STUDENTS DEBATE STATUS OPTIONS
NATIONAL IMAGE : DAMAGED IN 1970
From John Armstrong AN IMPORTANT debate on the relationship of students to society, and particularly to the working class, took place yesterday at the Union of Students in Ireland annual congress at Kiilarney. Student delegates from almost 50 colleges and universities are attending the four-day congress. Yesterday's debate centred round the question as to whether students formed a naturally elite class or whether they could be regarded as young workers, albeit in the intellectual field, and
"DURING 1970 the grossly distorted world press propaganda suggesting that the South was administered by a Government that cast a blind eye on those who advocated gun-running and where the rule of law did not prevail, was extremely damaging t« the national image," said the Minister for Healthy Mr. Childers, accor ding to a supplied script, last night. (The italics are his). Mr. Childers, who was speaking at Monaghan Fianna Fail cumann dinner dance , said Chat Fianna Fail had been ' too fortunate in that for 33 years there had been virtually no public disunity at Government level.
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deserving of a regular wage in Mr . Frank Flannery, a U.C.G. student' and one of the candidates for the presidency of the union, said that it was important that students did not comprise an elite class. This situation promoted a rift between students and production workers and was ' a divisive influence on community relations. Students would however remain an elite, he said , until there was a democratic system of access to hi gher education in th is country. 'Mr. Hennery said th at the implemen tation of such a system relied on more than improvements in the present grants scheme. Jt involved the provision of comprehensive education at second level, the revision of existin g admission requiremen ts and the application of a com prehensive grants scheme to all third level institutions. AS WORKERS ?
eturn for their work for society. ed ucat i on in capitalist societies, and particularly the attitude of. the Irish Government to higher education. "Education , like rugby in South Africa, is not neutral, and the priorities on education and social welfare are determined by the nature of the economic system and the stage of development of that system ," he said. "In capitalist society education is a con tributary factor for social, environmental and economic inequality. It is not a compensatory factor for the latter." Mr. Walsh said that no capitalist society had reached an acceptable degree of equality or democratisation in the educational system. Expansion of numbers was only conceded to when the economic system required the exploitation of more intellectual and human resources. CHANGED SCENE "In Ireland the emphasis now is
On the lon g-term view, students no longer on expansion , but on should regard themselves as young limitation , not on respect for uniworkers , employed in valuable work versity autonomy or for improving fo r society. In recognition of this the quality of education. The main wo rk and of this view of the stud- emphasis is on subverting the freeent, a regular wage should be paid dom of the university, and tightento them . However, the conditions ing the subservience of the educaf or the realisation of such a pro- tional system to the needs of indusgramme were not present in Irish try -— primaril y in d u stry based on societv at the present time, he said , foreign capital. "It is obvious that the changes and therefore the students' union should become progressively more we are committed to cannot be in volved in the social and politi- achieved by the isolation of the cal affairs of the society and should student from progressive and prole•unite with all forces which shared tarian forces in Irish society. It is on a theoretical basis such as this this obj ective. "Co-operation with , and in volve- that the primary need for a studentment in . the trade union movement worker alliance was recognised." Mr. Walsh said that there was a could be valuable in that it would f ormally commit the union as an growing Fianna Fail and Fine institution to the cause of the work- Gael influence on the National in;: class and involve it in a vital Council of U.S.I. "I am informed area o f . the country 's social and as well that Fianna Fail are coneconomic life." he said. "Th e union cerned about U.S.I.'s present direcmust relentlessly oppose universitv tion , and the parliamentary party elitism. This problem is one which is anxious to re-establish its demust he tackled on the national cl i n ing in fluence among students level in direct relation to the class- and voune people. " The election for the new presihased binary structure of second den t of th e Studen ts' Union takes and third level education." Mr. Ciaran Fahy, ex-president of place this evening. The candidates I 7 .CD. Students Representative are Mr. Frank Flannery (U.C.G.) Council, told the delegates that the and Mr. Frank McDonald (U.C.D.). The . conference closes tomorrow. proposal to replace grants with regular wages was unrealistic and impracticable.
