THE 1971 EDGARS See Editorial Page :Y SirAO &4 t11 MORE WINTER High--23 Law-12 One to three inches of snow likely Vol. LXXXII, No. 99 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, February 6, 1972 , Ten Cents Ten Pages Pubi By GENE ROBINSON Last month, the Michigan State University trustees set an important precedent by voting to publish a list of all MSU faculty members' salaries. Until that time, all state institutions -including the University-had kept salary listings in strict confidence. On a motion by Trustee Patricia Carrigan, the board voted on Jan. 21 to release the salaries of MSU faculty members by name, rank, title, sex and years of professional service. At that time, President Robben Fleming said the University had no intention to publish such a list, but indicated that possible legislative ac- tion could force a release of the figures. The results of publishing such data at the University could be significant. ishing pro The releasing of pay scales would comparison. TI be especially important as a means of cern over the further determining whether or not salaries of face the University discriminates against ent colleges ai women, in its hiring practices and sala- University. ThE fsp hey have expressed con- great discrepancies in ulty members in differ- nd departments at the e salary lists would pro- for such a comparison. ect of the issue con- unt of classwork done nbers. ay0 Will U'U follow MSU? ries. The University presently releases coded salary lists to those agencies which request the information in re- searching possible hiring or salary discrepancies due to sex. Such information has been re- quested by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in its latest investigation of the University's em- ployment practices. The University has agreed to supply the requested data to HEW. Some faculty members, both male and female, are also interested in the salary lists as a means of cross-campus vide the basisf Another asp cerns the amo by faculty mem University administrators, claiming for the past few years that the Uni- versity is in a severe economic squeeze, have resorted to tuition hikes in order to supply some of the needed funds, However, instances of professors be- ing paid high salaries for almost no classroom work have only recently been questioned. At recent meetings, several of the Regents have expressed concern over faculty members who still receive high salaries while on leave from class- room work. Notably, Regent Gerald Dunn JD- Lansing) has questioned the practice of sending professors on paid sabati- cals away from classroom participa- tion. The publication of salary listings could piovide the basis for cutting back the salaries of faculty members not participating in a certain amount of classroom work. It has been suggested that since the University is a state institution, the people of the state have a right to know how their tax funds are being applied toward salaries. However, the University is not cur- rently considering publication of such a list of faculty salaries. According to Secretary of the Uni- versity Richard Kennedy, there have been "no really serious discussions" on the matter. Kennedy says the issue has not been considered "largely because of the in- ternal pressures it would create." He adds faculty members might serious- ly object to the publication of their salaries. Recently, it appears the State Legis- lature has become increasingly inter- ested in the salary structure of the state's various universities and col- leges. .At the time of the disclosure action by the MSU trustees, Sen. Gary Byker (R-Hudsonville) said, "We'll be tak- ing a very careful look at the salaries this year." Byker added that he does not favor releasing a salary list just for the sake of releasing it, but that "if one pro- See RELEASE, Page 10 Regent Dunn President Fleming 4. Viet Cong reject plan officiall PARIS (A) - The Viet Cong has categori- cally rejected the latest U.S. eight-p o i n t peace plan, the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris talks reported yesterday. The delegation said the rejection was in a statement issued Wednesday by the Viet Cong's provisional government of the repub- lic of South Vietnam. The delegation did not disclose whether North Vietnam also had rejected the plan. But Tass news agency reported Friday that the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong am- bassadors to Moscow told Premier Alexei N. Kosygin they were "resolutely rejecting these new Washington maneuvers." The Viet CQng reaction came in a speech 1 that Premier Phan Van Dong made to a Hungarian delegation visiting Hanoi. He said the Viet Cong response was "an energetic in- dictment condemning the policy of Vietnam- ization of the war and rejecting with well- founded and incisive arguments the deceit of the so-called peace plan in eight points of President Nixon." The U.S. plan, among other things, called for complete