' focus N o surprises The Ford-Carter debate probably left quite a few Americans wondering why the Thursday night movie was preempted from the television prime time slot. President Ford and Jimmy Carter both obviously did their homework. Carter spouted off statistics on unemployment. inflation and Ford's veto record. Ford's memory merits commendation for pointing out discrepancies in Carter's campaign promises. However. except for a few moments scattered throughout the debate. the two candidates could almost have sat in their homes in Plains. Ga.. and the White House and answered the questions. The too-formal debate lacked any direct or heated confrontations. and probably had little appeal to voters already too inundated with campaign promises. Ford made sure everyone knew he was the President of the United States. He kept pushing the image all through Carter's questioning of his leadership abilities. Ford did successfully leave his sometimes-image of a bumbling statesman behind by his caltn. if uninspiring. presentation. Carter waited 40 minutes before he flashed his all-too-famous stnilc. but he also lacked enough forcefulncss of character. a strength needed for the presidency. F.ssentially. the candidates only repeated much of their already-stilted views. Ford may have gained some votes from the American blue-collar workers as he talked in money terms they cottld understand —— for example. saving SI .()()0 a year by income tax cuts. Carter spoke more in terms of millions or billions of dollars. nebulous figures to the average working man. Several polls have claimed recently that Carter's lead over Ford is decreasing. The debates may be a determining factor in the election. if most of the American voting populace could stay awake to analyze the rhetoric. Hopefully. the next two debates will be a little more lively and more enlightening for voters deciding on a candidate. Taimans letter brings gripes... In the I'i(Illnl‘f In a rcceitt letter to the editor a resident of (iootlycar A and B are “big boys." I find that very hard to believe. after having to listen to the.s-- ‘ boys" yell out of their windows for two Wednesday nights in a row. I could intly imagine ‘that little boys. ttot college students. would enjoy screaming obscenities otit of their ititiiiows and cursing out other peoples’ mothers. Iitl 'l.iiman claitned that the rcsidi-tits ol (itm(I\'L'ill' are “big lm\s' for being able to suffer thrott_-_;lv the tarring of theii roof and that the residents of the Iiatteisons are "little girls and boys" for ha ing complained. I clain. that thi residents ofthc Battt-rsons intist be "big girls and boys" for hating to pttt tip with childish antics of Goodyear. A resident of Batterson and more gripes from Batterson To tI1C Iiditort Thank God that there is still one place on this campus where men laugh in the face of adversi- ty. acccptittg any calamity with courage and disdain. Upon reading Ed Taiman Jr.'s stirring tale of the residents of Goodyear and their stoical accep- tance of ruined belongings and drenched rooms. my heart raced excitedly. as did that of any other" Sprralceasy red-blooded American male who came across Taiman's account. Here are real men; men who take no notice of their wounds. btit instead rub them with dirt and march on steadfastly. No sir. no complaining by these sterling examples of UConn manhood. They are big boys now. no longer under their parents’ wings. Yes. machismo can be found. alive and well. in the Frats. It is understandable. theti. that such whining as emanated from the Battersons the past week would cause consternation within the hallowed halls of Goodyear. I. myself. admittedly did complain about the large waste tube hang- ing in front of my window which quite effectively blocks any sun- shine frotn cntcrng my room. But Mr. Taiman has made me see the light. As he points out. the soldiers of the American Revolution had to endure advers- ity: nothing less should be expec- ted of me. If General Washington and his troops valiantly withstood the cold at Valley Forge. who am I to cry about nauseating tar fumes and a foot of dirt on my window sill? College is hell. my friends. I am forever indebted to Mr. Taiman for opening my eyes to this fact. I. for one. rest easier each night knowing a frontal attack on the Northwest Ouadranglc will be easily repulsed by these valorous inhabitants of Goodyear. Bully. men! Neil Grabowski Batterson D EtIt'Ior'.s‘ note.‘ These two letters are r('[)r(’S(’III(lIf\‘(’ 0./'sei'cruI re- ct't'vcd_froIn Batterson Hull PW- testing Taiman '5' letter. th Ppines Marcos gets U.S. support By INQUILAB On Sept. 22. 