SOCIAL MOBILITY ¦Proposa ls for closer and more equitable relations between students and young workers were valuable, but the equation of one with the other -was false and unrealistic. Students had a greater social mobility, he said, and unlike young workers, they were not involved in the industrial production of the country. The two groups could be al igned but they could not be equated. The suggestion that they could. spri ngs from a guilt complex at students' present privileged and undemocratic position. A motion man dating the union to investigate the implications and meri ts of the payment of a student wage as opposed to a grant, was passed by the delegates. A motion to the effect that students had a ri ght to a basic living wage was withdrawn and a motion equating the role in society of students and young workers was heavily defeated. GOVERNMENTS ATTITUDE The education officer of the union. Mr. Michael Walsh, in his annual report, attacked the- role of
Derry man for trial on £38,000 charges
A 45-year-old Derry man , Desmond M'iller, of no fixed address, was returned for trial at the Limerick court yesterday to the next sitting of the Circuit Court on charges involving over £38,000. These included a number of charges of housebreaking, larceny of cash , TV sets, and radios from houses in Limerick, Ti pperary and Cork , to a tota l value of £1,000. The defendant was also charged with breakin g and entering the Kilrush Timber Products Company on September lst-2nd . 1970, and with stealing a safe valued at £50 and 115 cheques valued at £37.338 lid . from the offices of the Kilrush Timber Company. Jailed—John Basil Stewart (27) of Mourne avenue, Strabane, oC. Tyrone, who admitted breaking
through the roof of a shop in Trvinestown . and stealing cigarettes, lighters and a transistoi radio , was sentenced to six- weeks imprisonment at the local court vesterdav.
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The Minister f or Education , Mr. Faulkner , congratulating the " Young Scientist of the Year " award winner, Peter Shortt, of Richardstown, Clane, Co. Kildare, at the R.D.S. yesterday. Also in the pjwtograph are Joyce Green e, a pupil at the Holy Trinity College, Cork, and Peter Duggan , a pup il at the Gonzaga College, join t runners-up.—(Photograph: Jimmy McCormack)
Sons' deaths blamed on road chiefs THE MAGISTRATE at Hillsborough Court, Co. Down , yesterday blamed the road authority for the deaths of two youns; children last summer. The father of the children, Wilfred Ja.aes Biggerstaff , aged 31, a contracts manager of Plantation road Lisburn , was acquitted of dan gerous driving. The court heard that Bi ggerstaff's two boys, David, aged seven , and Brian , aged one, who were passengers in his car, died after a collision with another car on the Old Coach road , Hillsboro ugh. A police-constable said the junction at which the crash occurred was not marked by road signs at the time., and there were high hedges. Five other people were in jured in the accident. Mr. T. Ferris, for Biggerstaff , said road signs had now been erected at the junction. He held that there was no element of either dan gerous or careless driving on Biggerstaff's part. Biggerstaff in evidence said he was right on the crossing before he knew it existed. He had never been on the road befo re. Mr. Charles Stewart, R.M., sai d the culprit in the case was the road authority who had allowed the place to be a tra p for motorists.
WINNING SCIENTIST FROM CO. KILDARE
PETER SHORTT (18), of Richardstown, Clane, Co. Kildare , yesterday was awarded the title of "Young Scientist of the Year." He was chosen from 250 exhibitors at the Aer Lingus Young Scientists' Exhibition at the R.D.S. in Dublin. The winner made a survey of i Lough Bollard, near Clane, and traced the history of the lake to determine the reason for its disappearance at the beginning of the 18th century. He succeeded in identifying the site of the lake and its changing pattern since the glacial period. A silver salver and £300 was presented to the winner, who is a pupil of Presentation Convent, Clane. There were two runners-up, Peter Du ggan (14), of Park drive, Cow per ga rdens, Dublin , a pupil of Gonzaga College, Dublin , and J oyce Greene (16), of Tullagreine, Carrigtwq hill, Co. Cork , a pupil of Holy Trinity College, Washington street , Cork. Both received prizes of £120. Peter D uggan 's project showed the presence of unknown elements in compounds, while Miss Greene's entry attempted to establish whether air pollution disturbed the mechanism of the human body.
