SUNDAY DAILY See Editorial Page C 4c I I Sirigzu1 Id EXCRUCIATING High - 20 Low - 10 Sunny, cold, windy Vol. LXXXIi, No. 111 Ann Arbor, Michigan Sunday, February 20, 1972 Ten Cents Ten Pages Dock men vote end to strike SAN FRANCISCO (P) - The long West Coast dock strike ended last night, as long- shoremen voted overwhelmingly for ratifi- cation of a new, 18-month contract, accord- ing to an unofficial count. The work stoppage has closed 24 ports in California, Oregon and Washington for 136 days, the longest dock tieup on the U.S. mainland in history. The new contract provides a 16 per cent pay boost to $5 an hour retroactive to Dec. 26, and an 8 per cent increase starting July 1. Only military goods and passenger ships were loaded or unloaded during the strike which cost an estimated $2 billion in eco- nomic losses. For the first time, longshoremen have won a guarantee of 36 hours weekly pay for full- time men and 18 hours weekly pay for part- timers. The pay guarantee was to be fi- nanced by a $1-a-ton tax on container cargo not handled by the longshoremen's union in a 50-mile offdock radius. That allowance has been protested by the Teamster Union, which has contracts covering work in the off-dock areas. The Teamsters and the union have been holding separate talks on the container issue. Ratification was approved by 71 per cent of those voting; according to William Ward of the labor relations committee of the International Longshoremen's -and Ware- housemen's Union. Final figures will not be known until an official count is completed. Fred Hcntsinger, a member of the union's labor relations committee, said some men will start work today getting dockside ma- chinery back into operation. Loading and unloading probably will begin, tomorrow, he said, and full-scale operations "as soon as physically possible." Margins of 8-3 in favor were reported in both Los Angeles-Long Beach and San Fran- cisco-Oakland. In Portland, the new contract reportedly won a 5-3 approval and in San Diego it reportedly was favored by almost a 5-1 margin. The union voted in eight separate units with a simple majority required in each unit. If any unit failed to give the contract a majority approval, ratification would re- quire a two-thirds approval coastwide in a second balloting. The employers' Pacific Maritime Associa- tion had voted earlier yesterday to approve the contract, but with the condition that the so-called "steady man" issue be settled. This issue involves a dispute between the employers-who want to keep the same crews operating complicated machinery- and the union, which seeks to maintain the traditional practice of rotating through hr ing hall lists in order to spread jobs through- out the membership. Negotiators representing both the union and the employers agreed to submit the question to binding arbitration by Sam Ka- gel, the mediator who helped produce the overall settlement. He is expected to an- nounce his arbitration decision today. Dockworkers first walked off the job last July 1. They were ordered back by Presi- dent Nixon for an 80-day period under a Taft-Hartley injunction. About three weeks after the injunction expired on Christmas Day, longshoremen called another walkout as negotiators wrangled at the bargaining table. Negotiators reached the agreement on Feb. 8, one day before Congress approved legis- lation asked for by President Nixon, giving him authority to end the strike and order binding arbitration. If the federal Pay Board refuses to ap- prove the contract's wage boost, the lcng- shoremen would be free to resume their strike, a union official has said. The em- ployer's Pacific Maritime Association said it would ask for Pay Board approval of the agreement. Tax referendum set; two city wards to face primaries -Daily-Rolfe Tessem Rock 'n roll Delaney and Bonnie and Friends kick out the jams for the crowd at last night's concert in Hill Auditorium. The enthusiastic c cheered rock-and-roll organist Billy Preston, who rounded out the evening of music. 'U' PRO GRAM rowd Minority enrollment rises, but lack of funds may halt progress By ROBERT BARKIN The University announced this week that it is halfway towards its stated goal of, ten percent black student enrollment. In spite of satisfaction at being on sched- ule, officials are worrying about the future. Although Gov. William Milliken's budget proposal for the University inclu'ded a $12 million increase, concern has been express- ed by University officials that funds given to financial aid programs are insufficient to reach the ten percent goal. Based on the self-identification process in registration, 1708 black students were en- rolled, approximately 5.2 percent of the stu- dent population of this campus. Because of the inaccuracy of the proce- dure, William Cash, assistant to the presi- dent for human relations affairs, believes this figure is a conservative count. About 4,- 000 students failed to volunteer racial or ethnic identification, Cash said. "We esti- mate there are perhaps 200 more black stu- dents," than the figures show. The enrollment goal was set by the Re- gents in the Spring of 1970 following a class strike by students. The resolution establish- ing the goal also asked for "substantially increased numbers of other minority and disadvantaged groups." The registration identification figures show 649 Orientals, a