Journalist calls Reagan’s arms budget unnecessary
By Johannes Tesselaar
Staff Writer
William Pfaff, a foreign correspondent, Monday labeled Reagan’s arms build-up defense policy as unnecessary because the threat from the Soviet Union is not as strong as Americans perceive.
“We (the United'States) are still defending ourselves against a Soviet Union we once knew and defending a Europe which once was helpless but is no more, and against (former Soviet Premier Joseph) Stalin, who is now dead,” said Pfaff, who is best known for his critical essays on American international affairs, to nearly 150 persons at the Andrus Gerontology Center.
In his speech, entitled “The Reagan Foreign Policy in Crisis,” Pfaff said the world’s situation is somewhat similar to the situation just before World War I.
“People believed they were defending their national culture, their national honor. We have the same situation today,” Pfaff said, adding that most historians agree that World War I was not worth fighting.
Pfaff said the deterioration of the United States’ relationships with Western European States and the Soviet Union “maybe increase the risk of war, with peripheral violence.”
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Zumberge sends letter to fired professsor; questions remain
By John Lamb *
Investigations Editor
Responding to requests to provide reasons for the termination of Gunner Huettich, a former assistant professor in the German Department, President James H. Zumberge sent to Huettich what some officials called a “confused” letter.
The Faculty Senate and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) had urged the president td offer specific justification for his decision to deny Huettich tenure and to fire him on April 29, 1981.
Zumberge dismissed Huettich in spite of a unanimous recommendation by the President’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure that Huettich receive tenure. This denial is seen as the climax of a chain of events whiGh have raised questions about the integrity of the university' tenure process.
On March 9, Huettich received the president’s letter. Dated March 4, the brief statement read as follows:
Dear Dr. Huettich:
I am writing in response to your letter of May 6, 1981, requesting an explanation of the reasons for my decision not to award you tenure.
As you know, on January' 22, 1981, the University Panel on Faculty Tenure and Privileges Appeals wrote me recommending that I reconsider your dossier. I did subsequently
study the file related to your tenure review. In my judgment, it did not contain evidence of significant procedural defects in the review process or of discrimination. In addition, I knew pf no unexpected new facts which might affect my decision. For these reasons, I saw no justification to grant you tenure.
Sincerely, James H. Zumberge
In a letter to Zumberge from Barbara Nielsen, association secretary for the AAUP, it was stated that the organization’s concern centered on this "rejection by the administration of the position of the responsible faculty bodies without a statement' of specific reasons.”
“We hope that you will provide to Professor Huettich and the faculty involved in making the peer assessment of his scholarship a statement of the reasons you found for declining to concur with the faculty judgment in this case,” the Feb. 24 letter concluded.
Reponse to Zumberge's letter from university and AAUP officials varies, but those contacted agreed that the president may have been confused about what was being asked for.	*
Ken Servis, president of the Faculty Senate, said he found Zumberge's letter to be sufficient. •
“Considering the circumstances, the presi-(Continued on page 3)
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Man shot near campus; suspects barricaded in duplex
Gunmen hold off police for 3 1/2 hours
Volume XCI Number 44
By Wendell Mobley
Assistant City Editor
Johannes Tesselaar
Staff Writer
Three men who barricaded themselves in a duplex near campus for three and a half hours after shooting and seriously wounding one man, surrendered to Los Angeles Police Department officers Tuesday afternoon.
Captain Stan ■ McGarry said the three male suspects, all in their 20s, were taken to Southwest Division for booking on charges of assault with intent to murder.
The three suspects shot a male, approximately 20 years old, in front of the Vera Cruz restaurant, located at 2308 Union Ave., and then barricaded
themselves until 4:30 p.m. in a duplex at 953 W. 23rd St. and 2142 Portland St. after being pursued by two vice squad officers who heard the shooting.
The victim, taken to California Hospital with two gunshot wounds in his back and one in his arm, was listed in stable condition Tuesday night. He was scheduled to be transferred to Los Angeles County USC Medical Center following surgery on Tuesday night, said Jay Collins, an officer with the Southwest Division of the LAPD’s vice squad..
McGarry said a .32-caliber bullet was removed from the victim.
The incident began around 1 p.m. when three vice squad officers in a local store heard
three shots, McGarry said.
The officers went outside, McGarry said, and saw the victim fall to the ground.
One officer stayed with the victim until medical help arrived, while the other two chased the suspects.
The officers chased the suspects down Union Avenue, 23rd Street, Toberman Street, 21st Street and finally ended on Portland Street.
McGarry said the police and a Special Weapons and Tactics team surrounded the house and set up a command post at Lee’s Market across the street.
The police, using a bullhorn, attempted to talk the suspects out of the house.
McGarry said about 20 resi-(Continued on page 12)
Staff photos by Rich Levine
TRAPPED — LAPD officers surround a duplex near campus where three shooting suspects barricaded themselves Tuesday. After three and a half hours, police shot tear gas canisters into the residence and arrested the men.
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University of Southern California	Wednesday March 17, 1982