Show LETTERS EDITOR Student Life Wednesday November 30 1977 Page 5 to the by Jake Gam Carter administration considering a plan to use the nation's youth as energy detectives going from house to house in their communities to check how effectively their The is Continued from page 4 neighbors are $giM Nu's and Because of the generosity hard work of these people VOICE was able to provide Thanksgiving meals to Cache Valley families 54 needy Steve Hirase Volunteer services vice president Youth shouldn't be history group first meeting tonight recruited as are History 'energy related are Women's holds Women's Utah The hold its first 7 30 p in at 1 he meeting tonight Women's Center of Westminister ( ity The College in Salt Association agenda will will include a slide pres- Utah plans Intermountain Women's entation on women in of history and a discussion hr an Refreshm- Hstory Conference ents will be served The association all welcomes women who working in hisfields and both tory or interwomen and men who ested in the field of women's history The association will make a special effort to produce and promote materials relating to the history of women in Utah For further information contact Carol O'Conner in the department of history and geography at USU extension 7163 sleuths' must notify VA of new mailing addresses receive V eterans chei ks and are sememoving at the end of the ster should leave their forwarding address and notify V A If not they could miss getting their final check the VA said Veterans who The return to of postpayment ances monthly education allow has added a new dimension VA's ongoing to efforts to maintain nment-prepared "survey” list The volunteer would then knock on the door to tell the occupant what his or her out- side energy conservation 'score” is and offer to go manual is not going to be sent just anywhere It will be cir of its beneficiaries VA checks for GI Bill students’ final month of training or partial month will be issued on the first day of the following month Unless the VA and the postal service have received a change of address the check will be mailed to the address provided by the student during the school term 66 added that all recruiting would be strictly voluntary The booklet suggests that students can be recruited through voluntary organizations such as the Boy and Girl Scouts and by radio disc jockeys on rock 'n' roll stations Included in the manual will be checklists suggestions and mottos for stirring up the enthusiasm of the volunteers I find it disturbing that such a proposal is even being considered This course of action does not represent a society that prides itself on freedom from coercion and a right to privacy it further involves the federal government in private citizens' lives Moreover the cost of putting together a manual and arranging for recruitment would be enormous Informing the American public of the need for energy conservation is a worthwhile objective but a proposal that sends an army of youths into 100-pa- neighborhoods as energy sleuths inspecting our personal property is clearly not the way to do it USU SKI TEAM fm the HIGH cost of a FREE RIDE mm Its The Season for The Annual Big Brother CHRISTMAS PARTY program is to "raise awareness and educate the general public on ways that energy can be saved” White House sources say Under the voluntary program high school students or other youths would start outside a house checking off energy problems on a gover- said that the information current mailing addresses Big Sister y through the inside of the house to complete the survey According to the “team member's manual” which would be prepared by the Department of Fnergy the youths would check everything from the inflation of the homeowner’s car tires to the water level in the toilet tanks All this should take about 45 minutes to an hour to complete A White House spokesman Veterans Administration conserving-energ- The purpose of the culated among educators and volunteer organization execuThe tives for dispersal spokesman stressed that the program is not intended to imply that an army of little uniformed inspectors will go out and check on people He 99 m Monday Dec 5 Fine Arts Center 8:00 PM Advanced Tickets 200 At the Door V v 's -- SAT DEC 3 12-- 3 PM SUNBURST LOUNGE Nov DEC 250 BASKETBALLFRESNO ST USU VS Tomorrow o 7:30 © SPECTRUM PLAN TIME IN YOUR SCHEDULE TO ATTEND THE USU THEATRE PRODUCTION OF THE COMIC MASTERPIECE: 8:00 PM 0 29-3- 1-- 3 FAC THEATRE Sife |