Page 8 Retriever may 2, 1977 In The Nation . Students Reject Int'l Bankers Policies Students remain most concerned that . Among the American Elsewhere, students at John~ Hopkins , By Helaine Lasky U.S. credits are underwriting the creditors were Bankers Trust, Chemical University in Baltimore, Md., voiced (CPS)--Four years have passed since junta's rule. A September, 1974 bulletin Bank, Manufacturer's Hanover Trust, their opposition to the appearance of two the democratically-elected government from the Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia Marine Midland, Chase , members of the Chilean government on in Chile headed by Dr. Salvadore explained its role in the scheme of U.S. Irving Trust, and the Bank of America. campus and expressed disgust over the U.S. government's disavowal of a Allende was overthrown by a military bank credits to Chile this way: The Bank of America is the second statement made by Brady Tyson, deputy junta. The inflation rate has risen to a "The key determinant as to whether largest lender to Chile after . It leader of the U.S. delegation to the, whopping 340 percent. Nearly one-fifth Chile will be able to ocercome its holds a management advisory contract United Nations Human Rights Commis­ of the population is unemployed. Human economic problems will be its ability to with the fifth largest bank in Chile and sion. Tyson publicly apologized for the rights, civil liberties and personal safety obtain financing from abroad ... in the has extended about $8 million in credit to are things of the past. U.S. involvement in the 1973 overthrow case of Fidelity Bank, we reestablished the Chilean government. Yet international bankers speaking our lines of credit to Chilean of Allende's government. An editorial in recently on college campuses maintain shortly after the new government took Before that, Citibank bought 70 the Johns Hopkins newspaper summed that millions of U.S. investment dollars control. ' , . percent of the Chilean junta's IOU's in up student sentiment concerning the are being funneled into Chile for the Figures from the Chilean Develop­ what Business Latin America called staggered information being offered sake of alleviating poverty and for such ment Corporation published in April, "seizing upon the desperate need of the about U.S. and corporate involvement in politically neutral projects as educational 1976, which lists all foreign investment new government to raise funds for its Chile: and sanitation facilities. in Chile since the coup in 1973, show that bankrupt treasury." "The State Department, in disclaim­ Students around the country find all Walter Wriston's bank, Citibank, ing Tyson's apology, strained credibility The largest single loan to Chile, a $125 this hard to believe given the continued provided capital" in the amount of $4 past its breaking point in asserting that torture conducted by the dictatorship in million for a bank branCh in Santiago million credit, was made in May, 1976, there was no 'direct' U.S. involvement in and organized by a consortium of 16 Chile. which opened in December, 1975. It is the coup. What does the U.S. have to do American and Canadian banks, headed Just last week at the' University of the only U. S. bank branch operating in for it to be called direct involvement?-­ Denver, two women stood in the Chile. by the Morgan Guarantee Company in send in the Marines?" drizzling rain for more than four hours, dressed in black capes, faces painted with death masks, to protest the The Fight Against Tuition Hikes Continues presence of Jaime Fillol, a known Chilean supporter of the junta and t~nis A~ound Coun'try As StUdents Take To The Streets player, at a tennis classic sponsored b;,c the United Bank of Denver. The match current annual fee of $3,500 for Many of the students in the building was being held on the University of (CPS)--Nearly 2,000 angry University undergraduates enrolled at the "private, left quietly when told they would be Denver's main campus the same day of Miami, Fla. students converged on international, independent university," arrested. However, Havey, released on that George Landau, head of the ' , the school's central administration as the official letterhead reads. $500 bond, says about 120 stayed. International Deve10pment Bank (lDB) , building April 20, demonstrating against Marcus said the turn-out was Havey was first to be arrested. A an affiliate of the World Bank, spoke to the administration's alleged failure to "earth-shattering for UM" and explain­ reporter on the scene quoted her as about 50 people. Landau's audience adequately justify a recent tuition ed that the student's principal demand saying; "I believe the student body here. challenged his contention that the IDB increase. was that the board of trustees and I can't believe the administration chose was financing projects solely designed to The building, Ashe House, was president set up a meeting with student not to meet with us. I love everyone here lessen poverty in Chile. occupied by almost 300 