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Reagan Readies Arms Speech WASHINGTON ( AP)- President Uctsm in U.S • • • Gogol--page 6 VOL XVI, NO. 61 an independent srudenr newspaper serving nmre dame and saint mary's WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1981 Missile reduction Reagan readies arms speech WASHINGTON ( AP)- President Uctsm in U.S. arms control circles Leonid I. Brezhnev if the Reagan is ready to propose to the that such an approach will prove ac­ "neccessary ground work is laid" Soviet Union that both superpowers ceptable to the Soviet Union, which and there are indications that a sum­ virtually eliminate nudear missiles is believed highly reluctant to mit would prove "fruitful and from the European theater, State destroy new weapons such as the SS- productive and yield results." I>t:panment officials said yesterday. 20, capable of carrying three nuclear There are no indications Reagan The president, it was said, will use warheads. will announce such a meeting in his a foreign policy spcech today at the A more limited, fall-back position speech. despite statements from National Press Club to embrace the is said to include an attempt to win West German Chancellor Helmut ~ocalled "zero-option" approach as Soviet acceptance of the planned Schmidt that he hopes to get the two the goal for Soviet-American deployment of 572 American leaders together to cl~ar the air on negotiations on restraining nuclear nuclear warheads on Pershing II arms control and nuclear issues. forces in Europe. Those talks open missiles in exchange for the removal Brezhnev and Schmidt meet in Nov. 30 in Geneva. of more than 900 Soviet warheads Bonn for a series of meetings begin· The option consists of an ex­ now in place on SS-20, SS-5 and SS-4 ning Friday. U.S. officials have said pected U.S. offer not to undertake missiles. That would be a shift in they expect a summit would take the planned deploymen of new U.S. force levels aimed at producing a plan· .;;omt'timc in I 9R2. medium-range missiles in Europe if relative nuclear balance in Europe. The U.S. at the moment has no the Soviet Union agrees to disas­ On a related subject, State Depart· medium-range missiles in the semble its own missiles, stationed in ment spokesman Dean Fischer said European theater, but does have western Russia, aimed at European the United States remains interested short-range tactical nuclear targ<.·ts. in a possible summit meeting be­ weapons such as Pershing I and However, there is deep skep· tween Reagan and Soviet President Lance missiles. The Soviet Union already ha<> deployed substantial numbers of SS- Soviet economy falls 20 missiles. The United States is not supposed to deploy its medium­ range missiles in Europe until late short of 1981 goals 1983. The Soviets contend that other European-based U.S. weapons. MOSCOW (AP)- Production fell cent during the five-year plan. Last including those on aircraft and sub­ short of goals this year in March, it was projected at 12 to 15 marines, should be subject to agriculture, coal, iron and steel, the percent. negotiations. S<.>Viet Union's chief economic plan· The experts said the reduction ncr reported yesterday. He indi· meant the Soviets would be putting The zero-basing option is inneas­ cated the Soviet Union would aim off construction projects and spec­ ingly advocated in Europe, especial­ for tht· low end of its overall targets ulated that money saved from can­ ly in West Germany, where there is Genesis performed brilliantly in front of an enthusiastic crowd in the current five-year plan, which cellation of the work would be used mounting official concern over the last night at the ACC. See related photo on page 7. (photo by john ends in 1985. to help meet consumer needs, or be scope and impact of the European Macor) Nikolai Baibakov told delegates to given to the military. peace movement. the Soviet Parliament that "it was Soviet Finance Minister Vasily not possible to fulfill the ( I 981 ) Garbuzov told the 1,500 delegates plan" in those areas, but did not yesterday that Soviet defense spend­ 'Duchess of dietitians specify how wide the gap was in any ing in 1982 will be unchanged from ofthe four areas. 