the military-industrialcomplex. He claimed that dis-couragement by the US Depart-ment of Health, Education andW efare of industry involvement,decentralization in the Federalgovernment and mutual suspi-cion between industry and medi-cine have stifled the growth of amedical-industrial complex.

The individualized nature ofmedicine has also hindered the

-- development of such a complex,according to Cox. He explainedthat while military decisions are"made in the halls of Congress,"

News AnalysisD-Labs move to Tach S;

medical decisions are-generallymade on a much smaller scale,by physicians and patients allover the country, and indepen-dent of one another.

However, Cox suggests thatthese obstacles "could be over-come by a medical-industrialcomplex worth its salt and a fewgigadollars."

Cox received his BS, MS, andScD from MIT in electrical engi-neering, and soon combinedmedicine and EE. in 1964, hewas appointed Director of thenewly formed Biomedical Com-puter Laboratory at WashingtonUniversity. His current work isthe design and application ofsmall computer systems for usein clinical medicine.

"Twenty years ago, it was arare and foreign experience foran engineer like myself to beinvolved in medicine," Cox said."But the present size of themilitary-industrial complexmakes one wonder what wouldhave happened if physics andengineering had been turnedwith equal vigor to medicalproblems over the past thirtyyears.'

"A gap exists between expec-tation and performance" in bio-medical engineering, accordingto Cox. Technology has not sat-Jerome R. Cox, Jr.

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that the Draper-Labsinto Tech Square isreminder of how cloand Draper remain, edivestment.

The news is still ienough to the MIT ccthat it is worthy of a iannouncement in TeThe relation is so closeVice-President AlbertChairman of the Boardtors at Draper. And itthat one of the reasonHill for locating at Tee(which contains Bargenents of Project MAclose and continuingand educational rewith MITF which the la

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(Continued from page 1)life of the Institute," This posi-tion will therefore have enor-mous leverage on the MIT bud-get, which will more than offsethis lucrative salary.

Thle first steps have beentaken, Shepherd explained, toinstitute energy-conserving prac-tices, but now procedures needto be established to follow up onthese initiatives, and ensure thatMIT does not slide back into theenergy lethargy that prevailedwhen energy was cheap and easyto get. Already the job of super-vising and keeping statisticsabout these policies is taking asignificant fraction of -the timeof a ten-man committee consti-tuted to deal with the emergen-cy. The new engineer will as-sume this organizational burdenand let the others get back totheir jobs.

The decision to hire an envi-ronmental engineer was madelast summer, when the contribu-tions he could make to holdingdown energy costs were recog-nized, but before the currentienergy crisis" could be accu-

close to BIT?non ship for some time into theuncement future; otherwise they wouldwill move - not be building 450,000 squarea further - feeti6 bbuilding space.)sely MIT " - .iviT:no' lo n ger has any role to:ven after play in the decisions of the

D-Labs, and since the Instituteimportant no longer has any ownershiprmmunity interest in the Square, it has no

front page infliuence over the location deci-?ch Talk. sion from that, end either.that MIT But serious questions are, or

G. Hll is should be, raised by a decisioni of Direc- so obviously based on the pre-is of note sumption of a continuing closes cited by future relationship. Presidentch Square Jerome Wiesner welcomed suche compo- a presumption, and hoped to.C) is the enhance the joint educational; research and research activities of the twolationship organizations.ab enjoys. What did divestment mean? Aexpects to. l irge portion of the communitys relation- presumed it was a repudiation of

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(Continued from page 1)"Even as late as the 1930's orearly 1940's, there was no popu-lation explosion problem in thedeveloping countries. It was theimportation of technology toreduce the death rate thatcaused the explosive growth."

Urban noted that past familyplanning efforts, whether theyhave been based on merely pro-viding information, exhortationsin the mass media, or even cashincentives, have been largelyunsuccessful. Scrimshaw explain-ed, "Family planning programswill have hard going as long asthere is a high death rate." Par-ents in the developing countries,he added, often have large fam-ilies to insure that they will besupported in their old age.

Urban then said, "The ques-tion, however, is not whetherpopulation growth will be con-trolled, but how it will be con-trolled. It now looks like massivestarvation will be the means."