students armed representatives to discuss the tuition because they had the courage to stand Earlier at Cornell University in Ithaca, with 40 loaves of bread and a good jump and justify its necessity by up for what they believed. " N. Y. 250 students protested the supply of peanut butter and jelly. producing the school's itemized budget Although a dramatic show, Marcus appearance of Walter Wriston, chairman Soon after the students entered Ashe charts. explained; , 'Except for the students of the Board at Citibank, at an House, UM President Dr. Henry K. During the week of April 11, Havey getting busted, nothing's happened. The "Executiv,e Forum" hosted by Cornell's Stanford summoned police. After several and other members of the student president says he'll meet with them but Business School. The last minute hours of unsuccessful negotiating, 30 government asked Stanford to meet with believes there was ',no merit to the demonstration was organized by a students, including student body presi­ them at the president's office so that the protest,' and still hasn't agreed to allow coalition of political groups on Cornell's dent Susan Havey, were arrested. trustees could present the budget and student review of the budget." campus. According to Alan Marcus, editor-in­ specify why it was necessary for the In a related incident, more than 2,500 A guerilla theatre was staged during chief of the campus newspaper, the university to increase tuition once again, students of New York's state and city students were protesting a tuition hike of Wriston's presentation. Two people said Marcus. university systems marched into New dressed in Ku Klux 'Klan outfits $200 for the 1977-78 academic year, Stanford felt nothing would come of York's capital city March 20, to protest presented an award to Wriston for his which was the fifth increase imposed by such a meeting, saying that he'd Governor John Carey's proposed budget "services to the cause of white the UM Board of Trustees during the last , 'already made broad budgetary mater­ which cuts full funding of the state supremacy" in South Africa while six years. ial available," but offered to speak with Tuition Assistance Program that many singing "For He's A Jolly Good In all, the tuition at UM has escalated the student leaders at the campus students, unable to win scholarships or Fellow." by $1,200 since 1970-71, resulting in the cafeteria April 15. produce enough money to cover tuition, Disagreeing, Havey and about 23 have relied upon. others, Marcus reported, staged a sit-in for more than six hours at Stanford's And at the University of Montana in office in Ashe House while the president Missoula where non-resident tuition is to waited, symbolically, at the cafeteria for be increased by $400 and resident by two hours. $36, campus newspaper editor Barbara Negotiations stopped entirely and Miller said that two philosophy students NOW IT'S nothing more was accomplished, said had prepared a petition that asks the UM Marcus, until the mass demonstration Board of Regents to justify the need for THEIR and siege of Ashe. the hike. Although the demonstration was Well above 2,500 signatures have TURN! peaceful, Marcus said Stanford called been gathered, Miller reported, and on police on campus. Nine squad cars and April 28 the two independent organizers one paddy wagon arrived with about 20 plan to lead a column of students to the officers. A spokesman for the Coral post office when they mail the completed Gables police said s·)me 60 city petitions to the regents. policemen and 12 county riot squad "The tuition situation should get more • officers were also available and on and more interesting as things go on, " standby. she said. Storch to Study At Yale Rudy Storch, chaiqnan of the ancient rules, and sanctions of early Christian studies department, has been awarded communities. He hopes to shed some an NEH grant to study at Yale this light on various procedures and rules of summer. The seminar topic is "The these groups and to suggest that these Social World of Early Christianity." The communities might have had more primary object of Dr. Storch's research contact with one another than has been will be to investigate the discipline, previously assumed. continued from page 7 Looking Funny awhIle, he found that there was no imposed upon them, mcludmg a $1,666 handle. on the inside of the door. Next, fine. However, in light of the the policeman told the couple that they circumstances, he continued, the stu­ were not under arrest, yet they were dents were free to go, except for a $25 towed away with their truck to the fee for towing the truck. The judge Webster police station, where they were accepted the $12.50 which the couple fingerprinted , photographed, handcuf­ scrounged up. . ted to a pipe on the wall, and searched. Asked repeatedly by tl: couple why A few hours later, the local judge he had detained them, (l cer Macken­ arrived and warned the couple of the zie fi nally replied: "bec lse you look possible sentences which could be funny. "