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COUNCILLORS James Byrne and Flor O'Mahony, together with Mr. Barry Desmond , T.D., have expressed serious concern that undue hardshi ps have arisen because several hundred Dun Laoghaire Corporation tenants on fixed rents, which vary with ra te increases, ha ve been notified that where they keep sub-tenants or lodgers their rents will be increased by £1 per week from January 15th. This fol lows a recent Corporation decision. In a joint statement , issued by the Labour Party, thev poin t out that the only exceptions permitted under the scheme are where dependant invalid relatives or parents whose incomes do not exceed £3 per week come to ' live with tenants. The statement says that it is the urgent intention of the Labour cou ncillors to table an emergency mo tion for the next meeting of the Corp oration Housing Committee seeking majo r changes in the current scheme. It adds : " We deplore tche fact that there was no prior consul tation between the Conooration and the tenant associations on this matter." Mr. Desmond and the two councillors 6av thev feel strondv that no change should be made "where the sub-tenants are approved housing armlicants on the housinc waitine list of the Cornoration or where such sub-tenants are awaiting transfer to tenant-purchase houses. " In fact, such tenants assist the Corp oration bv providing homes through sub-tenancy for such married sons and dauehters because the Corpora tion failed to meet its obli gations to provide a much laraer new house proeramme in tJie borouah." the statement eoes on. " Exceptions fr om this increase of £1 per week should also be given, for exam ple , to a=ed parents^ who take in their married sons ot dau ghters to care for them or where voung widows and their children come to Iwe with their parents or ;n-laws. We also consider that the £3 pe r week income limit is
THE BAKERY TRADE had no fear of ano ther inquiry and was confident of the outcome, the Irish Bakery and Confectionary Trades Association said in a statement yesterday. The association was commenting on the decision of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, Mr. Lalor, to establish a Prices Advisory Body to inquire into the proposed increase in the price of flour and bread. The statement deplored that the trade must carry on at a loss in the meantime and for this reason THINGS WASTED was seeking an immediate interThe Minister for Education , Mr. view with the Minister with a view Faulkner , who opened the exhibi- to seeking an interim price intion yesterday, said that Conserva- crease. tion Year, which had jus t ended, The Minister has been notified had drawn our attention to the dire by Che flour millers that they proresults of bad planning, thoughtless pose to increase the price of flour development and wasteful use of by 16/8d . a sack. The bakers s^ y na tural resources. Many of the they intend to raise bread prices projects at the exhibition dealt with by 2d. a 2 lb. loaf , plus a fur ther problems of pollution. This was a amount which will compensate promising sign that lessons had been them for any increase in the present price of flour . learned durin g Conservation Year. The Irish Bakery and Copfec"I am surprised," he said, "to find chemistry occupying the tionarv Trades Association, i:i its lowest position in regard to en- statement said that the last inquiry tries in this competition. Chemistry in to bread prices was held in 1967 is one of the most frequently and since then bread prices had chosen science subjects at the Leav- been increased by 6d. per 2 lb. in g Certificate Examination and loaf while costs had risen by 8d. one would expect that there wo u ld "This means that the trade is now be many topics in chemistry worthy operatin g at a loss ," the statement of the attention of young scientists. said. 