growth of 31 percent, 176 Spanish surnamed, a growth of 11 per- cent, and 46 Indians, a decrease of 25 per- cent. Cash also calls these figures conserva- tive estimates. The chief responsibility for reaching the ten percent goal lies with the Opportunity Local radical scholars join delegation for China visit Program which is under Cash's jurisdiction. The program provides both financial aid and supportive services to minority stu- dents. Presently 70 percent of all minority students receive aid through the program while 80 percent of black students receive, aid. Supportive services provided by the pro- gram include tutoring, academic counseling and personal guidance. Cash emphasizes the need to improve this part of the Op- portunity Progam. "We are losing almost a third of each class of opportunity students for one reason or another." Cash said. "While this compares favorably with the University as a whole," he continued, "we must try to minimize the loss of that po- tential, as well as to increase the number of entering students, in order to reach the goals the Regents set." The budgetary problem looms as a pos- sible block to the achievement of that goal. While the latest budget request by Gov. Milliken gave a huge increase, the incre- ment in financial aid requested by the Uni- versity was much less than desired. The University listed a $2.6 million in- crease as essential if the goal of ten percent enrollment was to be reached on schedule. However. Milliken only proposed a $900,- 000 increase in the budget statement. In addition, further budget slashes may occur before the bill leaves the legislature. Rep. Ray Smit (R-Ann Arbor) noted that difficulties lie ahead for the University. "There is pressure to increase welfare pay- ments in the state. Many legislators feel that cuts will have to come from higher education." He quoted 25 per cent as the possible cutback figure. Fedele Fauri, vice president for state re- lations and planning, said that increased financial aid for students was "the' big pitch" when he spoke to legislators. "They have a great deal of interest," he said. "Now its a question of revenues. It will be six to eight weeks before we will know." By DAVE BURHENN The fate of seven local politicians and an advisory vote on a proposed city income tax wil be decided in tomorrow's city primary election. The city-wide ballot will include a propo- sal for a one per cent flat rate city income tax. There are also Democratic and Re- publican city council primaries in the fourth ward, and a Democratic primary in the. fifth ward. The income tax vote is an advisory one, and is not binding on the city council. The proposed tax, in addition to taxing city residents one percent of their income after legal exemptions, would levy one-half percent tax on commuters. Under the proposal, property taxes would be cut from the present 14.85 mills-$14.85 per thousand dollars of assessed property value-to 7.5 mills. Democratic Mayor Robert Harris and oth- er city officials support the tax, claiming that without it, the city would assume a debt of around $800,000 for the next fiscal year-twice that of the present year. City officials are anticipating service cuts even if the tax is approved, but say that more substantial slashes will be necessary if the tax is rejected. Opposition to the tax has come from both the left and right of the political spectrum. The Human Rights Party of Ann Arbor (HRP) has attacked the measure as dis- criminatory against the poor and a boon to landlords. HRP considers the flat rate levy to be regressive, and supports the in- stitution of a steeply graduated income tax. City Republicans oppose the tax on dif- ferent grounds. They claim the city could cut expenses and increase efficiency to ease the fiscal burden. Councilman James Ste- phenson (R.-Fourth Ward) also expresses concern about passing a city income tax when a higher state income tax for educa- tion is being considered. Aside from the income tax, fourth and fifth ward voters will cast ballots tomorrow in Democratic and Republican Primaries. Four Democrats and three Republicans are vying for their party's nomination to run in the April 3 election. HRP nominated its council candidates in an open convention earlier this month. For a map of the city's voting wards and a list of polling places, see Page 10. In the fourth ward Democratic primary Mona Walz, a liberal, faces William Everett who has declared his support for the radical HRP candidates. The winner will face the victor in the Republican primary and HRP candidate David Black. The Fourth Ward Republican primary candidates are Sarah Steingold, a moderate liberal, Bruce Benner, Jr., a moderate con- servative and Charles "Rusty" Frank a conservative. In the city's Fifth Ward, Augustine Lalonde and Franz Mogdis are running for the Dem- ocratic April ballot spot against incumbent Republican Lloyd Fairbanks and HRP can- didate Nancy Romer Burghardt. Both Lalonde and Mogdis are considered to be moderate liberals. Ann Arbor City Clerk Harold Saunders said polls will open at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. tomorrow. As the voter enters his polling place, Saunders said, there will be a table inside the door. On the table are yellow colored voting applications 'and salmon colored change of address affidavits. The first must be filled out by everyone