Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March 1, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March 1, 1972 FUND CUT-OFF PROPOSED Sex discrimination of schools hit by Senate Law firms slow to hire accredited female grads I *4 (Continued from Page 1) men," Bower said, "because of programs such as engineering and natural resources that are more male-oriented. The only unit that works in favor of women is nurs- ing." The University and several other colleges have previously expressed their disagreement with provisions which might regulate admissions. At the time the House version of the Senate bill was pending, the presidents of the Association of American Universities, including University President Robben Flem- ing, wrote a letter which appeared in the Nov. 1, 1971 Congressional Record which said: "The universi- ties express opposition to (the bill) as it applies to admission of un- dergraduates on the ground that it would establish an undesirable degree and kind of federal influ- ence over the ability of institutions to select students." "Maintenance of the appropriate degree of university control over selection of student, faculty and academic programs," the letter continued, "is essential to the maintenance of the autonomy of universities, which is in turn the key to the contributions which they can make to society." Fleming was unavailable last night for comment on the letter. It was unclear, however, how the Senate's proposal would be en- forced, if it is approved by the House and President Nixon. Model Cities, "It's a question of interpretation, as to what kinds of funds could be cut off," Peter Coogan., a legis- lative aide to Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), the amendment's spon- sor, said yesterday Coogan maintained the proposal could be more effective than the federal executive orders, because "it has the force of law behind it, while the orders are left to the interpretation and direction of' some administrators." Coogan said that complaints could be made through HEW, who could then cut off funds to the colleges which discriminate.- However, HEW is, at present, facing a backlog of complaints against some 300 universities un- der its executive order powers. It has only been able to draw up af- firmative action plans with a small number of the schools and has ac- tually withheld contracts from an even smaller group, which includes the University, Columbia and Harvard Universities. Coogan, however, said the amendment should allow women to go to court against HEW if it fails to uphold the law. Already a nation-wide organi- zation, the Women's Equity Ac- tion League, has called for a con- gressional investigation of HEW for its alleged foot-dragging on the processing of sex discrimina- tion complaints. Vacation at (Continued from Page 1) Two firms have been barred from interviewing, one in 1970 for sex discrimination, another for religious discrimination. In the first case the barred firm's representative made dis- criminatory remarks about women attorneys to five male law stu- dents. According to Ransford, with that kind of evidence "the firm's loss of University facilities was not long in coming." Neither of the prohibited firms have returned to the University. Summing up the problems wo- men law graduates face, another recent law graduate with inter- viewing experience, Sue Wester- man, identifies two employer at- titudes as discriminatory to wo- men. Uninterested parties fail to ask any meaningful questions, she says, but rather rattle on about the organization of the company, or the history of the firm. 'hey also ask personal questions about marriage plans and child- bearing which have nothing to do with legal competence, Westerman adds. Somewhat brightening the gloom is the fact that Phillips, Westerman, and other women graduates have all found challeng- ing employment. One woman does trial, tax, and corporate work - traditionally fields which exclude women. IHowever, figures in a table, compiled by James White, and published in April, 1967 Michigan, Law Review, show how women lawyers tend to be left with trusts and estate,-"and domestic relations work, while men get the more luc- rative corporate and trial work. Doing relatively inconsequential things, such as writing wills, Phil- lips points out, rigidly limits wo- men's salaries which are based on how much money particular work pulls into the firm. Clerking is apparently quite non-discriminatory and very flex- ible, though a recent graduate says, "whether the Judges figure you can stay unpregnant for the 1-2 year terms or what, I don't know." Putting all their experiences to- gether, Ransford and the local women attorneys agree that small- er firms in conservative locales are most likely to discriminate against women. Larger, busier firms in urban areas are less likely to discrimin- ate perhaps because there is sim- ply a lot of work to be done - who does it is irrelevant. Corporations vary in attitude, discrimination being more or less directly related to urbanization. Clearly, federal, state, and local governments, and legal aid bodies were least discriminatory. MASS INTRANSIT The world's largest waiting rooms are those at the Peking Station on Changan Blvd., Peking, China. They have a capacity of 15,000 proletarians and peasants. on III I 0 Sublet your apartment in Sam"* the UGLI gets director Herbert Wingo has been con- firmed by City Council as the new director of the Model Cities pro- gram. Wingo becomes the third di- rector of the program, succeed- ing William Steward who resigned last fall. The first director was Robert Potts, now Ann Arbor Pub- lic Schools human relations om- budsman. Wingo was approved by the program's policy board at a special meeting last week, at a sal- ary of $17,000. Wingo was formerly employed by Hoover Ball and Bearing Co. in the sales department. He attended Michigan State University as a social science pre- law major and is currently work- ing to finish his BA degree. The Undergraduate Library has announced its hours for spring va- cation. The library will be open Sat- urday, March 4 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m and closed Sunday, March 6. Monday through Saturday, March 6-11, the library's hours will be from 8 am. to 6 p.m The follow- ing Sunday the library will return to its regular hours of 1 pm to midnight The hours of the UGLI's Re- University Activities Center announces Petitioning for 1972-73 Executive Officers Positions -Black Affairs -Cultural Affairs -Publicity -Student Gallery -Contemporary -Programming and Discussions Development -Musket -Soph Show -Student Services -Travel -Daystar -Creative Arts and others Pick up petitions from UAC offices Mon.-Fri., 12:30-4:30. Must be returned by March 14, 1972. 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