'Arisin g out of the last bread There are obviously fashions in inquiry, in order to show the effect science as in other fields." He said he would like to see of cost and price increases quickly, A VERDICT of accidental death greater participation by all sch ools the bakery trade agreed with the af ter part of a wall had fallen on in the exhibition. Afte r all , over Minis ter to submit through a fi rm him was returned by a jury at an 90% of the schools which presented of char tered accountants, quarterly Du binquest in the City Morgue, candidates for the Leaving Certi- accounts from a representative , lin , yesterday on Patrick Bushill ficate offered science at that level. number of bakers. The most rea 38-year-old buildin g worker, of In spite of the considerable in- cent accounts show a level of 44 Kilworth road , Drimnagh, profit barely about break even crease in the numbers taking the Dubli n. point • and those for the ourren t farcical." In termediate Examination in 1970 Medical evidence showed that quarter will undoubtedly show a Mr. Bushill died from severe frac- the proportion of pupils taking loss.' the statement said. science has remained at over 50%. tures of the skull and cerebTal Likewise in the Leavin g Certificate haemorrha ge. the proportion taking science had Mrs. Diana Tomkin , of 7 Sor- been maintained in spite of a rise rento terrace, Dalkey, Co. Dublin , of over 10% in the numbers taksaid that she had employed Mr. in g that examination. The syllaFOILED Bushil l to put a door between the buses in the science subjects had bathroom of her home and an been revised and this year for the An attempt to grab £700 in wages adjoining room. On December 1st first time biology would be a sub- from a cashier in the centre of Bellast she found, him lyin g on the ject in its own right at the Leav- fast yesterday was foiled after a floor with his head in a pool of in g Certificate Examination. struggle. blood .' Mr. Patrick Lyons, chairman of The incident happened in the THE widow of the Bri tish nuclear Sergeant Edward Lynch. of Aer Lin gus, said after last year ' s buildin g of J. N. Richardson and scientist , Dr. Clifford James Dalton , Dalkey Garda Station , said that a appeal , partici p ation b y vocational Sons, and Owden, linen manufac- alleges in a book published yeslarge hole had been broken in the schools ha d increased from six to tu rers, of Murray street. The firm 's terda y, that her husband was wall about eight feet from the 26 this year. Dublin fl oor. A large stone, which he count y schools provided city and cashier, Mr. Harr y Higginsbottom, poisoned in Australia in a politi22% of hel d on to his brief-case until the cal assassina tion. Mrs. Catherine estimated to weigh about one hun- the exhibi tors, while the rest of raider, who was carrying a toy gun. Dalton is a dau ghter of the English dredwei ght , lay beside the pool of the country provided 78%. fled. poet Robert Graves. blood and some of the steps on a Almost 250 projects Police in Belfast are anxious for ladder were broken. It was his im- were on display scientific The nook, "Without Hardware," at the exhibition , information from anyone who may pression that part of the wall had an increase of almost 20% over have seen a blue or grey 1100 car has been written , printed and pubfallen on Mr. Bushill. lished Mrs. Dalton and conlast year. with three youths inside, near the tains a bvpreface The coroner, Dr . P. J. Bofi n, reby Graves. The scene at 1 0 a.m. yesterday. turned an open verdict on John book's in troduction says Dr. Fanning , a ged 56, of 108 Kilalla Dalton was the desi gner of the road , Cabra West, Dublin , who Dounreay fast breeder nuclear redied on Decmeber 18th , last from actor at Harwell. He died in 1961 Peking radio, in its strongest deasphixia secondary to immersion nunciation of Amer i can society this af ter returning to Australia. in water. Mr. Fanning's body was year, has conferred upon the The book alleges that Dr. DalEdwin John Fifield , an osteo path found in the River Tolka near Car- America n " Pa per Tiger " . a bran d ton was murdered after refusing diff bridge, Finelas, on December new title—the " Bean Curd Tiger ". of Gran ge Cotta ge , Kill lane. Kill o' to stop work on Dutch nuclear 20th. Bean curd, a jelly-like Chinese the Grange, Co. Dublin , was re- projects in the 1950s, designed to Dr. Bofin said that there was food , is considered by the Ohinese manded for a week on bail in the break the United States monopoly insufficient evidence to say how as the most fragile thing Dublin District Court yesterday. He in Euro pe on nuclear fuels. It also or at what point Mr. Fanning world which disin tegrates in the appeared on a charge of obtaining says Russia wanted to stop at the his entered the 'river. £200 by falsely pretending tha,t a work to prevent West German touch of a fin ger.