American withdrawal f r o m Vietnam within six months of an agreement andthe resignation of President Nguyen Van Thieu before new elections. In return, the Vietnam Communists would release all war prisoners. At the regular weekly Paris peace talks last Thursday the Viet Cong said it "does not accept" the eight points. The N o r t h Vietnamese concurred. But Friday, a U.S. State Departmient spokesman said that the administration takes the view that the eight-point peace proposal has not been rejected by the North Viet- namese. An official North Vietnamese statement broadcast by Hanoi radio Saturday avoided the word "rejection" but emphasized that it "does not accept" Nixon's plan. The statement declared it agreed with the Viet Cong's two amplified points at the peace talks that Thieu must resign and the United States must set a date for a complete withdrawal from South Vietnam. .: T v } - " ~~. ..i :'i~. ....... . . . . .. Ya. I f.. Associated Press Men of e people? Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-Maine), left, stops to solicit the support of a youth in St. Louis, Mo. yesterday as Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D- Minn.) and entertainer Jimmy Durante pause to admire some eggs during a walking tour of Philadelphia's Italian-American section. The two presidential aspirants will meet head-on next month in the New Hampshire presidential primary. REVISED SMITH PROPOSAL Grds study classificatio prla Ireland braces for protests;, violence flares in London By The Associated Press Bombs and bullets spilled more British and Irish blood yesterday in Newry, Northern Ireland, as both sides tensed for a looming confrontation between British troops and civil rights marchers. The British army claimed to have killed two guerrillas in gun battles in Londonderry, where a civil rights march last Sunday left 13 dead and sparked a week of violence and protest. In London last night, a confrontation in front of the Downing Street residence cf British Prime Minister Edward Heath re- sulted when police on horseback charged a crowd of 3,500 protesting Britain's Northern Ireland policy. More than 90 people-including 20 police- were injured in a hail of bottles, rocks and staves. About 100 people were held for ques- tioning, Scotland Yard reported. It was - the worst rioting in the British capital since the anti-Vietnam demonstra- tions outside the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square in the late 1960's. Marches also took place in other major British cities. Two hundred police broke up a demonstration in Glasgow early yesterday and five persons were arrested. In Newry, five soldiers were wounded when a military convoy was bombed. Another trooper was torn by shrapnel when a mine blew up a jeey near North Ireland's border with the Irish republic. The violence seemed an ill omen for a march planned in Newry today by civil rights advocates in defiance of a govern- ment ban on all parades. The British govern- ment has vowed that its soldiers will not allow the illegal demonstration. About 3,000 troops were reported encircling Newry, trying to prevent guerrillas of the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) from moving arms or men into the town. The army claims IRA agents have already slipped through the dragnet. But leaders of the IRA's two wings say they are determined to avoid bloodshed and have advised mem. bers to stay-out of Newry. The Irish civil rights movement has grown out of a campaign for equal rights in jobs, votes and housing for Northern Ireland's minority Roman Catholic community. Today's march was organized as a pro- test to demand the end to interment without trial. See IRELAND, Page 10 By LINDA ROSENTHAL Nearly a year after Vice President for Academic Affairs Allan Smith first pro- posed his controversial plan for standard- izing the definition of graduate assistants, grad students have come up with an alter- native proposal. Smith's original plan was to lump all graduate assistants - teaching fellows, re- search assistants, and staff assistants-into Come back, Mr. S pock! By DAVE BURHENN His name is George Christman. His two- month-old mission: to write letters, seek help, money, and encouragement-and to do what no man has ever done before- revive the science fiction television series Star Trek. 