who votes. The second is required only of those voters who changed their ward or precinct address after the registration deadline of January 21, and failed to notify the city clerk's office of the change. Grist for ENACT's mill Recycling of gass begins, on campus By DAN BIDDLE As part of an effort to briin about a full- scale campus waste recycling system, the local chapter of Environmental Action for Survival (ENACT) has begun a pilot pro- gram to recycle glass containers from the campus. Originally planned to run during the month of February, the project las now been extended through spring break and has received $200 in University funding. According to ENACT director John Rich- ter, the project has been "a nearly total success so far." Utilizing two trucks loaned by the natural resources school and a number of 45-gallon barrels donated by an industrial company, ENACT volunteers are currently collecting thousands of brown and clear glass contain- ers from nearly every major student hous- ing unit. The glass,, which also originates from such facilities as the medical science and chemistry buildings, is shipped weekly to the University's North Campus dump site. From there it is carried by a private .trucking contractor to the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in Charlotte, Mich., where it is recycled. The project, which is being conducted with the cooperation of the University and the assistance of the University Plant Depart- ment, is a first attempt towards attaining ENACT's desired goal of creating a perma- nent campus-wide recycling program. Such a program would handle paper and metal waste as well as all types of glass con- tainers. According to Richter, such a program can start relatively soon. "ENACT now has the money, the frame- work, and the potential" to expand to a full-scale campus-wide program, he says. "All that is needed is some more sustained student energy." Richter sees the only major roadblock to be campus indifference to ecology issues. and the absence of "the kind of activism that is able to transcend the immediate re- sponse of a thing like Earth Day." The expanded program, which would op- erate cn University money, must first re- ceive administration approval. By NANCY ROSENBAUM Four local Asia scholars will follow hot on the heels of President Nixon to the People's Republic of China next month. The group is part of the midwestern dele- gation of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS), which will send a total of 30 representatives to China. The delegates hope to visit areas of China that generally have not been seen by other foreigners. In adidtion to viewing large cities, the CCAS has requested permission to visit rural regions, as well as schools, hospitals, factories communes prisons and courts. The Ann Arbor segment of the group is composed of Jane Barrett, a master's can- didate in Chinese studies; Louise Bennett, editor of the American Friends Service Un- derstanding China Newsletter; Chad Han- sen, research associate in Chinese philoso- phy; and Leith Kagan, a graduate student in modern Chinese history. The CCAS members hope that their knowl- edge of the language and expertise on China will allow them to assemble a more com- prehensive picture of the daily life and in- stitutions of the People's Republic of China than is normal for American visitors. "Our familiarity with China and the fact that we are very well informed on Chinese affairs will give us a unique kind of credi- bility," said Kagan. CCAS is composed of a number of Asia scholars who describe themselves as "radi- cals in their own profession." The organi- zation was founded in 1969 in reaction to the refusal of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) to take a stand against the Indo- china war. Referring to the growing significance of Asia scholars as advisors to the state de- partment and government officials, Kagan said, "CCAS was formed in opposition to the complicity of Asia .experts in the Viet- nam war. CCAS is a political organization, but, not in the traditional sense as in the case of a political group with a constituency. CCAS is political because the entire field of Asian studies is now of a political nature." CCAS now claims from 500 to 800 active members throughout the country, as well as approximately 5,000 subscribers to the CCAS Bulletin. CCAS describes its China trip as a "friend- ship delegation" which has as its long term objective maintaining a stable China- U.S. understanding. "We have no single nuir'nse.We wxxish to nprmotefrie'ndshinp and ROTC: Different image By REBECCA WARNER Responding to attacks for its militaristic curriculum, the Re- serve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) has changed its course requirements somewhat over the last few years. However. ROTC's basic features remain the same. ROTC's 269 stu- dents are still encouraged to join extracuricular paramilitary groups most still have short hair, and tion for ROTC activities, which may amount to as many as 4 hours of class a week. Other colleges at the University grant varying amounts of credit for ROTC courses. Engineering students, the ma- jority of ROTC participants, can receive four credits toward their degrees after completion of the ROTC program. The College of Architecture and Design grants z fr . m ___________________---*':~.~ .:....~ ~