—(A.F.P.) cheque drawn on the Munster and access to bomb-makins material. Leinster Bank was a good and valid The book says that because of order on the bank for that amount . the "political and medical circumYESTERDAY'S MIDDAY TEMPERATURES He was charged with obtaining F- C " stances of his death ," Mrs. Dalton F. C. p. C. Algiers F. 15 59 Geneva S. —5 23 Mmrcra •-¦ ia ' ii the money on Au gust 21st at H. was forced to the conclusion that Amsterdam ... D . "% ¦ 4 39 Gibraltar ... " C Williams and Co. Ltd., Lower he had been poisoned by a "terror14 if mSiIST Z% II Athens R. 10 50- Glasgow F. 11 52 NaplS ' " S' 11 1 | Bagigot street, Dublin , from Joseph inducin g drug with carcinogenic Barcelona ... F . 9 48 Guerniey C. 1 0 50 ' Nice « to %n , Beirut S.. 24 75 Helsinki side-effects."—(A.P.). D. 3 37 Nicosia C 21 ™ Nallv the manager. F. 1 B«--'f «t 1 52 Innsbruck ..... F. -4 25 oil " .. \ £ 6 43 Belgrade S.. 0 32 Istanbul R. 8 46 Paris F 4 3c g«l»? C. 0 32 Jersey C. 6 43 Praguo s 12 1C Biarritz S. 12 54 Las Pal mas . C. 19 66 Rome i? s li Brussels C. 7 45 Lisbon S. 8 46 Stookhoirn C 5 41 Budapest .... C. O 32 London A'port C. 1 1 52 Tel S .W. S. 27 tl Cologne C. 2 36 Locarno S. 0 32 Tunis n in %n Copenhagen .. C. 3 37 Luxembourg .. F. -1 30 Venice s 7 ak Dublin A'port C. 1 '" 1 52 Madrid ...... F. 6 43 V t' i, tt "A lot of rubbish ," was the com- dou ble the U.K. average and for Edinburgh .... S. 10 50 Majorca S. -2I 28 s. 12 54 v .enna Florence S. 9 48 Malaga F. 14 57 Warsa w S. -5 23 ment of Mr . Seamus Quinn, branch 1969 it was 25 per 1,000, about 50% Frankfurt .... Fog-9 23 Malta C. 13 55 Zurich S. -7 19 secretary in Derr y area of the Iri sh higher than the U .K. average. R., rain; F., fair; C, clo udy; S., sunny; D., drizzle. Transpor t and General Workers Ano ther trade union official Union, on the view taken bv Mr. contradicted a statement that Harold Jackson , of The Guardian , Derry 's unem ployed stood about in suggesting that men trying to prove masses in the housin g estates SNOW REPORTS , and their masculinity were partly to said: 'It would be very Resort Depth Cond' tns Wther Courmayeur difficult to 24 44 G. Fn. 10 blame for the riotinu (ins.) off (5 p.m.) Madesimo in the city. find an unemployed Derryiman who 44 76 G Fn ' IS L. U. Piste piste — "F. Campiglio Th e • 36 80 statements by Mr. Jackson G Fn 30 Arosa 18 34 G. V. Fn. 30 Ortisi ' IS 24 F Fn ' 7 are contained in a report of the is- doin g nothing. They usually have Se r8 O> if | a P MarlinO p «- 2 7 Minority 32 I4 their hobbies and you rarel y see K?o ste« ? ol F vVd>. FFo. Klosters 3 24 F. ° °51 Selva 16 32 G n " 15 suggested Rights Group and he them standi n g about in groups." Lech 16 °- F"' 27 G. — C. 29 AUSTRIA: that some rioters caused Nwderau 14 _ 22 P. — C. 24 Badgestein g A woman shirt factory worker 32 16 trouble because hi gh unem plo yment SaU had steadily eroded male domin- said: "Very many of the rioters D'OU .x 20 .46 G. - ' Fn. 28 5S? ! i Ts " ? ' - ' were in the young age group — 12 St. Moritz 26 50 G. — ance. Fn. 30 Galtur 12 g' 23 Sestriere 26 ' — 14 20 G. Pd. Fn. 39 Kaprun to 16 — and they could not be p — 60 Mr. Quinn refering to the suggesVillars , 2 8 P, — C. 34 Lien* — is P — 25 tion that Derry was a place where frustrated by lack of work. I woul d In the above reports, supplied by repre- ' Mitter ndorf 4 G 5 say that not more than 30% of the sonta tives of the Ski Club of Great Britain, Obergurgl —1 g' 12 16 women went put to work while the people " L." refers to lower slopes and " U. " to Obertauern rioting were unemployed. In 32 men did the housekeeping, said G 21 upper slopes . The following reports have Saalba ch p 12 12 "The fa ots of life about national fact , most of the people prosecuted been received from other sources : Schruns 12 G. 24 , ITALY: is that when the wife were workers." Serfaus .