To prevent such a situation,Urban suggested a huge increasein money spent on family plan-ning programs, more research oncontraceptive technology, andimprovements in the manage-ment of efforts to limit popula-tion growth. He-added that, ifthe US is called upon to makelarge transfers of food to thedeveloping nations, then "itmight be self-defeating to makethese transfers without requiringas a condition that more effortbe devoted to birth control pro-grams."

More serious than energy

Scrimshaw noted that "theconsequences of a food shortageare more serious than those ofan energy shortage." In additionto the problem of outright star-vation, there are the secondaryimpacts of malnutrition.

Poor nutrition, saidScrimshaw, "means a poor startto life. Malnutrition amongyoung children now means themental and physical impairmentof the generation upon whomthe developing nations must

*depend in the 1990's."When 80% of the income of

people in developing countries isspent on food, what does thatmean when the price of fooddoubles?" Scrimshaw asked.

Scrimshaw commented thatthere is a cyclical drought inNorth America every 20 years.There was a drought in the1950's and the "dust bowl"drought in the 1930's.

"With much of the worlddependent upon North Americafor food," Scrimshaw continued,i"what is going to happen whenthat drought recurs?"

Brown noted that the world'smain "cushion" against a disas-ter in food was the US grainstockpiles and the idle US crop-land. "The US has virtually nostockpile left," he said, "andmost of the US reserves of idlecropland were put into use ei-ther last year or this year."

Before 1950, most of theincrease in food production

came from the use of new land,according to Brown, "Now,however, most good land is al-ready in production, and in-creases in food output mustcome from more intensive use ofthe existing cropland."

Brown said that much of theland in other countries may soonbe rendered useless for agricul-tural purposes. In Africa, "theSahara is spreading southward,causing massive hunger." InAsia, "the pervasive deforesta-tion of the Indian subcontinentwill lead to serious problems inflood' control." Brown said thatmore needed to be done to"develop the unrealized poten-tial of cropland in developingcountries."

The energy crisis has alsoaggravated the food problem. Inaddition to the problem of fuelshortages, said Brown, "fertilizerproduction has been significant-ly reduced, and the developingcountries can't get the fertilizer

they need. Because of this, theircrop harvest this year will prob-ably be less than it was last year,regardless of the weather." Natu-ral gas is a main raw materialused in the production of nitro.sgen fertilizers.

Ano t her problem, Brown-noted, was the recent drop inthe catch of fish from theoceans. "Overfishing has been amain cause of the collapse of theanchovyw fishing off the coast ofSouth America," Brown re-marked. Fish meal from theanchovy catch had been one ofthe main sources of animal feed.

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The meet was particularly dis-appointing for freshman sensa-tion Ackerman and sabre stand-out Park, victimized by numer-ous bad calls, both of whomsuffered their first personal los-ses of the season.

In contrast, the MIT juniorvarsity showed a marked im-provement over its earlier con-test with Harvard, losing thistime by only a single bout,14-13. Especially encouragingwere the fine performances ofBob Liu '76, Barry Williams '75,and Craig Johnston '77 in sabreand David Dreyfuss '76 in foil.

Tech's final home fencingmatch will be next Wednesdayagainst WPI.

at Lyndlon;

MIT's varsity fencing teamsaw its unbeaten string of eightcome to an end last Tuesdaynight, collapsing in the final ninebouts to suffer an 18-9 loss atHarvard.

Despite the score, the meetwas extremely close through thefirst two rounds of fencing, Har-vard up by one after nine bouts,with MIT evening the score afterthe second round at 9-9.

At this point, the roof cavedin as Harvard swept the last ninebouts, three in each weapon, toavenge a 15-12 MIT win earlierin the season.

Standouts for MIT were JohnAkerman '77 and Rich Riemer'77 who each contributed twovictories in foil competition.Cong Park '75 and Robert Shin'77 picked up single wins for the

Ski teazm fithMIT Fencers battle Harvard

This past weekend, the MITski team finished fifth in a fieldof nine schools at the LyndonState Carnival. After - beingmoved around northern NewEngland in search of snow, thealpine events were finally heldon Friday at Mt. Watatic and thenordic events were held on Sat-urday at Lyndonville, Vermont.

In slalom, three skiers, JohnNabelek, '74, Debbie Stein '76,and Gary Ruff '76, scored forthe team, finishing among thetop fifteen. Drew Jaglom '74and Marshall Fryer '77 also putin strong runs. Plagued by sever-al falls, the alpiners were unableto score in the giant slalomevent.

