April 9, 1973 - Two of Picasso's sculptures go on display at the Walker. They are Jester (1905) and Monkey and her Baby (1951, on loan from Minneapolis Institute of Art.) Dean Swanson, chief curator at Walker Art Center, discusses Pablo Picasso's work, career, the sculptures on display, as well as Picasso's influences from and on artistic styles. He became the most famous contemporary artist of his time.
April 9, 1973 - Dr. Joseph Wang talks about the history of acupuncture in China and the U.S. He feels it's worthwhile to investigate and study it, and use it in everyday medical practice. He talks about the failure rate and provides possible reasons. Side effects from this treatment are minor, such as infection from dirty needles or tenderness at puncture site. He discusses how acupuncture is practiced in China and training there. As a specialist in anesthesiology he's interested in acupuncture's use in operating rooms, and also for chronic pain such as migraine headaches and lower back pain. In China there have been reports of it healing deafness and some forms of blindness. After an upcoming trip to China he will set up a center in this area if he determines this technique has medical value, including a research laboratory. He feels as the first fluent Chinese anesthesiologist to visit China he must bring back information.
April 10, 1973 - Bill introduced in MN House that would prohibit busing of school children on the basis of race, creed, religion, national origin, or sex. Bill co-author Bradley Piper (R-Burnsville), says majority of Minnesotans are against busing. The better solution is to upgrade inner city schools and to ?protect the neighborhood schools as we know them?. Co-author Joe Connors (DFL-Fridley) says forces busing creates a threat to freedom of man (bite: welfare of state and nation best served by policy that declares state not distinguish between its citizens on the basis of race in administering its laws) He cited studies since 1966 Coleman report that he said show school integration hinders rather than helps black children, MN Commissioner of Education Howard Casmey says he doesn?t think bill would pass but if it did it would completely negate all work of St. Paul, Mpls and State Board of Education for the past 5 year. (bite: State Board has been collecting data for 5 years, hours of public hearings, thousands of hours of research vs. one presentation this morning for 40 minutes. Can?t conceive of Legislature passing legislation without a great deal more testimony. Also today Mpls/St. Paul public schools celebrate Desegregation Day, Today?s testimony this morning contrary to what is being celebrating, very sad.) Larry Heron Supt of Urban Affairs for Mpls School system, also said if passed the bill would harm progress. Bill referred to subcommittee.
April 10, 1973 - Bill to prevent experimentation on human fetuses was heard again today. Opposing the bill was Dr. Charles McCann, university surgeon and cancer researcher, who says use of embryonic human tissues is indispensible to research now being done to isolate disease viruses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis. He says the bill places serious restrictions on medical research, and that it should be rewritten and made much less restrictive. People who wrote the bill are imposing far-reaching legislation that will affect the future health outlook for people who are alive now and for generations to come. Dr. Chet Anderson of the MMA says if this type of restriction had been around over the last 30 years we would not have practically eradicated polio, smallpox, and prevented rubella. It is a necessity for this type of research to continue.
April 10, 1973 - Audio from tape recording of hearing about Wounded Knee disarmament process. AIM and government dispute about when disarmament agreement would be signed, before or after the meeting. Once signing took place, next step would be a preliminary meeting with the White House and about how and how to implement dispossession of arms. Speaker questions how to resolve the arms situation. Speaker is possibly Richard Helstern, Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
April 10, 1973 - Agreement between AIM leaders and the government concerning disarmament process of Wounded Knee is in dispute. At the House of Indian Affairs Subcommittee, both sides presented their cases. The government said a call would be made by AIM leader Russell Means to his comrades to tell them to disarm before the meeting. Means said he would make the call only after he had concluded a meeting with White House officials and determined they are in good faith about the agreement. The agreement has no timetable to set down arms. Richard Helstern, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, claims the AIM is reneging on the agreement.
April 10, 1973 - Dr. Philip Stern, author of ?The Rape of the Taxpayer? talks about tax inequities. Wealthy individuals and corporations pay little tax due to loopholes. He talks aobut the oil industry and says we?ll be hearing more about the energy crisis and the need for a tax subsidy; however a study shows massive waste factor in drilling programs. He says the oil subsidy is misdirected and cites Gulf Oil. The companies know their risk because they drill so much. Small wildcatters should be getting the subsidy. He talks about joint filing for married couples and how it discriminates against all but the richest couples. This loophole costs more than Nixon?s talking about Congress overspending. If someone proposed a Welfare system that paid $720,000 a year to the richest couples and only $16 to the poorest and neediest we?d be out of our heads. We have this system, it?s not called Welfare, it?s called the Internal Revenue code. When asked why loopholes aren?t closed since this would benefit the majority Stern says the average taxpayer thinks he won?t make a differenceby himself. Another factor is financing of political campaigns and campaign spending. We won?t get tax reform until we have sweeping reform of campaign financing. Tax laws have amendments written for specific corporations. Municipal bonds are a misdirected subsidy; the interest on the bonds is tax free and doesn?t have to be listed on tax returns, Congress treats this as fictional non-existent income. He talks about Robert Short?s purchase of the Washington Senators baseball team for $1000 in cash and by borrowing the rest of it saved 4 million dollars in taxes.
April 11, 1973 - Speaker talks about accountability in construction of public buildings and cost escalation. The purpose and role of a construction manager is discussed. Instead of designing a building and handing it off to a builder, owner can look to one team to get him his building. If something goes wrong he knows who?s responsible.
April 11, 1973 - Speaker says cable industry has claimed the bill is superfluous on one hand, while detrimental to the industry on the other hand. He says cable industry?s purpose is to kill the bill.
April 11, 1973 - cable bill could cover whole state or just metro area. What is a workable approach?