— 12 G. — 12 assistance Depth State W ther Solden — 16 G. — Iff g oes' out to work the unemployed She said she knew of one unZurs (ins.) of — 32 G. — 19 husband's benefi t is drastically re- employed man whose benefit had L. U. piste — *F. NOR WAYi duced. been cut by £8 per week after his 43 SWITZERLAND : ™j « * <?• «. — Mr. Quinn said "It did not 2 2* wife pot a jo b in a shirt factory. Adelboden 6 14 Fa. F. 24 S'! '° 9.V 9 ~ require • ° ~ 1968 to prove the Derry Therefore, the old storv that men Abetone 40 48 G. Fn. 16 ?^ " 22 S" L a mmrr 20 g. 5" S. — men 's virility. The high birth rate Bardonecchi* 20 52 G. Fn. 17 LiMehammet 6tayed at home and kept house 32 G.: S. — shows it." . 30 Bormio 4 60 G. . Fn. 8 Voss while their wives went out to work Canaan 18 48 G. Fn. 17 G., good; F., fair; Fn.. fine; Fo.. fohn: , The. birth rate in Derrv citv a was unfounded and she said it Cervinia 20 32 G. Fn. 17 C. cloud; S., snow; P ., poor; Pd., powder; few years ago was almost 34 per would be almost impo Claviers 32 40 G. Fn.. 7 varied. ssible Cortina 28 56 • G. Fn. 23 1,000 of the popul ation , almost a single example of this in to find ' ' y.
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in 1971 the position would improve. Of importance in the shaping of reunification policy was the hard fact that responsible world public opinion would not support any policy but that originally stated by Fianna Fail and generally agreed bv all parties in the South. The manifestation of loyalty to Government Fianna ' Fail policy had organisati on within the already countered the campaign against Fianna Fail the the two byelections were under prevailin g victories. great circumstances, There was, however , an overriding vital objective to be realise d. Allegations had been made repeatedly , in the press and by the Opposition, that, the Dail confidence vot es sig nif ied not g enuine una nimity on policy but mere party preservation. This accusa tion must he countered and the peopl e must he completely convinced that partv unity was based on p olicy, not self-interest . The vote of confidence in the Taoiseach at the Ard Fheis mint be real , not seem to be paperin g over a visible crack , hut a genuine demonstration of support f o r the reuni fication policy enshrined in SUFFERED SHOCK the spe ech made bv the Taoiseach The country, and with it the on July 11th and on many other Fian na Fail organisation , had suf- ocacsions. fered severely from the shock exOTHER CHALLENGER S perienced when national policies had been questioned by Ministers. The Fianna Fail organisation The Taoiseach on several occasions faced number of ot her had confirmed the rightness of his chall engesa in 1971. Having redecision to make new Ministerial appointments and had on many stated confidence . in the Governthe Taoiseach ,. th ere occasions restated the party 's re- ment and were then four immediate policies unif ication policy. to be pursued—the .cooling down During 1970 the grossly distorted of infla tion asociated with reworld press propaganda suggesting duction in industrial strife ,a the that the South was administered by main tenance of internal order, the a Government that cast a blind completion of the E.E.C. negotiaeye on those who advocated gun- tions and the resumption of social running and where the rule of law and economic progress . did not prevail , was extremely Problems of these dimensions damacing to the national image. .-• confusion ha d been faced before , successbeen There had and the overwhelming created again by a few. as to what fully, consti tuted Fianna Fail reunitica- national support for .the Fianna renurticifation policy had tion policy. Any pronouncement Fail to unity withiril on policy "must be related to the con tributed • *, tremendous changes of policy in Fi a n n a Fail. Fianna Fail had been in office the North since 1969. namelv the delibera te decision of the minority, for nearly l A years continuously^ represented bv various groups, to the second period of prolonged; seek civil rig hts from the Sto r- con tinuous office in a total period. ; mont administration , the British de- of 33 years' administration. It could be sai d without fear of cision to insist on the necessary chanaes and the Bri tish decision contradiction that there was as vet agreeing to reunifica tion if the n o viable