Saturday's nordic events weremore successful despite the factthat the tvam competed withoutits number one cross-countryskier, Scott Weigle '74, also astrong jumper. Bob Collier '74finished fifth in ski jumping withdistances of 96 and 98 feet.Evan Schwartz '75 finished 10thwith jumps of 86 and 90 feet.

Saturday afternoon, thiecross-country team showed itsstrength with finishes of secondand third by Steve Ryan '77 and

· Collier respectively. The secondplace finish was Ryan's first

intercollegiate race; Collier'sthird place showing left him tiedfor first place in nordic-com-bined points. Dennis Wetherall'77 and Tom Gaskin'76 also ranwell, finishing in the top twenty.

The division II championshipswill be held this Thursday, Fri-day, and Saturdg$ at NorwichUniversity in Vermont. Thisteam will be skiing together infull force for the first time thisseason and is anticipating astrong finish. The first placeteam and the top five individualsin each event will qualify tocompete in the division 1 cham-pionships next week.

ON DECK ..... ....Today

Basketball (W) Newton College,home, 7:30pmRifle (V) Northeastern, home,6:30pmSkiing (V) Norwich Carnival-Division II EISA @ NorwichSquash (V) Army, awaySwimming (V) Wesleyanl, away

SaturdayBasketball (V) Middlebury, awayFencing (MV) Trinity, awayGymnastics (MV) Dartmouth,home, 7pmHockey (V) Assumption, home,7pm

By Glenn Brownstein"Welcome to the Pit" reads a

sign outside the University ofMaine at Orono gymnasium,commonly known as "TheSnakepit" due to its small court(ten feet short) and extremelyenthusiastic crowds, to whichmany visiting basketball squadshave become victims.

MIT was added to that ever-increasing list of Snakepit casu-alties Tuesday night, dropping adisastrous 94-51 decision to theBlack Bears.

Actually, the Snakepit, whilenot quite as frightening as thename would seem to indicate, israther peculiar in these days ofmodern 10,000 seat facilitiesand composition-surfacedcourts. Basically, it is a smalltile-walled gymnasium with high-ly sloped rows of seats andamazing acoustics that make acrowd of 700 (the number thatattended Tuesday's game) seemten times as large.

The Snakepit is a throwbackto courts of twenty and thirtyyears ago, with its girderedinterior and ornate exterior, andits dated ticket booth and popcorn machine.

All of this, as well as thesinging of the Maine fight song

accompanied by a standing ova-tion two minutes before eachhalf begins, creates a highlycharged, tense, and intimidatingatmosphere. So intimidating, infact, that no visiting team hastaken the floor first for thepre-game warmup in over twoyears.

MIT did not break that tradi-tion, but broke another instead.It was the Engineers' first loss toMaine, ever, and quite a decisiveone at that, although at first itseemed as though things mightbe different.

Engineer coach FranO'Brien game plan was to playa deliberate offense against therun-and-shoot Black Bears. Forten minutes the strategy workedas MIT held the ball for a goodshot each time downcourt andscored most of the time.

Unfortunately, MIT's unfam-iliarity with this style of playbegan to show, as the semi-stalldisintegrated after a number ofbad passes and traveling viola-tions, turning a 10-10 tie withten minutes left in the half intoa 37-15 Maine lead at intermis-sion.

The second half was mainlyone of frustration for the Engin-eers as most of their passes andshots failed to click. WithMaine's lead at 30 and growing,Coach O'Brien sent in the MITbench to try and stem the tide, amaneuver that worked tempor-arily, but eventually even theywere engulfed by Maine's excel-lent shooting and rebounding.

The final few minutes of the_ame were very disorganized as

the Engineers, obviously out-classed, tried everything to makethe score respectable, and failed.

High scorer in the game wasMaine's 6-6 star forward, BobWarner, who poured in 21points, mostly on layups andinside jumpers. Warner added 14re bounds, remaining secondamong New England players inthat department.

Cam Lange '76 pumped in 14points for the Engineers, whilePeter Jackson '76 was high re-bounder with nine.

MIT will attempt to shake offTuesday's crushing defeat Sat-urday afternoon against Mliddle-bury. The 4-16 Engineers willthen return home to face Suf-folk at the Cage Wednesdaynight at 8:15.

Harvard defeats fencers;Streak stopped at eight

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Mainae routs eagers inSn akepit

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