Reagan speaks out for budget cuts
By TERENCE HUNT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. President Reagan
implored Americans last night to deluge
Congress "by phone, wire or mailgram" on
behalf of a Republican budget that would trim
Social Security increases and kill popular
programs.
"Our future is too precious to permit this
crucial effort to be picked apart, piece by piece,
by the special interest groups," he.said,
reflecting White House fears that the budget plan
will unravel if some of its controversial features
are removed.
The GOP budget plan, which would eliminate
such popular programs as Amtrak and small
business grants, has drawn fire from lawmakers
who say it goes too far in cutting domestic
spending and not far enough in trimming
military funds.
f Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole said
Reagan's speech "raises the odds for victory"
when the Senate begins debating the plan today.
"We don't have the votes yet," he had,conceded
earlier in the day.
In a nationally broadcast address from the
Oval Office, Reagan quoted John F. Kennedy's
famous inaugural appeal: "Ask not what your
country can do for you; ask what you can do for
your country.
"We stand at a crossroads," the president said
"The hour is late. The task is large. The stakes
are momentous. I ask you to join us in making
your voices heard in the Senate this week and
later in the House."
The speech came as the Senate postponed until
Heart
recipient
dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jack C.
Burcham, the oldest person to
receive an artificial heart, died
last night, just 10 days after the
mechanical pump was implanted
in his chest.
Burcham, 62, of Le Roy, 111.,,
whose kidneys had been failing
since his operation, died at 9:48
p.m. at Humana Hospital
Audubon, said Bob Irvine,
spokesman for Humana Inc.
Burcham's 10 days of life with
the Jarvik-7 was the shortest
span of any of the five recipients
of the pump.
Barney Clark, the first
recipient, lived for 112 days
before dying on March 23, 1983,
while William Schroeder, the
second and longest-living
recipient, spent his 151st day with
the device yesterday.
Irvine refused to give the cause
of death for Burcham or any
other details, saying no further
information would be released
until 7 this morning.
The retired railroad engineer
was beset by problems even
before the artificial heart
surgery was completed on April
14 by Dr. William DeVries.
Doctors said Burcham's chest
was almost too small for the
plastic and metal pump, and the
operation took almost six hours.
He then lost 42 pints of blood in
his first day because of leaks
from stitches connecting the
heart to the aorta.
Burcham was taken back into
surgery for two-and-a-half hours
April 15 to stem the internal
bleeding. X-rays showed the
surgery was successful.
On Monday, he underwent
dialysis treatment to cleanse his
blpod, the first artificial heart
patient who needed the
procedure. Doctors said his
kidneys were not functioning
properly before the implant
because of his weakened heart
condition.
Doctors believe his kidneys
could have been damaged by
multiple transfusions Burcham
received April 15 when he
developed excessive bleeding in
his chest due to the power of the
Jarvik-7's pumping.
Burcham had remained in
critical condition and had to use a
respirator after the implant.
Family members at the
hospital called Burcham's eldest
son, Jack B. Burcham, last night
to tell him of his father's death.
"I don't think it had anything to
do with the (artificial heart)
operation," the younger
Burcham said in a telephone
Interview from his Le Roy home.
:Itreully feel that dad was
pr,i),b4ply too weak" to have
sqvivedi
the
daily
today the beginning of debate on the budget
package that both Reagan and Senate
Republican leaders have endorsed. It would
slash nearly $3OO billion from expected deficits
over three years without raising taxes. The goal
is to bring the deficit below $lOO billion by 1988
without raising taxes.
The Republican program would eliminate,
freeze or reduce dozens of domestic programs.
Aside from Amtrak and the Small Business
Administration, the GOP proposal would sharply
cut farm subsidies and end general revenue
sharing. Reagan said the federal government
cannot afford to sustain these programs.
Senate Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd of
West Virginia, delivering a broadcast
Democratic response, claimed Reagan "has not
offered a solid financial plan for America's
future.
.."His program shortchanges the future, by
seriously undermining education and medical
and scientific research and education . . . And
the president breaks his own promises to our
nation's elderly," Byrd said, referring to
Reagan's campaign statements opposing Social
Security benefit cuts.
Byrd said Democrats "want to address the
deficit problem in a fair way that inspires the
faith of our people and reassures their
perceptions about the fairness of their
government."
Dole, R-Kan., speaking before Reagan's
address, said: "I think he needs to scare us a bit.
We're all running around like we have a big
(budget) surplus don't cut this, don't cut that."
Afterward, he said Reagan's address "hit all the
right buttons."
CCSG refuses to recognize
USG liaison appointment
By COLLEEN BARRY
Collegian Staff Writer
Upset that the appointment of
liaisons from the Undergraduate
Student Government Senate to the
Council of Commonwealth Student
Governments was not a
cooperative effort, CCSG refuses to
recognize one of the liaisons
appointed, the CCSG coordinator
said.