alternative Government, majoritv of the Northern , people now rpore eviden t than ever after the recent blatant were in fa vour of an all-Ireland anal ysing pol icy. There was a continuous divisions in the Labour Party and. among the obvious smbivalence in thq fermen t and fresh alignments the Six County political parties. sr>eeches of Fine Gael denuties. ' ; isolated Ad ded to this there were Nevertheless, a splendid demonbut serious and totally useless acts stration of unity on essential of violence by extremists and nolicies was required if the uri * finally the near catastrophic dis- happv events of the last nin e turbances in certain areas of Bel- months were to he written o f f s$ fast and Derry. that later historia ns could sa v: "a circumstances the da maging, regrettabl e, appallingl y In these Government continually advocated irresponsible nolitical perfo rmance a policy which would facilitate bv a handful of peopl e ¦ and civil rid/its and discourage violence. doomed to failur e f r o m its inAbove all . the Government at no cep tion." time approved, officially or unofficiall y, any action to place guns in the hands of group s none of whom could be counted on to use them onlv as a last resort in selfdefence and whose possession of such- weapons, even if unused , would inevitably stimulate armed U.S. A i r Force investi gators yes-* coun teraction , possiblv leadin ™ to terdav tried to p in point the cause civil war. and civil war not con- of a B-52 bomber 's plunge into fined to the Six Counties. Lak e Michigan early yesterday, ap parently killing all nine men AGAINST VIOLENCE aboard . A Strategic Air Command In flammatory speeches made o f t the c u f f , whose effects were utterly spokesman said that the plane did negative , speeches advocating that not carry any nuclear weapons. Air Force. Coast Guard and the minority should arm themselves, were not only dangerous but sense- civilian rescue workers were tryless. Over 90% of the minority in in g to retrieve as much of the wrekaae as possible. No bodies the North were completely opposed been recovered , but to this policy at a time when they ha ve yet ' were seeking civil rights, knowing Colonel John Voss. Director of tha t violence , ex t reme act ion b y Information for Strategic Air ComUnionists or Nationalists, could man d in Omaha, Nebraska , said only p ostpone progress and. above there was almost no chance of all, dela v the coming of reunifica- findins sur vivors. Colonel Voss said that witnesses tion. All the events of 196 9 and 1970 repor ted that the plane , carry ing proved the Government to have ou t a practice bombing mission , been absolutely right. The over- exploded in the air and burned whelming majority of the Northern as it crashed into 2 the lake in freezing temperatures. It was flypeople were making a successful ef f o r t to preserve peacr and a large ing too low for anyone to bale out , element of the population were even though four of the crew striving to improve community members were in ejector sea ts, he relations. One. could only hope that added.—(Renter).
Mr. Childers said that it was essential for each member of the Fianna F£il or ganisati on to give a cold hard look at the potential th reat to the unity of the organisation in 1970. There was no Government in Europe that had not faced Cabinet membershi p crises with varying effects on the party concerned. Fianna Fail had been too fortunate in that for 33 years there had been virtually no public disunity at Government level. Unity was m aintained in the party and organisation on the intelligent basis that progress in national development could only be maintained by a party whose members inevitably made some personal com promises in regard to policy priorities in order to enable the general totality of a progra mme to continue with out disruption. In practice many of the party enthusiasts ' policies were frequently expedited or adopted at a later date. Similarl y, in times of economic crises minority solu tions for a problem had pro ved of no consequence, as on every occasion the Drevailing adverse conditions had been reasonably well countered.
Inquiry into i bomber crash
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