1972. President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philip- pines imposed martial law on 42 million Filipinos. Hours prior to this seizure of absolute power. Marcos sought and received then- U.S. President Nixon's approval after assuring him that U.S. investments would be protected. Marcos then proceeded to abolish the legislature. ban elections and strikes. cripple the media and deprive the people of their basic constitutional rights of free speech and assembly. Since then. Marcos has impri- soned over S_3.000 political dis- senters. Today. stockades are filled with 20.000 workers. peas- ants and journalists. students. priests. nuns. small businessmen and former politicians — demo- cratic Filipinos from all walks of life. Marcos‘ military has run berserk and killed innocent civ- ilians. Despite his propaganda. tor- ture under detention and other forms of persecution have been fully documented and the Marcos’ regime has been condemned for violation of human rights by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Amnesty Inter- national. National Council of Churches. International Relations Committee of the U.S. Congress and Senators Cranston. Abourezk and McGovern. among others. In the three years since martial law. U.S. military aid to Marcos has increased by more than 100 per cent over the total for the three years before — from $60 million in I972 to $126 million in I975. Admiral Moorer of the Pentagon revealed to the Com gress that counterinsurgency weapons systems have been and are beingprovided to Marcos. The Joint U.S. Military Advi- sory Group (J USMAG) supervises the operation’ of the Philippine armed forces on all strategic levels. Without U.S. support the Marcos regime would not last a week. What are the stakes? U.S. investments in the Philippines total an estimated $3 billion. The National Council on Churches has documented how 800 US. cor- porations. comprising 80 per cent of all foreign investments. exer- cise a stranglehold on the econ- omy. They reap a five-dollar profit for every dollar invested by exploiting the cheap labor and plundering the natural resources. Thanks to Marcos. monopoly foreign corporations and their executives can own real estate. public utilities. banks: and can enjoy bonanzas like I00 per cent repatriation of profits and capital. tax-free incentives. low-worker wagesganjd no strikes. To protect big business. the U.S. lords over 20 military bases and institutions occupying 200.000 acres. Over 16.000 sol- diers (and 24.000 dependents) are stationed at Clark Air Force Base and Subic Naval Base. headquar- ters of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Involved up to the neck in the Indochina aggression. these bases have a stockpile of nuclear. bacteriological and chemical weapons. Just as in Vietnam. Marcos. with U.S. backing. has attempted to “pacify" milions — for example. thousands of vil- lages have been cordoned off as "strategic hamlets" to create free-fire zones. This has aroused opposition and militant anger from the Filipino people. The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) Offlce of Public Safety has been giving Marcos‘ police an average of SI million a year to repress the struggle of the masses in the cities. Since 1946. when the United States granted nominal indepen- dence to its Philippines colony. American taxpayers have contri- buted over $100 million yearly to safeguard corporate profits of U.S. monopolies there. and prop up the oppressive regime of landlords. merchants and corrupt bureaucrats comprising less than one per cent of the population. Amid deteriorating living con- ditions. with S0 per cent inflation and 35 per cent unemployment. the Filipino peoples’ struggle has intensified. By mobilizing peas- ants and workers. the New Peoples’ Army spearheads the revolutionary movement through- out the islands. It has established Mark A. Dupuis Managing Editor Subscription rates: $10 per year Qlntinrrtiritt Baily Qlampua Serving Storrs Since 1896 Susan A. Okula Editor-In-Chief Tony Cronin Steven D. Hull Senior Editors ......................... .. News Editor ......................... .. News Editor ........................ .. Sports Editor ........................ .. Sports Editor .................... ..Features Editors ..................... ..Features Editor ............ .. Assistant News Editor ........... -- Assistant Sports Editor ....... .. Assistant Features Editor ................... .. Magazine Editor John Hm ||| ........ ............... .. John J. Kwolek ................... .. Mark Gould ......................... .. Marla Romash ...... ............ .. Kathe Rogers ..................... .. James Schembari ................. .. 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Four million Muslims (the More people) in the south and a million Ingorots in the north have taken up arms to defend them- selves from Marcos‘ plan to disposscss them of their lands — part of a development blueprint devised by the World Bank and foreign speculators. The Moro National Liberation Front has liberated plantations (40.000 acres) owned by Dole and Del Monte on various occasions. and driven away the Weycr— heuser timber monopoly capita- lists and the B.F. Goodrich rub- ber interests. - In the cities. people have organized themselves and united with other national democratic forces to oppose and overthrow the Marcos dictatorship. For the last four years. the popular resistance of the Filipino people has grown. Nuns hold vigils at prison gates: workers and slum dwellers protest their conditions: the New Peoples‘ Army lead guerilla warfare efforts. Residents of the United States supporting the just Filipino strug- gle for a free and democratic society have formed an associa- tion of Friends of the Filipino .People. There are over 500.000 Filipino people‘ in the United States. many of whom are mem- bers of Filipinos for a Democratic -Society and want to expose the Marcos dictatorship (supported by the U.S. government) with the help of their American friends. lnquilub is u mm've of a third world commjv and u UComt student. Robert S. Kravchuk Business Manager ‘urn