1981. Presiet Leonid I. Brezhnev told Western experts, however, said the Supreme Soviet on Monday that Brezhnev hinted Monday night at an Cagan feeds NYC students the economic planners were to increase in military spending when blame for a "pour crop year," and he cited the "complicated" interna­ By JERRY SCHWARTZ children, but she worries. food remained the nation's central tional situation as one factor con­ Associated Press "Many families which have three, four or five problem. tributing to the sluggishness of the children will decide that it is too much of an outlay, and Of particular note in Baibakov's Soviet economy. NEW YORK (AP) - Elizabeth Cagan, czarina of turn to bag lunches. We hope that they won't drop speech, Western experts said, was "Our defense needs are being school cafeterias, duchess of dietitians, marchesa of eating lunch altogether," she said. the announcement that capital in­ dependably ensured," Brezhnev said milk canons, was disturbed. Her young subjects had However, she says proposed federal guidelines - vestment during the five-year period cleaned every plate. now withdrawn - to reduce the amount offood served was projected to grow by 10.4 per- See GOAL, page 4 "Have we given you enough? Are you still hungry?" to elementary students, would have prevented waste, asked the woman who, as head of the New York City especially by cutting the milk serving from 8 to 6 school lunch program, serves 520,000 lunches and ounces. 110,000 breakfusts each day at 1,200 sites - more out· "From noon to one, the sewers in this country run Panel discusses alcohol lets than Howard johnson's. white," she says. "What some of these so-called experts Her staff, standing nearby as Mrs. Cagan talked to stu· don't understand is that unless a kid ingests what is on dents during this recent visit to a school lunchroom, his tray, it's not nutritious." problem at ND tonight groaned. Mrs. Cagan wants to make sure her meals are eaten. "You know, Students who don't want, say, mashed potatoes, need ByRANDALLGOSKO~CZ there's no pleas­ WEDNESDA YJIJJJ only take a "taster" portion. Then, if they want more, News Staff ing you," said they can have it. one staffer. "If In several schools, Mrs. Cagan has established ~~ There will be an open forum on the question of alcohol use at they eat every· *~HliFOCUS "energy fuctories" where hamburgers, pizza, french Notre Dame tonight at Flanner Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. thing on their fries, milkshakes and ice cream are available, along with This forum. which will feature a number of speakers, has been plates, you want salad bars and traditional lunches. formed in response to questions that have been raised by the Hall to give them more. If they leave food on their plates, The difference is that the rolls and pizza are made President's Council, PACE, students, faculty, the administration, and you ask them what's wrong." with unbleached flour, the meat is lean. the french fries The Obsen,er regarding alcohol use on campus. Mrs. Cagan admits that she is not easily satisfied. At arc vitamin enriched and low on greao;e, the milkshakes The forum will consider whether there is an alcohol problem at age 62, after 40 years as a teacher and administrator in use only milk, not fillers, and the ice cream is made to Notre Dame, whether Notre Dame can deal with that problem, and the nation's largest public school system, she hao; carved Mrs. Cagan's specifications, with reduced sugar. whether Notre Dame will he able to equip its staff. graduates, and out a reputation as a hard-working, ebullient innovator. No unnecessary additives or colorings arc used. And fa(·ulty with the information necessary to deal with alcoholism in In 1977, a federal report criticized the city's school the machines that dispense real junk foods - the sockty. food program as wasteful and the food itself as un­ cupcai{es, candy and soda - have been banned in the ~embers oft he panc.:l at tonight's forum include Daivd Link. Dean nutritious and unappetizing. Mr~ Cagan, in the four schools since 1979, fur teachers and students alike. of tht· Law School, and member of PACE; Pro( Walter Davis, of the years since she has been director of food services, is Mrs. Cagan also has been a leader in the use of surplus English tkpartrm·nt; Lt. Cmdr. Richard Horstman, University credited with turning a losing program into a winner. foods and other commodities donated by the: fedcral :-.IROTC Instructor. who is t:xpc.:ricnced in the Navy's alcohol On a budget of S I 34 million, she oversees 9, 500 food government. programs and community programs; Terry Alley, an ND graduate service employees, including 37 field superintendents In the pursuit of nutrition, Mrs. Cagan will take ad· and local physician who is an expert on the medical aspects of al­ responsible for local operations. vantage of anything including the students coholism; flanner Hall President Lloyd A. Burke:, Jr.; and Peggy And Mrs. Cagan has held down the price of a sehoul themelves. Cronin, alcohol and drug counsc.:lor. lunch, which ranges from 60 to 75 cents. Every school in the city has established student nutri­ The program has been organized to include a <; to 10 minute However, under the federal lunch program, nine out tion committees which draw up menus each month, speech by each speaker except Dr.
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