Lynn Duffner said she was
dissapointed with the process
because she had to read about the
appointments in The Daily
Collegian and the two liaisons
never received CCSG approval.
"In the past the exchange of
liaisons was not formal. We voted
someone in and sent them to the
organization. We did nothing
different this time. Why they object
now, I couldn't tell you," Senate
President David Rishel said.
In January, CCSG voiced no
objections to the apppointment of
Eric Dirks and Deborah Cantone
as co-liaisons, Rishel added.
However, Duffner said CCSG
was not aware that there were any
senate liaisons until this week.
"That points to a problem in the
system," Duffner said.
However, both Dirks and
Cantone hold that CCSG was aware
of the positions.
Despite the fact that CCSG's
objection was to the process as a
Penn Tower to be converted
By TIM EYSTER
Collegian Staff Writer
Penn Tower, 255 E. Beaver Ave., will be converted
from apartments to condominiums after April 30, the
director of property management operations for A.W.
& Sons Enterprise, the owner of the building, said.
Dan Kienle said only 14 of the 115 units of the 12-story
apartment building remain to be leased for the 1985-86
academic year and that all lease agreements and
rental rates will be honored.
A.W. & Sons, which will manage the condominiums,
will be marketing its sales heavily toward parents of
University students. The realtor will also gear its sales
pitch to local State College investors and investors
outside the community, Kienle said.
Four different units a studio unit, a one-bedroom
unit, a standard two-bedroom unit and a large two
bedroom unit will be offered by A.W. & Sons, Kienle
said.
Bill Richardson, director of sales for Penn Tower,
said prices for the units have not been determined yet,
but they would go from the upper $20,000 range to the
lower $60,000 range, depending on the size of the unit
and the floor it is located on.
Deposits on first residences will be taken in June at
the earliest, Richardson said.
"I feel the building will be sold out in six to seven
months becuase I expect some of the investors to buy
more than one unit," Kienle said.
Current Penn Tower residents have been notified of
the conversion, Richardson said.
Tenants who signed leases for the next academic
olle • ian
whole, a formal letter of
disapproval was, directed at Dirks,
one of the liaisons appointed by the
senate April 9, Rishel said. CCSG
had no objections to the
appointment of Vincent Scalisi as a
liaison.
"Eric (Dirks) is better suited
somewhere else. We feel that we
can find a better advocate to
CCSG," Duffner said.
Because the senate is a legal
body, any changes in appointments
will have to be formally voted on by
the entire senate next week, Rishel
said.
"The senators I spoke with are
not really pleased with the way the
letter handled the situation,"
Rishel said. "They didn't
understand why the position of
liaison should be such a
controversy."
Duffner said, "It would be a little
stupid not to take him down. If he
remains liaison, it will be a mute
position. We refuse to accept him."
Duffner said part of the reason
for not recognizing Dirks stemmed
from comments he made
questioning the effectiveness of the
organization following a CCSG
meeting April 13.
"If someone publicly criticizes
an organization then they are not in
support of us and will not be a good
advocate," Duffner said.
In addition, she said that because
Dirks did not perform his job as
year and their parents will be notified of the conversion
by registered letter Very soon and will also receive a
public offering statement giving details on how the
conversion will be handled, he added.
Current residents will also receive the first option to
purchase the condominiums, Kienle said.
Richardson added that these residents will be offered
a discount price, probably about $2,000 off the stated
price.
Each unit and the lobby of the building will be
refurbished, Kienle said. Residents will receive no-wax
floors, wall-to-wall carpeting, custom painting, vanity
changes, an Entraguard security system and
appliances such as dishwashers, microwave ovens and
frost-free refrigerators, he added.
Owners will also have an optional furniture package
available to them, Kienle said.
The conversion will be the first and only one
undertaken by A.W. & Sons, Kienle said.
"We feel there's a demand for condominiums,"
Richardson said, mentioning that many parents of
University students were asking whether A.W. & Sons
was going to make any condominiums available.
Kienle also said parents of University students could
benefit economically from buying the condominium
units. Richardson added that these parents would
receive an equity buildup and tax advantages such as
deduction of operating expenses and interest.
A.W. & Sons will be holding a meeting to explain
more details of the conversion at 7 Tuesday night in its
office, 309 E. Beaver Ave., Kienle said. He said he
hoped the prices for the units would be finalized by that
time.
The president spoke in front of a background of
bright green shrubs that were illuminated behind
his office window. He did not mention that only
moments earlier, he suffered a major foreign
policy defeat in Congress, when the House killed
all U.S. aid for anti-government rebels in
Nicaragua.