'Star Trek, which appeared on TV from 1966 to 1969, traced the exploits of the crew of the Starship Enterprise as it cruised through the galaxy in search of "strange new worlds." The series fea- tured dynamic captain James Kirk and enigmatic Vulcan Mr. Spock, whose point- ed ears and unflappable exterior made the show an instant hit. Christman is now national chairman of the Star Trek Association for Revival (STAR), an organization with several hundred Ann Arbor members, with branch offices at several other universities. STAR's "prime directive" is to con- vince certain segments of the entertain- ment industry, specifically network ex- ecutives and potential sponsors, that new Star Trek shows would be a viable, and more importantly, profitable addition to prime time television. Christman, a research engineer at the University's Space Physics Laboratory says he was not interested in the show while it ran in the sixties. However, while watching reruns on local stations two months ago, Christman became convinced that "the first adult science fiction series," as the show is described by its sponsors, should be pro- duced again. Response mushroomed after Christman organized STAR. It now includes around 400 ,members, 70 of whom are active. The club is now seeking people who can type. compose letters and even write science fiction. Five local writers, for instance, one classification. A number of graduate assistants, how- ever, claimed at the time that the imple- mentation of Smith's plan would result in a reduction of their health insurance bene- fits, and the amount of time they are al- lowed to hold assistanceship appointments. Over 500 of them signed petitions at hat time, expressing disapproval of the plan, Due to the wide-spread objections, Smith called upon the graduate assistants to draw up an alternative proposal which would be acceptable to them. The new proposal would provide these benefits: -Health insurance; -Establishment of a grievance committee composed of graduate students; and -Abolishment of rules requiring gradu- ate assistants to work during the spring and summer terms. Further, the proposal would maintain the present- hiring system whereby a graduate student can keep an assistanceship appoint- ment for up to four or five years. Under Smith's proposal, graduate assist- ants would have had a 32-month maximum term of appointment. A special 24-month extension could be granted by the dean of the assistant's school. The new proposal was drawn up by Rack- ham Student Government (RSG) President Dan Fox, Bob Stout, RSG vice president and Harry Power, RSG executive council member and the sole student member of the Academic Affairs Advisory committee, which works with Smith. The new proposal is slated to go before a meeting of graduate assistants Feb. 11 for revision and approval. A major portion of the new proposal d-' s 'xth tuition for grad assistants. At present. a graduate assistant working half-timA receives a salary of $3,500 per vear Of this $40 i iken astuition and sistants would save $109 per year, say the proposal's supporters. Further, the proposal calls for the ex- tension of in-state tuition to all graduate employes. Most, but not all, graduate em- ployes now pay in-state tuition. Under the Smith proposal, however, there would be a reclassification of work loads which would, according to some, force more grads assistants to pay the higher out-of- state rates. Smith has expressed interest in the new proposal, and has authorized $1,000 for a computer analysis of the new proposal's financial aspects. He wants to analyze the data on the num- bers of in-state and out-of-state graduate students and graduate assistant's sources of income. A questionnaire designed to gather this data was distributed along with the new mail ballots in the recent RSG election. Prime Minister Heath HRP to noiniate eandidates for city race today The Human Rights Party of Ann Arbor (HRP) will choose candidates for City Coun- cil today as well as a new steering com- mittee, during the closing session of its annual convention. Meeting last weekend and yesterday as well as today, the local branch of the state- wide party has formulated most of its platform, and intends today to work out campaign strategy for the April elections, including which of the city's five wards the party will run candidates in. Most of yesterday's meetings centered around the Community Service platform of the party, which included such topics as health care, drugs, child care and youth. Last week, the party passed several other planks, including ones on sexism, the econ- omy and the law. The final meeting of the convention will start at 1 p.m. today in the Anderson Room of the Union.k MORE TREATMENT PLANTS NEEDED Sewage: What to do with the waste? By SUE STEPHENSON Over - population is everybody's baby and Ann Arbor's sewage is everybody's waste. And treatment, cf sewage is a problem that's get- ting bigger everyday. City Administrator Guy Larcom says expansion of future treatment facilities must occur. And Mayor Robert Harris agrees adding that "the near-capacity level plant must be expanded for future use." However, the issue at stake is most obvious things in life, aren't as simple as they seem. One hurdle in the path of better sewage treatment seems to be the Southeast Michigan Council of Gov- ernments' (SEMOG) Director Rob- ert Turner, who feels it is essen- tial that "sewage treatment be on a collective basis" among different communities. SEMCOG's clout comes from the 'fact that state and federal gov- ernment grants are admisistered through the council.