Reagan insisted that the solution to America's
economic problems is to cut away at government
spending. He said:
"All the progress, all the good we've
accomplished so far and all our dreams for the
future could be wrecked if we do not overcome
our one giant obstacle. The simple truth is, no
matter how hard you work, no matter how strong
this economy grows, no matter how much more
tax money comes to Washington, it won't amount
to a hill of beans if government won't curb its
endless appetite to spend."
With the national debt approaching $2 trillion,
Reagan said the per capita debt amounts to
nearly $B,OOO for each American and is
increasing about $l,OOO per person each year.
The interest on the debt amounts to $155 billion
now, he added.
"This is not just my problem; this is not just
Congress' problem; this is our problem and we
must solve it together as Americans," Reagan
said.
Reagan said, "please tell your senators and
representatives, by phone, wire or mailgram,
that our future hangs in the balance, that this is
no time for partisanship and that our future is too
precious to permit this crucial effort to be picked
apart, piece by piece, by the special interest
groups. We've got to put the public interest
first."
CCSG liaison to the Delaware
County campus, he would not be
able to perform his job as senate
liaison.
As CCSG liaison, Dirks did not
keep his office hours, attend bi
monthly liaison meetings or take
an active part in a committee,
Duffner said:
However, Dirks said he missed
meetings only when he had tests
and commitments to the
University Student Executive
Council's Governmental Advisory
Committee and kept all of his office
hours. In addition, the committee
of which he was a member
disbanded during the semester.
"We are upset because this could
damage relations between (CCSG
and USG) in the future," Rishel
said. "I understand the complaint
and maybe we should have handled
the system differently, but this has
mushroomed."
Duffner said USG-CCSG
relations will not be harmed, now
that the positions of both sides are
out in the open.
"CCSG would like to work with
USG, because our constituents will
all be at University Park at some
point," she added.
Duffner proposes that the senate
choose a liaison, but the position
will not be official until CCSG
approves it. The same would be
done for a CCSG liaison,to the
senate
Thursday, April 25, 1985
Vol. 85, No. 176 20 pages University Park, Pa. 16802
Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University
01985 Collegian Inc.
Tim Brown (sophomore-division of , undergraduate studies) and Karen
Shepherd (sophomore•bloiogy) are handcuffed together at the protest in
front of Old Main yesterday.
Students march
against apartheid
By DOUGLAS WOLFSON
Collegian Staff Writer
University President Bryce
Jordan and the University Board
of Trustees may not have heard
the noise yesterday, but for more
than 150 students and others who
marched on Old Main protesting
University investments in South
Africa, their voices signalled a
rebirth of student activism at the
University.
Shouting "South Africa must be
free" and "divest now,"
demonstrators on the steps of Old
Main demanded an end to the
University's ownership of $4.4
million worth of stock and other
securities in companies doing
business in South Africa.
The demonstrators' vowed to
march again next Wednesday.
Matthew Baker, president of the
College Democrats, praised
Tuesday night's passage of a bill
by the Undergraduate Student
Government requesting
University officials to divest from
South Africa, calling it "a
courageous step in the right
direction."
USG Town Senator Patrick
Lenz, sponsor of the bill, called the
rally "a fantastic showing for
Penn State students one that
shows strong support among all
Penn State students, including
constituents of USG
"Anytime that many students
show up here to voice strong
support of something on such short
notice and with such little
announcement, it shows how much
concern there really is," he added.
The bill still must be signed by
USG President David Rosenblatt
before it is sent to the board.
Rosenblatt said late yesterday
that he will decide by Friday
whether to sign the bill, after he
confers with University officials
today.
Baker said he hoped yesterday's
protest will "show the world" that
students here are concerned about
racism in South Africa and that
"Penn State wants no part in
companies doing business there."
Student leaders stressed that
yesterday was only the beginning
of an effort to apply pressure to
the University administration and
the board.
"We can't stop here," Lenz said
Laura Webb, vice president of
the Committee for Justice in South
Africa said, "Does the University
care more about helping the
oppressed people in South Africa
or about making a buck?"
The University's senior vice
president for financial operations
said after the demonstration that
he doubts the board will take up
the issue of South African
disinvestment at its May meeting.
"There is a large school of
thought," Steve Garban said,
"that there is a more positive way
for change than disinvestment."
He added that most investment
managers advise against
disinvestment because of the
lower yields offered by alternative
investments. When asked about a
study conducted by Michigan
State University that showed an
actual gain in revenue after one
full year of disinvestment, Garban
said "most investment managers
will tell you that those short-term
gains will not continue."
Marlon Kirton, president of the
Black Student Union, said the
University and the board "will
have to listen to us.
"If Penn State has the support of
its students, faculty and
administrators, is there any way
the board can ignore us?" he
asked. •
Kirton announced that Jordan
has agreed to meet with several
student leaders within two weeks
to discuss the South African
situation and what can be done at
the University.
Jordan was not available for
comment yesterday, but his
secretary said no appointment has
been scheduled yet.
Andrew J. Fink